2008 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:34.611370+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Texas	Big 12	8-0	1	26.63	27.25	14.49	7.17	0.83
2	Alabama	SEC	8-0	1	25.79	18.12	11.83	7.04	0.96
3	Penn State	Big Ten	9-0	1	25.37	30.67	7.96	8.63	0.37
4	Boise State	Western Athletic	7-0	1	25.23	21.29	8.62	6.47	0.53
5	Texas Tech	Big 12	8-0	1	24.91	26.88	6.27	7	1
6	Utah	Mountain West	8-0	1	24.75	20.38	6.38	6.82	1.18
7	Tulsa	Conference USA	8-0	1	24.53	29.5	4.04	6.86	1.14
8	Ball State	Mid-American	8-0	1	24.4	22	4.34	7.12	0.88
9	Oklahoma	Big 12	7-1	0.88	23.39	25.75	12.78	6.87	0.13
10	Florida	SEC	6-1	0.86	23.13	30.14	13.44	6.67	-0.67
11	USC	Pac-10	6-1	0.86	23.13	29.86	13.45	6.82	-0.82
12	Oklahoma State	Big 12	7-1	0.88	23.03	22.12	10.55	6.74	0.26
13	Georgia	SEC	7-1	0.88	22.99	14	13.24	6.21	0.79
14	TCU	Mountain West	8-1	0.89	22.75	25.33	8.05	8.54	-0.54
15	Minnesota	Big Ten	7-1	0.88	21.99	11.12	8.58	6.13	0.87
16	BYU	Mountain West	7-1	0.88	21.83	18.5	5.6	6.89	0.11
17	Florida State	ACC	6-1	0.86	21.63	19.71	6.87	6.06	-0.06
18	Ohio State	Big Ten	7-2	0.78	20.61	11.22	13.13	7.29	-0.29
19	Missouri	Big 12	6-2	0.75	20.41	24.38	13.74	6.78	-0.78
20	Michigan State	Big Ten	7-2	0.78	20.11	7.44	12.89	6.09	0.91
21	North Carolina	ACC	6-2	0.75	19.57	11.25	12.2	5.95	0.05
22	South Florida	Big East	6-2	0.75	19.41	15.12	8.48	6.45	-0.45
23	Oregon	Pac-10	6-2	0.75	19.26	16.62	8.31	6.17	-0.17
24	UConn	Big East	6-2	0.75	19.1	9.25	10.15	5.89	0.11
25	Georgia Tech	ACC	6-2	0.75	19.04	10.62	7.68	6.42	-0.42
26	Air Force	Mountain West	6-2	0.75	18.98	10.38	8.79	5.93	0.07
27	California	Pac-10	5-2	0.71	18.8	16.14	11.35	5.52	-0.52
28	Northwestern	Big Ten	6-2	0.75	18.78	8.25	7.17	5.66	0.34
29	Western Michigan	Mid-American	6-2	0.75	18.56	7.25	7.29	5.19	0.81
30	Boston College	ACC	5-2	0.71	18.32	11.14	8.69	5.32	-0.32
31	Maryland	ACC	6-2	0.75	18.24	4.12	7.96	4.9	1.1
32	Louisville	Big East	5-2	0.71	18.13	7.14	11.02	4.57	0.43
33	LSU	SEC	5-2	0.71	18.07	6.29	9.76	4.38	0.62
34	Troy	Sun Belt	5-2	0.71	18	11.57	7.76	5.1	-0.1
35	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-2	0.71	17.82	7.86	8.35	4.88	0.12
36	Cincinnati	Big East	5-2	0.71	17.79	5.14	8.77	4.35	0.65
37	Pittsburgh	Big East	5-2	0.71	17.75	2.57	11.24	3.89	1.11
38	West Virginia	Big East	5-2	0.71	17.62	8.86	6.61	5.25	-0.25
39	Fresno State	Western Athletic	5-2	0.71	17.04	4.57	5.45	4.12	0.88
40	Central Michigan	Mid-American	6-2	0.75	16.83	-0.12	7.88	3.98	2.02
41	Nebraska	Big 12	5-3	0.62	16.8	8.88	15.74	5.41	-0.41
42	Iowa	Big Ten	5-3	0.62	16.7	18.25	10.3	7.24	-2.24
43	Arizona	Pac-10	5-3	0.62	16.69	18.62	9.37	6.75	-1.75
44	Miami	ACC	5-3	0.62	16.19	8	11.65	5.38	-0.38
45	Kansas	Big 12	5-3	0.62	16.16	5.25	12.11	4.83	0.17
46	Vanderbilt	SEC	5-3	0.62	16.14	4.5	12.77	5.11	-0.11
47	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	5-3	0.62	16.12	13.62	8.14	6.7	-1.7
48	South Carolina	SEC	5-3	0.62	16.06	6.25	11.38	5.48	-0.48
49	Kentucky	SEC	5-3	0.62	15.97	4.62	11.2	5.05	-0.05
50	Virginia Tech	ACC	5-3	0.62	15.89	2.75	13.33	4.58	0.42
51	Navy	FBS Independents	5-3	0.62	15.53	3.38	11.35	4.59	0.41
52	Rice	Conference USA	5-3	0.62	15.52	3.62	10.97	4.45	0.55
53	Oregon State	Pac-10	4-3	0.57	15.44	10.86	12.74	4.97	-0.97
54	San José State	Western Athletic	5-3	0.62	15.08	2.25	7.83	4.54	0.46
55	Houston	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	14.93	10.71	8.65	4.76	-0.76
56	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	4-3	0.57	14.54	11.71	4.78	5.16	-1.16
57	Duke	ACC	4-3	0.57	14.36	2.29	13.25	3.92	0.08
58	Wake Forest	ACC	4-3	0.57	14.25	0.71	14.62	3.67	0.33
59	East Carolina	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	14.1	1.71	11.54	3.79	0.21
60	Louisiana	Sun Belt	4-3	0.57	13.93	2.71	7.84	3.83	0.17
61	Illinois	Big Ten	4-4	0.5	13.42	6.88	11.37	5.05	-1.05
62	Kansas State	Big 12	4-4	0.5	13.34	7.12	10.44	4.95	-0.95
63	Virginia	ACC	5-3	0.62	13.3	-4.5	14.47	2.95	2.05
64	Ole Miss	SEC	4-4	0.5	12.93	3.12	13.38	4.57	-0.57
65	Auburn	SEC	4-4	0.5	12.92	3.12	11.46	4.85	-0.85
66	Nevada	Western Athletic	4-4	0.5	12.86	5.25	7.85	4.7	-0.7
67	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-4	0.5	12.14	0.38	15.24	4.07	-0.07
68	Clemson	ACC	3-4	0.43	11.74	9.14	9.69	5.2	-2.2
69	Akron	Mid-American	4-4	0.5	11.39	-0.12	9.58	3.98	0.02
70	New Mexico	Mountain West	4-5	0.44	10.88	0.44	14.06	4.6	-0.6
71	Stanford	Pac-10	4-4	0.5	10.71	-2.75	12.96	3.48	0.52
72	Colorado	Big 12	4-4	0.5	10.04	-10.5	14.49	2.06	1.94
73	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	4-4	0.5	9.93	-8.5	13.97	2.49	1.51
74	Colorado State	Mountain West	4-4	0.5	9.72	-9	11.62	2.47	1.53
75	Tennessee	SEC	3-5	0.38	9.64	0.75	14.77	4.2	-1.2
76	Buffalo	Mid-American	3-4	0.43	9.46	-1.43	13.61	3.29	-0.29
77	Memphis	Conference USA	4-5	0.44	9.37	-1.11	8.89	4.28	-0.28
78	Baylor	Big 12	3-5	0.38	8.84	-0.25	11.98	3.96	-0.96
79	Rutgers	Big East	3-5	0.38	8.78	-0.12	14.44	3.97	-0.97
80	Florida International	Sun Belt	3-4	0.43	8.72	-4.14	11.71	2.78	0.22
81	New Mexico State	Western Athletic	3-4	0.43	8.67	-3.71	8.5	2.96	0.04
82	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	3-4	0.43	8.58	-3.71	7.52	2.77	0.23
83	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-5	0.38	8.51	-1	13.47	3.8	-0.8
84	UTEP	Conference USA	3-4	0.43	8.48	-6.57	12.75	2.73	0.27
85	Temple	Mid-American	3-5	0.38	8.12	-1.38	12.9	3.63	-0.63
86	Marshall	Conference USA	3-4	0.43	8.06	-7.57	7.87	2.19	0.81
87	UNLV	Mountain West	3-5	0.38	7.42	-6	12.64	3.09	-0.09
88	Mississippi State	SEC	3-5	0.38	7.21	-5.62	11.59	2.66	0.34
89	Texas A&M	Big 12	3-5	0.38	7.21	-7.25	14.86	2.91	0.09
90	Indiana	Big Ten	3-5	0.38	7.16	-7.5	14.29	2.66	0.34
91	UCLA	Pac-10	3-5	0.38	7.12	-10.25	14.44	2.21	0.79
92	Army	FBS Independents	3-5	0.38	7.1	-3.75	5.29	3.07	-0.07
93	Arkansas	SEC	3-5	0.38	6.95	-12.88	14.44	1.82	1.18
94	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	3-5	0.38	6.8	-10.88	12.95	1.98	1.02
95	Arizona State	Pac-10	2-5	0.29	5.2	-7.29	13.05	2.23	-0.23
96	Tulane	Conference USA	2-5	0.29	5.01	-8	10.48	2.17	-0.17
97	Southern Miss	Conference USA	2-6	0.25	4.99	-2.38	13.46	3.63	-1.63
98	Ohio	Mid-American	2-6	0.25	4.76	-2.75	10.11	3.45	-1.45
99	UCF	Conference USA	2-5	0.29	4.75	-12	11.7	1.6	0.4
100	Purdue	Big Ten	2-6	0.25	4.55	-5.5	16.68	2.89	-0.89
101	Iowa State	Big 12	2-6	0.25	4.35	-5	8.47	3.2	-1.2
102	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	2-6	0.25	4.35	-4.12	6.21	3.29	-1.29
103	Kent State	Mid-American	2-6	0.25	4.23	-4.38	9.67	3.24	-1.24
104	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	2-6	0.25	4.16	-8	13.03	2.4	-0.4
105	Michigan	Big Ten	2-6	0.25	4.07	-9.88	15.32	2.16	-0.16
106	Western Kentucky	FBS Independents	2-6	0.25	4.04	-7.5	9.71	2.48	-0.48
107	Toledo	Mid-American	2-6	0.25	3.99	-10.12	13.61	2.27	-0.27
108	NC State	ACC	2-6	0.25	3.97	-10.75	14.25	2.08	-0.08
109	UAB	Conference USA	2-6	0.25	3.88	-9.25	9.73	2.52	-0.52
110	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-6	0.25	3.74	-11.62	8.33	1.92	0.08
111	Wyoming	Mountain West	2-6	0.25	3.32	-24.12	13.24	0.33	1.67
112	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-7	0.22	3.16	-10.89	10.96	2.45	-0.45
113	Idaho	Western Athletic	2-7	0.22	2.38	-22.78	9	1.31	0.69
114	Syracuse	Big East	1-6	0.14	0.95	-17.14	15.44	1.17	-0.17
115	San Diego State	Mountain West	1-7	0.12	0.5	-16.62	10.84	1.48	-0.48
116	Utah State	Western Athletic	1-7	0.12	0.43	-18.38	15.3	1.4	-0.4
117	SMU	Conference USA	1-8	0.11	0.23	-17.22	12.94	1.9	-0.9
118	Washington State	Pac-10	1-7	0.12	-0.09	-34.25	13.72	0.4	0.6
119	Washington	Pac-10	0-7	0	-2.72	-23.43	17.92	0.75	-0.75
120	North Texas	Sun Belt	0-8	0	-2.94	-33.12	14.92	0.57	-0.57