2012 W12 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:35.563815+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	11-0	1	25.63	17.09	13.22	10.04	0.96
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	11-0	1	25.17	15.18	11.37	8.46	2.54
3	Alabama	SEC	10-1	0.91	23.67	28	11.85	10.55	-0.55
4	Oregon	Pac-12	10-1	0.91	23.49	29.27	10.37	9.71	0.29
5	Florida	SEC	10-1	0.91	23.38	14.09	13.14	9.53	0.47
6	Kansas State	Big 12	10-1	0.91	23.25	19.73	10.6	9.12	0.88
7	Clemson	ACC	10-1	0.91	22.93	19.91	9.4	8.82	1.18
8	Florida State	ACC	10-1	0.91	22.82	29.82	7.14	10.38	-0.38
9	Georgia	SEC	10-1	0.91	22.81	19.27	8.8	9.3	0.7
10	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	10-1	0.91	22.21	21.27	5.29	9.46	0.54
11	Rutgers	Big East	9-1	0.9	22.05	12.2	7.81	8.35	0.65
12	Kent State	Mid-American	10-1	0.91	21.85	9.91	6.31	7.56	2.44
13	Louisville	Big East	9-1	0.9	21.54	8.6	6.19	6.71	2.29
14	Nebraska	Big Ten	9-2	0.82	21.28	13.45	13.47	8.16	0.84
15	Texas A&M	SEC	9-2	0.82	21.28	21.55	11.27	9.19	-0.19
16	Stanford	Pac-12	9-2	0.82	21.27	11.09	14.35	8.44	0.56
17	LSU	SEC	9-2	0.82	21.07	13.91	12.08	8.82	0.18
18	South Carolina	SEC	9-2	0.82	20.93	14.36	10.99	8.86	0.14
19	UCLA	Pac-12	9-2	0.82	20.83	12.73	11	7.99	1.01
20	Oklahoma	Big 12	8-2	0.8	20.79	18.3	11.89	8.04	-0.04
21	Utah State	Western Athletic	9-2	0.82	20.78	17.45	9.39	9.37	-0.37
22	San José State	Western Athletic	9-2	0.82	20.64	14.27	9.42	8.65	0.35
23	Oregon State	Pac-12	8-2	0.8	20.64	10.9	13.44	7.49	0.51
24	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	9-2	0.82	20.55	15	8.09	7.59	1.41
25	Boise State	Mountain West	9-2	0.82	20.54	16.36	8.19	9.44	-0.44
26	Texas	Big 12	8-2	0.8	20.36	10.5	11.71	6.75	1.25
27	Tulsa	Conference USA	9-2	0.82	20.26	13	7.55	8.18	0.82
28	Michigan	Big Ten	8-3	0.73	19.11	12.73	13.33	8.57	-0.57
29	Fresno State	Mountain West	8-3	0.73	18.76	16.64	9.55	8.63	-0.63
30	Oklahoma State	Big 12	7-3	0.7	18.58	19.3	12.41	7.88	-0.88
31	UCF	Conference USA	8-3	0.73	18.54	13.36	8.76	8.36	-0.36
32	Mississippi State	SEC	8-3	0.73	18.4	10.09	9.74	7.91	0.09
33	San Diego State	Mountain West	8-3	0.73	18.33	10.27	8.99	7.68	0.32
34	Northwestern	Big Ten	8-3	0.73	18.25	6.27	10.96	7	1
35	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	8-3	0.73	18.24	7.91	9.82	7.09	0.91
36	Ball State	Mid-American	8-3	0.73	18.02	3.18	12.65	6.11	1.89
37	Toledo	Mid-American	8-3	0.73	18	5	9.71	6.57	1.43
38	Cincinnati	Big East	7-3	0.7	17.9	13.2	8.92	7.87	-0.87
39	Ohio	Mid-American	8-3	0.73	17.65	7.36	5.48	7.11	0.89
40	USC	Pac-12	7-4	0.64	16.87	11.27	12.32	7.79	-0.79
41	Penn State	Big Ten	7-4	0.64	16.78	10.64	12.69	8.16	-1.16
42	Wisconsin	Big Ten	7-4	0.64	16.71	10.55	11.47	8.28	-1.28
43	North Carolina	ACC	7-4	0.64	16.63	15.64	9.42	8.39	-1.39
44	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	7-3	0.7	16.46	2.5	7.15	5.52	1.48
45	Texas Tech	Big 12	7-4	0.64	16.46	7.09	11.59	6.85	0.15
46	Vanderbilt	SEC	7-4	0.64	16.32	9	10.13	7.96	-0.96
47	Arizona	Pac-12	7-4	0.64	16.26	3.91	14.12	6.21	0.79
48	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	7-4	0.64	16.11	7.82	9.28	7.02	-0.02
49	Bowling Green	Mid-American	7-4	0.64	15.98	6.82	8.25	7.63	-0.63
50	Nevada	Mountain West	7-4	0.64	15.51	5.45	6.47	6.49	0.51
51	TCU	Big 12	6-4	0.6	15.41	7.5	10.79	6.56	-0.56
52	Navy	FBS Independents	7-4	0.64	15.39	1.91	10.54	6.01	0.99
53	Louisiana	Sun Belt	6-4	0.6	15.05	5.1	10.38	5.98	0.02
54	Washington	Pac-12	7-4	0.64	14.99	0.27	13.06	5.58	1.42
55	BYU	FBS Independents	6-5	0.55	14.72	12.55	11.1	8.93	-2.93
56	UTSA	Western Athletic	7-4	0.64	14.49	2	3.01	5.94	1.06
57	Arizona State	Pac-12	6-5	0.55	14.47	12.91	9.62	8.15	-2.15
58	Georgia Tech	ACC	6-5	0.55	14.26	8.91	10.21	7.16	-1.16
59	East Carolina	Conference USA	7-4	0.64	14.22	0.09	7.19	5.52	1.48
60	Iowa State	Big 12	6-5	0.55	13.8	2.64	13.48	6.21	-0.21
61	Syracuse	Big East	6-5	0.55	13.69	2.36	12.81	6.06	-0.06
62	NC State	ACC	6-5	0.55	13.54	2.64	9.84	6.13	-0.13
63	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	6-5	0.55	13.54	3.36	8.56	6.3	-0.3
64	Air Force	Mountain West	6-5	0.55	13.17	2.82	7.1	6.15	-0.15
65	Baylor	Big 12	5-5	0.5	13.03	5.7	12.46	5.82	-0.82
66	Miami	ACC	6-5	0.55	12.87	0.36	12.34	5.58	0.42
67	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-5	0.55	11.88	-1.36	9.82	5.11	0.89
68	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-6	0.45	11.83	2.82	15.54	6.49	-1.49
69	Duke	ACC	6-5	0.55	11.45	-3.36	10.75	4.81	1.19
70	Virginia Tech	ACC	5-6	0.45	11.29	2.09	12.57	6.03	-1.03
71	West Virginia	Big 12	5-5	0.5	11.03	-1.4	13.55	4.8	0.2
72	Ole Miss	SEC	5-6	0.45	11.02	1.09	11.88	5.74	-0.74
73	SMU	Conference USA	5-6	0.45	10.89	2	7.18	5.96	-0.96
74	Troy	Sun Belt	5-6	0.45	10.53	0.36	10.21	5.58	-0.58
75	Missouri	SEC	5-6	0.45	10.46	-0.18	13.87	5.45	-0.45
76	Pittsburgh	Big East	4-6	0.4	10.38	4.8	8.93	6.12	-2.12
77	Rice	Conference USA	5-6	0.45	9.87	-0.36	9.7	5.43	-0.43
78	Purdue	Big Ten	5-6	0.45	9.77	-0.91	11.52	5.29	-0.29
79	Marshall	Conference USA	5-6	0.45	9.22	-1.82	8.29	5.21	-0.21
80	Utah	Pac-12	4-7	0.36	8.96	1.09	12.19	5.79	-1.79
81	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-6	0.45	8.52	-6.36	9.1	4.19	0.81
82	UConn	Big East	4-6	0.4	8.44	-1.1	9.3	4.64	-0.64
83	Wake Forest	ACC	5-6	0.45	8.38	-11.45	11.44	2.64	2.36
84	Tennessee	SEC	4-7	0.36	7.85	-1.27	13.93	5.27	-1.27
85	Temple	Big East	4-6	0.4	7.58	-5.3	10.55	3.89	0.11
86	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	7.24	-0.33	8.86	5.92	-1.92
87	Indiana	Big Ten	4-7	0.36	7.21	-3	11.09	4.89	-0.89
88	Iowa	Big Ten	4-7	0.36	7.16	-3.36	11.62	4.52	-0.52
89	Arkansas	SEC	4-7	0.36	6.77	-6.91	13.27	3.92	0.08
90	Houston	Conference USA	4-7	0.36	6.75	-6	11.43	4.39	-0.39
91	Virginia	ACC	4-7	0.36	6.72	-6.45	11.69	3.96	0.04
92	North Texas	Sun Belt	4-7	0.36	6.61	-7.45	11.49	3.58	0.42
93	Buffalo	Mid-American	4-7	0.36	6.59	-6.64	11.72	3.87	0.13
94	Wyoming	Mountain West	4-7	0.36	6.58	-5.91	9.96	4.22	-0.22
95	Maryland	ACC	4-7	0.36	6.57	-7.09	10.03	3.48	0.52
96	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	4-7	0.36	6.26	-12	11.39	2.99	1.01
97	New Mexico	Mountain West	4-8	0.33	6.13	-4.5	8.98	4.89	-0.89
98	South Florida	Big East	3-7	0.3	5.7	-4.1	12.52	4.05	-1.05
99	Texas State	Western Athletic	3-7	0.3	5.08	-9	11.43	3.23	-0.23
100	Auburn	SEC	3-8	0.27	4.62	-6.09	13.33	3.85	-0.85
101	Florida International	Sun Belt	3-8	0.27	4.53	-6.73	12.43	4.02	-1.02
102	UAB	Conference USA	3-8	0.27	4.41	-7.82	8.99	3.97	-0.97
103	UTEP	Conference USA	3-8	0.27	4.32	-8.55	11.25	3.38	-0.38
104	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	3-8	0.27	4.3	-10	11.12	3.08	-0.08
105	Memphis	Conference USA	3-8	0.27	4.3	-8	9.6	3.62	-0.62
106	Colorado State	Mountain West	3-8	0.27	4.24	-10.27	9.72	3.07	-0.07
107	California	Pac-12	3-9	0.25	3.95	-10.08	14.53	3.56	-0.56
108	Boston College	ACC	2-9	0.18	2.31	-9.18	12.1	3.25	-1.25
109	South Alabama	Sun Belt	2-9	0.18	2.25	-9.55	10.2	2.98	-0.98
110	Army	FBS Independents	2-9	0.18	2.12	-11.73	10.96	3.17	-1.17
111	UNLV	Mountain West	2-10	0.17	2.12	-8.33	10.94	3.9	-1.9
112	Illinois	Big Ten	2-9	0.18	2.04	-13.55	13.01	2.19	-0.19
113	Kentucky	SEC	2-9	0.18	2.03	-12.45	15.31	2.46	-0.46
114	Washington State	Pac-12	2-9	0.18	1.96	-14.73	11.19	2.29	-0.29
115	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-9	0.18	1.89	-13.91	11.31	2.68	-0.68
116	Tulane	Conference USA	2-9	0.18	1.87	-16.45	11.59	2.3	-0.3
117	Akron	Mid-American	1-10	0.09	0.2	-9.36	10.61	3.6	-2.6
118	New Mexico State	Western Athletic	1-9	0.1	-0.03	-17.5	9.76	1.68	-0.68
119	Kansas	Big 12	1-10	0.09	-0.14	-15	14.69	2.21	-1.21
120	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1-9	0.1	-0.22	-22.8	12	1.28	-0.28
121	Idaho	Western Athletic	1-10	0.09	-0.55	-25.73	11.53	1.07	-0.07
122	Massachusetts	Mid-American	1-10	0.09	-0.62	-28.09	11.84	0.59	0.41
123	Colorado	Pac-12	1-10	0.09	-0.67	-30.09	12.99	0.85	0.15
124	Southern Miss	Conference USA	0-11	0	-2.4	-18.18	13.39	1.89	-1.89