2008 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:34.609826+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	5-0	1	28.29	23.6	16.62	4.59	0.41
2	Vanderbilt	SEC	4-0	1	26.88	12.75	11.63	3.16	0.84
3	Texas	Big 12	4-0	1	26.79	38.75	7.41	3.9	0.1
4	Oklahoma	Big 12	4-0	1	26.7	36.75	7.85	3.84	0.16
5	Missouri	Big 12	4-0	1	26.58	33	6.83	3.62	0.38
6	Utah	Mountain West	5-0	1	26.51	18.8	8.33	4.16	0.84
7	Ball State	Mid-American	5-0	1	26.4	21.2	7.72	4.23	0.77
8	Kentucky	SEC	4-0	1	26.27	26	6.76	3.94	0.06
9	Penn State	Big Ten	5-0	1	26.13	37	4.94	4.81	0.19
10	Boise State	Western Athletic	3-0	1	26.09	20	6.39	2.64	0.36
11	Oklahoma State	Big 12	4-0	1	26.03	30	5.39	3.55	0.45
12	UConn	Big East	5-0	1	26.02	15.6	7.15	4.26	0.74
13	South Florida	Big East	5-0	1	25.79	19.6	5.14	4.31	0.69
14	Northwestern	Big Ten	5-0	1	25.57	12.6	6.29	4.2	0.8
15	LSU	SEC	4-0	1	25.49	20.25	3.72	3.52	0.48
16	BYU	Mountain West	4-0	1	25.32	32	1.09	3.85	0.15
17	Tulsa	Conference USA	4-0	1	24.69	30.75	-1.45	3.5	0.5
18	Texas Tech	Big 12	4-0	1	24.5	29.75	-2.33	3.69	0.31
19	Georgia	SEC	4-1	0.8	22.57	15.2	11.83	4	0
20	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	22.2	14.2	13.56	4.05	-0.05
21	Nebraska	Big 12	3-1	0.75	22.12	18	15.27	3.3	-0.3
22	Oregon	Pac-10	4-1	0.8	22.03	25.2	9.73	4.29	-0.29
23	TCU	Mountain West	4-1	0.8	22.01	23.2	7.19	4.59	-0.59
24	Florida	SEC	3-1	0.75	21.94	23	12.37	3.69	-0.69
25	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	21.84	14.75	13.89	3.26	-0.26
26	Auburn	SEC	4-1	0.8	21.79	9.2	12.35	4.07	-0.07
27	Ohio State	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	21.78	10.8	12.62	3.86	0.14
28	Wake Forest	ACC	3-1	0.75	21.75	8	15.69	2.86	0.14
29	Virginia Tech	ACC	4-1	0.8	21.67	4.6	15.79	3.11	0.89
30	California	Pac-10	3-1	0.75	21.46	24.25	14.77	3.5	-0.5
31	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	21.35	12.4	6.29	3.76	0.24
32	Maryland	ACC	4-1	0.8	20.66	7	8.04	3.36	0.64
33	Florida State	ACC	3-1	0.75	20.66	29.25	8.89	3.85	-0.85
34	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-1	0.8	20.63	8.2	7.32	3.39	0.61
35	Air Force	Mountain West	3-1	0.75	20.42	12.5	9.49	3.15	-0.15
36	Arizona	Pac-10	3-1	0.75	20.34	27	5.84	3.66	-0.66
37	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-1	0.75	20.33	14.5	8.98	3.36	-0.36
38	Kansas	Big 12	3-1	0.75	20.3	20	7.18	3.52	-0.52
39	USC	Pac-10	2-1	0.67	20.15	23.67	11.7	2.78	-0.78
40	Duke	ACC	3-1	0.75	20.06	14.5	8.63	3.28	-0.28
41	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-1	0.75	19.97	6.75	11.52	2.71	0.29
42	Boston College	ACC	3-1	0.75	19.96	21.75	5.74	3.88	-0.88
43	Colorado	Big 12	3-1	0.75	19.79	3.25	8.47	2.3	0.7
44	Fresno State	Western Athletic	3-1	0.75	19.58	5	10.34	2.41	0.59
45	Kansas State	Big 12	3-1	0.75	19.56	24.25	2.71	3.39	-0.39
46	Cincinnati	Big East	3-1	0.75	19.53	8.5	8.01	2.7	0.3
47	North Carolina	ACC	3-1	0.75	19.53	10.25	6.77	2.89	0.11
48	Pittsburgh	Big East	3-1	0.75	19.29	3	11.11	2.3	0.7
49	Iowa	Big Ten	3-2	0.6	17.31	18.2	9.02	4.59	-1.59
50	Ole Miss	SEC	3-2	0.6	16.86	6.8	16.27	3.23	-0.23
51	Clemson	ACC	3-2	0.6	16.84	14.6	7.67	4.11	-1.11
52	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	3-2	0.6	16.64	15.8	4.6	4.05	-1.05
53	South Carolina	SEC	3-2	0.6	16.44	8.6	11.93	3.86	-0.86
54	Rice	Conference USA	3-2	0.6	16.12	6.8	12.27	3.03	-0.03
55	East Carolina	Conference USA	3-2	0.6	16	1.4	11.35	2.67	0.33
56	Navy	FBS Independents	3-2	0.6	15.7	3	12.63	2.83	0.17
57	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	2-1	0.67	14.76	-2	5.59	1.34	0.66
58	Indiana	Big Ten	2-2	0.5	14.66	6.25	13.07	2.52	-0.52
59	Louisville	Big East	2-2	0.5	14.66	5	15.66	2.46	-0.46
60	Miami	ACC	2-2	0.5	14.63	9	11.27	2.8	-0.8
61	Troy	Sun Belt	2-2	0.5	14.54	7.5	10.59	2.6	-0.6
62	Baylor	Big 12	2-2	0.5	14.47	10.5	12.33	2.82	-0.82
63	Southern Miss	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	14.09	3	16.82	2.25	-0.25
64	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	2-2	0.5	14.04	18.75	10.06	3.46	-1.46
65	Purdue	Big Ten	2-2	0.5	14.02	4	10.56	2.33	-0.33
66	Arizona State	Pac-10	2-2	0.5	13.96	5.25	11.93	2.54	-0.54
67	Iowa State	Big 12	2-2	0.5	13.9	8	8.62	2.66	-0.66
68	UNLV	Mountain West	3-2	0.6	13.86	-5.4	13.63	1.96	1.04
69	West Virginia	Big East	2-2	0.5	13.8	6.75	13.79	2.78	-0.78
70	Illinois	Big Ten	2-2	0.5	13.49	1.25	12.45	2.09	-0.09
71	Marshall	Conference USA	3-2	0.6	13.37	-5.6	9.69	1.81	1.19
72	San José State	Western Athletic	3-2	0.6	13.37	-1	6.52	2.34	0.66
73	Stanford	Pac-10	3-2	0.6	13.37	-2.6	11.67	2.21	0.79
74	Oregon State	Pac-10	2-2	0.5	13.05	1.25	18.1	2.11	-0.11
75	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-2	0.6	12.85	-4.4	9.52	2.05	0.95
76	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-2	0.5	12.68	0.25	20.41	2.02	-0.02
77	Tulane	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	12.4	0.75	14.6	2.08	-0.08
78	Houston	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	11.71	8.8	14.8	3.27	-1.27
79	Michigan	Big Ten	2-2	0.5	11.63	-2	20.05	1.78	0.22
80	Nevada	Western Athletic	2-2	0.5	11.04	-2.5	15.59	1.83	0.17
81	Texas A&M	Big 12	2-2	0.5	10.64	-3	10.46	1.69	0.31
82	Colorado State	Mountain West	2-2	0.5	10.45	-12.5	11.18	0.92	1.08
83	Arkansas	SEC	2-2	0.5	10.4	-18	12.67	0.72	1.28
84	Memphis	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	9.99	1.6	11.33	2.68	-0.68
85	Akron	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	9.51	-1.4	14.93	2.33	-0.33
86	Buffalo	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	9.46	-1.4	12.01	2.35	-0.35
87	Western Kentucky	FBS Independents	2-3	0.4	8.69	-5	10.95	1.9	0.1
88	NC State	ACC	2-3	0.4	7.95	-13.4	14.58	0.99	1.01
89	New Mexico	Mountain West	2-3	0.4	7.74	-10.4	17.99	1.43	0.57
90	Wyoming	Mountain West	2-3	0.4	7.5	-17.8	8.84	0.47	1.53
91	Tennessee	SEC	1-3	0.25	7.1	0.75	15.38	2.09	-1.09
92	New Mexico State	Western Athletic	1-2	0.33	6	-13.67	9.88	0.72	0.28
93	Toledo	Mid-American	1-3	0.25	4.92	-5.25	10.39	1.64	-0.64
94	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	1-3	0.25	4.8	-6.75	21.88	1.25	-0.25
95	Louisiana	Sun Belt	1-3	0.25	4.66	-6	14.04	1.57	-0.57
96	UTEP	Conference USA	1-3	0.25	4.37	-2.5	14.26	1.81	-0.81
97	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	1-3	0.25	4.32	-6.75	8.8	1.29	-0.29
98	San Diego State	Mountain West	1-3	0.25	4.31	-1.75	6.12	1.83	-0.83
99	Rutgers	Big East	1-3	0.25	4.08	-3.25	10.07	1.64	-0.64
100	UCF	Conference USA	1-3	0.25	4.05	-15.5	8.38	0.64	0.36
101	UCLA	Pac-10	1-3	0.25	4.03	-20.5	19.14	0.53	0.47
102	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-3	0.25	4	-11.25	11.05	1.01	-0.01
103	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	1-3	0.25	3.82	-19.5	19.66	0.51	0.49
104	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	1-3	0.25	3.81	-17	9.67	0.67	0.33
105	Temple	Mid-American	1-4	0.2	3.8	-4.6	16.64	1.76	-0.76
106	Virginia	ACC	1-3	0.25	3.78	-23	16.26	0.19	0.81
107	Ohio	Mid-American	1-4	0.2	3.78	-0.8	11.73	2.4	-1.4
108	Utah State	Western Athletic	1-3	0.25	3.69	-18.75	18.18	0.79	0.21
109	Mississippi State	SEC	1-4	0.2	3.66	-5.2	15.05	1.7	-0.7
110	Florida International	Sun Belt	1-3	0.25	3.25	-15.25	19.52	0.57	0.43
111	Kent State	Mid-American	1-4	0.2	2.89	-11.6	11.5	1.26	-0.26
112	UAB	Conference USA	1-4	0.2	2.88	-9.6	8.86	1.53	-0.53
113	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-4	0.2	2.81	-13.6	9.87	1.16	-0.16
114	Syracuse	Big East	1-4	0.2	2.61	-15.4	14.22	1.07	-0.07
115	SMU	Conference USA	1-4	0.2	2.48	-20.4	12.33	0.91	0.09
116	Washington State	Pac-10	1-4	0.2	2.23	-25.4	14.59	0.59	0.41
117	Idaho	Western Athletic	1-4	0.2	2.16	-26.2	6.36	0.63	0.37
118	Army	FBS Independents	0-4	0	-2.34	-17.25	3.79	0.3	-0.3
119	Washington	Pac-10	0-4	0	-2.87	-20.75	21.59	0.62	-0.62
120	North Texas	Sun Belt	0-4	0	-3.43	-41	20.96	0.15	-0.15