2001 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:33.087339+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Oregon	Pac-10	2-0	1	30.39	8.5	21.29	1.41	0.59
2	Miami	Big East	2-0	1	29.06	43.5	10.46	2	0
3	Fresno State	Western Athletic	3-0	1	28.97	11.33	11.25	2.18	0.82
4	Toledo	Mid-American	2-0	1	28.97	28.5	11.12	1.96	0.04
5	Virginia Tech	Big East	2-0	1	28.83	36.5	10.45	1.99	0.01
6	Florida State	ACC	2-0	1	28.59	32	9.63	1.94	0.06
7	Tennessee	SEC	2-0	1	28.57	17	11.69	1.92	0.08
8	South Carolina	SEC	2-0	1	28.56	12	12.56	1.7	0.3
9	Illinois	Big Ten	2-0	1	28.26	16	11.5	1.71	0.29
10	Nebraska	Big 12	3-0	1	28.18	19.67	3.92	2.78	0.22
11	Maryland	ACC	2-0	1	28.15	31.5	9.15	1.98	0.02
12	Auburn	SEC	2-0	1	28.09	18	10.04	1.83	0.17
13	UCLA	Pac-10	2-0	1	27.69	13.5	10.39	1.6	0.4
14	Oklahoma	Big 12	3-0	1	27.36	26	-1.48	2.97	0.03
15	BYU	Mountain West	3-0	1	27.06	36	-2.36	2.77	0.23
16	Stanford	Pac-10	1-0	1	27.03	16	25.4	0.79	0.21
17	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-0	1	26.89	14	24.17	0.84	0.16
18	Florida	SEC	2-0	1	26.79	42	-1.29	1.96	0.04
19	Texas Tech	Big 12	1-0	1	26.79	12	24.66	0.69	0.31
20	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-0	1	26.65	32.33	-4.21	2.95	0.05
21	Washington	Pac-10	1-0	1	26.37	5	25.51	0.64	0.36
22	Louisville	Conference USA	3-0	1	26.36	23.67	-5	2.75	0.25
23	Texas A&M	Big 12	2-0	1	26.33	11	4.76	1.45	0.55
24	Texas	Big 12	2-0	1	26.25	32	-1.95	1.93	0.07
25	LSU	SEC	2-0	1	26.15	24	-1.3	1.8	0.2
26	Washington State	Pac-10	2-0	1	26.13	25	-0.64	1.85	0.15
27	Mississippi State	SEC	1-0	1	26.04	20	-1.21	0.93	0.07
28	Iowa	Big Ten	2-0	1	26.02	38	-1.92	1.96	0.04
29	Kansas State	Big 12	1-0	1	26.02	4	24.05	0.77	0.23
30	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-0	1	25.87	14	19.93	0.77	0.23
31	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	2-0	1	25.64	23	-2.71	1.68	0.32
32	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-0	1	25.59	21	-1.41	1.94	0.06
33	Purdue	Big Ten	1-0	1	25.36	5	0.13	0.67	0.33
34	Southern Miss	Conference USA	1-0	1	25.36	8	-1.11	0.82	0.18
35	Arizona	Pac-10	2-0	1	25.35	10	-1.48	1.45	0.55
36	Clemson	ACC	2-0	1	25.31	16	-4.75	1.73	0.27
37	Rice	Western Athletic	2-0	1	24.53	4.5	-2.08	1.33	0.67
38	Tulsa	Western Athletic	1-0	1	24.38	51	-10	1	0
39	Wake Forest	ACC	2-0	1	24.31	6	-4.28	1.39	0.61
40	NC State	ACC	1-0	1	22.59	21	0.77	0.9	0.1
41	Arizona State	Pac-10	1-0	1	22.38	31	-1.46	0.98	0.02
42	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-0	1	22.07	9	0.91	0.66	0.34
43	Baylor	Big 12	1-0	1	21.71	21	-2.21	0.99	0.01
44	Iowa State	Big 12	1-0	1	20.95	45	-10	1	0
45	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	1-0	1	20.23	18	-10	0.9	0.1
46	Colorado	Big 12	2-1	0.67	19.33	20.33	10.06	2.58	-0.58
47	TCU	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	18.58	9.33	9.31	2.39	-0.39
48	Georgia	SEC	1-1	0.5	17.14	11.5	12.05	1.58	-0.58
49	Ole Miss	SEC	1-1	0.5	16.36	14.5	7.31	1.56	-0.56
50	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	15.91	5	7.77	1.27	-0.27
51	Michigan	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	15.72	6.5	0.66	1.35	-0.35
52	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	15.48	11.5	-1.67	1.53	-0.53
53	UAB	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	15.43	3	7.81	1.16	-0.16
54	Boston College	Big East	1-1	0.5	15.35	4	0.03	1.18	-0.18
55	New Mexico	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	15.3	4	0.72	1.18	-0.18
56	USC	Pac-10	1-1	0.5	15.17	3.5	1.25	1.34	-0.34
57	Pittsburgh	Big East	1-1	0.5	14.98	11	-4.57	1.52	-0.52
58	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	14.66	-1	12.67	0.93	0.07
59	Arkansas	SEC	1-1	0.5	14.09	-3	13.4	0.66	0.34
60	Temple	Big East	1-1	0.5	13.76	-3.5	12.29	0.85	0.15
61	Utah	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	13.74	-5	14.25	0.7	0.3
62	South Florida	FBS Independents	1-1	0.5	13.35	3	23.42	1.14	-0.14
63	Wyoming	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	13.28	-1	6.1	0.94	0.06
64	East Carolina	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	13.1	12.5	10.13	1.48	-0.48
65	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	12.93	0	-4.49	1	0
66	Akron	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	12.82	-6	1.89	0.73	0.27
67	Kansas	Big 12	1-1	0.5	12.7	-5	6.54	0.75	0.25
68	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	12.52	13	7.33	1.61	-0.61
69	Missouri	Big 12	1-1	0.5	12.36	13.5	6.16	1.69	-0.69
70	Rutgers	Big East	1-1	0.5	12.35	-22.5	12.05	0.21	0.79
71	Memphis	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	11.94	6.5	7.48	1.32	-0.32
72	Louisiana	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	11.72	-5	-5.41	0.7	0.3
73	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	11.58	-21.5	6.81	0.11	0.89
74	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	11.58	-0.5	23.47	0.98	0.02
75	Oklahoma State	Big 12	1-1	0.5	11.56	-0.5	23.82	0.97	0.03
76	Air Force	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	11.06	0.5	11.08	1.03	-0.03
77	Alabama	SEC	1-1	0.5	10.98	0	11.01	1	0
78	Virginia	ACC	1-1	0.5	10.94	-4	4.6	0.75	0.25
79	Cincinnati	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	10.58	-1	12.44	0.94	0.06
80	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-2	0.33	10.22	-2	23.18	1.36	-0.36
81	West Virginia	Big East	1-1	0.5	9.84	-3.5	13.45	0.76	0.24
82	Marshall	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	9.56	-3	8.28	0.89	0.11
83	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-1	0.5	9.54	-7.5	13.99	0.7	0.3
84	Colorado State	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	9.18	-5	5.69	0.78	0.22
85	Kentucky	SEC	1-1	0.5	9.04	-9	14.29	0.57	0.43
86	Kent State	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	8.06	-15	6.57	0.4	0.6
87	Syracuse	Big East	1-2	0.33	5.98	-6.33	18.88	0.82	0.18
88	Army	Conference USA	0-1	0	-0.91	-3	0.13	0.42	-0.42
89	UNLV	Mountain West	0-2	0	-1.41	-6.5	12.86	0.66	-0.66
90	Ohio	Mid-American	0-2	0	-1.55	-9.5	11.57	0.5	-0.5
91	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-2	0	-1.67	-6	11.94	0.68	-0.68
92	UCF	FBS Independents	0-2	0	-1.73	-9.5	12.48	0.39	-0.39
93	Houston	Conference USA	0-1	0	-1.92	-7	22.38	0.28	-0.28
94	Indiana	Big Ten	0-1	0	-2.05	-21	1.74	0.1	-0.1
95	Utah State	FBS Independents	0-2	0	-2.11	-10.5	24.17	0.47	-0.47
96	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	0-1	0	-2.22	-17	31.91	0.09	-0.09
97	Boise State	Western Athletic	0-2	0	-2.54	-20	25.12	0.26	-0.26
98	Ball State	Mid-American	0-2	0	-2.63	-19	11.09	0.15	-0.15
99	San José State	Western Athletic	0-2	0	-2.64	-23.5	19.34	0.15	-0.15
100	San Diego State	Mountain West	0-2	0	-2.66	-22	12.65	0.09	-0.09
101	Idaho	Sun Belt	0-2	0	-2.72	-18	23.86	0.32	-0.32
102	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-2	0	-2.79	-21.5	24.33	0.23	-0.23
103	North Carolina	ACC	0-3	0	-2.79	-18.67	27	0.13	-0.13
104	North Texas	Sun Belt	0-2	0	-2.85	-20.5	23.08	0.08	-0.08
105	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	0-2	0	-2.86	-24.5	12.42	0.1	-0.1
106	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0-2	0	-2.86	-30	8.28	0.04	-0.04
107	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	0-3	0	-2.88	-20	18.59	0.43	-0.43
108	UConn	FBS Independents	0-2	0	-2.96	-30	7.77	0.12	-0.12
109	Penn State	Big Ten	0-1	0	-3.05	-26	26.1	0.02	-0.02
110	Buffalo	Mid-American	0-2	0	-3.06	-25.5	22.31	0.06	-0.06
111	SMU	Western Athletic	0-2	0	-3.12	-29	18.69	0.05	-0.05
112	California	Pac-10	0-2	0	-3.14	-27.5	27.28	0.18	-0.18
113	Duke	ACC	0-2	0	-3.14	-22	24	0.17	-0.17
114	Tulane	Conference USA	0-3	0	-3.19	-31	18.84	0.39	-0.39
115	Nevada	Western Athletic	0-2	0	-3.27	-31	15.01	0.1	-0.1
116	Navy	FBS Independents	0-2	0	-3.55	-41	26.66	0.1	-0.1
117	Troy	FBS Independents	0-2	0	-3.76	-32.5	27.83	0.13	-0.13