2012 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:35.562039+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Florida	SEC	7-0	1	26.6	18	15.02	6.27	0.73
2	Alabama	SEC	7-0	1	26.59	32.71	12.6	6.85	0.15
3	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	7-0	1	26.58	16.43	15.06	6.41	0.59
4	Oregon	Pac-12	7-0	1	26.03	30.86	10.14	6.3	0.7
5	Kansas State	Big 12	7-0	1	25.98	26.71	10.48	6.37	0.63
6	Ohio State	Big Ten	8-0	1	25.84	14.75	11.92	6.04	1.96
7	Oregon State	Pac-12	6-0	1	25.78	9.67	13.17	4.49	1.51
8	Mississippi State	SEC	7-0	1	24.82	22.29	5.58	6.31	0.69
9	Rutgers	Big East	7-0	1	24.56	15.14	5.75	6.18	0.82
10	Louisville	Big East	7-0	1	23.89	10.57	3.55	5.03	1.97
11	Ohio	Mid-American	7-0	1	23.83	12.86	2.57	5.16	1.84
12	Texas Tech	Big 12	6-1	0.86	23.13	21.29	13.96	5.85	0.15
13	LSU	SEC	7-1	0.88	22.75	16.38	10.29	6.85	0.15
14	Florida State	ACC	7-1	0.88	22.53	31.75	6.32	7.61	-0.61
15	USC	Pac-12	6-1	0.86	22.03	18.14	8.4	5.96	0.04
16	Oklahoma	Big 12	5-1	0.83	22.01	29.33	10.12	5.56	-0.56
17	Boise State	Mountain West	6-1	0.86	21.98	12.57	9.7	5.78	0.22
18	Georgia	SEC	6-1	0.86	21.96	15.43	8.52	5.34	0.66
19	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	6-1	0.86	21.84	18.14	7.4	5.01	0.99
20	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	7-1	0.88	21.75	18.75	4.23	6.75	0.25
21	Clemson	ACC	6-1	0.86	21.75	15	7.78	5.23	0.77
22	Toledo	Mid-American	7-1	0.88	21.7	8	7.5	5.17	1.83
23	Tulsa	Conference USA	7-1	0.88	21.69	13.88	5.07	5.89	1.11
24	Cincinnati	Big East	5-1	0.83	21.08	17.83	5.55	5.08	-0.08
25	Kent State	Mid-American	6-1	0.86	20.42	9	2.37	4.73	1.27
26	South Carolina	SEC	6-2	0.75	20.32	15	13.1	6.6	-0.6
27	Texas A&M	SEC	5-2	0.71	19.59	20.86	12.94	5.8	-0.8
28	Wisconsin	Big Ten	6-2	0.75	19.44	9.75	11.2	5.91	0.09
29	Stanford	Pac-12	5-2	0.71	19.34	8.57	17.25	4.96	0.04
30	Michigan	Big Ten	5-2	0.71	19.21	14.29	13.93	5.71	-0.71
31	Penn State	Big Ten	5-2	0.71	19.15	12.86	14.18	5.63	-0.63
32	Northwestern	Big Ten	6-2	0.75	19.12	7.75	8.67	5.32	0.68
33	Texas	Big 12	5-2	0.71	19.12	9.43	15.37	4.46	0.54
34	Utah State	Western Athletic	6-2	0.75	19.09	15.38	6.71	6.83	-0.83
35	Nebraska	Big Ten	5-2	0.71	18.95	13.86	12.38	5.06	-0.06
36	Nevada	Mountain West	6-2	0.75	18.73	10.75	4.84	5.4	0.6
37	TCU	Big 12	5-2	0.71	18.73	15.57	8.75	5.55	-0.55
38	Duke	ACC	6-2	0.75	18.71	7.25	7.73	5.07	0.93
39	Arizona State	Pac-12	5-2	0.71	18.66	19.43	7.3	5.93	-0.93
40	UCLA	Pac-12	5-2	0.71	18.59	9.14	11.69	4.84	0.16
41	San José State	Western Athletic	5-2	0.71	18.43	10.14	10.53	4.93	0.07
42	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	5-2	0.71	18.41	12	9.56	4.92	0.08
43	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	5-2	0.71	18.09	6.71	8.59	4.46	0.54
44	UCF	Conference USA	5-2	0.71	18.06	11.43	7.31	5.11	-0.11
45	NC State	ACC	5-2	0.71	18.05	6.71	9.81	4.65	0.35
46	Oklahoma State	Big 12	4-2	0.67	18.01	21	10.54	4.87	-0.87
47	West Virginia	Big 12	5-2	0.71	17.93	1.29	13.76	3.63	1.37
48	North Carolina	ACC	5-3	0.62	17.03	19.75	10.46	6.74	-1.74
49	UTSA	Western Athletic	5-2	0.71	16.96	9	-0.48	4.79	0.21
50	Louisiana	Sun Belt	4-2	0.67	16.94	10.17	4.69	4.14	-0.14
51	Fresno State	Mountain West	5-3	0.62	16.53	14.38	9.95	6.15	-1.15
52	San Diego State	Mountain West	5-3	0.62	15.93	10.12	7.47	5.4	-0.4
53	Arizona	Pac-12	4-3	0.57	15.63	8.71	15.73	4.51	-0.51
54	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-3	0.62	15.57	6.12	7.6	5.41	-0.41
55	Iowa State	Big 12	4-3	0.57	15.49	4	16.51	4.26	-0.26
56	Ole Miss	SEC	4-3	0.57	14.68	6.14	8.89	4.35	-0.35
57	East Carolina	Conference USA	5-3	0.62	14.2	0.5	6.6	4.09	0.91
58	Troy	Sun Belt	4-3	0.57	14.2	2.14	11.05	3.83	0.17
59	Iowa	Big Ten	4-3	0.57	14.14	0.71	12.41	3.64	0.36
60	Air Force	Mountain West	4-3	0.57	14.09	5.57	5.43	4.27	-0.27
61	Ball State	Mid-American	5-3	0.62	14.08	-0.62	11.63	3.91	1.09
62	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	4-3	0.57	14.06	2.43	8.6	3.83	0.17
63	Maryland	ACC	4-3	0.57	13.96	1	10.18	3.7	0.3
64	BYU	FBS Independents	4-4	0.5	13.9	10.12	12.2	6.27	-2.27
65	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-4	0.5	13.66	4.38	15.44	5.16	-1.16
66	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-3	0.57	13.53	0.14	9.65	3.53	0.47
67	Virginia Tech	ACC	4-4	0.5	13.51	5	13.2	4.88	-0.88
68	Baylor	Big 12	3-3	0.5	13.37	4	12.7	3.31	-0.31
69	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	4-3	0.57	12.69	-0.71	6.66	3.4	0.6
70	Navy	FBS Independents	4-3	0.57	12.33	-2.14	11.46	3.1	0.9
71	New Mexico	Mountain West	4-4	0.5	11.96	0.38	9.88	4.06	-0.06
72	Temple	Big East	3-3	0.5	11.7	-0.33	11.2	2.95	0.05
73	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-4	0.43	11.63	9.43	8.99	4.65	-1.65
74	Wake Forest	ACC	4-3	0.57	11.59	-6	10.39	2.53	1.47
75	Purdue	Big Ten	3-4	0.43	11.51	3.57	12.07	4	-1
76	Tennessee	SEC	3-4	0.43	11.26	1.14	15.69	3.64	-0.64
77	Pittsburgh	Big East	3-4	0.43	10.91	4	7.61	4.17	-1.17
78	Syracuse	Big East	3-4	0.43	10.88	1.86	13.6	3.82	-0.82
79	Miami	ACC	4-4	0.5	10.57	-5.5	14.24	3.13	0.87
80	Marshall	Conference USA	3-4	0.43	10.52	1.57	10.51	3.65	-0.65
81	SMU	Conference USA	3-4	0.43	10.37	1.43	9.24	3.7	-0.7
82	Texas State	Western Athletic	3-3	0.5	10.15	-5	10.05	2.38	0.62
83	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-4	0.43	9.56	-1	13.71	3.3	-0.3
84	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-5	0.38	9.53	1.25	9.24	4.21	-1.21
85	Missouri	SEC	3-4	0.43	9.41	-2.43	15.49	3.09	-0.09
86	California	Pac-12	3-5	0.38	9.23	-0.12	15.36	3.98	-0.98
87	Houston	Conference USA	3-4	0.43	9.13	-2.71	10.03	3.17	-0.17
88	Arkansas	SEC	3-4	0.43	8.81	-4	12.03	2.93	0.07
89	Washington	Pac-12	3-4	0.43	8.65	-8.86	15.45	2.11	0.89
90	North Texas	Sun Belt	3-4	0.43	8.6	-4.43	12.22	2.72	0.28
91	UConn	Big East	3-5	0.38	8.41	-1.38	11.34	3.65	-0.65
92	Indiana	Big Ten	2-5	0.29	7.96	3	10.57	3.87	-1.87
93	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-4	0.43	7.83	-14.57	10.84	1.67	1.33
94	South Florida	Big East	2-5	0.29	6.09	-2.29	15.64	3.14	-1.14
95	Utah	Pac-12	2-5	0.29	5.89	-3.43	16.01	2.86	-0.86
96	Washington State	Pac-12	2-5	0.29	4.87	-9.29	10.35	2.08	-0.08
97	Illinois	Big Ten	2-5	0.29	4.79	-12.57	14.18	1.56	0.44
98	South Alabama	Sun Belt	2-5	0.29	4.73	-9.29	11.55	1.96	0.04
99	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-5	0.29	4.72	-13.86	12.71	1.85	0.15
100	Rice	Conference USA	2-6	0.25	4.28	-6.88	13.04	2.96	-0.96
101	Virginia	ACC	2-6	0.25	4.08	-9.38	13.16	2.38	-0.38
102	UTEP	Conference USA	2-6	0.25	3.79	-9.75	12.36	2.05	-0.05
103	UAB	Conference USA	1-6	0.14	1.6	-7.71	14.17	2.52	-1.52
104	Wyoming	Mountain West	1-6	0.14	1.54	-8.29	11.38	2.38	-1.38
105	Auburn	SEC	1-6	0.14	1.48	-9.43	16.68	1.73	-0.73
106	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1-5	0.17	1.47	-21.5	12.85	0.94	0.06
107	Boston College	ACC	1-6	0.14	1.42	-9.71	11.31	2.14	-1.14
108	Buffalo	Mid-American	1-6	0.14	1.26	-12.29	13.97	1.73	-0.73
109	New Mexico State	Western Athletic	1-6	0.14	1.22	-12.29	9.71	1.81	-0.81
110	Kansas	Big 12	1-6	0.14	1.17	-14.14	14.6	1.37	-0.37
111	Army	FBS Independents	1-6	0.14	1.16	-12.71	8	1.92	-0.92
112	Memphis	Conference USA	1-6	0.14	1.12	-14	10.52	1.43	-0.43
113	Akron	Mid-American	1-7	0.12	1.09	-7.88	11.34	2.91	-1.91
114	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	1-6	0.14	1.04	-15.57	11.56	1.18	-0.18
115	Colorado State	Mountain West	1-6	0.14	1	-15.43	10.09	1.16	-0.16
116	Florida International	Sun Belt	1-7	0.12	0.88	-10.5	15.65	2.51	-1.51
117	UNLV	Mountain West	1-7	0.12	0.83	-11.25	13.41	2.31	-1.31
118	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-6	0.14	0.8	-14.86	10.6	1.72	-0.72
119	Kentucky	SEC	1-7	0.12	0.74	-13.12	21.28	1.81	-0.81
120	Colorado	Pac-12	1-6	0.14	0.71	-23.86	10.49	0.87	0.13
121	Tulane	Conference USA	1-6	0.14	0.69	-24.29	15.11	0.54	0.46
122	Idaho	Western Athletic	1-7	0.12	0.16	-26	10.26	0.74	0.26
123	Southern Miss	Conference USA	0-7	0	-2.57	-19.43	17.35	1.14	-1.14
124	Massachusetts	Mid-American	0-7	0	-2.83	-28.86	13.85	0.36	-0.36