2016 W17 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:36.575371+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	13-0	1	25.55	28.77	12.48	12.34	0.66
2	Western Michigan	Mid-American	13-0	1	24.48	24.08	7.81	11.32	1.68
3	Ohio State	Big Ten	11-1	0.92	23.97	28.5	13.84	11.18	-0.18
4	Clemson	ACC	12-1	0.92	23.52	21.77	12.55	11.24	0.76
5	Washington	Pac-12	12-1	0.92	23.2	27.23	9.89	11.76	0.24
6	Michigan	Big Ten	10-2	0.83	21.7	28.5	12.7	11.32	-1.32
7	Penn State	Big Ten	11-2	0.85	21.64	13.31	13.05	9.67	1.33
8	Oklahoma	Big 12	10-2	0.83	21.23	15	12.82	8.7	1.3
9	Boise State	Mountain West	10-2	0.83	20.91	12.92	11.56	8.93	1.07
10	South Florida	American Athletic	10-2	0.83	20.51	12.58	9.24	8.3	1.7
11	West Virginia	Big 12	10-2	0.83	20.43	9.17	10.16	8.24	1.76
12	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	11-3	0.79	20.15	20.93	10.37	11.36	-0.36
13	Wisconsin	Big Ten	10-3	0.77	19.82	13.15	13.25	10.54	-0.54
14	San Diego State	Mountain West	11-3	0.79	19.56	15	8.1	11.04	-0.04
15	Colorado	Pac-12	10-3	0.77	19.53	12.38	11.65	9.81	0.19
16	App State	Sun Belt	10-3	0.77	19.39	11.38	11.1	9.92	0.08
17	Temple	American Athletic	10-3	0.77	19.39	15.62	9.67	10.68	-0.68
18	Louisville	ACC	9-3	0.75	19.36	22	10.73	9.94	-0.94
19	Troy	Sun Belt	10-3	0.77	19.12	11.62	9.39	9.51	0.49
20	Tulsa	American Athletic	10-3	0.77	19.12	12.62	9.05	9.07	0.93
21	Florida State	ACC	9-3	0.75	19.12	10.83	12.61	8.46	0.54
22	USC	Pac-12	9-3	0.75	19.09	10.75	12.4	8.62	0.38
23	Oklahoma State	Big 12	9-3	0.75	18.8	10.58	10.59	8.17	0.83
24	Old Dominion	Conference USA	10-3	0.77	18.64	7.85	8.04	8.39	1.61
25	Stanford	Pac-12	9-3	0.75	18.58	6.25	11.58	7.86	1.14
26	Air Force	Mountain West	9-3	0.75	18.38	7.67	9.27	7.74	1.26
27	Nebraska	Big Ten	9-3	0.75	18.29	4	11.57	7.14	1.86
28	Houston	American Athletic	9-4	0.69	17.59	12.38	10.75	9.52	-0.52
29	Auburn	SEC	8-4	0.67	17.59	16.67	12.46	10.18	-2.18
30	Toledo	Mid-American	9-4	0.69	17.52	12.31	10.28	9.32	-0.32
31	Virginia Tech	ACC	9-4	0.69	17.52	12.31	10.27	9.57	-0.57
32	Miami	ACC	8-4	0.67	17.3	15.67	10.71	9.68	-1.68
33	BYU	FBS Independents	9-4	0.69	17.17	10	8.92	9.45	-0.45
34	Washington State	Pac-12	8-4	0.67	17.14	13.17	10.43	8.62	-0.62
35	Texas A&M	SEC	8-4	0.67	17.09	11.58	10.75	8.63	-0.63
36	Tennessee	SEC	8-4	0.67	17.05	7	13.09	7.49	0.51
37	Kansas State	Big 12	8-4	0.67	16.94	10.33	10.28	8.58	-0.58
38	Florida	SEC	8-4	0.67	16.88	5.5	13.06	7.84	0.16
39	Iowa	Big Ten	8-4	0.67	16.85	8.83	10.38	8.65	-0.65
40	Pittsburgh	ACC	8-4	0.67	16.82	6.75	11.59	7.22	0.78
41	LSU	SEC	7-4	0.64	16.68	11.91	12.62	8.64	-1.64
42	Minnesota	Big Ten	8-4	0.67	16.66	7.42	9.92	7.92	0.08
43	New Mexico	Mountain West	9-4	0.69	16.64	5.23	8.2	7.67	1.33
44	North Carolina	ACC	8-4	0.67	16.56	8.17	8.69	7.94	0.06
45	Utah	Pac-12	8-4	0.67	16.48	6.25	9.39	7.61	0.39
46	Georgia Tech	ACC	8-4	0.67	16.21	2.83	11.19	6.76	1.24
47	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	9-5	0.64	16.19	10.71	9.58	9.22	-0.22
48	Navy	American Athletic	9-5	0.64	16.19	6.93	11.58	8.64	0.36
49	Memphis	American Athletic	8-5	0.62	15.89	10	10.7	8.7	-0.7
50	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	8-5	0.62	15.15	5.85	8.02	8.31	-0.31
51	Idaho	Sun Belt	9-4	0.69	15.05	-0.54	9.55	6.37	2.63
52	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	8-5	0.62	14.85	3.92	7.36	7.3	0.7
53	Army	FBS Independents	7-5	0.58	14.48	10.33	6.56	8.85	-1.85
54	Wyoming	Mountain West	8-6	0.57	13.91	1.86	12.57	7.44	0.56
55	Ohio	Mid-American	8-6	0.57	13.87	3.64	8.86	8.22	-0.22
56	Colorado State	Mountain West	7-6	0.54	13.7	4.92	11.7	7.64	-0.64
57	Arkansas	SEC	7-5	0.58	13.23	0.08	11.58	6.02	0.98
58	Southern Miss	Conference USA	7-6	0.54	13.15	3.31	9.17	7.31	-0.31
59	Georgia	SEC	7-5	0.58	13.07	-0.08	11.27	5.98	1.02
60	Kentucky	SEC	7-5	0.58	13.02	-0.17	11.41	5.96	1.04
61	Northwestern	Big Ten	6-6	0.5	12.53	3.5	11.57	7.04	-1.04
62	Baylor	Big 12	6-6	0.5	12.51	4.5	9.75	6.97	-0.97
63	TCU	Big 12	6-6	0.5	12.5	3.92	10.56	6.93	-0.93
64	NC State	ACC	6-6	0.5	12.38	2.58	11.86	6.75	-0.75
65	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	7-6	0.54	12.02	-0.23	10.47	6.44	0.56
66	Vanderbilt	SEC	6-6	0.5	11.92	0.92	12.18	6.28	-0.28
67	UCF	American Athletic	6-7	0.46	11.65	4.15	10.63	7.69	-1.69
68	South Alabama	Sun Belt	6-6	0.5	11.14	0.25	7.37	6.07	-0.07
69	UTSA	Conference USA	6-7	0.46	10.95	1.23	10.17	6.83	-0.83
70	Indiana	Big Ten	6-6	0.5	10.66	-1.42	11.66	5.62	0.38
71	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	6-6	0.5	10.53	-0.92	8.02	5.73	0.27
72	Wake Forest	ACC	6-6	0.5	10.21	-2.58	9.94	5.11	0.89
73	Maryland	Big Ten	6-6	0.5	10.09	-3.58	10.82	5.07	0.93
74	Texas	Big 12	5-7	0.42	9.82	0.42	11.73	6.09	-1.09
75	South Carolina	SEC	6-6	0.5	9.77	-5.58	10.4	4.24	1.76
76	Boston College	ACC	6-6	0.5	9.75	-5.5	10.08	4.25	1.75
77	Texas Tech	Big 12	5-7	0.42	9.61	0.17	11.02	6.03	-1.03
78	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	5-7	0.42	9.59	0.17	10.7	6.04	-1.04
79	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	5-7	0.42	9.52	0.08	10.55	6.02	-1.02
80	Louisiana	Sun Belt	6-7	0.46	9.5	-1.69	9.48	5.97	0.03
81	Hawai'i	Mountain West	7-7	0.5	9.36	-9	9.74	4.79	2.21
82	Central Michigan	Mid-American	6-7	0.46	9.14	-4	10.44	5.42	0.58
83	Ole Miss	SEC	5-7	0.42	8.96	-1.42	13.33	5.7	-0.7
84	Mississippi State	SEC	5-7	0.42	8.8	-1.58	11.82	5.65	-0.65
85	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-8	0.33	8.67	3.08	12.57	6.74	-2.74
86	California	Pac-12	5-7	0.42	8.16	-5.5	13.26	5.03	-0.03
87	Nevada	Mountain West	5-7	0.42	8	-3.58	6.58	5.07	-0.07
88	Arizona State	Pac-12	5-7	0.42	7.9	-6.5	10.88	4.75	0.25
89	Akron	Mid-American	5-7	0.42	7.87	-6.17	9.83	4.58	0.42
90	SMU	American Athletic	5-7	0.42	7.77	-8.58	11.97	4.14	0.86
91	North Texas	Conference USA	5-7	0.42	7.7	-7.92	9.83	4.06	0.94
92	Missouri	SEC	4-8	0.33	7.49	-0.08	12.63	5.98	-1.98
93	UCLA	Pac-12	4-8	0.33	6.56	-2.58	13.06	5.3	-1.3
94	Ball State	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	6.23	-3.08	8.66	5.24	-1.24
95	Tulane	American Athletic	4-8	0.33	6.23	-3.58	10.4	5.02	-1.02
96	Oregon State	Pac-12	4-8	0.33	6.2	-4.33	12.26	4.92	-0.92
97	Duke	ACC	4-8	0.33	6.11	-4.83	11.82	4.68	-0.68
98	Oregon	Pac-12	4-8	0.33	5.99	-6	12.23	4.9	-0.9
99	UNLV	Mountain West	4-8	0.33	5.95	-5.17	9.47	4.93	-0.93
100	Cincinnati	American Athletic	4-8	0.33	5.77	-7.58	11.11	3.76	0.24
101	Charlotte	Conference USA	4-8	0.33	5.56	-9.42	9.74	3.84	0.16
102	UTEP	Conference USA	4-8	0.33	5.55	-8.58	8.03	4.07	-0.07
103	San José State	Mountain West	4-8	0.33	5.54	-10.25	10.6	3.64	0.36
104	Florida International	Conference USA	4-8	0.33	5.48	-10.83	10.22	3.51	0.49
105	Syracuse	ACC	4-8	0.33	5.46	-12.92	12.65	3.31	0.69
106	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	5.34	-13.5	10.54	3.16	0.84
107	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	4-8	0.33	5.24	-15.75	10.84	2.73	1.27
108	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-9	0.25	4.47	-3.67	11.77	5	-2
109	Iowa State	Big 12	3-9	0.25	4.45	-3.67	11.35	5.12	-2.12
110	Utah State	Mountain West	3-9	0.25	4.25	-5.42	12.86	4.58	-1.58
111	Georgia State	Sun Belt	3-9	0.25	4.04	-6.67	10.78	4.02	-1.02
112	Kent State	Mid-American	3-9	0.25	3.87	-8.08	9.39	3.76	-0.76
113	East Carolina	American Athletic	3-9	0.25	3.84	-9.08	11.21	4.02	-1.02
114	Marshall	Conference USA	3-9	0.25	3.83	-8.83	10.31	4.03	-1.03
115	Illinois	Big Ten	3-9	0.25	3.65	-12.25	12.22	2.89	0.11
116	Arizona	Pac-12	3-9	0.25	3.59	-13.58	12.5	3.14	-0.14
117	Rice	Conference USA	3-9	0.25	3.59	-12.08	9.8	3.4	-0.4
118	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	3-9	0.25	3.57	-14	12.62	3.09	-0.09
119	Purdue	Big Ten	3-9	0.25	3.55	-13.67	11.19	3.12	-0.12
120	UConn	American Athletic	3-9	0.25	3.51	-13.25	9.15	2.17	0.83
121	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	3-9	0.25	3.5	-13.33	9.06	3.3	-0.3
122	Virginia	ACC	2-10	0.17	1.87	-11.25	10.9	3.32	-1.32
123	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	2-10	0.17	1.81	-12.17	10.4	3.24	-1.24
124	Buffalo	Mid-American	2-10	0.17	1.6	-15.83	8.78	2.03	-0.03
125	Kansas	Big 12	2-10	0.17	1.59	-17.08	12.39	2.28	-0.28
126	Rutgers	Big Ten	2-10	0.17	1.41	-21.83	13.32	1.35	0.65
127	Texas State	Sun Belt	2-10	0.17	1.36	-22.5	10.49	1.59	0.41
128	Fresno State	Mountain West	1-11	0.08	-0.28	-13.25	10.78	2.52	-1.52