2016 W18 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:36.575767+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	14-0	1	25.64	27.93	13.26	13.29	0.71
2	Western Michigan	Mid-American	13-0	1	24.38	24.08	7.49	11.32	1.68
3	Clemson	ACC	13-1	0.93	23.88	22.43	13.38	12.31	0.69
4	Ohio State	Big Ten	11-2	0.85	22.36	23.92	14.6	11.72	-0.72
5	Washington	Pac-12	12-2	0.86	21.96	24.07	11.05	12.38	-0.38
6	Penn State	Big Ten	11-2	0.85	21.6	13.31	13.02	9.67	1.33
7	Oklahoma	Big 12	10-2	0.83	21.19	15	12.79	8.7	1.3
8	South Florida	American Athletic	11-2	0.85	20.85	12.15	9.07	8.89	2.11
9	Michigan	Big Ten	10-3	0.77	20.35	26.23	13.25	12.01	-2.01
10	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	11-3	0.79	20.12	20.93	10.28	11.36	-0.36
11	Wisconsin	Big Ten	10-3	0.77	19.79	13.15	13.22	10.54	-0.54
12	Florida State	ACC	10-3	0.77	19.59	10.08	13.28	8.98	1.02
13	San Diego State	Mountain West	11-3	0.79	19.5	15	7.92	11.04	-0.04
14	Boise State	Mountain West	10-3	0.77	19.4	10.46	11.56	9.19	0.81
15	Oklahoma State	Big 12	10-3	0.77	19.38	12.08	11.12	9.21	0.79
16	App State	Sun Belt	10-3	0.77	19.37	11.38	11.21	9.92	0.08
17	Troy	Sun Belt	10-3	0.77	19.1	11.62	9.35	9.51	0.49
18	Tulsa	American Athletic	10-3	0.77	19.06	12.62	8.72	9.07	0.93
19	USC	Pac-12	9-3	0.75	19.05	10.75	12.37	8.62	0.38
20	Stanford	Pac-12	10-3	0.77	19.01	5.92	11.94	8.41	1.59
21	West Virginia	Big 12	10-3	0.77	19.01	7.15	10.72	8.45	1.55
22	Air Force	Mountain West	10-3	0.77	18.88	8.92	9.22	8.67	1.33
23	Old Dominion	Conference USA	10-3	0.77	18.61	7.85	7.98	8.39	1.61
24	Colorado	Pac-12	10-4	0.71	18.04	9.36	12.07	9.81	0.19
25	Temple	American Athletic	10-4	0.71	17.96	13.93	9.52	11.08	-1.08
26	Louisville	ACC	9-4	0.69	17.96	18.77	11.16	10.39	-1.39
27	Virginia Tech	ACC	10-4	0.71	17.94	12.21	10.46	10.28	-0.28
28	Miami	ACC	9-4	0.69	17.82	15.77	11.43	10.55	-1.55
29	Auburn	SEC	8-4	0.67	17.56	16.67	12.43	10.18	-2.18
30	Tennessee	SEC	9-4	0.69	17.55	7.54	13.37	8.24	0.76
31	Houston	American Athletic	9-4	0.69	17.54	12.38	10.59	9.52	-0.52
32	Toledo	Mid-American	9-4	0.69	17.45	12.31	10	9.32	-0.32
33	LSU	SEC	8-4	0.67	17.43	12.58	13.16	9.61	-1.61
34	Kansas State	Big 12	9-4	0.69	17.39	9.92	10.78	9.17	-0.17
35	BYU	FBS Independents	9-4	0.69	17.14	10	8.81	9.45	-0.45
36	Minnesota	Big Ten	9-4	0.69	17.11	7.23	10.37	8.6	0.4
37	Utah	Pac-12	9-4	0.69	16.86	5.92	9.51	8.17	0.83
38	Florida	SEC	8-4	0.67	16.85	5.5	13.03	7.84	0.16
39	Georgia Tech	ACC	9-4	0.69	16.81	3.77	11.31	7.59	1.41
40	Iowa	Big Ten	8-4	0.67	16.81	8.83	10.35	8.65	-0.65
41	Nebraska	Big Ten	9-4	0.69	16.73	2.62	11.88	7.3	1.7
42	New Mexico	Mountain West	9-4	0.69	16.6	5.23	8.09	7.67	1.33
43	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	9-5	0.64	16.16	10.71	9.46	9.22	-0.22
44	Navy	American Athletic	9-5	0.64	16.13	6.93	11.54	8.64	0.36
45	Washington State	Pac-12	8-5	0.62	16	11.77	10.95	9.17	-1.17
46	Texas A&M	SEC	8-5	0.62	15.94	10.31	11.2	9.06	-1.06
47	Memphis	American Athletic	8-5	0.62	15.82	10	10.66	8.7	-0.7
48	Pittsburgh	ACC	8-5	0.62	15.59	5.69	11.64	7.64	0.36
49	North Carolina	ACC	8-5	0.62	15.48	7.38	9.43	8.44	-0.44
50	Army	FBS Independents	8-5	0.62	15.28	10.08	6.55	9.43	-1.43
51	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	8-5	0.62	15.12	5.85	8.04	8.31	-0.31
52	Idaho	Sun Belt	9-4	0.69	15.04	-0.54	9.49	6.37	2.63
53	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	8-5	0.62	14.81	3.92	7.5	7.3	0.7
54	Georgia	SEC	8-5	0.62	14.32	0.54	11.34	6.67	1.33
55	Wyoming	Mountain West	8-6	0.57	13.83	1.86	12.43	7.44	0.56
56	Ohio	Mid-American	8-6	0.57	13.8	3.64	8.68	8.22	-0.22
57	Colorado State	Mountain West	7-6	0.54	13.64	4.92	11.65	7.64	-0.64
58	Baylor	Big 12	7-6	0.54	13.58	5.62	10.59	7.84	-0.84
59	NC State	ACC	7-6	0.54	13.53	4.23	11.87	7.8	-0.8
60	Northwestern	Big Ten	7-6	0.54	13.48	3.77	11.95	7.69	-0.69
61	Southern Miss	Conference USA	7-6	0.54	13.14	3.31	9.26	7.31	-0.31
62	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	7-6	0.54	11.94	-0.23	10.18	6.44	0.56
63	Arkansas	SEC	7-6	0.54	11.87	-0.77	12.05	6.31	0.69
64	Kentucky	SEC	7-6	0.54	11.63	-1.31	11.76	6.17	0.83
65	UCF	American Athletic	6-7	0.46	11.63	4.15	10.64	7.69	-1.69
66	TCU	Big 12	6-7	0.46	11.46	3	10.73	7.28	-1.28
67	Wake Forest	ACC	7-6	0.54	11.32	-1.77	10.64	5.86	1.14
68	UTSA	Conference USA	6-7	0.46	10.92	1.23	10.04	6.83	-0.83
69	Boston College	ACC	7-6	0.54	10.72	-4.62	10.06	4.96	2.04
70	Vanderbilt	SEC	6-7	0.46	9.97	-1	12.11	6.17	-0.17
71	Texas	Big 12	5-7	0.42	9.8	0.42	11.7	6.09	-1.09
72	Indiana	Big Ten	6-7	0.46	9.77	-1.46	12	6.08	-0.08
73	Mississippi State	SEC	6-7	0.46	9.72	-1.38	11.73	6.16	-0.16
74	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	6-7	0.46	9.64	-0.92	7.81	6.2	-0.2
75	Texas Tech	Big 12	5-7	0.42	9.59	0.17	11.03	6.03	-1.03
76	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	5-7	0.42	9.54	0.17	10.35	6.04	-1.04
77	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	5-7	0.42	9.5	0.08	10.57	6.02	-1.02
78	Louisiana	Sun Belt	6-7	0.46	9.48	-1.69	9.52	5.97	0.03
79	South Alabama	Sun Belt	6-7	0.46	9.46	-1.62	8.3	6.03	-0.03
80	Hawai'i	Mountain West	7-7	0.5	9.37	-9	9.63	4.79	2.21
81	Maryland	Big Ten	6-7	0.46	9.15	-3.77	10.71	5.46	0.54
82	Central Michigan	Mid-American	6-7	0.46	9.06	-4	10.3	5.42	0.58
83	Ole Miss	SEC	5-7	0.42	8.94	-1.42	13.21	5.7	-0.7
84	South Carolina	SEC	6-7	0.46	8.92	-5.69	11.15	4.68	1.32
85	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-8	0.33	8.64	3.08	12.45	6.74	-2.74
86	California	Pac-12	5-7	0.42	8.15	-5.5	13.32	5.03	-0.03
87	Nevada	Mountain West	5-7	0.42	7.99	-3.58	6.56	5.07	-0.07
88	Arizona State	Pac-12	5-7	0.42	7.88	-6.5	10.86	4.75	0.25
89	Akron	Mid-American	5-7	0.42	7.85	-6.17	9.71	4.58	0.42
90	SMU	American Athletic	5-7	0.42	7.75	-8.58	11.79	4.14	0.86
91	Missouri	SEC	4-8	0.33	7.46	-0.08	12.41	5.98	-1.98
92	North Texas	Conference USA	5-8	0.38	6.84	-7.85	10.14	4.45	0.55
93	UCLA	Pac-12	4-8	0.33	6.55	-2.58	13.07	5.3	-1.3
94	Ball State	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	6.21	-3.08	8.41	5.24	-1.24
95	Tulane	American Athletic	4-8	0.33	6.21	-3.58	10.22	5.02	-1.02
96	Oregon State	Pac-12	4-8	0.33	6.19	-4.33	12.23	4.92	-0.92
97	Duke	ACC	4-8	0.33	6.1	-4.83	11.79	4.68	-0.68
98	Oregon	Pac-12	4-8	0.33	5.97	-6	12.2	4.9	-0.9
99	UNLV	Mountain West	4-8	0.33	5.93	-5.17	9.29	4.93	-0.93
100	Cincinnati	American Athletic	4-8	0.33	5.76	-7.58	11.06	3.76	0.24
101	Charlotte	Conference USA	4-8	0.33	5.54	-9.42	9.56	3.84	0.16
102	UTEP	Conference USA	4-8	0.33	5.54	-8.58	8.09	4.07	-0.07
103	San José State	Mountain West	4-8	0.33	5.53	-10.25	10.71	3.64	0.36
104	Florida International	Conference USA	4-8	0.33	5.47	-10.83	10.21	3.51	0.49
105	Syracuse	ACC	4-8	0.33	5.45	-12.92	12.61	3.31	0.69
106	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	5.31	-13.5	10.13	3.16	0.84
107	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	4-8	0.33	5.23	-15.75	10.88	2.73	1.27
108	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-9	0.25	4.46	-3.67	11.78	5	-2
109	Iowa State	Big 12	3-9	0.25	4.44	-3.67	11.32	5.12	-2.12
110	Utah State	Mountain West	3-9	0.25	4.24	-5.42	12.69	4.58	-1.58
111	Georgia State	Sun Belt	3-9	0.25	4.04	-6.67	10.87	4.02	-1.02
112	Kent State	Mid-American	3-9	0.25	3.85	-8.08	9.13	3.76	-0.76
113	East Carolina	American Athletic	3-9	0.25	3.83	-9.08	11.13	4.02	-1.02
114	Marshall	Conference USA	3-9	0.25	3.82	-8.83	10.26	4.03	-1.03
115	Illinois	Big Ten	3-9	0.25	3.65	-12.25	12.19	2.89	0.11
116	Rice	Conference USA	3-9	0.25	3.59	-12.08	9.86	3.4	-0.4
117	Arizona	Pac-12	3-9	0.25	3.58	-13.58	12.6	3.14	-0.14
118	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	3-9	0.25	3.56	-14	12.71	3.09	-0.09
119	Purdue	Big Ten	3-9	0.25	3.54	-13.67	11.16	3.12	-0.12
120	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	3-9	0.25	3.5	-13.33	9.01	3.3	-0.3
121	UConn	American Athletic	3-9	0.25	3.5	-13.25	9.02	2.17	0.83
122	Virginia	ACC	2-10	0.17	1.87	-11.25	10.73	3.32	-1.32
123	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	2-10	0.17	1.81	-12.17	10.62	3.24	-1.24
124	Buffalo	Mid-American	2-10	0.17	1.59	-15.83	8.67	2.03	-0.03
125	Kansas	Big 12	2-10	0.17	1.58	-17.08	12.17	2.28	-0.28
126	Rutgers	Big Ten	2-10	0.17	1.41	-21.83	13.29	1.35	0.65
127	Texas State	Sun Belt	2-10	0.17	1.35	-22.5	10.48	1.59	0.41
128	Fresno State	Mountain West	1-11	0.08	-0.28	-13.25	10.81	2.52	-1.52