2001 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:33.094841+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Miami	Big East	12-0	1	25.7	32.92	13.29	11.65	0.35
2	Oregon	Pac-10	11-1	0.92	23.02	13	12.51	9.07	1.93
3	Nebraska	Big 12	11-2	0.85	21.88	18.23	13.4	10.99	0.01
4	Texas	Big 12	11-2	0.85	21.72	23.85	11.55	11.67	-0.67
5	Florida	SEC	10-2	0.83	21.72	30	13.25	11.19	-1.19
6	Tennessee	SEC	11-2	0.85	21.65	11.46	14.45	9.76	1.24
7	Oklahoma	Big 12	11-2	0.85	21.51	17.23	11.8	11.75	-0.75
8	BYU	Mountain West	12-2	0.86	21.15	13.86	9.05	9.93	2.07
9	Louisville	Conference USA	11-2	0.85	20.91	13.15	9.44	10.32	0.68
10	Maryland	ACC	10-2	0.83	20.73	12.25	11.03	8.87	1.13
11	Illinois	Big Ten	10-2	0.83	20.63	8.75	11.84	8.13	1.87
12	Marshall	Mid-American	11-2	0.85	20.57	11	8.09	8.9	2.1
13	Washington State	Pac-10	10-2	0.83	20.53	12.58	9.96	8.9	1.1
14	Toledo	Mid-American	10-2	0.83	20.1	9.17	8.68	8.14	1.86
15	Fresno State	Western Athletic	11-3	0.79	19.99	15.43	11.03	10.65	0.35
16	Colorado	Big 12	10-3	0.77	19.55	7.23	14.63	8.43	1.57
17	LSU	SEC	10-3	0.77	19.53	8.92	13.88	8.89	1.11
18	Syracuse	Big East	10-3	0.77	19.34	6.69	13.83	8.73	1.27
19	Stanford	Pac-10	9-3	0.75	18.72	6.92	12.6	7.52	1.48
20	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	9-3	0.75	18.62	13.75	8.72	8.75	0.25
21	South Carolina	SEC	9-3	0.75	18.47	6.67	11.17	8.04	0.96
22	Bowling Green	Mid-American	8-3	0.73	18.14	10.73	9.67	8.12	-0.12
23	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	8-3	0.73	17.75	11.09	6.8	7.69	0.31
24	South Florida	FBS Independents	8-3	0.73	17.44	14.18	3.57	8.5	-0.5
25	Virginia Tech	Big East	8-4	0.67	17.43	16.58	11.67	10.28	-2.28
26	Florida State	ACC	8-4	0.67	17.28	8.25	14.7	7.93	0.07
27	Michigan	Big Ten	8-4	0.67	17.1	6.92	13.8	8.05	-0.05
28	Utah	Mountain West	8-4	0.67	17.08	9.92	12.1	8.92	-0.92
29	Boston College	Big East	8-4	0.67	16.96	9.17	11.57	8.62	-0.62
30	Georgia	SEC	8-4	0.67	16.94	8.58	11.82	8.49	-0.49
31	Boise State	Western Athletic	8-4	0.67	16.89	10.92	10.15	8.56	-0.56
32	UCLA	Pac-10	7-4	0.64	16.41	8.36	13.1	7.62	-0.62
33	Texas A&M	Big 12	8-4	0.67	16.13	2.92	10.97	7.07	0.93
34	Ole Miss	SEC	7-4	0.64	15.79	7.36	8.94	6.98	0.02
35	Georgia Tech	ACC	8-5	0.62	15.76	9.54	10.83	9.15	-1.15
36	North Carolina	ACC	8-5	0.62	15.67	5.38	13.45	8.41	-0.41
37	Iowa	Big Ten	7-5	0.58	15.09	11.08	11.84	8.74	-1.74
38	Texas Tech	Big 12	7-5	0.58	14.99	10.08	11.54	8.4	-1.4
39	Alabama	SEC	7-5	0.58	14.92	7.17	13.02	8.14	-1.14
40	Washington	Pac-10	8-4	0.67	14.67	-1.42	13.58	5.67	2.33
41	Ohio State	Big Ten	7-5	0.58	14.65	5.67	11.82	7.7	-0.7
42	Rice	Western Athletic	8-4	0.67	14.63	-0.17	8.39	5.96	2.04
43	Michigan State	Big Ten	7-5	0.58	14.45	5.25	10.97	7.29	-0.29
44	NC State	ACC	7-5	0.58	14.45	5.17	10.9	7.5	-0.5
45	Pittsburgh	Big East	7-5	0.58	14.41	4.25	11.61	7.32	-0.32
46	Iowa State	Big 12	7-5	0.58	14.33	5.33	9.64	7.61	-0.61
47	Colorado State	Mountain West	7-5	0.58	14.1	2	12.8	6.6	0.4
48	Cincinnati	Conference USA	7-5	0.58	14.08	3.83	9.28	7.04	-0.04
49	Clemson	ACC	7-5	0.58	14.05	2.5	11.54	6.6	0.4
50	UCF	FBS Independents	6-5	0.55	14.05	11.73	8.35	8.38	-2.38
51	Arkansas	SEC	7-5	0.58	13.95	1.25	13.18	6.37	0.63
52	Southern Miss	Conference USA	6-5	0.55	13.95	8.36	9.54	7.94	-1.94
53	New Mexico	Mountain West	6-5	0.55	13.69	5.55	9.71	6.93	-0.93
54	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	7-5	0.58	13.65	0.83	12.23	6.23	0.77
55	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	7-5	0.58	13.6	1.33	9.66	6.29	0.71
56	Kansas State	Big 12	6-6	0.5	13.54	10.42	14.74	9.07	-3.07
57	UAB	Conference USA	6-5	0.55	13.51	5.36	8.2	7.09	-1.09
58	USC	Pac-10	6-6	0.5	13.04	7.58	12.14	8.44	-2.44
59	Troy	FBS Independents	7-4	0.64	12.96	-2.09	5.85	4.92	2.08
60	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	6-5	0.55	12.89	1	10.81	5.74	0.26
61	East Carolina	Conference USA	6-6	0.5	12.67	5.08	11.19	7.1	-1.1
62	Auburn	SEC	7-5	0.58	12.45	-2.25	14.03	5.29	1.71
63	Wake Forest	ACC	6-5	0.55	11.56	-1.73	10.7	5.09	0.91
64	TCU	Conference USA	6-6	0.5	11.31	0.33	9.22	6.1	-0.1
65	Oregon State	Pac-10	5-6	0.45	11.13	2.55	11.23	6.17	-1.17
66	Kent State	Mid-American	6-5	0.55	11.07	-3	8.66	4.69	1.31
67	Memphis	Conference USA	5-6	0.45	10.64	1.18	9.93	5.79	-0.79
68	Indiana	Big Ten	5-6	0.45	10.63	0.64	12.49	5.65	-0.65
69	Western Michigan	Mid-American	5-6	0.45	10.6	1	10.34	5.76	-0.76
70	Purdue	Big Ten	6-6	0.5	10.55	-2.33	13.6	5.25	0.75
71	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-6	0.45	10.28	-0.09	13.85	5.47	-0.47
72	Air Force	Mountain West	6-6	0.5	9.85	-4.08	9.48	5.04	0.96
73	Penn State	Big Ten	5-6	0.45	9.29	-3	14.47	4.69	0.31
74	Ball State	Mid-American	5-6	0.45	8.87	-2.55	7.49	4.86	0.14
75	Arizona State	Pac-10	4-7	0.36	8.81	1.18	12.53	5.73	-1.73
76	UNLV	Mountain West	4-7	0.36	8.72	1.27	10.76	5.83	-1.83
77	Arizona	Pac-10	5-6	0.45	8.7	-5.18	11.1	4.44	0.56
78	North Texas	Sun Belt	5-7	0.42	8.69	-1.5	10.38	5.55	-0.55
79	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-7	0.36	8.6	0.82	11.54	5.69	-1.69
80	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-7	0.42	8.55	-2.75	13.03	5.29	-0.29
81	Virginia	ACC	5-7	0.42	7.84	-6.83	11.04	4.05	0.95
82	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	5-7	0.42	7.52	-9.5	9.5	3.73	1.27
83	Oklahoma State	Big 12	4-7	0.36	7	-3.55	12.67	4.54	-0.54
84	Northwestern	Big Ten	4-7	0.36	6.71	-5.27	11.98	4.43	-0.43
85	SMU	Western Athletic	4-7	0.36	6.54	-6.27	10.9	3.82	0.18
86	Akron	Mid-American	4-7	0.36	6.46	-7.18	11.1	3.93	0.07
87	Missouri	Big 12	4-7	0.36	6.41	-8.18	11.9	3.52	0.48
88	Temple	Big East	4-7	0.36	6.29	-10.27	12.69	2.81	1.19
89	Utah State	FBS Independents	4-7	0.36	6.24	-9.55	10.72	3.7	0.3
90	West Virginia	Big East	3-8	0.27	5.08	-3	13.35	4.65	-1.65
91	Mississippi State	SEC	3-8	0.27	4.47	-8.36	15.17	3.15	-0.15
92	Buffalo	Mid-American	3-8	0.27	4.29	-7.36	7.58	3.44	-0.44
93	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-8	0.27	4.24	-8.64	9.08	3.5	-0.5
94	San Diego State	Mountain West	3-8	0.27	4.2	-9.64	10.14	2.79	0.21
95	Nevada	Western Athletic	3-8	0.27	4.07	-13.18	13.11	3.02	-0.02
96	Baylor	Big 12	3-8	0.27	3.99	-13.82	11.9	2.33	0.67
97	Army	Conference USA	3-8	0.27	3.96	-12.36	8.4	2.74	0.26
98	Louisiana	Sun Belt	3-8	0.27	3.93	-11.91	6.62	2.84	0.16
99	Kansas	Big 12	3-8	0.27	3.77	-19.64	13.21	1.49	1.51
100	Tulane	Conference USA	3-9	0.25	3.59	-12.58	11.11	3.56	-0.56
101	San José State	Western Athletic	3-9	0.25	3.55	-13.83	12.2	3.09	-0.09
102	Kentucky	SEC	2-9	0.18	2.25	-9.82	14.41	3.35	-1.35
103	Wyoming	Mountain West	2-9	0.18	1.99	-12.64	9.67	2.7	-0.7
104	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-9	0.18	1.85	-16	11.78	2.24	-0.24
105	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-9	0.18	1.84	-14.45	6.54	2.17	-0.17
106	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-9	0.18	1.79	-16.27	8.93	2.28	-0.28
107	UConn	FBS Independents	2-9	0.18	1.78	-16.18	7.93	1.92	0.08
108	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	2-9	0.18	1.73	-16.36	5.12	1.75	0.25
109	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	2-9	0.18	1.69	-18.45	8.37	1.26	0.74
110	Rutgers	Big East	2-9	0.18	1.48	-25.27	10	0.6	1.4
111	Ohio	Mid-American	1-10	0.09	0.06	-11.36	12.05	2.63	-1.63
112	Idaho	Sun Belt	1-10	0.09	-0.21	-16.55	8.38	2.78	-1.78
113	Tulsa	Western Athletic	1-10	0.09	-0.27	-17.82	10.69	1.74	-0.74
114	California	Pac-10	1-10	0.09	-0.4	-20.91	15.68	1.55	-0.55
115	Navy	FBS Independents	0-10	0	-2.21	-16.1	10.31	1.83	-1.83
116	Houston	Conference USA	0-11	0	-2.52	-22	14.44	1.37	-1.37
117	Duke	ACC	0-11	0	-2.59	-25.36	12.68	1.32	-1.32