2004 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:33.713067+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Texas	Big 12	2-0	1	29.36	33.5	12.15	1.94	0.06
2	Auburn	SEC	2-0	1	28.54	30	10.24	1.96	0.04
3	Fresno State	Western Athletic	2-0	1	28.38	21.5	10.99	1.72	0.28
4	Virginia	ACC	2-0	1	28.33	31	9.09	1.82	0.18
5	Stanford	Pac-10	2-0	1	28.32	33.5	9.99	1.97	0.03
6	Iowa	Big Ten	2-0	1	28.16	19.5	9.25	1.89	0.11
7	Utah	Mountain West	2-0	1	27.97	18.5	9.2	1.77	0.23
8	Boston College	Big East	2-0	1	27.96	11	12.04	1.74	0.26
9	USC	Pac-10	2-0	1	27.79	30	0.22	1.97	0.03
10	Colorado	Big 12	2-0	1	27.59	5.5	12.94	1.31	0.69
11	Troy	Sun Belt	2-0	1	27.59	6	13.03	1.39	0.61
12	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	2-0	1	27.42	10.5	9.45	1.45	0.55
13	Florida	SEC	1-0	1	27.13	39	21.23	0.98	0.02
14	Oklahoma	Big 12	2-0	1	26.94	33	0.18	1.84	0.16
15	Purdue	Big Ten	2-0	1	26.9	51.5	-1.22	2	0
16	Georgia	SEC	2-0	1	26.88	12	6.85	1.47	0.53
17	Boise State	Western Athletic	2-0	1	26.87	38.5	-0.31	1.85	0.15
18	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-0	1	26.82	12.5	7.31	1.6	0.4
19	California	Pac-10	2-0	1	26.59	34.5	-1.5	1.9	0.1
20	Pittsburgh	Big East	1-0	1	26.55	21	21	0.99	0.01
21	Louisville	Conference USA	2-0	1	26.5	29.5	-0.52	1.92	0.08
22	Kansas	Big 12	2-0	1	26.45	33.5	-0.6	1.96	0.04
23	LSU	SEC	2-0	1	26.39	25.5	-0.26	1.87	0.13
24	Alabama	SEC	2-0	1	26.3	26	-0.42	1.88	0.12
25	Tennessee	SEC	1-0	1	26.29	25	-1.2	0.9	0.1
26	UAB	Conference USA	1-0	1	26.03	42	-2.67	0.96	0.04
27	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-0	1	26.01	12	0.05	1.64	0.36
28	West Virginia	Big East	2-0	1	26.01	29	-2.28	1.77	0.23
29	TCU	Conference USA	2-0	1	25.96	23.5	-1.13	1.69	0.31
30	Maryland	ACC	2-0	1	25.93	13	-0.55	1.52	0.48
31	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-0	1	25.92	21.5	-1.65	1.97	0.03
32	Arizona State	Pac-10	2-0	1	25.87	20.5	-1.18	1.77	0.23
33	Oklahoma State	Big 12	2-0	1	25.85	14	-0.7	1.55	0.45
34	Indiana	Big Ten	2-0	1	25.84	18.5	-0.21	1.7	0.3
35	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-0	1	25.77	29	-5.38	1.77	0.23
36	Southern Miss	Conference USA	1-0	1	25.71	4	23.04	0.62	0.38
37	Memphis	Conference USA	2-0	1	25.44	19	-4.61	1.71	0.29
38	Rice	Western Athletic	1-0	1	24.84	3	0.24	0.7	0.3
39	UConn	Big East	2-0	1	24.76	20	-5.81	1.73	0.27
40	Navy	FBS Independents	2-0	1	24.59	9.5	-5.81	1.46	0.54
41	NC State	ACC	1-0	1	24.41	42	-10	1	0
42	San Diego State	Mountain West	1-0	1	23.69	17	-10	0.8	0.2
43	Miami	ACC	1-0	1	22.28	6	2.65	0.75	0.25
44	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	1-0	1	21.47	7	-0.79	0.65	0.35
45	South Florida	Conference USA	1-0	1	20.28	14	-10	0.93	0.07
46	Michigan	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	18.04	12.5	9.69	1.54	-0.54
47	Arkansas	SEC	1-1	0.5	17.83	24	12.45	1.77	-0.77
48	Penn State	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	17.15	12	11.45	1.59	-0.59
49	Missouri	Big 12	1-1	0.5	16.93	11	10.3	1.45	-0.45
50	South Carolina	SEC	1-1	0.5	16.72	10.5	10.46	1.61	-0.61
51	Clemson	ACC	1-1	0.5	15.74	1.5	10.73	1.06	-0.06
52	Iowa State	Big 12	1-1	0.5	15.69	8	7.82	1.66	-0.66
53	Nebraska	Big 12	1-1	0.5	15.45	17.5	-3.99	1.65	-0.65
54	Texas Tech	Big 12	1-1	0.5	15.21	5.5	-0.61	1.28	-0.28
55	Virginia Tech	ACC	1-1	0.5	15.11	26	26.95	1.88	-0.88
56	Illinois	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	15.08	10.5	-2.39	1.41	-0.41
57	Louisiana	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	14.61	1.5	6.79	1.11	-0.11
58	Wyoming	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	14.48	7.5	-5.88	1.38	-0.38
59	Washington State	Pac-10	1-1	0.5	14.37	-2	12.06	0.87	0.13
60	Arizona	Pac-10	1-1	0.5	14.31	0.5	7.4	1.04	-0.04
61	Ohio	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	14.16	3.5	-4.01	1.2	-0.2
62	Mississippi State	SEC	1-1	0.5	13.62	-4	11.8	0.8	0.2
63	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-1	0.5	13.39	2.5	26.75	1.14	-0.14
64	Texas A&M	Big 12	1-1	0.5	13.3	5.5	23.16	1.27	-0.27
65	UCLA	Pac-10	1-1	0.5	13.13	3.5	23.19	1.16	-0.16
66	Kansas State	Big 12	1-1	0.5	13.11	-5	7.27	0.78	0.22
67	BYU	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	12.74	-12	11.63	0.4	0.6
68	Rutgers	Big East	1-1	0.5	12.65	-3	-4.67	0.85	0.15
69	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	12.64	11.5	8.37	1.42	-0.42
70	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	12.55	6	10.97	1.42	-0.42
71	Nevada	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	12.55	17.5	6.79	1.59	-0.59
72	North Carolina	ACC	1-1	0.5	12.24	-10.5	7.4	0.71	0.29
73	Wake Forest	ACC	1-1	0.5	12.07	3.5	11.08	1.14	-0.14
74	New Mexico	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	11.94	-0.5	24.4	0.97	0.03
75	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	11.54	-18	0.62	0.41	0.59
76	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	11.54	-10.5	-5.23	0.55	0.45
77	Cincinnati	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	11.2	-1	22.41	0.95	0.05
78	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	10.34	-1	7.59	0.95	0.05
79	Tulane	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	10.31	-0.5	9.55	0.97	0.03
80	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	10.23	0	6.89	1	0
81	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	9.73	-1	6.78	1.44	-0.44
82	Kent State	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	9.57	-2	7.82	0.9	0.1
83	Air Force	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	8.8	-10	8.22	0.65	0.35
84	Utah State	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	8.75	-12	11.12	0.41	0.59
85	Syracuse	Big East	1-1	0.5	8.71	-15.5	12.65	0.38	0.62
86	Baylor	Big 12	1-1	0.5	8	-17.5	6.83	0.35	0.65
87	Marshall	Mid-American	0-2	0	-0.86	-2.5	24.06	0.85	-0.85
88	Florida State	ACC	0-1	0	-0.94	-6	2.58	0.25	-0.25
89	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	0-1	0	-1.25	-7	-10	0.37	-0.37
90	Oregon	Pac-10	0-1	0	-1.37	-6	22.89	0.37	-0.37
91	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-2	0	-1.66	-6	23.75	0.8	-0.8
92	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-2	0	-1.76	-10	25.62	0.65	-0.65
93	Buffalo	Mid-American	0-2	0	-2.08	-11.5	9.93	0.59	-0.59
94	Duke	ACC	0-2	0	-2.16	-8.5	23.49	0.53	-0.53
95	Ole Miss	SEC	0-2	0	-2.16	-14	25.03	0.22	-0.22
96	Tulsa	Western Athletic	0-2	0	-2.54	-17.5	24.62	0.21	-0.21
97	Akron	Mid-American	0-2	0	-2.58	-22.5	13.08	0.24	-0.24
98	Washington	Pac-10	0-1	0	-2.67	-19	24.54	0.14	-0.14
99	Colorado State	Mountain West	0-2	0	-2.7	-26	27.71	0.12	-0.12
100	Houston	Conference USA	0-2	0	-2.76	-26.5	24.86	0.09	-0.09
101	UNLV	Mountain West	0-2	0	-2.78	-20	25.01	0.14	-0.14
102	Central Michigan	Mid-American	0-2	0	-2.79	-24	11.78	0.08	-0.08
103	East Carolina	Conference USA	0-2	0	-2.87	-23.5	12.16	0.27	-0.27
104	North Texas	Sun Belt	0-2	0	-2.91	-36	8.54	0.02	-0.02
105	Army	Conference USA	0-1	0	-2.94	-31	25.38	0.1	-0.1
106	Kentucky	SEC	0-1	0	-3.04	-28	25.38	0	0
107	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-1	0	-3.04	-25	23.69	0.02	-0.02
108	Ball State	Mid-American	0-2	0	-3.08	-30	25.01	0.06	-0.06
109	Idaho	Sun Belt	0-2	0	-3.09	-32.5	12.31	0.03	-0.03
110	UCF	Mid-American	0-2	0	-3.15	-26.5	24.53	0.13	-0.13
111	Temple	Big East	0-2	0	-3.18	-26.5	24.99	0.21	-0.21
112	SMU	Western Athletic	0-2	0	-3.21	-29	23.77	0.04	-0.04
113	Florida A&M	FBS Independents	0-2	0	-3.23	-29.5	10.21	0.15	-0.15
114	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0-1	0	-3.34	-31	24.92	0	0
115	Toledo	Mid-American	0-2	0	-3.39	-45.5	25.7	0.09	-0.09
116	San José State	Western Athletic	0-1	0	-3.46	-40	23.39	0	0
117	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	0-2	0	-3.5	-38.5	26.01	0.08	-0.08
118	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	0-2	0	-3.53	-41	24.95	0.05	-0.05