2012 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:35.559879+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	3-0	1	31.73	38	16.69	2.98	0.02
2	Stanford	Pac-12	3-0	1	31.47	15.67	20.68	2.55	0.45
3	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-0	1	31	20	17.08	2.79	0.21
4	Georgia	SEC	3-0	1	30.75	26.33	14.91	2.62	0.38
5	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-0	1	30.66	22.67	14.75	2.62	0.38
6	Texas	Big 12	3-0	1	30.58	33.33	13.68	2.81	0.19
7	LSU	SEC	3-0	1	30	38	8.78	2.92	0.08
8	UCLA	Pac-12	3-0	1	29.5	20.67	10.71	2.53	0.47
9	Florida	SEC	3-0	1	29.41	11	13.69	2.3	0.7
10	Oregon	Pac-12	3-0	1	29.35	29.67	6.61	2.61	0.39
11	Arizona	Pac-12	3-0	1	29.32	28	7.83	2.7	0.3
12	Ohio	Mid-American	3-0	1	29.05	13.33	8.97	2.29	0.71
13	Texas Tech	Big 12	3-0	1	28.91	40.33	6.82	2.94	0.06
14	Kansas State	Big 12	3-0	1	28.87	31.67	6.04	2.82	0.18
15	Iowa State	Big 12	3-0	1	28.85	17.33	7.7	2.72	0.28
16	South Carolina	SEC	3-0	1	28.77	28.33	4.3	2.89	0.11
17	Oregon State	Pac-12	1-0	1	28.77	3	17.81	0.7	0.3
18	Louisville	Big East	3-0	1	28.33	17	8.07	2.48	0.52
19	Florida State	ACC	3-0	1	28.17	57.67	2.8	3	0
20	Baylor	Big 12	2-0	1	28.01	30	1.88	1.75	0.25
21	Rutgers	Big East	3-0	1	27.92	16	6.02	2.78	0.22
22	Clemson	ACC	3-0	1	27.87	22	1.58	2.62	0.38
23	West Virginia	Big 12	2-0	1	27.54	32.5	-0.04	1.78	0.22
24	Mississippi State	SEC	3-0	1	27.37	23.67	1.64	2.73	0.27
25	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-0	1	27.03	6.67	3.97	1.95	1.05
26	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	2-0	1	27	13	5.08	1.3	0.7
27	TCU	Big 12	2-0	1	26.99	35	3.04	2	0
28	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-0	1	26.54	15	0.89	2.4	0.6
29	Oklahoma	Big 12	2-0	1	26.36	36.5	-6.04	1.95	0.05
30	Cincinnati	Big East	2-0	1	25.31	20	-5.46	1.89	0.11
31	UTSA	Western Athletic	3-0	1	25.04	12.33	-3.49	2.26	0.74
32	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	22.63	7	16.38	2.19	-0.19
33	Arizona State	Pac-12	2-1	0.67	22.35	28	9.45	2.78	-0.78
34	USC	Pac-12	2-1	0.67	21.92	15	9.94	2.37	-0.37
35	Oklahoma State	Big 12	2-1	0.67	21.9	34.67	17.71	2.62	-0.62
36	Utah State	Western Athletic	2-1	0.67	21.55	12	9.28	2.47	-0.47
37	Tennessee	SEC	2-1	0.67	21.45	11.67	10.83	2.16	-0.16
38	South Florida	Big East	2-1	0.67	21.33	4	13.12	1.79	0.21
39	BYU	FBS Independents	2-1	0.67	21.28	17.67	6.57	2.61	-0.61
40	Missouri	SEC	2-1	0.67	21.02	11.67	18.36	2.16	-0.16
41	Nebraska	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	20.96	17.33	13.93	2.37	-0.37
42	Utah	Pac-12	2-1	0.67	20.78	12.33	16.87	2.38	-0.38
43	Louisiana	Sun Belt	2-1	0.67	20.77	4	9.27	1.72	0.28
44	UCF	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	20.59	13.33	13.64	2.27	-0.27
45	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-1	0.67	20.54	29.67	15.96	2.8	-0.8
46	Maryland	ACC	2-1	0.67	20.15	2.33	9.48	1.7	0.3
47	Virginia Tech	ACC	2-1	0.67	20.03	6.67	1.47	2	0
48	Purdue	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	20.01	25.67	7.34	2.77	-0.77
49	UConn	Big East	2-1	0.67	19.83	12.33	11.81	2.6	-0.6
50	Fresno State	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	19.69	21.67	7.64	2.51	-0.51
51	Indiana	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	19.65	14.67	0.43	2.33	-0.33
52	Nevada	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	19.64	5.67	11.57	1.8	0.2
53	Illinois	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	19.61	10	11.92	2.24	-0.24
54	Ole Miss	SEC	2-1	0.67	19.35	1.67	6.85	1.58	0.42
55	San José State	Western Athletic	2-1	0.67	19.35	16.33	12.53	2.48	-0.48
56	Michigan	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	19.3	9.67	16.31	2.03	-0.03
57	Duke	ACC	2-1	0.67	19.09	6.67	11.34	1.84	0.16
58	Iowa	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	19	3	12.26	1.84	0.16
59	NC State	ACC	2-1	0.67	18.99	4.33	18.99	1.91	0.09
60	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	18.92	1.33	16.02	1.65	0.35
61	Tulsa	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	18.91	23.33	6.41	2.56	-0.56
62	Washington	Pac-12	2-1	0.67	18.87	3.33	13.09	1.75	0.25
63	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	2-1	0.67	18.77	1.67	13.14	1.61	0.39
64	Toledo	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	18.09	2.67	14.07	1.69	0.31
65	San Diego State	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	17.87	11.33	1.74	2.16	-0.16
66	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	17.78	9.33	2.33	2.1	-0.1
67	Wake Forest	ACC	2-1	0.67	17.46	-16	12.95	0.49	1.51
68	Miami	ACC	2-1	0.67	17.17	-0.67	11.58	1.46	0.54
69	Virginia	ACC	2-1	0.67	17.13	-3.67	1.67	1.27	0.73
70	Ball State	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	17.02	-4	18.84	1.31	0.69
71	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	2-1	0.67	17	8.67	0.64	2.01	-0.01
72	East Carolina	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	16.01	-2	7.41	1.35	0.65
73	Temple	Big East	1-1	0.5	16.01	11	9.21	1.43	-0.43
74	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	15.38	0	8.7	1	0
75	Air Force	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	14.97	11	1.34	1.4	-0.4
76	Texas A&M	SEC	1-1	0.5	14.66	21	22.11	1.84	-0.84
77	Washington State	Pac-12	2-1	0.67	14.56	-4	6.18	1.2	0.8
78	Boise State	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	14.15	11.5	21.59	1.6	-0.6
79	North Carolina	ACC	1-2	0.33	13.21	18.67	15.67	2.43	-1.43
80	Buffalo	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	12.86	0	11.61	1	0
81	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	12.06	6.5	10.78	1.26	-0.26
82	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	11.55	-11.5	11.96	0.55	0.45
83	Kentucky	SEC	1-2	0.33	11.54	4.67	20.32	1.79	-0.79
84	Texas State	Western Athletic	1-1	0.5	11.53	-15.5	15.05	0.41	0.59
85	Kent State	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	11.08	-6.5	2.04	0.75	0.25
86	Boston College	ACC	1-2	0.33	10.77	4.33	12.01	1.81	-0.81
87	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	10.64	3	11.5	1.71	-0.71
88	California	Pac-12	1-2	0.33	10.53	1.67	14.72	1.59	-0.59
89	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-2	0.33	9.78	14.67	17.57	2.56	-1.56
90	Kansas	Big 12	1-2	0.33	9.52	-0.33	7.78	1.47	-0.47
91	Troy	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	9.32	-3	19.06	1.33	-0.33
92	Penn State	Big Ten	1-2	0.33	9.16	5.33	19.34	1.99	-0.99
93	Arkansas	SEC	1-2	0.33	8.86	-10	17.68	0.96	0.04
94	New Mexico State	Western Athletic	1-2	0.33	8.81	-3.33	6.94	1.33	-0.33
95	New Mexico	Mountain West	1-2	0.33	8.23	-11.67	17.5	0.89	0.11
96	North Texas	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	8.16	-4.67	18.64	1.18	-0.18
97	Marshall	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	8.1	-3.33	17.85	1.35	-0.35
98	Akron	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	7.78	5	7.29	1.74	-0.74
99	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	7.74	-5.67	13.61	1	0
100	SMU	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	7.6	-9.33	7.51	0.98	0.02
101	Colorado State	Mountain West	1-2	0.33	7.36	-10	0.84	0.73	0.27
102	Rice	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	7.36	-14.33	24.32	0.83	0.17
103	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	7.32	-15.33	11.62	0.46	0.54
104	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	7.28	-15.67	18.29	0.75	0.25
105	Florida International	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	7.22	-10	11.52	0.99	0.01
106	South Alabama	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	7.16	-6.67	8.49	0.9	0.1
107	Syracuse	Big East	1-2	0.33	6.86	-1	16.93	1.45	-0.45
108	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	6.38	-19	8.19	0.44	0.56
109	Auburn	SEC	1-2	0.33	6.19	-7.33	29.64	0.97	0.03
110	UTEP	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	5.89	-7.33	24.7	0.95	0.05
111	Pittsburgh	Big East	1-2	0.33	5.72	-6.67	15.22	1.02	-0.02
112	UNLV	Mountain West	0-3	0	-1.5	-4.67	8.79	1.17	-1.17
113	Memphis	Conference USA	0-3	0	-1.84	-8.67	4.32	0.99	-0.99
114	Wyoming	Mountain West	0-3	0	-1.96	-8.33	11.6	0.98	-0.98
115	Houston	Conference USA	0-3	0	-2.45	-18.33	23.81	0.59	-0.59
116	Colorado	Pac-12	0-3	0	-2.48	-20.67	7.61	0.46	-0.46
117	Army	FBS Independents	0-2	0	-2.58	-18	14.84	0.41	-0.41
118	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-3	0	-2.59	-22	8.75	0.41	-0.41
119	Southern Miss	Conference USA	0-2	0	-2.65	-19.5	18.64	0.28	-0.28
120	Idaho	Western Athletic	0-3	0	-2.79	-24.67	11.77	0.15	-0.15
121	Tulane	Conference USA	0-2	0	-3.11	-23.5	21.63	0.12	-0.12
122	UAB	Conference USA	0-2	0	-3.17	-26.5	24.99	0.2	-0.2
123	Navy	FBS Independents	0-2	0	-3.25	-33.5	16.57	0.04	-0.04
124	Massachusetts	Mid-American	0-3	0	-3.88	-42	18.91	0.02	-0.02