2015 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:36.314600+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	LSU	SEC	7-0	1	26.11	16.29	13.8	5.49	1.51
2	Clemson	ACC	8-0	1	26.1	23	12.57	7.03	0.97
3	Ohio State	Big Ten	8-0	1	25.86	23.38	11.26	7.21	0.79
4	Michigan State	Big Ten	8-0	1	25.52	11.25	12.38	5.81	2.19
5	Memphis	American Athletic	8-0	1	25.28	21.25	8.82	6.41	1.59
6	Iowa	Big Ten	8-0	1	25.21	17.38	9.14	6.87	1.13
7	TCU	Big 12	8-0	1	25.05	24.38	7.2	6.7	1.3
8	Baylor	Big 12	7-0	1	24.9	36	5.01	6.24	0.76
9	Toledo	Mid-American	7-0	1	24.73	20.71	6.21	6.12	0.88
10	Oklahoma State	Big 12	8-0	1	24.72	20.88	6.25	6.57	1.43
11	Houston	American Athletic	8-0	1	24.45	28.62	3.77	7.28	0.72
12	Alabama	SEC	7-1	0.88	23.34	17.12	14.07	6.76	0.24
13	Florida	SEC	7-1	0.88	23.25	15.5	14.16	6.7	0.3
14	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	7-1	0.88	23.21	14.25	14.4	6.11	0.89
15	Stanford	Pac-12	7-1	0.88	22.99	15	12.9	6.22	0.78
16	Utah	Pac-12	7-1	0.88	22.98	12.38	13.47	5.98	1.02
17	Oklahoma	Big 12	7-1	0.88	22.86	27.25	9.57	7.17	-0.17
18	Florida State	ACC	7-1	0.88	22.69	16	10.9	6.64	0.36
19	Temple	American Athletic	7-1	0.88	22.58	15	9.67	6.64	0.36
20	App State	Sun Belt	7-1	0.88	22.23	23.12	6.83	7.17	-0.17
21	North Carolina	ACC	7-1	0.88	21.96	19.88	6.14	6.9	0.1
22	Navy	American Athletic	6-1	0.86	21.93	15.14	9.61	5.61	0.39
23	Marshall	Conference USA	8-1	0.89	21.74	15.78	4.49	7.51	0.49
24	Ole Miss	SEC	7-2	0.78	20.65	19.78	11.74	7.55	-0.55
25	Wisconsin	Big Ten	7-2	0.78	20.37	17.44	10.67	8.14	-1.14
26	Penn State	Big Ten	7-2	0.78	20.31	8.56	13.73	6.51	0.49
27	Michigan	Big Ten	6-2	0.75	20.31	17.25	14.7	7.19	-1.19
28	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	7-2	0.78	20.19	15.22	10.15	6.67	0.33
29	Mississippi State	SEC	6-2	0.75	19.99	17.38	12.39	6.68	-0.68
30	Boise State	Mountain West	7-2	0.78	19.96	21.56	7.12	7.77	-0.77
31	UCLA	Pac-12	6-2	0.75	19.69	7.88	14.64	5.16	0.84
32	Texas A&M	SEC	6-2	0.75	19.59	7.5	14.18	5.22	0.78
33	BYU	FBS Independents	6-2	0.75	19.54	10.75	11.86	5.68	0.32
34	Duke	ACC	6-2	0.75	19.41	16.5	8.1	6.73	-0.73
35	Bowling Green	Mid-American	6-2	0.75	19.37	15.38	9.06	5.88	0.12
36	Northwestern	Big Ten	6-2	0.75	18.96	3.25	13.48	4.79	1.21
37	Pittsburgh	ACC	6-2	0.75	18.79	4	10.54	4.78	1.22
38	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	6-2	0.75	18.75	12.12	6.55	5.78	0.22
39	USC	Pac-12	5-3	0.62	17.4	15.75	17	6.28	-1.28
40	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	6-3	0.67	17.29	12.11	9.05	6.4	-0.4
41	San Diego State	Mountain West	6-3	0.67	17.15	10.22	8.94	6.64	-0.64
42	Southern Miss	Conference USA	6-3	0.67	16.98	13	6.5	6.71	-0.71
43	California	Pac-12	5-3	0.62	16.64	9	12.92	5.32	-0.32
44	NC State	ACC	5-3	0.62	16.38	14.75	8.37	6.23	-1.23
45	Georgia	SEC	5-3	0.62	16.29	9	10.32	5.63	-0.63
46	Cincinnati	American Athletic	5-3	0.62	16.28	12.12	10.04	5.68	-0.68
47	Air Force	Mountain West	5-3	0.62	16.2	14.88	8.4	6.25	-1.25
48	Western Michigan	Mid-American	5-3	0.62	16.01	7	11.12	5	0
49	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	5-3	0.62	15.89	12.25	6.51	5.79	-0.79
50	Utah State	Mountain West	5-3	0.62	15.85	7.38	9.48	5.2	-0.2
51	Oregon	Pac-12	5-3	0.62	15.78	3.62	12.67	4.43	0.57
52	Washington State	Pac-12	5-3	0.62	15.73	4.5	9.76	4.64	0.36
53	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	5-3	0.62	15.38	4.12	8.94	4.58	0.42
54	Miami	ACC	5-3	0.62	15.2	1.38	12.38	4.23	0.77
55	Ohio	Mid-American	5-3	0.62	15.09	2.5	8.36	4.49	0.51
56	Texas Tech	Big 12	5-4	0.56	14.51	3.89	12.11	4.96	0.04
57	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-4	0.56	14.41	4.67	11.84	5.52	-0.52
58	Arizona	Pac-12	5-4	0.56	14.19	3.22	10.1	4.98	0.02
59	Tennessee	SEC	4-4	0.5	14.04	11.88	15.24	5.76	-1.76
60	Washington	Pac-12	4-4	0.5	13.8	10.25	14.2	6.04	-2.04
61	Arkansas	SEC	4-4	0.5	13.29	5.88	13.29	4.93	-0.93
62	South Florida	American Athletic	4-4	0.5	13.18	5.5	10.59	5	-1
63	Louisville	ACC	4-4	0.5	12.85	2.5	14.08	4.51	-0.51
64	Missouri	SEC	4-4	0.5	12.58	2.38	10.76	4.81	-0.81
65	Arizona State	Pac-12	4-4	0.5	12.47	0.88	13.39	4.13	-0.13
66	Buffalo	Mid-American	4-4	0.5	12.42	3.12	8.71	4.55	-0.55
67	Illinois	Big Ten	4-4	0.5	12.24	0.38	13.06	4.08	-0.08
68	Virginia Tech	ACC	4-5	0.44	11.92	6.22	12.95	5.69	-1.69
69	New Mexico	Mountain West	4-4	0.5	11.84	1.88	4.67	4.31	-0.31
70	West Virginia	Big 12	3-4	0.43	11.8	3.71	15.87	4	-1
71	San José State	Mountain West	4-4	0.5	11.3	0	7.69	4	0
72	Colorado	Pac-12	4-5	0.44	11.2	3.11	8.38	5.08	-1.08
73	Florida International	Conference USA	4-5	0.44	11.08	4.33	4.73	5.39	-1.39
74	Auburn	SEC	4-4	0.5	10.97	-2.12	12.99	3.65	0.35
75	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-4	0.5	10.87	-2.75	13.71	3.42	0.58
76	Nevada	Mountain West	4-4	0.5	10.69	-1.12	7.49	3.8	0.2
77	Indiana	Big Ten	4-4	0.5	10.54	-4.12	13.89	3.45	0.55
78	Tulsa	American Athletic	4-4	0.5	10.54	-3	12.62	3.61	0.39
79	Kentucky	SEC	4-4	0.5	10.33	-4.88	10.84	3.15	0.85
80	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	3-5	0.38	10.16	3.88	11.61	4.56	-1.56
81	East Carolina	American Athletic	4-5	0.44	9.77	-1.33	11.99	4.25	-0.25
82	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-6	0.33	9.77	7.44	15.06	5.8	-2.8
83	Rice	Conference USA	4-4	0.5	9.63	-8.62	7.89	2.8	1.2
84	UConn	American Athletic	4-5	0.44	9.55	-0.78	9.83	4.3	-0.3
85	Nebraska	Big Ten	3-6	0.33	9.45	5.22	13.96	5.4	-2.4
86	Kansas State	Big 12	3-4	0.43	9.36	-1.57	12.71	3.27	-0.27
87	Boston College	ACC	3-6	0.33	9.18	5	10.71	6.12	-3.12
88	Syracuse	ACC	3-5	0.38	8.98	-0.12	12.62	3.98	-0.98
89	Louisiana	Sun Belt	3-4	0.43	8.76	-1.71	7.03	3.27	-0.27
90	Colorado State	Mountain West	3-5	0.38	8.41	-0.88	10.19	3.85	-0.85
91	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-5	0.38	8.05	-2.75	13.1	3.25	-0.25
92	Akron	Mid-American	3-5	0.38	7.79	-3	11.14	3.39	-0.39
93	Iowa State	Big 12	3-5	0.38	7.73	-3.12	14.14	3.47	-0.47
94	South Alabama	Sun Belt	3-4	0.43	7.63	-14.57	8.65	1.67	1.33
95	South Carolina	SEC	3-5	0.38	7.55	-6	14.97	2.86	0.14
96	Rutgers	Big Ten	3-5	0.38	7.5	-6.12	13.36	3.08	-0.08
97	Texas	Big 12	3-5	0.38	7.42	-8.88	17.58	2.43	0.57
98	Virginia	ACC	3-5	0.38	7.07	-8.62	14.56	2.62	0.38
99	Kent State	Mid-American	3-5	0.38	6.75	-11.88	10.68	1.67	1.33
100	Idaho	Sun Belt	3-5	0.38	6.64	-11.5	7.19	2.47	0.53
101	Old Dominion	Conference USA	3-5	0.38	6.63	-15.75	11.2	1.63	1.37
102	Wake Forest	ACC	3-6	0.33	6.4	-4.33	11.22	3.41	-0.41
103	UTEP	Conference USA	3-5	0.38	6.24	-17.62	5.73	1.53	1.47
104	Ball State	Mid-American	3-6	0.33	5.97	-5.67	9.91	3.45	-0.45
105	UNLV	Mountain West	2-6	0.25	4.88	-2.75	11.23	3.56	-1.56
106	Troy	Sun Belt	2-6	0.25	4.81	-2.5	10.36	3.57	-1.57
107	Texas State	Sun Belt	2-5	0.29	4.77	-11.86	12.15	2.23	-0.23
108	Georgia State	Sun Belt	2-5	0.29	4.61	-11.14	6.7	2.11	-0.11
109	Army	FBS Independents	2-6	0.25	4.28	-4.38	6.06	3.22	-1.22
110	Maryland	Big Ten	2-6	0.25	4.1	-9.88	16.18	2.45	-0.45
111	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	2-6	0.25	4.09	-6	11.43	2.94	-0.94
112	Purdue	Big Ten	2-6	0.25	4.04	-7.25	13.88	2.91	-0.91
113	Oregon State	Pac-12	2-6	0.25	3.94	-11.25	14.22	2.02	-0.02
114	Tulane	American Athletic	2-6	0.25	3.51	-19.88	14.65	1.17	0.83
115	Charlotte	Conference USA	2-6	0.25	3.49	-17.12	9.75	1.28	0.72
116	Fresno State	Mountain West	2-6	0.25	3.39	-19.88	12.22	1.37	0.63
117	Hawai'i	Mountain West	2-7	0.22	2.81	-18.78	13.53	1.22	0.78
118	UTSA	Conference USA	1-7	0.12	0.67	-13.38	12.24	1.91	-0.91
119	Massachusetts	Mid-American	1-7	0.12	0.63	-14.5	16.08	1.89	-0.89
120	SMU	American Athletic	1-7	0.12	0.59	-14.88	12.31	2.17	-1.17
121	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	1-7	0.12	0.59	-14.88	11.93	1.75	-0.75
122	Wyoming	Mountain West	1-8	0.11	0.35	-14.78	11.39	1.94	-0.94
123	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-8	0.11	0.18	-18.56	12.04	2.05	-1.05
124	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-8	0.11	0.1	-20.22	12.04	1.09	-0.09
125	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	1-7	0.12	0.08	-22.38	12.37	1.52	-0.52
126	North Texas	Conference USA	1-7	0.12	-0.04	-26.12	10.8	0.86	0.14
127	UCF	American Athletic	0-9	0	-2.53	-21.33	12.36	0.91	-0.91
128	Kansas	Big 12	0-8	0	-2.87	-30.62	14.94	0.61	-0.61