2012 W6 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:35.561132+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-0	1	27.45	21	15.41	4.78	0.22
2	Florida	SEC	5-0	1	27.14	15.8	15.09	4.44	0.56
3	Alabama	SEC	5-0	1	27.01	33.2	11.37	4.92	0.08
4	Oregon	Pac-12	6-0	1	26.75	32.33	10.38	5.44	0.56
5	Oregon State	Pac-12	4-0	1	26.74	6.5	16.02	2.73	1.27
6	South Carolina	SEC	6-0	1	26.57	25.83	10.63	5.7	0.3
7	West Virginia	Big 12	5-0	1	26.52	17	11.85	3.59	1.41
8	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-0	1	26.45	18	11.24	4.9	1.1
9	Kansas State	Big 12	5-0	1	26.24	28	8.56	4.6	0.4
10	Cincinnati	Big East	4-0	1	25.84	20.25	8.08	3.58	0.42
11	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	5-0	1	25.23	17.4	5.45	3.59	1.41
12	Mississippi State	SEC	5-0	1	24.91	20.8	3.35	4.51	0.49
13	Ohio	Mid-American	6-0	1	24.64	14	3.44	4.54	1.46
14	Rutgers	Big East	5-0	1	24.58	14.6	3.16	4.42	0.58
15	Louisville	Big East	5-0	1	24.29	12.4	2.15	3.85	1.15
16	UTSA	Western Athletic	5-0	1	23.24	22.2	-4.78	4.45	0.55
17	Georgia	SEC	5-1	0.83	22.91	17.17	12.41	4.69	0.31
18	Texas	Big 12	4-1	0.8	22.73	20.4	14.41	3.98	0.02
19	Stanford	Pac-12	4-1	0.8	22.66	9.8	20.17	3.53	0.47
20	Florida State	ACC	5-1	0.83	22.42	32.83	6.92	5.74	-0.74
21	LSU	SEC	5-1	0.83	22.18	20.67	7.96	5.44	-0.44
22	Texas Tech	Big 12	4-1	0.8	22.01	22.2	9.79	4.4	-0.4
23	Iowa State	Big 12	4-1	0.8	21.99	11	16.03	3.89	0.11
24	Clemson	ACC	5-1	0.83	21.76	14	9.12	4.36	0.64
25	Texas A&M	SEC	4-1	0.8	21.41	29.8	8.18	4.66	-0.66
26	Northwestern	Big Ten	5-1	0.83	21.37	9.17	6.46	4.11	0.89
27	USC	Pac-12	4-1	0.8	21.19	14.6	9.78	3.95	0.05
28	Arizona State	Pac-12	4-1	0.8	21.11	24.8	6.53	4.61	-0.61
29	Duke	ACC	5-1	0.83	21.1	12.67	5.83	4.35	0.65
30	Tulsa	Conference USA	5-1	0.83	21.07	14.17	5.18	4.34	0.66
31	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	5-1	0.83	21.06	13	5.68	4.48	0.52
32	TCU	Big 12	4-1	0.8	21.06	16.8	5.91	4.37	-0.37
33	Boise State	Mountain West	4-1	0.8	21.03	10.6	10.5	3.87	0.13
34	Toledo	Mid-American	5-1	0.83	20.97	8.83	6.73	4.03	0.97
35	Nevada	Mountain West	5-1	0.83	20.82	13.67	3.74	4.35	0.65
36	San José State	Western Athletic	4-1	0.8	20.57	13	6.17	3.95	0.05
37	Oklahoma	Big 12	3-1	0.75	20.51	22.25	11.79	3.55	-0.55
38	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	4-1	0.8	20.16	8.6	5.67	3.46	0.54
39	Louisiana	Sun Belt	4-1	0.8	20.14	13.6	4.22	3.7	0.3
40	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	19.92	6.8	4.95	3.35	0.65
41	Baylor	Big 12	3-1	0.75	19.92	14.5	8.7	2.71	0.29
42	Kent State	Mid-American	4-1	0.8	19.19	6.4	2.01	3.13	0.87
43	Nebraska	Big Ten	4-2	0.67	18.57	16	10.35	4.48	-0.48
44	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-2	0.67	18.38	6.67	16.13	4.22	-0.22
45	North Carolina	ACC	4-2	0.67	18.36	26.17	9.13	5.37	-1.37
46	Penn State	Big Ten	4-2	0.67	18.32	11	13.59	4.65	-0.65
47	UCLA	Pac-12	4-2	0.67	18.24	9.5	10.42	4.13	-0.13
48	BYU	FBS Independents	4-2	0.67	18.07	17	9.44	5.56	-1.56
49	Fresno State	Mountain West	4-2	0.67	18	16.17	9.09	4.66	-0.66
50	NC State	ACC	4-2	0.67	17.9	7.5	12.33	4.06	-0.06
51	Utah State	Western Athletic	4-2	0.67	17.82	11.17	7.07	4.89	-0.89
52	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-2	0.67	17.54	4.83	12.16	3.78	0.22
53	Michigan	Big Ten	3-2	0.6	16.96	10.6	17.16	3.62	-0.62
54	Tennessee	SEC	3-2	0.6	16.68	9.8	13.08	3.32	-0.32
55	UCF	Conference USA	3-2	0.6	16.49	11	12.63	3.65	-0.65
56	Purdue	Big Ten	3-2	0.6	16.34	11.2	7.71	3.52	-0.52
57	Iowa	Big Ten	3-2	0.6	16.1	5.2	12.6	3.25	-0.25
58	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	3-2	0.6	15.99	12.4	8.76	3.54	-0.54
59	Troy	Sun Belt	3-2	0.6	15.6	3.8	10.67	2.96	0.04
60	Miami	ACC	4-2	0.67	15.36	-4.5	13.37	2.51	1.49
61	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	3-2	0.6	15.36	6.6	3.27	3.14	-0.14
62	Oklahoma State	Big 12	2-2	0.5	15.05	24.75	13.73	3.2	-1.2
63	Maryland	ACC	3-2	0.6	14.4	0.4	11.02	2.56	0.44
64	Arizona	Pac-12	3-3	0.5	14.34	4.33	17.4	3.44	-0.44
65	Washington	Pac-12	3-2	0.6	14.12	-3.4	15.36	2.09	0.91
66	Virginia Tech	ACC	3-3	0.5	13.93	6.67	11.1	3.9	-0.9
67	Missouri	SEC	3-3	0.5	13.63	2.5	14.46	3.37	-0.37
68	Ole Miss	SEC	3-3	0.5	13.5	3.67	11.04	3.44	-0.44
69	UConn	Big East	3-3	0.5	13.47	3.67	10.83	3.71	-0.71
70	San Diego State	Mountain West	3-3	0.5	13.39	9.33	8.27	3.96	-0.96
71	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-3	0.5	12.99	5.5	8.9	3.7	-0.7
72	Temple	Big East	2-2	0.5	12.71	5	7.16	2.43	-0.43
73	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	3-3	0.5	12.42	1.67	10.07	3.2	-0.2
74	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-3	0.5	11.5	0	9.3	3	0
75	New Mexico	Mountain West	3-3	0.5	11.47	-0.67	13.14	2.92	0.08
76	Ball State	Mid-American	3-3	0.5	11.19	-3.67	13.58	2.63	0.37
77	Indiana	Big Ten	2-3	0.4	11.14	5	8.93	2.98	-0.98
78	Pittsburgh	Big East	2-3	0.4	10.78	4.8	5.6	3.09	-1.09
79	Air Force	Mountain West	2-3	0.4	10.74	6.6	2.95	3.12	-1.12
80	Wake Forest	ACC	3-3	0.5	10.34	-8	10.63	1.98	1.02
81	East Carolina	Conference USA	3-3	0.5	10.31	-6.17	8.15	2.09	0.91
82	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-3	0.4	10.11	0.6	17.22	2.59	-0.59
83	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-4	0.33	10.04	7.67	12.74	3.79	-1.79
84	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-3	0.5	9.95	-12.83	10.66	1.63	1.37
85	Utah	Pac-12	2-3	0.4	9.73	-0.6	14.07	2.43	-0.43
86	Syracuse	Big East	2-3	0.4	8.62	-1.8	14.13	2.29	-0.29
87	Houston	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	8.37	-2.2	13.89	2.29	-0.29
88	California	Pac-12	2-4	0.33	8.23	0.5	17.08	3.06	-1.06
89	SMU	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	8.01	-3.8	12.02	2.04	-0.04
90	Navy	FBS Independents	2-3	0.4	7.72	-6.8	13.77	1.56	0.44
91	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	7.7	-13.6	13.02	1.38	0.62
92	Texas State	Western Athletic	2-3	0.4	7.62	-12.2	10.1	1.34	0.66
93	South Florida	Big East	2-4	0.33	7.32	-2.33	14.31	2.69	-0.69
94	Marshall	Conference USA	2-4	0.33	6.91	-4	14.31	2.67	-0.67
95	Illinois	Big Ten	2-4	0.33	6.49	-7.17	13.41	2	0
96	North Texas	Sun Belt	2-4	0.33	6.4	-6.33	10.7	2.04	-0.04
97	Virginia	ACC	2-4	0.33	6.28	-10.33	15.26	1.79	0.21
98	Washington State	Pac-12	2-4	0.33	6.21	-8.5	11.3	1.89	0.11
99	Arkansas	SEC	2-4	0.33	5.64	-11.67	13.6	1.66	0.34
100	Boston College	ACC	1-4	0.2	4.48	-0.8	11.09	2.42	-1.42
101	Buffalo	Mid-American	1-4	0.2	3.4	-6	15.34	1.91	-0.91
102	Wyoming	Mountain West	1-4	0.2	3.29	-5.8	11.29	1.94	-0.94
103	Auburn	SEC	1-4	0.2	3.24	-8.2	17.79	1.33	-0.33
104	Kansas	Big 12	1-4	0.2	3.06	-9.6	13.13	1.42	-0.42
105	UAB	Conference USA	1-4	0.2	2.91	-5	15.93	2.03	-1.03
106	South Alabama	Sun Belt	1-4	0.2	2.73	-12.2	14.3	0.89	0.11
107	Akron	Mid-American	1-5	0.17	2.69	-4.5	7.64	2.56	-1.56
108	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	1-4	0.2	2.47	-17	14.46	0.61	0.39
109	Kentucky	SEC	1-5	0.17	2.41	-9.67	23.78	1.72	-0.72
110	Memphis	Conference USA	1-4	0.2	2.38	-9.2	8.42	1.47	-0.47
111	Colorado	Pac-12	1-4	0.2	2.3	-17.8	7.94	0.97	0.03
112	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1-4	0.2	2.29	-23.4	11.95	0.7	0.3
113	New Mexico State	Western Athletic	1-5	0.17	2.21	-8.67	8.03	1.97	-0.97
114	UNLV	Mountain West	1-5	0.17	2.21	-10	13.14	1.86	-0.86
115	UTEP	Conference USA	1-5	0.17	2.18	-10	11.96	1.5	-0.5
116	Army	FBS Independents	1-4	0.2	2.12	-13	8.21	1.33	-0.33
117	Florida International	Sun Belt	1-5	0.17	2.02	-13.17	15.63	1.6	-0.6
118	Rice	Conference USA	1-5	0.17	2.02	-11.83	10.59	1.78	-0.78
119	Colorado State	Mountain West	1-5	0.17	1.89	-14	10.77	1.1	-0.1
120	Idaho	Western Athletic	1-5	0.17	1.06	-22.5	8.05	0.64	0.36
121	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-5	0	-2.62	-21.8	12.01	0.55	-0.55
122	Southern Miss	Conference USA	0-5	0	-2.66	-18.8	20.08	0.7	-0.7
123	Massachusetts	Mid-American	0-6	0	-2.95	-29.67	15.31	0.37	-0.37
124	Tulane	Conference USA	0-5	0	-3.14	-33.4	19	0.12	-0.12