2009 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:34.831917+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Texas	Big 12	8-0	1	26.46	28.12	13.52	7.47	0.53
2	Alabama	SEC	8-0	1	26	20.38	12.46	7.35	0.65
3	Florida	SEC	8-0	1	25.96	25	11.54	7.55	0.45
4	Iowa	Big Ten	9-0	1	25.52	9.89	12.83	6.84	2.16
5	TCU	Mountain West	8-0	1	25.46	24.12	9.17	7.51	0.49
6	Cincinnati	Big East	8-0	1	25.38	26.25	8.48	7.46	0.54
7	Boise State	Western Athletic	8-0	1	25.07	27.38	6.83	7.45	0.55
8	Oregon	Pac-10	7-1	0.88	23.43	18.5	14.51	6.8	0.2
9	Penn State	Big Ten	8-1	0.89	22.91	21.33	9.67	8.49	-0.49
10	LSU	SEC	7-1	0.88	22.77	14.25	11.86	6.91	0.09
11	Pittsburgh	Big East	7-1	0.88	22.68	16.25	10.68	6.57	0.43
12	Georgia Tech	ACC	8-1	0.89	22.59	10.56	10.75	6.29	1.71
13	Houston	Conference USA	7-1	0.88	22.3	13.38	9.56	5.72	1.28
14	Utah	Mountain West	7-1	0.88	22.08	10.38	9.37	6.07	0.93
15	Ohio State	Big Ten	7-2	0.78	20.68	19.33	12.07	8.19	-1.19
16	USC	Pac-10	6-2	0.75	19.91	10.88	13.23	5.95	0.05
17	Central Michigan	Mid-American	7-2	0.78	19.79	13.67	7.16	7.23	-0.23
18	Oklahoma State	Big 12	6-2	0.75	19.6	11.5	11.03	5.81	0.19
19	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	6-2	0.75	19.44	8.38	12.79	5.41	0.59
20	BYU	Mountain West	6-2	0.75	19.33	10	10.87	5.53	0.47
21	Wisconsin	Big Ten	6-2	0.75	19.31	7.62	12.52	5.37	0.63
22	Miami	ACC	6-2	0.75	19.21	5.88	12.83	5.02	0.98
23	California	Pac-10	6-2	0.75	19.17	11.5	9.48	5.84	0.16
24	West Virginia	Big East	6-2	0.75	19.17	7.38	10.29	5.3	0.7
25	South Florida	Big East	6-2	0.75	19.1	13.12	8.46	6.31	-0.31
26	Rutgers	Big East	6-2	0.75	18.79	11.38	7.11	6.13	-0.13
27	Troy	Sun Belt	6-2	0.75	18.29	3.38	9.55	4.56	1.44
28	Temple	Mid-American	6-2	0.75	18.28	5.75	6.93	5.15	0.85
29	Arizona	Pac-10	5-2	0.71	18.25	5.86	12.41	4.38	0.62
30	Idaho	Western Athletic	7-2	0.78	18.21	0.78	8.69	4.63	2.37
31	Texas Tech	Big 12	6-3	0.67	17.79	16.78	10.83	7.04	-1.04
32	Boston College	ACC	6-3	0.67	17.61	9.78	12.48	6.52	-0.52
33	Navy	FBS Independents	6-3	0.67	17.47	8	11.22	6.12	-0.12
34	Virginia Tech	ACC	5-3	0.62	17.47	11.38	17.88	6	-1
35	Auburn	SEC	6-3	0.67	17.42	5.78	13.83	5.55	0.45
36	Oklahoma	Big 12	5-3	0.62	17.25	20.5	14.2	7.26	-2.26
37	Nebraska	Big 12	5-3	0.62	16.92	16.38	12.98	7.15	-2.15
38	Clemson	ACC	5-3	0.62	16.79	14.38	12.85	6.52	-1.52
39	South Carolina	SEC	6-3	0.67	16.76	2.89	10.93	5.25	0.75
40	Ole Miss	SEC	5-3	0.62	16.49	12.88	9.82	6.42	-1.42
41	Fresno State	Western Athletic	5-3	0.62	16.29	12.88	9.69	5.95	-0.95
42	Kansas	Big 12	5-3	0.62	16.25	8.25	10.41	5.3	-0.3
43	Stanford	Pac-10	5-3	0.62	16.19	9.5	10.13	5.59	-0.59
44	Oregon State	Pac-10	5-3	0.62	15.98	4.5	13.12	4.78	0.22
45	Ohio	Mid-American	6-3	0.67	15.88	3.89	4.17	5.41	0.59
46	Texas A&M	Big 12	5-3	0.62	15.87	5.75	11.23	4.82	0.18
47	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	5-3	0.62	15.79	10.75	6.9	6.01	-1.01
48	North Carolina	ACC	5-3	0.62	15.72	6.25	9.28	5.45	-0.45
49	Missouri	Big 12	5-3	0.62	15.7	4.88	10.49	4.91	0.09
50	Nevada	Western Athletic	5-3	0.62	15.69	4.5	10.87	4.65	0.35
51	UCF	Conference USA	5-3	0.62	15.35	4.88	7.82	5.05	-0.05
52	East Carolina	Conference USA	5-3	0.62	15.28	4.12	8.19	4.78	0.22
53	Duke	ACC	5-3	0.62	15.25	5.38	6.52	4.94	0.06
54	Air Force	Mountain West	5-4	0.56	14.98	12.89	10.39	7.47	-2.47
55	Southern Miss	Conference USA	5-4	0.56	14.69	10	8.33	6.26	-1.26
56	Michigan	Big Ten	5-4	0.56	14.64	6.44	10.15	5.69	-0.69
57	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	5-3	0.62	14.52	1.38	7	4.25	0.75
58	Tennessee	SEC	4-4	0.5	14.03	11.38	15.4	6.11	-2.11
59	Iowa State	Big 12	5-4	0.56	13.88	1.22	12.05	4.8	0.2
60	Kansas State	Big 12	5-4	0.56	13.88	3.22	7.74	5.17	-0.17
61	UConn	Big East	4-4	0.5	13.55	7.12	12.25	5.35	-1.35
62	Arkansas	SEC	4-4	0.5	13.53	8.5	12.84	5.24	-1.24
63	Arizona State	Pac-10	4-4	0.5	13.22	7	9.38	5.42	-1.42
64	Northwestern	Big Ten	5-4	0.56	13.16	0.89	6.77	4.69	0.31
65	Kent State	Mid-American	5-4	0.56	12.9	0.78	6.86	4.7	0.3
66	Tulsa	Conference USA	4-4	0.5	12.89	7.25	5.98	5.38	-1.38
67	Kentucky	SEC	4-4	0.5	12.88	1.88	14.11	4.36	-0.36
68	Marshall	Conference USA	5-4	0.56	12.72	-0.22	9.1	4.44	0.56
69	Florida State	ACC	4-4	0.5	12.7	2	13.93	4.31	-0.31
70	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-4	0.56	12.31	-2.67	15.58	3.93	1.07
71	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-5	0.44	11.95	4.89	13.15	5.51	-1.51
72	Mississippi State	SEC	4-5	0.44	11.44	2.33	14.76	4.98	-0.98
73	Georgia	SEC	4-4	0.5	11	-3.62	16.84	3.38	0.62
74	San Diego State	Mountain West	4-4	0.5	10.83	-0.62	7.75	3.89	0.11
75	Wake Forest	ACC	4-5	0.44	10.75	0.67	11.37	4.65	-0.65
76	SMU	Conference USA	4-4	0.5	10.45	-2.88	11.46	3.51	0.49
77	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	4-4	0.5	10.44	-3.5	9.95	3.43	0.57
78	Wyoming	Mountain West	4-4	0.5	10.03	-5.12	8.5	2.86	1.14
79	NC State	ACC	3-5	0.38	10.03	3.75	9.49	4.57	-1.57
80	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	3-5	0.38	9.93	3.25	9.35	4.6	-1.6
81	Louisiana	Sun Belt	4-4	0.5	9.49	-8.88	6.26	2.47	1.53
82	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-5	0.44	9.37	-1.67	8.87	4.16	-0.16
83	Indiana	Big Ten	4-5	0.44	8.87	-4.56	10.26	3.57	0.43
84	Virginia	ACC	3-5	0.38	8.78	-0.38	12.23	3.92	-0.92
85	Baylor	Big 12	3-5	0.38	8.33	-1.38	12.43	3.72	-0.72
86	Toledo	Mid-American	4-5	0.44	8.29	-8.89	8.64	3.1	0.9
87	UCLA	Pac-10	3-5	0.38	8.08	-3.12	16.09	3.31	-0.31
88	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	2-5	0.29	8.03	4.14	9.68	4.27	-2.27
89	Washington	Pac-10	3-5	0.38	7.86	-5.12	19.33	3.12	-0.12
90	Buffalo	Mid-American	3-5	0.38	7.81	-2.5	10.95	3.52	-0.52
91	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-5	0.38	7.65	-4.75	14.96	3.15	-0.15
92	Syracuse	Big East	3-5	0.38	7.48	-5.75	13.23	2.91	0.09
93	UTEP	Conference USA	3-5	0.38	7.25	-7.88	13.26	2.79	0.21
94	Army	FBS Independents	3-5	0.38	7.18	-5.75	9.17	2.66	0.34
95	Louisville	Big East	3-5	0.38	7.18	-7.38	14.49	2.59	0.41
96	UAB	Conference USA	3-5	0.38	6.92	-8.62	11.74	2.64	0.36
97	Purdue	Big Ten	3-6	0.33	6.8	-3.44	14.62	3.81	-0.81
98	Colorado State	Mountain West	3-6	0.33	6.03	-8.44	13.12	2.87	0.13
99	UNLV	Mountain West	3-6	0.33	5.84	-9.56	11.16	2.81	0.19
100	New Mexico State	Western Athletic	3-6	0.33	5.24	-18.11	8.33	0.89	2.11
101	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	2-5	0.29	5.09	-7.57	12.12	2.49	-0.49
102	Utah State	Western Athletic	2-6	0.25	4.55	-4.12	11.63	3.33	-1.33
103	Colorado	Big 12	2-6	0.25	4.28	-7.75	15.71	2.62	-0.62
104	Illinois	Big Ten	2-6	0.25	4.01	-7	12.24	2.57	-0.57
105	Memphis	Conference USA	2-6	0.25	3.98	-9.25	11.05	2.38	-0.38
106	Florida International	Sun Belt	2-6	0.25	3.95	-7.88	12.63	2.72	-0.72
107	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-7	0.22	3.93	-3.78	11.19	3.51	-1.51
108	Maryland	ACC	2-6	0.25	3.89	-10	11.6	2.31	-0.31
109	North Texas	Sun Belt	2-6	0.25	3.85	-8.25	10.79	2.9	-0.9
110	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	2-6	0.25	3.81	-11.38	10.3	2.14	-0.14
111	Tulane	Conference USA	2-6	0.25	3.33	-24	13.28	0.64	1.36
112	Akron	Mid-American	1-7	0.12	0.95	-9.25	11.5	2.12	-1.12
113	San José State	Western Athletic	1-6	0.14	0.87	-20	15.64	0.84	0.16
114	Ball State	Mid-American	1-8	0.11	0.73	-8.33	6.94	2.78	-1.78
115	Washington State	Pac-10	1-7	0.12	0.28	-22.38	15.96	0.82	0.18
116	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-8	0.11	-0.03	-19.44	15.85	0.99	0.01
117	New Mexico	Mountain West	0-8	0	-2.48	-20	11.77	0.98	-0.98
118	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-8	0	-2.5	-20.5	12.72	1.05	-1.05
119	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	0-8	0	-2.57	-24.62	8.4	1.07	-1.07
120	Rice	Conference USA	0-8	0	-2.85	-30.62	13.93	0.53	-0.53