2016 W12 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:36.573342+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	11-0	1	25.82	28.91	12.04	10.48	0.52
2	Western Michigan	Mid-American	11-0	1	24.62	26.09	6.63	9.85	1.15
3	Ohio State	Big Ten	10-1	0.91	23.99	30.82	13.24	10.42	-0.42
4	Michigan	Big Ten	10-1	0.91	23.81	31.36	12.22	10.57	-0.57
5	Clemson	ACC	10-1	0.91	23.64	20.64	13.05	9.46	0.54
6	Boise State	Mountain West	10-1	0.91	22.98	14.73	10.85	8.46	1.54
7	Washington	Pac-12	10-1	0.91	22.92	26.82	8.1	9.87	0.13
8	Louisville	ACC	9-2	0.82	21.52	24.27	11.67	9.41	-0.41
9	Oklahoma	Big 12	9-2	0.82	21.3	14.73	13.26	7.89	1.11
10	Wisconsin	Big Ten	9-2	0.82	21.26	14.91	12.88	9.41	-0.41
11	Penn State	Big Ten	9-2	0.82	21.2	12.09	13.45	7.99	1.01
12	Houston	American Athletic	9-2	0.82	20.99	17.18	10.73	8.92	0.08
13	Colorado	Pac-12	9-2	0.82	20.93	17	10.37	9.07	-0.07
14	Oklahoma State	Big 12	9-2	0.82	20.69	13.18	10.03	7.9	1.1
15	Nebraska	Big Ten	9-2	0.82	20.54	7.09	11.83	7.31	1.69
16	South Florida	American Athletic	9-2	0.82	20.53	12.18	9.39	7.56	1.44
17	Toledo	Mid-American	9-2	0.82	20.48	16.64	7.75	8.66	0.34
18	Florida	SEC	8-2	0.8	20.34	12.2	11.01	8.28	-0.28
19	San Diego State	Mountain West	9-2	0.82	20.31	19.55	5.52	9.47	-0.47
20	West Virginia	Big 12	8-2	0.8	20.06	7.7	10.65	6.59	1.41
21	Troy	Sun Belt	8-2	0.8	20.05	11.7	8.68	7.27	0.73
22	Navy	American Athletic	8-2	0.8	20.04	8.4	10.87	6.42	1.58
23	Auburn	SEC	8-3	0.73	19.17	19.82	11.46	9.76	-1.76
24	USC	Pac-12	8-3	0.73	18.96	10.09	13.54	7.83	0.17
25	Florida State	ACC	8-3	0.73	18.91	10.18	13.18	7.58	0.42
26	Texas A&M	SEC	8-3	0.73	18.87	14	11.26	8.47	-0.47
27	Tennessee	SEC	8-3	0.73	18.86	8.64	13.63	7.2	0.8
28	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	8-3	0.73	18.84	18.64	9.47	8.76	-0.76
29	Washington State	Pac-12	8-3	0.73	18.8	16.91	9.29	8.46	-0.46
30	Temple	American Athletic	8-3	0.73	18.68	13.82	10.08	8.68	-0.68
31	App State	Sun Belt	8-3	0.73	18.67	10.45	11.4	8.23	-0.23
32	Virginia Tech	ACC	8-3	0.73	18.56	11.36	10.18	8.01	-0.01
33	Tulsa	American Athletic	8-3	0.73	18.49	10.55	10.13	7.34	0.66
34	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	8-3	0.73	18.42	16	7.47	8.08	-0.08
35	Stanford	Pac-12	8-3	0.73	18.24	4.64	12.35	6.81	1.19
36	Minnesota	Big Ten	8-3	0.73	18.22	9.36	8.83	7.67	0.33
37	North Carolina	ACC	8-3	0.73	18.17	9.55	8.42	7.53	0.47
38	Wyoming	Mountain West	8-3	0.73	18.12	4.82	11.3	6.37	1.63
39	Utah	Pac-12	8-3	0.73	18.05	7.27	8.23	7.19	0.81
40	Air Force	Mountain West	8-3	0.73	17.98	7.73	8.1	7.08	0.92
41	Old Dominion	Conference USA	8-3	0.73	17.96	7.64	8.11	7.04	0.96
42	Miami	ACC	7-4	0.64	16.85	15.36	11.16	8.86	-1.86
43	Memphis	American Athletic	7-4	0.64	16.51	13.27	9.47	8.03	-1.03
44	BYU	FBS Independents	7-4	0.64	16.39	9.91	10.19	7.92	-0.92
45	Pittsburgh	ACC	7-4	0.64	16.34	6	12.65	6.57	0.43
46	Iowa	Big Ten	7-4	0.64	16.12	6.91	10.06	7.46	-0.46
47	LSU	SEC	6-4	0.6	16.08	11.6	13.13	8.06	-2.06
48	Georgia Tech	ACC	7-4	0.64	15.67	3	10.71	6.24	0.76
49	Ohio	Mid-American	7-4	0.64	15.6	5.09	6.81	6.76	0.24
50	Kansas State	Big 12	6-4	0.6	15.58	8.5	11.85	6.74	-0.74
51	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	7-4	0.64	15.49	4.27	7.54	6.3	0.7
52	New Mexico	Mountain West	7-4	0.64	15.47	4	6.96	6.26	0.74
53	Baylor	Big 12	6-4	0.6	15.24	7.6	8.79	6.36	-0.36
54	Arkansas	SEC	7-4	0.64	15.17	0.45	13.5	5.59	1.41
55	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	6-4	0.6	14.68	4.1	8.79	5.97	0.03
56	Georgia	SEC	7-4	0.64	14.61	0	11.24	5.5	1.5
57	UCF	American Athletic	6-5	0.55	14.27	8.09	9.95	7.46	-1.46
58	Army	FBS Independents	6-5	0.55	13.92	10.91	6.02	8.19	-2.19
59	Colorado State	Mountain West	6-5	0.55	13.88	3.91	11.76	6.36	-0.36
60	TCU	Big 12	5-5	0.5	12.89	4.9	10.72	5.9	-0.9
61	Central Michigan	Mid-American	6-5	0.55	12.31	-0.18	10.24	5.46	0.54
62	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	6-5	0.55	12.31	-0.36	10.04	5.42	0.58
63	Idaho	Sun Belt	6-4	0.6	12.23	-5	10.29	3.99	2.01
64	Kentucky	SEC	6-5	0.55	12.18	-0.45	10.71	5.4	0.6
65	Wake Forest	ACC	6-5	0.55	11.62	-2.55	10.68	4.71	1.29
66	South Carolina	SEC	6-5	0.55	11.61	-1.64	9.35	5	1
67	Texas	Big 12	5-6	0.45	11.43	2.45	11.93	5.99	-0.99
68	Northwestern	Big Ten	5-6	0.45	11.39	1.91	13.13	6.04	-1.04
69	NC State	ACC	5-6	0.45	11.37	2.18	12.09	6.08	-1.08
70	Ole Miss	SEC	5-6	0.45	11.37	1.64	13.64	5.82	-0.82
71	South Alabama	Sun Belt	5-5	0.5	11.21	0.3	7.33	5.07	-0.07
72	Southern Miss	Conference USA	5-6	0.45	11.01	1.91	8.86	5.89	-0.89
73	Vanderbilt	SEC	5-6	0.45	10.3	0	12	5.5	-0.5
74	UTSA	Conference USA	5-6	0.45	10.29	0	9.93	5.5	-0.5
75	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-7	0.36	9.81	5	12.5	6.62	-2.62
76	Indiana	Big Ten	5-6	0.45	9.74	-1.73	13.38	5.08	-0.08
77	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	5-6	0.45	9.5	-1.09	8.35	5.21	-0.21
78	Arizona State	Pac-12	5-6	0.45	9.02	-5.18	12.53	4.56	0.44
79	Maryland	Big Ten	5-6	0.45	8.98	-5.55	12.67	4.21	0.79
80	SMU	American Athletic	5-6	0.45	8.95	-5.36	12.06	4.35	0.65
81	North Texas	Conference USA	5-6	0.45	8.67	-6.09	10.67	4.07	0.93
82	Boston College	ACC	5-6	0.45	8.65	-6.27	10.75	3.73	1.27
83	Akron	Mid-American	5-6	0.45	8.64	-6.18	9.73	4.29	0.71
84	UCLA	Pac-12	4-7	0.36	8.21	-0.45	14.04	5.39	-1.39
85	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	4-7	0.36	8	-0.27	9.46	5.43	-1.43
86	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	4-7	0.36	7.8	-0.73	12	5.35	-1.35
87	Louisiana	Sun Belt	4-6	0.4	7.66	-4.7	8.58	3.92	0.08
88	Texas Tech	Big 12	4-7	0.36	7.65	-1.55	11.53	5.27	-1.27
89	Hawai'i	Mountain West	5-7	0.42	7.44	-12.42	10.15	3.32	1.68
90	UNLV	Mountain West	4-7	0.36	7.24	-2.45	9.93	5.04	-1.04
91	Duke	ACC	4-7	0.36	7.18	-3.55	11.95	4.59	-0.59
92	Ball State	Mid-American	4-7	0.36	7	-3.27	8.71	4.77	-0.77
93	Mississippi State	SEC	4-7	0.36	6.94	-4.91	12.11	4.5	-0.5
94	Oregon	Pac-12	4-7	0.36	6.82	-5.64	13.69	4.57	-0.57
95	California	Pac-12	4-7	0.36	6.68	-8.36	14.43	4.2	-0.2
96	Cincinnati	American Athletic	4-7	0.36	6.53	-8	10.92	3.22	0.78
97	Charlotte	Conference USA	4-7	0.36	6.41	-8.55	9.73	3.72	0.28
98	Nevada	Mountain West	4-7	0.36	6.33	-7.09	7.37	3.84	0.16
99	Syracuse	ACC	4-7	0.36	6.3	-12.73	12.98	2.82	1.18
100	Florida International	Conference USA	4-7	0.36	6.2	-10.55	10.4	3.24	0.76
101	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	4-7	0.36	6.05	-14.73	10.36	2.77	1.23
102	Missouri	SEC	3-8	0.27	6.03	-0.45	12.65	5.41	-2.41
103	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-8	0.27	5.67	-1	11.52	5.25	-2.25
104	Iowa State	Big 12	3-8	0.27	5.41	-1.27	10.93	5.22	-2.22
105	Utah State	Mountain West	3-8	0.27	4.94	-4.27	12.36	4.49	-1.49
106	Marshall	Conference USA	3-8	0.27	4.77	-4.73	9.61	4.5	-1.5
107	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	3-7	0.3	4.71	-13.1	11.89	2.77	0.23
108	Oregon State	Pac-12	3-8	0.27	4.7	-5.64	13.8	4.22	-1.22
109	Tulane	American Athletic	3-8	0.27	4.69	-6.18	11.99	3.98	-0.98
110	Georgia State	Sun Belt	3-8	0.27	4.67	-5	10.72	4.12	-1.12
111	East Carolina	American Athletic	3-8	0.27	4.54	-7.45	11.56	4.02	-1.02
112	Kent State	Mid-American	3-8	0.27	4.42	-7.91	9.34	3.48	-0.48
113	Illinois	Big Ten	3-8	0.27	4.28	-11.45	13.04	2.76	0.24
114	San José State	Mountain West	3-8	0.27	4.23	-11.36	11.78	3.22	-0.22
115	UConn	American Athletic	3-8	0.27	4.14	-12.18	10.42	2.16	0.84
116	UTEP	Conference USA	3-8	0.27	4.09	-11.91	8.23	3.06	-0.06
117	Rice	Conference USA	3-8	0.27	4.08	-11	9.63	3.33	-0.33
118	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	3-8	0.27	4.03	-12.64	8.15	2.93	0.07
119	Purdue	Big Ten	3-8	0.27	4.03	-14.73	11.44	2.73	0.27
120	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-8	0.27	3.88	-15.45	11.38	2.64	0.36
121	Virginia	ACC	2-9	0.18	2.35	-8.45	10.99	3.59	-1.59
122	Texas State	Sun Belt	2-8	0.2	2.1	-21.5	9.27	1.52	0.48
123	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	2-9	0.18	2.06	-12.73	10.91	2.77	-0.77
124	Arizona	Pac-12	2-9	0.18	1.89	-16.73	13.08	2.27	-0.27
125	Buffalo	Mid-American	2-9	0.18	1.83	-16.55	8.65	1.75	0.25
126	Kansas	Big 12	2-9	0.18	1.76	-17.27	13.05	2.08	-0.08
127	Rutgers	Big Ten	2-9	0.18	1.68	-22.18	14.01	1.23	0.77
128	Fresno State	Mountain West	1-10	0.09	-0.1	-14.27	11.41	2.2	-1.2