2012 W16 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:35.565529+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	12-0	1	25.47	16.42	13.99	10.86	1.14
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	12-0	1	24.81	14.33	11.16	9.12	2.88
3	Alabama	SEC	12-1	0.92	23.52	27.77	11.29	12.4	-0.4
4	Oregon	Pac-12	11-1	0.92	23.52	28.83	11.14	10.55	0.45
5	Florida	SEC	11-1	0.92	23.47	13.83	13.89	10.19	0.81
6	Kansas State	Big 12	11-1	0.92	23.23	19.58	11.18	9.91	1.09
7	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	12-1	0.92	22.36	21.77	6.04	11.17	0.83
8	Stanford	Pac-12	11-2	0.85	21.73	11	14.19	9.89	1.11
9	Georgia	SEC	11-2	0.85	21.45	18.46	10.27	10.86	0.14
10	Florida State	ACC	11-2	0.85	21.3	24.85	8.15	11.82	-0.82
11	Utah State	Western Athletic	11-2	0.85	21.24	19.54	8.96	11.37	-0.37
12	Oklahoma	Big 12	10-2	0.83	21.21	16.08	12.16	9.24	0.76
13	Texas A&M	SEC	10-2	0.83	21.19	22.25	10.57	10.03	-0.03
14	South Carolina	SEC	10-2	0.83	21.02	14	11.62	9.62	0.38
15	LSU	SEC	10-2	0.83	20.95	13.33	11.4	9.58	0.42
16	Clemson	ACC	10-2	0.83	20.88	17.42	9.85	9.34	0.66
17	San José State	Western Athletic	10-2	0.83	20.83	13.83	10.54	9.18	0.82
18	Boise State	Mountain West	10-2	0.83	20.62	15.5	8.77	10.13	-0.13
19	Kent State	Mid-American	11-2	0.85	20.6	9.54	8.11	8.87	2.13
20	Louisville	Big East	10-2	0.83	19.93	7.17	7.87	7.81	2.19
21	Nebraska	Big Ten	10-3	0.77	19.48	8.85	12.66	8.65	1.35
22	Oregon State	Pac-12	9-3	0.75	19.23	13.25	12.08	9.26	-0.26
23	Fresno State	Mountain West	9-3	0.75	19.09	18	9.72	9.64	-0.64
24	Tulsa	Conference USA	10-3	0.77	19	10.85	8.62	9.19	0.81
25	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	9-3	0.75	18.79	11	10.11	8.41	0.59
26	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	9-3	0.75	18.79	13	9.28	7.99	1.01
27	Cincinnati	Big East	9-3	0.75	18.7	13.83	8.42	9.63	-0.63
28	San Diego State	Mountain West	9-3	0.75	18.59	10.58	8.94	8.41	0.59
29	Northwestern	Big Ten	9-3	0.75	18.56	8.75	9.6	8.21	0.79
30	Rutgers	Big East	9-3	0.75	18.39	8.17	8.79	8.94	0.06
31	Ball State	Mid-American	9-3	0.75	18.19	3.5	11.22	6.75	2.25
32	UCLA	Pac-12	9-4	0.69	17.66	9.15	12.59	8.73	0.27
33	Michigan	Big Ten	8-4	0.67	17.51	11.25	13.78	9.03	-1.03
34	UCF	Conference USA	9-4	0.69	17.46	12.77	9.44	9.67	-0.67
35	Penn State	Big Ten	8-4	0.67	17.25	10	12.47	8.77	-0.77
36	North Carolina	ACC	8-4	0.67	17.04	14.92	8.8	8.97	-0.97
37	Texas	Big 12	8-4	0.67	17.02	6.67	12.88	7.42	0.58
38	Vanderbilt	SEC	8-4	0.67	16.97	11.08	9.84	9.06	-1.06
39	Mississippi State	SEC	8-4	0.67	16.69	7.83	9.59	8.05	-0.05
40	Toledo	Mid-American	9-4	0.69	16.67	3.15	10.1	7.31	1.69
41	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	8-4	0.67	16.56	7.67	8.76	7.68	0.32
42	Louisiana	Sun Belt	8-4	0.67	16.52	7.25	8.74	7.62	0.38
43	Bowling Green	Mid-American	8-4	0.67	16.39	7.42	7.68	8.57	-0.57
44	Wisconsin	Big Ten	8-5	0.62	16.18	11.69	12.15	9.83	-1.83
45	Ohio	Mid-American	8-4	0.67	16.02	4.92	6.89	7.23	0.77
46	Navy	FBS Independents	8-4	0.67	15.89	2.08	9.75	6.62	1.38
47	Oklahoma State	Big 12	7-5	0.58	15.54	15.25	12.78	8.75	-1.75
48	Arizona	Pac-12	8-5	0.62	15.34	2.85	13.32	7.1	0.9
49	USC	Pac-12	7-5	0.58	15.29	9.58	13.54	8.23	-1.23
50	BYU	FBS Independents	7-5	0.58	15.21	14.5	10.4	10.03	-3.03
51	UTSA	Western Athletic	8-4	0.67	15.12	2.42	3.16	6.57	1.43
52	East Carolina	Conference USA	8-4	0.67	15.1	0.58	7.59	6.13	1.87
53	Arizona State	Pac-12	7-5	0.58	14.92	12.42	8.97	8.74	-1.74
54	Baylor	Big 12	7-5	0.58	14.84	5.92	12.64	7.01	-0.01
55	TCU	Big 12	7-5	0.58	14.77	6.25	11.76	7.66	-0.66
56	Texas Tech	Big 12	7-5	0.58	14.68	5.92	11.23	7.2	-0.2
57	West Virginia	Big 12	7-5	0.58	14.36	3.5	11.47	6.62	0.38
58	Syracuse	Big East	7-5	0.58	14.34	3.67	11.02	6.94	0.06
59	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	8-4	0.67	14.15	-1.42	8.22	5.63	2.37
60	NC State	ACC	7-5	0.58	14.1	3.83	8.69	7.02	-0.02
61	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	7-5	0.58	13.97	3.17	8.54	6.82	0.18
62	Miami	ACC	7-5	0.58	13.69	0.92	11.48	6.21	0.79
63	Washington	Pac-12	7-5	0.58	13.21	0	11.75	6	1
64	Nevada	Mountain West	7-6	0.54	13.21	4.08	8.02	7.37	-0.37
65	Michigan State	Big Ten	6-6	0.5	12.95	3.92	14.77	7.5	-1.5
66	Pittsburgh	Big East	6-6	0.5	12.87	7.75	9.54	8.25	-2.25
67	Ole Miss	SEC	6-6	0.5	12.38	2.42	11.96	6.58	-0.58
68	Virginia Tech	ACC	6-6	0.5	12.3	2.17	11.76	6.61	-0.61
69	Iowa State	Big 12	6-6	0.5	12.29	1.83	12.58	6.54	-0.54
70	SMU	Conference USA	6-6	0.5	12.09	2.5	8.85	6.63	-0.63
71	Georgia Tech	ACC	6-7	0.46	11.82	4.62	11.55	7.59	-1.59
72	Purdue	Big Ten	6-6	0.5	11.78	0.92	10.5	6.22	-0.22
73	Rice	Conference USA	6-6	0.5	11.41	0.42	9.01	6.09	-0.09
74	Air Force	Mountain West	6-6	0.5	10.95	-0.17	8.27	5.96	0.04
75	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-6	0.5	10.22	-2.58	9.81	5.19	0.81
76	Utah	Pac-12	5-7	0.42	10.22	1.58	10.63	6.43	-1.43
77	Duke	ACC	6-6	0.5	10.11	-3.67	11.03	5.22	0.78
78	Tennessee	SEC	5-7	0.42	9.93	0.5	12.3	6.1	-1.1
79	Central Michigan	Mid-American	6-6	0.5	9.81	-4.08	8.13	5.08	0.92
80	Troy	Sun Belt	5-7	0.42	9.53	0.08	10.43	6.02	-1.02
81	Missouri	SEC	5-7	0.42	8.74	-2.67	14.71	5.3	-0.3
82	UConn	Big East	5-7	0.42	8.59	-2.08	10.6	5.22	-0.22
83	Marshall	Conference USA	5-7	0.42	8.48	-2.17	9.25	5.63	-0.63
84	Houston	Conference USA	5-7	0.42	8.26	-3.58	10.33	5.26	-0.26
85	Wake Forest	ACC	5-7	0.42	7.41	-13.33	10.98	2.6	2.4
86	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	7.12	-0.33	8.88	5.92	-1.92
87	Temple	Big East	4-7	0.36	6.53	-6.45	10.2	4.03	-0.03
88	Iowa	Big Ten	4-8	0.33	6.34	-3.58	12.39	4.81	-0.81
89	Indiana	Big Ten	4-8	0.33	6.13	-4.5	11.09	5.04	-1.04
90	Texas State	Western Athletic	4-8	0.33	6.03	-4.92	10.23	4.88	-0.88
91	Arkansas	SEC	4-8	0.33	5.97	-6.92	13.82	4.22	-0.22
92	Virginia	ACC	4-8	0.33	5.93	-6.17	11.12	4.34	-0.34
93	North Texas	Sun Belt	4-8	0.33	5.86	-6.92	11.46	4.04	-0.04
94	Buffalo	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	5.84	-7.25	11.55	3.99	0.01
95	Memphis	Conference USA	4-8	0.33	5.83	-5.83	8.41	4.51	-0.51
96	Wyoming	Mountain West	4-8	0.33	5.83	-6.58	10.05	4.47	-0.47
97	Maryland	ACC	4-8	0.33	5.78	-7.08	10.02	3.94	0.06
98	Colorado State	Mountain West	4-8	0.33	5.59	-9.08	9.71	3.6	0.4
99	New Mexico	Mountain West	4-9	0.31	5.56	-4.46	8.34	5.28	-1.28
100	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	5.51	-11.58	11.71	3.33	0.67
101	South Florida	Big East	3-9	0.25	4.11	-6.83	13.09	4.04	-1.04
102	Florida International	Sun Belt	3-9	0.25	4.09	-6.67	11.88	4.36	-1.36
103	Auburn	SEC	3-9	0.25	3.88	-9.67	13.87	3.25	-0.25
104	UTEP	Conference USA	3-9	0.25	3.88	-8.58	11	3.7	-0.7
105	California	Pac-12	3-9	0.25	3.86	-10.08	14.06	3.56	-0.56
106	UAB	Conference USA	3-9	0.25	3.8	-9.25	9.92	4.06	-1.06
107	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	3-9	0.25	3.75	-10.33	11.11	3.3	-0.3
108	Washington State	Pac-12	3-9	0.25	3.57	-13.25	10.88	2.81	0.19
109	Hawai'i	Mountain West	3-9	0.25	3.47	-14.5	9.85	2.7	0.3
110	Boston College	ACC	2-10	0.17	1.99	-9.83	11.97	3.34	-1.34
111	Army	FBS Independents	2-10	0.17	1.89	-11.08	11.07	3.49	-1.49
112	Kentucky	SEC	2-10	0.17	1.81	-13.08	14.1	2.57	-0.57
113	Illinois	Big Ten	2-10	0.17	1.67	-15.42	12.81	2.1	-0.1
114	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-10	0.17	1.62	-16.25	12.14	2.49	-0.49
115	Tulane	Conference USA	2-10	0.17	1.59	-17	11.96	2.4	-0.4
116	UNLV	Mountain West	2-11	0.15	1.45	-10.62	9.86	3.67	-1.67
117	South Alabama	Sun Belt	2-11	0.15	1.43	-11	9.92	3.23	-1.23
118	Akron	Mid-American	1-11	0.08	-0.04	-9.58	10.82	3.87	-2.87
119	Kansas	Big 12	1-11	0.08	-0.51	-17.83	14.35	1.99	-0.99
120	New Mexico State	Western Athletic	1-11	0.08	-0.6	-20.75	9.62	1.74	-0.74
121	Idaho	Western Athletic	1-11	0.08	-0.81	-26.58	12.22	1.06	-0.06
122	Massachusetts	Mid-American	1-11	0.08	-0.82	-27.5	11.05	0.73	0.27
123	Colorado	Pac-12	1-11	0.08	-0.85	-28.17	12.47	1.15	-0.15
124	Southern Miss	Conference USA	0-12	0	-2.35	-18.17	12.7	2.1	-2.1