2012 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:35.567806+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Ohio State	Big Ten	12-0	1	24.56	14.33	10.69	9.12	2.88
2	Alabama	SEC	13-1	0.93	23.72	27.79	12.02	13.33	-0.33
3	Oregon	Pac-12	12-1	0.92	23.44	28	11.67	11.41	0.59
4	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	12-1	0.92	23.35	13	14.05	10.93	1.07
5	Stanford	Pac-12	12-2	0.86	21.72	10.64	13.74	10.61	1.39
6	Florida	SEC	11-2	0.85	21.68	12	14.31	10.49	0.51
7	Georgia	SEC	12-2	0.86	21.62	18.14	10.84	11.55	0.45
8	Texas A&M	SEC	11-2	0.85	21.6	22.69	11.06	10.98	0.02
9	Kansas State	Big 12	11-2	0.85	21.52	16.69	11.91	10.28	0.72
10	Florida State	ACC	12-2	0.86	21.51	24.57	8.91	12.76	-0.76
11	South Carolina	SEC	11-2	0.85	21.3	13.31	11.65	10.21	0.79
12	Clemson	ACC	11-2	0.85	21.24	16.15	10.44	9.96	1.04
13	San José State	Western Athletic	11-2	0.85	21.15	13.46	10.67	9.9	1.1
14	Utah State	Western Athletic	11-2	0.85	21.1	19.54	8.79	11.37	-0.37
15	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	12-2	0.86	20.95	18.71	6.83	11.6	0.4
16	Boise State	Mountain West	11-2	0.85	20.88	14.46	8.81	10.71	0.29
17	Louisville	Big East	11-2	0.85	20.41	7.38	8.8	8.52	2.48
18	Oklahoma	Big 12	10-3	0.77	19.62	12.69	12.67	9.4	0.6
19	LSU	SEC	10-3	0.77	19.48	12.23	11.94	10.11	-0.11
20	Tulsa	Conference USA	11-3	0.79	19.36	11.07	8.79	9.98	1.02
21	Kent State	Mid-American	11-3	0.79	19.14	8.57	8.5	9.39	1.61
22	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	10-3	0.77	19.14	10.46	10.48	9.09	0.91
23	Cincinnati	Big East	10-3	0.77	19	13.85	8.3	10.27	-0.27
24	Northwestern	Big Ten	10-3	0.77	18.96	9.15	9.9	8.99	1.01
25	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	9-3	0.75	18.7	13	9.47	7.99	1.01
26	Nebraska	Big Ten	10-4	0.71	17.89	7.21	12.94	8.88	1.12
27	UCF	Conference USA	10-4	0.71	17.89	13.36	9.93	10.56	-0.56
28	Oregon State	Pac-12	9-4	0.69	17.71	11.92	12.37	9.71	-0.71
29	Fresno State	Mountain West	9-4	0.69	17.45	14.08	9.7	9.75	-0.75
30	Texas	Big 12	9-4	0.69	17.36	6.46	12.97	8.01	0.99
31	Vanderbilt	SEC	9-4	0.69	17.35	11.31	10.07	9.8	-0.8
32	Penn State	Big Ten	8-4	0.67	17.06	10	11.88	8.77	-0.77
33	San Diego State	Mountain West	9-4	0.69	17.01	8.46	9.11	8.7	0.3
34	North Carolina	ACC	8-4	0.67	16.91	14.92	8.65	8.97	-0.97
35	Rutgers	Big East	9-4	0.69	16.9	7.31	9.04	9.47	-0.47
36	Louisiana	Sun Belt	9-4	0.69	16.88	7.38	8.85	8.25	0.75
37	Ohio	Mid-American	9-4	0.69	16.61	6.92	7.15	8.35	0.65
38	Toledo	Mid-American	9-4	0.69	16.49	3.15	9.92	7.31	1.69
39	Oklahoma State	Big 12	8-5	0.62	16.38	17.46	12.2	9.85	-1.85
40	Ball State	Mid-American	9-4	0.69	16.33	1.62	11.5	6.88	2.12
41	UCLA	Pac-12	9-5	0.64	16.22	6.86	12.71	8.8	0.2
42	Michigan	Big Ten	8-5	0.62	16.18	10	13.9	9.42	-1.42
43	BYU	FBS Independents	8-5	0.62	16.08	14.69	10.91	10.99	-2.99
44	Arizona State	Pac-12	8-5	0.62	15.81	14.08	9.03	9.71	-1.71
45	Baylor	Big 12	8-5	0.62	15.78	7.23	12.5	7.85	0.15
46	Mississippi State	SEC	8-5	0.62	15.39	6.15	10.27	8.26	-0.26
47	Texas Tech	Big 12	8-5	0.62	15.39	5.69	10.68	7.75	0.25
48	Syracuse	Big East	8-5	0.62	15.36	5.23	10.88	7.95	0.05
49	Arizona	Pac-12	8-5	0.62	15.21	2.85	12.83	7.1	0.9
50	Bowling Green	Mid-American	8-5	0.62	15.16	6.15	8.44	8.8	-0.8
51	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	8-5	0.62	15.1	4.69	9.38	7.64	0.36
52	UTSA	Western Athletic	8-4	0.67	15.04	2.42	3.32	6.57	1.43
53	Wisconsin	Big Ten	8-6	0.57	14.88	10.43	12.32	10.32	-2.32
54	USC	Pac-12	7-6	0.54	14.11	7.77	13.45	8.56	-1.56
55	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	8-4	0.67	14.03	-1.42	7.98	5.63	2.37
56	Michigan State	Big Ten	7-6	0.54	13.71	3.69	14.38	8.04	-1.04
57	TCU	Big 12	7-6	0.54	13.71	5.69	11.75	8.19	-1.19
58	Miami	ACC	7-5	0.58	13.58	0.92	11.28	6.21	0.79
59	East Carolina	Conference USA	8-5	0.62	13.51	-0.15	8.14	6.46	1.54
60	Ole Miss	SEC	7-6	0.54	13.46	3.85	11.8	7.5	-0.5
61	Navy	FBS Independents	8-5	0.62	13.43	-0.69	10.02	6.29	1.71
62	SMU	Conference USA	7-6	0.54	13.38	4.85	9.69	7.81	-0.81
63	Virginia Tech	ACC	7-6	0.54	13.16	2.23	12	7.21	-0.21
64	Nevada	Mountain West	7-6	0.54	13.06	4.08	7.7	7.37	-0.37
65	NC State	ACC	7-6	0.54	12.94	2.46	9.35	7.2	-0.2
66	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	7-6	0.54	12.91	2.69	8.61	7.27	-0.27
67	West Virginia	Big 12	7-6	0.54	12.88	1.38	11.55	6.77	0.23
68	Rice	Conference USA	7-6	0.54	12.76	1.85	9.02	6.96	0.04
69	Georgia Tech	ACC	7-7	0.5	12.76	5.29	11.8	8.4	-1.4
70	Washington	Pac-12	7-6	0.54	12.13	-0.15	12.05	6.45	0.55
71	Pittsburgh	Big East	6-7	0.46	11.71	5.54	9.9	8.25	-2.25
72	Iowa State	Big 12	6-7	0.46	10.88	0.62	12.9	6.7	-0.7
73	Central Michigan	Mid-American	7-6	0.54	10.7	-3.54	7.97	5.61	1.39
74	Utah	Pac-12	5-7	0.42	10.14	1.58	10.43	6.43	-1.43
75	Tennessee	SEC	5-7	0.42	9.84	0.5	11.98	6.1	-1.1
76	Troy	Sun Belt	5-7	0.42	9.44	0.08	10.05	6.02	-1.02
77	Air Force	Mountain West	6-7	0.46	9.36	-1.62	7.98	6.06	-0.06
78	Purdue	Big Ten	6-7	0.46	9.33	-2.54	10.63	5.85	0.15
79	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-7	0.46	9.26	-2.62	9.9	5.64	0.36
80	Duke	ACC	6-7	0.46	9.07	-4.46	11.79	5.49	0.51
81	Missouri	SEC	5-7	0.42	8.69	-2.67	14.83	5.3	-0.3
82	UConn	Big East	5-7	0.42	8.52	-2.08	10.41	5.22	-0.22
83	Marshall	Conference USA	5-7	0.42	8.41	-2.17	9	5.63	-0.63
84	Houston	Conference USA	5-7	0.42	8.21	-3.58	10.29	5.26	-0.26
85	Wake Forest	ACC	5-7	0.42	7.35	-13.33	10.83	2.6	2.4
86	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	7.04	-0.33	8.33	5.92	-1.92
87	Temple	Big East	4-7	0.36	6.48	-6.45	10.09	4.03	-0.03
88	Iowa	Big Ten	4-8	0.33	6.27	-3.58	11.8	4.81	-0.81
89	Indiana	Big Ten	4-8	0.33	6.07	-4.5	10.5	5.04	-1.04
90	Texas State	Western Athletic	4-8	0.33	5.99	-4.92	10.04	4.88	-0.88
91	Arkansas	SEC	4-8	0.33	5.92	-6.92	13.5	4.22	-0.22
92	Virginia	ACC	4-8	0.33	5.88	-6.17	10.94	4.34	-0.34
93	North Texas	Sun Belt	4-8	0.33	5.81	-6.92	11.01	4.04	-0.04
94	Memphis	Conference USA	4-8	0.33	5.8	-5.83	8.45	4.51	-0.51
95	Buffalo	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	5.77	-7.25	11.02	3.99	0.01
96	Wyoming	Mountain West	4-8	0.33	5.77	-6.58	9.46	4.47	-0.47
97	Maryland	ACC	4-8	0.33	5.74	-7.08	9.89	3.94	0.06
98	Colorado State	Mountain West	4-8	0.33	5.54	-9.08	9.37	3.6	0.4
99	New Mexico	Mountain West	4-9	0.31	5.51	-4.46	8.1	5.28	-1.28
100	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	5.46	-11.58	11.48	3.33	0.67
101	South Florida	Big East	3-9	0.25	4.07	-6.83	12.77	4.04	-1.04
102	Florida International	Sun Belt	3-9	0.25	4.05	-6.67	11.68	4.36	-1.36
103	UTEP	Conference USA	3-9	0.25	3.86	-8.58	11	3.7	-0.7
104	Auburn	SEC	3-9	0.25	3.85	-9.67	13.68	3.25	-0.25
105	California	Pac-12	3-9	0.25	3.82	-10.08	13.58	3.56	-0.56
106	UAB	Conference USA	3-9	0.25	3.77	-9.25	9.84	4.06	-1.06
107	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	3-9	0.25	3.72	-10.33	10.69	3.3	-0.3
108	Washington State	Pac-12	3-9	0.25	3.54	-13.25	10.67	2.81	0.19
109	Hawai'i	Mountain West	3-9	0.25	3.43	-14.5	9.34	2.7	0.3
110	Boston College	ACC	2-10	0.17	1.98	-9.83	12.05	3.34	-1.34
111	Army	FBS Independents	2-10	0.17	1.86	-11.08	10.07	3.49	-1.49
112	Kentucky	SEC	2-10	0.17	1.79	-13.08	13.72	2.57	-0.57
113	Illinois	Big Ten	2-10	0.17	1.65	-15.42	12.37	2.1	-0.1
114	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-10	0.17	1.6	-16.25	11.48	2.49	-0.49
115	Tulane	Conference USA	2-10	0.17	1.58	-17	11.93	2.4	-0.4
116	UNLV	Mountain West	2-11	0.15	1.44	-10.62	9.49	3.67	-1.67
117	South Alabama	Sun Belt	2-11	0.15	1.42	-11	9.63	3.23	-1.23
118	Akron	Mid-American	1-11	0.08	-0.04	-9.58	10.49	3.87	-2.87
119	Kansas	Big 12	1-11	0.08	-0.51	-17.83	13.99	1.99	-0.99
120	New Mexico State	Western Athletic	1-11	0.08	-0.6	-20.75	9.77	1.74	-0.74
121	Idaho	Western Athletic	1-11	0.08	-0.8	-26.58	12.09	1.06	-0.06
122	Massachusetts	Mid-American	1-11	0.08	-0.82	-27.5	10.85	0.73	0.27
123	Colorado	Pac-12	1-11	0.08	-0.84	-28.17	12.14	1.15	-0.15
124	Southern Miss	Conference USA	0-12	0	-2.34	-18.17	12.65	2.1	-2.1