2008 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:34.610955+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Texas	Big 12	7-0	1	26.62	30.57	13.03	6.41	0.59
2	Alabama	SEC	7-0	1	26.16	17.86	12.69	6.1	0.9
3	Oklahoma State	Big 12	7-0	1	25.63	25.86	8.9	6.11	0.89
4	Penn State	Big Ten	8-0	1	25.38	33.62	6.62	7.69	0.31
5	Boise State	Western Athletic	6-0	1	25.26	22	7.63	5.61	0.39
6	Utah	Mountain West	8-0	1	25.02	20.38	6.84	6.82	1.18
7	Ball State	Mid-American	7-0	1	24.76	22	5.21	6.24	0.76
8	Texas Tech	Big 12	7-0	1	24.72	24.71	4.59	6.04	0.96
9	Tulsa	Conference USA	7-0	1	24.51	29.43	3.08	5.96	1.04
10	Oklahoma	Big 12	6-1	0.86	23.15	26.14	13.15	6.12	-0.12
11	Ohio State	Big Ten	7-1	0.88	22.96	13.5	12.42	6.72	0.28
12	TCU	Mountain West	7-1	0.88	22.75	22.62	9.01	7.48	-0.48
13	Georgia	SEC	6-1	0.86	22.51	14	12.33	5.59	0.41
14	USC	Pac-10	5-1	0.83	22.46	33.67	12.11	5.89	-0.89
15	Florida	SEC	5-1	0.83	22.33	25.5	12.38	5.57	-0.57
16	South Florida	Big East	6-1	0.86	21.93	17.86	7.97	5.88	0.12
17	Georgia Tech	ACC	6-1	0.86	21.75	13.14	8.29	6.01	-0.01
18	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-1	0.86	21.74	11.14	8.64	5.26	0.74
19	BYU	Mountain West	6-1	0.86	21.59	20.14	4.37	6.29	-0.29
20	Northwestern	Big Ten	6-1	0.86	21.58	9.71	8.55	5.16	0.84
21	Pittsburgh	Big East	5-1	0.83	21.25	6.33	12.69	3.89	1.11
22	Boston College	ACC	5-1	0.83	21.1	16.5	7.62	5.23	-0.23
23	Florida State	ACC	5-1	0.83	20.91	21.33	5.26	5.29	-0.29
24	LSU	SEC	5-1	0.83	20.85	9.67	8.32	4.24	0.76
25	Cincinnati	Big East	5-1	0.83	20.57	10	6.21	4.39	0.61
26	Michigan State	Big Ten	6-2	0.75	19.88	6.62	14.09	5.29	0.71
27	Missouri	Big 12	5-2	0.71	19.58	19.57	12.99	5.52	-0.52
28	Kansas	Big 12	5-2	0.71	18.75	12	10.18	5.17	-0.17
29	Western Michigan	Mid-American	6-2	0.75	18.73	7.25	6.49	5.19	0.81
30	North Carolina	ACC	5-2	0.71	18.73	9.86	10.93	5.09	-0.09
31	Kentucky	SEC	5-2	0.71	18.66	13.57	10.33	6.01	-1.01
32	Vanderbilt	SEC	5-2	0.71	18.62	5.57	12.89	4.61	0.39
33	Arizona	Pac-10	5-2	0.71	18.59	22.29	7.58	6.09	-1.09
34	Oregon	Pac-10	5-2	0.71	18.48	14.14	8.65	5.18	-0.18
35	California	Pac-10	4-2	0.67	18.37	15.33	12.46	4.67	-0.67
36	Virginia Tech	ACC	5-2	0.71	18.36	4.57	12.07	4.34	0.66
37	Air Force	Mountain West	5-2	0.71	18.21	10	8.97	5.07	-0.07
38	UConn	Big East	5-2	0.71	18.14	7.14	8.55	4.86	0.14
39	Maryland	ACC	5-2	0.71	17.66	4.29	9.75	4.34	0.66
40	Wake Forest	ACC	4-2	0.67	17.41	1.83	15.75	3.37	0.63
41	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-2	0.67	17.3	4.83	12.22	3.73	0.27
42	San José State	Western Athletic	5-2	0.71	17.28	5	6.23	4.56	0.44
43	Louisville	Big East	4-2	0.67	17.27	7.67	10.61	3.96	0.04
44	Troy	Sun Belt	4-2	0.67	17.21	8.83	9.46	4.09	-0.09
45	Iowa	Big Ten	5-3	0.62	16.93	18.25	11.71	7.24	-2.24
46	West Virginia	Big East	4-2	0.67	16.52	7.5	4.52	4.36	-0.36
47	Fresno State	Western Athletic	4-2	0.67	16.51	5	6.45	3.57	0.43
48	South Carolina	SEC	5-3	0.62	16.35	6.25	11.67	5.48	-0.48
49	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-2	0.71	15.96	-0.29	8.51	3.46	1.54
50	Nebraska	Big 12	4-3	0.57	15.93	8.43	18.28	4.66	-0.66
51	Oregon State	Pac-10	4-3	0.57	15.51	10.86	13.28	4.97	-0.97
52	Illinois	Big Ten	4-3	0.57	15.27	9.29	12.33	4.68	-0.68
53	Kansas State	Big 12	4-3	0.57	15.17	11.43	8.13	4.86	-0.86
54	Miami	ACC	4-3	0.57	15.13	8.29	11.85	4.67	-0.67
55	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	4-3	0.57	15.07	15.14	7.67	5.98	-1.98
56	Auburn	SEC	4-3	0.57	14.93	6	10.83	4.96	-0.96
57	Houston	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	14.9	10.71	8.2	4.76	-0.76
58	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	4-3	0.57	14.82	11.71	5	5.16	-1.16
59	Nevada	Western Athletic	4-3	0.57	14.7	7	9.12	4.31	-0.31
60	East Carolina	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	14.09	1.71	12.08	3.79	0.21
61	Louisiana	Sun Belt	4-3	0.57	13.93	2.71	8.02	3.83	0.17
62	Navy	FBS Independents	4-3	0.57	13.8	0	13.3	3.5	0.5
63	Rice	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	13.77	0.57	12.71	3.56	0.44
64	Duke	ACC	3-3	0.5	12.95	2.17	12.17	3.31	-0.31
65	New Mexico	Mountain West	4-4	0.5	12.71	2.12	14.38	4.4	-0.4
66	Colorado	Big 12	4-3	0.57	12.34	-3.71	14.76	2.84	1.16
67	Clemson	ACC	3-4	0.43	11.98	9.14	10.15	5.2	-2.2
68	Virginia	ACC	4-3	0.57	11.89	-6.14	14.04	2.27	1.73
69	Ole Miss	SEC	3-4	0.43	11.8	3.29	15.94	4.02	-1.02
70	Akron	Mid-American	4-4	0.5	11.45	-0.12	10.72	3.98	0.02
71	Tennessee	SEC	3-4	0.43	11.21	3.71	12.47	4.35	-1.35
72	Baylor	Big 12	3-4	0.43	11.08	1.43	12.8	3.71	-0.71
73	Stanford	Pac-10	4-4	0.5	10.84	-2.75	12.26	3.48	0.52
74	New Mexico State	Western Athletic	3-3	0.5	10.52	-3.33	8.98	2.61	0.39
75	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	3-3	0.5	10.19	-3.17	9	2.51	0.49
76	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-4	0.43	10.05	-1	15.27	3.33	-0.33
77	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-4	0.43	9.9	-0.71	12.68	3.38	-0.38
78	Buffalo	Mid-American	3-4	0.43	9.45	-1.43	14.53	3.29	-0.29
79	Florida International	Sun Belt	3-4	0.43	8.9	-4.14	12	2.78	0.22
80	UTEP	Conference USA	3-4	0.43	8.72	-6.57	13.09	2.73	0.27
81	UNLV	Mountain West	3-4	0.43	8.66	-5.86	11.86	2.7	0.3
82	Colorado State	Mountain West	3-4	0.43	8.34	-10.86	13.44	1.84	1.16
83	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	3-4	0.43	8.29	-10.71	13.17	1.8	1.2
84	Marshall	Conference USA	3-4	0.43	8.27	-7.57	8.66	2.19	0.81
85	UCLA	Pac-10	3-4	0.43	8.26	-8.71	14.06	2.11	0.89
86	Arkansas	SEC	3-4	0.43	8.15	-14.43	14.57	1.44	1.56
87	Memphis	Conference USA	3-5	0.38	8.02	-2	8.93	3.65	-0.65
88	Arizona State	Pac-10	2-4	0.33	6.76	-2.83	13.1	2.51	-0.51
89	Southern Miss	Conference USA	2-5	0.29	6.2	-1.86	14.82	3.24	-1.24
90	Tulane	Conference USA	2-4	0.33	6.19	-5.17	9.74	2.21	-0.21
91	Temple	Mid-American	2-5	0.29	6	-2.14	13.92	3.01	-1.01
92	UCF	Conference USA	2-4	0.33	5.79	-9	9.6	1.64	0.36
93	Ohio	Mid-American	2-5	0.29	5.73	-2.57	10.69	3.08	-1.08
94	Purdue	Big Ten	2-5	0.29	5.68	-4.71	15.73	2.72	-0.72
95	Rutgers	Big East	2-5	0.29	5.64	-3	14.91	2.82	-0.82
96	Iowa State	Big 12	2-5	0.29	5.62	-3.71	9.58	2.94	-0.94
97	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	2-5	0.29	5.2	-7.86	13.59	2.09	-0.09
98	Indiana	Big Ten	2-5	0.29	5.15	-8.86	13.56	2.17	-0.17
99	Mississippi State	SEC	2-5	0.29	5.15	-7.71	12.02	1.86	0.14
100	Michigan	Big Ten	2-5	0.29	5.13	-9.29	14.83	1.94	0.06
101	Texas A&M	Big 12	2-5	0.29	5.09	-10.29	16.21	2.11	-0.11
102	Army	FBS Independents	2-5	0.29	5.05	-5.29	4.35	2.44	-0.44
103	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	2-5	0.29	5.02	-4.57	6.8	2.81	-0.81
104	Toledo	Mid-American	2-5	0.29	4.9	-11.43	13.55	1.84	0.16
105	NC State	ACC	2-5	0.29	4.87	-11.86	13.77	1.67	0.33
106	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-5	0.29	4.73	-8.57	10.18	2	0
107	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	2-5	0.29	4.6	-12.57	14.34	1.45	0.55
108	Wyoming	Mountain West	2-5	0.29	4.32	-20.86	12	0.39	1.61
109	Western Kentucky	FBS Independents	2-6	0.25	4.15	-7.5	10.07	2.48	-0.48
110	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-6	0.25	3.95	-9.5	9.51	2.39	-0.39
111	UAB	Conference USA	2-6	0.25	3.75	-9.25	9.6	2.52	-0.52
112	Kent State	Mid-American	1-6	0.14	1.34	-9.71	10.15	2.01	-1.01
113	Syracuse	Big East	1-6	0.14	1.01	-17.14	15.04	1.17	-0.17
114	San Diego State	Mountain West	1-6	0.14	0.93	-18.43	10.46	1.04	-0.04
115	Utah State	Western Athletic	1-6	0.14	0.85	-20.71	15.51	1.02	-0.02
116	SMU	Conference USA	1-7	0.12	0.54	-16	12.49	1.9	-0.9
117	Idaho	Western Athletic	1-7	0.12	0.15	-26.38	8.77	0.99	0.01
118	Washington State	Pac-10	1-7	0.12	-0.05	-34.25	13.96	0.4	0.6
119	Washington	Pac-10	0-6	0	-2.74	-23	18.37	0.73	-0.73
120	North Texas	Sun Belt	0-7	0	-2.97	-33.86	14.17	0.48	-0.48