2016 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:36.569503+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Louisville	ACC	3-0	1	31.31	44.33	17.38	2.81	0.19
2	Michigan	Big Ten	3-0	1	30.94	38	16.14	2.86	0.14
3	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-0	1	30.84	44.33	13.47	2.92	0.08
4	Nebraska	Big Ten	3-0	1	30.76	23.67	17.13	2.6	0.4
5	Arkansas	SEC	3-0	1	30.66	14.33	19.71	2.34	0.66
6	Alabama	SEC	3-0	1	30.62	26.33	14.54	2.65	0.35
7	Tennessee	SEC	3-0	1	30.03	12.33	15.51	2.31	0.69
8	Houston	American Athletic	3-0	1	29.33	25.33	11.52	2.79	0.21
9	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-0	1	28.97	17.33	8.6	2.62	0.38
10	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-0	1	28.91	24	8.81	2.67	0.33
11	Miami	ACC	3-0	1	28.85	43.33	6.37	2.97	0.03
12	Clemson	ACC	3-0	1	28.79	23.67	7.55	2.78	0.22
13	Washington	Pac-12	3-0	1	28.78	39.33	4.91	2.93	0.07
14	Army	FBS Independents	3-0	1	28.71	28	8.38	2.8	0.2
15	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	3-0	1	28.45	23.67	6.2	2.84	0.16
16	Arizona State	Pac-12	3-0	1	28.43	16	8.12	2.17	0.83
17	Indiana	Big Ten	2-0	1	28.41	15.5	7.13	1.66	0.34
18	Texas A&M	SEC	3-0	1	28.32	29	6.15	2.82	0.18
19	Navy	American Athletic	3-0	1	28.06	15.67	6.11	2.45	0.55
20	Utah	Pac-12	3-0	1	27.95	14	6.02	2.59	0.41
21	Wake Forest	ACC	3-0	1	27.93	10.33	7.14	2.41	0.59
22	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-0	1	27.83	19.67	5.85	2.78	0.22
23	San Diego State	Mountain West	3-0	1	27.8	16.67	3.28	2.36	0.64
24	Boise State	Mountain West	2-0	1	27.76	19	4.08	1.68	0.32
25	Baylor	Big 12	3-0	1	27.64	34.33	0.66	2.91	0.09
26	Stanford	Pac-12	2-0	1	27.62	15	4.58	1.76	0.24
27	Florida	SEC	3-0	1	27.57	29	2.02	2.97	0.03
28	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-0	1	27.38	24.67	2.41	2.67	0.33
29	Memphis	American Athletic	2-0	1	27.35	27	3.35	1.88	0.12
30	South Florida	American Athletic	3-0	1	27.26	30.67	1.05	2.72	0.28
31	Toledo	Mid-American	3-0	1	27.04	32.67	-0.98	2.91	0.09
32	West Virginia	Big 12	2-0	1	27.01	16	2.15	1.68	0.32
33	Maryland	Big Ten	3-0	1	26.94	24	1.14	2.67	0.33
34	Georgia	SEC	3-0	1	26.91	4	6.4	1.76	1.24
35	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-0	1	26.59	11.5	2.55	1.48	0.52
36	Air Force	Mountain West	2-0	1	25.62	25	-6.22	1.78	0.22
37	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-0	1	25.4	18.5	-6.01	1.57	0.43
38	Texas	Big 12	2-1	0.67	22.49	10	17.33	1.94	0.06
39	Colorado	Pac-12	2-1	0.67	21.73	23	10.41	2.59	-0.59
40	California	Pac-12	2-1	0.67	21.37	7.33	21.97	1.8	0.2
41	East Carolina	American Athletic	2-1	0.67	21.28	14.33	7.84	2.37	-0.37
42	Cincinnati	American Athletic	2-1	0.67	21.01	5	11.83	1.85	0.15
43	Oklahoma State	Big 12	2-1	0.67	20.92	19.33	16.31	2.39	-0.39
44	Florida State	ACC	2-1	0.67	20.79	4	11.49	1.69	0.31
45	Pittsburgh	ACC	2-1	0.67	20.79	5.67	9.44	1.8	0.2
46	Oregon	Pac-12	2-1	0.67	20.62	13.33	6.33	2.12	-0.12
47	Troy	Sun Belt	2-1	0.67	20.54	13.33	16.28	2.18	-0.18
48	Southern Miss	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	20.49	19.67	2.03	2.42	-0.42
49	NC State	ACC	2-1	0.67	20.25	19.33	11.96	2.43	-0.43
50	Texas Tech	Big 12	2-1	0.67	20.05	17.67	11.02	2.08	-0.08
51	UCLA	Pac-12	2-1	0.67	19.88	5.67	21.25	1.9	0.1
52	Virginia Tech	ACC	2-1	0.67	19.86	17	11.65	2.45	-0.45
53	Penn State	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	19.84	8	13.33	1.94	0.06
54	Iowa	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	19.7	20.33	-4.91	2.63	-0.63
55	North Carolina	ACC	2-1	0.67	19.35	14.67	11.64	2.19	-0.19
56	Tulsa	American Athletic	2-1	0.67	19.18	9	11.03	2	0
57	TCU	Big 12	2-1	0.67	19.05	12	5.89	2.02	-0.02
58	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	18.94	17.33	4.25	2.38	-0.38
59	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	18.81	3.67	9.12	1.74	0.26
60	LSU	SEC	2-1	0.67	18.69	7.33	12.14	2.12	-0.12
61	Ball State	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	18.63	9	6.03	2.08	-0.08
62	Akron	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	18.45	2	14.61	1.59	0.41
63	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	18.15	8.33	4.16	1.91	0.09
64	Rutgers	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	18.01	4	12.86	1.72	0.28
65	Arizona	Pac-12	2-1	0.67	17.61	9	4.04	2.07	-0.07
66	SMU	American Athletic	2-1	0.67	17.36	0.33	10.47	1.52	0.48
67	South Carolina	SEC	2-1	0.67	17.34	-1.67	19.5	1.32	0.68
68	Utah State	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	17.25	5	-0.31	1.83	0.17
69	UConn	American Athletic	2-1	0.67	17.07	0.67	5.79	1.56	0.44
70	Colorado State	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	15.99	-0.67	11.26	1.45	0.55
71	Marshall	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	15.96	17.5	2.42	1.47	-0.47
72	Wyoming	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	15.83	-2	6.4	1.4	0.6
73	Nevada	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	15.43	-0.67	1.4	1.46	0.54
74	Louisiana	Sun Belt	2-1	0.67	14.56	-7.33	11.6	1.02	0.98
75	Purdue	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	14.29	1.5	9.54	1.06	-0.06
76	Kansas State	Big 12	1-1	0.5	14.09	21.5	21.5	1.76	-0.76
77	Texas State	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	13.97	-18.5	22.09	0.48	0.52
78	Oregon State	Pac-12	1-1	0.5	12.29	11.5	8.47	1.52	-0.52
79	Missouri	SEC	1-2	0.33	12.2	8	23.77	1.98	-0.98
80	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-2	0.33	12.1	6	23.42	1.8	-0.8
81	Oklahoma	Big 12	1-2	0.33	11.93	3.67	25.04	1.69	-0.69
82	Duke	ACC	1-2	0.33	11.66	7.33	6.44	2.08	-1.08
83	Tulane	American Athletic	1-2	0.33	11.64	11.33	16.3	2.33	-1.33
84	Auburn	SEC	1-2	0.33	11.59	6	18.95	1.94	-0.94
85	Ohio	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	11.26	1.67	25.1	1.58	-0.58
86	New Mexico	Mountain West	1-2	0.33	11.03	5.67	3.72	1.8	-0.8
87	Mississippi State	SEC	1-2	0.33	10.97	3	14.53	1.75	-0.75
88	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	10.96	4.67	12.9	1.72	-0.72
89	UNLV	Mountain West	1-2	0.33	10.96	2	11.44	1.6	-0.6
90	Temple	American Athletic	1-2	0.33	10.94	5.33	12.48	1.9	-0.9
91	Ole Miss	SEC	1-2	0.33	10.91	3	17.26	1.64	-0.64
92	BYU	FBS Independents	1-2	0.33	10.29	-0.67	18.85	1.43	-0.43
93	Illinois	Big Ten	1-2	0.33	10.11	0	10.95	1.5	-0.5
94	UTSA	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	9.76	0	9.78	1.5	-0.5
95	Kansas	Big 12	1-2	0.33	9.45	-1	10.18	1.44	-0.44
96	UCF	American Athletic	1-2	0.33	9.45	-1.67	16.06	1.39	-0.39
97	Washington State	Pac-12	1-2	0.33	9.26	14.67	10.96	2.2	-1.2
98	App State	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	8.93	-6	25.87	1.01	-0.01
99	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-2	0.33	8.87	-3.67	19.97	1.22	-0.22
100	South Alabama	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	8.61	-6.33	17.79	0.98	0.02
101	Old Dominion	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	8.33	-6	7.93	1.16	-0.16
102	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-2	0.33	8.3	2.67	12.24	1.79	-0.79
103	Syracuse	ACC	1-2	0.33	8.09	-11	16.41	0.92	0.08
104	USC	Pac-12	1-2	0.33	8.08	-8.33	25.88	0.92	0.08
105	UTEP	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	7.78	-23.33	23.06	0.41	0.59
106	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	7.71	-9	11.86	0.98	0.02
107	Boston College	ACC	1-2	0.33	7.7	-11	14.11	0.58	0.42
108	North Texas	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	7.45	-8	11.32	0.95	0.05
109	San José State	Mountain West	1-2	0.33	7.36	-7	11.98	1.14	-0.14
110	Fresno State	Mountain West	1-2	0.33	6.99	-13.33	16.65	0.67	0.33
111	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	6.91	-25.33	5.86	0.34	0.66
112	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	6.91	-11.67	9.85	0.97	0.03
113	Idaho	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	6.72	-30.67	7.03	0.17	0.83
114	Charlotte	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	6.61	-13.67	12.4	0.82	0.18
115	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	6.17	-28.67	13.59	0.31	0.69
116	Kent State	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	5.71	-1	-0.32	1.43	-0.43
117	Kentucky	SEC	1-2	0.33	5.54	-9	22.38	1.1	-0.1
118	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	1-2	0.33	5.13	-9.33	13.15	0.6	0.4
119	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1-3	0.25	3.79	-23.5	13.9	0.71	0.29
120	Buffalo	Mid-American	0-2	0	-2.11	-15	1.68	0.32	-0.32
121	Virginia	ACC	0-3	0	-2.36	-12.67	10.95	0.68	-0.68
122	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-3	0	-2.37	-11.67	12.7	0.77	-0.77
123	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-3	0	-2.77	-17	24.63	0.7	-0.7
124	Iowa State	Big 12	0-3	0	-2.78	-21.67	12.5	0.3	-0.3
125	Georgia State	Sun Belt	0-3	0	-2.85	-16.67	25.39	0.51	-0.51
126	Florida International	Conference USA	0-3	0	-2.86	-18.67	18.31	0.33	-0.33
127	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	0-3	0	-2.99	-24	19.52	0.27	-0.27
128	Rice	Conference USA	0-3	0	-3.31	-25.67	25.89	0.2	-0.2