2017 W17 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:36.830998+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	UCF	American Athletic	12-0	1	24.93	24.25	10.04	9.98	2.02
2	Clemson	ACC	12-1	0.92	23.53	22.62	12.41	11.93	0.07
3	Georgia	SEC	12-1	0.92	23.45	21.69	12.18	11.82	0.18
4	Alabama	SEC	11-1	0.92	23.44	27.58	11.16	11.37	-0.37
5	Wisconsin	Big Ten	12-1	0.92	23.38	20.62	11.99	11.74	0.26
6	Oklahoma	Big 12	12-1	0.92	23.34	19.92	11.94	10.41	1.59
7	Ohio State	Big Ten	11-2	0.85	22.1	22.54	13.43	11.15	-0.15
8	Penn State	Big Ten	10-2	0.83	21.59	26.08	12.5	10.94	-0.94
9	USC	Pac-12	11-2	0.85	21.28	8.23	13	8.53	2.47
10	Washington	Pac-12	10-2	0.83	21.02	22.42	9.81	10.82	-0.82
11	Troy	Sun Belt	11-2	0.85	20.85	13.08	8.49	10.15	0.85
12	Miami	ACC	10-2	0.83	20.7	9.58	11.6	8.61	1.39
13	Memphis	American Athletic	10-2	0.83	20.68	14.25	9.72	8.39	1.61
14	South Florida	American Athletic	10-2	0.83	20.17	14.75	6.59	9.12	0.88
15	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	11-3	0.79	20.09	17.86	10.7	11.17	-0.17
16	Auburn	SEC	10-3	0.77	20.03	17.08	13.3	10.86	-0.86
17	Boise State	Mountain West	11-3	0.79	20.01	9.64	12.93	9.76	1.24
18	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	9-3	0.75	19.71	13.5	15.39	9.09	-0.09
19	TCU	Big 12	10-3	0.77	19.62	15.54	11.14	10.63	-0.63
20	Toledo	Mid-American	11-3	0.79	19.53	10.14	9.42	9.59	1.41
21	San Diego State	Mountain West	10-3	0.77	19.13	10.54	9.53	9.49	0.51
22	Oklahoma State	Big 12	9-3	0.75	19.12	16.17	10.66	8.82	0.18
23	Virginia Tech	ACC	9-3	0.75	18.99	15.25	10.08	10.29	-1.29
24	Army	FBS Independents	10-3	0.77	18.89	8.69	9.23	8.94	1.06
25	Northwestern	Big Ten	9-3	0.75	18.82	9.83	11.04	8.66	0.34
26	LSU	SEC	9-3	0.75	18.71	9.33	10.53	8.67	0.33
27	Washington State	Pac-12	9-3	0.75	18.59	7	11.1	7.74	1.26
28	Michigan State	Big Ten	9-3	0.75	18.33	2.83	13.31	6.92	2.08
29	Stanford	Pac-12	9-4	0.69	17.92	10.54	13.96	9.37	-0.37
30	Fresno State	Mountain West	10-4	0.71	17.82	9.21	10.79	10.19	-0.19
31	Ohio	Mid-American	9-4	0.69	17.36	14.85	8.34	9.83	-0.83
32	Mississippi State	SEC	8-4	0.67	17.25	11.67	11.87	8.94	-0.94
33	App State	Sun Belt	9-4	0.69	17.23	13.23	8.02	9.97	-0.97
34	Michigan	Big Ten	8-4	0.67	17.02	7.5	12.53	8.32	-0.32
35	Louisville	ACC	8-4	0.67	17.01	11.92	10.01	8.44	-0.44
36	NC State	ACC	8-4	0.67	16.78	5.83	11.99	7.47	0.53
37	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	8-4	0.67	16.7	9.33	8.99	8.48	-0.48
38	South Carolina	SEC	8-4	0.67	16.28	3.25	11.1	7.02	0.98
39	Southern Miss	Conference USA	8-4	0.67	16.26	7.5	6.84	7.94	0.06
40	Marshall	Conference USA	8-5	0.62	15.58	6.77	10.72	8.67	-0.67
41	Iowa	Big Ten	7-5	0.58	15.32	8.42	14.82	8.37	-1.37
42	Wyoming	Mountain West	8-5	0.62	15.25	5.92	9.01	8.66	-0.66
43	Wake Forest	ACC	7-5	0.58	14.98	7.33	12.81	7.7	-0.7
44	Iowa State	Big 12	7-5	0.58	14.91	8.92	11.03	8.38	-1.38
45	North Texas	Conference USA	9-5	0.64	14.83	0.5	11.47	7.12	1.88
46	Boston College	ACC	7-5	0.58	14.74	3.67	14.73	7.06	-0.06
47	Arizona	Pac-12	7-5	0.58	14.6	7.75	9.29	7.43	-0.43
48	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	7-5	0.58	14.6	12.08	6.68	8.56	-1.56
49	Missouri	SEC	7-5	0.58	14.58	7.58	9.24	7.49	-0.49
50	Houston	American Athletic	7-5	0.58	14.5	4.42	11.3	7.19	-0.19
51	Kansas State	Big 12	7-5	0.58	14.48	6.25	9.46	7.51	-0.51
52	West Virginia	Big 12	7-5	0.58	14.43	4.67	10.71	6.97	0.03
53	UAB	Conference USA	8-5	0.62	14.42	2.15	6.49	7.12	0.88
54	Central Michigan	Mid-American	8-5	0.62	14.31	0.92	8.8	6.75	1.25
55	Texas A&M	SEC	7-5	0.58	14.05	2.42	10.89	6.57	0.43
56	Oregon	Pac-12	7-6	0.54	13.87	7	11.38	8.13	-1.13
57	Arizona State	Pac-12	7-5	0.58	13.79	0.67	13.64	6.15	0.85
58	UTSA	Conference USA	6-5	0.55	13.57	6.55	7.04	7.52	-1.52
59	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	7-6	0.54	13.47	5.08	10.04	7.88	-0.88
60	Colorado State	Mountain West	7-6	0.54	13.36	5.62	8.08	7.9	-0.9
61	Texas	Big 12	6-6	0.5	13.09	7.5	12.1	8.03	-2.03
62	Purdue	Big Ten	6-6	0.5	12.88	4.83	12.95	7.55	-1.55
63	SMU	American Athletic	7-6	0.54	12.87	1.15	11.16	6.74	0.26
64	Florida State	ACC	6-6	0.5	12.85	4.75	12.76	7.37	-1.37
65	Utah	Pac-12	6-6	0.5	12.81	5.58	11.39	7.46	-1.46
66	Florida International	Conference USA	8-5	0.62	12.79	-2.85	9.05	5.69	2.31
67	Duke	ACC	6-6	0.5	12.67	5	10.73	7.5	-1.5
68	Western Michigan	Mid-American	6-6	0.5	12.64	4.92	10.51	7.1	-1.1
69	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	7-6	0.54	12.49	0.85	9.15	6.76	0.24
70	Utah State	Mountain West	6-6	0.5	12.35	4	8.89	6.97	-0.97
71	Buffalo	Mid-American	6-6	0.5	12.31	3.67	9.05	6.97	-0.97
72	Navy	American Athletic	6-6	0.5	12.13	1	14.13	6.25	-0.25
73	Kentucky	SEC	7-5	0.58	12.09	-2.83	11.39	5.26	1.74
74	Temple	American Athletic	7-6	0.54	11.69	-0.69	10.51	6.29	0.71
75	Texas Tech	Big 12	6-7	0.46	11.41	2.08	12.15	6.98	-0.98
76	Georgia State	Sun Belt	7-5	0.58	11.39	-4.42	6.89	4.63	2.37
77	Georgia Tech	ACC	5-6	0.45	11	1.55	12.11	5.87	-0.87
78	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	6-6	0.5	10.52	-0.92	7.95	5.78	0.22
79	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	5-7	0.42	10.52	2.75	10.94	6.79	-1.79
80	Ole Miss	SEC	6-6	0.5	10.5	-1.75	10.98	5.63	0.37
81	UCLA	Pac-12	6-6	0.5	10.48	-3	14.32	5.4	0.6
82	Virginia	ACC	6-6	0.5	10.24	-2.83	10.98	5.21	0.79
83	Indiana	Big Ten	5-7	0.42	10.2	1.5	10.87	6.41	-1.41
84	Akron	Mid-American	7-7	0.5	9.88	-5.86	11.78	5.1	1.9
85	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	5-7	0.42	9.52	0.33	8.51	6.1	-1.1
86	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	6-7	0.46	9.4	-1.38	6.98	6.09	-0.09
87	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-7	0.42	9.12	-0.75	11.92	5.76	-0.76
88	California	Pac-12	5-7	0.42	9.08	-0.67	10.9	5.83	-0.83
89	Air Force	Mountain West	5-7	0.42	8.96	-1	11.18	5.78	-0.78
90	Tulane	American Athletic	5-7	0.42	8.77	-1.67	11.7	5.58	-0.58
91	Colorado	Pac-12	5-7	0.42	8.66	-1.75	10.53	5.54	-0.54
92	Pittsburgh	ACC	5-7	0.42	8.46	-2.67	10.94	5.25	-0.25
93	UNLV	Mountain West	5-7	0.42	8.21	-2.92	7.91	5.32	-0.32
94	Vanderbilt	SEC	5-7	0.42	7.92	-6.75	11.63	4.32	0.68
95	Old Dominion	Conference USA	5-7	0.42	7.4	-11	8.77	3.2	1.8
96	Louisiana	Sun Belt	5-7	0.42	7.22	-11.83	6.63	3.64	1.36
97	Florida	SEC	4-7	0.36	6.89	-5.18	14.44	4.15	-0.15
98	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	4-8	0.33	6.64	-1.25	7.73	5.72	-1.72
99	Syracuse	ACC	4-8	0.33	6.22	-4.75	13.87	4.88	-0.88
100	Idaho	Sun Belt	4-8	0.33	5.97	-4.83	8.96	4.55	-0.55
101	Arkansas	SEC	4-8	0.33	5.89	-7.42	13.25	4.41	-0.41
102	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	4-8	0.33	5.83	-7.08	11.4	4.67	-0.67
103	South Alabama	Sun Belt	4-8	0.33	5.77	-6.67	9.18	4.02	-0.02
104	Nebraska	Big Ten	4-8	0.33	5.69	-10.67	14.67	3.67	0.33
105	Tennessee	SEC	4-8	0.33	5.69	-9.25	12.3	3.45	0.55
106	Rutgers	Big Ten	4-8	0.33	5.57	-10.33	11.4	3.05	0.95
107	Maryland	Big Ten	4-8	0.33	5.54	-13	14.54	3.17	0.83
108	Cincinnati	American Athletic	4-8	0.33	5.5	-10.92	10.8	3.24	0.76
109	BYU	FBS Independents	4-9	0.31	5.29	-7.62	10.36	3.83	0.17
110	North Carolina	ACC	3-9	0.25	4.24	-5.25	11.86	4.71	-1.71
111	Nevada	Mountain West	3-9	0.25	4.17	-5.75	11.78	4.7	-1.7
112	New Mexico	Mountain West	3-9	0.25	3.69	-11.17	10.98	3.17	-0.17
113	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	3-9	0.25	3.66	-10.33	8.1	3.57	-0.57
114	Hawai'i	Mountain West	3-9	0.25	3.62	-11.17	8.62	3.36	-0.36
115	UConn	American Athletic	3-9	0.25	3.5	-14.33	10.91	2.94	0.06
116	East Carolina	American Athletic	3-9	0.25	3.27	-20.08	11.53	2.37	0.63
117	Tulsa	American Athletic	2-10	0.17	2.14	-8.17	13.07	4.3	-2.3
118	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	2-10	0.17	1.85	-11.33	9.81	3.16	-1.16
119	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-10	0.17	1.8	-12.67	11.6	3.32	-1.32
120	Illinois	Big Ten	2-10	0.17	1.64	-16.08	12.84	1.86	0.14
121	Texas State	Sun Belt	2-10	0.17	1.59	-16.33	9.78	2.05	-0.05
122	Kent State	Mid-American	2-10	0.17	1.38	-22.33	11.93	1	1
123	Ball State	Mid-American	2-10	0.17	1.35	-22.75	10.57	1.5	0.5
124	San José State	Mountain West	2-11	0.15	0.8	-25.85	10.39	1.19	0.81
125	Baylor	Big 12	1-11	0.08	-0.18	-11.58	12.26	3.41	-2.41
126	Charlotte	Conference USA	1-11	0.08	-0.53	-18.58	11.47	1.45	-0.45
127	Rice	Conference USA	1-11	0.08	-0.57	-19.5	12.73	1.6	-0.6
128	Oregon State	Pac-12	1-11	0.08	-0.67	-22.33	12.65	1.8	-0.8
129	Kansas	Big 12	1-11	0.08	-0.75	-24.75	12.84	1.43	-0.43
130	UTEP	Conference USA	0-12	0	-2.61	-25	13.43	0.75	-0.75