2016 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:36.576976+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	14-1	0.93	24.03	25.8	13.71	13.95	0.05
2	Clemson	ACC	14-1	0.93	23.9	21.2	14.06	12.95	1.05
3	Western Michigan	Mid-American	13-1	0.93	22.88	21.79	8.43	11.94	1.06
4	Ohio State	Big Ten	11-2	0.85	22.19	23.92	14.24	11.72	-0.72
5	Washington	Pac-12	12-2	0.86	21.84	24.07	10.91	12.38	-0.38
6	Oklahoma	Big 12	11-2	0.85	21.6	15.08	12.87	9.49	1.51
7	South Florida	American Athletic	11-2	0.85	20.77	12.15	8.89	8.89	2.11
8	Wisconsin	Big Ten	11-3	0.79	20.21	12.79	13.5	11.28	-0.28
9	Michigan	Big Ten	10-3	0.77	20.16	26.23	12.68	12.01	-2.01
10	Penn State	Big Ten	11-3	0.79	20.08	12.14	12.88	10.03	0.97
11	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	11-3	0.79	20.01	20.93	9.97	11.36	-0.36
12	Florida State	ACC	10-3	0.77	19.55	10.08	13.34	8.98	1.02
13	USC	Pac-12	10-3	0.77	19.47	10.15	12.78	9.05	0.95
14	San Diego State	Mountain West	11-3	0.79	19.41	15	7.75	11.04	-0.04
15	App State	Sun Belt	10-3	0.77	19.32	11.38	11.25	9.92	0.08
16	Boise State	Mountain West	10-3	0.77	19.3	10.46	11.54	9.19	0.81
17	Oklahoma State	Big 12	10-3	0.77	19.3	12.08	10.83	9.21	0.79
18	Troy	Sun Belt	10-3	0.77	19.02	11.62	9.21	9.51	0.49
19	Tulsa	American Athletic	10-3	0.77	18.97	12.62	8.53	9.07	0.93
20	West Virginia	Big 12	10-3	0.77	18.93	7.15	10.85	8.45	1.55
21	Stanford	Pac-12	10-3	0.77	18.92	5.92	11.59	8.41	1.59
22	Air Force	Mountain West	10-3	0.77	18.8	8.92	8.99	8.67	1.33
23	Old Dominion	Conference USA	10-3	0.77	18.57	7.85	8.03	8.39	1.61
24	Colorado	Pac-12	10-4	0.71	17.92	9.36	11.88	9.81	0.19
25	Louisville	ACC	9-4	0.69	17.9	18.77	11.4	10.39	-1.39
26	Virginia Tech	ACC	10-4	0.71	17.89	12.21	10.38	10.28	-0.28
27	Temple	American Athletic	10-4	0.71	17.87	13.93	9.54	11.08	-1.08
28	Miami	ACC	9-4	0.69	17.77	15.77	11.33	10.55	-1.55
29	Houston	American Athletic	9-4	0.69	17.47	12.38	10.46	9.52	-0.52
30	Tennessee	SEC	9-4	0.69	17.46	7.54	12.97	8.24	0.76
31	Florida	SEC	9-4	0.69	17.42	7.15	12.92	9.09	-0.09
32	Toledo	Mid-American	9-4	0.69	17.38	12.31	9.83	9.32	-0.32
33	LSU	SEC	8-4	0.67	17.36	12.58	12.87	9.61	-1.61
34	Kansas State	Big 12	9-4	0.69	17.34	9.92	10.66	9.17	-0.17
35	BYU	FBS Independents	9-4	0.69	17.06	10	8.64	9.45	-0.45
36	Minnesota	Big Ten	9-4	0.69	17.02	7.23	9.95	8.6	0.4
37	Utah	Pac-12	9-4	0.69	16.79	5.92	9.22	8.17	0.83
38	Georgia Tech	ACC	9-4	0.69	16.75	3.77	11.12	7.59	1.41
39	Nebraska	Big Ten	9-4	0.69	16.61	2.62	11.65	7.3	1.7
40	New Mexico	Mountain West	9-4	0.69	16.54	5.23	7.97	7.67	1.33
41	Auburn	SEC	8-5	0.62	16.33	14.15	13.02	10.49	-2.49
42	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	9-5	0.64	16.09	10.71	9.25	9.22	-0.22
43	Navy	American Athletic	9-5	0.64	16.07	6.93	11.51	8.64	0.36
44	Washington State	Pac-12	8-5	0.62	15.89	11.77	10.64	9.17	-1.17
45	Texas A&M	SEC	8-5	0.62	15.85	10.31	11.11	9.06	-1.06
46	Memphis	American Athletic	8-5	0.62	15.76	10	10.52	8.7	-0.7
47	Pittsburgh	ACC	8-5	0.62	15.51	5.69	11.69	7.64	0.36
48	North Carolina	ACC	8-5	0.62	15.44	7.38	9.69	8.44	-0.44
49	Iowa	Big Ten	8-5	0.62	15.42	6.08	10.6	8.58	-0.58
50	Army	FBS Independents	8-5	0.62	15.24	10.08	6.4	9.43	-1.43
51	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	8-5	0.62	15.05	5.85	7.78	8.31	-0.31
52	Idaho	Sun Belt	9-4	0.69	14.95	-0.54	9.13	6.37	2.63
53	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	8-5	0.62	14.73	3.92	7.24	7.3	0.7
54	Georgia	SEC	8-5	0.62	14.26	0.54	10.86	6.67	1.33
55	Wyoming	Mountain West	8-6	0.57	13.77	1.86	12.18	7.44	0.56
56	Ohio	Mid-American	8-6	0.57	13.74	3.64	8.5	8.22	-0.22
57	Colorado State	Mountain West	7-6	0.54	13.58	4.92	11.44	7.64	-0.64
58	Baylor	Big 12	7-6	0.54	13.55	5.62	10.36	7.84	-0.84
59	NC State	ACC	7-6	0.54	13.52	4.23	11.78	7.8	-0.8
60	Northwestern	Big Ten	7-6	0.54	13.4	3.77	11.35	7.69	-0.69
61	Southern Miss	Conference USA	7-6	0.54	13.08	3.31	9.1	7.31	-0.31
62	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	7-6	0.54	11.88	-0.23	9.93	6.44	0.56
63	Arkansas	SEC	7-6	0.54	11.79	-0.77	11.96	6.31	0.69
64	UCF	American Athletic	6-7	0.46	11.56	4.15	10.33	7.69	-1.69
65	Kentucky	SEC	7-6	0.54	11.55	-1.31	11.7	6.17	0.83
66	TCU	Big 12	6-7	0.46	11.41	3	10.77	7.28	-1.28
67	Wake Forest	ACC	7-6	0.54	11.31	-1.77	10.62	5.86	1.14
68	UTSA	Conference USA	6-7	0.46	10.87	1.23	9.84	6.83	-0.83
69	Boston College	ACC	7-6	0.54	10.72	-4.62	10.18	4.96	2.04
70	Vanderbilt	SEC	6-7	0.46	9.89	-1	12.12	6.17	-0.17
71	Texas	Big 12	5-7	0.42	9.77	0.42	11.68	6.09	-1.09
72	Indiana	Big Ten	6-7	0.46	9.69	-1.46	11.61	6.08	-0.08
73	Mississippi State	SEC	6-7	0.46	9.67	-1.38	11.1	6.16	-0.16
74	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	6-7	0.46	9.58	-0.92	7.73	6.2	-0.2
75	Texas Tech	Big 12	5-7	0.42	9.57	0.17	11	6.03	-1.03
76	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	5-7	0.42	9.5	0.17	10.19	6.04	-1.04
77	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	5-7	0.42	9.46	0.08	10.31	6.02	-1.02
78	Louisiana	Sun Belt	6-7	0.46	9.44	-1.69	9.33	5.97	0.03
79	South Alabama	Sun Belt	6-7	0.46	9.39	-1.62	8.37	6.03	-0.03
80	Hawai'i	Mountain West	7-7	0.5	9.32	-9	9.41	4.79	2.21
81	Maryland	Big Ten	6-7	0.46	9.07	-3.77	10.24	5.46	0.54
82	Central Michigan	Mid-American	6-7	0.46	9.02	-4	10.1	5.42	0.58
83	Ole Miss	SEC	5-7	0.42	8.89	-1.42	12.98	5.7	-0.7
84	South Carolina	SEC	6-7	0.46	8.86	-5.69	11.08	4.68	1.32
85	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-8	0.33	8.64	3.08	12.73	6.74	-2.74
86	California	Pac-12	5-7	0.42	8.12	-5.5	13.17	5.03	-0.03
87	Nevada	Mountain West	5-7	0.42	7.96	-3.58	6.52	5.07	-0.07
88	Arizona State	Pac-12	5-7	0.42	7.84	-6.5	10.56	4.75	0.25
89	Akron	Mid-American	5-7	0.42	7.81	-6.17	9.51	4.58	0.42
90	SMU	American Athletic	5-7	0.42	7.71	-8.58	11.58	4.14	0.86
91	Missouri	SEC	4-8	0.33	7.42	-0.08	12.03	5.98	-1.98
92	North Texas	Conference USA	5-8	0.38	6.8	-7.85	10.27	4.45	0.55
93	UCLA	Pac-12	4-8	0.33	6.52	-2.58	12.81	5.3	-1.3
94	Tulane	American Athletic	4-8	0.33	6.19	-3.58	10.14	5.02	-1.02
95	Ball State	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	6.18	-3.08	8.09	5.24	-1.24
96	Oregon State	Pac-12	4-8	0.33	6.15	-4.33	11.84	4.92	-0.92
97	Duke	ACC	4-8	0.33	6.08	-4.83	11.83	4.68	-0.68
98	Oregon	Pac-12	4-8	0.33	5.94	-6	11.8	4.9	-0.9
99	UNLV	Mountain West	4-8	0.33	5.91	-5.17	9.11	4.93	-0.93
100	Cincinnati	American Athletic	4-8	0.33	5.73	-7.58	10.84	3.76	0.24
101	UTEP	Conference USA	4-8	0.33	5.52	-8.58	8.05	4.07	-0.07
102	Charlotte	Conference USA	4-8	0.33	5.51	-9.42	9.29	3.84	0.16
103	San José State	Mountain West	4-8	0.33	5.51	-10.25	10.61	3.64	0.36
104	Florida International	Conference USA	4-8	0.33	5.45	-10.83	10	3.51	0.49
105	Syracuse	ACC	4-8	0.33	5.44	-12.92	12.78	3.31	0.69
106	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	5.28	-13.5	9.86	3.16	0.84
107	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	4-8	0.33	5.2	-15.75	10.64	2.73	1.27
108	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-9	0.25	4.43	-3.67	11.33	5	-2
109	Iowa State	Big 12	3-9	0.25	4.42	-3.67	11.19	5.12	-2.12
110	Utah State	Mountain West	3-9	0.25	4.22	-5.42	12.58	4.58	-1.58
111	Georgia State	Sun Belt	3-9	0.25	4.02	-6.67	10.77	4.02	-1.02
112	Kent State	Mid-American	3-9	0.25	3.83	-8.08	8.78	3.76	-0.76
113	East Carolina	American Athletic	3-9	0.25	3.82	-9.08	11.06	4.02	-1.02
114	Marshall	Conference USA	3-9	0.25	3.8	-8.83	9.92	4.03	-1.03
115	Illinois	Big Ten	3-9	0.25	3.62	-12.25	11.74	2.89	0.11
116	Rice	Conference USA	3-9	0.25	3.58	-12.08	9.94	3.4	-0.4
117	Arizona	Pac-12	3-9	0.25	3.57	-13.58	12.33	3.14	-0.14
118	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	3-9	0.25	3.54	-14	12.31	3.09	-0.09
119	Purdue	Big Ten	3-9	0.25	3.52	-13.67	10.77	3.12	-0.12
120	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	3-9	0.25	3.49	-13.33	9.05	3.3	-0.3
121	UConn	American Athletic	3-9	0.25	3.49	-13.25	8.97	2.17	0.83
122	Virginia	ACC	2-10	0.17	1.86	-11.25	10.61	3.32	-1.32
123	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	2-10	0.17	1.8	-12.17	10.72	3.24	-1.24
124	Buffalo	Mid-American	2-10	0.17	1.59	-15.83	8.58	2.03	-0.03
125	Kansas	Big 12	2-10	0.17	1.58	-17.08	12.13	2.28	-0.28
126	Rutgers	Big Ten	2-10	0.17	1.4	-21.83	12.54	1.35	0.65
127	Texas State	Sun Belt	2-10	0.17	1.35	-22.5	10.31	1.59	0.41
128	Fresno State	Mountain West	1-11	0.08	-0.28	-13.25	10.66	2.52	-1.52