2002 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:33.300304+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Ohio State	Big Ten	14-0	1	25.14	16.21	13.2	12.2	1.8
2	Georgia	SEC	13-1	0.93	23.42	17	12.36	11.99	1.01
3	Miami	Big East	12-1	0.92	23.41	21.46	12.36	11.13	0.87
4	Boise State	Western Athletic	12-1	0.92	22.71	27.15	7.83	11.64	0.36
5	USC	Pac-10	11-2	0.85	22.27	17.31	16.26	10.76	0.24
6	Oklahoma	Big 12	12-2	0.86	22.23	23.21	13.35	12.57	-0.57
7	Texas	Big 12	11-2	0.85	21.81	17.46	13.51	11.03	-0.03
8	Iowa	Big Ten	11-2	0.85	21.58	17.54	11.88	10.65	0.35
9	Kansas State	Big 12	11-2	0.85	21.46	32.92	8.66	12.47	-1.47
10	Marshall	Mid-American	11-2	0.85	20.53	10.92	7.88	9.19	1.81
11	TCU	Conference USA	10-2	0.83	20.39	11.58	9.49	9.12	0.88
12	South Florida	FBS Independents	9-2	0.82	20.17	12.27	9.25	8.46	0.54
13	Maryland	ACC	11-3	0.79	19.91	15.93	10.7	11.68	-0.68
14	Alabama	SEC	10-3	0.77	19.86	12.85	14.19	10.51	-0.51
15	NC State	ACC	11-3	0.79	19.63	15.86	8.97	11.57	-0.57
16	Michigan	Big Ten	10-3	0.77	19.58	7.38	15.04	8.78	1.22
17	Washington State	Pac-10	10-3	0.77	19.34	10.38	11.6	9.22	0.78
18	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	10-3	0.77	19.16	5.62	13.18	8.65	1.35
19	Bowling Green	Mid-American	9-3	0.75	18.5	15.5	7.35	9.07	-0.07
20	Virginia Tech	Big East	10-4	0.71	18.28	11.86	13.31	10.66	-0.66
21	Penn State	Big Ten	9-4	0.69	18.1	16.85	13.13	10.82	-1.82
22	Colorado State	Mountain West	10-4	0.71	17.64	6.14	11.75	8.86	1.14
23	Auburn	SEC	9-4	0.69	17.63	12.08	11.84	10.06	-1.06
24	Boston College	Big East	9-4	0.69	17.49	10.69	11.36	9.6	-0.6
25	Pittsburgh	Big East	9-4	0.69	17.46	7.62	12.92	9.09	-0.09
26	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	10-4	0.71	17.3	8.07	8.26	9.05	0.95
27	West Virginia	Big East	9-4	0.69	17.22	7.23	11.38	8.52	0.48
28	Florida State	ACC	9-5	0.64	16.74	9.07	15	9.76	-0.76
29	Arkansas	SEC	9-5	0.64	16.44	6.64	14.34	9.31	-0.31
30	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	8-4	0.67	16.43	6.42	9.48	7.59	0.41
31	Texas Tech	Big 12	9-5	0.64	16.41	7	14.08	8.64	0.36
32	Colorado	Big 12	9-5	0.64	16.22	5.21	14.17	8.65	0.35
33	Toledo	Mid-American	9-5	0.64	16.16	8.36	11.17	9.16	-0.16
34	Virginia	ACC	9-5	0.64	15.93	3.86	13.39	8.19	0.81
35	Oregon State	Pac-10	8-5	0.62	15.86	11.31	10.64	9.6	-1.6
36	Florida	SEC	8-5	0.62	15.71	4.38	14.44	7.91	0.09
37	LSU	SEC	8-5	0.62	15.7	6.54	12.23	8.75	-0.75
38	Air Force	Mountain West	8-5	0.62	15.67	10.54	9.36	9.2	-1.2
39	UCLA	Pac-10	8-5	0.62	15.62	4.69	13.64	7.8	0.2
40	Tennessee	SEC	8-5	0.62	15.56	5.31	12.2	8.48	-0.48
41	Oklahoma State	Big 12	8-5	0.62	15.52	6.92	10.7	8.2	-0.2
42	Minnesota	Big Ten	8-5	0.62	15.22	4.38	10.9	7.75	0.25
43	Tulane	Conference USA	8-5	0.62	15.12	6.08	8.13	8.35	-0.35
44	North Texas	Sun Belt	8-5	0.62	15.1	4.38	9.71	8.44	-0.44
45	California	Pac-10	7-5	0.58	15.02	9.08	12.44	8.01	-1.01
46	Kentucky	SEC	7-5	0.58	14.65	7	10.85	7.7	-0.7
47	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	7-5	0.58	14.5	4.92	11.56	7.17	-0.17
48	Wisconsin	Big Ten	8-6	0.57	14.36	3.57	14.16	8.19	-0.19
49	Fresno State	Western Athletic	9-5	0.64	14.33	-0.07	11.12	6.98	2.02
50	UCF	Mid-American	7-5	0.58	14.31	6.33	8.5	7.5	-0.5
51	Arizona State	Pac-10	8-6	0.57	13.97	3.21	11.27	7.87	0.13
52	Purdue	Big Ten	7-6	0.54	13.84	7.54	11.42	8.67	-1.67
53	Washington	Pac-10	7-6	0.54	13.68	4.31	12.91	7.66	-0.66
54	Louisville	Conference USA	7-6	0.54	13.46	4.23	11.24	7.71	-0.71
55	Oregon	Pac-10	7-6	0.54	13.37	4.23	10.12	7.58	-0.58
56	Southern Miss	Conference USA	7-6	0.54	13.24	3.38	10.45	7.79	-0.79
57	Wake Forest	ACC	7-6	0.54	13.12	2.23	11.95	7.15	-0.15
58	Ole Miss	SEC	7-6	0.54	13.03	1.54	12.51	6.95	0.05
59	Cincinnati	Conference USA	7-7	0.5	12.94	5.71	13.08	8.77	-1.77
60	Georgia Tech	ACC	7-6	0.54	12.85	1	12.34	6.87	0.13
61	Texas A&M	Big 12	6-6	0.5	12.82	5.42	12.24	7.45	-1.45
62	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	7-5	0.58	12.73	-0.08	8.58	5.98	1.02
63	UConn	FBS Independents	6-6	0.5	12.63	8.58	7.3	8.19	-2.19
64	Nebraska	Big 12	7-7	0.5	12.46	3.43	11.49	8.1	-1.1
65	Iowa State	Big 12	7-7	0.5	11.9	0.57	13.85	7.17	-0.17
66	Clemson	ACC	7-6	0.54	11.61	-1.46	12.86	6.07	0.93
67	Utah	Mountain West	5-6	0.45	10.87	2.09	9.45	6.13	-1.13
68	Illinois	Big Ten	5-7	0.42	10.72	3.25	12.68	6.84	-1.84
69	New Mexico	Mountain West	7-7	0.5	10.5	-1.21	9.5	6.6	0.4
70	Missouri	Big 12	5-7	0.42	10.04	0.67	13.44	6.16	-1.16
71	Ball State	Mid-American	6-6	0.5	9.76	-4.58	9.23	4.74	1.26
72	San José State	Western Athletic	6-7	0.46	8.66	-7	10.21	4.87	1.13
73	South Carolina	SEC	5-7	0.42	8.49	-3.08	13.17	4.93	0.07
74	Nevada	Western Athletic	5-7	0.42	8.32	-3.33	11.25	5.19	-0.19
75	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	6-7	0.46	8.27	-7.85	5.59	4.07	1.93
76	BYU	Mountain West	5-7	0.42	7.99	-5.08	10.35	4.59	0.41
77	Houston	Conference USA	5-7	0.42	7.91	-6.08	10.94	4.57	0.43
78	UNLV	Mountain West	5-7	0.42	7.89	-6.17	10.72	4.43	0.57
79	UAB	Conference USA	5-7	0.42	7.61	-8.5	9.75	3.81	1.19
80	Rice	Western Athletic	4-7	0.36	6.69	-3.91	7.96	4.49	-0.49
81	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	6.46	-2.25	10.28	5.4	-1.4
82	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	4-8	0.33	6.19	-2.92	7.85	5.21	-1.21
83	Utah State	FBS Independents	4-7	0.36	6.05	-11.55	9.64	3.35	0.65
84	Syracuse	Big East	4-8	0.33	6.04	-4.92	11.11	4.9	-0.9
85	Troy	FBS Independents	4-8	0.33	6.03	-2.83	4.3	4.98	-0.98
86	Akron	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	6.02	-4.5	9.6	4.92	-0.92
87	East Carolina	Conference USA	4-8	0.33	6.01	-5.33	11.75	4.77	-0.77
88	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-8	0.33	5.9	-6.83	12.96	4.4	-0.4
89	Arizona	Pac-10	4-8	0.33	5.85	-6.92	11.92	3.88	0.12
90	Ohio	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	5.81	-6.25	9.75	4.44	-0.44
91	Temple	Big East	4-8	0.33	5.65	-9.08	11.73	3.51	0.49
92	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	4-8	0.33	5.6	-8.83	10.32	4.04	-0.04
93	Central Michigan	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	5.48	-9.75	9.16	3.56	0.44
94	San Diego State	Mountain West	4-9	0.31	5.3	-7.85	11.82	4.38	-0.38
95	Memphis	Conference USA	3-9	0.25	4.72	-2	9.74	5.46	-2.46
96	Mississippi State	SEC	3-9	0.25	3.82	-9.33	11.67	3.35	-0.35
97	Louisiana	Sun Belt	3-9	0.25	3.58	-12.42	10.38	2.56	0.44
98	North Carolina	ACC	3-9	0.25	3.47	-16.5	13.98	2.18	0.82
99	SMU	Western Athletic	3-9	0.25	3.45	-14.25	9.58	2.32	0.68
100	Indiana	Big Ten	3-9	0.25	3.44	-15.58	11.33	2.59	0.41
101	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-9	0.25	3.36	-18.42	12.95	2.36	0.64
102	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	3-9	0.25	3.28	-17.92	9.22	2.13	0.87
103	Kent State	Mid-American	3-9	0.25	3.26	-18.5	9.46	1.77	1.23
104	Baylor	Big 12	3-9	0.25	3.11	-24.5	11.87	1.28	1.72
105	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-9	0.25	3.04	-23.33	7.51	1.99	1.01
106	Stanford	Pac-10	2-9	0.18	2.01	-13.82	15.49	2.5	-0.5
107	Duke	ACC	2-10	0.17	1.92	-10.5	11.51	3.12	-1.12
108	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-10	0.17	1.83	-12.25	12.76	2.76	-0.76
109	Idaho	Sun Belt	2-10	0.17	1.81	-11.92	9.77	3.31	-1.31
110	Wyoming	Mountain West	2-10	0.17	1.81	-12	10.7	3.32	-1.32
111	Navy	FBS Independents	2-10	0.17	1.8	-12.17	10.7	3.31	-1.31
112	Kansas	Big 12	2-10	0.17	1.38	-21.58	10.1	1.86	0.14
113	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-10	0.17	1.28	-24.25	9.32	1.43	0.57
114	Tulsa	Western Athletic	1-11	0.08	-0.38	-15.33	9.5	2.41	-1.41
115	Buffalo	Mid-American	1-11	0.08	-0.44	-16.83	8.09	2.06	-1.06
116	Rutgers	Big East	1-11	0.08	-0.55	-19.17	11.12	1.37	-0.37
117	Army	Conference USA	1-11	0.08	-0.64	-22.08	8.02	1.65	-0.65