2002 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:33.293215+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-0	1	29.63	29	10.05	1.8	0.2
2	NC State	ACC	3-0	1	29.06	33.33	8.13	2.89	0.11
3	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-0	1	29.06	13	11.38	2.44	0.56
4	Oklahoma	Big 12	2-0	1	28.64	23.5	11.16	1.83	0.17
5	Iowa	Big Ten	2-0	1	28.54	20.5	11.25	1.65	0.35
6	Kentucky	SEC	2-0	1	28.53	32.5	10.95	1.85	0.15
7	Florida State	ACC	2-0	1	28.3	14	6.67	1.48	0.52
8	Utah	Mountain West	2-0	1	28.29	23.5	9.77	1.93	0.07
9	BYU	Mountain West	2-0	1	28.25	12	11.21	1.42	0.58
10	Ole Miss	SEC	2-0	1	28.24	25	9.87	1.91	0.09
11	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-0	1	28.23	14.5	10.92	1.83	0.17
12	Nebraska	Big 12	3-0	1	28.22	28	2.79	2.81	0.19
13	Miami	Big East	2-0	1	28.17	35.5	8.61	1.88	0.12
14	Texas A&M	Big 12	2-0	1	28.01	13	11.04	1.77	0.23
15	Michigan	Big Ten	2-0	1	27.93	12.5	11.22	1.51	0.49
16	UCLA	Pac-10	1-0	1	27.7	11	29.53	0.75	0.25
17	South Florida	FBS Independents	2-0	1	27.6	36	6.46	1.97	0.03
18	Virginia Tech	Big East	2-0	1	27.39	37	-2.02	1.97	0.03
19	Arkansas	SEC	1-0	1	27.37	27	24.52	0.93	0.07
20	Air Force	Mountain West	2-0	1	27.34	28	4.69	1.82	0.18
21	Oregon State	Pac-10	2-0	1	27.28	35.5	5.45	1.98	0.02
22	Oregon	Pac-10	2-0	1	27.17	13.5	5.88	1.57	0.43
23	Tulane	Conference USA	2-0	1	26.8	19.5	6.46	1.74	0.26
24	Tennessee	SEC	2-0	1	26.49	31.5	-0.79	1.98	0.02
25	Texas	Big 12	1-0	1	26.41	27	-1.34	1	0
26	Missouri	Big 12	2-0	1	26.4	24	0.69	1.85	0.15
27	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-0	1	26.28	33	-1.56	1.95	0.05
28	Washington State	Pac-10	2-0	1	26.17	29.5	-1.85	1.92	0.08
29	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-0	1	26.16	29.5	-1.98	1.94	0.06
30	California	Pac-10	2-0	1	25.98	34.5	-1.74	1.86	0.14
31	Boston College	Big East	2-0	1	25.53	7.5	0.29	1.34	0.66
32	Cincinnati	Conference USA	1-0	1	25.47	7	-0.1	0.63	0.37
33	USC	Pac-10	1-0	1	25.46	7	-0.37	0.69	0.31
34	Kansas State	Big 12	2-0	1	25.41	56.5	-6.22	2	0
35	Southern Miss	Conference USA	2-0	1	25.15	25.5	-4.86	1.85	0.15
36	Georgia	SEC	1-0	1	25.15	3	0.63	0.56	0.44
37	Penn State	Big Ten	1-0	1	25.15	3	1.28	0.57	0.43
38	Toledo	Mid-American	2-0	1	25.08	40	-6.31	1.92	0.08
39	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-0	1	24.96	33	-5.96	1.98	0.02
40	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-0	1	24.34	18	-6.2	1.73	0.27
41	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-0	1	24.3	34	-10	0.99	0.01
42	Marshall	Mid-American	1-0	1	24.25	33	-10	0.93	0.07
43	Arizona	Pac-10	1-0	1	24.08	34	-10	1	0
44	Iowa State	Big 12	2-1	0.67	19.15	29	6.08	2.77	-0.77
45	Colorado State	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	18.35	0	0.25	1.5	0.5
46	Arizona State	Pac-10	2-1	0.67	18	10.33	7.76	2.16	-0.16
47	Florida	SEC	1-1	0.5	17.46	11.5	11.38	1.46	-0.46
48	West Virginia	Big East	1-1	0.5	16.66	16	10.17	1.59	-0.59
49	Purdue	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	16.45	17	7.7	1.68	-0.68
50	Pittsburgh	Big East	1-1	0.5	16.43	5.5	11.4	1.37	-0.37
51	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	16.31	11	8	1.31	-0.31
52	Memphis	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	16.22	12	7.18	1.47	-0.47
53	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	15.52	0.5	13.01	1.02	-0.02
54	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	15.45	4	6.94	1.17	-0.17
55	Louisville	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	14.6	16	23.21	1.75	-0.75
56	Alabama	SEC	1-1	0.5	14.34	-2.5	13.15	0.91	0.09
57	Washington	Pac-10	1-1	0.5	14.16	11	22.95	1.47	-0.47
58	Clemson	ACC	1-1	0.5	14.08	8.5	23.82	1.37	-0.37
59	Houston	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	13.57	-3.5	10.1	0.8	0.2
60	Navy	FBS Independents	1-1	0.5	13.43	-7.5	14.2	0.73	0.27
61	Kent State	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	13.39	-3.5	10.91	0.85	0.15
62	South Carolina	SEC	1-1	0.5	13.28	-1.5	-1.55	0.94	0.06
63	Temple	Big East	1-1	0.5	13.1	-2.5	6.12	0.85	0.15
64	Colorado	Big 12	1-1	0.5	13.04	7.5	14.6	1.42	-0.42
65	Auburn	SEC	1-1	0.5	12.96	24.5	7.24	1.87	-0.87
66	Boise State	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	12.83	-5	-0.1	0.79	0.21
67	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	12.73	-15	11.82	0.48	0.52
68	San José State	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	12.68	-2.5	-1.55	0.87	0.13
69	TCU	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	12.68	8.5	11.21	1.29	-0.29
70	Oklahoma State	Big 12	1-1	0.5	12.66	16	6.62	1.53	-0.53
71	Indiana	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	12.43	-9.5	7.5	0.55	0.45
72	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	12.33	-8.5	0.3	0.68	0.32
73	Maryland	ACC	1-1	0.5	12.27	4	11.73	1.23	-0.23
74	LSU	SEC	1-1	0.5	12.01	3.5	10.79	1.21	-0.21
75	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	12.01	-15	6.82	0.55	0.45
76	Wake Forest	ACC	1-1	0.5	11.98	2	11.65	1.07	-0.07
77	Duke	ACC	1-1	0.5	11.93	-15	0.78	0.28	0.72
78	North Carolina	ACC	1-1	0.5	11.7	1	12.12	1.05	-0.05
79	Buffalo	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	10.6	6	-6	1.26	-0.26
80	UNLV	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	9.69	-4.5	13.87	0.75	0.25
81	North Texas	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	9.66	-2	8.06	0.81	0.19
82	Texas Tech	Big 12	1-1	0.5	9.46	-7	15.09	0.69	0.31
83	Fresno State	Western Athletic	1-2	0.33	9.24	-1.33	18.37	1.39	-0.39
84	Baylor	Big 12	1-1	0.5	8.86	-5	6.53	0.85	0.15
85	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-1	0.5	8.85	-5.5	7.53	0.78	0.22
86	UAB	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	8.48	-23.5	12.92	0.19	0.81
87	New Mexico	Mountain West	1-2	0.33	8.02	-4.33	14.84	1.24	-0.24
88	Virginia	ACC	1-2	0.33	6.4	-4.67	28.21	1.22	-0.22
89	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	4.4	-24.33	16.98	0.25	0.75
90	Army	Conference USA	0-1	0	-1.39	-9	-10	0.3	-0.3
91	Stanford	Pac-10	0-1	0	-1.41	-7	23.94	0.37	-0.37
92	East Carolina	Conference USA	0-2	0	-1.43	-6	11.76	0.69	-0.69
93	Illinois	Big Ten	0-2	0	-1.79	-8	23.54	0.62	-0.62
94	San Diego State	Mountain West	0-2	0	-1.89	-11	7.05	0.4	-0.4
95	Troy	FBS Independents	0-2	0	-1.96	-8	15.46	0.64	-0.64
96	Syracuse	Big East	0-2	0	-2.15	-14.5	13.31	0.46	-0.46
97	UCF	Mid-American	0-2	0	-2.15	-18	17.52	0.33	-0.33
98	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	0-2	0	-2.16	-14	25.14	0.42	-0.42
99	Rutgers	Big East	0-2	0	-2.36	-20.5	-5.47	0.23	-0.23
100	Rice	Western Athletic	0-2	0	-2.44	-15.5	23.87	0.2	-0.2
101	UConn	FBS Independents	0-2	0	-2.44	-12.5	24.5	0.38	-0.38
102	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	0-2	0	-2.54	-15.5	23.66	0.38	-0.38
103	Ohio	Mid-American	0-2	0	-2.58	-22	6.99	0.07	-0.07
104	SMU	Western Athletic	0-2	0	-2.61	-20.5	10.89	0.14	-0.14
105	Tulsa	Western Athletic	0-2	0	-2.74	-19.5	10.94	0.13	-0.13
106	Ball State	Mid-American	0-1	0	-2.84	-35	24.19	0.01	-0.01
107	Kansas	Big 12	0-2	0	-2.88	-26.5	7.07	0.11	-0.11
108	Mississippi State	SEC	0-1	0	-3	-23	25.12	0.08	-0.08
109	Louisiana	Sun Belt	0-2	0	-3.01	-24	23.24	0.09	-0.09
110	Nevada	Western Athletic	0-1	0	-3.04	-24	24.96	0.03	-0.03
111	Akron	Mid-American	0-2	0	-3.04	-33	12.73	0.15	-0.15
112	Idaho	Sun Belt	0-2	0	-3.09	-26	24.74	0.21	-0.21
113	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-2	0	-3.1	-36.5	12.19	0.09	-0.09
114	Utah State	FBS Independents	0-2	0	-3.11	-25.5	28.49	0.06	-0.06
115	Wyoming	Mountain West	0-2	0	-3.15	-26	23.13	0.15	-0.15
116	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0-2	0	-3.67	-48	23.7	0	0
117	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-2	0	-3.74	-50.5	23.64	0.03	-0.03