2005 W18 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:33.928796+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Texas	Big 12	12-0	1	25.68	36.33	12.43	11.41	0.59
2	USC	Pac-10	12-0	1	25.57	28.67	12.78	10.59	1.41
3	Penn State	Big Ten	10-1	0.91	23.27	18.73	13.23	9.44	0.56
4	TCU	Mountain West	11-1	0.92	22.74	14.58	10.17	9.57	1.43
5	West Virginia	Big East	10-1	0.91	22.51	15.27	9.93	9.1	0.9
6	Virginia Tech	ACC	10-2	0.83	21.45	21.75	12.66	11.05	-1.05
7	LSU	SEC	11-2	0.85	21.36	15.23	11.17	11.03	-0.03
8	Ohio State	Big Ten	9-2	0.82	21.35	17.73	14.4	9.52	-0.52
9	Georgia	SEC	10-2	0.83	21.18	14.5	12.86	10.04	-0.04
10	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	9-2	0.82	20.73	14.55	11.53	8.33	0.67
11	Auburn	SEC	9-2	0.82	20.7	19.45	10.07	9.68	-0.68
12	Louisville	Big East	9-2	0.82	20.7	22.45	9.44	9.2	-0.2
13	Oregon	Pac-10	10-2	0.83	20.65	11.33	10.47	8.64	1.36
14	Alabama	SEC	9-2	0.82	20.64	12	11.84	9.41	-0.41
15	Texas Tech	Big 12	9-2	0.82	20.57	22.73	8.6	9.49	-0.49
16	UCLA	Pac-10	10-2	0.83	20.08	4.92	10.84	6.95	3.05
17	Miami	ACC	9-3	0.75	19.18	12.83	12.04	9.85	-0.85
18	Boston College	ACC	9-3	0.75	19.01	9.92	12.59	9.11	-0.11
19	Wisconsin	Big Ten	9-3	0.75	18.84	10.25	11.21	8.32	0.68
20	Florida	SEC	8-3	0.73	18.67	10	13.21	8.11	-0.11
21	Toledo	Mid-American	9-3	0.75	18.57	14	7.9	9.17	-0.17
22	Nevada	Western Athletic	9-3	0.75	17.48	2.25	8.49	6.48	2.52
23	Tulsa	Conference USA	9-4	0.69	17.38	9.62	10.89	9.01	-0.01
24	Boise State	Western Athletic	9-4	0.69	17.32	11.69	9.07	9.32	-0.32
25	Oklahoma	Big 12	8-4	0.67	16.98	3.83	16.04	7.08	0.92
26	Clemson	ACC	8-4	0.67	16.95	8.75	11.54	8.67	-0.67
27	California	Pac-10	8-4	0.67	16.78	11.75	8.6	8.88	-0.88
28	Florida State	ACC	8-4	0.67	16.78	7.75	10.79	8.08	-0.08
29	Iowa	Big Ten	7-4	0.64	16.4	11.55	10.86	8.3	-1.3
30	Nebraska	Big 12	8-4	0.67	16.35	3.67	11.39	7.13	0.87
31	Navy	FBS Independents	8-4	0.67	16.23	8.08	6.46	7.86	0.14
32	Fresno State	Western Athletic	8-5	0.62	16.18	15.31	10.82	10.06	-2.06
33	UTEP	Conference USA	8-4	0.67	16.15	5.92	7.41	7.43	0.57
34	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	7-4	0.64	15.97	10.27	8.25	7.73	-0.73
35	Michigan	Big Ten	7-5	0.58	15.42	8.42	15.58	8.33	-1.33
36	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	7-4	0.64	15.35	3.18	9.36	6.26	0.74
37	Minnesota	Big Ten	7-5	0.58	15.08	6.75	14.06	7.46	-0.46
38	Iowa State	Big 12	7-5	0.58	14.88	9.08	10.58	8.58	-1.58
39	Arizona State	Pac-10	7-5	0.58	14.85	6.92	12.43	7.45	-0.45
40	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	7-5	0.58	14.82	9.58	10.08	8.36	-1.36
41	Southern Miss	Conference USA	7-5	0.58	14.58	6.92	9.95	7.83	-0.83
42	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-4	0.64	14.49	1.09	6.62	5.72	1.28
43	Utah	Mountain West	7-5	0.58	14.42	5.92	9.7	7.53	-0.53
44	Virginia	ACC	7-5	0.58	14.3	3.42	11.63	6.97	0.03
45	NC State	ACC	7-5	0.58	14.24	3.08	11.77	7.13	-0.13
46	Memphis	Conference USA	7-5	0.58	14.21	4.17	9.79	7.17	-0.17
47	Missouri	Big 12	7-5	0.58	14	1.58	12.81	6.38	0.62
48	UCF	Conference USA	8-5	0.62	13.99	0	11.04	6.5	1.5
49	Rutgers	Big East	7-5	0.58	13.99	3.08	8.98	6.8	0.2
50	Bowling Green	Mid-American	6-5	0.55	13.81	6.09	9.82	6.77	-0.77
51	South Carolina	SEC	7-5	0.58	13.68	0.42	13.64	6.13	0.87
52	Kansas	Big 12	7-5	0.58	13.51	0.42	12.47	6.13	0.87
53	South Florida	Big East	6-6	0.5	12.86	5	12.4	7.7	-1.7
54	Northwestern	Big Ten	7-5	0.58	12.75	-1.58	14.7	5.66	1.34
55	Georgia Tech	ACC	7-5	0.58	12.7	-1.58	13.98	5.42	1.58
56	Central Michigan	Mid-American	6-5	0.55	12.5	0	11.96	5.5	0.5
57	BYU	Mountain West	6-6	0.5	12.49	3.75	10.88	6.85	-0.85
58	Colorado	Big 12	7-6	0.54	12.39	-0.15	13.94	6.45	0.55
59	New Mexico	Mountain West	6-5	0.55	12.25	-0.09	10.14	5.48	0.52
60	Houston	Conference USA	6-6	0.5	11.73	1.08	9.69	6.28	-0.28
61	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-6	0.45	11.73	5.09	12.78	6.55	-1.55
62	Akron	Mid-American	7-6	0.54	11.59	-0.85	9.49	6.23	0.77
63	UConn	Big East	5-6	0.45	11.46	5.55	9.23	7.11	-2.11
64	Louisiana	Sun Belt	6-5	0.55	11.31	-1.64	7.4	5.1	0.9
65	Purdue	Big Ten	5-6	0.45	11.2	1.91	13.43	5.93	-0.93
66	UAB	Conference USA	5-6	0.45	11.13	3.91	8.08	6.47	-1.47
67	Pittsburgh	Big East	5-6	0.45	11.07	2.18	11.17	6.11	-1.11
68	Texas A&M	Big 12	5-6	0.45	10.7	0.82	12.01	5.67	-0.67
69	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	6-6	0.5	10.44	-0.75	6.37	5.79	0.21
70	Tennessee	SEC	5-6	0.45	10.43	0	14.52	5.5	-0.5
71	Colorado State	Mountain West	6-6	0.5	10.14	-4	12.57	5.02	0.98
72	Maryland	ACC	5-6	0.45	10.07	-0.45	13.79	5.38	-0.38
73	Kansas State	Big 12	5-6	0.45	9.55	-1.45	12.38	5.15	-0.15
74	San Diego State	Mountain West	5-7	0.42	9.41	-0.17	11.74	5.96	-0.96
75	Vanderbilt	SEC	5-6	0.45	9.21	-2	9.9	5.04	-0.04
76	Washington State	Pac-10	4-7	0.36	9.02	2	11.62	5.9	-1.9
77	Arkansas	SEC	4-7	0.36	8.82	1.09	12.74	5.78	-1.78
78	Baylor	Big 12	5-6	0.45	8.8	-5	11.8	4.16	0.84
79	Stanford	Pac-10	5-6	0.45	8.77	-6.18	13.49	4.07	0.93
80	East Carolina	Conference USA	5-6	0.45	8.76	-4.55	10.4	4.4	0.6
81	SMU	Conference USA	5-6	0.45	8.76	-4.64	10.48	4.21	0.79
82	North Carolina	ACC	5-6	0.45	8.69	-8.18	15.09	3.21	1.79
83	Oregon State	Pac-10	5-6	0.45	8.61	-6.55	11.6	4.1	0.9
84	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	4-7	0.36	8.26	0.36	9.45	5.63	-1.63
85	Florida International	Sun Belt	5-6	0.45	8.23	-6	5.29	4.05	0.95
86	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	5-7	0.42	8.12	-5	11.82	4.94	0.06
87	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	5-6	0.45	8.06	-9.09	6.86	3.34	1.66
88	Air Force	Mountain West	4-7	0.36	7.3	-1.73	10.43	5.14	-1.14
89	Wyoming	Mountain West	4-7	0.36	7.17	-2.36	10.98	4.91	-0.91
90	Wake Forest	ACC	4-7	0.36	6.93	-4.27	13.14	4.46	-0.46
91	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	4-7	0.36	6.69	-5	10.58	4.18	-0.18
92	Army	FBS Independents	4-7	0.36	6.54	-6.73	11.53	3.68	0.32
93	Marshall	Conference USA	4-7	0.36	6.41	-7.36	10.03	3.43	0.57
94	Troy	Sun Belt	4-7	0.36	6.27	-7.27	7.25	3.2	0.8
95	Indiana	Big Ten	4-7	0.36	6.22	-10.27	11.03	3.2	0.8
96	Oklahoma State	Big 12	4-7	0.36	6.19	-11.09	11.58	2.88	1.12
97	Ohio	Mid-American	4-7	0.36	6.07	-13.09	11.48	2.31	1.69
98	Cincinnati	Big East	4-7	0.36	6.05	-13.91	11.95	2.2	1.8
99	Ball State	Mid-American	4-7	0.36	6.02	-16.64	14.14	2.22	1.78
100	Arizona	Pac-10	3-8	0.27	4.96	-3.45	12.11	4.59	-1.59
101	Ole Miss	SEC	3-8	0.27	4.26	-8.82	9.97	2.56	0.44
102	Mississippi State	SEC	3-8	0.27	4.24	-9.64	11.2	2.45	0.55
103	San José State	Western Athletic	3-8	0.27	4.1	-9.91	7.39	3.26	-0.26
104	Kentucky	SEC	3-8	0.27	4.06	-12.36	11.02	2.81	0.19
105	Utah State	Western Athletic	3-8	0.27	3.96	-13.82	10.58	2.36	0.64
106	Washington	Pac-10	2-9	0.18	2.3	-9.09	13.76	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	10.76	2.1	-0.1
109	Idaho	Western Athletic	2-9	0.18	1.81	-16	8.7	2.37	-0.37
110	North Texas	Sun Belt	2-9	0.18	1.78	-17.18	10.65	1.47	0.53
111	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	2-9	0.18	1.77	-17.36	10.14	1.35	0.65
112	Illinois	Big Ten	2-9	0.18	1.63	-22.55	14.54	1.31	0.69
113	Syracuse	Big East	1-10	0.09	-0.04	-13	13.85	1.89	-0.89
114	Kent State	Mid-American	1-10	0.09	-0.08	-13.73	9.3	2.1	-1.1
115	Rice	Conference USA	1-10	0.09	-0.31	-18.73	13.78	2.07	-1.07
116	Buffalo	Mid-American	1-10	0.09	-0.34	-19.73	10.47	0.77	0.23
117	Duke	ACC	1-10	0.09	-0.4	-21	12.28	1.34	-0.34
118	New Mexico State	Western Athletic	0-12	0	-2.49	-22.25	12.16	1.4	-1.4
119	Temple	FBS Independents	0-11	0	-2.92	-35.45	15.74	0.28	-0.28