2005 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:33.924720+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Texas	Big 12	7-0	1	26.66	32.14	13.12	6.59	0.41
2	Virginia Tech	ACC	7-0	1	26.37	28.71	12.02	6.77	0.23
3	USC	Pac-10	7-0	1	26.01	27.43	10.33	6.12	0.88
4	Alabama	SEC	7-0	1	25.82	13.71	12.14	6.19	0.81
5	Georgia	SEC	7-0	1	25.79	17.14	11.09	6.11	0.89
6	UCLA	Pac-10	7-0	1	25.51	17	9.9	5.31	1.69
7	Penn State	Big Ten	7-1	0.88	23.63	19.75	14.2	6.95	0.05
8	Wisconsin	Big Ten	7-1	0.88	23.05	15	12.23	6.05	0.95
9	Texas Tech	Big 12	6-1	0.86	22.59	26.86	8.64	6.1	-0.1
10	Oregon	Pac-10	7-1	0.88	22.46	10.88	10.28	5.64	1.36
11	TCU	Mountain West	7-1	0.88	22.36	11.75	9.64	5.92	1.08
12	Boston College	ACC	6-1	0.86	22.14	14.29	9.88	5.89	0.11
13	Florida State	ACC	6-1	0.86	22.13	19	8.7	5.96	0.04
14	LSU	SEC	5-1	0.83	22.09	11	15.01	4.54	0.46
15	West Virginia	Big East	6-1	0.86	21.96	7.29	11.69	4.73	1.27
16	Miami	ACC	5-1	0.83	21.89	19.83	10.91	5.58	-0.58
17	Fresno State	Western Athletic	5-1	0.83	21.3	26.17	6.62	5.38	-0.38
18	Toledo	Mid-American	6-1	0.86	21.25	20.86	3.52	5.99	0.01
19	UTEP	Conference USA	5-1	0.83	21.16	12.17	9.26	4.51	0.49
20	Ohio State	Big Ten	5-2	0.71	19.82	14	18.21	5.82	-0.82
21	California	Pac-10	6-2	0.75	19.17	17.75	6.52	6.54	-0.54
22	Colorado	Big 12	5-2	0.71	19.12	11.86	14.19	5.38	-0.38
23	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-2	0.71	19.11	11.14	13.98	4.92	0.08
24	Florida	SEC	5-2	0.71	19.09	11.43	13.69	5.46	-0.46
25	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-2	0.71	19.06	12.57	13.5	5.06	-0.06
26	Louisville	Big East	5-2	0.71	18.95	20	10.36	5.52	-0.52
27	Auburn	SEC	5-2	0.71	18.84	22.43	7.8	6.47	-1.47
28	Missouri	Big 12	5-2	0.71	18.69	6.29	14.76	4.27	0.73
29	Texas A&M	Big 12	5-2	0.71	18.59	13.29	10.15	5.17	-0.17
30	Nebraska	Big 12	5-2	0.71	18.49	6.14	11.54	4.68	0.32
31	Northwestern	Big Ten	5-2	0.71	18.41	4.57	15.03	4.04	0.96
32	Boise State	Western Athletic	5-2	0.71	17.79	5.86	9.07	4.28	0.72
33	Rutgers	Big East	5-2	0.71	17.76	8.86	6.66	5	0
34	Southern Miss	Conference USA	4-2	0.67	17.47	9.67	10.85	4.11	-0.11
35	Michigan	Big Ten	5-3	0.62	17.15	8.25	17.89	5.58	-0.58
36	Georgia Tech	ACC	4-2	0.67	16.77	1.33	14.1	3.22	0.78
37	Navy	FBS Independents	4-2	0.67	16.59	6.5	6.89	3.81	0.19
38	Iowa	Big Ten	5-3	0.62	16.41	11.75	8.68	6.14	-1.14
39	Nevada	Western Athletic	4-2	0.67	16.29	3	7.15	3.35	0.65
40	Tulsa	Conference USA	5-3	0.62	15.92	6	10.34	5.06	-0.06
41	New Mexico	Mountain West	5-3	0.62	15.64	2.88	12.48	4.46	0.54
42	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-3	0.57	15.52	9.14	11.89	4.61	-0.61
43	Clemson	ACC	4-3	0.57	15.06	6.14	13.26	4.53	-0.53
44	UConn	Big East	4-3	0.57	15.02	17.43	4.41	6.06	-2.06
45	Maryland	ACC	4-3	0.57	14.93	3	13.69	4.01	-0.01
46	Virginia	ACC	4-3	0.57	14.86	3.71	11.84	4.15	-0.15
47	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	4-3	0.57	14.84	10.57	7.99	4.98	-0.98
48	Iowa State	Big 12	4-3	0.57	14.78	6.43	10.39	4.67	-0.67
49	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	4-3	0.57	14.78	6	10.8	4.34	-0.34
50	Stanford	Pac-10	4-2	0.67	14.72	-1.17	9.57	2.85	1.15
51	Baylor	Big 12	4-3	0.57	14.72	5.71	8.15	4.54	-0.54
52	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-3	0.57	14.63	6	7.2	4.25	-0.25
53	Memphis	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	14.59	5.57	9.54	4.37	-0.37
54	Houston	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	14.53	4.14	10.72	4.11	-0.11
55	Oklahoma	Big 12	4-3	0.57	14.47	0.57	19.45	3.6	0.4
56	Kansas State	Big 12	4-3	0.57	14.36	1.29	12.62	3.7	0.3
57	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	4-3	0.57	14.23	8	4.38	4.68	-0.68
58	Colorado State	Mountain West	4-3	0.57	14.12	0.86	14.82	3.62	0.38
59	South Carolina	SEC	4-3	0.57	13.93	0.43	15.12	3.57	0.43
60	South Florida	Big East	3-3	0.5	13.54	6.33	12.83	4	-1
61	Wyoming	Mountain West	4-4	0.5	13.25	3.88	12.24	4.73	-0.73
62	Central Michigan	Mid-American	4-3	0.57	13.2	-0.14	10.72	3.47	0.53
63	Pittsburgh	Big East	4-4	0.5	13.13	6.75	9.85	5.35	-1.35
64	Indiana	Big Ten	4-3	0.57	12.97	-1	10.3	3.35	0.65
65	UCF	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	12.9	-0.43	10.75	3.43	0.57
66	Tennessee	SEC	3-3	0.5	12.87	0.33	18.92	3.07	-0.07
67	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-3	0.57	12.78	0.29	5.9	3.54	0.46
68	Arizona State	Pac-10	3-4	0.43	12.46	8.29	15.87	4.48	-1.48
69	Oregon State	Pac-10	4-3	0.57	12.37	-4.71	13.91	2.92	1.08
70	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	3-3	0.5	12.12	1.67	9.79	3.22	-0.22
71	Washington State	Pac-10	3-4	0.43	12.12	9.43	11.43	4.6	-1.6
72	Utah	Mountain West	4-4	0.5	12.11	1.25	9.73	4.23	-0.23
73	UAB	Conference USA	3-4	0.43	11	4	5.66	4.15	-1.15
74	Vanderbilt	SEC	4-4	0.5	10.89	-1.75	9.66	3.66	0.34
75	North Carolina	ACC	3-3	0.5	10.18	-7.83	16.15	1.8	1.2
76	Kansas	Big 12	3-4	0.43	9.53	-1.43	10.39	3.21	-0.21
77	BYU	Mountain West	3-4	0.43	9.37	-2.43	12.63	3.13	-0.13
78	Ole Miss	SEC	3-4	0.43	9.27	-1.14	10.83	3.2	-0.2
79	East Carolina	Conference USA	3-4	0.43	8.84	-3	8.52	3.02	-0.02
80	Marshall	Conference USA	3-4	0.43	8.52	-7.29	11.84	2.12	0.88
81	NC State	ACC	2-4	0.33	8.43	1.17	9.96	3.18	-1.18
82	Air Force	Mountain West	3-5	0.38	8.31	-1.62	11.41	3.73	-0.73
83	Cincinnati	Big East	3-4	0.43	8.25	-10.14	11.76	1.96	1.04
84	Oklahoma State	Big 12	3-4	0.43	8.17	-10.29	10.13	1.75	1.25
85	San Diego State	Mountain West	3-5	0.38	8.07	-2.62	12.32	3.53	-0.53
86	Akron	Mid-American	3-4	0.43	8.03	-9.29	7.1	2.03	0.97
87	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	3-4	0.43	8.03	-8.14	10.09	2.51	0.49
88	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	3-4	0.43	7.9	-10.43	8.25	1.81	1.19
89	Ohio	Mid-American	3-4	0.43	7.84	-13.43	12.57	1.48	1.52
90	Troy	Sun Belt	3-4	0.43	7.66	-10.71	7.03	1.57	1.43
91	Wake Forest	ACC	3-5	0.38	7.57	-5.25	16.28	3.07	-0.07
92	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-5	0.38	7.13	-8.75	11.36	2.22	0.78
93	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	2-4	0.33	6.69	-2.67	9.74	2.38	-0.38
94	Tulane	Conference USA	2-4	0.33	6.14	-5.67	7.62	2.2	-0.2
95	Arkansas	SEC	2-5	0.29	5.78	-3.86	15.87	2.94	-0.94
96	Purdue	Big Ten	2-5	0.29	5.73	-4.14	15.41	2.97	-0.97
97	Utah State	Western Athletic	2-4	0.33	5.6	-13.33	9.35	1.35	0.65
98	North Texas	Sun Belt	2-4	0.33	5.28	-19.67	9.38	0.42	1.58
99	Mississippi State	SEC	2-5	0.29	5.03	-10	14.29	1.56	0.44
100	Illinois	Big Ten	2-5	0.29	4.57	-20.29	16.43	1.09	0.91
101	Louisiana	Sun Belt	2-5	0.29	4.47	-11.14	8.26	1.83	0.17
102	SMU	Conference USA	2-6	0.25	3.98	-11.12	14.18	1.83	0.17
103	UNLV	Mountain West	2-6	0.25	3.95	-10.12	10.75	2.22	-0.22
104	Kentucky	SEC	1-5	0.17	1.91	-12.33	10.67	1.53	-0.53
105	Florida International	Sun Belt	1-5	0.17	1.67	-16.67	9.64	0.91	0.09
106	Arizona	Pac-10	1-6	0.14	1.62	-7.29	12.51	2.25	-1.25
107	Syracuse	Big East	1-6	0.14	1.52	-8.86	14.97	1.79	-0.79
108	Kent State	Mid-American	1-6	0.14	1.32	-10.71	9	1.88	-0.88
109	Washington	Pac-10	1-6	0.14	1.28	-12.57	17.79	1.73	-0.73
110	San José State	Western Athletic	1-6	0.14	1.24	-11.29	7.41	2.04	-1.04
111	Army	FBS Independents	1-6	0.14	0.93	-13.29	16.42	1.19	-0.19
112	Idaho	Western Athletic	1-6	0.14	0.89	-18.71	10.21	0.98	0.02
113	Ball State	Mid-American	1-6	0.14	0.6	-28.14	16.53	0.7	0.3
114	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	1-7	0.12	0.5	-16.75	11.52	0.96	0.04
115	Duke	ACC	1-7	0.12	0.38	-20.12	14.98	1.03	-0.03
116	Buffalo	Mid-American	0-7	0	-2.53	-20.29	13.48	0.31	-0.31
117	New Mexico State	Western Athletic	0-7	0	-2.72	-24.57	15.16	0.6	-0.6
118	Rice	Conference USA	0-6	0	-2.87	-27.83	17.38	0.64	-0.64
119	Temple	FBS Independents	0-8	0	-3.1	-36.75	17.26	0.17	-0.17