2012 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:35.562494+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	8-0	1	26.55	32.5	13.42	7.83	0.17
2	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8-0	1	26.41	16.5	15.32	7.29	0.71
3	Kansas State	Big 12	8-0	1	25.93	27.25	11.11	7.24	0.76
4	Ohio State	Big Ten	9-0	1	25.63	14.44	11.99	6.77	2.23
5	Oregon	Pac-12	8-0	1	25.61	34	8.64	7.34	0.66
6	Louisville	Big East	8-0	1	24.01	9.62	5.52	5.57	2.43
7	Florida	SEC	7-1	0.88	23.59	14.75	15.22	6.89	0.11
8	Florida State	ACC	8-1	0.89	22.84	32.78	7.58	8.62	-0.62
9	LSU	SEC	7-1	0.88	22.46	16.38	9.43	6.85	0.15
10	Georgia	SEC	7-1	0.88	22.43	14.5	10.02	6.13	0.87
11	Mississippi State	SEC	7-1	0.88	22.25	15.62	7.71	6.56	0.44
12	Clemson	ACC	7-1	0.88	22.23	16.75	8.28	6.21	0.79
13	Oregon State	Pac-12	6-1	0.86	22.18	7.86	12.42	4.98	1.02
14	Boise State	Mountain West	7-1	0.88	22.1	14.88	7.96	6.81	0.19
15	Rutgers	Big East	7-1	0.88	21.94	11.75	7.12	6.45	0.55
16	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	7-1	0.88	21.79	17.62	5.51	5.8	1.2
17	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	8-1	0.89	21.78	18.22	4.13	7.41	0.59
18	Toledo	Mid-American	8-1	0.89	21.63	7.67	6.68	5.81	2.19
19	Tulsa	Conference USA	7-1	0.88	21.59	13.88	5.36	5.89	1.11
20	Kent State	Mid-American	7-1	0.88	21.25	9.38	5.27	5.46	1.54
21	Ohio	Mid-American	7-1	0.88	21.24	10.88	3.53	5.69	1.31
22	South Carolina	SEC	7-2	0.78	20.6	13.67	13.12	7.1	-0.1
23	Texas Tech	Big 12	6-2	0.75	20.28	14.75	14.03	5.96	0.04
24	Texas A&M	SEC	6-2	0.75	20.13	23.5	12.07	6.79	-0.79
25	Stanford	Pac-12	6-2	0.75	19.88	8.38	15.52	5.65	0.35
26	Nebraska	Big Ten	6-2	0.75	19.84	13.88	12.96	5.9	0.1
27	Utah State	Western Athletic	7-2	0.78	19.83	17.11	7.52	7.8	-0.8
28	Northwestern	Big Ten	7-2	0.78	19.62	8.11	9.51	6.08	0.92
29	USC	Pac-12	6-2	0.75	19.5	15.5	8.97	6.4	-0.4
30	Texas	Big 12	6-2	0.75	19.47	8.75	12.58	5.09	0.91
31	Oklahoma	Big 12	5-2	0.71	19.46	22.71	12.82	6.15	-1.15
32	San José State	Western Athletic	6-2	0.75	19.25	10.25	10.6	5.67	0.33
33	UCLA	Pac-12	6-2	0.75	19.25	8.25	11.58	5.3	0.7
34	UCF	Conference USA	6-2	0.75	19.03	14.62	7.56	6.2	-0.2
35	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	6-2	0.75	18.94	12.25	7.61	5.67	0.33
36	Oklahoma State	Big 12	5-2	0.71	18.93	21.14	11.01	5.76	-0.76
37	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	6-2	0.75	18.56	6.88	7.79	5.22	0.78
38	Cincinnati	Big East	5-2	0.71	18.46	14.86	8.26	5.56	-0.56
39	North Carolina	ACC	6-3	0.67	17.92	18.44	11.19	7.35	-1.35
40	Fresno State	Mountain West	6-3	0.67	17.58	14.67	10.09	6.87	-0.87
41	West Virginia	Big 12	5-2	0.71	17.55	1.29	13.73	3.63	1.37
42	Wisconsin	Big Ten	6-3	0.67	17.5	8.33	11.23	6.44	-0.44
43	Michigan	Big Ten	5-3	0.62	16.93	10.75	14.17	6.07	-1.07
44	Penn State	Big Ten	5-3	0.62	16.89	9.75	14.48	5.88	-0.88
45	San Diego State	Mountain West	6-3	0.67	16.8	10.22	6.31	6.16	-0.16
46	Arizona	Pac-12	5-3	0.62	16.8	8	16.44	5.06	-0.06
47	Nevada	Mountain West	6-3	0.67	16.66	7.67	5.48	5.62	0.38
48	Bowling Green	Mid-American	6-3	0.67	16.63	7.78	6.54	6.54	-0.54
49	Arizona State	Pac-12	5-3	0.62	16.45	16.75	8.08	6.37	-1.37
50	Iowa State	Big 12	5-3	0.62	16.4	5.25	15.63	5.09	-0.09
51	TCU	Big 12	5-3	0.62	16.33	10.88	9.45	5.75	-0.75
52	Duke	ACC	6-3	0.67	16.28	1.89	8.9	4.83	1.17
53	NC State	ACC	5-3	0.62	15.8	4.88	9.81	4.9	0.1
54	Ball State	Mid-American	6-3	0.67	15.63	0.33	10.46	4.55	1.45
55	Ole Miss	SEC	5-3	0.62	15.59	5.75	8.76	4.91	0.09
56	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	5-3	0.62	15.57	5	9.59	4.75	0.25
57	Air Force	Mountain West	5-3	0.62	15.47	7	6.95	5.05	-0.05
58	Navy	FBS Independents	5-3	0.62	15.12	1.62	11.89	4.31	0.69
59	BYU	FBS Independents	5-4	0.56	15.09	11.67	11.92	7.24	-2.24
60	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-3	0.62	15.03	2.12	9.43	4.42	0.58
61	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-4	0.56	14.8	4.22	15.63	5.79	-0.79
62	UTSA	Western Athletic	5-3	0.62	14.72	4	2.22	4.66	0.34
63	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	5-3	0.62	14.55	1.5	7.06	4.24	0.76
64	Louisiana	Sun Belt	4-3	0.57	14.37	5.43	6.63	4.21	-0.21
65	Virginia Tech	ACC	4-4	0.5	13.31	5	13.34	4.88	-0.88
66	Pittsburgh	Big East	4-4	0.5	12.85	7.25	7.79	5.31	-1.31
67	Vanderbilt	SEC	4-4	0.5	12.75	4.38	10.76	4.95	-0.95
68	SMU	Conference USA	4-4	0.5	12.53	5.12	7.05	4.82	-0.82
69	Syracuse	Big East	4-4	0.5	12.41	1.75	11.83	4.32	-0.32
70	Troy	Sun Belt	4-4	0.5	12.15	1	9.59	4.17	-0.17
71	Missouri	SEC	4-4	0.5	12.11	0.75	13.24	4.15	-0.15
72	Maryland	ACC	4-4	0.5	11.77	0.5	7.9	4.12	-0.12
73	East Carolina	Conference USA	5-4	0.56	11.7	-2.67	6.85	3.98	1.02
74	Iowa	Big Ten	4-4	0.5	11.42	-0.75	12.18	3.83	0.17
75	Baylor	Big 12	3-4	0.43	11	1.43	12.86	3.64	-0.64
76	Houston	Conference USA	4-4	0.5	10.8	-1.12	9.9	3.85	0.15
77	Miami	ACC	4-4	0.5	10.36	-5.5	14.15	3.13	0.87
78	Washington	Pac-12	4-4	0.5	10.29	-7.38	17.19	2.61	1.39
79	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-5	0.38	10.18	5.25	8.49	4.76	-1.76
80	Indiana	Big Ten	3-5	0.38	9.95	4.38	9.62	4.64	-1.64
81	Wake Forest	ACC	4-4	0.5	9.87	-8.88	11.15	2.41	1.59
82	Purdue	Big Ten	3-5	0.38	9.7	1.12	13.24	4.18	-1.18
83	Tennessee	SEC	3-5	0.38	9.69	0.62	16.18	4.09	-1.09
84	New Mexico	Mountain West	4-5	0.44	9.59	-1.56	10.85	4.22	-0.22
85	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	4-4	0.5	9.5	-12.38	12.07	2.12	1.88
86	Temple	Big East	3-4	0.43	8.73	-4.57	10.44	2.76	0.24
87	Utah	Pac-12	3-5	0.38	8.73	-0.25	14.66	3.95	-0.95
88	Texas State	Western Athletic	3-4	0.43	8.48	-5.86	10.22	2.64	0.36
89	UConn	Big East	3-5	0.38	8.13	-1.38	10.89	3.65	-0.65
90	Marshall	Conference USA	3-5	0.38	7.79	-3.25	10.59	3.63	-0.63
91	Arkansas	SEC	3-5	0.38	7.67	-3.88	12.01	3.37	-0.37
92	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-6	0.33	7.44	-0.44	10.21	4.42	-1.42
93	North Texas	Sun Belt	3-5	0.38	7.36	-6	11.59	2.84	0.16
94	California	Pac-12	3-6	0.33	6.92	-2.56	13.77	4	-1
95	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-5	0.38	6.81	-9.5	11.09	2.62	0.38
96	Rice	Conference USA	3-6	0.33	6.39	-3.11	10.94	3.96	-0.96
97	South Florida	Big East	2-6	0.25	5.08	-2.12	14.55	3.64	-1.64
98	Virginia	ACC	2-6	0.25	3.99	-9.38	13.2	2.38	-0.38
99	Washington State	Pac-12	2-6	0.25	3.99	-9	10.73	2.38	-0.38
100	South Alabama	Sun Belt	2-6	0.25	3.96	-9.88	12.19	2.21	-0.21
101	Boston College	ACC	2-6	0.25	3.89	-8.12	11.34	2.63	-0.63
102	Illinois	Big Ten	2-6	0.25	3.81	-12.75	13.22	1.76	0.24
103	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	2-6	0.25	3.57	-12.75	12.15	1.78	0.22
104	Colorado State	Mountain West	2-6	0.25	3.56	-11.62	9.53	1.95	0.05
105	Tulane	Conference USA	2-6	0.25	3.28	-20	14.01	1.19	0.81
106	UTEP	Conference USA	2-7	0.22	3.26	-9.78	12.6	2.46	-0.46
107	UAB	Conference USA	1-7	0.12	1.05	-8	12.01	2.91	-1.91
108	Wyoming	Mountain West	1-7	0.12	0.83	-11.12	12.79	2.31	-1.31
109	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1-6	0.14	0.81	-20.57	10.51	1.2	-0.2
110	Buffalo	Mid-American	1-7	0.12	0.81	-11.38	14.87	2.07	-1.07
111	Army	FBS Independents	1-7	0.12	0.73	-12.12	9.5	2.24	-1.24
112	New Mexico State	Western Athletic	1-7	0.12	0.72	-12.5	10.95	1.99	-0.99
113	Auburn	SEC	1-7	0.12	0.71	-13.5	17.55	1.55	-0.55
114	Kansas	Big 12	1-7	0.12	0.71	-12.88	14.99	1.68	-0.68
115	Akron	Mid-American	1-8	0.11	0.69	-9.33	10.43	3.02	-2.02
116	Florida International	Sun Belt	1-8	0.11	0.64	-10.22	15.3	2.74	-1.74
117	UNLV	Mountain West	1-8	0.11	0.56	-11.22	13.34	2.52	-1.52
118	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-7	0.12	0.53	-15.62	11.01	1.74	-0.74
119	Memphis	Conference USA	1-7	0.12	0.53	-16.12	10.3	1.4	-0.4
120	Kentucky	SEC	1-8	0.11	0.4	-14.22	19.37	1.83	-0.83
121	Idaho	Western Athletic	1-7	0.12	0.13	-26	10.01	0.74	0.26
122	Colorado	Pac-12	1-7	0.12	0.11	-27.88	12.21	0.79	0.21
123	Southern Miss	Conference USA	0-8	0	-2.57	-20.38	16.25	1.22	-1.22
124	Massachusetts	Mid-American	0-8	0	-2.82	-30.5	12.74	0.34	-0.34