2015 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:36.314186+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	LSU	SEC	7-0	1	26.5	16.29	14.91	5.49	1.51
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	8-0	1	26.19	23.38	11.96	7.21	0.79
3	Clemson	ACC	7-0	1	26.17	24.14	11.8	6.39	0.61
4	Michigan State	Big Ten	8-0	1	25.73	11.25	12.56	5.81	2.19
5	Iowa	Big Ten	7-0	1	25.59	17.57	10.02	6.02	0.98
6	Memphis	American Athletic	7-0	1	25.5	20.29	9.13	5.47	1.53
7	Temple	American Athletic	7-0	1	25.24	17.71	8.28	6.08	0.92
8	Baylor	Big 12	7-0	1	25.19	36	5.49	6.24	0.76
9	TCU	Big 12	7-0	1	25.19	23.57	7	5.73	1.27
10	Toledo	Mid-American	7-0	1	24.95	20.71	6.3	6.12	0.88
11	Oklahoma State	Big 12	7-0	1	24.66	21.43	4.76	6.01	0.99
12	Houston	American Athletic	7-0	1	24.41	27.86	2.65	6.23	0.77
13	Alabama	SEC	7-1	0.88	23.58	17.12	14.56	6.76	0.24
14	Utah	Pac-12	6-1	0.86	23.25	12	15.56	5.12	0.88
15	Florida	SEC	6-1	0.86	23.06	14.29	14.89	5.65	0.35
16	Oklahoma	Big 12	6-1	0.86	22.95	23.29	12.47	6.03	-0.03
17	Stanford	Pac-12	6-1	0.86	22.73	16.86	12.64	5.64	0.36
18	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	6-1	0.86	22.63	15.71	12.19	5.44	0.56
19	Florida State	ACC	6-1	0.86	22.52	14.86	10.54	5.77	0.23
20	App State	Sun Belt	6-1	0.86	22.13	26	7.74	6.57	-0.57
21	Duke	ACC	6-1	0.86	21.93	19.29	7.58	6.19	-0.19
22	Marshall	Conference USA	7-1	0.88	21.75	14.75	5.17	6.53	0.47
23	North Carolina	ACC	6-1	0.86	21.43	21.71	4.41	6.15	-0.15
24	Navy	American Athletic	5-1	0.83	21.4	15.67	9.4	4.83	0.17
25	Pittsburgh	ACC	6-1	0.86	21.33	5.57	9.38	4.43	1.57
26	Mississippi State	SEC	6-2	0.75	20.17	17.38	13.02	6.68	-0.68
27	Ole Miss	SEC	6-2	0.75	20.17	21.25	11.95	6.8	-0.8
28	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	6-2	0.75	19.82	14	10.42	5.83	0.17
29	Michigan	Big Ten	5-2	0.71	19.79	19.29	15.66	6.54	-1.54
30	Wisconsin	Big Ten	6-2	0.75	19.74	14.88	11.07	7.06	-1.06
31	BYU	FBS Independents	6-2	0.75	19.67	10.75	12.27	5.68	0.32
32	Boise State	Mountain West	6-2	0.75	19.51	20.75	7.86	6.93	-0.93
33	Bowling Green	Mid-American	6-2	0.75	19.49	15.38	9.32	5.88	0.12
34	Penn State	Big Ten	6-2	0.75	19.4	4.75	13.99	5.02	0.98
35	Northwestern	Big Ten	6-2	0.75	19.13	3.25	13.87	4.79	1.21
36	Texas A&M	SEC	5-2	0.71	19.08	7.57	14.35	4.59	0.41
37	UCLA	Pac-12	5-2	0.71	19.07	8.43	15.71	4.58	0.42
38	California	Pac-12	5-2	0.71	19.04	11.14	12.42	4.87	0.13
39	Georgia	SEC	5-2	0.71	18.48	13.71	8.84	5.46	-0.46
40	NC State	ACC	5-2	0.71	18.24	19	5.98	6.04	-1.04
41	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	5-2	0.71	18.01	10.43	6.02	4.83	0.17
42	Washington State	Pac-12	5-2	0.71	17.8	5.43	9.34	4.16	0.84
43	Arizona	Pac-12	5-3	0.62	16.34	9.38	9.38	5.17	-0.17
44	USC	Pac-12	4-3	0.57	16.34	17.14	17	5.59	-1.59
45	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	5-3	0.62	16.25	10.5	9.65	5.47	-0.47
46	Texas Tech	Big 12	5-3	0.62	16.19	6.5	10.2	4.7	0.3
47	San Diego State	Mountain West	5-3	0.62	16.04	8.5	9.57	5.66	-0.66
48	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	5-3	0.62	15.97	12.25	6.82	5.79	-0.79
49	Southern Miss	Conference USA	5-3	0.62	15.87	12	6.2	5.79	-0.79
50	Ohio	Mid-American	5-3	0.62	15.27	2.5	7.49	4.49	0.51
51	Illinois	Big Ten	4-3	0.57	15.27	6	12.66	4.54	-0.54
52	Cincinnati	American Athletic	4-3	0.57	15.16	7.43	12.64	4.42	-0.42
53	South Florida	American Athletic	4-3	0.57	14.94	8	10.4	4.73	-0.73
54	Air Force	Mountain West	4-3	0.57	14.91	9.71	8.91	4.89	-0.89
55	Utah State	Mountain West	4-3	0.57	14.87	4	11.42	4.13	-0.13
56	Oregon	Pac-12	4-3	0.57	14.74	3.29	12.89	3.86	0.14
57	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-3	0.57	14.7	3.71	13.28	3.99	0.01
58	Arizona State	Pac-12	4-3	0.57	14.56	1.86	14	3.77	0.23
59	Miami	ACC	4-3	0.57	14.27	1.14	11.81	3.67	0.33
60	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	4-3	0.57	14.13	2.71	9.77	3.84	0.16
61	West Virginia	Big 12	3-3	0.5	14.04	9.33	14.96	4.01	-1.01
62	Kentucky	SEC	4-3	0.57	13.05	-1.14	11.6	3.31	0.69
63	Central Michigan	Mid-American	4-4	0.5	13.01	4.25	11.73	4.77	-0.77
64	Auburn	SEC	4-3	0.57	12.91	-1.29	11.51	3.32	0.68
65	Missouri	SEC	4-4	0.5	12.84	2.38	11.14	4.81	-0.81
66	Florida International	Conference USA	4-4	0.5	12.66	6.62	5.6	5.18	-1.18
67	Colorado	Pac-12	4-4	0.5	12.58	4	7.74	4.68	-0.68
68	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-3	0.57	12.55	-2.71	13.69	2.99	1.01
69	East Carolina	American Athletic	4-4	0.5	12.48	0.75	13.08	4.12	-0.12
70	Tennessee	SEC	3-4	0.43	12.45	9.14	15.14	4.75	-1.75
71	New Mexico	Mountain West	4-4	0.5	12.05	1.88	4.75	4.31	-0.31
72	Washington	Pac-12	3-4	0.43	11.99	5.14	14.4	4.47	-1.47
73	Louisville	ACC	3-4	0.43	11.45	2.71	16.16	3.97	-0.97
74	Syracuse	ACC	3-4	0.43	11.36	3.29	11.05	3.97	-0.97
75	San José State	Mountain West	4-4	0.5	11.3	0	8.18	4	0
76	Arkansas	SEC	3-4	0.43	11.29	1.71	17.88	3.76	-0.76
77	Rice	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	11.24	-6.29	6.97	2.74	1.26
78	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-5	0.38	11.14	9.12	16.8	5.37	-2.37
79	Nebraska	Big Ten	3-5	0.38	11.1	7.12	16.11	5.16	-2.16
80	Colorado State	Mountain West	3-4	0.43	10.92	2.43	9.39	3.85	-0.85
81	Indiana	Big Ten	4-4	0.5	10.84	-4.12	14.66	3.45	0.55
82	Buffalo	Mid-American	3-4	0.43	10.83	2.86	9.82	3.94	-0.94
83	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-4	0.43	10.83	1.71	12.35	3.91	-0.91
84	Boston College	ACC	3-5	0.38	10.74	7.62	10.98	6.13	-3.13
85	Nevada	Mountain West	4-4	0.5	10.72	-1.12	8.21	3.8	0.2
86	Virginia Tech	ACC	3-5	0.38	10.66	5	13.78	4.82	-1.82
87	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	3-5	0.38	10.34	3.88	11.76	4.56	-1.56
88	Rutgers	Big Ten	3-4	0.43	9.65	-1.57	12.67	3.29	-0.29
89	Kansas State	Big 12	3-4	0.43	9.6	-1.57	12.33	3.27	-0.27
90	Akron	Mid-American	3-4	0.43	9.14	-2.29	11.41	3.12	-0.12
91	Tulsa	American Athletic	3-4	0.43	9.08	-4.71	15.1	2.97	0.03
92	Texas	Big 12	3-4	0.43	8.84	-6.71	20.11	2.51	0.49
93	South Carolina	SEC	3-4	0.43	8.76	-5.86	14.97	2.48	0.52
94	Old Dominion	Conference USA	3-4	0.43	7.86	-14.43	9.73	1.44	1.56
95	UConn	American Athletic	3-5	0.38	7.78	-3.12	9.36	3.29	-0.29
96	South Alabama	Sun Belt	3-4	0.43	7.71	-14.57	7.33	1.67	1.33
97	Wake Forest	ACC	3-5	0.38	7.66	-4.75	12.37	2.95	0.05
98	Idaho	Sun Belt	3-4	0.43	7.64	-12.14	8.51	1.99	1.01
99	UNLV	Mountain West	2-5	0.29	7.21	0.86	9.46	3.63	-1.63
100	UTEP	Conference USA	3-4	0.43	7.14	-17.14	4.15	1.43	1.57
101	Kent State	Mid-American	3-5	0.38	6.91	-11.88	11.13	1.67	1.33
102	Louisiana	Sun Belt	2-4	0.33	6.55	-3	7.79	2.66	-0.66
103	Texas State	Sun Belt	2-4	0.33	5.63	-9.83	12.29	2.13	-0.13
104	Georgia State	Sun Belt	2-4	0.33	5.47	-10.67	5.65	1.8	0.2
105	Troy	Sun Belt	2-5	0.29	5.43	-2.43	8.26	3.11	-1.11
106	Iowa State	Big 12	2-5	0.29	5.36	-7	15.5	2.56	-0.56
107	Maryland	Big Ten	2-5	0.29	5.11	-9	14.61	2.28	-0.28
108	Virginia	ACC	2-5	0.29	4.99	-10.71	15.05	2.06	-0.06
109	Oregon State	Pac-12	2-5	0.29	4.92	-10.71	12.69	1.88	0.12
110	Tulane	American Athletic	2-5	0.29	4.5	-18.71	12.93	1.13	0.87
111	Charlotte	Conference USA	2-5	0.29	4.46	-16.14	8.48	1.25	0.75
112	Army	FBS Independents	2-6	0.25	4.37	-4.38	6.38	3.22	-1.22
113	Ball State	Mid-American	2-6	0.25	4.17	-7.62	11.21	2.82	-0.82
114	Hawai'i	Mountain West	2-6	0.25	3.73	-14.75	12.91	1.48	0.52
115	Fresno State	Mountain West	2-6	0.25	3.47	-19.88	12.37	1.37	0.63
116	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	1-6	0.14	1.47	-8.86	11.22	2.18	-1.18
117	Purdue	Big Ten	1-6	0.14	1.39	-9.71	14.27	2.12	-1.12
118	Massachusetts	Mid-American	1-6	0.14	1.12	-15.14	17.61	1.69	-0.69
119	UTSA	Conference USA	1-6	0.14	1.09	-14.29	14.62	1.58	-0.58
120	SMU	American Athletic	1-6	0.14	1.05	-15.71	13.02	1.82	-0.82
121	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	1-6	0.14	1.03	-16.14	12.94	1.41	-0.41
122	Wyoming	Mountain West	1-7	0.12	0.69	-12.75	10.56	1.86	-0.86
123	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-7	0.12	0.5	-17.12	12.13	1.92	-0.92
124	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-7	0.12	0.29	-22.12	12.34	0.79	0.21
125	UCF	American Athletic	0-8	0	-2.42	-18.38	12.31	1.05	-1.05
126	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	0-7	0	-2.73	-26.57	12.85	0.95	-0.95
127	Kansas	Big 12	0-7	0	-2.79	-27.14	14.96	0.7	-0.7
128	North Texas	Conference USA	0-7	0	-2.84	-30.86	12.32	0.53	-0.53