2016 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:36.571702+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	8-0	1	27.09	29	15.51	7.43	0.57
2	Michigan	Big Ten	7-0	1	26.81	38.71	12.81	6.84	0.16
3	Clemson	ACC	7-0	1	26.52	21.29	13.86	6.21	0.79
4	Western Michigan	Mid-American	8-0	1	25.66	25.12	9.16	7.03	0.97
5	Boise State	Mountain West	7-0	1	25.48	13.86	10.42	5.41	1.59
6	Nebraska	Big Ten	7-0	1	25.47	16.43	9.77	5.78	1.22
7	West Virginia	Big 12	6-0	1	25.44	15.17	9.98	4.87	1.13
8	Washington	Pac-12	7-0	1	25.16	33.71	5.62	6.61	0.39
9	Baylor	Big 12	6-0	1	24.32	26.5	2.47	5.41	0.59
10	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-1	0.86	23.51	30.86	12.84	6.56	-0.56
11	Louisville	ACC	6-1	0.86	23.3	29.86	13.49	6.16	-0.16
12	Texas A&M	SEC	6-1	0.86	22.98	15.29	13.09	5.49	0.51
13	Troy	Sun Belt	6-1	0.86	22.07	17.71	8.8	5.73	0.27
14	Utah	Pac-12	7-1	0.88	21.77	8.25	7.71	5.46	1.54
15	Toledo	Mid-American	6-1	0.86	21.73	18.86	6.83	5.67	0.33
16	Florida	SEC	5-1	0.83	21.66	18.33	9.95	5.4	-0.4
17	Navy	American Athletic	5-1	0.83	21.46	8.83	12.36	4.03	0.97
18	San Diego State	Mountain West	6-1	0.86	21.17	14.86	4.58	5.67	0.33
19	Houston	American Athletic	6-2	0.75	19.92	18	9.65	6.48	-0.48
20	Colorado	Pac-12	6-2	0.75	19.85	17.25	11	6.64	-0.64
21	Auburn	SEC	5-2	0.71	19.74	21.57	15.47	6.3	-1.3
22	South Florida	American Athletic	6-2	0.75	19.36	14	7.52	5.77	0.23
23	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-2	0.71	19.26	10	15.97	5.45	-0.45
24	North Carolina	ACC	6-2	0.75	19.05	5.5	11.36	4.86	1.14
25	Oklahoma	Big 12	5-2	0.71	19.01	7.14	16.21	4.23	0.77
26	Virginia Tech	ACC	5-2	0.71	18.83	18	10.15	5.87	-0.87
27	Washington State	Pac-12	5-2	0.71	18.78	14.14	11.21	5.15	-0.15
28	Florida State	ACC	5-2	0.71	18.76	6	14.82	4.27	0.73
29	LSU	SEC	5-2	0.71	18.73	14.86	10.54	5.85	-0.85
30	Memphis	American Athletic	5-2	0.71	18.64	15.86	8.08	5.45	-0.45
31	Oklahoma State	Big 12	5-2	0.71	18.53	13.71	9.59	5.06	-0.06
32	Penn State	Big Ten	5-2	0.71	18.51	2.14	18.41	3.81	1.19
33	App State	Sun Belt	5-2	0.71	18.38	6.43	12.36	4.67	0.33
34	Maryland	Big Ten	5-2	0.71	18.34	11.57	9.03	5.2	-0.2
35	Tennessee	SEC	5-2	0.71	18.21	0.57	19.81	3.58	1.42
36	Pittsburgh	ACC	5-2	0.71	18.18	7	10.19	4.32	0.68
37	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-2	0.71	18.08	8.14	9.06	4.71	0.29
38	Tulsa	American Athletic	5-2	0.71	18.05	7.57	9.33	4.36	0.64
39	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	5-2	0.71	18.01	11.14	7.1	4.78	0.22
40	Wake Forest	ACC	5-2	0.71	17.85	3.86	10.46	4.3	0.7
41	Wyoming	Mountain West	5-2	0.71	17.74	4.14	9.96	4.03	0.97
42	Temple	American Athletic	5-3	0.62	16.43	9.88	11.54	5.55	-0.55
43	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	5-3	0.62	16.21	11.25	9.29	5.48	-0.48
44	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	5-3	0.62	16.02	10.25	8.18	5.28	-0.28
45	Iowa	Big Ten	5-3	0.62	16	9.25	7.08	5.76	-0.76
46	Miami	ACC	4-3	0.57	15.86	16.43	11.31	5.81	-1.81
47	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-3	0.62	15.46	1.75	10.88	4.28	0.72
48	Arizona State	Pac-12	5-3	0.62	15.45	1.38	11.7	4.19	0.81
49	USC	Pac-12	4-3	0.57	15.29	4.29	16.16	4.17	-0.17
50	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	5-3	0.62	15.2	1.12	10.41	4.17	0.83
51	NC State	ACC	4-3	0.57	15.19	4.86	12.78	4.26	-0.26
52	Kansas State	Big 12	4-3	0.57	15.14	9.29	10.99	4.93	-0.93
53	Ohio	Mid-American	5-3	0.62	15.06	4.25	5.12	4.76	0.24
54	UCF	American Athletic	4-3	0.57	15.02	8.43	10.54	4.71	-0.71
55	Georgia Tech	ACC	4-3	0.57	14.94	4.86	12.38	4.32	-0.32
56	Army	FBS Independents	4-3	0.57	14.89	16	3.88	5.8	-1.8
57	Air Force	Mountain West	4-3	0.57	14.87	7.14	8.14	4.48	-0.48
58	Arkansas	SEC	5-3	0.62	14.81	-0.5	14.27	3.92	1.08
59	Northwestern	Big Ten	4-3	0.57	14.73	4	12.79	4.19	-0.19
60	TCU	Big 12	4-3	0.57	14.73	5.29	8.85	4.15	-0.15
61	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	4-3	0.57	14.55	6.29	8.3	4.48	-0.48
62	California	Pac-12	4-3	0.57	14.53	2.43	13.45	3.74	0.26
63	Southern Miss	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	14.52	6.29	7.34	4.29	-0.29
64	New Mexico	Mountain West	4-3	0.57	14.34	6.14	7.61	4.18	-0.18
65	Old Dominion	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	14.19	2.29	8.38	3.8	0.2
66	Akron	Mid-American	5-3	0.62	13.83	-0.75	9.83	3.89	1.11
67	BYU	FBS Independents	4-4	0.5	13.28	2.5	15.53	4.44	-0.44
68	North Texas	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	12.85	0	8.04	3.5	0.5
69	Stanford	Pac-12	4-3	0.57	12.79	-3.29	15.95	2.78	1.22
70	Cincinnati	American Athletic	4-3	0.57	12.75	-0.29	8.76	3.45	0.55
71	Georgia	SEC	4-3	0.57	12.53	-1.29	9.51	3.29	0.71
72	Ball State	Mid-American	4-4	0.5	12.25	2.62	4.99	4.46	-0.46
73	Ole Miss	SEC	3-4	0.43	12.14	5.57	15.34	4.17	-1.17
74	Kentucky	SEC	4-3	0.57	11.9	-5.57	13.14	2.73	1.27
75	Texas Tech	Big 12	3-4	0.43	11.9	6.43	11.79	4.06	-1.06
76	Texas	Big 12	3-4	0.43	11.36	3.57	10.61	3.93	-0.93
77	Vanderbilt	SEC	4-4	0.5	11.17	-0.62	11.1	3.86	0.14
78	Colorado State	Mountain West	4-4	0.5	11.07	-1.12	12.42	3.8	0.2
79	Tulane	American Athletic	3-4	0.43	10.92	1.43	10.72	3.72	-0.72
80	Duke	ACC	3-4	0.43	10.68	1.14	10.81	3.71	-0.71
81	UTSA	Conference USA	3-4	0.43	10.39	1	6.84	3.64	-0.64
82	Utah State	Mountain West	3-4	0.43	10.3	1.14	9.19	3.69	-0.69
83	Syracuse	ACC	4-4	0.5	10.23	-5	12.33	3.2	0.8
84	UCLA	Pac-12	3-5	0.38	10.18	1.62	16.21	4.28	-1.28
85	Indiana	Big Ten	3-4	0.43	10.07	-1	16.05	3.33	-0.33
86	Hawai'i	Mountain West	4-4	0.5	9.84	-6.5	9.66	3.11	0.89
87	Idaho	Sun Belt	4-4	0.5	9.79	-11.62	11.77	2.27	1.73
88	South Alabama	Sun Belt	3-4	0.43	9.05	-2.43	9.21	3.09	-0.09
89	Boston College	ACC	3-4	0.43	8.84	-3.29	8.79	2.9	0.1
90	SMU	American Athletic	3-4	0.43	8.62	-5	13.9	2.76	0.24
91	Missouri	SEC	2-5	0.29	8.59	5.14	14.78	4.15	-2.15
92	South Carolina	SEC	3-4	0.43	8.5	-4.43	10.53	2.56	0.44
93	Louisiana	Sun Belt	3-4	0.43	8.46	-4.29	9.83	2.82	0.18
94	Purdue	Big Ten	3-4	0.43	8.42	-7.71	11.16	2.44	0.56
95	UNLV	Mountain West	3-5	0.38	8.38	-0.88	8.75	3.87	-0.87
96	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-5	0.29	7.86	2.57	11.51	3.87	-1.87
97	UConn	American Athletic	3-5	0.38	7.49	-5.62	11.9	2.87	0.13
98	Nevada	Mountain West	3-5	0.38	7.16	-5	5.12	3.07	-0.07
99	Florida International	Conference USA	3-5	0.38	6.73	-12.25	8.52	2.05	0.95
100	Charlotte	Conference USA	3-5	0.38	6.59	-12.12	9.71	2.24	0.76
101	Mississippi State	SEC	2-5	0.29	6.07	-1.71	11.5	3.24	-1.24
102	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	2-4	0.33	5.65	-11	10.14	1.49	0.51
103	Illinois	Big Ten	2-5	0.29	5.62	-4.86	14.53	2.73	-0.73
104	Oregon	Pac-12	2-5	0.29	5.56	-4.71	14	3.02	-1.02
105	Marshall	Conference USA	2-5	0.29	5.46	-3.71	8.49	3.05	-1.05
106	East Carolina	American Athletic	2-5	0.29	5.33	-5.71	11.32	2.71	-0.71
107	Georgia State	Sun Belt	2-5	0.29	5.3	-4.14	12.18	2.77	-0.77
108	Oregon State	Pac-12	2-5	0.29	5.26	-8.29	16.07	2.32	-0.32
109	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-5	0.29	5.21	-6.57	10.82	2.49	-0.49
110	Virginia	ACC	2-5	0.29	5.2	-6.43	10.07	2.61	-0.61
111	Arizona	Pac-12	2-5	0.29	5.18	-6.86	12.44	2.56	-0.56
112	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	2-5	0.29	4.55	-15.71	10.83	1.72	0.28
113	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	2-5	0.29	4.46	-16.71	9.78	1.58	0.42
114	Texas State	Sun Belt	2-5	0.29	4.43	-16.71	8.56	1.56	0.44
115	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	2-6	0.25	4.41	-4.12	13.6	3.38	-1.38
116	Kent State	Mid-American	2-6	0.25	4.32	-4.88	6.8	3.04	-1.04
117	UTEP	Conference USA	2-5	0.29	4.23	-18.43	12.2	1.28	0.72
118	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-6	0.25	3.88	-7	8.27	2.63	-0.63
119	San José State	Mountain West	2-6	0.25	3.66	-14.25	9.84	1.89	0.11
120	Rutgers	Big Ten	2-6	0.25	3.61	-18.75	15.58	1.28	0.72
121	Iowa State	Big 12	1-6	0.14	1.43	-8.86	12.15	2.24	-1.24
122	Kansas	Big 12	1-6	0.14	1.1	-15.14	14.19	1.55	-0.55
123	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	1-6	0.14	1.09	-13.29	7.87	1.74	-0.74
124	Rice	Conference USA	1-6	0.14	1.01	-11.43	11.98	2.06	-1.06
125	Buffalo	Mid-American	1-6	0.14	0.88	-18.57	6.69	0.89	0.11
126	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	1-7	0.12	0.72	-12.62	12.45	1.96	-0.96
127	Fresno State	Mountain West	1-7	0.12	0.67	-13.62	12.53	1.84	-0.84
128	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-7	0.12	0.24	-23.75	13.74	1.16	-0.16