2005 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:33.929651+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Texas	Big 12	13-0	1	25.76	33.77	13.34	12.14	0.86
2	USC	Pac-10	12-1	0.92	23.83	26.23	13.61	11.18	0.82
3	Penn State	Big Ten	11-1	0.92	23.36	17.42	13.02	10.1	0.9
4	West Virginia	Big East	11-1	0.92	22.77	14.25	10.63	9.61	1.39
5	TCU	Mountain West	11-1	0.92	22.72	14.58	10.18	9.57	1.43
6	Virginia Tech	ACC	11-2	0.85	21.9	20.92	13.1	11.8	-0.8
7	Ohio State	Big Ten	10-2	0.83	21.55	17.42	14.52	10.31	-0.31
8	LSU	SEC	11-2	0.85	21.33	15.23	11.07	11.03	-0.03
9	Alabama	SEC	10-2	0.83	20.88	11.25	12.46	10.16	-0.16
10	Oregon	Pac-10	10-2	0.83	20.57	11.33	10.48	8.64	1.36
11	UCLA	Pac-10	10-2	0.83	20.05	4.92	10.81	6.95	3.05
12	Georgia	SEC	10-3	0.77	19.79	13.15	13.21	10.42	-0.42
13	Wisconsin	Big Ten	10-3	0.77	19.33	10.54	11.57	9.16	0.84
14	Louisville	Big East	9-3	0.75	19.18	19.67	10.21	9.68	-0.68
15	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	9-3	0.75	19.13	12.17	12.21	8.67	0.33
16	Texas Tech	Big 12	9-3	0.75	19.13	20.58	9.72	10.22	-1.22
17	Auburn	SEC	9-3	0.75	19.1	16.67	10.48	10.19	-1.19
18	Florida	SEC	9-3	0.75	19.09	9.75	13.38	8.75	0.25
19	Miami	ACC	9-3	0.75	19.06	12.83	11.76	9.85	-0.85
20	Boston College	ACC	9-3	0.75	19	9.92	12.65	9.11	-0.11
21	Toledo	Mid-American	9-3	0.75	18.52	14	7.79	9.17	-0.17
22	Nevada	Western Athletic	9-3	0.75	17.42	2.25	8.28	6.48	2.52
23	Tulsa	Conference USA	9-4	0.69	17.35	9.62	10.77	9.01	-0.01
24	Boise State	Western Athletic	9-4	0.69	17.25	11.69	9.01	9.32	-0.32
25	Oklahoma	Big 12	8-4	0.67	16.97	3.83	16.02	7.08	0.92
26	Clemson	ACC	8-4	0.67	16.87	8.75	11.03	8.67	-0.67
27	California	Pac-10	8-4	0.67	16.73	11.75	8.47	8.88	-0.88
28	Nebraska	Big 12	8-4	0.67	16.31	3.67	11.17	7.13	0.87
29	Navy	FBS Independents	8-4	0.67	16.19	8.08	6.33	7.86	0.14
30	UTEP	Conference USA	8-4	0.67	16.13	5.92	7.48	7.43	0.57
31	Fresno State	Western Athletic	8-5	0.62	16.1	15.31	10.6	10.06	-2.06
32	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	7-4	0.64	15.93	10.27	8.14	7.73	-0.73
33	Florida State	ACC	8-5	0.62	15.71	6.92	11.82	8.54	-0.54
34	Michigan	Big Ten	7-5	0.58	15.33	8.42	15.35	8.33	-1.33
35	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	7-4	0.64	15.3	3.18	9.13	6.26	0.74
36	Minnesota	Big Ten	7-5	0.58	15.01	6.75	14	7.46	-0.46
37	Iowa	Big Ten	7-5	0.58	14.98	10	11.01	8.68	-1.68
38	Iowa State	Big 12	7-5	0.58	14.82	9.08	10.6	8.58	-1.58
39	Arizona State	Pac-10	7-5	0.58	14.81	6.92	12.09	7.45	-0.45
40	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	7-5	0.58	14.74	9.58	9.63	8.36	-1.36
41	Southern Miss	Conference USA	7-5	0.58	14.57	6.92	10.09	7.83	-0.83
42	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-4	0.64	14.47	1.09	6.67	5.72	1.28
43	Utah	Mountain West	7-5	0.58	14.4	5.92	9.47	7.53	-0.53
44	Virginia	ACC	7-5	0.58	14.24	3.42	11.17	6.97	0.03
45	NC State	ACC	7-5	0.58	14.22	3.08	11.52	7.13	-0.13
46	Memphis	Conference USA	7-5	0.58	14.2	4.17	9.7	7.17	-0.17
47	Missouri	Big 12	7-5	0.58	13.97	1.58	12.5	6.38	0.62
48	UCF	Conference USA	8-5	0.62	13.95	0	10.87	6.5	1.5
49	Rutgers	Big East	7-5	0.58	13.93	3.08	8.92	6.8	0.2
50	Bowling Green	Mid-American	6-5	0.55	13.76	6.09	9.59	6.77	-0.77
51	South Carolina	SEC	7-5	0.58	13.63	0.42	13.74	6.13	0.87
52	Kansas	Big 12	7-5	0.58	13.49	0.42	12.44	6.13	0.87
53	South Florida	Big East	6-6	0.5	12.78	5	12.2	7.7	-1.7
54	Northwestern	Big Ten	7-5	0.58	12.68	-1.58	14.64	5.66	1.34
55	Georgia Tech	ACC	7-5	0.58	12.62	-1.58	14.09	5.42	1.58
56	BYU	Mountain West	6-6	0.5	12.48	3.75	10.98	6.85	-0.85
57	Central Michigan	Mid-American	6-5	0.55	12.47	0	11.84	5.5	0.5
58	Colorado	Big 12	7-6	0.54	12.32	-0.15	13.87	6.45	0.55
59	New Mexico	Mountain West	6-5	0.55	12.25	-0.09	10.29	5.48	0.52
60	Houston	Conference USA	6-6	0.5	11.7	1.08	9.61	6.28	-0.28
61	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-6	0.45	11.67	5.09	12.34	6.55	-1.55
62	Akron	Mid-American	7-6	0.54	11.54	-0.85	9.52	6.23	0.77
63	UConn	Big East	5-6	0.45	11.39	5.55	8.73	7.11	-2.11
64	Louisiana	Sun Belt	6-5	0.55	11.29	-1.64	7.38	5.1	0.9
65	Purdue	Big Ten	5-6	0.45	11.15	1.91	13.02	5.93	-0.93
66	UAB	Conference USA	5-6	0.45	11.12	3.91	8.11	6.47	-1.47
67	Pittsburgh	Big East	5-6	0.45	11.04	2.18	10.97	6.11	-1.11
68	Texas A&M	Big 12	5-6	0.45	10.68	0.82	11.89	5.67	-0.67
69	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	6-6	0.5	10.43	-0.75	6.42	5.79	0.21
70	Tennessee	SEC	5-6	0.45	10.41	0	14.47	5.5	-0.5
71	Colorado State	Mountain West	6-6	0.5	10.11	-4	12.4	5.02	0.98
72	Maryland	ACC	5-6	0.45	10.08	-0.45	14.02	5.38	-0.38
73	Kansas State	Big 12	5-6	0.45	9.53	-1.45	12.35	5.15	-0.15
74	San Diego State	Mountain West	5-7	0.42	9.4	-0.17	11.83	5.96	-0.96
75	Vanderbilt	SEC	5-6	0.45	9.18	-2	9.79	5.04	-0.04
76	Washington State	Pac-10	4-7	0.36	9	2	11.54	5.9	-1.9
77	Arkansas	SEC	4-7	0.36	8.8	1.09	12.63	5.78	-1.78
78	Baylor	Big 12	5-6	0.45	8.79	-5	11.88	4.16	0.84
79	East Carolina	Conference USA	5-6	0.45	8.76	-4.55	10.47	4.4	0.6
80	Stanford	Pac-10	5-6	0.45	8.76	-6.18	13.41	4.07	0.93
81	SMU	Conference USA	5-6	0.45	8.75	-4.64	10.51	4.21	0.79
82	North Carolina	ACC	5-6	0.45	8.66	-8.18	14.96	3.21	1.79
83	Oregon State	Pac-10	5-6	0.45	8.58	-6.55	11.4	4.1	0.9
84	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	4-7	0.36	8.24	0.36	9.41	5.63	-1.63
85	Florida International	Sun Belt	5-6	0.45	8.22	-6	5.27	4.05	0.95
86	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	5-7	0.42	8.09	-5	11.6	4.94	0.06
87	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	5-6	0.45	8.05	-9.09	6.84	3.34	1.66
88	Air Force	Mountain West	4-7	0.36	7.29	-1.73	10.5	5.14	-1.14
89	Wyoming	Mountain West	4-7	0.36	7.16	-2.36	11.05	4.91	-0.91
90	Wake Forest	ACC	4-7	0.36	6.91	-4.27	12.99	4.46	-0.46
91	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	4-7	0.36	6.67	-5	10.43	4.18	-0.18
92	Army	FBS Independents	4-7	0.36	6.53	-6.73	11.36	3.68	0.32
93	Marshall	Conference USA	4-7	0.36	6.4	-7.36	10.06	3.43	0.57
94	Troy	Sun Belt	4-7	0.36	6.26	-7.27	7.15	3.2	0.8
95	Indiana	Big Ten	4-7	0.36	6.2	-10.27	10.75	3.2	0.8
96	Oklahoma State	Big 12	4-7	0.36	6.18	-11.09	11.47	2.88	1.12
97	Ohio	Mid-American	4-7	0.36	6.05	-13.09	11.21	2.31	1.69
98	Cincinnati	Big East	4-7	0.36	6.03	-13.91	11.68	2.2	1.8
99	Ball State	Mid-American	4-7	0.36	6	-16.64	14.06	2.22	1.78
100	Arizona	Pac-10	3-8	0.27	4.95	-3.45	12.11	4.59	-1.59
101	Ole Miss	SEC	3-8	0.27	4.26	-8.82	10.08	2.56	0.44
102	Mississippi State	SEC	3-8	0.27	4.24	-9.64	11.23	2.45	0.55
103	San José State	Western Athletic	3-8	0.27	4.08	-9.91	7.16	3.26	-0.26
104	Kentucky	SEC	3-8	0.27	4.05	-12.36	10.84	2.81	0.19
105	Utah State	Western Athletic	3-8	0.27	3.95	-13.82	10.43	2.36	0.64
106	Washington	Pac-10	2-9	0.18	2.29	-9.09	13.67	3.33	-1.33
107	Tulane	Conference USA	2-9	0.18	2.12	-10.36	9.01	3.09	-1.09
108	UNLV	Mountain West	2-9	0.18	1.84	-15.82	10.83	2.1	-0.1
109	Idaho	Western Athletic	2-9	0.18	1.8	-16	8.47	2.37	-0.37
110	North Texas	Sun Belt	2-9	0.18	1.78	-17.18	10.73	1.47	0.53
111	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	2-9	0.18	1.76	-17.36	9.98	1.35	0.65
112	Illinois	Big Ten	2-9	0.18	1.62	-22.55	14.24	1.31	0.69
113	Syracuse	Big East	1-10	0.09	-0.04	-13	13.65	1.89	-0.89
114	Kent State	Mid-American	1-10	0.09	-0.08	-13.73	9.19	2.1	-1.1
115	Rice	Conference USA	1-10	0.09	-0.31	-18.73	13.82	2.07	-1.07
116	Buffalo	Mid-American	1-10	0.09	-0.34	-19.73	10.23	0.77	0.23
117	Duke	ACC	1-10	0.09	-0.39	-21	12	1.34	-0.34
118	New Mexico State	Western Athletic	0-12	0	-2.48	-22.25	11.82	1.4	-1.4
119	Temple	FBS Independents	0-11	0	-2.92	-35.45	15.75	0.28	-0.28