2016 W7 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:36.571213+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Michigan	Big Ten	6-0	1	27.53	39.67	14.98	5.86	0.14
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-0	1	27.17	36.5	13.63	5.76	0.24
3	Alabama	SEC	7-0	1	27.15	30.43	14.39	6.53	0.47
4	Clemson	ACC	7-0	1	26.85	21.29	14.16	6.21	0.79
5	Texas A&M	SEC	6-0	1	26.39	21	11.91	5.11	0.89
6	Boise State	Mountain West	6-0	1	25.74	16	9.88	4.84	1.16
7	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-0	1	25.72	26.71	8.01	6.3	0.7
8	Nebraska	Big Ten	6-0	1	25.68	17	9.41	4.95	1.05
9	West Virginia	Big 12	5-0	1	25.51	13.4	9.76	3.88	1.12
10	Washington	Pac-12	6-0	1	25.47	35.33	5.56	5.71	0.29
11	Baylor	Big 12	6-0	1	24.64	26.5	2.85	5.41	0.59
12	Houston	American Athletic	6-1	0.86	22.92	23.71	10.97	6.1	-0.1
13	Louisville	ACC	5-1	0.83	22.56	28	12.2	5.16	-0.16
14	Florida	SEC	5-1	0.83	21.98	18.33	10.9	5.4	-0.4
15	South Florida	American Athletic	6-1	0.86	21.88	18.29	6.42	5.46	0.54
16	Troy	Sun Belt	5-1	0.83	21.72	19.5	9	5.02	-0.02
17	Memphis	American Athletic	5-1	0.83	21.36	20.83	6.89	5.1	-0.1
18	Utah	Pac-12	6-1	0.86	21.34	8.43	6.59	4.97	1.03
19	Navy	American Athletic	4-1	0.8	20.88	7.8	12.05	3.29	0.71
20	Toledo	Mid-American	5-1	0.83	20.86	19.67	4.26	4.86	0.14
21	San Diego State	Mountain West	5-1	0.83	20.59	10.83	5.12	4.42	0.58
22	Colorado	Pac-12	5-2	0.71	19.16	19	10.97	5.81	-0.81
23	Florida State	ACC	5-2	0.71	19.03	6	15.96	4.27	0.73
24	Arkansas	SEC	5-2	0.71	18.9	7	14.17	4.41	0.59
25	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-2	0.67	18.85	10.33	16.59	4.64	-0.64
26	Tennessee	SEC	5-2	0.71	18.82	0.57	20.77	3.58	1.42
27	Auburn	SEC	4-2	0.67	18.63	16.33	14.17	5.05	-1.05
28	Miami	ACC	4-2	0.67	18.45	22.67	9.46	5.44	-1.44
29	Wake Forest	ACC	5-2	0.71	18.38	3.86	11.51	4.3	0.7
30	NC State	ACC	4-2	0.67	18.32	12.5	12.03	4.63	-0.63
31	Pittsburgh	ACC	5-2	0.71	18.24	7	9.82	4.32	0.68
32	Virginia Tech	ACC	4-2	0.67	18.24	17.5	9.17	4.99	-0.99
33	Oklahoma	Big 12	4-2	0.67	18.15	7.17	16.26	3.69	0.31
34	North Carolina	ACC	5-2	0.71	18.14	3.29	12.69	3.94	1.06
35	LSU	SEC	4-2	0.67	18.04	14.5	11.66	5.06	-1.06
36	Arizona State	Pac-12	5-2	0.71	17.96	2.29	10.73	3.77	1.23
37	Maryland	Big Ten	4-2	0.67	17.96	11.67	9.63	4.43	-0.43
38	Washington State	Pac-12	4-2	0.67	17.9	15.67	10.12	4.55	-0.55
39	Iowa	Big Ten	5-2	0.71	17.88	11.71	4.96	5.29	-0.29
40	Oklahoma State	Big 12	4-2	0.67	17.86	12	10.47	4.18	-0.18
41	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-2	0.71	17.82	4	9.43	4.04	0.96
42	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	5-2	0.71	17.62	3.29	9.03	3.95	1.05
43	App State	Sun Belt	4-2	0.67	17.58	4.5	14.9	3.75	0.25
44	Air Force	Mountain West	4-2	0.67	17.57	9.5	7.91	4.1	-0.1
45	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-2	0.67	17.56	9.17	10.73	4.2	-0.2
46	Penn State	Big Ten	4-2	0.67	17.54	2	17.07	3.24	0.76
47	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	4-2	0.67	17.42	12	5.93	4.25	-0.25
48	Tulsa	American Athletic	4-2	0.67	17.15	5	8.39	3.5	0.5
49	Army	FBS Independents	4-2	0.67	17.14	21.5	3.03	5.4	-1.4
50	Old Dominion	Conference USA	4-2	0.67	17.14	8.5	7.32	3.98	0.02
51	TCU	Big 12	4-2	0.67	17.12	10.17	6.11	4	0
52	Wyoming	Mountain West	4-2	0.67	17.08	3.5	11.07	3.39	0.61
53	USC	Pac-12	4-3	0.57	15.25	4.29	16.61	4.17	-0.17
54	Temple	American Athletic	4-3	0.57	15.18	9	10.38	4.8	-0.8
55	Stanford	Pac-12	4-2	0.67	15.17	-3	15.91	2.48	1.52
56	Georgia Tech	ACC	4-3	0.57	15.06	4.86	13.02	4.32	-0.32
57	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	14.96	8.86	8.95	4.47	-0.47
58	BYU	FBS Independents	4-3	0.57	14.95	3	15.14	3.96	0.04
59	Southern Miss	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	14.79	6.29	6.78	4.29	-0.29
60	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	14.73	7.86	7.56	4.45	-0.45
61	Ohio	Mid-American	4-3	0.57	14.38	4.29	5.7	4.12	-0.12
62	Ole Miss	SEC	3-3	0.5	14.36	9.33	15.02	3.92	-0.92
63	Ball State	Mid-American	4-3	0.57	14	4.43	4.63	4.19	-0.19
64	Kansas State	Big 12	3-3	0.5	13.97	10.33	10.67	4.32	-1.32
65	Texas Tech	Big 12	3-3	0.5	13.95	8.67	11.6	3.68	-0.68
66	UCF	American Athletic	3-3	0.5	13.84	8.5	10.9	4	-1
67	Tulane	American Athletic	3-3	0.5	13.49	5.5	10.64	3.76	-0.76
68	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	3-3	0.5	13.4	6.83	8.11	3.88	-0.88
69	California	Pac-12	3-3	0.5	13.25	2.33	15.17	3.2	-0.2
70	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-3	0.5	12.99	3	13.42	3.43	-0.43
71	Texas	Big 12	3-3	0.5	12.98	4.67	10.27	3.45	-0.45
72	Indiana	Big Ten	3-3	0.5	12.96	0.5	16.98	3.07	-0.07
73	Georgia	SEC	4-3	0.57	12.92	-1.29	10.48	3.29	0.71
74	Akron	Mid-American	4-3	0.57	12.55	-2.29	8.62	3.22	0.78
75	UTSA	Conference USA	3-3	0.5	12.23	1.67	8.94	3.24	-0.24
76	UCLA	Pac-12	3-4	0.43	11.84	2.86	15.45	3.98	-0.98
77	New Mexico	Mountain West	3-3	0.5	11.53	0.17	8.69	3.02	-0.02
78	Idaho	Sun Belt	4-3	0.57	11.24	-10.71	10.43	2.1	1.9
79	South Alabama	Sun Belt	3-3	0.5	10.97	-1.67	7.7	2.76	0.24
80	Duke	ACC	3-4	0.43	10.94	1.14	11.21	3.71	-0.71
81	Boston College	ACC	3-3	0.5	10.7	-2.5	9.63	2.61	0.39
82	Cincinnati	American Athletic	3-3	0.5	10.7	-2.33	9.2	2.66	0.34
83	UNLV	Mountain West	3-4	0.43	10.64	1.71	8.97	3.72	-0.72
84	Kentucky	SEC	3-3	0.5	10.41	-6.83	14.52	2.15	0.85
85	North Texas	Conference USA	3-3	0.5	10.32	-2.83	6.47	2.63	0.37
86	Purdue	Big Ten	3-3	0.5	10.12	-6.83	8.86	2.23	0.77
87	Missouri	SEC	2-4	0.33	9.91	7	14.23	3.82	-1.82
88	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-4	0.43	9.05	-3.29	14.54	2.84	0.16
89	Colorado State	Mountain West	3-4	0.43	9.02	-4	12.15	2.88	0.12
90	UConn	American Athletic	3-4	0.43	8.82	-5.29	11.62	2.58	0.42
91	Syracuse	ACC	3-4	0.43	8.48	-6.86	13.94	2.57	0.43
92	Nevada	Mountain West	3-4	0.43	8.37	-4.57	4	2.69	0.31
93	Hawai'i	Mountain West	3-4	0.43	8.25	-8.43	8.46	2.51	0.49
94	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-5	0.29	8.06	2.57	11.89	3.87	-1.87
95	Florida International	Conference USA	3-4	0.43	7.81	-11.14	9.22	1.89	1.11
96	Illinois	Big Ten	2-4	0.33	7.5	-0.17	12.94	2.98	-0.98
97	Mississippi State	SEC	2-4	0.33	7.22	-1.67	11.92	2.77	-0.77
98	Utah State	Mountain West	2-4	0.33	6.97	-1.67	10.3	2.76	-0.76
99	Oregon	Pac-12	2-4	0.33	6.53	-5	14.31	2.55	-0.55
100	Virginia	ACC	2-4	0.33	6.52	-4	9.19	2.53	-0.53
101	Oregon State	Pac-12	2-4	0.33	6.51	-5.67	14.2	2.29	-0.29
102	East Carolina	American Athletic	2-4	0.33	6.49	-4.67	12.97	2.46	-0.46
103	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-4	0.33	6.34	-5.83	10.21	2.25	-0.25
104	South Carolina	SEC	2-4	0.33	6.29	-6.17	12.73	1.78	0.22
105	Marshall	Conference USA	2-4	0.33	6.22	-3.83	9.75	2.62	-0.62
106	Louisiana	Sun Belt	2-4	0.33	6.07	-9	11.51	1.88	0.12
107	SMU	American Athletic	2-4	0.33	5.96	-9.5	12.79	1.84	0.16
108	Texas State	Sun Belt	2-4	0.33	5.53	-15.5	8.84	1.54	0.46
109	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	2-4	0.33	5.5	-11	11.15	1.49	0.51
110	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	2-4	0.33	5.48	-17.83	10.03	1.39	0.61
111	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	2-4	0.33	5.38	-12.5	9.67	1.68	0.32
112	Arizona	Pac-12	2-5	0.29	5.35	-6.86	12.37	2.56	-0.56
113	Kent State	Mid-American	2-5	0.29	5.21	-5	5.93	2.7	-0.7
114	Charlotte	Conference USA	2-5	0.29	4.61	-14.29	9.64	1.76	0.24
115	San José State	Mountain West	2-5	0.29	4.54	-10.71	8.86	2.1	-0.1
116	Rutgers	Big Ten	2-5	0.29	4.53	-21.14	14.55	0.87	1.13
117	Georgia State	Sun Belt	1-5	0.17	2.25	-9	16.68	1.74	-0.74
118	Kansas	Big 12	1-5	0.17	1.95	-13.67	14.45	1.45	-0.45
119	Buffalo	Mid-American	1-5	0.17	1.73	-15.5	7.68	1.01	-0.01
120	Iowa State	Big 12	1-6	0.14	1.5	-8.86	11.46	2.24	-1.24
121	UTEP	Conference USA	1-5	0.17	1.46	-22	11.77	0.67	0.33
122	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-6	0.14	1.43	-10	15.03	2.26	-1.26
123	Fresno State	Mountain West	1-6	0.14	1.22	-13	13.64	1.67	-0.67
124	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	1-6	0.14	1.2	-13.57	13.48	1.57	-0.57
125	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	1-6	0.14	1.15	-13.29	7.92	1.74	-0.74
126	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-6	0.14	1.08	-10	10.13	1.76	-0.76
127	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-6	0.14	0.71	-25.14	16.11	0.92	0.08
128	Rice	Conference USA	0-6	0	-2.46	-16.83	15.43	1.09	-1.09