2012 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:35.560694+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Oregon State	Pac-12	3-0	1	28.11	4.33	21.68	1.83	1.17
2	Alabama	SEC	5-0	1	27.91	33.2	12.93	4.92	0.08
3	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-0	1	27.8	16.75	15.24	3.69	0.31
4	Texas	Big 12	4-0	1	27.78	26.25	13.77	3.49	0.51
5	Georgia	SEC	5-0	1	27.33	26.2	11.05	4.33	0.67
6	Florida	SEC	4-0	1	27.31	17.75	12.63	3.55	0.45
7	Oregon	Pac-12	5-0	1	27.3	32.6	10.27	4.55	0.45
8	Texas Tech	Big 12	4-0	1	27.2	33	10.52	3.86	0.14
9	Ohio State	Big Ten	5-0	1	26.82	16.6	10.74	4.17	0.83
10	West Virginia	Big 12	4-0	1	26.81	20.5	10.29	3.04	0.96
11	Kansas State	Big 12	4-0	1	26.74	25	8.64	3.63	0.37
12	Florida State	ACC	5-0	1	26.62	39.6	6.6	4.86	0.14
13	South Carolina	SEC	5-0	1	26.49	25.4	7.24	4.72	0.28
14	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	4-0	1	25.93	15	6.82	2.77	1.23
15	Cincinnati	Big East	3-0	1	25.85	14.33	7.67	2.54	0.46
16	LSU	SEC	5-0	1	25.69	26.4	3.25	4.68	0.32
17	Northwestern	Big Ten	5-0	1	25.6	13.2	6.05	3.82	1.18
18	TCU	Big 12	4-0	1	25.6	24.5	3.43	3.88	0.12
19	Mississippi State	SEC	4-0	1	25.4	22.75	2.98	3.66	0.34
20	Ohio	Mid-American	5-0	1	25.25	15.4	3.44	3.92	1.08
21	Louisville	Big East	5-0	1	24.95	12.4	2.58	3.85	1.15
22	Rutgers	Big East	4-0	1	24.82	14.25	1.61	3.42	0.58
23	UTSA	Western Athletic	5-0	1	23.82	22.2	-4.06	4.45	0.55
24	Stanford	Pac-12	3-1	0.75	22.66	10.75	20.35	3.12	-0.12
25	UCLA	Pac-12	4-1	0.8	21.99	16.6	11.03	4.03	-0.03
26	Arizona State	Pac-12	4-1	0.8	21.74	24.8	7.94	4.61	-0.61
27	Nebraska	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	21.69	24.2	8.49	4.32	-0.32
28	Clemson	ACC	4-1	0.8	21.64	13.6	10.2	3.63	0.37
29	Iowa State	Big 12	3-1	0.75	21.32	10.25	12.96	3.14	-0.14
30	San José State	Western Athletic	4-1	0.8	21.29	13	8.7	3.95	0.05
31	Utah State	Western Athletic	4-1	0.8	21.01	14	6.68	4.18	-0.18
32	Nevada	Mountain West	4-1	0.8	20.97	15	6.24	3.7	0.3
33	USC	Pac-12	3-1	0.75	20.94	15.75	12.01	3.29	-0.29
34	Duke	ACC	4-1	0.8	20.89	10.2	7.77	3.41	0.59
35	Tulsa	Conference USA	4-1	0.8	20.86	15.6	5.31	3.75	0.25
36	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	20.82	6.8	5.59	3.35	0.65
37	Baylor	Big 12	3-1	0.75	20.73	14.5	7.97	2.71	0.29
38	Miami	ACC	4-1	0.8	20.63	2.2	12.85	2.69	1.31
39	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	4-1	0.8	20.63	8.6	6.95	3.46	0.54
40	Texas A&M	SEC	3-1	0.75	20.55	36.5	7.43	3.86	-0.86
41	Toledo	Mid-American	4-1	0.8	20.48	7.6	6.89	3.31	0.69
42	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	4-1	0.8	20.47	13.2	4.39	3.75	0.25
43	Boise State	Mountain West	3-1	0.75	20.37	6.75	14.34	2.79	0.21
44	Purdue	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	20.1	21.75	6.85	3.38	-0.38
45	Washington	Pac-12	3-1	0.75	20.05	3.5	15.43	2.38	0.62
46	Louisiana	Sun Belt	3-1	0.75	19.46	10	6.83	2.71	0.29
47	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	3-1	0.75	18.75	11.75	1.99	2.84	0.16
48	Oklahoma	Big 12	2-1	0.67	18.63	22.67	7.55	2.7	-0.7
49	Kent State	Mid-American	3-1	0.75	17.89	1.25	5.41	2.1	0.9
50	Arizona	Pac-12	3-2	0.6	17.68	6.4	17.51	3.09	-0.09
51	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-2	0.6	17.65	7.2	17.4	3.71	-0.71
52	Tennessee	SEC	3-2	0.6	17.53	9.8	14.69	3.32	-0.32
53	North Carolina	ACC	3-2	0.6	16.91	28.6	8.3	4.64	-1.64
54	Virginia Tech	ACC	3-2	0.6	16.89	10.8	9.6	3.8	-0.8
55	Fresno State	Mountain West	3-2	0.6	16.85	15.2	11.29	3.72	-0.72
56	NC State	ACC	3-2	0.6	16.84	8.8	10.08	3.47	-0.47
57	Penn State	Big Ten	3-2	0.6	16.74	11	13.38	4.01	-1.01
58	BYU	FBS Independents	3-2	0.6	16.68	19.8	8.26	4.65	-1.65
59	Missouri	SEC	3-2	0.6	16.66	3.8	17.75	2.94	0.06
60	Iowa	Big Ten	3-2	0.6	16.48	5.2	15.34	3.25	-0.25
61	Ole Miss	SEC	3-2	0.6	16.37	5	9.73	2.99	0.01
62	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-2	0.6	16.34	2.4	13.17	2.83	0.17
63	UConn	Big East	3-2	0.6	16.23	7.6	10.35	3.6	-0.6
64	Oklahoma State	Big 12	2-2	0.5	15.87	24.75	14.59	3.2	-1.2
65	Troy	Sun Belt	3-2	0.6	15.46	3.8	10.23	2.96	0.04
66	UCF	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	14.93	8.75	13.4	2.77	-0.77
67	Michigan	Big Ten	2-2	0.5	14.45	5.5	16.15	2.5	-0.5
68	Ball State	Mid-American	3-2	0.6	14.41	-2	13.53	2.34	0.66
69	Indiana	Big Ten	2-2	0.5	14.04	7.25	7.79	2.55	-0.55
70	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	2-2	0.5	13.5	12	8.37	2.76	-0.76
71	Utah	Pac-12	2-2	0.5	13.3	1.75	12.12	2.19	-0.19
72	Pittsburgh	Big East	2-2	0.5	13.27	6.25	6.29	2.55	-0.55
73	Air Force	Mountain West	2-2	0.5	13.03	10	3.57	2.7	-0.7
74	Wake Forest	ACC	3-2	0.6	12.98	-8.6	10.01	1.65	1.35
75	East Carolina	Conference USA	3-2	0.6	12.76	-3.4	7.01	2.05	0.95
76	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-3	0.4	12.39	12.4	11.6	3.56	-1.56
77	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-2	0.6	12.16	-7.8	7.78	1.77	1.23
78	Maryland	ACC	2-2	0.5	11.82	-0.75	10.53	1.92	0.08
79	San Diego State	Mountain West	2-3	0.4	11.16	3.6	8.43	2.82	-0.82
80	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-2	0.5	10.4	-13.25	11.27	1.08	0.92
81	Texas State	Western Athletic	2-2	0.5	10.35	-10	8.68	1.25	0.75
82	South Florida	Big East	2-3	0.4	10.08	-1	16.55	2.38	-0.38
83	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	9.73	-1	12.75	2.39	-0.39
84	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	2-3	0.4	9.61	-0.8	11.42	2.42	-0.42
85	Temple	Big East	1-2	0.33	9.07	3.67	5.76	1.76	-0.76
86	Marshall	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	8.93	-3.4	13.42	2.26	-0.26
87	Illinois	Big Ten	2-3	0.4	8.91	-5.2	13.38	1.9	0.1
88	New Mexico	Mountain West	2-3	0.4	8.65	-5	13.74	2.01	-0.01
89	Virginia	ACC	2-3	0.4	8.51	-7.4	14.75	1.76	0.24
90	North Texas	Sun Belt	2-3	0.4	8.32	-3	12.35	2.07	-0.07
91	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	8.21	-2.8	11.09	2.11	-0.11
92	Washington State	Pac-12	2-3	0.4	8.07	-7.6	8.24	1.74	0.26
93	Boston College	ACC	1-3	0.25	6.44	-0.25	14.31	1.98	-0.98
94	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-3	0.25	6.3	-0.25	18.2	1.97	-0.97
95	Syracuse	Big East	1-3	0.25	5.26	-2.5	15.86	1.79	-0.79
96	Kansas	Big 12	1-3	0.25	5.2	-2	10.23	1.79	-0.79
97	Auburn	SEC	1-3	0.25	4.84	-6	21.07	1.33	-0.33
98	Buffalo	Mid-American	1-3	0.25	4.81	-5.75	12.44	1.53	-0.53
99	SMU	Conference USA	1-3	0.25	4.5	-9	15.57	1.27	-0.27
100	Wyoming	Mountain West	1-3	0.25	4.35	-5.5	8.68	1.57	-0.57
101	Navy	FBS Independents	1-3	0.25	4.21	-10.25	13.43	0.88	0.12
102	Akron	Mid-American	1-4	0.2	3.93	-2.6	9.11	2.31	-1.31
103	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1-3	0.25	3.88	-19.75	12.04	0.72	0.28
104	California	Pac-12	1-4	0.2	3.79	-4.6	16.47	2.02	-1.02
105	Houston	Conference USA	1-3	0.25	3.67	-8.5	17.02	1.35	-0.35
106	Kentucky	SEC	1-4	0.2	3.48	-9	23.74	1.53	-0.53
107	UNLV	Mountain West	1-4	0.2	3.28	-6.6	11.46	1.79	-0.79
108	UTEP	Conference USA	1-4	0.2	3.23	-8.6	15.25	1.51	-0.51
109	New Mexico State	Western Athletic	1-4	0.2	3.16	-8.8	11.26	1.66	-0.66
110	Florida International	Sun Belt	1-4	0.2	2.99	-13	18.03	1.37	-0.37
111	South Alabama	Sun Belt	1-4	0.2	2.96	-12.2	14.62	0.89	0.11
112	Rice	Conference USA	1-4	0.2	2.86	-13.4	12.81	1.48	-0.48
113	Colorado State	Mountain West	1-4	0.2	2.8	-12.6	8.97	1.1	-0.1
114	Arkansas	SEC	1-4	0.2	2.72	-17.4	14.57	1.05	-0.05
115	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	1-4	0.2	2.66	-17	14.01	0.61	0.39
116	Colorado	Pac-12	1-4	0.2	2.41	-17.8	8.67	0.97	0.03
117	Memphis	Conference USA	0-4	0	-2.18	-12.5	9.91	1.03	-1.03
118	Army	FBS Independents	0-4	0	-2.44	-17	10.04	0.81	-0.81
119	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-4	0	-2.63	-20.5	12.22	0.49	-0.49
120	Southern Miss	Conference USA	0-4	0	-2.64	-17	19.62	0.65	-0.65
121	UAB	Conference USA	0-4	0	-2.77	-18.5	22.1	0.79	-0.79
122	Idaho	Western Athletic	0-5	0	-2.78	-28.6	8.2	0.31	-0.31
123	Massachusetts	Mid-American	0-5	0	-3.02	-28	16.93	0.34	-0.34
124	Tulane	Conference USA	0-4	0	-3.22	-34.75	18.88	0.07	-0.07