2008 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:34.609083+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	USC	Pac-10	2-0	1	31.94	38.5	19.99	1.99	0.01
2	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-0	1	31.2	20.33	18.96	2.69	0.31
3	Florida	SEC	2-0	1	31.17	34.5	14.89	1.97	0.03
4	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-0	1	30.29	15	15.85	2.45	0.55
5	Wake Forest	ACC	2-0	1	30.28	15	15.88	1.57	0.43
6	South Florida	Big East	3-0	1	30.1	19.67	14.1	2.47	0.53
7	Auburn	SEC	3-0	1	29.58	16.33	10.51	2.91	0.09
8	Utah	Mountain West	3-0	1	29.51	23.67	9.2	2.64	0.36
9	East Carolina	Conference USA	3-0	1	29.31	10	10.93	2.27	0.73
10	Missouri	Big 12	3-0	1	29.19	37	7.87	2.76	0.24
11	Alabama	SEC	3-0	1	29.17	24	8.57	2.9	0.1
12	Nebraska	Big 12	3-0	1	29.16	25.67	8.29	2.76	0.24
13	Georgia	SEC	3-0	1	29.14	23.33	8.73	2.71	0.29
14	Air Force	Mountain West	3-0	1	28.95	19	8.71	2.69	0.31
15	Oregon	Pac-10	3-0	1	28.67	27.33	5.82	2.66	0.34
16	Texas Tech	Big 12	3-0	1	28.66	25.67	6.09	2.7	0.3
17	UConn	Big East	3-0	1	28.6	23.33	6.52	2.9	0.1
18	Oklahoma	Big 12	3-0	1	28.53	40.67	2.56	2.89	0.11
19	Ball State	Mid-American	3-0	1	28.51	21	6.43	2.53	0.47
20	Texas	Big 12	2-0	1	28.42	35.5	3.61	1.93	0.07
21	Oklahoma State	Big 12	3-0	1	28.29	29.67	2.31	2.67	0.33
22	BYU	Mountain West	3-0	1	28.22	28	5.8	2.78	0.22
23	Kentucky	SEC	3-0	1	28.22	22	5.32	2.92	0.08
24	TCU	Mountain West	3-0	1	27.93	33.33	1.87	2.94	0.06
25	Iowa	Big Ten	3-0	1	27.91	32.33	4.26	2.99	0.01
26	Troy	Sun Belt	2-0	1	27.85	39.5	1.09	1.97	0.03
27	Indiana	Big Ten	2-0	1	27.76	30	1.82	1.95	0.05
28	Boise State	Western Athletic	2-0	1	27.7	27.5	3.29	1.96	0.04
29	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-0	1	27.35	16.67	1.71	2.65	0.35
30	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-0	1	27.33	13.67	1.85	2.27	0.73
31	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-0	1	26.86	13	6.91	1.63	0.37
32	Penn State	Big Ten	3-0	1	26.71	43	-4.59	2.92	0.08
33	Tulsa	Conference USA	2-0	1	26.61	26.5	-3.16	1.71	0.29
34	Colorado	Big 12	2-0	1	26.5	14	-0.32	1.55	0.45
35	Kansas State	Big 12	2-0	1	26.21	49	-6.8	1.98	0.02
36	LSU	SEC	2-0	1	25.81	33	-6.8	1.96	0.04
37	North Carolina	ACC	2-0	1	25.32	20	-5.46	1.68	0.32
38	Florida State	ACC	2-0	1	24.53	54	-10	2	0
39	Arkansas	SEC	2-0	1	24.26	2.5	-6.16	1.11	0.89
40	Kansas	Big 12	2-1	0.67	22.94	18.67	14.57	2.6	-0.6
41	California	Pac-10	2-1	0.67	22.01	20.67	9.58	2.46	-0.46
42	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	2-1	0.67	21.59	24.67	8.02	2.68	-0.68
43	Arizona State	Pac-10	2-1	0.67	21.38	12.67	7.5	2.35	-0.35
44	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-1	0.67	21.3	9	8.53	2.21	-0.21
45	Rice	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	21.26	6.33	13.08	1.8	0.2
46	Arizona	Pac-10	2-1	0.67	21.04	29	1.66	2.73	-0.73
47	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	20.84	7.67	7.39	2.14	-0.14
48	Southern Miss	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	20.79	6.33	19.78	1.91	0.09
49	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	20.58	14	19.38	2.45	-0.45
50	Iowa State	Big 12	2-1	0.67	20.29	11.67	5.09	2.23	-0.23
51	Duke	ACC	2-1	0.67	19.76	10	13.09	2.15	-0.15
52	Ole Miss	SEC	2-1	0.67	19.41	13	6.73	2.27	-0.27
53	Virginia Tech	ACC	2-1	0.67	19.41	5	18.17	1.94	0.06
54	Buffalo	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	19.11	5.33	10.17	1.85	0.15
55	Clemson	ACC	2-1	0.67	18.49	7.33	10.19	2.03	-0.03
56	Fresno State	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	18.28	7	15.74	1.56	-0.56
57	Baylor	Big 12	2-1	0.67	18.18	15	6.23	2.34	-0.34
58	Maryland	ACC	2-1	0.67	18.06	1.67	11.07	1.65	0.35
59	Illinois	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	17.92	6.33	5.82	1.83	0.17
60	UNLV	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	17.39	-2.67	20.35	1.31	0.69
61	San José State	Western Athletic	2-1	0.67	17.34	1.67	6.97	1.65	0.35
62	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	17.09	1	12.79	1.55	0.45
63	Purdue	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	16.68	13	10.62	1.52	-0.52
64	Boston College	ACC	1-1	0.5	16.54	9	14.25	1.66	-0.66
65	Miami	ACC	1-1	0.5	16.17	11	12.29	1.54	-0.54
66	Marshall	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	15.61	-3.67	6.92	1.23	0.77
67	UCF	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	15.53	5	10.8	1.32	-0.32
68	Wyoming	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	15.52	-5.33	6.89	0.93	1.07
69	Cincinnati	Big East	1-1	0.5	15.44	3.5	11.3	1.13	-0.13
70	West Virginia	Big East	1-1	0.5	15.4	3	11.72	1.15	-0.15
71	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	15.36	-5.67	6.97	1.16	0.84
72	Louisville	Big East	1-1	0.5	14.84	8	10.04	1.4	-0.4
73	Pittsburgh	Big East	1-1	0.5	14.13	0.5	17.65	1.03	-0.03
74	Texas A&M	Big 12	1-1	0.5	14	1	14.08	1.06	-0.06
75	UCLA	Pac-10	1-1	0.5	13.55	-28	14.44	0.13	0.87
76	Tennessee	SEC	1-1	0.5	13.37	14.5	13.41	1.66	-0.66
77	South Carolina	SEC	1-2	0.33	13.2	6.67	24.1	2.19	-1.19
78	Houston	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	12.92	10	17.96	1.99	-0.99
79	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	12.65	-10.5	23.05	0.34	0.66
80	Temple	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	12.44	7.67	15.58	2.14	-1.14
81	Toledo	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	11.42	-0.5	23.86	0.98	0.02
82	Navy	FBS Independents	1-2	0.33	11.38	2	12.83	1.62	-0.62
83	Mississippi State	SEC	1-2	0.33	10.94	5	13.18	2.1	-1.1
84	Colorado State	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	10.63	-9	9.05	0.59	0.41
85	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	8.99	-1.33	1.44	1.41	-0.41
86	Michigan	Big Ten	1-2	0.33	8.86	-3.33	17.7	1.21	-0.21
87	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	8.85	-3.33	25.37	1.21	-0.21
88	Nevada	Western Athletic	1-2	0.33	8.85	-10.67	17.27	0.96	0.04
89	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	8.8	-9.33	24.22	0.79	0.21
90	Stanford	Pac-10	1-2	0.33	8.48	-11	20.17	0.84	0.16
91	Western Kentucky	FBS Independents	1-2	0.33	8	-9.33	17.23	0.84	0.16
92	Akron	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	7.66	-8	20.14	1.06	-0.06
93	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-2	0.33	7.28	-0.33	19.03	1.48	-0.48
94	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	6.92	-14.67	14.92	0.63	0.37
95	Virginia	ACC	1-2	0.33	6.82	-21.33	17.77	0.22	0.78
96	SMU	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	6.71	-18	16.62	0.69	0.31
97	NC State	ACC	1-2	0.33	6.56	-14	8.24	0.5	0.5
98	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	1-2	0.33	6.51	-21.67	7.83	0.39	0.61
99	New Mexico	Mountain West	1-2	0.33	6.12	-7	24.75	0.99	0.01
100	Idaho	Western Athletic	1-2	0.33	5.99	-26	10.08	0.43	0.57
101	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	5.85	-4.33	16.85	1.18	-0.18
102	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	5.38	-6.67	12.15	0.99	0.01
103	Kent State	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	5.33	-6.67	12.56	0.95	0.05
104	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-2	0	-1.4	-3.5	20.32	0.85	-0.85
105	Ohio	Mid-American	0-3	0	-1.59	-5.33	20.37	1.1	-1.1
106	San Diego State	Mountain West	0-3	0	-2.02	-11.67	8.89	0.66	-0.66
107	Memphis	Conference USA	0-3	0	-2.11	-8.33	21.18	1.01	-1.01
108	Tulane	Conference USA	0-2	0	-2.33	-9	32.51	0.49	-0.49
109	Army	FBS Independents	0-2	0	-2.74	-23	4.71	0.09	-0.09
110	Louisiana	Sun Belt	0-2	0	-2.82	-16.5	17.49	0.37	-0.37
111	UAB	Conference USA	0-3	0	-2.93	-23.33	13.23	0.41	-0.41
112	Rutgers	Big East	0-2	0	-2.96	-24.5	28.55	0.09	-0.09
113	New Mexico State	Western Athletic	0-1	0	-2.99	-31	31.6	0.02	-0.02
114	Syracuse	Big East	0-3	0	-3.18	-25.33	23.42	0.31	-0.31
115	UTEP	Conference USA	0-2	0	-3.24	-27	24.97	0.16	-0.16
116	Washington	Pac-10	0-3	0	-3.24	-25.33	30.77	0.31	-0.31
117	Utah State	Western Athletic	0-3	0	-3.52	-33.33	26.73	0.21	-0.21
118	Washington State	Pac-10	0-3	0	-3.66	-39	25.3	0.08	-0.08
119	North Texas	Sun Belt	0-3	0	-3.74	-35.67	28.92	0.1	-0.1
120	Florida International	Sun Belt	0-2	0	-3.83	-36	30.41	0.01	-0.01