2001 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:33.088100+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Stanford	Pac-10	2-0	1	28.75	19.5	19.75	1.59	0.41
2	UCLA	Pac-10	3-0	1	27.75	11.33	17.08	2.43	0.57
3	Fresno State	Western Athletic	4-0	1	27.61	13.25	15.59	3.04	0.96
4	Toledo	Mid-American	3-0	1	27.56	27	12.29	2.78	0.22
5	Illinois	Big Ten	3-0	1	26.99	18.67	11.69	2.68	0.32
6	Maryland	ACC	3-0	1	26.95	23.33	10.56	2.84	0.16
7	Southern Miss	Conference USA	2-0	1	26.91	16.5	11.59	1.83	0.17
8	South Carolina	SEC	3-0	1	26.76	8.67	13.32	2.35	0.65
9	Virginia Tech	Big East	3-0	1	26.75	41	7.15	2.99	0.01
10	Nebraska	Big 12	4-0	1	26.68	26	8.96	3.86	0.14
11	Purdue	Big Ten	2-0	1	26.62	12	11.54	1.63	0.37
12	Tennessee	SEC	2-0	1	26.55	17	9.32	1.92	0.08
13	Florida	SEC	3-0	1	26.44	39.33	6.12	2.93	0.07
14	Kansas State	Big 12	2-0	1	26.29	34	5.61	1.99	0.01
15	Oregon	Pac-10	3-0	1	26.26	6.33	11.31	1.97	1.03
16	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-0	1	26.22	20.33	7.61	2.74	0.26
17	Washington	Pac-10	2-0	1	26.21	27.5	5.84	1.91	0.09
18	Texas Tech	Big 12	2-0	1	26.08	20	6.01	1.64	0.36
19	Miami	Big East	2-0	1	26.05	43.5	3.5	2	0
20	Iowa	Big Ten	2-0	1	25.84	38	3.37	1.96	0.04
21	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-0	1	25.36	10.5	4.77	1.55	0.45
22	Baylor	Big 12	2-0	1	25.35	12	5.97	1.8	0.2
23	Oklahoma	Big 12	3-0	1	25.33	26	2.2	2.97	0.03
24	Texas A&M	Big 12	3-0	1	25.25	12	4.92	2.34	0.66
25	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-0	1	24.52	32.33	-2.24	2.95	0.05
26	BYU	Mountain West	3-0	1	24.4	36	-3.25	2.77	0.23
27	Texas	Big 12	3-0	1	24.4	30.33	-2.59	2.78	0.22
28	Washington State	Pac-10	3-0	1	24.23	27	-3.02	2.74	0.26
29	LSU	SEC	2-0	1	24.2	24	-2.76	1.8	0.2
30	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-0	1	24.14	23	-2.44	1.76	0.24
31	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	3-0	1	24.12	21.33	-2.73	2.51	0.49
32	NC State	ACC	2-0	1	23.81	15	-2.97	1.67	0.33
33	Arizona	Pac-10	3-0	1	23.75	12.33	-2.54	2.27	0.73
34	Iowa State	Big 12	2-0	1	23.4	24	-6	1.83	0.17
35	Colorado	Big 12	3-1	0.75	20.73	18	11.62	3.38	-0.38
36	Louisville	Conference USA	3-1	0.75	20.18	11.75	6.04	3.04	-0.04
37	Auburn	SEC	2-1	0.67	18.29	6.33	6.31	2.03	-0.03
38	Michigan	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	18.22	10	12.9	2.19	-0.19
39	Florida State	ACC	2-1	0.67	18.17	10.67	2.6	2.19	-0.19
40	Boston College	Big East	2-1	0.67	17.98	8.33	11.84	2.03	-0.03
41	Wake Forest	ACC	2-1	0.67	17.84	1.67	10.45	1.65	0.35
42	Alabama	SEC	2-1	0.67	17.73	7	12.56	2.21	-0.21
43	UAB	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	17.6	19.33	5.35	2.63	-0.63
44	Memphis	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	17.59	7	10.58	2.1	-0.1
45	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	17.54	7.67	10.22	2.13	-0.13
46	Clemson	ACC	2-1	0.67	17.39	10	-0.6	2.23	-0.23
47	East Carolina	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	17.21	13.33	3.8	2.25	-0.25
48	West Virginia	Big East	2-1	0.67	16.59	4.33	7.5	1.89	0.11
49	Mississippi State	SEC	1-1	0.5	16.42	9	20.21	1.55	-0.55
50	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	15.69	3.5	19.39	1.27	-0.27
51	Tulsa	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	15.28	16	8.93	1.63	-0.63
52	Wyoming	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	14.89	-0.33	4.36	1.48	0.52
53	Arizona State	Pac-10	1-1	0.5	14.82	4	12.67	1.15	-0.15
54	Rice	Western Athletic	2-1	0.67	14.72	-12	7.12	0.53	1.47
55	Georgia	SEC	1-1	0.5	14.5	11.5	11.88	1.58	-0.58
56	Virginia	ACC	2-1	0.67	14.49	-2	7.44	1.33	0.67
57	Utah	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	14.47	-2.67	7.51	1.28	0.72
58	Ole Miss	SEC	1-1	0.5	14.27	14.5	8.44	1.56	-0.56
59	Missouri	Big 12	1-1	0.5	14.12	13.5	8.12	1.69	-0.69
60	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	13.67	11.5	4.9	1.53	-0.53
61	TCU	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	13.47	6.25	2.6	2.75	-0.75
62	Pittsburgh	Big East	1-1	0.5	13.31	11	2.03	1.52	-0.52
63	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-2	0.5	12.92	1.5	15.62	2.16	-0.16
64	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	12.86	5	-6.6	1.26	-0.26
65	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	12.65	-0.5	19.36	0.98	0.02
66	Air Force	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	12.25	0.5	8.03	1.03	-0.03
67	Syracuse	Big East	2-2	0.5	12.05	-0.5	19.4	1.93	0.07
68	Marshall	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	10.78	-3	8.31	0.89	0.11
69	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-1	0.5	10.51	-7.5	12.5	0.7	0.3
70	New Mexico	Mountain West	1-2	0.33	10.18	1.67	22.01	1.63	-0.63
71	USC	Pac-10	1-2	0.33	9.79	1.67	17.3	1.69	-0.69
72	South Florida	FBS Independents	1-2	0.33	8.39	-0.67	13.51	1.44	-0.44
73	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-2	0.33	8.21	0.33	0.67	1.52	-0.52
74	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	7.72	-2.33	10.65	1.33	-0.33
75	Oklahoma State	Big 12	1-2	0.33	7.68	-5	22.11	1.02	-0.02
76	Cincinnati	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	7.19	-3	7.43	1.22	-0.22
77	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	6.99	-8	15.35	1.09	-0.09
78	Temple	Big East	1-2	0.33	6.94	-8.67	17.07	0.99	0.01
79	Kansas	Big 12	1-2	0.33	6.82	-7	12.38	0.97	0.03
80	Akron	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	6.78	-10.33	17.36	0.81	0.19
81	Arkansas	SEC	1-2	0.33	6.74	-9	12.74	0.49	0.51
82	Colorado State	Mountain West	1-2	0.33	6.54	-5.67	4.46	1.04	-0.04
83	Louisiana	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	6.28	-11.67	9.92	0.6	0.4
84	Kentucky	SEC	1-2	0.33	6.27	-17.33	16.38	0.45	0.55
85	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-2	0.33	6.12	-2	9.13	1.34	-0.34
86	Boise State	Western Athletic	1-2	0.33	6.08	-5	21.81	1.18	-0.18
87	Kent State	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	5.93	-16.67	9.02	0.51	0.49
88	Rutgers	Big East	1-2	0.33	5.83	-31.67	17.18	0.1	0.9
89	UCF	FBS Independents	1-2	0.33	5.71	-4	9.17	1.18	-0.18
90	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	5.69	-16.67	2.27	0.3	0.7
91	San Diego State	Mountain West	1-2	0.33	5.34	-12.33	19.84	0.4	0.6
92	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	5.27	-12	17.57	0.68	0.32
93	Buffalo	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	5.03	-11.33	11.18	0.7	0.3
94	Nevada	Western Athletic	1-2	0.33	5.01	-18	19.48	0.48	0.52
95	Troy	FBS Independents	1-2	0.33	4.99	-13	13.78	0.68	0.32
96	North Carolina	ACC	1-3	0.25	4.2	-6	26.31	1.26	-0.26
97	Ohio	Mid-American	0-3	0	-1.87	-7.33	15.08	0.97	-0.97
98	Utah State	FBS Independents	0-3	0	-1.91	-7.33	16.14	1.06	-1.06
99	UNLV	Mountain West	0-3	0	-2.14	-10	20.1	0.82	-0.82
100	Ball State	Mid-American	0-3	0	-2.29	-13.67	9.09	0.67	-0.67
101	Indiana	Big Ten	0-2	0	-2.32	-11.5	18.07	0.51	-0.51
102	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	0-2	0	-2.48	-12	27.02	0.27	-0.27
103	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	0-3	0	-2.49	-17.33	9.84	0.45	-0.45
104	Houston	Conference USA	0-2	0	-2.64	-17	24.47	0.38	-0.38
105	UConn	FBS Independents	0-3	0	-2.67	-25.67	4.79	0.27	-0.27
106	Army	Conference USA	0-2	0	-2.71	-27.5	12.82	0.11	-0.11
107	Penn State	Big Ten	0-2	0	-2.73	-19	17.75	0.08	-0.08
108	San José State	Western Athletic	0-2	0	-2.84	-23.5	16.81	0.15	-0.15
109	SMU	Western Athletic	0-3	0	-2.86	-22.33	19	0.2	-0.2
110	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0-3	0	-2.86	-26	13.84	0.18	-0.18
111	Tulane	Conference USA	0-4	0	-2.9	-25	15.68	0.68	-0.68
112	North Texas	Sun Belt	0-3	0	-2.97	-23	24.14	0.16	-0.16
113	Duke	ACC	0-3	0	-3.13	-27	25.03	0.15	-0.15
114	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	0-4	0	-3.16	-31	22.07	0.22	-0.22
115	Idaho	Sun Belt	0-3	0	-3.17	-28.67	25.6	0.18	-0.18
116	Navy	FBS Independents	0-3	0	-3.17	-33	17.26	0.23	-0.23
117	California	Pac-10	0-3	0	-3.21	-28.67	25.63	0.28	-0.28