2002 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:33.295168+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Virginia Tech	Big East	6-0	1	27.02	24.17	15.87	5.67	0.33
2	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	6-0	1	26.42	11.17	15.86	4.98	1.02
3	Oklahoma	Big 12	6-0	1	26.35	25	12.52	5.47	0.53
4	Ohio State	Big Ten	7-0	1	26.26	23.14	12.32	6.32	0.68
5	Miami	Big East	6-0	1	25.93	26.83	10.2	5.43	0.57
6	Air Force	Mountain West	6-0	1	25.81	24.33	10.01	5.39	0.61
7	Georgia	SEC	6-0	1	25.77	14.17	11.86	4.97	1.03
8	Oregon	Pac-10	6-0	1	25.02	20.5	6.87	5.2	0.8
9	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-0	1	24.96	28.2	5.33	4.4	0.6
10	NC State	ACC	7-0	1	24.5	24.43	3.66	6.12	0.88
11	Iowa State	Big 12	6-1	0.86	22.78	22.57	11.81	6.15	-0.15
12	Iowa	Big Ten	6-1	0.86	22.7	16.43	12.73	5.43	0.57
13	Texas	Big 12	5-1	0.83	22.21	21.33	11.21	5.42	-0.42
14	Washington State	Pac-10	6-1	0.86	22.04	13.71	9.66	5.35	0.65
15	Michigan	Big Ten	5-1	0.83	21.77	7.67	14.76	4.07	0.93
16	LSU	SEC	5-1	0.83	21.63	21.33	9.57	5.6	-0.6
17	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-1	0.86	21.31	15.86	4.94	5.69	0.31
18	Ole Miss	SEC	5-1	0.83	21.31	13.5	9.71	4.55	0.45
19	Kansas State	Big 12	5-1	0.83	20.91	33.5	3.39	5.71	-0.71
20	Boise State	Western Athletic	5-1	0.83	20.72	15.33	5.55	4.43	0.57
21	TCU	Conference USA	5-1	0.83	20.2	11.67	3.63	4.49	0.51
22	Marshall	Mid-American	4-1	0.8	20.08	15.6	6.04	3.78	0.22
23	Florida State	ACC	5-2	0.71	19.96	13.71	17.51	5.26	-0.26
24	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-2	0.71	18.87	8.14	12.65	4.83	0.17
25	Pittsburgh	Big East	5-2	0.71	18.71	10.14	10.74	5.38	-0.38
26	USC	Pac-10	4-2	0.67	18.64	9.67	18.95	4.44	-0.44
27	Penn State	Big Ten	4-2	0.67	18.5	10.17	15.68	4.16	-0.16
28	Nebraska	Big 12	5-2	0.71	18.4	9.14	10.81	4.95	0.05
29	Texas A&M	Big 12	4-2	0.67	18.29	14	14.58	5.04	-1.04
30	South Carolina	SEC	5-2	0.71	18.24	6.57	11.45	4.72	0.28
31	UCLA	Pac-10	4-2	0.67	18.14	9	13.84	4.06	-0.06
32	Alabama	SEC	4-2	0.67	18.02	8.33	14.62	4.14	-0.14
33	Kentucky	SEC	4-2	0.67	17.94	14.33	9.9	4.61	-0.61
34	Louisville	Conference USA	4-2	0.67	17.89	12	12.49	4.46	-0.46
35	Arizona State	Pac-10	5-2	0.71	17.86	12	5.79	5.1	-0.1
36	Virginia	ACC	5-2	0.71	17.83	2.71	12.63	3.88	1.12
37	Washington	Pac-10	4-2	0.67	17.78	10.67	12.42	4.28	-0.28
38	Tennessee	SEC	4-2	0.67	17.77	10.83	10.38	4.5	-0.5
39	Maryland	ACC	4-2	0.67	17.75	13.83	10.22	4.83	-0.83
40	Colorado State	Mountain West	5-2	0.71	17.65	1.86	12.76	3.76	1.24
41	Georgia Tech	ACC	4-2	0.67	17.61	11.33	10.13	4.67	-0.67
42	Toledo	Mid-American	4-2	0.67	17.58	14.83	9.34	4.61	-0.61
43	Auburn	SEC	4-2	0.67	17.29	14	5.42	4.71	-0.71
44	Southern Miss	Conference USA	4-2	0.67	17.27	12.5	5.94	4.93	-0.93
45	West Virginia	Big East	4-2	0.67	17.27	10.67	8.88	4.27	-0.27
46	Arkansas	SEC	3-2	0.6	17.1	13.2	19.06	3.8	-0.8
47	Colorado	Big 12	4-2	0.67	16.98	3.33	13.31	3.44	0.56
48	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	4-2	0.67	16.92	12.83	5.45	4.2	-0.2
49	South Florida	FBS Independents	4-2	0.67	16.89	4.33	10.74	3.69	0.31
50	California	Pac-10	4-3	0.57	16.32	12.29	16.88	4.98	-0.98
51	Boston College	Big East	3-2	0.6	16.16	4.2	15.41	3.01	-0.01
52	Florida	SEC	4-3	0.57	15.82	6.14	16.81	4.52	-0.52
53	Oregon State	Pac-10	4-3	0.57	15.57	15.29	9.48	5.67	-1.67
54	Texas Tech	Big 12	4-3	0.57	15.55	4.71	16.29	4.08	-0.08
55	Wake Forest	ACC	4-3	0.57	14.33	1.86	14.2	3.78	0.22
56	Missouri	Big 12	3-3	0.5	13.97	7.33	14.42	3.94	-0.94
57	Tulane	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	13.82	2.71	7.42	3.94	0.06
58	Clemson	ACC	3-3	0.5	13.72	3.83	16.18	3.53	-0.53
59	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-3	0.5	13.53	4.17	14.13	3.54	-0.54
60	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	4-3	0.57	13.21	-0.43	10.79	3.44	0.56
61	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	4-3	0.57	12.35	-1.43	9.73	3.29	0.71
62	Fresno State	Western Athletic	4-3	0.57	12.27	-2.29	11.42	3.13	0.87
63	Arizona	Pac-10	3-3	0.5	12.25	0.5	11.26	3.09	-0.09
64	San José State	Western Athletic	4-3	0.57	11.87	-5.29	8.65	2.82	1.18
65	Purdue	Big Ten	3-4	0.43	11.79	5.43	11.85	4.34	-1.34
66	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	3-3	0.5	10.67	-2.17	11.93	2.71	0.29
67	BYU	Mountain West	3-3	0.5	10.65	-5	12.26	2.42	0.58
68	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-3	0.5	10.31	-3.33	7.02	2.57	0.43
69	Indiana	Big Ten	3-3	0.5	10.05	-7.33	13.96	2.08	0.92
70	East Carolina	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	9.83	1.4	8.32	2.65	-0.65
71	UAB	Conference USA	3-3	0.5	9.66	-9.33	11.27	1.81	1.19
72	Baylor	Big 12	3-3	0.5	9.52	-9.83	5.84	1.84	1.16
73	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	4-4	0.5	9.16	-15.25	6.2	1.5	2.5
74	Utah	Mountain West	2-4	0.33	8.95	2.5	11.56	3.43	-1.43
75	Oklahoma State	Big 12	2-4	0.33	8.91	2.83	10.17	3.35	-1.35
76	Memphis	Conference USA	2-4	0.33	8.77	2.17	11	3.28	-1.28
77	UCF	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	8.49	-1.2	11.19	2.37	-0.37
78	New Mexico	Mountain West	3-4	0.43	8.42	-5.86	12.33	2.49	0.51
79	Cincinnati	Conference USA	2-4	0.33	7.39	-1.67	15.37	2.79	-0.79
80	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-4	0.43	7.18	-22.43	4.14	1.26	1.74
81	Illinois	Big Ten	2-5	0.29	7.11	0.29	17.1	3.54	-1.54
82	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-4	0.33	6.7	-2.67	9.88	2.62	-0.62
83	UConn	FBS Independents	2-4	0.33	6.54	-3.83	12.5	2.41	-0.41
84	North Carolina	ACC	2-4	0.33	6.31	-8.5	17.61	1.94	0.06
85	Nevada	Western Athletic	2-4	0.33	6.25	-7.33	13.3	2.1	-0.1
86	Rice	Western Athletic	2-4	0.33	6.18	-3.33	8.58	2.47	-0.47
87	Houston	Conference USA	2-4	0.33	6.03	-8.67	11.62	1.9	0.1
88	Kent State	Mid-American	2-4	0.33	5.97	-6.5	8.61	2.12	-0.12
89	UNLV	Mountain West	2-4	0.33	5.94	-10.17	12.78	1.59	0.41
90	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	2-4	0.33	5.93	-8.33	11.19	1.99	0.01
91	Mississippi State	SEC	2-4	0.33	5.79	-8.67	13.25	1.73	0.27
92	Ball State	Mid-American	2-4	0.33	5.56	-14.17	9.51	1.19	0.81
93	Temple	Big East	2-4	0.33	5.56	-10.17	11.03	1.63	0.37
94	Troy	FBS Independents	2-5	0.29	5.45	-3.29	6.65	2.91	-0.91
95	Duke	ACC	2-5	0.29	4.95	-10.14	12.19	1.91	0.09
96	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-5	0.29	4.95	-12.57	16.92	1.99	0.01
97	Kansas	Big 12	2-5	0.29	4.83	-10.43	9.77	2.2	-0.2
98	Ohio	Mid-American	2-5	0.29	4.28	-15.86	10.45	1.48	0.52
99	Syracuse	Big East	1-5	0.17	3.15	-1.83	9.62	2.79	-1.79
100	Stanford	Pac-10	1-4	0.2	2.9	-12	20.24	1.46	-0.46
101	North Texas	Sun Belt	1-5	0.17	2.25	-8	14.15	1.29	-0.29
102	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-5	0.17	2.2	-8.33	10.66	1.9	-0.9
103	Louisiana	Sun Belt	1-5	0.17	1.86	-14	13.69	1.11	-0.11
104	Rutgers	Big East	1-5	0.17	1.85	-13	7.87	1.12	-0.12
105	San Diego State	Mountain West	1-5	0.17	1.78	-10	12.66	1.78	-0.78
106	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	1-5	0.17	1.7	-10.83	10.59	1.41	-0.41
107	Navy	FBS Independents	1-5	0.17	1.7	-16.33	10.47	1.26	-0.26
108	Wyoming	Mountain West	1-5	0.17	1.62	-18.17	12.8	1.04	-0.04
109	Utah State	FBS Independents	1-5	0.17	1.57	-18.83	12.8	1.13	-0.13
110	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-5	0.17	1.16	-32	12.8	0.46	0.54
111	Buffalo	Mid-American	1-6	0.14	1.14	-13.43	7.06	1.68	-0.68
112	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	1-5	0.17	1.12	-22.67	9.11	0.57	0.43
113	Idaho	Sun Belt	1-6	0.14	0.96	-17.14	9.78	1.58	-0.58
114	Akron	Mid-American	1-6	0.14	0.92	-12.71	11.95	2.04	-1.04
115	Tulsa	Western Athletic	0-6	0	-2.6	-22.17	13.59	0.8	-0.8
116	SMU	Western Athletic	0-7	0	-2.6	-22	13.36	0.54	-0.54
117	Army	Conference USA	0-6	0	-2.67	-26.5	9.9	0.51	-0.51