2001 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:33.089999+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Nebraska	Big 12	8-0	1	26.2	27.75	12.3	7.61	0.39
2	Virginia Tech	Big East	6-0	1	25.92	34	10.18	5.9	0.1
3	Oklahoma	Big 12	7-0	1	25.85	19.14	11.96	6.38	0.62
4	UCLA	Pac-10	6-0	1	25.71	21	10.74	5.45	0.55
5	Maryland	ACC	7-0	1	25.18	21	8.25	6.22	0.78
6	Miami	Big East	5-0	1	24.82	32.4	5.01	4.77	0.23
7	BYU	Mountain West	7-0	1	24.59	23.71	5.27	5.8	1.2
8	Washington State	Pac-10	7-0	1	24.55	20.86	5.18	5.75	1.25
9	Texas	Big 12	6-1	0.86	22.86	25.29	12.74	6.49	-0.49
10	Michigan	Big Ten	5-1	0.83	22.26	14.83	15.35	5.05	-0.05
11	Oregon	Pac-10	6-1	0.86	22.15	15	9.73	5.34	0.66
12	Fresno State	Western Athletic	6-1	0.86	22.14	8.71	11.83	4.72	1.28
13	Florida	SEC	5-1	0.83	22.03	32.67	10.47	5.77	-0.77
14	South Carolina	SEC	6-1	0.86	21.82	13.14	9.53	5.75	0.25
15	Louisville	Conference USA	6-1	0.86	21.63	11.29	9.25	5.46	0.54
16	Stanford	Pac-10	4-1	0.8	21.63	9	18.64	3.24	0.76
17	Illinois	Big Ten	6-1	0.86	21.61	10	9.52	5.01	0.99
18	Auburn	SEC	6-1	0.86	21.54	4.86	12.12	4.34	1.66
19	Tennessee	SEC	4-1	0.8	21.24	10.2	15.83	3.81	0.19
20	Texas A&M	Big 12	6-1	0.86	21.16	8.57	7.49	5.07	0.93
21	Georgia	SEC	5-1	0.83	21.07	11	9.95	4.42	0.58
22	Ole Miss	SEC	5-1	0.83	20.95	14.83	8.22	4.65	0.35
23	Utah	Mountain West	5-1	0.83	20.93	13.17	8.48	4.73	0.27
24	Toledo	Mid-American	5-1	0.83	20.89	17.5	5.42	4.84	0.16
25	Washington	Pac-10	5-1	0.83	20.83	7	10.44	3.93	1.07
26	Iowa State	Big 12	5-1	0.83	20.72	12.5	7.39	4.7	0.3
27	Marshall	Mid-American	5-1	0.83	20.64	10.5	7.61	4.18	0.82
28	Purdue	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	20.35	5.2	12.74	3.2	0.8
29	Rice	Western Athletic	6-1	0.86	19.93	1.29	6.99	3.73	2.27
30	Syracuse	Big East	6-2	0.75	19.56	11.62	12.07	6.26	-0.26
31	Colorado	Big 12	5-2	0.71	18.82	8.29	13.37	4.88	0.12
32	Georgia Tech	ACC	5-2	0.71	18.55	18.29	9.17	5.98	-0.98
33	Boston College	Big East	5-2	0.71	18.31	13.29	9.07	5.48	-0.48
34	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-2	0.71	18.16	9.71	9.66	5.13	-0.13
35	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	5-2	0.71	17.57	8.86	4.72	4.58	0.42
36	Iowa	Big Ten	4-2	0.67	17.57	14	10.25	4.68	-0.68
37	Florida State	ACC	4-2	0.67	17.51	11.67	11.04	4.33	-0.33
38	Ohio State	Big Ten	4-2	0.67	17.49	8.33	12.48	4.41	-0.41
39	Arizona State	Pac-10	4-2	0.67	16.99	11.33	7.25	4.13	-0.13
40	LSU	SEC	4-2	0.67	16.96	9.5	8.31	4.25	-0.25
41	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	4-2	0.67	16.7	15.67	3.76	4.79	-0.79
42	Northwestern	Big Ten	4-2	0.67	16.7	5.33	7.05	3.66	0.34
43	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	5-2	0.71	16.59	0.57	9.92	3.59	1.41
44	North Carolina	ACC	5-3	0.62	16.38	3.5	18.59	4.84	0.16
45	Air Force	Mountain West	4-2	0.67	16.27	2	8.24	3.26	0.74
46	Cincinnati	Conference USA	4-2	0.67	16.27	3.17	8.24	3.45	0.55
47	Clemson	ACC	4-2	0.67	16.23	1	10.04	3.12	0.88
48	Southern Miss	Conference USA	3-2	0.6	15.47	4.2	10.96	3.3	-0.3
49	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-2	0.6	15.26	2.8	11.12	2.84	0.16
50	UCF	FBS Independents	4-3	0.57	14.92	9.71	10.1	5.11	-1.11
51	East Carolina	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	14.66	9.57	8	4.79	-0.79
52	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-3	0.57	14.66	4.57	10.04	4.3	-0.3
53	Boise State	Western Athletic	4-3	0.57	14.6	3.14	13.89	3.96	0.04
54	South Florida	FBS Independents	4-3	0.57	13.95	4.86	6.12	4.29	-0.29
55	TCU	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	13.69	4.86	3.55	4.34	-0.34
56	Memphis	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	13.61	1	7.86	3.67	0.33
57	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	3-3	0.5	12.99	5	9.21	3.53	-0.53
58	Texas Tech	Big 12	3-3	0.5	12.75	1.83	12.68	3.21	-0.21
59	NC State	ACC	3-3	0.5	12.42	1.17	11.29	3.18	-0.18
60	Alabama	SEC	3-4	0.43	12.27	7.86	15.36	4.77	-1.77
61	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-3	0.5	11.09	-1.17	14.16	2.78	0.22
62	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-4	0.5	11.04	-1.38	11.24	3.75	0.25
63	Missouri	Big 12	3-3	0.5	11.03	-0.83	11.47	2.88	0.12
64	UAB	Conference USA	3-4	0.43	11.01	4.43	8.6	4.37	-1.37
65	Arkansas	SEC	3-3	0.5	10.84	-2	12.47	2.61	0.39
66	Wake Forest	ACC	3-3	0.5	10.47	-2.5	9.46	2.64	0.36
67	Colorado State	Mountain West	3-4	0.43	10.46	0.71	13.01	3.64	-0.64
68	Kansas State	Big 12	2-4	0.33	9.67	5.17	16.91	3.75	-1.75
69	Troy	FBS Independents	3-3	0.5	9.59	-7.5	9.12	1.98	1.02
70	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	3-4	0.43	8.83	-3.14	12.94	2.98	0.02
71	Virginia	ACC	3-4	0.43	8.46	-6.71	10.8	2.36	0.64
72	Arizona	Pac-10	3-4	0.43	8.34	-9	12.93	2.29	0.71
73	Kent State	Mid-American	3-4	0.43	8	-5.57	6.4	2.55	0.45
74	USC	Pac-10	2-5	0.29	8	2.43	14.21	3.99	-1.99
75	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	3-4	0.43	7.95	-9.86	9.32	2.06	0.94
76	UNLV	Mountain West	2-5	0.29	7.38	1	11.65	3.67	-1.67
77	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-4	0.33	6.79	-2.67	17.97	2.61	-0.61
78	New Mexico	Mountain West	2-4	0.33	6.63	-3.17	13.1	2.54	-0.54
79	Oregon State	Pac-10	2-4	0.33	6.58	-5.83	18.48	2.26	-0.26
80	Kansas	Big 12	2-4	0.33	6.14	-8.33	14.8	1.93	0.07
81	West Virginia	Big East	2-4	0.33	6.13	-7.33	14.64	1.85	0.15
82	Ball State	Mid-American	2-4	0.33	6.06	-4	8.95	2.44	-0.44
83	Baylor	Big 12	2-4	0.33	5.89	-13.33	17.09	0.9	1.1
84	Temple	Big East	2-4	0.33	5.86	-11	12.9	1.55	0.45
85	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-4	0.33	5.7	-11.33	10.15	1.62	0.38
86	Oklahoma State	Big 12	2-5	0.29	5.46	-5.14	13.73	2.57	-0.57
87	UConn	FBS Independents	2-4	0.33	5.31	-12.67	5.45	1.31	0.69
88	Akron	Mid-American	2-5	0.29	5.18	-7.43	13.85	2.13	-0.13
89	North Texas	Sun Belt	2-5	0.29	5.05	-5.86	12.78	2.37	-0.37
90	San Diego State	Mountain West	2-5	0.29	4.8	-10.14	9.76	1.61	0.39
91	Wyoming	Mountain West	2-5	0.29	4.74	-10.86	9.11	1.84	0.16
92	Louisiana	Sun Belt	2-5	0.29	4.41	-11	6.89	1.94	0.06
93	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-5	0.29	4.38	-14.71	5.65	1.52	0.48
94	Rutgers	Big East	2-5	0.29	4.25	-17.43	11.72	0.87	1.13
95	Tulane	Conference USA	2-6	0.25	4.13	-7.5	11.33	3.02	-1.02
96	Ohio	Mid-American	1-5	0.17	3.29	-1.67	13.24	2.78	-1.78
97	SMU	Western Athletic	1-4	0.2	2.47	-13.4	10.94	1.04	-0.04
98	Indiana	Big Ten	1-5	0.17	2.47	-6.67	17.04	2.22	-1.22
99	Penn State	Big Ten	1-4	0.2	2.44	-12.2	19.39	0.91	0.09
100	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-5	0.17	2.18	-9.5	14.6	1.66	-0.66
101	Tulsa	Western Athletic	1-5	0.17	2.14	-8.83	9.43	1.7	-0.7
102	Nevada	Western Athletic	1-5	0.17	1.94	-12.5	15.02	1.57	-0.57
103	Mississippi State	SEC	1-5	0.17	1.86	-15	17.21	0.7	0.3
104	Utah State	FBS Independents	1-5	0.17	1.84	-9.67	13.4	1.94	-0.94
105	Pittsburgh	Big East	1-5	0.17	1.81	-14.5	11.85	1.13	-0.13
106	Army	Conference USA	1-5	0.17	1.65	-17.17	10.68	1.02	-0.02
107	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	1-5	0.17	1.55	-18.17	6.9	0.8	0.2
108	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-5	0.17	1.48	-18.5	5.18	0.43	0.57
109	San José State	Western Athletic	1-5	0.17	1.4	-16.83	11.68	1.12	-0.12
110	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	1-5	0.17	1.4	-23.17	9.16	0.33	0.67
111	Buffalo	Mid-American	1-6	0.14	1.09	-14.43	10.35	1.13	-0.13
112	Kentucky	SEC	1-6	0.14	1.02	-16.71	17.54	1.33	-0.33
113	Houston	Conference USA	0-6	0	-2.26	-14.17	14.49	1.41	-1.41
114	Navy	FBS Independents	0-6	0	-2.52	-19.83	13.95	0.83	-0.83
115	Idaho	Sun Belt	0-7	0	-2.6	-22	14.03	1.35	-1.35
116	Duke	ACC	0-7	0	-2.77	-25.43	17.14	0.61	-0.61
117	California	Pac-10	0-6	0	-3	-28.17	23.77	0.56	-0.56