2002 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:33.295564+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Oklahoma	Big 12	7-0	1	26.38	28	13.2	6.56	0.44
2	Virginia Tech	Big East	7-0	1	26.34	23.71	13.41	6.58	0.42
3	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	7-0	1	26.21	10.57	16.04	5.72	1.28
4	Ohio State	Big Ten	8-0	1	25.94	20.88	12.09	7.12	0.88
5	Miami	Big East	6-0	1	25.51	26.83	9.01	5.43	0.57
6	Georgia	SEC	7-0	1	25.36	16.57	10.09	5.96	1.04
7	Bowling Green	Mid-American	6-0	1	24.6	24	5.02	4.97	1.03
8	NC State	ACC	8-0	1	24.29	21.62	3.91	6.83	1.17
9	Iowa	Big Ten	7-1	0.88	22.82	16.38	11.54	6.32	0.68
10	Air Force	Mountain West	6-1	0.86	22.61	19.86	11.06	6.04	-0.04
11	Texas	Big 12	6-1	0.86	22.54	18.71	12.08	6.19	-0.19
12	LSU	SEC	6-1	0.86	22.31	21.71	10.28	6.51	-0.51
13	Michigan	Big Ten	6-1	0.86	22.11	6.86	13.89	4.64	1.36
14	Oregon	Pac-10	6-1	0.86	21.98	17.14	8.18	5.63	0.37
15	Minnesota	Big Ten	7-1	0.88	21.8	16.5	5.99	6.66	0.34
16	Washington State	Pac-10	6-1	0.86	21.75	13.71	8.76	5.35	0.65
17	Boise State	Western Athletic	6-1	0.86	21.61	19.71	6.83	5.5	0.5
18	TCU	Conference USA	6-1	0.86	20.89	12	4.75	5.18	0.82
19	Marshall	Mid-American	5-1	0.83	20.71	15.83	6.34	4.68	0.32
20	Iowa State	Big 12	6-2	0.75	20.05	14	12.9	6.15	-0.15
21	Florida State	ACC	5-2	0.71	19.6	13.71	17.26	5.26	-0.26
22	USC	Pac-10	5-2	0.71	19.5	11.14	18.13	5.31	-0.31
23	Penn State	Big Ten	5-2	0.71	19.23	15.71	14.44	5.52	-0.52
24	Alabama	SEC	5-2	0.71	19.22	12.14	15.96	5.36	-0.36
25	Arizona State	Pac-10	6-2	0.75	18.96	10.88	8.56	5.59	0.41
26	Texas A&M	Big 12	5-2	0.71	18.85	15.57	11.92	5.91	-0.91
27	Virginia	ACC	6-2	0.75	18.74	3.62	12.01	4.57	1.43
28	Kentucky	SEC	5-2	0.71	18.73	14	11.71	5.39	-0.39
29	Maryland	ACC	5-2	0.71	18.73	15.29	11.34	5.82	-0.82
30	Kansas State	Big 12	5-2	0.71	18.7	28.29	6.84	6.53	-1.53
31	Colorado State	Mountain West	6-2	0.75	18.61	2.62	12.49	4.43	1.57
32	Pittsburgh	Big East	5-2	0.71	18.53	10.14	11.6	5.38	-0.38
33	Colorado	Big 12	5-2	0.71	18.44	7.71	13.07	4.72	0.28
34	Ole Miss	SEC	5-2	0.71	18.17	6.57	10.09	4.46	0.54
35	Toledo	Mid-American	5-2	0.71	18.16	13.14	8.17	5.23	-0.23
36	West Virginia	Big East	5-2	0.71	17.97	13	6.98	5.32	-0.32
37	South Florida	FBS Independents	5-2	0.71	17.95	6	10.74	4.5	0.5
38	Southern Miss	Conference USA	5-2	0.71	17.85	12	6.5	5.7	-0.7
39	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	5-2	0.71	17.51	14.29	3.37	5.1	-0.1
40	Tennessee	SEC	4-2	0.67	17.51	10.83	10.64	4.5	-0.5
41	Boston College	Big East	4-2	0.67	17.41	7.67	12.4	4.03	-0.03
42	California	Pac-10	5-3	0.62	17.16	11.38	17.02	5.69	-0.69
43	Florida	SEC	5-3	0.62	16.7	6.25	16.98	5.17	-0.17
44	Texas Tech	Big 12	5-3	0.62	16.6	5.88	16.62	4.79	0.21
45	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-3	0.62	16.58	6.5	14.36	5.28	-0.28
46	Nebraska	Big 12	5-3	0.62	16.12	7.62	9.88	5.42	-0.42
47	South Carolina	SEC	5-3	0.62	15.9	2.75	13.42	4.59	0.41
48	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	5-3	0.62	15.64	5.75	9.8	4.93	0.07
49	UCLA	Pac-10	4-3	0.57	15.49	7	14.6	4.55	-0.55
50	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	5-3	0.62	15.44	4.88	9.39	4.81	0.19
51	Louisville	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	15.35	8.29	12.4	4.66	-0.66
52	Oregon State	Pac-10	4-3	0.57	15.34	15.29	9.77	5.67	-1.67
53	Tulane	Conference USA	5-3	0.62	15.23	5	6.88	4.92	0.08
54	Washington	Pac-10	4-3	0.57	15.1	6.29	11.92	4.4	-0.4
55	Clemson	ACC	4-3	0.57	15.02	4.43	15.28	4.21	-0.21
56	Auburn	SEC	4-3	0.57	14.95	11	7.53	5.12	-1.12
57	Georgia Tech	ACC	4-3	0.57	14.9	6.29	10.21	4.66	-0.66
58	Arkansas	SEC	3-3	0.5	14.39	9	18.11	4.14	-1.14
59	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	4-3	0.57	13.03	0	10.41	3.5	0.5
60	Wake Forest	ACC	4-4	0.5	12.41	0.62	14.07	4.11	-0.11
61	Missouri	Big 12	3-4	0.43	11.79	4.29	14.77	4.1	-1.1
62	Oklahoma State	Big 12	3-4	0.43	10.9	2.86	10.43	3.92	-0.92
63	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-4	0.43	10.84	0.57	15.01	3.59	-0.59
64	Purdue	Big Ten	3-5	0.38	10.5	4.5	13.79	4.81	-1.81
65	Fresno State	Western Athletic	4-4	0.5	10.13	-7.75	12.9	2.73	1.27
66	San José State	Western Athletic	4-4	0.5	9.75	-8.12	8.5	2.85	1.15
67	Arizona	Pac-10	3-4	0.43	9.47	-1	9.4	3.29	-0.29
68	Nevada	Western Athletic	3-4	0.43	9.01	-2.29	13.04	3.18	-0.18
69	Indiana	Big Ten	3-4	0.43	8.42	-8.57	13.58	2.18	0.82
70	BYU	Mountain West	3-4	0.43	8.41	-7.29	11.04	2.45	0.55
71	Mississippi State	SEC	3-4	0.43	8.38	-5.71	12.34	2.49	0.51
72	UNLV	Mountain West	3-4	0.43	8.35	-5.71	11.74	2.47	0.53
73	Houston	Conference USA	3-4	0.43	8.29	-5.43	10.18	2.76	0.24
74	Temple	Big East	3-4	0.43	8.09	-6.71	9.55	2.44	0.56
75	UAB	Conference USA	3-4	0.43	8.02	-11	10.07	1.88	1.12
76	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-4	0.43	8	-9.86	8.01	2.06	0.94
77	Ball State	Mid-American	3-4	0.43	7.88	-8.57	8.76	2.16	0.84
78	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	4-5	0.44	7.83	-13.89	6.64	1.75	2.25
79	Baylor	Big 12	3-4	0.43	7.72	-13.29	7.46	1.64	1.36
80	Utah	Mountain West	2-5	0.29	7.49	1	12.98	3.7	-1.7
81	New Mexico	Mountain West	3-5	0.38	7.37	-5.25	10.45	3.06	-0.06
82	Illinois	Big Ten	2-5	0.29	7.17	0.29	15.31	3.54	-1.54
83	East Carolina	Conference USA	2-4	0.33	7.07	-1.5	10.77	2.81	-0.81
84	UCF	Mid-American	2-4	0.33	7.05	-1.5	11.79	2.81	-0.81
85	Memphis	Conference USA	2-5	0.29	6.94	0.14	10.82	3.52	-1.52
86	Ohio	Mid-American	3-5	0.38	6.81	-7.62	8.79	2.77	0.23
87	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-5	0.38	6.03	-22.75	4.95	1.37	1.63
88	Stanford	Pac-10	2-4	0.33	5.99	-8.33	17.77	2	0
89	Cincinnati	Conference USA	2-5	0.29	5.99	-2.71	16.23	3.08	-1.08
90	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-5	0.29	5.78	-2.71	12.17	3.1	-1.1
91	Rice	Western Athletic	2-5	0.29	5.41	-3.29	6.7	2.94	-0.94
92	UConn	FBS Independents	2-5	0.29	5.32	-5.29	10.89	2.61	-0.61
93	North Carolina	ACC	2-5	0.29	5.18	-8.71	16.62	2.26	-0.26
94	North Texas	Sun Belt	2-5	0.29	5.02	-6.43	12.68	1.79	0.21
95	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	2-5	0.29	4.96	-7.57	8.63	2.46	-0.46
96	San Diego State	Mountain West	2-5	0.29	4.78	-8	10.97	2.31	-0.31
97	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	2-5	0.29	4.72	-7.43	8.14	2.31	-0.31
98	Kent State	Mid-American	2-5	0.29	4.59	-12.71	8.03	1.62	0.38
99	Troy	FBS Independents	2-6	0.25	4.35	-5	8.83	2.95	-0.95
100	Utah State	FBS Independents	2-5	0.29	4.3	-16	11.41	1.67	0.33
101	Duke	ACC	2-6	0.25	4.08	-9.12	13.87	2.34	-0.34
102	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-5	0.29	3.9	-27	11.42	0.82	1.18
103	Kansas	Big 12	2-6	0.25	3.77	-12.25	10.73	2.29	-0.29
104	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-6	0.25	3.69	-17.12	16.53	1.69	0.31
105	Syracuse	Big East	1-6	0.14	1.81	-5.43	9.4	2.74	-1.74
106	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-6	0.14	1.28	-11.57	13.13	1.83	-0.83
107	Akron	Mid-American	1-6	0.14	1.13	-12.71	11.28	2.04	-1.04
108	Louisiana	Sun Belt	1-6	0.14	1.13	-13.86	12.76	1.49	-0.49
109	Rutgers	Big East	1-6	0.14	1.09	-14.14	9.89	1.2	-0.2
110	Wyoming	Mountain West	1-6	0.14	0.99	-16.14	10.86	1.36	-0.36
111	Navy	FBS Independents	1-6	0.14	0.94	-17.57	11.42	1.38	-0.38
112	Idaho	Sun Belt	1-6	0.14	0.92	-17.14	11.21	1.58	-0.58
113	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	1-6	0.14	0.76	-21.29	9.55	0.79	0.21
114	Buffalo	Mid-American	1-7	0.12	0.45	-17.88	8	1.36	-0.36
115	SMU	Western Athletic	1-7	0.12	0.21	-18.88	11.67	1.01	-0.01
116	Army	Conference USA	0-7	0	-2.58	-24.71	9.01	0.86	-0.86
117	Tulsa	Western Athletic	0-7	0	-2.59	-22.29	13.35	0.89	-0.89