2012 W7 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:35.561554+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	6-0	1	27.17	18.67	16.24	5.63	0.37
2	Alabama	SEC	6-0	1	26.75	33	12.06	5.89	0.11
3	Florida	SEC	6-0	1	26.58	15.5	14.05	5.24	0.76
4	Oregon State	Pac-12	5-0	1	26.31	8.8	14.88	3.58	1.42
5	Ohio State	Big Ten	7-0	1	26.2	15.86	12.24	5.35	1.65
6	Oregon	Pac-12	6-0	1	26.15	32.33	9.18	5.44	0.56
7	Kansas State	Big 12	6-0	1	25.98	24.33	9.55	5.37	0.63
8	Mississippi State	SEC	6-0	1	24.85	19	5.11	5.17	0.83
9	Cincinnati	Big East	5-0	1	24.61	22.6	2.93	4.52	0.48
10	Rutgers	Big East	6-0	1	24.31	13.5	3.65	5.18	0.82
11	Louisville	Big East	6-0	1	24.18	12	3.48	4.45	1.55
12	Ohio	Mid-American	7-0	1	24.15	12.86	2.94	5.16	1.84
13	South Carolina	SEC	6-1	0.86	23.32	21.86	12.07	6.43	-0.43
14	Texas Tech	Big 12	5-1	0.83	22.56	24.33	13.02	5.38	-0.38
15	LSU	SEC	6-1	0.86	22.48	18	9.79	6.14	-0.14
16	Florida State	ACC	6-1	0.86	22.31	34.43	5.97	6.74	-0.74
17	Texas A&M	SEC	5-1	0.83	22.31	25.17	11.59	5.16	-0.16
18	Georgia	SEC	5-1	0.83	22.23	17.17	12.14	4.69	0.31
19	West Virginia	Big 12	5-1	0.83	22.06	8.33	12.66	3.7	1.3
20	Northwestern	Big Ten	6-1	0.86	21.8	9	8.94	4.84	1.16
21	Oklahoma	Big 12	4-1	0.8	21.78	26.2	12.63	4.51	-0.51
22	USC	Pac-12	5-1	0.83	21.76	13.83	10.94	4.74	0.26
23	Boise State	Mountain West	5-1	0.83	21.75	10.5	12.2	4.69	0.31
24	Tulsa	Conference USA	6-1	0.86	21.57	15.29	5.55	5.25	0.75
25	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	5-1	0.83	21.55	14.17	7.8	4.04	0.96
26	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	6-1	0.86	21.52	17.14	4.8	5.71	0.29
27	TCU	Big 12	5-1	0.83	21.52	18.67	8.21	5.26	-0.26
28	Arizona State	Pac-12	5-1	0.83	21.24	26.33	5.06	5.54	-0.54
29	Clemson	ACC	5-1	0.83	21.15	14	6.9	4.36	0.64
30	Toledo	Mid-American	6-1	0.86	21.12	8.29	5.31	4.54	1.46
31	Nevada	Mountain West	6-1	0.86	20.99	12.43	2.99	4.91	1.09
32	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	5-1	0.83	20.75	8	7.46	4.06	0.94
33	Louisiana	Sun Belt	4-1	0.8	19.91	13.6	3.91	3.7	0.3
34	Kent State	Mid-American	5-1	0.83	19.64	7.67	1.08	3.93	1.07
35	UTSA	Western Athletic	5-1	0.83	19.57	15.17	-3.84	4.82	0.18
36	North Carolina	ACC	5-2	0.71	19.06	23	9.33	6.17	-1.17
37	Stanford	Pac-12	4-2	0.67	19.03	7	19.79	3.97	0.03
38	Texas	Big 12	4-2	0.67	18.67	10	15.06	3.92	0.08
39	UCLA	Pac-12	5-2	0.71	18.61	9.14	10.85	4.84	0.16
40	Iowa State	Big 12	4-2	0.67	18.61	8.17	16.08	4.27	-0.27
41	Michigan	Big Ten	4-2	0.67	18.5	16.33	14.18	4.96	-0.96
42	Utah State	Western Athletic	5-2	0.71	18.49	12.71	8.57	5.69	-0.69
43	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-2	0.71	18.48	7.57	11.16	4.85	0.15
44	Penn State	Big Ten	4-2	0.67	18.18	11	13.2	4.65	-0.65
45	Duke	ACC	5-2	0.71	18.16	7.86	6.8	4.51	0.49
46	Nebraska	Big Ten	4-2	0.67	18.08	16	10.33	4.48	-0.48
47	San José State	Western Athletic	4-2	0.67	17.49	7.17	8.91	3.94	0.06
48	NC State	ACC	4-2	0.67	17.48	7.5	10.11	4.06	-0.06
49	Iowa	Big Ten	4-2	0.67	17.46	4.83	13.17	3.86	0.14
50	UCF	Conference USA	4-2	0.67	17.42	10.33	8.74	4.25	-0.25
51	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	4-2	0.67	17.38	13.83	7.25	4.44	-0.44
52	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-2	0.67	17.08	4.33	8.55	3.69	0.31
53	Oklahoma State	Big 12	3-2	0.6	16.47	21	10.05	3.96	-0.96
54	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	4-2	0.67	16.36	6.17	3.82	3.71	0.29
55	Maryland	ACC	4-2	0.67	16.28	1.5	9.89	3.25	0.75
56	Baylor	Big 12	3-2	0.6	16.21	6	12.32	2.9	0.1
57	Fresno State	Mountain West	4-3	0.57	15.75	12.43	10.92	5.16	-1.16
58	BYU	FBS Independents	4-3	0.57	15.69	12	10.55	5.72	-1.72
59	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-3	0.57	15.69	5.29	15.32	4.66	-0.66
60	Virginia Tech	ACC	4-3	0.57	15.4	8.71	12.52	4.82	-0.82
61	Temple	Big East	3-2	0.6	15.11	4.6	8.7	3.04	-0.04
62	San Diego State	Mountain West	4-3	0.57	14.91	11.43	7	4.9	-0.9
63	Ole Miss	SEC	4-3	0.57	14.74	6.14	9.06	4.35	-0.35
64	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-3	0.57	14.3	3.57	9.39	4.2	-0.2
65	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	4-3	0.57	14.1	2.43	8.94	3.83	0.17
66	Tennessee	SEC	3-3	0.5	14.01	6.5	14.26	3.66	-0.66
67	Arizona	Pac-12	3-3	0.5	13.85	4.33	17.03	3.44	-0.44
68	New Mexico	Mountain West	4-3	0.57	13.76	1.14	9.7	3.66	0.34
69	Purdue	Big Ten	3-3	0.5	13.37	5.33	9.37	3.62	-0.62
70	Troy	Sun Belt	3-3	0.5	13.17	2.33	12.88	3.33	-0.33
71	East Carolina	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	12.63	-0.43	7.62	3.42	0.58
72	Ball State	Mid-American	4-3	0.57	12.57	-2.29	12.98	3.22	0.78
73	Miami	ACC	4-3	0.57	12.53	-4.43	13.5	2.89	1.11
74	Air Force	Mountain West	3-3	0.5	12.45	5.67	3.68	3.65	-0.65
75	Houston	Conference USA	3-3	0.5	12.3	1.83	10.4	3.22	-0.22
76	UConn	Big East	3-4	0.43	11.46	2.71	11.86	4.13	-1.13
77	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-4	0.43	11.34	3.86	8.44	4.08	-1.08
78	California	Pac-12	3-4	0.43	11.27	2.43	14.86	3.86	-0.86
79	Washington	Pac-12	3-3	0.5	11.06	-4.5	16.03	2.33	0.67
80	Navy	FBS Independents	3-3	0.5	10.64	-2.67	12.46	2.55	0.45
81	Wake Forest	ACC	3-3	0.5	10.06	-8	11.4	1.98	1.02
82	Texas State	Western Athletic	3-3	0.5	9.99	-5	8.96	2.38	0.62
83	Missouri	SEC	3-4	0.43	9.82	-2.43	16.31	3.09	-0.09
84	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-4	0.33	9.56	7.67	10.45	3.79	-1.79
85	Indiana	Big Ten	2-4	0.33	9.19	3.67	10.74	3.39	-1.39
86	Pittsburgh	Big East	2-4	0.33	8.78	2.33	8.78	3.31	-1.31
87	Arkansas	SEC	3-4	0.43	8.68	-4	12.09	2.93	0.07
88	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-4	0.43	8.03	-14.57	10.65	1.67	1.33
89	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-4	0.33	7.47	-1.83	16.94	2.7	-0.7
90	Utah	Pac-12	2-4	0.33	7.36	-1.67	14.41	2.74	-0.74
91	Syracuse	Big East	2-4	0.33	7.01	-2.83	14.64	2.59	-0.59
92	South Florida	Big East	2-4	0.33	6.97	-2.33	13.62	2.69	-0.69
93	Marshall	Conference USA	2-4	0.33	6.62	-4	13.43	2.67	-0.67
94	SMU	Conference USA	2-4	0.33	6.57	-3.33	8.57	2.52	-0.52
95	North Texas	Sun Belt	2-4	0.33	6.17	-6.33	10.81	2.04	-0.04
96	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-4	0.33	5.76	-14.33	12.37	1.52	0.48
97	Virginia	ACC	2-5	0.29	5.11	-9.86	14.31	2.11	-0.11
98	Washington State	Pac-12	2-5	0.29	5.01	-9.29	10.61	2.08	-0.08
99	Illinois	Big Ten	2-5	0.29	4.96	-12.57	14.59	1.56	0.44
100	Rice	Conference USA	2-5	0.29	4.95	-7.29	12.49	2.56	-0.56
101	Wyoming	Mountain West	1-5	0.17	2.6	-5	11.05	2.41	-1.41
102	Boston College	ACC	1-5	0.17	2.39	-8	12.17	2.04	-1.04
103	UAB	Conference USA	1-5	0.17	2.34	-7.83	14.68	2.12	-1.12
104	Kansas	Big 12	1-5	0.17	2.22	-9	12.57	1.71	-0.71
105	Auburn	SEC	1-5	0.17	2.2	-10.33	17.33	1.42	-0.42
106	New Mexico State	Western Athletic	1-5	0.17	2.12	-8.67	8.77	1.97	-0.97
107	Buffalo	Mid-American	1-5	0.17	2.08	-12	15.21	1.61	-0.61
108	South Alabama	Sun Belt	1-5	0.17	2.05	-11.33	14.01	1.32	-0.32
109	Akron	Mid-American	1-6	0.14	1.92	-4.71	10.18	2.95	-1.95
110	Army	FBS Independents	1-5	0.17	1.84	-13.17	9.74	1.53	-0.53
111	Memphis	Conference USA	1-5	0.17	1.84	-13.33	8.54	1.29	-0.29
112	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	1-5	0.17	1.7	-17.67	12.95	0.7	0.3
113	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1-5	0.17	1.54	-21.5	12.49	0.94	0.06
114	Colorado	Pac-12	1-5	0.17	1.53	-20.5	9.24	0.99	0.01
115	UNLV	Mountain West	1-6	0.14	1.47	-9.29	12.96	2.31	-1.31
116	Florida International	Sun Belt	1-6	0.14	1.31	-11.86	16.07	2.01	-1.01
117	UTEP	Conference USA	1-6	0.14	1.31	-11.71	13.31	1.51	-0.51
118	Kentucky	SEC	1-6	0.14	1.24	-14.29	21.13	1.44	-0.44
119	Colorado State	Mountain West	1-6	0.14	1.07	-15.43	10.4	1.16	-0.16
120	Tulane	Conference USA	1-5	0.17	1	-27.67	17.21	0.33	0.67
121	Idaho	Western Athletic	1-6	0.14	0.69	-23.71	7.88	0.63	0.37
122	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-6	0	-2.5	-19	12.68	1.05	-1.05
123	Southern Miss	Conference USA	0-6	0	-2.52	-16.83	18.47	1.08	-1.08
124	Massachusetts	Mid-American	0-6	0	-2.9	-29.67	14.86	0.37	-0.37