2012 W2 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:35.559459+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	2-0	1	35.33	31	16.5	1.96	0.04
2	LSU	SEC	2-0	1	34.32	32.5	14.91	1.95	0.05
3	Oregon	Pac-12	2-0	1	34.09	20	15.19	1.55	0.45
4	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-0	1	33.92	19	15.98	1.85	0.15
5	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-0	1	33.56	30.5	16.39	1.89	0.11
6	South Carolina	SEC	2-0	1	33.49	21	15.14	1.84	0.16
7	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-0	1	33.46	21.5	14.62	1.81	0.19
8	Stanford	Pac-12	2-0	1	33.26	20	15.08	1.76	0.24
9	Georgia	SEC	2-0	1	33.23	21.5	14.94	1.68	0.32
10	Ohio	Mid-American	2-0	1	32.89	18.5	13.87	1.67	0.33
11	Arizona	Pac-12	2-0	1	32.68	14	19.18	1.45	0.55
12	Texas	Big 12	2-0	1	32.63	32.5	11.1	1.95	0.05
13	Clemson	ACC	2-0	1	32.29	16	14.47	1.56	0.44
14	Iowa State	Big 12	2-0	1	32.05	9	18.11	1.52	0.48
15	Arizona State	Pac-12	2-0	1	31.85	44	11.05	1.96	0.04
16	UCLA	Pac-12	2-0	1	31.73	15.5	17.09	1.49	0.51
17	Kansas State	Big 12	2-0	1	31.6	40.5	10.41	1.95	0.05
18	USC	Pac-12	2-0	1	31.56	26	3.44	1.76	0.24
19	Baylor	Big 12	1-0	1	31.55	35	4.07	0.89	0.11
20	South Florida	Big East	2-0	1	30.86	11	11.05	1.45	0.55
21	Utah State	Western Athletic	2-0	1	30.83	19	9.13	1.82	0.18
22	West Virginia	Big 12	1-0	1	30.67	35	0.3	0.84	0.16
23	Florida	SEC	2-0	1	30.46	8	5.69	1.46	0.54
24	Louisiana	Sun Belt	2-0	1	30.44	26.5	7.09	1.88	0.12
25	Oklahoma	Big 12	2-0	1	30.2	36.5	-4.13	1.95	0.05
26	Virginia Tech	ACC	2-0	1	30.14	19	-1.45	1.81	0.19
27	Texas Tech	Big 12	2-0	1	29.87	43	5.59	1.98	0.02
28	BYU	FBS Independents	2-0	1	29.77	28	-3.98	1.93	0.07
29	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-0	1	29.23	5.5	4.92	1.22	0.78
30	Tennessee	SEC	2-0	1	29.08	26	-2.52	1.8	0.2
31	Mississippi State	SEC	2-0	1	28.92	32.5	-3.6	1.94	0.06
32	Rutgers	Big East	2-0	1	28.76	19	-5.46	1.93	0.07
33	Florida State	ACC	2-0	1	28.71	60.5	-10	2	0
34	Louisville	Big East	2-0	1	28.61	23	-5.05	1.88	0.12
35	Maryland	ACC	2-0	1	28.41	5	10.53	1.3	0.7
36	Wake Forest	ACC	2-0	1	28.39	2	8.95	1.1	0.9
37	Virginia	ACC	2-0	1	27.73	12.5	-2.4	1.56	0.44
38	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	1-0	1	27.72	3	30.06	0.55	0.45
39	Oregon State	Pac-12	1-0	1	27.22	3	30.69	0.7	0.3
40	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-0	1	26.68	20	-5.42	1.73	0.27
41	Ole Miss	SEC	2-0	1	26.57	20	-4.13	1.7	0.3
42	Indiana	Big Ten	2-0	1	25.66	23	-8.88	1.86	0.14
43	Cincinnati	Big East	1-0	1	25.51	24	4.65	0.95	0.05
44	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	1-0	1	25.16	7	8.97	0.58	0.42
45	UTSA	Western Athletic	2-0	1	23.42	6.5	-7.85	1.28	0.72
46	TCU	Big 12	1-0	1	23.41	56	-10	1	0
47	Nebraska	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	21.98	11.5	16.59	1.39	-0.39
48	Oklahoma State	Big 12	1-1	0.5	21.32	31.5	9.26	1.7	-0.7
49	UCF	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	21.13	13.5	14.22	1.51	-0.51
50	Nevada	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	20.61	3	16.91	1.12	-0.12
51	Missouri	SEC	1-1	0.5	20.51	15.5	11.34	1.51	-0.51
52	North Carolina	ACC	1-1	0.5	20.13	30.5	7.01	1.88	-0.88
53	Temple	Big East	1-1	0.5	20.05	11	5.42	1.43	-0.43
54	Utah	Pac-12	1-1	0.5	20.02	17	8.97	1.75	-0.75
55	Purdue	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	19.93	19.5	11.93	1.8	-0.8
56	Arkansas	SEC	1-1	0.5	18.98	11	-2.51	1.36	-0.36
57	Air Force	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	18.62	11	-1.1	1.4	-0.4
58	Iowa	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	18.6	-1	17.66	0.91	0.09
59	Fresno State	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	18.49	5	13.07	1.21	-0.21
60	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	18.42	2	14.36	1.1	-0.1
61	UConn	Big East	1-1	0.5	18.38	17	-1.4	1.94	-0.94
62	Illinois	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	17.83	-7	16.77	0.64	0.36
63	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	17.81	1	-3.74	1.07	-0.07
64	New Mexico State	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	17.32	1.5	11.3	1.05	-0.05
65	Washington	Pac-12	1-1	0.5	16.83	-14.5	20.73	0.27	0.73
66	Miami	ACC	1-1	0.5	16.81	-15	14.58	0.52	0.48
67	Duke	ACC	1-1	0.5	16.8	-8.5	19.27	0.71	0.29
68	Troy	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	16.49	-1.5	13.2	0.94	0.06
69	Ball State	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	16.31	-7	16.22	0.77	0.23
70	Kansas	Big 12	1-1	0.5	16.08	6.5	-4.96	1.31	-0.31
71	New Mexico	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	15.94	0	11.02	1	0
72	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-1	0.5	15.33	26.5	11.68	1.89	-0.89
73	East Carolina	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	15.31	-8	11.81	0.65	0.35
74	San Diego State	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	14.96	13	16.55	1.65	-0.65
75	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	14.72	13.5	10.22	1.7	-0.7
76	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	14.65	-11.5	12.5	0.55	0.45
77	Texas State	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	14.53	-15.5	16.76	0.41	0.59
78	Tulsa	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	14.5	10	13.59	1.39	-0.39
79	Colorado State	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	14.33	-5	-5.14	0.66	0.34
80	Kentucky	SEC	1-1	0.5	14.09	7.5	26.21	1.32	-0.32
81	Kent State	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	13.94	-6.5	-5.05	0.75	0.25
82	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	13.91	7	11.05	1.31	-0.31
83	California	Pac-12	1-1	0.5	13.86	6	11.05	1.21	-0.21
84	SMU	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	13.75	8.5	11.52	1.29	-0.29
85	San José State	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	13.69	14.5	11.45	1.63	-0.63
86	Boston College	ACC	1-1	0.5	13.13	11	10.41	1.45	-0.45
87	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	13.13	-5	-4.85	0.61	0.39
88	Michigan	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	12.68	-10.5	33.38	0.57	0.43
89	Toledo	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	12.18	-2	15.41	0.91	0.09
90	NC State	ACC	1-1	0.5	12.04	-5.5	27.61	0.65	0.35
91	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	11.63	4	4.5	1.2	-0.2
92	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	11.34	-9	17.85	0.73	0.27
93	North Texas	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	11.32	0	12.9	1	0
94	Buffalo	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	11.08	0	11.34	1	0
95	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	11	-2.5	15.61	0.84	0.16
96	Florida International	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	10.75	-8.5	12.21	0.74	0.26
97	Rice	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	9.92	-12	23.36	0.56	0.44
98	Marshall	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	9.91	-3.5	11.24	0.91	0.09
99	Washington State	Pac-12	1-1	0.5	9.68	-10	11.41	0.46	0.54
100	South Alabama	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	9.52	2	1.97	1.12	-0.12
101	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	9.25	-15	10.9	0.42	0.58
102	Boise State	Mountain West	0-1	0	1.02	-4	35.01	0.35	-0.35
103	Texas A&M	SEC	0-1	0	0.99	-3	31.45	0.4	-0.4
104	Houston	Conference USA	0-2	0	0.23	-12	14.64	0.63	-0.63
105	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-2	0	-0.23	-7	30.84	0.53	-0.53
106	Penn State	Big Ten	0-2	0	-0.33	-5.5	29.06	0.65	-0.65
107	Pittsburgh	Big East	0-2	0	-0.91	-19	-0.25	0.22	-0.22
108	Syracuse	Big East	0-2	0	-0.98	-7	31.23	0.79	-0.79
109	Colorado	Pac-12	0-2	0	-1.18	-3.5	6.95	0.83	-0.83
110	Memphis	Conference USA	0-2	0	-1.21	-4	-1.74	0.81	-0.81
111	UNLV	Mountain West	0-2	0	-1.23	-3	6.23	0.84	-0.84
112	Southern Miss	Conference USA	0-1	0	-1.27	-29	34.08	0.11	-0.11
113	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-2	0	-1.44	-14	8.07	0.44	-0.44
114	Wyoming	Mountain West	0-2	0	-1.48	-11.5	19.42	0.57	-0.57
115	Auburn	SEC	0-2	0	-1.58	-12.5	29.45	0.37	-0.37
116	Army	FBS Independents	0-1	0	-1.6	-35	5.66	0.01	-0.01
117	Idaho	Western Athletic	0-2	0	-1.81	-12.5	-3.75	0.19	-0.19
118	UTEP	Conference USA	0-2	0	-2.08	-17.5	27.49	0.13	-0.13
119	UAB	Conference USA	0-1	0	-2.18	-10	24.18	0.33	-0.33
120	Hawai'i	Mountain West	0-1	0	-2.47	-39	34.4	0.02	-0.02
121	Navy	FBS Independents	0-1	0	-2.6	-40	33.85	0.02	-0.02
122	Tulane	Conference USA	0-2	0	-2.81	-23.5	18.35	0.12	-0.12
123	Akron	Mid-American	0-2	0	-3.38	-22.5	18.41	0.37	-0.37
124	Massachusetts	Mid-American	0-2	0	-5.01	-38	23.4	0	0