2012 W17 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:35.566041+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	12-0	1	25.42	16.42	13.96	10.86	1.14
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	12-0	1	24.76	14.33	11.13	9.12	2.88
3	Oregon	Pac-12	11-1	0.92	23.48	28.83	11.18	10.55	0.45
4	Alabama	SEC	12-1	0.92	23.47	27.77	11.26	12.4	-0.4
5	Florida	SEC	11-1	0.92	23.42	13.83	13.86	10.19	0.81
6	Kansas State	Big 12	11-1	0.92	23.18	19.58	11.15	9.91	1.09
7	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	12-1	0.92	22.29	21.77	5.9	11.17	0.83
8	Stanford	Pac-12	11-2	0.85	21.7	11	14.22	9.89	1.11
9	Georgia	SEC	11-2	0.85	21.4	18.46	10.24	10.86	0.14
10	Florida State	ACC	11-2	0.85	21.26	24.85	8.13	11.82	-0.82
11	Utah State	Western Athletic	11-2	0.85	21.2	19.54	8.82	11.37	-0.37
12	Oklahoma	Big 12	10-2	0.83	21.17	16.08	12.13	9.24	0.76
13	Texas A&M	SEC	10-2	0.83	21.14	22.25	10.54	10.03	-0.03
14	Boise State	Mountain West	11-2	0.85	21	14.46	9.02	10.71	0.29
15	South Carolina	SEC	10-2	0.83	20.97	14	11.59	9.62	0.38
16	LSU	SEC	10-2	0.83	20.9	13.33	11.37	9.58	0.42
17	Clemson	ACC	10-2	0.83	20.84	17.42	9.83	9.34	0.66
18	San José State	Western Athletic	10-2	0.83	20.79	13.83	10.56	9.18	0.82
19	Kent State	Mid-American	11-2	0.85	20.56	9.54	8.08	8.87	2.13
20	Louisville	Big East	10-2	0.83	19.88	7.17	7.84	7.81	2.19
21	Nebraska	Big Ten	10-3	0.77	19.44	8.85	12.62	8.65	1.35
22	Oregon State	Pac-12	9-3	0.75	19.2	13.25	12.12	9.26	-0.26
23	Fresno State	Mountain West	9-3	0.75	19.04	18	9.62	9.64	-0.64
24	Tulsa	Conference USA	10-3	0.77	18.96	10.85	8.6	9.19	0.81
25	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	9-3	0.75	18.76	13	9.31	7.99	1.01
26	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	9-3	0.75	18.75	11	10.08	8.41	0.59
27	Cincinnati	Big East	9-3	0.75	18.64	13.83	8.27	9.63	-0.63
28	Northwestern	Big Ten	9-3	0.75	18.52	8.75	9.57	8.21	0.79
29	Rutgers	Big East	9-3	0.75	18.35	8.17	8.76	8.94	0.06
30	UCF	Conference USA	10-4	0.71	17.97	13.36	10.04	10.56	-0.56
31	UCLA	Pac-12	9-4	0.69	17.63	9.15	12.63	8.73	0.27
32	Michigan	Big Ten	8-4	0.67	17.48	11.25	13.74	9.03	-1.03
33	Penn State	Big Ten	8-4	0.67	17.21	10	12.44	8.77	-0.77
34	San Diego State	Mountain West	9-4	0.69	17.16	8.46	9.33	8.7	0.3
35	North Carolina	ACC	8-4	0.67	17	14.92	8.78	8.97	-0.97
36	Louisiana	Sun Belt	9-4	0.69	16.99	7.38	9.21	8.25	0.75
37	Texas	Big 12	8-4	0.67	16.98	6.67	12.85	7.42	0.58
38	Vanderbilt	SEC	8-4	0.67	16.93	11.08	9.82	9.06	-1.06
39	Mississippi State	SEC	8-4	0.67	16.65	7.83	9.56	8.05	-0.05
40	Toledo	Mid-American	9-4	0.69	16.6	3.15	10.18	7.31	1.69
41	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	8-4	0.67	16.53	7.67	8.74	7.68	0.32
42	Ball State	Mid-American	9-4	0.69	16.46	1.62	11.55	6.88	2.12
43	Bowling Green	Mid-American	8-4	0.67	16.34	7.42	7.53	8.57	-0.57
44	Wisconsin	Big Ten	8-5	0.62	16.15	11.69	12.16	9.83	-1.83
45	BYU	FBS Independents	8-5	0.62	16.14	14.69	11.05	10.99	-2.99
46	Ohio	Mid-American	8-4	0.67	15.99	4.92	6.87	7.23	0.77
47	Navy	FBS Independents	8-4	0.67	15.86	2.08	9.73	6.62	1.38
48	Oklahoma State	Big 12	7-5	0.58	15.51	15.25	12.81	8.75	-1.75
49	Arizona	Pac-12	8-5	0.62	15.32	2.85	13.1	7.1	0.9
50	USC	Pac-12	7-5	0.58	15.26	9.58	13.57	8.23	-1.23
51	UTSA	Western Athletic	8-4	0.67	15.1	2.42	3.19	6.57	1.43
52	Arizona State	Pac-12	7-5	0.58	14.9	12.42	9.02	8.74	-1.74
53	Baylor	Big 12	7-5	0.58	14.81	5.92	12.6	7.01	-0.01
54	TCU	Big 12	7-5	0.58	14.74	6.25	11.72	7.66	-0.66
55	Texas Tech	Big 12	7-5	0.58	14.64	5.92	11.2	7.2	-0.2
56	West Virginia	Big 12	7-5	0.58	14.33	3.5	11.44	6.62	0.38
57	Syracuse	Big East	7-5	0.58	14.31	3.67	10.99	6.94	0.06
58	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	8-4	0.67	14.12	-1.42	8.19	5.63	2.37
59	NC State	ACC	7-5	0.58	14.07	3.83	8.66	7.02	-0.02
60	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	7-5	0.58	13.94	3.17	8.52	6.82	0.18
61	Miami	ACC	7-5	0.58	13.66	0.92	11.45	6.21	0.79
62	East Carolina	Conference USA	8-5	0.62	13.63	-0.15	8.26	6.46	1.54
63	Nevada	Mountain West	7-6	0.54	13.16	4.08	8.07	7.37	-0.37
64	Michigan State	Big Ten	6-6	0.5	12.92	3.92	14.73	7.5	-1.5
65	Pittsburgh	Big East	6-6	0.5	12.84	7.75	9.52	8.25	-2.25
66	Ole Miss	SEC	6-6	0.5	12.35	2.42	11.93	6.58	-0.58
67	Virginia Tech	ACC	6-6	0.5	12.27	2.17	11.73	6.61	-0.61
68	Washington	Pac-12	7-6	0.54	12.26	-0.15	12.47	6.45	0.55
69	Iowa State	Big 12	6-6	0.5	12.26	1.83	12.54	6.54	-0.54
70	SMU	Conference USA	6-6	0.5	12.06	2.5	8.82	6.63	-0.63
71	Georgia Tech	ACC	6-7	0.46	11.8	4.62	11.53	7.59	-1.59
72	Purdue	Big Ten	6-6	0.5	11.76	0.92	10.47	6.22	-0.22
73	Rice	Conference USA	6-6	0.5	11.38	0.42	8.99	6.09	-0.09
74	Air Force	Mountain West	6-6	0.5	10.92	-0.17	8.17	5.96	0.04
75	Utah	Pac-12	5-7	0.42	10.21	1.58	10.72	6.43	-1.43
76	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-6	0.5	10.19	-2.58	9.78	5.19	0.81
77	Duke	ACC	6-6	0.5	10.09	-3.67	11	5.22	0.78
78	Tennessee	SEC	5-7	0.42	9.91	0.5	12.27	6.1	-1.1
79	Central Michigan	Mid-American	6-6	0.5	9.78	-4.08	7.98	5.08	0.92
80	Troy	Sun Belt	5-7	0.42	9.51	0.08	10.41	6.02	-1.02
81	Missouri	SEC	5-7	0.42	8.72	-2.67	14.67	5.3	-0.3
82	UConn	Big East	5-7	0.42	8.57	-2.08	10.57	5.22	-0.22
83	Marshall	Conference USA	5-7	0.42	8.46	-2.17	9.22	5.63	-0.63
84	Houston	Conference USA	5-7	0.42	8.25	-3.58	10.31	5.26	-0.26
85	Wake Forest	ACC	5-7	0.42	7.4	-13.33	10.96	2.6	2.4
86	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	7.1	-0.33	8.73	5.92	-1.92
87	Temple	Big East	4-7	0.36	6.51	-6.45	10.17	4.03	-0.03
88	Iowa	Big Ten	4-8	0.33	6.33	-3.58	12.36	4.81	-0.81
89	Indiana	Big Ten	4-8	0.33	6.12	-4.5	11.07	5.04	-1.04
90	Texas State	Western Athletic	4-8	0.33	6.02	-4.92	10.18	4.88	-0.88
91	Arkansas	SEC	4-8	0.33	5.96	-6.92	13.78	4.22	-0.22
92	Virginia	ACC	4-8	0.33	5.91	-6.17	11.09	4.34	-0.34
93	North Texas	Sun Belt	4-8	0.33	5.85	-6.92	11.43	4.04	-0.04
94	Buffalo	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	5.82	-7.25	11.4	3.99	0.01
95	Memphis	Conference USA	4-8	0.33	5.82	-5.83	8.39	4.51	-0.51
96	Wyoming	Mountain West	4-8	0.33	5.81	-6.58	9.83	4.47	-0.47
97	Maryland	ACC	4-8	0.33	5.77	-7.08	10	3.94	0.06
98	Colorado State	Mountain West	4-8	0.33	5.58	-9.08	9.73	3.6	0.4
99	New Mexico	Mountain West	4-9	0.31	5.55	-4.46	8.26	5.28	-1.28
100	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	5.5	-11.58	11.68	3.33	0.67
101	South Florida	Big East	3-9	0.25	4.1	-6.83	12.98	4.04	-1.04
102	Florida International	Sun Belt	3-9	0.25	4.08	-6.67	11.85	4.36	-1.36
103	Auburn	SEC	3-9	0.25	3.88	-9.67	13.83	3.25	-0.25
104	UTEP	Conference USA	3-9	0.25	3.87	-8.58	10.98	3.7	-0.7
105	California	Pac-12	3-9	0.25	3.85	-10.08	13.95	3.56	-0.56
106	UAB	Conference USA	3-9	0.25	3.79	-9.25	9.89	4.06	-1.06
107	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	3-9	0.25	3.74	-10.33	11.08	3.3	-0.3
108	Washington State	Pac-12	3-9	0.25	3.56	-13.25	10.85	2.81	0.19
109	Hawai'i	Mountain West	3-9	0.25	3.46	-14.5	9.75	2.7	0.3
110	Boston College	ACC	2-10	0.17	1.98	-9.83	11.93	3.34	-1.34
111	Army	FBS Independents	2-10	0.17	1.89	-11.08	11.04	3.49	-1.49
112	Kentucky	SEC	2-10	0.17	1.81	-13.08	14.06	2.57	-0.57
113	Illinois	Big Ten	2-10	0.17	1.67	-15.42	12.77	2.1	-0.1
114	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-10	0.17	1.62	-16.25	11.98	2.49	-0.49
115	Tulane	Conference USA	2-10	0.17	1.58	-17	11.94	2.4	-0.4
116	UNLV	Mountain West	2-11	0.15	1.45	-10.62	9.82	3.67	-1.67
117	South Alabama	Sun Belt	2-11	0.15	1.43	-11	9.89	3.23	-1.23
118	Akron	Mid-American	1-11	0.08	-0.04	-9.58	10.67	3.87	-2.87
119	Kansas	Big 12	1-11	0.08	-0.51	-17.83	14.31	1.99	-0.99
120	New Mexico State	Western Athletic	1-11	0.08	-0.6	-20.75	9.65	1.74	-0.74
121	Idaho	Western Athletic	1-11	0.08	-0.8	-26.58	12.24	1.06	-0.06
122	Massachusetts	Mid-American	1-11	0.08	-0.82	-27.5	11.02	0.73	0.27
123	Colorado	Pac-12	1-11	0.08	-0.85	-28.17	12.51	1.15	-0.15
124	Southern Miss	Conference USA	0-12	0	-2.35	-18.17	12.67	2.1	-2.1