2005 W2 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:33.922340+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Georgia	SEC	2-0	1	34.63	18.5	17.89	1.76	0.24
2	Texas	Big 12	2-0	1	34.56	30	17.2	1.9	0.1
3	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-0	1	33.21	14	19.16	1.64	0.36
4	Penn State	Big Ten	2-0	1	32.09	14	14.72	1.58	0.42
5	USC	Pac-10	1-0	1	32.04	46	1.39	0.96	0.04
6	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-0	1	31.71	39.5	3.17	1.85	0.15
7	Virginia Tech	ACC	2-0	1	31.62	24.5	3.08	1.93	0.07
8	Florida	SEC	2-0	1	31.47	28	3.81	1.94	0.06
9	Clemson	ACC	2-0	1	31.43	2.5	17.66	1.12	0.88
10	New Mexico	Mountain West	2-0	1	31.24	6	15.45	1.22	0.78
11	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-0	1	31.06	7.5	6.85	1.4	0.6
12	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-0	1	31.01	31.5	3.01	1.88	0.12
13	Florida State	ACC	2-0	1	30.95	27.5	-0.37	1.94	0.06
14	Alabama	SEC	2-0	1	30.85	14	4.05	1.68	0.32
15	Boston College	ACC	2-0	1	30.82	27	2.09	1.98	0.02
16	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-0	1	30.77	31.5	1.74	1.85	0.15
17	UCLA	Pac-10	2-0	1	30.52	32.5	1.83	1.8	0.2
18	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-0	1	30.34	4	15.56	1.2	0.8
19	Tennessee	SEC	1-0	1	30.3	7	4.67	0.78	0.22
20	Illinois	Big Ten	2-0	1	30.28	12	11.93	1.44	0.56
21	Iowa State	Big 12	2-0	1	30.28	15.5	11.02	1.75	0.25
22	Utah	Mountain West	2-0	1	30.2	13.5	0.9	1.63	0.37
23	UTEP	Conference USA	1-0	1	30.14	17	0.8	0.84	0.16
24	Kansas State	Big 12	2-0	1	29.58	8	9.72	1.38	0.62
25	Virginia	ACC	1-0	1	29.58	12	-1.08	0.76	0.24
26	Louisville	Big East	1-0	1	29.56	7	-0.92	0.65	0.35
27	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-0	1	29.43	12.5	3.6	1.44	0.56
28	California	Pac-10	2-0	1	29.41	38.5	-5.35	1.95	0.05
29	UConn	Big East	2-0	1	29.4	48.5	-5.88	2	0
30	LSU	SEC	1-0	1	29.33	4	31.21	0.57	0.43
31	West Virginia	Big East	2-0	1	29.24	18	-3.92	1.91	0.09
32	Colorado	Big 12	2-0	1	29.19	21	1.58	1.8	0.2
33	Washington State	Pac-10	2-0	1	29.09	23	1.38	1.67	0.33
34	Ole Miss	SEC	1-0	1	28.97	4	5.97	0.77	0.23
35	Oregon State	Pac-10	2-0	1	28.49	15	-1.18	1.57	0.43
36	Oregon	Pac-10	2-0	1	28.28	23.5	-5.03	1.74	0.26
37	Toledo	Mid-American	2-0	1	28.28	40.5	-5.54	1.88	0.12
38	Air Force	Mountain West	2-0	1	28.01	7.5	0.22	1.32	0.68
39	Nebraska	Big 12	2-0	1	27.73	23	-3.41	1.97	0.03
40	Oklahoma State	Big 12	2-0	1	27.07	12.5	-8.46	1.85	0.15
41	Kansas	Big 12	2-0	1	27.06	19.5	-8.46	1.79	0.21
42	Baylor	Big 12	2-0	1	26.75	19.5	-5.29	1.69	0.31
43	Indiana	Big Ten	2-0	1	26.74	5.5	-4.61	1.26	0.74
44	East Carolina	Conference USA	1-0	1	26.58	3	0.28	0.58	0.42
45	Purdue	Big Ten	1-0	1	25.45	25	3.48	0.84	0.16
46	Stanford	Pac-10	1-0	1	23.72	3	7.08	0.54	0.46
47	Texas Tech	Big 12	1-0	1	23.56	53	-7.04	1	0
48	Fresno State	Western Athletic	1-0	1	23.13	38	-10	0.94	0.06
49	North Texas	Sun Belt	1-0	1	22.8	7	1.99	0.84	0.16
50	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	22.08	8.5	20.58	1.4	-0.4
51	Michigan	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	21.4	4.5	18.38	1.27	-0.27
52	Iowa	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	21.25	18	11.34	1.81	-0.81
53	Missouri	Big 12	1-1	0.5	20.41	8.5	13.45	1.28	-0.28
54	Arizona State	Pac-10	1-1	0.5	20.4	21.5	4.07	1.62	-0.62
55	South Carolina	SEC	1-1	0.5	19.77	3.5	17.49	1.23	-0.23
56	Arkansas	SEC	1-1	0.5	19.66	14	7.69	1.52	-0.52
57	Marshall	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	18.6	5	7.45	1.23	-0.23
58	Maryland	ACC	1-1	0.5	18.36	-0.5	18.21	0.98	0.02
59	TCU	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	17.23	-2	4.35	0.84	0.16
60	Auburn	SEC	1-1	0.5	16.9	9.5	27.7	1.61	-0.61
61	Cincinnati	Big East	1-1	0.5	16.68	-8	15.59	0.69	0.31
62	Mississippi State	SEC	1-1	0.5	16.32	2	-0.11	1.13	-0.13
63	Troy	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	16.27	-1.5	-2.67	0.9	0.1
64	UAB	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	15.58	6.5	30.21	1.47	-0.47
65	Oklahoma	Big 12	1-1	0.5	15.06	4.5	15.84	1.29	-0.29
66	San José State	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	14.74	-5	7.46	0.8	0.2
67	Wyoming	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	14.45	10	17.52	1.52	-0.52
68	Syracuse	Big East	1-1	0.5	13.84	11.5	15.02	1.8	-0.8
69	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	13.51	9.5	14.44	1.45	-0.45
70	SMU	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	13.37	3	26.63	1.17	-0.17
71	BYU	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	13.29	9	11.2	1.51	-0.51
72	Rutgers	Big East	1-1	0.5	13.23	14.5	7.46	1.58	-0.58
73	South Florida	Big East	1-1	0.5	13.1	12	9.79	1.65	-0.65
74	Arizona	Pac-10	1-1	0.5	12.81	8	11.34	1.39	-0.39
75	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	12.47	11	9.97	1.4	-0.4
76	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	12.4	-2.5	15.93	0.93	0.07
77	Houston	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	11.91	3.5	9.07	1.16	-0.16
78	Kentucky	SEC	1-1	0.5	11.74	2.5	11.57	1.09	-0.09
79	UNLV	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	11.73	0.5	13.46	1.02	-0.02
80	Kent State	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	10.54	-7	10.99	0.7	0.3
81	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	10.46	-3	15.58	0.87	0.13
82	Ohio	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	9.86	-9	16.2	0.49	0.51
83	Texas A&M	Big 12	0-1	0	1.14	-1	29.34	0.48	-0.48
84	Miami	ACC	0-1	0	1.06	-3	34.77	0.3	-0.3
85	Tulane	Conference USA	0-0	0	0.92	0	0	0	0
86	Navy	FBS Independents	0-2	0	0.66	-3	17.11	0.88	-0.88
87	Memphis	Conference USA	0-1	0	0.11	-4	27.01	0.23	-0.23
88	NC State	ACC	0-1	0	0.01	-4	35.08	0.37	-0.37
89	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-2	0	-0.46	-8.5	30.71	0.69	-0.69
90	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-2	0	-0.47	-10.5	17.26	0.61	-0.61
91	Southern Miss	Conference USA	0-1	0	-0.53	-9	32.79	0.3	-0.3
92	Boise State	Western Athletic	0-2	0	-0.75	-19	31.79	0.34	-0.34
93	North Carolina	ACC	0-1	0	-0.76	-6	33.15	0.36	-0.36
94	Pittsburgh	Big East	0-2	0	-0.96	-13.5	15.87	0.37	-0.37
95	Akron	Mid-American	0-1	0	-1.59	-25	10.05	0.16	-0.16
96	Wake Forest	ACC	0-2	0	-1.6	-16	25.05	0.22	-0.22
97	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	0-2	0	-1.63	-13	18.36	0.15	-0.15
98	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0-2	0	-1.72	-21	-3.01	0.16	-0.16
99	Idaho	Western Athletic	0-2	0	-1.94	-7.5	13.7	0.73	-0.73
100	Colorado State	Mountain West	0-2	0	-1.96	-17.5	29.49	0.46	-0.46
101	Nevada	Western Athletic	0-1	0	-2.08	-34	26.45	0.09	-0.09
102	San Diego State	Mountain West	0-2	0	-2.25	-17.5	28.4	0.44	-0.44
103	Tulsa	Conference USA	0-2	0	-2.34	-23.5	20.66	0.15	-0.15
104	UCF	Conference USA	0-1	0	-2.36	-9	28.15	0.25	-0.25
105	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	0-1	0	-2.38	-38	33.55	0	0
106	Utah State	Western Athletic	0-1	0	-2.56	-24	32.69	0.03	-0.03
107	Rice	Conference USA	0-1	0	-2.69	-42	30.87	0.07	-0.07
108	Duke	ACC	0-2	0	-2.73	-24	28.67	0.11	-0.11
109	New Mexico State	Western Athletic	0-2	0	-2.74	-28	29.43	0.06	-0.06
110	Army	FBS Independents	0-1	0	-2.75	-37	32.4	0.01	-0.01
111	Louisiana	Sun Belt	0-2	0	-2.81	-39	18.41	0.02	-0.02
112	Washington	Pac-10	0-2	0	-2.86	-21	28.79	0.26	-0.26
113	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	0-2	0	-2.94	-37	34.17	0.11	-0.11
114	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-2	0	-3.03	-22.5	29.58	0.3	-0.3
115	Buffalo	Mid-American	0-2	0	-3.29	-34.5	16.8	0	0
116	Ball State	Mid-American	0-2	0	-3.41	-32.5	20.02	0.13	-0.13
117	Temple	FBS Independents	0-2	0	-4.03	-56	32.62	0.01	-0.01
118	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	0-2	0	-4.14	-15.5	26.95	0.22	-0.22
119	Florida International	Sun Belt	0-2	0	-4.58	-33.5	16.84	0.08	-0.08