2016 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:36.570303+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Michigan	Big Ten	5-0	1	28.51	32	16.16	4.77	0.23
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	4-0	1	28	47.75	12.11	3.95	0.05
3	Clemson	ACC	5-0	1	27.87	19.2	15.31	4.33	0.67
4	Tennessee	SEC	5-0	1	27.86	10	17.52	3.51	1.49
5	Washington	Pac-12	5-0	1	27.38	32.6	11.1	4.76	0.24
6	Texas A&M	SEC	5-0	1	27.19	23.8	10.9	4.51	0.49
7	Alabama	SEC	5-0	1	27.17	31	9.81	4.74	0.26
8	Western Michigan	Mid-American	5-0	1	26.9	26.2	9.54	4.45	0.55
9	Boise State	Mountain West	4-0	1	26.9	15.75	11.23	3.26	0.74
10	Houston	American Athletic	5-0	1	26.8	33	7.91	4.81	0.19
11	Nebraska	Big Ten	5-0	1	26.74	19.4	9.3	4.27	0.73
12	Miami	ACC	4-0	1	26.52	36	6.85	3.88	0.12
13	Air Force	Mountain West	4-0	1	25.91	17.75	6.82	3.37	0.63
14	Maryland	Big Ten	4-0	1	25.8	28.75	4.6	3.72	0.28
15	West Virginia	Big 12	4-0	1	25.64	9	7.67	2.83	1.17
16	Baylor	Big 12	5-0	1	25.63	23.4	3.62	4.34	0.66
17	Louisville	ACC	4-1	0.8	23.73	31.6	14.9	4.33	-0.33
18	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	22.98	13.8	14.33	4.29	-0.29
19	Florida	SEC	4-1	0.8	22.32	16.8	13.23	4.47	-0.47
20	Colorado	Pac-12	4-1	0.8	22.19	22.6	11.3	4.26	-0.26
21	Troy	Sun Belt	4-1	0.8	21.97	21.4	10.44	4.27	-0.27
22	Arkansas	SEC	4-1	0.8	21.77	12.8	10.77	3.7	0.3
23	Wake Forest	ACC	4-1	0.8	21.52	3.8	11.55	3.01	0.99
24	South Florida	American Athletic	4-1	0.8	21.46	19.4	7.94	3.93	0.07
25	North Carolina	ACC	4-1	0.8	21.35	9.4	10.58	3.26	0.74
26	Arizona State	Pac-12	4-1	0.8	21.32	7.4	7.15	3.05	0.95
27	Virginia Tech	ACC	3-1	0.75	21.01	22	11.22	3.45	-0.45
28	Southern Miss	Conference USA	4-1	0.8	20.94	20.4	4.71	4.15	-0.15
29	Utah	Pac-12	4-1	0.8	20.81	8.2	4.37	3.54	0.46
30	Navy	American Athletic	3-1	0.75	20.74	8.25	10.55	2.76	0.24
31	Indiana	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	20.72	7.25	15.37	2.66	0.34
32	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	4-1	0.8	20.64	14.6	4.77	3.81	0.19
33	Memphis	American Athletic	3-1	0.75	20.57	27	4.03	3.57	-0.57
34	NC State	ACC	3-1	0.75	20.55	18.75	10.65	3.27	-0.27
35	Texas Tech	Big 12	3-1	0.75	20.36	22.25	8.31	3.01	-0.01
36	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	3-1	0.75	20.28	13.25	8.64	3.09	-0.09
37	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	20.21	10.25	6.22	2.75	0.25
38	Stanford	Pac-12	3-1	0.75	20.16	0.25	16.64	2.03	0.97
39	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	4-1	0.8	20.09	6.2	5.01	3.07	0.93
40	Army	FBS Independents	3-1	0.75	20.02	20.25	5.18	3.5	-0.5
41	Toledo	Mid-American	3-1	0.75	19.72	24	-0.37	3.43	-0.43
42	San Diego State	Mountain West	3-1	0.75	19.63	8	3.47	2.59	0.41
43	Tulsa	American Athletic	3-1	0.75	19.6	8.5	6.96	2.57	0.43
44	Ole Miss	SEC	3-2	0.6	17.29	12	16.84	3.46	-0.46
45	Florida State	ACC	3-2	0.6	17.25	6	15.16	2.96	0.04
46	Oklahoma State	Big 12	3-2	0.6	17.21	13	14.58	3.55	-0.55
47	Auburn	SEC	3-2	0.6	17.2	14.8	14.97	4.11	-1.11
48	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-2	0.6	17	5.2	13.69	3.22	-0.22
49	California	Pac-12	3-2	0.6	16.93	3.4	20.55	2.75	0.25
50	UCLA	Pac-12	3-2	0.6	16.81	5.8	16.91	3.17	-0.17
51	TCU	Big 12	3-2	0.6	16.78	12	7.67	3.41	-0.41
52	LSU	SEC	3-2	0.6	16.64	10.4	12.51	3.9	-0.9
53	Tulane	American Athletic	3-2	0.6	16.44	8.6	11.84	3.42	-0.42
54	UCF	American Athletic	3-2	0.6	16.42	10.4	11.19	3.48	-0.48
55	Temple	American Athletic	3-2	0.6	16.26	13.8	7.92	3.86	-0.86
56	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-2	0.6	16.24	3.8	8.93	2.85	0.15
57	Pittsburgh	ACC	3-2	0.6	16.05	6.4	9.96	3.05	-0.05
58	Iowa	Big Ten	3-2	0.6	16.03	12.2	2.29	3.85	-0.85
59	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	3-2	0.6	15.76	11.4	5.03	3.64	-0.64
60	Boston College	ACC	3-2	0.6	15.54	6.2	8.49	3.37	-0.37
61	Ohio	Mid-American	3-2	0.6	15.48	6.2	6.23	3.11	-0.11
62	Ball State	Mid-American	3-2	0.6	15.4	4.8	1.85	3.02	-0.02
63	Kansas State	Big 12	2-2	0.5	15.22	19.25	11.99	3.6	-1.6
64	Old Dominion	Conference USA	3-2	0.6	15.2	6.2	6.1	3.09	-0.09
65	App State	Sun Belt	3-2	0.6	15.17	0.6	15.37	2.58	0.42
66	Wyoming	Mountain West	3-2	0.6	15.11	2.4	9.54	2.72	0.28
67	Cincinnati	American Athletic	3-2	0.6	14.79	-0.6	10.86	2.43	0.57
68	Akron	Mid-American	3-2	0.6	14.6	0.6	8.93	2.55	0.45
69	South Alabama	Sun Belt	3-2	0.6	14.39	0	12.54	2.5	0.5
70	Oklahoma	Big 12	2-2	0.5	14.27	4.25	21	2.27	-0.27
71	Penn State	Big Ten	3-2	0.6	14.15	-2.4	17.73	2.27	0.73
72	Washington State	Pac-12	2-2	0.5	14.08	15.5	10.59	2.94	-0.94
73	Texas	Big 12	2-2	0.5	14	3	11.13	2.18	-0.18
74	Georgia	SEC	3-2	0.6	13.97	-4.4	13.98	2.05	0.95
75	Mississippi State	SEC	2-2	0.5	13.69	5.25	10.42	2.47	-0.47
76	New Mexico	Mountain West	2-2	0.5	12.62	6	3.07	2.39	-0.39
77	Missouri	SEC	2-3	0.4	12.59	13.6	13.63	3.74	-1.74
78	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-2	0.5	12.28	-1	11.92	1.9	0.1
79	Oregon	Pac-12	2-3	0.4	11.48	3.8	10.89	2.79	-0.79
80	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-3	0.4	11.46	6.4	14.66	3.01	-1.01
81	Purdue	Big Ten	2-2	0.5	11.13	-7.5	11.67	1.38	0.62
82	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	11.09	6.2	11.2	3.05	-1.05
83	Duke	ACC	2-3	0.4	10.74	2.2	7.14	2.75	-0.75
84	UNLV	Mountain West	2-3	0.4	10.7	5.6	8.04	2.99	-0.99
85	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-3	0.4	10.2	0.8	15.85	2.62	-0.62
86	Arizona	Pac-12	2-3	0.4	9.89	-0.2	8.58	2.48	-0.48
87	BYU	FBS Independents	2-3	0.4	9.77	-0.6	21.34	2.44	-0.44
88	Texas State	Sun Belt	2-2	0.5	9.63	-16.75	13.61	0.98	1.02
89	Utah State	Mountain West	2-3	0.4	9.63	-0.6	9.21	2.42	-0.42
90	USC	Pac-12	2-3	0.4	9.45	-1.6	24.64	2.32	-0.32
91	East Carolina	American Athletic	2-3	0.4	9.3	-2.4	11.28	2.27	-0.27
92	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-3	0.4	9.25	-3.4	17.95	2.04	-0.04
93	South Carolina	SEC	2-3	0.4	8.96	-4.6	15.88	1.69	0.31
94	Rutgers	Big Ten	2-3	0.4	8.53	-10.6	15.16	1.41	0.59
95	Colorado State	Mountain West	2-3	0.4	8.51	-6	11.12	1.84	0.16
96	UConn	American Athletic	2-3	0.4	8.48	-6.6	11.85	1.68	0.32
97	Kentucky	SEC	2-3	0.4	8.42	-9.6	17.5	1.59	0.41
98	Louisiana	Sun Belt	2-3	0.4	8.32	-6	9.43	1.93	0.07
99	Virginia	ACC	2-3	0.4	8.28	-2	10.46	2.29	-0.29
100	Syracuse	ACC	2-3	0.4	8.2	-8.6	12.15	1.75	0.25
101	SMU	American Athletic	2-3	0.4	8.12	-10.8	12.47	1.31	0.69
102	North Texas	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	8.08	-6.8	8.15	1.77	0.23
103	Nevada	Mountain West	2-3	0.4	8	-6.6	4.99	1.74	0.26
104	Idaho	Sun Belt	2-3	0.4	7.33	-22	11.33	0.62	1.38
105	Hawai'i	Mountain West	2-3	0.4	7.1	-14.6	12.05	1.36	0.64
106	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	2-3	0.4	7.08	-15	11.47	1.32	0.68
107	Marshall	Conference USA	1-3	0.25	5.45	-3	11.77	1.82	-0.82
108	Illinois	Big Ten	1-3	0.25	5.35	-3.75	16.7	1.67	-0.67
109	Oregon State	Pac-12	1-3	0.25	4.98	-8	16.49	1.31	-0.31
110	UTSA	Conference USA	1-3	0.25	4.86	-3.5	10.18	1.65	-0.65
111	Kansas	Big 12	1-3	0.25	4.49	-9.75	12.36	1.27	-0.27
112	Buffalo	Mid-American	1-3	0.25	3.84	-14.75	8.55	0.62	0.38
113	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	1-3	0.25	3.78	-19.5	9.22	0.69	0.31
114	Iowa State	Big 12	1-4	0.2	3.19	-6.8	12.32	1.82	-0.82
115	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	1-4	0.2	3.05	-9.4	11.92	1.38	-0.38
116	Fresno State	Mountain West	1-4	0.2	2.82	-14.4	14.29	1.23	-0.23
117	Kent State	Mid-American	1-4	0.2	2.82	-11	6.84	1.33	-0.33
118	San José State	Mountain West	1-4	0.2	2.82	-12.4	9.86	1.5	-0.5
119	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	1-4	0.2	2.61	-16.4	10.38	1.08	-0.08
120	Charlotte	Conference USA	1-4	0.2	2.48	-20.8	12.81	0.91	0.09
121	UTEP	Conference USA	1-4	0.2	2.42	-23.6	14.71	0.46	0.54
122	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-4	0.2	2.38	-9.8	13.72	1.61	-0.61
123	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-4	0.2	2.14	-32.6	16.96	0.37	0.63
124	Florida International	Conference USA	1-4	0.2	1.87	-18.6	13.61	0.76	0.24
125	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-5	0	-2.08	-10.4	11.48	1.26	-1.26
126	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	0-4	0	-2.56	-19.25	10.86	0.56	-0.56
127	Georgia State	Sun Belt	0-4	0	-2.62	-16	21.44	0.55	-0.55
128	Rice	Conference USA	0-5	0	-2.76	-20	18.66	0.82	-0.82