2005 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:33.925129+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Texas	Big 12	8-0	1	26.44	30.5	13.06	7.4	0.6
2	Virginia Tech	ACC	8-0	1	26.26	27.62	12.62	7.72	0.28
3	USC	Pac-10	8-0	1	25.84	29.25	10.35	7.13	0.87
4	Alabama	SEC	8-0	1	25.58	16	11.34	7.32	0.68
5	UCLA	Pac-10	8-0	1	25.26	15.25	9.92	5.93	2.07
6	Penn State	Big Ten	8-1	0.89	23.53	19.56	13.31	7.81	0.19
7	Wisconsin	Big Ten	8-1	0.89	22.93	15.22	11.07	6.83	1.17
8	Georgia	SEC	7-1	0.88	22.93	14.5	11.66	6.77	0.23
9	Texas Tech	Big 12	7-1	0.88	22.6	27	8.18	7.13	-0.13
10	LSU	SEC	6-1	0.86	22.46	17	12.07	5.94	0.06
11	Florida State	ACC	7-1	0.88	22.43	17.62	9.16	6.63	0.37
12	TCU	Mountain West	8-1	0.89	22.39	10.78	9.57	6.54	1.46
13	Miami	ACC	6-1	0.86	22.38	19.57	11.04	6.44	-0.44
14	Oregon	Pac-10	7-1	0.88	22.3	10.88	10.24	5.64	1.36
15	Fresno State	Western Athletic	6-1	0.86	21.74	24.43	6.5	6.24	-0.24
16	West Virginia	Big East	6-1	0.86	21.72	7.29	11.2	4.73	1.27
17	UTEP	Conference USA	6-1	0.86	21.4	11.43	7.69	5.11	0.89
18	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-2	0.75	20.51	14	17.14	6.48	-0.48
19	Florida	SEC	6-2	0.75	19.93	10.5	14.86	6.2	-0.2
20	Colorado	Big 12	6-2	0.75	19.79	10.75	13.82	6	0
21	Boston College	ACC	6-2	0.75	19.66	10	12.11	6.08	-0.08
22	Auburn	SEC	6-2	0.75	19.44	22.62	7.93	7.48	-1.48
23	Boise State	Western Athletic	6-2	0.75	18.97	9.5	9.24	5.41	0.59
24	Toledo	Mid-American	6-2	0.75	18.95	17.75	4.92	6.62	-0.62
25	California	Pac-10	6-2	0.75	18.93	17.75	5.59	6.54	-0.54
26	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-2	0.71	18.84	12.57	12.6	5.06	-0.06
27	Louisville	Big East	5-2	0.71	18.77	20	9.82	5.52	-0.52
28	Rutgers	Big East	6-2	0.75	18.68	9	7.53	5.72	0.28
29	Michigan	Big Ten	6-3	0.67	18.25	9.11	17.46	6.43	-0.43
30	Georgia Tech	ACC	5-2	0.71	17.45	1.29	13.47	3.77	1.23
31	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-3	0.62	16.81	8	14.99	5.16	-0.16
32	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-3	0.62	16.61	11.88	12.67	5.63	-0.63
33	Missouri	Big 12	5-3	0.62	16.3	4.25	14.39	4.66	0.34
34	Texas A&M	Big 12	5-3	0.62	16.19	8.12	10.02	5.23	-0.23
35	Iowa State	Big 12	5-3	0.62	16.15	9.12	10.75	5.79	-0.79
36	Iowa	Big Ten	5-3	0.62	16.1	11.75	8.2	6.14	-1.14
37	Nebraska	Big 12	5-3	0.62	16.04	4.5	11.99	4.96	0.04
38	Tulsa	Conference USA	5-3	0.62	15.94	6	10.82	5.06	-0.06
39	Northwestern	Big Ten	5-3	0.62	15.92	2	15.03	4.28	0.72
40	Oklahoma	Big 12	5-3	0.62	15.9	1.38	18.44	4.26	0.74
41	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	5-3	0.62	15.86	8.62	8.69	5.37	-0.37
42	Colorado State	Mountain West	5-3	0.62	15.58	2	14.15	4.32	0.68
43	South Carolina	SEC	5-3	0.62	15.07	0.5	14.58	4.1	0.9
44	Southern Miss	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	15.05	7.71	10.42	4.6	-0.6
45	UConn	Big East	4-3	0.57	14.81	17.43	4.67	6.06	-2.06
46	UCF	Conference USA	5-3	0.62	14.78	0.88	10.94	4.16	0.84
47	Western Michigan	Mid-American	5-3	0.62	14.78	4	4.63	4.59	0.41
48	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-3	0.62	14.69	0.38	12.07	4.08	0.92
49	Memphis	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	14.67	5.57	10.37	4.37	-0.37
50	Virginia	ACC	4-3	0.57	14.61	3.71	12.01	4.15	-0.15
51	Houston	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	14.53	4.14	10.76	4.11	-0.11
52	Navy	FBS Independents	4-3	0.57	14.31	4.14	7.79	4.11	-0.11
53	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	4-3	0.57	14.23	8	4.49	4.68	-0.68
54	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	4-3	0.57	14.06	3.86	8.11	4.11	-0.11
55	New Mexico	Mountain West	5-4	0.56	13.93	1.44	12.03	4.76	0.24
56	Arizona State	Pac-10	4-4	0.5	13.83	10.25	14.28	5.39	-1.39
57	South Florida	Big East	3-3	0.5	13.47	6.33	13.42	4	-1
58	Clemson	ACC	4-4	0.5	13.43	5.25	13.4	5.09	-1.09
59	Pittsburgh	Big East	4-4	0.5	13.11	6.75	9.56	5.35	-1.35
60	Wyoming	Mountain West	4-4	0.5	13.06	3.88	12.58	4.73	-0.73
61	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	4-4	0.5	13.03	7.5	7.18	5.25	-1.25
62	Maryland	ACC	4-4	0.5	12.92	1.62	15.18	4.31	-0.31
63	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-4	0.5	12.72	4	8.06	4.61	-0.61
64	Stanford	Pac-10	4-3	0.57	12.69	-1.43	11.54	3.29	0.71
65	Baylor	Big 12	4-4	0.5	12.43	1.5	10.48	4.33	-0.33
66	Kansas State	Big 12	4-4	0.5	12.32	0.75	12.47	4.14	-0.14
67	Nevada	Western Athletic	4-3	0.57	12.27	-2.43	8.89	3.17	0.83
68	Utah	Mountain West	4-4	0.5	12.09	1.25	9.28	4.23	-0.23
69	BYU	Mountain West	4-4	0.5	11.92	0.5	12.46	4.08	-0.08
70	Kansas	Big 12	4-4	0.5	11.53	0	11.48	4	0
71	Tennessee	SEC	3-4	0.43	10.79	0.14	18.14	3.54	-0.54
72	UAB	Conference USA	3-4	0.43	10.79	4	5.38	4.15	-1.15
73	Vanderbilt	SEC	4-4	0.5	10.73	-1.75	10.14	3.66	0.34
74	NC State	ACC	3-4	0.43	10.69	1.57	11.92	3.79	-0.79
75	Oregon State	Pac-10	4-4	0.5	10.46	-4.38	12.2	3.37	0.63
76	Indiana	Big Ten	4-4	0.5	10.32	-4.75	10.56	3.18	0.82
77	Washington State	Pac-10	3-5	0.38	10.22	3	13.12	4.41	-1.41
78	Wake Forest	ACC	4-5	0.44	9.97	-0.44	13.48	4.41	-0.41
79	Marshall	Conference USA	4-4	0.5	9.91	-6.25	10.74	2.67	1.33
80	Cincinnati	Big East	4-4	0.5	9.7	-8.12	10.52	2.52	1.48
81	Akron	Mid-American	4-4	0.5	9.65	-6.88	8.53	2.69	1.31
82	Ohio	Mid-American	4-4	0.5	9.54	-10	10.64	2.22	1.78
83	North Carolina	ACC	3-4	0.43	8.56	-9.29	16.58	1.89	1.11
84	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	3-4	0.43	7.84	-10.43	8.17	1.81	1.19
85	Ole Miss	SEC	3-5	0.38	7.62	-4	11.02	2.83	0.17
86	East Carolina	Conference USA	3-5	0.38	7.53	-3.88	9.5	3.29	-0.29
87	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	3-5	0.38	7.06	-8.88	11.52	2.71	0.29
88	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-5	0.38	7.04	-8.75	11.91	2.22	0.78
89	Oklahoma State	Big 12	3-5	0.38	6.96	-11.38	12.82	1.96	1.04
90	San Diego State	Mountain West	3-6	0.33	6.8	-2.67	13.15	3.95	-0.95
91	Troy	Sun Belt	3-5	0.38	6.72	-9.75	6.62	2.05	0.95
92	Louisiana	Sun Belt	3-5	0.38	6.65	-9.38	8.22	2.39	0.61
93	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	2-4	0.33	6.53	-2.67	9.17	2.38	-0.38
94	Air Force	Mountain West	3-6	0.33	6.52	-3.78	11.23	3.86	-0.86
95	Arkansas	SEC	2-5	0.29	5.64	-3.86	15.04	2.94	-0.94
96	Tulane	Conference USA	2-5	0.29	5.22	-5	8.02	2.69	-0.69
97	Kentucky	SEC	2-5	0.29	4.62	-9.71	9.89	1.99	0.01
98	Utah State	Western Athletic	2-5	0.29	4.54	-16	11.87	1.21	0.79
99	Purdue	Big Ten	2-6	0.25	4.5	-5.88	16.16	3.11	-1.11
100	North Texas	Sun Belt	2-5	0.29	4.2	-24.43	11.5	0.3	1.7
101	Arizona	Pac-10	2-6	0.25	4.13	-6.12	12.82	2.81	-0.81
102	Mississippi State	SEC	2-6	0.25	4.01	-9.5	12.3	1.76	0.24
103	SMU	Conference USA	2-6	0.25	3.87	-11.12	13.26	1.83	0.17
104	UNLV	Mountain West	2-6	0.25	3.84	-10.12	10.02	2.22	-0.22
105	Illinois	Big Ten	2-6	0.25	3.55	-19.88	16.22	1.31	0.69
106	Idaho	Western Athletic	2-6	0.25	3.29	-16.25	8.23	1.5	0.5
107	Ball State	Mid-American	2-6	0.25	3.22	-22.88	16.09	1.13	0.87
108	Florida International	Sun Belt	1-5	0.17	1.61	-16.67	9.02	0.91	0.09
109	Army	FBS Independents	1-6	0.14	1.14	-13.29	15.75	1.19	-0.19
110	Syracuse	Big East	1-7	0.12	1.02	-8.5	13.82	2.11	-1.11
111	San José State	Western Athletic	1-7	0.12	0.73	-12	7.81	2.19	-1.19
112	Kent State	Mid-American	1-7	0.12	0.68	-13.12	9.94	1.83	-0.83
113	Washington	Pac-10	1-7	0.12	0.67	-14	16.73	1.83	-0.83
114	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	1-7	0.12	0.47	-16.75	11.13	0.96	0.04
115	Duke	ACC	1-8	0.11	0.04	-22.11	13.89	0.95	0.05
116	Buffalo	Mid-American	0-8	0	-2.47	-19.5	12.35	0.5	-0.5
117	New Mexico State	Western Athletic	0-8	0	-2.6	-21.62	14.68	1.01	-1.01
118	Rice	Conference USA	0-7	0	-2.77	-24.86	17.95	0.94	-0.94
119	Temple	FBS Independents	0-9	0	-3.04	-35.67	16.76	0.23	-0.23