2001 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:33.089563+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	UCLA	Pac-10	5-0	1	26.58	17.4	15.2	4.47	0.53
2	Nebraska	Big 12	7-0	1	26.35	30.29	11.77	6.82	0.18
3	Oklahoma	Big 12	6-0	1	26.15	19.67	12.35	5.55	0.45
4	Virginia Tech	Big East	6-0	1	26.09	34	10.22	5.9	0.1
5	Maryland	ACC	6-0	1	25.74	17.5	10.77	5.19	0.81
6	Fresno State	Western Athletic	6-0	1	25.45	11	11.03	4.33	1.67
7	Washington State	Pac-10	6-0	1	25.22	20.17	7.84	4.93	1.07
8	Oregon	Pac-10	6-0	1	25.11	18.67	7.36	4.99	1.01
9	Miami	Big East	5-0	1	25.09	32.4	5.55	4.77	0.23
10	Toledo	Mid-American	5-0	1	24.78	21.8	5.24	4.23	0.77
11	BYU	Mountain West	6-0	1	24.09	22.67	1.99	4.98	1.02
12	Michigan	Big Ten	5-1	0.83	22.49	14.83	16.23	5.05	-0.05
13	Florida	SEC	5-1	0.83	22.38	32.67	10.23	5.77	-0.77
14	Colorado	Big 12	5-1	0.83	22.13	15.33	13.87	4.99	0.01
15	Texas	Big 12	5-1	0.83	21.94	23.83	10.63	5.47	-0.47
16	South Carolina	SEC	5-1	0.83	21.49	10	10.08	4.65	0.35
17	Illinois	Big Ten	5-1	0.83	21.15	10.5	9.68	4.45	0.55
18	Texas A&M	Big 12	5-1	0.83	20.89	8.83	7.36	4.45	0.55
19	Purdue	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	20.88	5.2	13.24	3.2	0.8
20	Stanford	Pac-10	3-1	0.75	20.85	9.5	17.54	2.67	0.33
21	Louisville	Conference USA	5-1	0.83	20.84	11.5	7.34	4.68	0.32
22	Auburn	SEC	5-1	0.83	20.83	4.5	11.58	3.78	1.22
23	Georgia	SEC	4-1	0.8	20.7	10.4	11.4	3.72	0.28
24	Washington	Pac-10	4-1	0.8	20.48	7.8	9.29	3.37	0.63
25	Clemson	ACC	4-1	0.8	20.27	8.2	10.02	3.27	0.73
26	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	5-1	0.83	20.25	15	1.28	4.48	0.52
27	Utah	Mountain West	4-1	0.8	20.24	8.8	9.1	3.47	0.53
28	Marshall	Mid-American	4-1	0.8	20.23	8.4	9.6	3.31	0.69
29	Iowa State	Big 12	4-1	0.8	20.16	12.2	7.3	3.87	0.13
30	Tennessee	SEC	3-1	0.75	20.09	10	14.66	3.13	-0.13
31	Northwestern	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	19.96	7	8.57	3.26	0.74
32	Ole Miss	SEC	4-1	0.8	19.78	12.2	5.34	3.68	0.32
33	Air Force	Mountain West	4-1	0.8	19.59	8.4	5.81	3.51	0.49
34	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	19.35	5.75	13.49	2.55	0.45
35	Rice	Western Athletic	5-1	0.83	19.18	1	6.52	3.17	1.83
36	Southern Miss	Conference USA	3-1	0.75	19.16	7.75	9.71	3.17	-0.17
37	Syracuse	Big East	5-2	0.71	18.44	7.29	12.33	4.83	0.17
38	Georgia Tech	ACC	4-2	0.67	17.83	19.67	7.8	5.2	-1.2
39	Boston College	Big East	4-2	0.67	17.72	9.17	10.86	4.24	-0.24
40	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-2	0.67	17.6	10.5	9.21	4.41	-0.41
41	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-2	0.67	17.25	6.67	11.31	3.93	0.07
42	Iowa	Big Ten	3-2	0.6	16.52	14	11.29	3.97	-0.97
43	Memphis	Conference USA	4-2	0.67	16.42	4.67	6.94	3.65	0.35
44	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-2	0.6	16.33	7	13.89	3.5	-0.5
45	Florida State	ACC	3-2	0.6	15.9	6.8	10.66	3.15	-0.15
46	Arizona State	Pac-10	3-2	0.6	15.83	10.2	7.75	3.34	-0.34
47	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	3-2	0.6	15.12	7.4	6.96	3.19	-0.19
48	Texas Tech	Big 12	3-2	0.6	15.12	4.2	10.51	2.91	0.09
49	NC State	ACC	3-2	0.6	15.11	3.4	8.3	2.93	0.07
50	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	3-2	0.6	15.07	14.6	3.42	3.89	-0.89
51	Cincinnati	Conference USA	3-2	0.6	15.05	3.6	10.98	2.94	0.06
52	LSU	SEC	3-2	0.6	14.91	3	9.77	2.83	0.17
53	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	4-2	0.67	14.78	-1.33	10.32	2.81	1.19
54	Alabama	SEC	3-3	0.5	14.33	11	15.19	4.52	-1.52
55	North Carolina	ACC	4-3	0.57	13.5	-1	19.47	3.29	0.71
56	UCF	FBS Independents	3-3	0.5	12.92	6	10.86	3.88	-0.88
57	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-3	0.57	12.88	-0.57	11.18	3.4	0.6
58	Boise State	Western Athletic	3-3	0.5	12.77	2.83	13.33	3.36	-0.36
59	East Carolina	Conference USA	3-3	0.5	12.7	7.67	5.38	3.86	-0.86
60	TCU	Conference USA	3-3	0.5	12	2.67	1.81	3.42	-0.42
61	South Florida	FBS Independents	3-3	0.5	11.68	0.67	8.75	3.1	-0.1
62	Kansas State	Big 12	2-3	0.4	11.58	7.6	14.09	3.42	-1.42
63	Virginia	ACC	3-3	0.5	10.88	-1.83	9.2	2.72	0.28
64	Arkansas	SEC	3-3	0.5	10.76	-2	12.7	2.61	0.39
65	Wake Forest	ACC	3-3	0.5	10.47	-2.5	10.23	2.64	0.36
66	Arizona	Pac-10	3-3	0.5	9.92	-10	10.53	1.86	1.14
67	USC	Pac-10	2-4	0.33	9.34	4.67	18.15	3.79	-1.79
68	UAB	Conference USA	2-4	0.33	9	4	8.7	3.73	-1.73
69	Missouri	Big 12	2-3	0.4	8.84	-1.8	13.41	2.27	-0.27
70	Colorado State	Mountain West	2-4	0.33	8.41	0.5	14.57	3.09	-1.09
71	Oregon State	Pac-10	2-3	0.4	8.36	-3.6	19.17	2.1	-0.1
72	UNLV	Mountain West	2-4	0.33	8.23	1.5	12.61	3.22	-1.22
73	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-3	0.4	8.18	-3.6	16.29	1.92	0.08
74	Kansas	Big 12	2-3	0.4	7.88	-9.2	15.25	1.46	0.54
75	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	3-4	0.43	7.86	-9.86	9.46	2.06	0.94
76	Temple	Big East	2-3	0.4	7.82	-4.8	13.21	1.95	0.05
77	Baylor	Big 12	2-3	0.4	7.68	-12.8	15.33	0.72	1.28
78	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	7.4	-9.4	6.77	1.5	0.5
79	Troy	FBS Independents	2-3	0.4	7.24	-11.6	14.04	1.13	0.87
80	Oklahoma State	Big 12	2-4	0.33	6.82	-3.67	13.41	2.43	-0.43
81	New Mexico	Mountain West	2-4	0.33	6.81	-3.17	13.81	2.54	-0.54
82	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	2-4	0.33	6.41	-5	11.12	2.33	-0.33
83	West Virginia	Big East	2-4	0.33	6.22	-7.33	12.86	1.85	0.15
84	Akron	Mid-American	2-4	0.33	6.13	-7.83	12.51	1.84	0.16
85	Wyoming	Mountain West	2-4	0.33	6.02	-6.83	8.22	2.11	-0.11
86	San Diego State	Mountain West	2-4	0.33	5.85	-9.33	9.08	1.5	0.5
87	Kent State	Mid-American	2-4	0.33	5.48	-10.17	9.24	1.59	0.41
88	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-4	0.33	5.44	-15.17	6.95	1.2	0.8
89	UConn	FBS Independents	2-4	0.33	5.43	-12.67	5.28	1.31	0.69
90	Tulane	Conference USA	2-5	0.29	4.81	-7.57	10.38	2.65	-0.65
91	Ohio	Mid-American	1-4	0.2	4.65	0.4	14.34	2.54	-1.54
92	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-4	0.2	3.52	-5	18.8	1.9	-0.9
93	Indiana	Big Ten	1-4	0.2	3.47	-5.2	18.1	1.97	-0.97
94	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-4	0.2	3.41	-5	14.13	1.85	-0.85
95	Tulsa	Western Athletic	1-4	0.2	3.15	-6.4	7.67	1.68	-0.68
96	Mississippi State	SEC	1-4	0.2	3.02	-9.6	18.11	1.09	-0.09
97	Pittsburgh	Big East	1-4	0.2	2.82	-9.8	8.99	1.36	-0.36
98	Ball State	Mid-American	1-4	0.2	2.69	-5.6	5.52	1.86	-0.86
99	Nevada	Western Athletic	1-4	0.2	2.56	-14.4	12.51	1.14	-0.14
100	Army	Conference USA	1-4	0.2	2.37	-17	10.32	0.84	0.16
101	SMU	Western Athletic	1-4	0.2	2.2	-13.4	11.03	1.04	-0.04
102	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	1-4	0.2	2.19	-12.8	8.32	1.1	-0.1
103	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	1-4	0.2	2.09	-21.4	8.67	0.35	0.65
104	Buffalo	Mid-American	1-5	0.17	1.89	-13.17	12.04	1.08	-0.08
105	Kentucky	SEC	1-5	0.17	1.75	-17.17	17.15	1.04	-0.04
106	Louisiana	Sun Belt	1-5	0.17	1.72	-15.67	9.39	1.03	-0.03
107	North Texas	Sun Belt	1-5	0.17	1.54	-14.33	14.7	0.9	0.1
108	Rutgers	Big East	1-5	0.17	1.54	-21.33	13.63	0.49	0.51
109	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-5	0.17	1.53	-18.5	4.38	0.43	0.57
110	Utah State	FBS Independents	0-5	0	-2.19	-11.8	18.26	1.46	-1.46
111	Houston	Conference USA	0-5	0	-2.4	-16.8	14.51	0.99	-0.99
112	Penn State	Big Ten	0-4	0	-2.46	-16	19.53	0.26	-0.26
113	San José State	Western Athletic	0-5	0	-2.59	-22.6	11.27	0.53	-0.53
114	Navy	FBS Independents	0-5	0	-2.69	-22.6	16.26	0.59	-0.59
115	Duke	ACC	0-6	0	-2.7	-22.67	16.56	0.59	-0.59
116	Idaho	Sun Belt	0-6	0	-2.71	-22.83	16.95	1.05	-1.05
117	California	Pac-10	0-5	0	-2.95	-26	24.17	0.52	-0.52