2016 W2 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:36.569101+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-0	1	33.11	56	13.62	1.99	0.01
2	Alabama	SEC	2-0	1	32.92	37	14.62	1.97	0.03
3	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-0	1	31.73	23	13.58	1.85	0.15
4	Tennessee	SEC	2-0	1	31.61	14	13.74	1.58	0.42
5	Washington	Pac-12	2-0	1	31.47	40	9.61	1.93	0.07
6	Louisville	ACC	2-0	1	31.28	45	9.83	1.88	0.12
7	Michigan	Big Ten	2-0	1	31.28	48.5	8.22	1.98	0.02
8	Nebraska	Big Ten	2-0	1	31.19	34	10.66	1.9	0.1
9	San Diego State	Mountain West	2-0	1	31.04	18	13.47	1.64	0.36
10	Texas	Big 12	2-0	1	30.82	18.5	13.35	1.55	0.45
11	Clemson	ACC	2-0	1	30.57	6	12.5	1.32	0.68
12	Indiana	Big Ten	2-0	1	30.55	15.5	11.62	1.66	0.34
13	Baylor	Big 12	2-0	1	30.18	37.5	6.26	1.95	0.05
14	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	2-0	1	30.13	34.5	6.62	1.99	0.01
15	Arkansas	SEC	2-0	1	29.92	2	14.26	1.08	0.92
16	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-0	1	29.78	24.5	7.44	1.82	0.18
17	Miami	ACC	2-0	1	29.73	47.5	5.62	1.99	0.01
18	East Carolina	American Athletic	2-0	1	29.6	24	7.28	1.76	0.24
19	Navy	American Athletic	2-0	1	29.56	20	5.63	1.68	0.32
20	Utah	Pac-12	2-0	1	29.52	12.5	8.2	1.76	0.24
21	Arizona State	Pac-12	2-0	1	29.41	22	6.94	1.53	0.47
22	Wake Forest	ACC	2-0	1	29.34	7	11.94	1.61	0.39
23	Boise State	Mountain West	2-0	1	29.32	19	0.83	1.68	0.32
24	Pittsburgh	ACC	2-0	1	29.16	12	7.77	1.46	0.54
25	Cincinnati	American Athletic	2-0	1	29.09	19.5	5.67	1.79	0.21
26	Iowa	Big Ten	2-0	1	29.02	31.5	-0.72	1.91	0.09
27	Florida	SEC	2-0	1	28.89	27.5	-0.23	1.96	0.04
28	Houston	American Athletic	2-0	1	28.88	26	-3.2	1.89	0.11
29	Stanford	Pac-12	1-0	1	28.86	13	0.47	0.84	0.16
30	Florida State	ACC	2-0	1	28.85	27.5	-3.37	1.76	0.24
31	Toledo	Mid-American	2-0	1	28.76	31.5	-4.13	1.97	0.03
32	Texas A&M	SEC	2-0	1	28.51	37	-3.79	1.93	0.07
33	Army	FBS Independents	2-0	1	28.4	16	0.6	1.73	0.27
34	Southern Miss	Conference USA	2-0	1	28.28	32.5	-4.77	1.85	0.15
35	Colorado	Pac-12	2-0	1	28.21	43	-4.68	1.98	0.02
36	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-0	1	27.96	25	-3.7	1.73	0.27
37	South Florida	American Athletic	2-0	1	27.94	33.5	-3.96	1.84	0.16
38	West Virginia	Big 12	2-0	1	27.76	16	-5.02	1.68	0.32
39	Georgia	SEC	2-0	1	27.65	5.5	-3.46	1.24	0.76
40	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-0	1	27.54	14	-3.87	1.72	0.28
41	Air Force	Mountain West	2-0	1	27.41	25	-4.64	1.78	0.22
42	Oregon	Pac-12	2-0	1	27.17	21.5	-5.08	1.6	0.4
43	Texas State	Sun Belt	1-0	1	26.99	2	2.53	0.52	0.48
44	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-0	1	26.95	18.5	-5.54	1.57	0.43
45	Maryland	Big Ten	2-0	1	26.91	33	-5.15	1.9	0.1
46	Memphis	American Athletic	1-0	1	26.28	18	-10	0.85	0.15
47	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-0	1	26.09	15	-10	0.86	0.14
48	Marshall	Conference USA	1-0	1	22.09	62	-10	1	0
49	California	Pac-12	1-1	0.5	21.81	7.5	10.82	1.21	-0.21
50	Oklahoma State	Big 12	1-1	0.5	19.27	25.5	7.16	1.77	-0.77
51	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	19.09	2	14.37	1.09	-0.09
52	Penn State	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	19.05	8.5	10.88	1.31	-0.31
53	NC State	ACC	1-1	0.5	18.81	15.5	6.9	1.54	-0.54
54	Texas Tech	Big 12	1-1	0.5	18.79	19.5	6.78	1.42	-0.42
55	Duke	ACC	1-1	0.5	18.77	16.5	6.3	1.71	-0.71
56	Troy	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	18.73	17	8.77	1.57	-0.57
57	TCU	Big 12	1-1	0.5	18.49	7.5	8.12	1.2	-0.2
58	BYU	FBS Independents	1-1	0.5	18.09	0.5	13.46	1.03	-0.03
59	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	17.66	16	-4.79	1.55	-0.55
60	Virginia Tech	ACC	1-1	0.5	17.31	1	9.19	1.04	-0.04
61	Illinois	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	17.27	12	-3.46	1.43	-0.43
62	UNLV	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	17.16	14.5	-3.79	1.46	-0.46
63	New Mexico	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	17.12	13	-5.57	1.44	-0.44
64	Ball State	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	17.03	0	13.09	1	0
65	Kansas	Big 12	1-1	0.5	16.7	16.5	-3.74	1.59	-0.59
66	Purdue	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	16.6	1.5	6.79	1.06	-0.06
67	Tulsa	American Athletic	1-1	0.5	16.42	-5	15.35	0.78	0.22
68	Old Dominion	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	16.28	4.5	-3.23	1.19	-0.19
69	UCF	American Athletic	1-1	0.5	16.18	0.5	8.87	1.02	-0.02
70	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	15.91	3.5	-5.02	1.11	-0.11
71	Utah State	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	15.87	0.5	-4.32	1.02	-0.02
72	UConn	American Athletic	1-1	0.5	15.69	-0.5	7.71	0.98	0.02
73	UTSA	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	15.57	2	-4.68	1.12	-0.12
74	South Alabama	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	15.47	-7	14.73	0.57	0.43
75	Oklahoma	Big 12	1-1	0.5	15.46	16	24.77	1.53	-0.53
76	Syracuse	ACC	1-1	0.5	15.12	-4	8.34	0.85	0.15
77	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-1	0.5	15.11	13	23.21	1.4	-0.4
78	SMU	American Athletic	1-1	0.5	15.07	-7	11.8	0.7	0.3
79	UTEP	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	15.07	-9	11.79	0.62	0.38
80	App State	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	14.98	8.5	25	1.52	-0.52
81	Wyoming	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	14.92	-14.5	14.29	0.55	0.45
82	North Carolina	ACC	1-1	0.5	14.89	8	25.68	1.29	-0.29
83	Akron	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	14.85	-10.5	8.76	0.64	0.36
84	South Carolina	SEC	1-1	0.5	14.71	-5	2.25	0.64	0.36
85	Mississippi State	SEC	1-1	0.5	14.68	6	23.2	1.34	-0.34
86	UCLA	Pac-12	1-1	0.5	14.53	7	24.76	1.28	-0.28
87	Missouri	SEC	1-1	0.5	14.3	12.5	24.2	1.47	-0.47
88	Ohio	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	14.25	7	21.73	1.2	-0.2
89	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-1	0.5	14.22	10	23.96	1.47	-0.47
90	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	14.14	-10	6.84	0.61	0.39
91	Auburn	SEC	1-1	0.5	13.92	15.5	14.63	1.66	-0.66
92	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	13.66	14	8.12	1.52	-0.52
93	Idaho	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	13.56	-21	8.97	0.26	0.74
94	LSU	SEC	1-1	0.5	13.41	9.5	8.76	1.54	-0.54
95	Nevada	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	13.36	-13	-3.26	0.47	0.53
96	Boston College	ACC	1-1	0.5	13.34	8	12.34	1.54	-0.54
97	Ole Miss	SEC	1-1	0.5	13.2	7	9.37	1.25	-0.25
98	Temple	American Athletic	1-1	0.5	13.16	11.5	7.62	1.61	-0.61
99	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	13.14	-12.5	-3.2	0.58	0.42
100	Tulane	American Athletic	1-1	0.5	12.65	20.5	6.3	1.79	-0.79
101	Arizona	Pac-12	1-1	0.5	12.5	4	8.2	1.22	-0.22
102	USC	Pac-12	1-1	0.5	11.32	-4	26.98	0.83	0.17
103	North Texas	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	11.22	4	6.26	1.16	-0.16
104	Rutgers	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	11.18	1.5	8.97	1.06	-0.06
105	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	9.97	-7.5	23.34	0.72	0.28
106	San José State	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	9.97	-2	7.98	0.94	0.06
107	Colorado State	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	9.94	-14	23.5	0.35	0.65
108	Fresno State	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	9.31	-2.5	8.24	0.86	0.14
109	Louisiana	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	8.56	-13.5	9.16	0.46	0.54
110	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	8.54	-33	10.17	0.16	0.84
111	Charlotte	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	8.17	-11.5	8.34	0.64	0.36
112	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1-2	0.33	4.04	-25	18.23	0.49	0.51
113	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-2	0	-0.03	-1.5	7.83	0.88	-0.88
114	Washington State	Pac-12	0-2	0	-0.39	-3	9.16	0.9	-0.9
115	Buffalo	Mid-American	0-1	0	-0.91	-6	-10	0.32	-0.32
116	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-2	0	-1.98	-18.5	24.13	0.43	-0.43
117	Oregon State	Pac-12	0-1	0	-2.02	-7	23.83	0.35	-0.35
118	Kansas State	Big 12	0-1	0	-2.16	-13	27.73	0.16	-0.16
119	Virginia	ACC	0-2	0	-2.19	-17.5	6.99	0.41	-0.41
120	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	0-2	0	-2.24	-29	15.19	0.1	-0.1
121	Iowa State	Big 12	0-2	0	-2.25	-22	8.47	0.15	-0.15
122	Kent State	Mid-American	0-2	0	-2.33	-11.5	7.77	0.57	-0.57
123	Georgia State	Sun Belt	0-2	0	-2.45	-22	23.87	0.25	-0.25
124	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-2	0	-2.47	-14	8.47	0.43	-0.43
125	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	0-2	0	-2.53	-18	14.35	0.09	-0.09
126	Kentucky	SEC	0-2	0	-2.63	-23.5	26.76	0.29	-0.29
127	Florida International	Conference USA	0-2	0	-2.77	-24	23.67	0.16	-0.16
128	Rice	Conference USA	0-2	0	-3.1	-24.5	26.56	0.17	-0.17