2006 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:34.149925+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Ohio State	Big Ten	8-0	1	26.83	26.62	14.43	7.75	0.25
2	Michigan	Big Ten	8-0	1	26.66	17.12	15.37	7.07	0.93
3	USC	Pac-10	6-0	1	26.62	15	15.64	5.03	0.97
4	Louisville	Big East	7-0	1	25.82	26.14	9.65	6.54	0.46
5	Rutgers	Big East	7-0	1	25.66	21.43	9.8	6.66	0.34
6	Boise State	Western Athletic	8-0	1	25.5	23.62	8.6	7.16	0.84
7	West Virginia	Big East	7-0	1	25.09	28.14	6.01	6.59	0.41
8	Florida	SEC	6-1	0.86	23.43	15.29	16.65	6.13	-0.13
9	Auburn	SEC	7-1	0.88	23.33	15	13.78	6.95	0.05
10	Clemson	ACC	7-1	0.88	23.31	29.75	10.91	7.58	-0.58
11	Texas	Big 12	7-1	0.88	23.21	25.62	10.98	7.34	-0.34
12	California	Pac-10	7-1	0.88	23.15	17	12.25	6.55	0.45
13	Tennessee	SEC	6-1	0.86	22.99	14	14.91	5.55	0.45
14	Texas A&M	Big 12	7-1	0.88	22.66	14.62	10.18	6.38	0.62
15	Wisconsin	Big Ten	7-1	0.88	22.62	21.12	8.59	7.38	-0.38
16	Missouri	Big 12	7-1	0.88	22.6	18.5	8.93	6.99	0.01
17	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	6-1	0.86	22.44	6.14	15.34	4.47	1.53
18	Boston College	ACC	6-1	0.86	22.26	8.43	13.04	5.05	0.95
19	Arkansas	SEC	6-1	0.86	22.22	13.57	10.87	5.68	0.32
20	Tulsa	Conference USA	6-1	0.86	21.79	13.57	8.33	5.68	0.32
21	Wake Forest	ACC	6-1	0.86	21.24	8.29	7	5.2	0.8
22	LSU	SEC	6-2	0.75	20.27	27.62	11.26	7.76	-1.76
23	Nebraska	Big 12	6-2	0.75	20.06	20.38	10.15	7.11	-1.11
24	Pittsburgh	Big East	6-2	0.75	19.67	20	7.79	7.12	-1.12
25	Oklahoma	Big 12	5-2	0.71	19.11	15.71	12.62	5.86	-0.86
26	Georgia	SEC	6-2	0.75	18.93	9.62	7.75	5.98	0.02
27	Oregon	Pac-10	5-2	0.71	18.85	8.43	12.44	4.64	0.36
28	BYU	Mountain West	5-2	0.71	18.84	20.29	9.67	6.13	-1.13
29	Georgia Tech	ACC	5-2	0.71	18.59	7.29	11.46	4.82	0.18
30	Virginia Tech	ACC	5-2	0.71	18.49	16.43	8.46	6.14	-1.14
31	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	5-2	0.71	18.45	15.14	8.6	5.19	-0.19
32	South Carolina	SEC	5-2	0.71	18.07	8.71	8.82	5.31	-0.31
33	Miami	ACC	5-2	0.71	17.92	10.71	6.61	5.67	-0.67
34	Navy	FBS Independents	5-2	0.71	17.83	4.29	9.94	4.27	0.73
35	Western Michigan	Mid-American	5-2	0.71	17.81	7.43	7.82	4.8	0.2
36	Kent State	Mid-American	5-2	0.71	17.54	7	5.77	4.81	0.19
37	Maryland	ACC	5-2	0.71	17.14	2	8.93	3.86	1.14
38	TCU	Mountain West	4-2	0.67	17.08	6.5	10	4.2	-0.2
39	Iowa	Big Ten	5-3	0.62	16.56	7.5	12.21	5.52	-0.52
40	Washington State	Pac-10	5-3	0.62	16.55	5.25	15.96	5.12	-0.12
41	Alabama	SEC	5-3	0.62	16.4	5.62	12.8	5.28	-0.28
42	Texas Tech	Big 12	5-3	0.62	16.32	8.38	11.47	5.49	-0.49
43	Houston	Conference USA	5-3	0.62	16.25	9.62	10.27	5.61	-0.61
44	Penn State	Big Ten	5-3	0.62	15.96	5	11.47	5.09	-0.09
45	South Florida	Big East	5-3	0.62	15.76	6.62	6.77	5.44	-0.44
46	San José State	Western Athletic	4-2	0.67	15.75	2.83	1.93	3.46	0.54
47	Oklahoma State	Big 12	4-3	0.57	15.65	15.14	10.32	5.42	-1.42
48	Ohio	Mid-American	5-3	0.62	15.58	3.62	11.04	4.85	0.15
49	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	5-3	0.62	15.54	6.5	6.83	5.13	-0.13
50	Florida State	ACC	4-3	0.57	15.48	9.86	11.6	5.1	-1.1
51	UCLA	Pac-10	4-3	0.57	15.43	8.43	11.91	5.12	-1.12
52	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-3	0.62	15.37	2.5	10.72	4.46	0.54
53	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	5-2	0.71	15.12	-2.14	7.3	3.04	1.96
54	Purdue	Big Ten	5-3	0.62	14.82	0.5	9.39	4.08	0.92
55	Oregon State	Pac-10	4-3	0.57	14.78	4.43	12.5	4.31	-0.31
56	Arizona State	Pac-10	4-3	0.57	14.57	5	10.54	4.28	-0.28
57	Nevada	Western Athletic	4-3	0.57	14.41	3.57	10.69	4.09	-0.09
58	Louisiana	Sun Belt	4-2	0.67	14.17	-2.83	8.37	2.56	1.44
59	Southern Miss	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	13.99	0.43	12.25	3.58	0.42
60	Colorado State	Mountain West	4-3	0.57	13.83	2.29	5.21	4.01	-0.01
61	Wyoming	Mountain West	4-4	0.5	13.37	6.75	12.32	5.53	-1.53
62	Utah	Mountain West	4-4	0.5	13.25	7.12	8.46	5.43	-1.43
63	UTEP	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	13.09	-0.43	9.38	3.44	0.56
64	Air Force	Mountain West	3-3	0.5	12.94	2	12.51	3.32	-0.32
65	SMU	Conference USA	4-4	0.5	12.49	2.75	6.97	4.51	-0.51
66	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	4-3	0.57	12.41	-0.86	8.17	3.34	0.66
67	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-4	0.5	12.36	0.62	14.72	4.1	-0.1
68	Baylor	Big 12	4-4	0.5	11.87	0.5	10.28	4.09	-0.09
69	Kansas State	Big 12	4-4	0.5	11.66	-0.5	12.09	3.88	0.12
70	Cincinnati	Big East	4-4	0.5	11.61	-0.25	13.68	3.94	0.06
71	Washington	Pac-10	4-4	0.5	11.55	-1.5	16.21	3.71	0.29
72	New Mexico	Mountain West	4-4	0.5	10.59	-2.12	10.28	3.56	0.44
73	Indiana	Big Ten	4-4	0.5	10.15	-8.12	12.59	2.62	1.38
74	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-5	0.38	10.15	3.12	13.67	4.61	-1.61
75	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-4	0.5	9.95	-9.12	11.42	2.36	1.64
76	Idaho	Western Athletic	4-4	0.5	9.74	-8.62	8.29	2.49	1.51
77	Kansas	Big 12	3-5	0.38	9.74	1.5	11.13	4.25	-1.25
78	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-5	0.38	9.72	1.25	11.85	4.3	-1.3
79	East Carolina	Conference USA	3-4	0.43	9.58	-0.86	13.78	3.35	-0.35
80	NC State	ACC	3-4	0.43	9.52	-1.71	13	3.16	-0.16
81	UConn	Big East	3-4	0.43	9.45	-2.43	13.65	3.04	-0.04
82	Akron	Mid-American	3-4	0.43	8.93	-2.14	10.55	3.09	-0.09
83	Virginia	ACC	3-5	0.38	8.75	0	11.78	4	-1
84	Kentucky	SEC	3-4	0.43	8.62	-6.57	13.73	2.53	0.47
85	Army	FBS Independents	3-5	0.38	8.42	-1.12	10.93	3.76	-0.76
86	Syracuse	Big East	3-5	0.38	8.07	-3.75	16.55	3.23	-0.23
87	UAB	Conference USA	3-5	0.38	7.62	-3.25	7.95	3.28	-0.28
88	Arizona	Pac-10	3-5	0.38	7.25	-7.88	12.15	1.87	1.13
89	Iowa State	Big 12	3-5	0.38	7.09	-9.88	11.97	2.3	0.7
90	Rice	Conference USA	3-5	0.38	6.98	-9	13.09	2.64	0.36
91	New Mexico State	Western Athletic	2-5	0.29	6.59	-0.29	8.53	3.46	-1.46
92	Troy	Sun Belt	2-4	0.33	5.83	-8.83	10.54	1.62	0.38
93	Ball State	Mid-American	2-6	0.25	5.45	-0.62	8.04	3.9	-1.9
94	Marshall	Conference USA	2-5	0.29	4.85	-7.86	11.68	2.27	-0.27
95	UCF	Conference USA	2-5	0.29	4.73	-12.86	11.22	1.52	0.48
96	Tulane	Conference USA	2-5	0.29	4.69	-15.29	14.07	1.49	0.51
97	North Texas	Sun Belt	2-5	0.29	4.5	-18.14	12.5	0.69	1.31
98	Illinois	Big Ten	2-6	0.25	4.33	-6.38	11.95	2.69	-0.69
99	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	2-5	0.29	4.29	-21.57	11.07	0.46	1.54
100	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	2-5	0.29	4.16	-21.29	13.63	0.99	1.01
101	Mississippi State	SEC	2-6	0.25	4.06	-9.5	13.59	2.06	-0.06
102	Toledo	Mid-American	2-6	0.25	3.95	-9.62	9.73	2.41	-0.41
103	Ole Miss	SEC	2-6	0.25	3.94	-12.62	15.63	1.33	0.67
104	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-6	0.25	3.85	-10.38	8.42	1.96	0.04
105	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	1-6	0.14	1.69	-6.14	7.79	2.24	-1.24
106	San Diego State	Mountain West	1-5	0.17	1.49	-16	17.75	0.8	0.2
107	Memphis	Conference USA	1-6	0.14	1.45	-9	9.86	2.13	-1.13
108	Fresno State	Western Athletic	1-6	0.14	1.39	-10.71	14.74	1.94	-0.94
109	Colorado	Big 12	1-7	0.12	1.29	-5.88	13.06	2.44	-1.44
110	UNLV	Mountain West	1-6	0.14	1.22	-12.57	10.32	1.59	-0.59
111	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-7	0.12	0.99	-8.5	10.24	2.32	-1.32
112	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-6	0.14	0.97	-11.86	9.4	1.51	-0.51
113	Buffalo	Mid-American	1-6	0.14	0.95	-17.57	9.7	1.21	-0.21
114	North Carolina	ACC	1-6	0.14	0.92	-18.86	13.92	0.89	0.11
115	Utah State	Western Athletic	1-7	0.12	0.29	-22	12.51	0.57	0.43
116	Florida International	Sun Belt	0-7	0	-2.02	-10.57	13.27	1.39	-1.39
117	Duke	ACC	0-7	0	-2.49	-19.29	12.66	0.47	-0.47
118	Stanford	Pac-10	0-8	0	-2.74	-24.12	16.88	0.44	-0.44
119	Temple	FBS Independents	0-8	0	-3.01	-35	15.01	0.18	-0.18