2017 W12 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:36.828723+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	11-0	1	25.5	31.18	10.24	10.62	0.38
2	Wisconsin	Big Ten	11-0	1	25.47	22.09	11.46	10.04	0.96
3	UCF	American Athletic	10-0	1	25.12	27.7	8.85	8.84	1.16
4	Miami	ACC	10-0	1	25.08	16	10.71	8.21	1.79
5	Georgia	SEC	10-1	0.91	23.5	20.91	12.22	9.83	0.17
6	Clemson	ACC	10-1	0.91	23.33	21.36	11.18	9.91	0.09
7	Oklahoma	Big 12	10-1	0.91	23.25	18.82	11.3	8.69	1.31
8	Memphis	American Athletic	9-1	0.9	22.46	12.1	10.1	6.79	2.21
9	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	9-2	0.82	21.76	16.36	15.41	8.82	0.18
10	South Florida	American Athletic	9-1	0.9	21.69	18	4.26	8.22	0.78
11	Penn State	Big Ten	9-2	0.82	21.69	22.73	13.47	9.74	-0.74
12	Ohio State	Big Ten	9-2	0.82	21.63	25.09	12.65	9.62	-0.62
13	Auburn	SEC	9-2	0.82	21.28	21	11.5	9.61	-0.61
14	TCU	Big 12	9-2	0.82	21.25	18.45	11.84	9.56	-0.56
15	USC	Pac-12	10-2	0.83	21.22	8.67	13.61	7.96	2.04
16	Boise State	Mountain West	9-2	0.82	21.06	12.09	12.63	8.07	0.93
17	Washington	Pac-12	9-2	0.82	20.96	22	9.33	9.89	-0.89
18	Washington State	Pac-12	9-2	0.82	20.63	10.09	10.75	7.74	1.26
19	San Diego State	Mountain West	9-2	0.82	20.4	10.82	9.14	8.17	0.83
20	Toledo	Mid-American	9-2	0.82	20.4	12	8.71	7.77	1.23
21	Troy	Sun Belt	8-2	0.8	19.54	9	7.33	7.27	0.73
22	Oklahoma State	Big 12	8-3	0.73	19.14	13.91	12.43	7.76	0.24
23	Mississippi State	SEC	8-3	0.73	19	13	12.45	8.48	-0.48
24	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	8-3	0.73	18.95	14.55	11.7	8.15	-0.15
25	Stanford	Pac-12	8-3	0.73	18.93	11.09	12.8	8.08	-0.08
26	Virginia Tech	ACC	8-3	0.73	18.81	15.73	10.27	9.33	-1.33
27	Michigan	Big Ten	8-3	0.73	18.77	9.18	12	8.08	-0.08
28	Northwestern	Big Ten	8-3	0.73	18.55	7.55	12.22	7.42	0.58
29	LSU	SEC	8-3	0.73	18.42	8	11.04	7.71	0.29
30	Fresno State	Mountain West	8-3	0.73	18.31	10.45	8.99	8.3	-0.3
31	Ohio	Mid-American	8-3	0.73	18.31	15	6.59	8.26	-0.26
32	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	8-3	0.73	18.21	10.82	8.14	8.1	-0.1
33	Army	FBS Independents	8-3	0.73	18.12	9.55	7.49	7.74	0.26
34	South Carolina	SEC	8-3	0.73	18.1	5.73	10.35	7.12	0.88
35	North Texas	Conference USA	8-3	0.73	17.78	3.18	10.79	6.07	1.93
36	Michigan State	Big Ten	8-3	0.73	17.27	0.09	15.06	5.53	2.47
37	Wake Forest	ACC	7-4	0.64	16.61	8.73	12.52	7.32	-0.32
38	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	6-3	0.67	16.59	15.56	4.33	7.07	-1.07
39	Iowa State	Big 12	7-4	0.64	16.57	9.82	11.45	7.83	-0.83
40	Arizona	Pac-12	7-4	0.64	16.37	9.55	9.44	7.09	-0.09
41	NC State	ACC	7-4	0.64	16.36	5.27	12.48	6.72	0.28
42	Louisville	ACC	7-4	0.64	16.33	10.55	9.44	7.49	-0.49
43	Marshall	Conference USA	7-4	0.64	16.29	7.82	9.9	7.68	-0.68
44	West Virginia	Big 12	7-4	0.64	16.27	7.64	9.79	6.98	0.02
45	Texas A&M	SEC	7-4	0.64	16	4.82	10.98	6.55	0.45
46	Wyoming	Mountain West	7-4	0.64	15.97	5.18	9.57	7.13	-0.13
47	Southern Miss	Conference USA	7-4	0.64	15.84	8.09	7.09	7.41	-0.41
48	UAB	Conference USA	7-4	0.64	15.3	3.82	5.75	6.39	0.61
49	Houston	American Athletic	6-4	0.6	15.26	4.9	11.38	6.09	-0.09
50	Central Michigan	Mid-American	7-4	0.64	15.21	2.55	7.94	6.08	0.92
51	Navy	American Athletic	6-4	0.6	15.09	2.3	13.93	5.44	0.56
52	UTSA	Conference USA	6-4	0.6	15	8.6	7.04	7.28	-1.28
53	App State	Sun Belt	6-4	0.6	14.75	6.8	6.04	6.44	-0.44
54	Iowa	Big Ten	6-5	0.55	14.71	5.36	16.29	6.98	-0.98
55	Texas	Big 12	6-5	0.55	14.53	8.55	12.75	7.6	-1.6
56	Colorado State	Mountain West	7-5	0.58	14.49	6.33	8.22	7.44	-0.44
57	Kentucky	SEC	7-4	0.64	14.32	-0.64	10.67	5.35	1.65
58	SMU	American Athletic	6-5	0.55	14.22	4.82	12.54	6.33	-0.33
59	Missouri	SEC	6-5	0.55	14.18	8	10.14	6.98	-0.98
60	Western Michigan	Mid-American	6-5	0.55	14.12	7.82	8.86	7.05	-1.05
61	Kansas State	Big 12	6-5	0.55	14.02	6.73	9.73	6.94	-0.94
62	Oregon	Pac-12	6-5	0.55	13.95	3.82	12.61	6.28	-0.28
63	Utah State	Mountain West	6-5	0.55	13.72	4.64	9.51	6.56	-0.56
64	Boston College	ACC	6-5	0.55	13.66	1.45	15.28	5.89	0.11
65	Georgia State	Sun Belt	6-3	0.67	13.57	-3.11	5.44	3.8	2.2
66	Georgia Tech	ACC	5-5	0.5	12.96	4.8	11.45	6.01	-1.01
67	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	6-5	0.55	12.68	1.45	5.61	5.86	0.14
68	Arizona State	Pac-12	6-5	0.55	12.52	-0.36	13.55	5.42	0.58
69	Florida International	Conference USA	6-4	0.6	12.15	-5.4	9.09	3.76	2.24
70	Purdue	Big Ten	5-6	0.45	11.94	4.64	14.45	6.9	-1.9
71	Utah	Pac-12	5-6	0.45	11.7	4.18	11.53	6.5	-1.5
72	Virginia	ACC	6-5	0.55	11.65	-2.18	10.13	4.98	1.02
73	Duke	ACC	5-6	0.45	11.58	4.73	10.53	6.82	-1.82
74	Akron	Mid-American	6-5	0.55	11.56	-2.55	11.37	4.82	1.18
75	Texas Tech	Big 12	5-6	0.45	11.42	2.45	11.82	5.97	-0.97
76	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-6	0.45	11.23	2	10.88	6.06	-1.06
77	Buffalo	Mid-American	5-6	0.45	11.22	3.36	8.99	6.32	-1.32
78	Indiana	Big Ten	5-6	0.45	11.14	2.27	11.27	6.07	-1.07
79	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	5-6	0.45	10.68	1	10	5.72	-0.72
80	Colorado	Pac-12	5-6	0.45	10.29	0	10.88	5.5	-0.5
81	California	Pac-12	5-6	0.45	10.08	-0.45	11.37	5.39	-0.39
82	Florida State	ACC	4-6	0.4	9.78	0.9	14.57	5.23	-1.23
83	Tulane	American Athletic	5-6	0.45	9.59	-1.55	12.24	5.13	-0.13
84	Ole Miss	SEC	5-6	0.45	9.48	-2.18	11.74	5.08	-0.08
85	UCLA	Pac-12	5-6	0.45	9.45	-3.55	15.22	4.86	0.14
86	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	4-7	0.36	9.36	2.73	12.85	6.24	-2.24
87	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	5-6	0.45	9.32	-2.27	9.92	4.9	0.1
88	Louisiana	Sun Belt	5-5	0.5	9.3	-8.3	6.98	3.59	1.41
89	UNLV	Mountain West	5-6	0.45	9.04	-2.55	8.24	4.97	0.03
90	Temple	American Athletic	5-6	0.45	8.99	-5	11.83	4.25	0.75
91	Old Dominion	Conference USA	5-6	0.45	8.24	-9.18	8.7	3.32	1.68
92	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	4-7	0.36	8.07	0.27	6.83	5.56	-1.56
93	Florida	SEC	4-6	0.4	8.06	-4.1	15.63	4.01	-0.01
94	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	4-6	0.4	8.05	-2.3	7.9	4.58	-0.58
95	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	4-6	0.4	8.01	-3.6	11.06	4.42	-0.42
96	Air Force	Mountain West	4-7	0.36	7.72	-1.36	12.25	5.22	-1.22
97	Syracuse	ACC	4-7	0.36	7.45	-2.64	13.09	4.93	-0.93
98	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	4-7	0.36	7.42	-1.55	9.18	5.1	-1.1
99	Pittsburgh	ACC	4-7	0.36	7.02	-3.82	10.85	4.54	-0.54
100	Nebraska	Big Ten	4-7	0.36	6.76	-7.82	15.12	3.88	0.12
101	Arkansas	SEC	4-7	0.36	6.67	-7.82	13.36	3.9	0.1
102	Maryland	Big Ten	4-7	0.36	6.67	-8.45	14.48	3.73	0.27
103	Tennessee	SEC	4-7	0.36	6.61	-8.45	13.3	3.28	0.72
104	South Alabama	Sun Belt	4-7	0.36	6.57	-6.82	9.09	3.67	0.33
105	Vanderbilt	SEC	4-7	0.36	6.54	-9	12.59	3.45	0.55
106	Rutgers	Big Ten	4-7	0.36	6.52	-8.27	10.87	3.28	0.72
107	Idaho	Sun Belt	3-7	0.3	5.19	-6.5	8.62	3.5	-0.5
108	North Carolina	ACC	3-8	0.27	4.76	-4.64	12.25	4.46	-1.46
109	New Mexico	Mountain West	3-8	0.27	4.29	-9.91	10.62	3.19	-0.19
110	Cincinnati	American Athletic	3-8	0.27	4.22	-12	12.41	2.79	0.21
111	Hawai'i	Mountain West	3-8	0.27	4.15	-11.27	8.94	3.08	-0.08
112	UConn	American Athletic	3-8	0.27	4	-15.55	11.63	2.56	0.44
113	BYU	FBS Independents	3-9	0.25	3.9	-9.08	10.9	3.07	-0.07
114	East Carolina	American Athletic	3-8	0.27	3.82	-16.73	11.17	2.59	0.41
115	Tulsa	American Athletic	2-9	0.18	2.55	-7	14.56	4.16	-2.16
116	Nevada	Mountain West	2-9	0.18	2.52	-6.91	12.26	4.12	-2.12
117	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-9	0.18	2.01	-13.55	11.14	2.89	-0.89
118	Illinois	Big Ten	2-9	0.18	2.01	-14.36	13.31	2	0
119	Texas State	Sun Belt	2-9	0.18	2.01	-13	9.36	2.38	-0.38
120	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	2-9	0.18	1.96	-12.27	9.32	2.95	-0.95
121	Ball State	Mid-American	2-9	0.18	1.61	-22.91	10.6	1.45	0.55
122	Kent State	Mid-American	2-9	0.18	1.61	-23.45	12.16	0.84	1.16
123	Baylor	Big 12	1-10	0.09	0.13	-10.55	11.94	3.3	-2.3
124	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	1-9	0.1	0.05	-13.5	10.68	2.27	-1.27
125	Charlotte	Conference USA	1-10	0.09	-0.29	-18.55	10.65	1.35	-0.35
126	Oregon State	Pac-12	1-10	0.09	-0.32	-19	13.5	2.02	-1.02
127	Rice	Conference USA	1-10	0.09	-0.35	-19.82	12.36	1.46	-0.46
128	Kansas	Big 12	1-10	0.09	-0.47	-23.27	12.86	1.42	-0.42
129	San José State	Mountain West	1-11	0.08	-0.84	-28.25	10.15	0.95	0.05
130	UTEP	Conference USA	0-11	0	-2.65	-25.36	13.32	0.71	-0.71