2002 W4 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:33.293604+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Arkansas	SEC	2-0	1	29.84	33	20.21	1.95	0.05
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-0	1	29.16	25.33	16.34	2.74	0.26
3	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-0	1	28.8	10.33	18.88	2.39	0.61
4	Virginia Tech	Big East	3-0	1	28.54	33.33	13.55	2.88	0.12
5	Kentucky	SEC	3-0	1	28.36	25	13.01	2.69	0.31
6	UCLA	Pac-10	2-0	1	28.23	12.5	15.51	1.5	0.5
7	Florida State	ACC	3-0	1	28.03	18.33	12.61	2.47	0.53
8	USC	Pac-10	2-0	1	27.88	22	13	1.88	0.12
9	California	Pac-10	3-0	1	27.79	31	10.87	2.72	0.28
10	Texas	Big 12	2-0	1	27.75	29	10.68	1.92	0.08
11	Penn State	Big Ten	2-0	1	27.7	18	13.04	1.72	0.28
12	Oklahoma	Big 12	3-0	1	27.68	38.33	7.87	2.94	0.06
13	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-0	1	27.62	10.5	12.08	3.05	0.95
14	Miami	Big East	3-0	1	27.28	31.33	6.85	2.75	0.25
15	NC State	ACC	4-0	1	27.16	29.75	5.86	3.82	0.18
16	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-0	1	26.99	28.5	8.2	1.82	0.18
17	Arizona	Pac-10	2-0	1	26.89	20	9.14	1.86	0.14
18	Georgia	SEC	2-0	1	26.86	4.5	13.68	1.26	0.74
19	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-0	1	26.71	33.67	4.26	2.91	0.09
20	Texas A&M	Big 12	2-0	1	26.62	13	6.71	1.77	0.23
21	Air Force	Mountain West	2-0	1	26.24	28	2.46	1.82	0.18
22	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-0	1	26.18	25.33	4.02	2.84	0.16
23	Oregon	Pac-10	3-0	1	25.76	21.33	1.05	2.56	0.44
24	Southern Miss	Conference USA	3-0	1	25.65	23.33	1.48	2.74	0.26
25	Tennessee	SEC	2-0	1	25.21	31.5	-2.66	1.98	0.02
26	Kansas State	Big 12	3-0	1	24.39	54.33	-7.89	2.99	0.01
27	Boston College	Big East	2-0	1	24.32	7.5	-1.92	1.34	0.66
28	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-0	1	23.91	14.33	-5.4	2.47	0.53
29	Nebraska	Big 12	3-1	0.75	21.75	12.75	9.52	3.06	-0.06
30	Iowa State	Big 12	3-1	0.75	21.26	23	10.99	3.45	-0.45
31	Michigan	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	20.9	7.67	19.28	2.01	-0.01
32	Utah	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	20.29	13.67	11.13	2.54	-0.54
33	Iowa	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	20.15	12	10.54	2.12	-0.12
34	South Florida	FBS Independents	2-1	0.67	19.9	11	10.03	2.23	-0.23
35	Colorado State	Mountain West	3-1	0.75	19.76	0.75	15.43	2.07	0.93
36	Ole Miss	SEC	2-1	0.67	19.69	12	7.34	2.25	-0.25
37	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-1	0.67	19.64	18	6.83	2.64	-0.64
38	Washington State	Pac-10	2-1	0.67	19.58	13.67	7.83	2.46	-0.46
39	Arizona State	Pac-10	3-1	0.75	19.46	10.5	3.54	2.84	0.16
40	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	19.45	14	6.6	2.31	-0.31
41	Clemson	ACC	2-1	0.67	19.39	7.33	21.21	2.01	-0.01
42	Toledo	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	19.26	23.33	3.74	2.59	-0.59
43	West Virginia	Big East	2-1	0.67	19.22	11.67	14.84	2.15	-0.15
44	Florida	SEC	2-1	0.67	19.12	17	11.36	2.52	-0.52
45	Missouri	Big 12	2-1	0.67	19.11	8.33	6.56	1.98	0.02
46	BYU	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	18.86	7	3.71	1.89	0.11
47	Purdue	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	18.77	12.67	11.23	2.3	-0.3
48	Tulane	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	18.61	11.67	0.71	2.28	-0.28
49	Auburn	SEC	2-1	0.67	18.38	24.67	8.1	2.85	-0.85
50	Pittsburgh	Big East	2-1	0.67	18.23	5.67	11.3	2.02	-0.02
51	Alabama	SEC	2-1	0.67	18.2	7	12.05	1.91	0.09
52	LSU	SEC	2-1	0.67	18.08	11	10.97	2.38	-0.38
53	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	2-1	0.67	17.59	9	8	2.01	-0.01
54	TCU	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	17.47	9.33	6.59	2.09	-0.09
55	Houston	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	17.12	4	7.12	1.81	0.19
56	Boise State	Western Athletic	2-1	0.67	17.02	4	7.04	1.76	0.24
57	Texas Tech	Big 12	2-1	0.67	16.74	0	18.42	1.5	0.5
58	Washington	Pac-10	1-1	0.5	15.58	11	20.3	1.47	-0.47
59	Cincinnati	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	15.33	2	14.67	1.07	-0.07
60	Marshall	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	14.92	3.5	8.7	1.12	-0.12
61	Kent State	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	14.84	-1.33	3.21	1.42	0.58
62	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	14.7	11	9.12	1.31	-0.31
63	Stanford	Pac-10	1-1	0.5	13.74	15	19.11	1.45	-0.45
64	New Mexico	Mountain West	2-2	0.5	13.19	2.5	13.81	2.23	-0.23
65	Mississippi State	SEC	1-1	0.5	11.98	7.5	8.59	1.31	-0.31
66	Louisville	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	11.48	9.67	19.6	2.15	-1.15
67	Navy	FBS Independents	1-1	0.5	11.18	-7.5	13.22	0.73	0.27
68	Memphis	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	10.23	1.67	14.46	1.61	-0.61
69	Oklahoma State	Big 12	1-2	0.33	10.23	6	10.01	1.83	-0.83
70	Nevada	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	9.9	-10.5	27.21	0.52	0.48
71	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	9.84	1.33	11.46	1.59	-0.59
72	Illinois	Big Ten	1-2	0.33	9.53	12	18.65	2.23	-1.23
73	Syracuse	Big East	1-2	0.33	8.34	5.67	9.98	1.81	-0.81
74	Ball State	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	8.23	-16.5	8.2	0.28	0.72
75	Fresno State	Western Athletic	1-2	0.33	8.12	-1.33	18.11	1.39	-0.39
76	Troy	FBS Independents	1-2	0.33	7.91	3	8.9	1.71	-0.71
77	South Carolina	SEC	1-2	0.33	7.77	-3	9.67	1.26	-0.26
78	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	7.76	-8.33	17.42	0.9	0.1
79	Maryland	ACC	1-2	0.33	7.56	-6.33	17.83	0.99	0.01
80	Wake Forest	ACC	1-2	0.33	7.48	-5	13.45	1.2	-0.2
81	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	7.44	-11	22.88	0.85	0.15
82	Colorado	Big 12	1-2	0.33	7.38	-7.33	13.97	0.9	0.1
83	Temple	Big East	1-2	0.33	7.27	-9.33	15.15	0.85	0.15
84	Indiana	Big Ten	1-2	0.33	7.19	-9.67	15.61	0.8	0.2
85	Virginia	ACC	1-2	0.33	7.14	-4.67	19.98	1.22	-0.22
86	North Carolina	ACC	1-2	0.33	6.99	-9.67	13.26	0.93	0.07
87	UConn	FBS Independents	1-2	0.33	6.8	-1.33	20.76	1.37	-0.37
88	Rutgers	Big East	1-2	0.33	6.77	1	-0.26	1.57	-0.57
89	Buffalo	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	6.72	-3	-4.93	1.26	-0.26
90	UNLV	Mountain West	1-2	0.33	6.72	-13	17.82	0.66	0.34
91	North Texas	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	6.58	-10	10.25	0.49	0.51
92	San José State	Western Athletic	1-2	0.33	6.54	-14	5.72	0.73	0.27
93	Duke	ACC	1-2	0.33	6.47	-11.67	3.36	0.63	0.37
94	East Carolina	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	6.36	-2.67	16.9	1.29	-0.29
95	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-2	0.33	6.33	-12	9.71	0.72	0.28
96	Baylor	Big 12	1-2	0.33	6.32	-11	8	0.87	0.13
97	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-2	0.33	6.23	-32.67	15.72	0.27	0.73
98	UAB	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	6.05	-17.67	10.64	0.46	0.54
99	Utah State	FBS Independents	1-2	0.33	4.9	-15.33	15.5	0.57	0.43
100	Kansas	Big 12	1-2	0.33	4.78	-11	6.28	0.84	0.16
101	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-2	0.33	4.68	-22.67	17.32	0.37	0.63
102	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	4.19	-32.67	13.79	0.24	0.76
103	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	1-3	0.25	3.34	-31.25	8.88	0.19	0.81
104	San Diego State	Mountain West	0-3	0	-2.17	-11	13.43	0.75	-0.75
105	Army	Conference USA	0-2	0	-2.35	-26.5	-6.18	0.1	-0.1
106	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	0-2	0	-2.49	-14	20.41	0.42	-0.42
107	SMU	Western Athletic	0-3	0	-2.56	-17.33	11.86	0.22	-0.22
108	Rice	Western Athletic	0-2	0	-2.59	-15.5	19.93	0.2	-0.2
109	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	0-2	0	-2.6	-15.5	19.63	0.38	-0.38
110	UCF	Mid-American	0-2	0	-2.7	-18	21.57	0.33	-0.33
111	Ohio	Mid-American	0-3	0	-2.71	-24	7.96	0.08	-0.08
112	Tulsa	Western Athletic	0-3	0	-2.98	-27.67	15.12	0.11	-0.11
113	Louisiana	Sun Belt	0-3	0	-2.99	-22.33	22.18	0.22	-0.22
114	Akron	Mid-American	0-3	0	-3.05	-24.33	21.72	0.33	-0.33
115	Wyoming	Mountain West	0-3	0	-3.07	-24.67	21.22	0.23	-0.23
116	Idaho	Sun Belt	0-3	0	-3.22	-29.67	22.06	0.28	-0.28
117	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0-3	0	-3.24	-33.67	14.55	0.05	-0.05