2012 W18 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:35.566473+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	12-0	1	25.39	16.42	14.01	10.86	1.14
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	12-0	1	24.72	14.33	11.16	9.12	2.88
3	Alabama	SEC	12-1	0.92	23.42	27.77	11.24	12.4	-0.4
4	Oregon	Pac-12	11-1	0.92	23.42	28.83	11.08	10.55	0.45
5	Florida	SEC	11-1	0.92	23.38	13.83	13.86	10.19	0.81
6	Kansas State	Big 12	11-1	0.92	23.14	19.58	11.12	9.91	1.09
7	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	12-1	0.92	22.23	21.77	5.75	11.17	0.83
8	Stanford	Pac-12	11-2	0.85	21.64	11	14.13	9.89	1.11
9	Georgia	SEC	11-2	0.85	21.36	18.46	10.22	10.86	0.14
10	San José State	Western Athletic	11-2	0.85	21.24	13.46	10.96	9.9	1.1
11	Florida State	ACC	11-2	0.85	21.22	24.85	8.11	11.82	-0.82
12	Utah State	Western Athletic	11-2	0.85	21.17	19.54	8.88	11.37	-0.37
13	Oklahoma	Big 12	10-2	0.83	21.13	16.08	12.1	9.24	0.76
14	Texas A&M	SEC	10-2	0.83	21.1	22.25	10.51	10.03	-0.03
15	Boise State	Mountain West	11-2	0.85	20.96	14.46	8.9	10.71	0.29
16	South Carolina	SEC	10-2	0.83	20.91	14	11.44	9.62	0.38
17	LSU	SEC	10-2	0.83	20.85	13.33	11.26	9.58	0.42
18	Clemson	ACC	10-2	0.83	20.78	17.42	9.66	9.34	0.66
19	Kent State	Mid-American	11-2	0.85	20.5	9.54	7.93	8.87	2.13
20	Louisville	Big East	10-2	0.83	19.85	7.17	7.82	7.81	2.19
21	Nebraska	Big Ten	10-3	0.77	19.4	8.85	12.6	8.65	1.35
22	Cincinnati	Big East	10-3	0.77	19.06	13.85	8.39	10.27	-0.27
23	Tulsa	Conference USA	10-3	0.77	18.94	10.85	8.66	9.19	0.81
24	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	9-3	0.75	18.73	11	10.1	8.41	0.59
25	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	9-3	0.75	18.72	13	9.29	7.99	1.01
26	Northwestern	Big Ten	9-3	0.75	18.48	8.75	9.55	8.21	0.79
27	UCF	Conference USA	10-4	0.71	17.93	13.36	9.8	10.56	-0.56
28	Oregon State	Pac-12	9-4	0.69	17.81	11.92	12.48	9.71	-0.71
29	Fresno State	Mountain West	9-4	0.69	17.55	14.08	9.71	9.75	-0.75
30	Texas	Big 12	9-4	0.69	17.44	6.46	13.31	8.01	0.99
31	Michigan	Big Ten	8-4	0.67	17.44	11.25	13.72	9.03	-1.03
32	Penn State	Big Ten	8-4	0.67	17.18	10	12.42	8.77	-0.77
33	San Diego State	Mountain West	9-4	0.69	17.09	8.46	9.35	8.7	0.3
34	Rutgers	Big East	9-4	0.69	16.98	7.31	9.01	9.47	-0.47
35	Louisiana	Sun Belt	9-4	0.69	16.96	7.38	9.07	8.25	0.75
36	North Carolina	ACC	8-4	0.67	16.95	14.92	8.64	8.97	-0.97
37	Vanderbilt	SEC	8-4	0.67	16.9	11.08	9.8	9.06	-1.06
38	Ohio	Mid-American	9-4	0.69	16.68	6.92	7.46	8.35	0.65
39	Mississippi State	SEC	8-4	0.67	16.62	7.83	9.54	8.05	-0.05
40	Toledo	Mid-American	9-4	0.69	16.55	3.15	10.03	7.31	1.69
41	Ball State	Mid-American	9-4	0.69	16.39	1.62	11.57	6.88	2.12
42	UCLA	Pac-12	9-5	0.64	16.31	6.86	12.77	8.8	0.2
43	BYU	FBS Independents	8-5	0.62	16.13	14.69	10.95	10.99	-2.99
44	Wisconsin	Big Ten	8-5	0.62	16.12	11.69	12.14	9.83	-1.83
45	Arizona State	Pac-12	8-5	0.62	15.89	14.08	9.53	9.71	-1.71
46	Baylor	Big 12	8-5	0.62	15.85	7.23	12.96	7.85	0.15
47	Oklahoma State	Big 12	7-5	0.58	15.49	15.25	12.83	8.75	-1.75
48	Texas Tech	Big 12	8-5	0.62	15.46	5.69	11.09	7.75	0.25
49	Syracuse	Big East	8-5	0.62	15.41	5.23	11.22	7.95	0.05
50	Arizona	Pac-12	8-5	0.62	15.28	2.85	13	7.1	0.9
51	Bowling Green	Mid-American	8-5	0.62	15.25	6.15	8.53	8.8	-0.8
52	USC	Pac-12	7-5	0.58	15.22	9.58	13.47	8.23	-1.23
53	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	8-5	0.62	15.18	4.69	9.32	7.64	0.36
54	UTSA	Western Athletic	8-4	0.67	15.07	2.42	3.18	6.57	1.43
55	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	8-4	0.67	14.09	-1.42	8.17	5.63	2.37
56	NC State	ACC	7-5	0.58	14.05	3.83	8.64	7.02	-0.02
57	TCU	Big 12	7-6	0.54	13.78	5.69	11.79	8.19	-1.19
58	Michigan State	Big Ten	7-6	0.54	13.76	3.69	14.73	8.04	-1.04
59	Miami	ACC	7-5	0.58	13.64	0.92	11.42	6.21	0.79
60	East Carolina	Conference USA	8-5	0.62	13.57	-0.15	8.32	6.46	1.54
61	Navy	FBS Independents	8-5	0.62	13.53	-0.69	9.99	6.29	1.71
62	SMU	Conference USA	7-6	0.54	13.38	4.85	9.63	7.81	-0.81
63	Virginia Tech	ACC	7-6	0.54	13.2	2.23	12.21	7.21	-0.21
64	Nevada	Mountain West	7-6	0.54	13.13	4.08	7.98	7.37	-0.37
65	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	7-6	0.54	12.98	2.69	8.64	7.27	-0.27
66	West Virginia	Big 12	7-6	0.54	12.96	1.38	11.64	6.77	0.23
67	Pittsburgh	Big East	6-6	0.5	12.82	7.75	9.49	8.25	-2.25
68	Rice	Conference USA	7-6	0.54	12.76	1.85	9.12	6.96	0.04
69	Ole Miss	SEC	6-6	0.5	12.33	2.42	11.9	6.58	-0.58
70	Iowa State	Big 12	6-6	0.5	12.24	1.83	12.51	6.54	-0.54
71	Washington	Pac-12	7-6	0.54	12.2	-0.15	12.37	6.45	0.55
72	Georgia Tech	ACC	6-7	0.46	11.78	4.62	11.57	7.59	-1.59
73	Purdue	Big Ten	6-6	0.5	11.73	0.92	10.45	6.22	-0.22
74	Central Michigan	Mid-American	7-6	0.54	10.73	-3.54	8.29	5.61	1.39
75	Utah	Pac-12	5-7	0.42	10.19	1.58	10.71	6.43	-1.43
76	Tennessee	SEC	5-7	0.42	9.89	0.5	12.24	6.1	-1.1
77	Troy	Sun Belt	5-7	0.42	9.49	0.08	10.43	6.02	-1.02
78	Air Force	Mountain West	6-7	0.46	9.45	-1.62	8.29	6.06	-0.06
79	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-7	0.46	9.33	-2.62	10.14	5.64	0.36
80	Duke	ACC	6-7	0.46	9.11	-4.46	11.57	5.49	0.51
81	Missouri	SEC	5-7	0.42	8.7	-2.67	14.69	5.3	-0.3
82	UConn	Big East	5-7	0.42	8.56	-2.08	10.55	5.22	-0.22
83	Marshall	Conference USA	5-7	0.42	8.44	-2.17	9.13	5.63	-0.63
84	Houston	Conference USA	5-7	0.42	8.22	-3.58	10.17	5.26	-0.26
85	Wake Forest	ACC	5-7	0.42	7.38	-13.33	10.93	2.6	2.4
86	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	7.08	-0.33	8.56	5.92	-1.92
87	Temple	Big East	4-7	0.36	6.5	-6.45	10.14	4.03	-0.03
88	Iowa	Big Ten	4-8	0.33	6.32	-3.58	12.33	4.81	-0.81
89	Indiana	Big Ten	4-8	0.33	6.1	-4.5	10.9	5.04	-1.04
90	Texas State	Western Athletic	4-8	0.33	6.01	-4.92	10.16	4.88	-0.88
91	Arkansas	SEC	4-8	0.33	5.95	-6.92	13.75	4.22	-0.22
92	Virginia	ACC	4-8	0.33	5.9	-6.17	11.06	4.34	-0.34
93	North Texas	Sun Belt	4-8	0.33	5.84	-6.92	11.45	4.04	-0.04
94	Buffalo	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	5.81	-7.25	11.36	3.99	0.01
95	Memphis	Conference USA	4-8	0.33	5.81	-5.83	8.29	4.51	-0.51
96	Wyoming	Mountain West	4-8	0.33	5.8	-6.58	9.72	4.47	-0.47
97	Maryland	ACC	4-8	0.33	5.76	-7.08	9.97	3.94	0.06
98	Colorado State	Mountain West	4-8	0.33	5.57	-9.08	9.63	3.6	0.4
99	New Mexico	Mountain West	4-9	0.31	5.54	-4.46	8.27	5.28	-1.28
100	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	5.48	-11.58	11.54	3.33	0.67
101	South Florida	Big East	3-9	0.25	4.08	-6.83	12.8	4.04	-1.04
102	Florida International	Sun Belt	3-9	0.25	4.07	-6.67	11.91	4.36	-1.36
103	Auburn	SEC	3-9	0.25	3.87	-9.67	13.8	3.25	-0.25
104	UTEP	Conference USA	3-9	0.25	3.86	-8.58	10.88	3.7	-0.7
105	California	Pac-12	3-9	0.25	3.84	-10.08	13.84	3.56	-0.56
106	UAB	Conference USA	3-9	0.25	3.78	-9.25	9.8	4.06	-1.06
107	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	3-9	0.25	3.74	-10.33	11.1	3.3	-0.3
108	Washington State	Pac-12	3-9	0.25	3.55	-13.25	10.83	2.81	0.19
109	Hawai'i	Mountain West	3-9	0.25	3.45	-14.5	9.72	2.7	0.3
110	Boston College	ACC	2-10	0.17	1.98	-9.83	11.91	3.34	-1.34
111	Army	FBS Independents	2-10	0.17	1.88	-11.08	10.76	3.49	-1.49
112	Kentucky	SEC	2-10	0.17	1.8	-13.08	14.03	2.57	-0.57
113	Illinois	Big Ten	2-10	0.17	1.66	-15.42	12.75	2.1	-0.1
114	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-10	0.17	1.61	-16.25	11.81	2.49	-0.49
115	Tulane	Conference USA	2-10	0.17	1.58	-17	11.83	2.4	-0.4
116	UNLV	Mountain West	2-11	0.15	1.45	-10.62	9.72	3.67	-1.67
117	South Alabama	Sun Belt	2-11	0.15	1.42	-11	9.91	3.23	-1.23
118	Akron	Mid-American	1-11	0.08	-0.04	-9.58	10.68	3.87	-2.87
119	Kansas	Big 12	1-11	0.08	-0.51	-17.83	14.27	1.99	-0.99
120	New Mexico State	Western Athletic	1-11	0.08	-0.6	-20.75	9.71	1.74	-0.74
121	Idaho	Western Athletic	1-11	0.08	-0.8	-26.58	12.29	1.06	-0.06
122	Massachusetts	Mid-American	1-11	0.08	-0.82	-27.5	10.99	0.73	0.27
123	Colorado	Pac-12	1-11	0.08	-0.85	-28.17	12.41	1.15	-0.15
124	Southern Miss	Conference USA	0-12	0	-2.34	-18.17	12.6	2.1	-2.1