2016 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:36.572137+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	8-0	1	26.7	29	14.48	7.43	0.57
2	Michigan	Big Ten	8-0	1	26.36	35	12.12	7.71	0.29
3	Clemson	ACC	8-0	1	26.28	19	14.11	6.8	1.2
4	Western Michigan	Mid-American	8-0	1	25.49	25.12	9.22	7.03	0.97
5	Washington	Pac-12	8-0	1	25.11	30.38	6.74	7.42	0.58
6	Ohio State	Big Ten	7-1	0.88	23.49	27.5	12.94	7.37	-0.37
7	Louisville	ACC	7-1	0.88	23.36	27	12.33	6.9	0.1
8	Texas A&M	SEC	7-1	0.88	22.95	18.62	11.63	6.63	0.37
9	Boise State	Mountain West	7-1	0.88	22.89	11.88	12.4	5.91	1.09
10	Nebraska	Big Ten	7-1	0.88	22.63	13.62	10.26	6.31	0.69
11	Florida	SEC	6-1	0.86	22.26	17.71	10.85	6.29	-0.29
12	West Virginia	Big 12	6-1	0.86	22.02	10.57	10.31	5.09	0.91
13	Troy	Sun Belt	6-1	0.86	21.9	17.71	8.53	5.73	0.27
14	San Diego State	Mountain West	7-1	0.88	21.64	16.38	5.12	6.65	0.35
15	Baylor	Big 12	6-1	0.86	21.52	22.57	4.58	6.01	-0.01
16	Houston	American Athletic	7-2	0.78	20.36	16.78	10.76	7.16	-0.16
17	Auburn	SEC	6-2	0.75	20.31	20.25	13.92	6.99	-0.99
18	Wisconsin	Big Ten	6-2	0.75	20.16	9.5	16.86	6.13	-0.13
19	South Florida	American Athletic	7-2	0.78	19.99	13.22	9.65	6.32	0.68
20	Penn State	Big Ten	6-2	0.75	19.85	6.62	16.76	5.02	0.98
21	Oklahoma	Big 12	6-2	0.75	19.76	12.88	12.77	5.5	0.5
22	Colorado	Pac-12	6-2	0.75	19.65	17.25	10.28	6.64	-0.64
23	Virginia Tech	ACC	6-2	0.75	19.61	16.12	10.71	6.41	-0.41
24	Utah	Pac-12	7-2	0.78	19.58	6.56	9.17	5.82	1.18
25	Oklahoma State	Big 12	6-2	0.75	19.53	14.12	10.91	5.87	0.13
26	App State	Sun Belt	6-2	0.75	19.41	8.62	12.52	5.75	0.25
27	Washington State	Pac-12	6-2	0.75	19.24	12.88	9.31	5.73	0.27
28	Toledo	Mid-American	6-2	0.75	19.2	15.88	6.95	6.18	-0.18
29	Tulsa	American Athletic	6-2	0.75	19.07	10.25	9.49	5.28	0.72
30	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-2	0.75	18.92	10	8.55	5.66	0.34
31	North Carolina	ACC	6-2	0.75	18.87	5.5	10.62	4.86	1.14
32	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	6-2	0.75	18.83	10.62	7.73	5.38	0.62
33	Wyoming	Mountain West	6-2	0.75	18.74	3.88	11.71	4.57	1.43
34	LSU	SEC	5-2	0.71	18.58	14.86	10.05	5.85	-0.85
35	Navy	American Athletic	5-2	0.71	18.38	6.57	11.6	4.33	0.67
36	Temple	American Athletic	6-3	0.67	17.58	11.11	11.6	6.48	-0.48
37	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	6-3	0.67	17.48	15.44	9.16	6.75	-0.75
38	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	6-3	0.67	17.12	14.11	7.07	6.43	-0.43
39	USC	Pac-12	5-3	0.62	16.55	6.38	15.87	5.09	-0.09
40	Florida State	ACC	5-3	0.62	16.52	4.88	15.51	4.71	0.29
41	Ohio	Mid-American	6-3	0.67	16.24	4.33	6.57	5.36	0.64
42	Memphis	American Athletic	5-3	0.62	16.2	10.25	8.79	5.45	-0.45
43	Maryland	Big Ten	5-3	0.62	16.15	9.38	9.01	5.52	-0.52
44	Pittsburgh	ACC	5-3	0.62	16.09	5.75	11.31	4.77	0.23
45	Army	FBS Independents	5-3	0.62	16	15	6.74	6.58	-1.58
46	Kansas State	Big 12	5-3	0.62	15.94	8.75	9.13	5.53	-0.53
47	Georgia Tech	ACC	5-3	0.62	15.85	4.62	11.97	4.84	0.16
48	Iowa	Big Ten	5-3	0.62	15.82	9.25	7.43	5.76	-0.76
49	Air Force	Mountain West	5-3	0.62	15.77	7.5	8.71	5.19	-0.19
50	Southern Miss	Conference USA	5-3	0.62	15.59	6.75	7.97	5.01	-0.01
51	Tennessee	SEC	5-3	0.62	15.47	0.12	18.13	4.02	0.98
52	New Mexico	Mountain West	5-3	0.62	15.42	6.25	7.06	4.83	0.17
53	Wake Forest	ACC	5-3	0.62	15.41	2.38	10.09	4.58	0.42
54	Old Dominion	Conference USA	5-3	0.62	15.1	3.25	7.71	4.5	0.5
55	Stanford	Pac-12	5-3	0.62	14.8	0.12	14.68	4.03	0.97
56	Arkansas	SEC	5-3	0.62	14.36	-0.5	13.39	3.92	1.08
57	Miami	ACC	4-4	0.5	13.92	14	11.11	6.31	-2.31
58	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-4	0.56	13.65	1.22	10.05	4.72	0.28
59	UCF	American Athletic	4-4	0.5	13.37	6.5	11.38	5.08	-1.08
60	Kentucky	SEC	5-3	0.62	13.35	-3.12	12.77	3.5	1.5
61	Texas Tech	Big 12	4-4	0.5	13.22	6	12.11	4.64	-0.64
62	Northwestern	Big Ten	4-4	0.5	13.06	3	13.32	4.6	-0.6
63	BYU	FBS Independents	4-4	0.5	13.05	2.5	15.13	4.44	-0.44
64	NC State	ACC	4-4	0.5	13	3.38	11.74	4.63	-0.63
65	Texas	Big 12	4-4	0.5	12.9	3.25	13.13	4.45	-0.45
66	TCU	Big 12	4-4	0.5	12.85	4.25	9.04	4.62	-0.62
67	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	5-4	0.56	12.74	-0.44	9.94	4.42	0.58
68	Arizona State	Pac-12	5-4	0.56	12.63	-0.89	10.72	4.37	0.63
69	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	4-4	0.5	12.54	2.5	9.09	4.46	-0.46
70	UTSA	Conference USA	4-4	0.5	12.23	2.62	7.92	4.44	-0.44
71	Ball State	Mid-American	4-4	0.5	12.06	2.62	5.13	4.46	-0.46
72	Indiana	Big Ten	4-4	0.5	11.82	-0.12	15.51	3.98	0.02
73	Akron	Mid-American	5-4	0.56	11.8	-3	8.9	4.01	0.99
74	California	Pac-12	4-4	0.5	11.65	-0.5	13.21	3.94	0.06
75	Vanderbilt	SEC	4-4	0.5	11.27	-0.62	11.72	3.86	0.14
76	Colorado State	Mountain West	4-4	0.5	11.13	-1.12	12.53	3.8	0.2
77	North Texas	Conference USA	4-4	0.5	10.72	-1.75	8.76	3.69	0.31
78	Georgia	SEC	4-4	0.5	10.64	-2.88	11.17	3.45	0.55
79	South Alabama	Sun Belt	4-4	0.5	10.54	-1.75	9.16	3.64	0.36
80	Boston College	ACC	4-4	0.5	10.51	-2	9.66	3.57	0.43
81	Cincinnati	American Athletic	4-4	0.5	10.47	-2.88	8.85	3.44	0.56
82	Ole Miss	SEC	3-5	0.38	10.46	3.5	15.04	4.48	-1.48
83	SMU	American Athletic	4-4	0.5	10.42	-3.88	13.4	3.36	0.64
84	South Carolina	SEC	4-4	0.5	10.3	-3.5	11.11	3.16	0.84
85	Syracuse	ACC	4-4	0.5	10.22	-5	11.69	3.2	0.8
86	UCLA	Pac-12	3-5	0.38	9.91	1.62	14.83	4.28	-1.28
87	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-5	0.38	9.75	2.62	11.06	4.43	-1.43
88	Idaho	Sun Belt	4-4	0.5	9.61	-11.62	11.47	2.27	1.73
89	Tulane	American Athletic	3-5	0.38	9.33	0.75	10.47	4.13	-1.13
90	Duke	ACC	3-5	0.38	9.3	0.62	11.1	4.12	-1.12
91	Mississippi State	SEC	3-5	0.38	8.77	0.38	8.99	4.06	-1.06
92	Hawai'i	Mountain West	4-5	0.44	8.55	-6.56	9.44	3.46	0.54
93	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	3-4	0.43	8.52	-3.57	9.98	2.91	0.09
94	Louisiana	Sun Belt	3-4	0.43	8.5	-4.29	8.97	2.82	0.18
95	East Carolina	American Athletic	3-5	0.38	8.45	-0.25	10.89	3.96	-0.96
96	Oregon	Pac-12	3-5	0.38	8.07	-1.75	14.3	3.8	-0.8
97	Utah State	Mountain West	3-5	0.38	7.95	-2.38	10.53	3.55	-0.55
98	Missouri	SEC	2-6	0.25	7.13	2.75	14.18	4.41	-2.41
99	Nevada	Mountain West	3-5	0.38	7.02	-5	4.88	3.07	-0.07
100	Purdue	Big Ten	3-5	0.38	6.91	-11.5	11.73	2.34	0.66
101	UNLV	Mountain West	3-6	0.33	6.86	-1.44	7.98	4.25	-1.25
102	Charlotte	Conference USA	3-5	0.38	6.64	-12.12	9.05	2.24	0.76
103	Kent State	Mid-American	3-6	0.33	6.12	-4	8.3	3.62	-0.62
104	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-6	0.33	6.03	-4.78	9.29	3.42	-0.42
105	UConn	American Athletic	3-6	0.33	5.88	-9.22	11.03	2.48	0.52
106	Florida International	Conference USA	3-6	0.33	5.63	-11.67	10.01	2.48	0.52
107	San José State	Mountain West	3-6	0.33	5.45	-12	10.24	2.44	0.56
108	Georgia State	Sun Belt	2-6	0.25	4.56	-4	11.29	3.14	-1.14
109	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	2-6	0.25	4.54	-4.12	12.81	3.38	-1.38
110	Marshall	Conference USA	2-6	0.25	4.45	-4.5	10.04	3.35	-1.35
111	Texas State	Sun Belt	2-5	0.29	4.32	-16.71	8.29	1.56	0.44
112	Illinois	Big Ten	2-6	0.25	4.31	-7.12	14.64	2.75	-0.75
113	Oregon State	Pac-12	2-6	0.25	4.3	-7.75	16.71	2.76	-0.76
114	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-6	0.25	4.25	-6.88	12.54	2.8	-0.8
115	Virginia	ACC	2-6	0.25	4.24	-6.5	11.21	2.97	-0.97
116	Arizona	Pac-12	2-6	0.25	4.05	-9	12.29	2.56	-0.56
117	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	2-6	0.25	3.52	-19	13.54	1.6	0.4
118	Rutgers	Big Ten	2-6	0.25	3.51	-18.75	14.94	1.28	0.72
119	UTEP	Conference USA	2-6	0.25	3.51	-17.38	11.58	1.54	0.46
120	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	2-6	0.25	3.39	-19.75	9.69	1.47	0.53
121	Buffalo	Mid-American	2-6	0.25	3.38	-13.62	6.96	1.68	0.32
122	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	2-7	0.22	3.1	-8.56	9.21	2.84	-0.84
123	Iowa State	Big 12	1-7	0.12	1.01	-8.38	11.72	2.64	-1.64
124	Rice	Conference USA	1-7	0.12	0.55	-15.62	12.4	1.89	-0.89
125	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	1-7	0.12	0.45	-17.75	8.53	1.45	-0.45
126	Fresno State	Mountain West	1-8	0.11	0.43	-13.22	13.01	2.12	-1.12
127	Kansas	Big 12	1-7	0.12	0.39	-19.88	14.02	1.26	-0.26
128	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-7	0.12	0.2	-23.75	13.25	1.16	-0.16