2003 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:33.511728+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	13-1	0.93	23.45	23.57	11.19	12.15	0.85
2	LSU	SEC	13-1	0.93	23.3	22.93	10.52	13.09	-0.09
3	USC	Pac-10	12-1	0.92	23.29	22.69	11.71	11.32	0.68
4	Boise State	Western Athletic	13-1	0.93	22.87	25.93	7.72	12.59	0.41
5	Oklahoma	Big 12	12-2	0.86	22.33	27.64	12.9	12.89	-0.89
6	Miami	Big East	11-2	0.85	21.51	12.69	13.13	10.52	0.48
7	Ohio State	Big Ten	11-2	0.85	21.27	7.15	14.2	8.99	2.01
8	TCU	Conference USA	11-2	0.85	20.6	8	9.59	8.85	2.15
9	Utah	Mountain West	10-2	0.83	20.58	9.58	11.48	8.69	1.31
10	Georgia	SEC	11-3	0.79	20.1	12	13.17	11.29	-0.29
11	Michigan	Big Ten	10-3	0.77	19.96	18.54	12.83	11.09	-1.09
12	Texas	Big 12	10-3	0.77	19.94	19.46	12.49	10.68	-0.68
13	Florida State	ACC	10-3	0.77	19.86	15.54	13.05	10.74	-0.74
14	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	10-2	0.83	19.82	10.67	6.32	8.67	1.33
15	Bowling Green	Mid-American	11-3	0.79	19.61	11.86	10.06	10.32	0.68
16	Iowa	Big Ten	10-3	0.77	19.61	12.54	12.76	10.35	-0.35
17	Maryland	ACC	10-3	0.77	19.49	15.38	11.02	10.83	-0.83
18	Minnesota	Big Ten	10-3	0.77	19.46	16.77	10.44	10.32	-0.32
19	Ole Miss	SEC	10-3	0.77	19.38	12.08	11.45	9.61	0.39
20	Nebraska	Big 12	10-3	0.77	19.35	10.31	11.97	10.16	-0.16
21	Tennessee	SEC	10-3	0.77	19.31	9.69	11.69	9.51	0.49
22	Washington State	Pac-10	10-3	0.77	19.28	10.54	11.46	9.54	0.46
23	Kansas State	Big 12	11-4	0.73	18.79	19.6	10.88	13.2	-2.2
24	UConn	FBS Independents	9-3	0.75	18.04	9	6.84	8.09	0.91
25	Arkansas	SEC	9-4	0.69	17.71	10.08	13.38	9.1	-0.1
26	Purdue	Big Ten	9-4	0.69	17.45	9.46	11.47	9.58	-0.58
27	Oklahoma State	Big 12	9-4	0.69	17.39	10.85	10.38	9.11	-0.11
28	Clemson	ACC	9-4	0.69	17.29	8.85	11.01	9.23	-0.23
29	Memphis	Conference USA	9-4	0.69	17.22	11	9.29	9.68	-0.68
30	Southern Miss	Conference USA	9-4	0.69	17.1	5.15	11.96	8.44	0.56
31	Louisville	Conference USA	9-4	0.69	16.91	6.85	9.41	8.16	0.84
32	North Texas	Sun Belt	9-4	0.69	16.71	5.62	8.88	8.21	0.79
33	Toledo	Mid-American	8-4	0.67	16.53	8.67	8.71	8.12	-0.12
34	Marshall	Mid-American	8-4	0.67	16.4	6	9.61	7.6	0.4
35	Florida	SEC	8-5	0.62	16.07	9.15	13.3	9.14	-1.14
36	Virginia Tech	Big East	8-5	0.62	15.9	12.38	10.45	9.56	-1.56
37	Texas Tech	Big 12	8-5	0.62	15.86	8.46	12.51	8.17	-0.17
38	Oregon State	Pac-10	8-5	0.62	15.85	10.15	11.2	9.14	-1.14
39	Auburn	SEC	8-5	0.62	15.84	10	11.36	9.83	-1.83
40	Virginia	ACC	8-5	0.62	15.76	7.62	12.07	8.84	-0.84
41	NC State	ACC	8-5	0.62	15.75	8	11.75	8.29	-0.29
42	West Virginia	Big East	8-5	0.62	15.58	6.08	11.64	8.27	-0.27
43	Missouri	Big 12	8-5	0.62	15.53	8.62	9.29	8.92	-0.92
44	New Mexico	Mountain West	8-5	0.62	15.53	7.77	10.1	8.71	-0.71
45	Michigan State	Big Ten	8-5	0.62	15.52	5.38	11.77	8.12	-0.12
46	Pittsburgh	Big East	8-5	0.62	15.51	6	11.38	8.18	-0.18
47	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	9-5	0.64	15.42	4.21	8.87	8.07	0.93
48	South Florida	Conference USA	7-4	0.64	15.23	4.73	6.8	6.83	0.17
49	Boston College	Big East	8-5	0.62	15.07	3	11.58	7.35	0.65
50	Navy	FBS Independents	8-5	0.62	15.04	8.69	5.35	8.96	-0.96
51	California	Pac-10	8-6	0.57	14.85	9.07	12.92	9.71	-1.71
52	Tulsa	Western Athletic	8-5	0.62	14.77	3	8.52	7.29	0.71
53	Fresno State	Western Athletic	9-5	0.64	14.51	0.36	10.14	7.13	1.87
54	Oregon	Pac-10	8-5	0.62	14.48	0.62	12.19	6.68	1.32
55	Air Force	Mountain West	7-5	0.58	14.46	6.67	9.52	7.96	-0.96
56	Akron	Mid-American	7-5	0.58	14.07	6.83	6.03	7.46	-0.46
57	Colorado State	Mountain West	7-6	0.54	13.6	4.85	11.43	7.87	-0.87
58	Wisconsin	Big Ten	7-6	0.54	13.59	3.77	12.83	7.63	-0.63
59	Georgia Tech	ACC	7-6	0.54	12.61	0.62	12.56	6.73	0.27
60	Syracuse	Big East	6-6	0.5	12.04	1.58	11.59	6.43	-0.43
61	San Diego State	Mountain West	6-6	0.5	11.67	1.42	8.28	6.56	-0.56
62	Houston	Conference USA	7-6	0.54	11.38	-1.54	10.65	6.16	0.84
63	Washington	Pac-10	6-6	0.5	11.09	-0.33	11.83	5.91	0.09
64	UNLV	Mountain West	6-6	0.5	10.74	-1.33	12.88	5.57	0.43
65	Nevada	Western Athletic	6-6	0.5	9.77	-4.67	9.47	4.73	1.27
66	Kansas	Big 12	6-7	0.46	9.72	-0.92	9.56	6.26	-0.26
67	Troy	FBS Independents	6-6	0.5	9.42	-7.25	8.76	3.44	2.56
68	Northwestern	Big Ten	6-7	0.46	9.13	-4.85	13.35	4.88	1.12
69	UCLA	Pac-10	6-7	0.46	9.13	-4.38	12.01	4.94	1.06
70	Wake Forest	ACC	5-7	0.42	9.05	-1	13.03	5.75	-0.75
71	Cincinnati	Conference USA	5-7	0.42	8.74	-1.33	10.36	5.63	-0.63
72	Rutgers	Big East	5-7	0.42	8.63	-2.08	11.94	5.48	-0.48
73	South Carolina	SEC	5-7	0.42	8.44	-3.83	14.38	4.89	0.11
74	Arizona State	Pac-10	5-7	0.42	8.4	-2.5	10.09	5.32	-0.32
75	Rice	Western Athletic	5-7	0.42	8.31	-2.92	10.03	5.31	-0.31
76	UAB	Conference USA	5-7	0.42	8.3	-3.5	11.5	4.89	0.11
77	Western Michigan	Mid-American	5-7	0.42	8.29	-3.25	10.63	5.21	-0.21
78	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-7	0.42	8.23	-6	15.8	4.21	0.79
79	Colorado	Big 12	5-7	0.42	8.08	-6.58	14.43	4.46	0.54
80	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	5-7	0.42	7.92	-7	12.6	4.34	0.66
81	Kent State	Mid-American	5-7	0.42	7.8	-6.25	9.38	4.54	0.46
82	Tulane	Conference USA	5-7	0.42	7.73	-7.25	9.94	4.41	0.59
83	Kentucky	SEC	4-8	0.33	7.64	0.58	8.71	6.15	-2.15
84	Alabama	SEC	4-9	0.31	7.17	-0.15	16.64	6.45	-2.45
85	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	5-7	0.42	7.08	-13.25	6.05	2.78	2.22
86	Stanford	Pac-10	4-7	0.36	6.12	-12.55	12.34	2.33	1.67
87	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	4-8	0.33	6.07	-3.58	7.8	5.14	-1.14
88	Wyoming	Mountain West	4-8	0.33	5.91	-6.17	11.57	4.4	-0.4
89	BYU	Mountain West	4-8	0.33	5.7	-9.5	13.68	3.03	0.97
90	Ball State	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	5.54	-10.42	11.58	3.4	0.6
91	Texas A&M	Big 12	4-8	0.33	5.53	-13.42	15.49	3.21	0.79
92	Duke	ACC	4-8	0.33	5.5	-11	11.48	2.88	1.12
93	Louisiana	Sun Belt	4-8	0.33	5.29	-12.42	8.7	3.1	0.9
94	Penn State	Big Ten	3-9	0.25	4.9	-1.83	13.36	5.36	-2.36
95	Utah State	Sun Belt	3-9	0.25	4.28	-4.25	9.65	4.76	-1.76
96	San José State	Western Athletic	3-8	0.27	4.03	-11.55	8.96	3.08	-0.08
97	Idaho	Sun Belt	3-9	0.25	4	-5.5	6.31	4.36	-1.36
98	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	3-9	0.25	3.96	-6.58	8.58	4.18	-1.18
99	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-9	0.25	3.53	-12.58	9.04	3.15	-0.15
100	UCF	Mid-American	3-9	0.25	3.53	-12.42	8.76	2.76	0.24
101	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-9	0.25	3.45	-13.83	8.85	2.36	0.64
102	Baylor	Big 12	3-9	0.25	3.18	-22	11.22	1.36	1.64
103	Ohio	Mid-American	2-10	0.17	1.99	-9.08	9.25	3.66	-1.66
104	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-10	0.17	1.95	-10.25	12.19	3.23	-1.23
105	North Carolina	ACC	2-10	0.17	1.85	-11.83	12.32	3.52	-1.52
106	Indiana	Big Ten	2-10	0.17	1.55	-17.58	11.43	1.62	0.38
107	Arizona	Pac-10	2-10	0.17	1.47	-20.67	15.11	1.37	0.63
108	Mississippi State	SEC	2-10	0.17	1.46	-20.5	13.63	1.78	0.22
109	Iowa State	Big 12	2-10	0.17	1.4	-22	13.69	1.2	0.8
110	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-11	0.15	1.12	-16.15	7.41	2.79	-0.79
111	Temple	Big East	1-11	0.08	-0.27	-13.17	10.92	2.74	-1.74
112	Illinois	Big Ten	1-11	0.08	-0.43	-16.25	12.67	2.02	-1.02
113	East Carolina	Conference USA	1-11	0.08	-0.49	-17.58	11.87	2	-1
114	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	1-11	0.08	-0.53	-19	7.3	2.04	-1.04
115	Buffalo	Mid-American	1-11	0.08	-0.67	-22.33	11.63	1.21	-0.21
116	SMU	Western Athletic	0-12	0	-2.43	-21	11.79	0.9	-0.9
117	Army	Conference USA	0-13	0	-2.43	-20.77	12.43	1.57	-1.57