2005 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:33.923534+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Penn State	Big Ten	5-0	1	28.12	20	16.2	4.33	0.67
2	Virginia Tech	ACC	5-0	1	28.05	31	14.15	4.89	0.11
3	USC	Pac-10	4-0	1	27.99	35.25	13.41	3.7	0.3
4	Texas	Big 12	4-0	1	27.33	33	10.84	3.79	0.21
5	Florida State	ACC	4-0	1	26.99	22.5	10.56	3.7	0.3
6	Alabama	SEC	5-0	1	26.98	18	11.67	4.51	0.49
7	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-0	1	26.88	21.6	10.35	4.32	0.68
8	Georgia	SEC	4-0	1	26.57	21.75	8.81	3.71	0.29
9	Nebraska	Big 12	4-0	1	25.62	13.5	6.73	3.59	0.41
10	California	Pac-10	5-0	1	25.59	29.6	2.78	4.8	0.2
11	UCLA	Pac-10	4-0	1	25.37	21.5	3.15	3.37	0.63
12	Texas Tech	Big 12	4-0	1	25.14	45.25	0.19	3.9	0.1
13	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	22.93	22	12.02	4.14	-0.14
14	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	22.74	15.8	13.14	3.84	0.16
15	Florida	SEC	4-1	0.8	22.68	11.6	13.68	3.89	0.11
16	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-1	0.8	22.37	13	15.24	3.68	0.32
17	Wyoming	Mountain West	4-1	0.8	21.68	11.2	11.74	3.79	0.21
18	Miami	ACC	3-1	0.75	21.63	10.75	20.07	3.25	-0.25
19	West Virginia	Big East	4-1	0.8	21.61	7.2	9.81	3.52	0.48
20	Boston College	ACC	4-1	0.8	21.58	16.8	8.95	4.55	-0.55
21	Auburn	SEC	4-1	0.8	21.51	28.6	6.51	4.82	-0.82
22	Oregon	Pac-10	4-1	0.8	21.36	8.4	10.86	3.27	0.73
23	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	21.1	15.75	13.45	3.48	-0.48
24	TCU	Mountain West	4-1	0.8	20.99	4.2	12.99	2.94	1.06
25	Virginia	ACC	3-1	0.75	20.57	8.5	9.14	2.69	0.31
26	Tennessee	SEC	3-1	0.75	20.53	4.5	17.43	2.58	0.42
27	Colorado	Big 12	3-1	0.75	20.49	14	11.87	3.41	-0.41
28	UTEP	Conference USA	3-1	0.75	20.37	5.25	9.57	2.45	0.55
29	Vanderbilt	SEC	4-1	0.8	20.31	7.6	1.18	3.43	0.57
30	Louisville	Big East	3-1	0.75	20.28	15.75	8.71	3.01	-0.01
31	Kansas State	Big 12	3-1	0.75	20.09	10.25	4.78	2.84	0.16
32	Texas A&M	Big 12	3-1	0.75	20.09	18.25	8.09	3.32	-0.32
33	Iowa State	Big 12	3-1	0.75	20.05	7.75	6.71	2.8	0.2
34	Toledo	Mid-American	3-1	0.75	20.02	19	2.85	3.18	-0.18
35	Washington State	Pac-10	3-1	0.75	19.83	19	1.36	3.18	-0.18
36	Indiana	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	19.67	4.5	6.65	2.39	0.61
37	Baylor	Big 12	3-1	0.75	19.6	11.5	2.4	3.14	-0.14
38	Kansas	Big 12	3-1	0.75	19.48	11.5	2.04	3.06	-0.06
39	UConn	Big East	3-1	0.75	19.42	29	0.94	3.84	-0.84
40	LSU	SEC	2-1	0.67	19.02	10.33	17.92	2.13	-0.13
41	Rutgers	Big East	3-1	0.75	18.84	12.75	1.49	3.13	-0.13
42	UAB	Conference USA	3-1	0.75	18.77	9.75	2.35	2.89	0.11
43	Fresno State	Western Athletic	2-1	0.67	18.74	21.67	12.18	2.49	-0.49
44	Oklahoma State	Big 12	3-1	0.75	18.29	0.25	4.93	2.04	0.96
45	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-1	0.75	18.24	-3.5	18.91	1.64	1.36
46	Southern Miss	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	17.84	15	8.21	2.4	-0.4
47	Arizona State	Pac-10	3-2	0.6	17.81	16.4	13.06	3.78	-0.78
48	Michigan	Big Ten	3-2	0.6	17.76	12.8	19.03	3.93	-0.93
49	South Florida	Big East	3-2	0.6	17.35	10.4	12.9	3.82	-0.82
50	Iowa	Big Ten	3-2	0.6	16.43	12.6	9.29	3.97	-0.97
51	Tulane	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	16.4	7	2.32	2.07	-0.07
52	Utah	Mountain West	3-2	0.6	16.29	2.6	11.78	2.8	0.2
53	New Mexico	Mountain West	3-2	0.6	15.62	0	13.7	2.5	0.5
54	Maryland	ACC	3-2	0.6	15.47	1.8	14.03	2.71	0.29
55	Missouri	Big 12	2-2	0.5	14.82	4.25	16.93	2.28	-0.28
56	Purdue	Big Ten	2-2	0.5	14.2	1	18.32	2.07	-0.07
57	Oklahoma	Big 12	2-2	0.5	13.88	3.5	21.38	2.33	-0.33
58	Memphis	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	13.73	10.5	9.75	2.92	-0.92
59	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-2	0.6	13.52	-2.6	12.83	2.28	0.72
60	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-2	0.5	13.24	6	11.5	2.51	-0.51
61	North Carolina	ACC	2-2	0.5	13.11	1.5	19.47	2.17	-0.17
62	Houston	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	13.1	2.75	13.02	2.22	-0.22
63	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-2	0.5	12.8	7.25	6.59	2.43	-0.43
64	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-2	0.6	12.63	-5.2	9.27	1.87	1.13
65	Colorado State	Mountain West	2-2	0.5	12.6	1	16.57	2.07	-0.07
66	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-2	0.6	12.37	-5.2	7.08	1.95	1.05
67	Marshall	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	11.88	0.75	6.76	2.09	-0.09
68	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-2	0.5	11.72	-2.75	17.14	1.8	0.2
69	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	2-3	0.4	11.65	10	6.88	3.44	-1.44
70	Boise State	Western Athletic	2-2	0.5	10.94	-1.75	12.54	1.88	0.12
71	Akron	Mid-American	2-2	0.5	10.73	-5.75	7.62	1.54	0.46
72	Tulsa	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	10.64	0.8	12.13	2.59	-0.59
73	Cincinnati	Big East	2-2	0.5	10.53	-10	9.12	1.07	0.93
74	UCF	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	10.52	-3.25	12.23	1.63	0.37
75	Ohio	Mid-American	2-2	0.5	9.98	-15	13.09	0.7	1.3
76	NC State	ACC	1-2	0.33	9.98	11	8.45	2.21	-1.21
77	Nevada	Western Athletic	2-2	0.5	9.74	-10	10.77	1.21	0.79
78	Clemson	ACC	2-3	0.4	9.64	-1.6	15.31	2.31	-0.31
79	Air Force	Mountain West	2-3	0.4	9.56	-1.4	11.3	2.36	-0.36
80	San Diego State	Mountain West	2-3	0.4	9.03	-0.8	15.74	2.42	-0.42
81	South Carolina	SEC	2-3	0.4	8.94	-6.4	16.98	1.74	0.26
82	Mississippi State	SEC	2-3	0.4	8.65	-6.4	13.24	1.52	0.48
83	Illinois	Big Ten	2-3	0.4	8.44	-13.2	18.87	1.27	0.73
84	Wake Forest	ACC	2-3	0.4	8.15	-5.6	16.79	1.84	0.16
85	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	8.08	-6.4	17.35	1.74	0.26
86	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-3	0.25	7.35	4	8.48	2.29	-1.29
87	Navy	FBS Independents	1-2	0.33	7.22	0.33	9.11	1.52	-0.52
88	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	2-3	0.4	6.95	-13.6	9.86	1.03	0.97
89	Stanford	Pac-10	1-2	0.33	6.35	-8	3.4	1.04	-0.04
90	Syracuse	Big East	1-3	0.25	6.35	-1	19.42	1.88	-0.88
91	Utah State	Western Athletic	1-2	0.33	6.16	-10.33	7.83	0.73	0.27
92	BYU	Mountain West	1-3	0.25	5.91	-1	8.65	1.91	-0.91
93	Pittsburgh	Big East	1-4	0.2	5.62	1	12.84	2.64	-1.64
94	North Texas	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	5.27	-30.67	12.73	0.06	0.94
95	Arizona	Pac-10	1-3	0.25	5.24	-4.75	14.44	1.5	-0.5
96	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	1-2	0.33	5.13	-12.67	16.29	0.63	0.37
97	Ole Miss	SEC	1-3	0.25	4.91	-7.75	19.16	1.05	-0.05
98	East Carolina	Conference USA	1-3	0.25	4.51	-9.5	12.44	1.14	-0.14
99	Arkansas	SEC	1-3	0.25	4.44	-9	17.94	1.32	-0.32
100	Kentucky	SEC	1-3	0.25	4.29	-10	15.91	1.28	-0.28
101	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	1-3	0.25	4.06	-13.25	15.19	1.04	-0.04
102	San José State	Western Athletic	1-3	0.25	3.94	-12	3.21	1.12	-0.12
103	Louisiana	Sun Belt	1-3	0.25	3.84	-15	8.38	0.86	0.14
104	Troy	Sun Belt	1-3	0.25	3.8	-14.75	10.37	0.81	0.19
105	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	1-3	0.25	3.76	-8.5	18.51	0.72	0.28
106	Washington	Pac-10	1-4	0.2	3.37	-7.4	17.23	1.62	-0.62
107	UNLV	Mountain West	1-4	0.2	3.26	-7.8	11.18	1.64	-0.64
108	Kent State	Mid-American	1-4	0.2	3.11	-8.2	9.21	1.6	-0.6
109	Duke	ACC	1-4	0.2	2.84	-12	10.41	1.14	-0.14
110	SMU	Conference USA	1-4	0.2	2.79	-15.2	16.7	0.8	0.2
111	Florida International	Sun Belt	1-3	0.25	2.78	-23	13.89	0.49	0.51
112	Idaho	Western Athletic	1-4	0.2	2.25	-10.6	9.88	1.25	-0.25
113	Buffalo	Mid-American	0-4	0	-2.8	-23.25	14.39	0.09	-0.09
114	Army	FBS Independents	0-4	0	-2.91	-22	22.88	0.34	-0.34
115	New Mexico State	Western Athletic	0-5	0	-2.92	-24.2	18.18	0.38	-0.38
116	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	0-5	0	-2.96	-25.6	19.86	0.31	-0.31
117	Ball State	Mid-American	0-4	0	-3.3	-40.75	16.12	0.06	-0.06
118	Temple	FBS Independents	0-5	0	-3.34	-40.4	18.19	0.13	-0.13
119	Rice	Conference USA	0-3	0	-3.36	-34	23.77	0.24	-0.24