2017 W18 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:36.831415+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	UCF	American Athletic	12-0	1	24.86	24.25	9.9	9.98	2.02
2	Wisconsin	Big Ten	13-1	0.93	23.65	19.86	12.63	12.47	0.53
3	Clemson	ACC	12-1	0.92	23.48	22.62	12.38	11.93	0.07
4	Georgia	SEC	12-1	0.92	23.42	21.69	12.21	11.82	0.18
5	Alabama	SEC	11-1	0.92	23.41	27.58	11.17	11.37	-0.37
6	Oklahoma	Big 12	12-1	0.92	23.29	19.92	11.85	10.41	1.59
7	Ohio State	Big Ten	12-2	0.86	22.37	22.14	14	12.07	-0.07
8	Penn State	Big Ten	11-2	0.85	22.05	24.62	13.03	11.66	-0.66
9	Troy	Sun Belt	11-2	0.85	20.8	13.08	8.37	10.15	0.85
10	South Florida	American Athletic	10-2	0.83	20.13	14.75	6.51	9.12	0.88
11	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	11-3	0.79	20.05	17.86	10.57	11.17	-0.17
12	TCU	Big 12	11-3	0.79	20.02	14.57	11.42	11.12	-0.12
13	Auburn	SEC	10-3	0.77	19.99	17.08	13.27	10.86	-0.86
14	Boise State	Mountain West	11-3	0.79	19.98	9.64	12.96	9.76	1.24
15	USC	Pac-12	11-3	0.79	19.83	6.43	13.62	8.78	2.22
16	Washington	Pac-12	10-3	0.77	19.75	20.15	10.73	11.35	-1.35
17	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	9-3	0.75	19.69	13.5	15.48	9.09	-0.09
18	Oklahoma State	Big 12	10-3	0.77	19.59	15.62	11.21	9.53	0.47
19	Toledo	Mid-American	11-3	0.79	19.42	10.14	9.19	9.59	1.41
20	Miami	ACC	10-3	0.77	19.34	8.08	12.37	8.89	1.11
21	Memphis	American Athletic	10-3	0.77	19.3	13.08	9.87	8.98	1.02
22	Northwestern	Big Ten	10-3	0.77	19.18	9.15	11.09	9.22	0.78
23	Michigan State	Big Ten	10-3	0.77	19.09	4.54	13.69	8.05	1.95
24	San Diego State	Mountain West	10-3	0.77	19.06	10.54	9.58	9.49	0.51
25	Army	FBS Independents	10-3	0.77	18.87	8.69	9.23	8.94	1.06
26	LSU	SEC	9-3	0.75	18.67	9.33	10.51	8.67	0.33
27	Fresno State	Mountain West	10-4	0.71	17.78	9.21	10.65	10.19	-0.19
28	Mississippi State	SEC	9-4	0.69	17.69	11.08	12.35	9.52	-0.52
29	Virginia Tech	ACC	9-4	0.69	17.65	13.38	10.75	10.68	-1.68
30	NC State	ACC	9-4	0.69	17.33	7	12.11	8.33	0.67
31	Ohio	Mid-American	9-4	0.69	17.29	14.85	7.88	9.83	-0.83
32	App State	Sun Belt	9-4	0.69	17.2	13.23	7.89	9.97	-0.97
33	Washington State	Pac-12	9-4	0.69	17.03	4.54	11.62	7.73	1.27
34	Michigan	Big Ten	8-4	0.67	16.99	7.5	12.51	8.32	-0.32
35	Stanford	Pac-12	9-5	0.64	16.74	9.64	14.24	9.77	-0.77
36	South Carolina	SEC	8-4	0.67	16.27	3.25	11.2	7.02	0.98
37	Iowa	Big Ten	8-5	0.62	16.19	8.31	14.87	9.04	-1.04
38	Louisville	ACC	8-5	0.62	15.88	10.69	10.55	8.92	-0.92
39	Wake Forest	ACC	8-5	0.62	15.83	7	12.93	8.16	-0.16
40	Iowa State	Big 12	8-5	0.62	15.78	8.31	11.57	8.95	-0.95
41	Marshall	Conference USA	8-5	0.62	15.54	6.77	10.62	8.67	-0.67
42	Kansas State	Big 12	8-5	0.62	15.41	7.15	9.45	8.37	-0.37
43	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	8-5	0.62	15.38	6.92	8.93	8.54	-0.54
44	Wyoming	Mountain West	8-5	0.62	15.24	5.92	8.9	8.66	-0.66
45	Southern Miss	Conference USA	8-5	0.62	14.93	4.69	7.28	7.83	0.17
46	North Texas	Conference USA	9-5	0.64	14.8	0.5	11.43	7.12	1.88
47	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	7-5	0.58	14.56	12.08	6.53	8.56	-1.56
48	Houston	American Athletic	7-5	0.58	14.43	4.42	11.25	7.19	-0.19
49	UAB	Conference USA	8-5	0.62	14.36	2.15	6.63	7.12	0.88
50	Central Michigan	Mid-American	8-5	0.62	14.24	0.92	8.8	6.75	1.25
51	Texas	Big 12	7-6	0.54	14.03	8.23	12.2	8.9	-1.9
52	Florida State	ACC	7-6	0.54	13.96	6.62	13	8.52	-1.52
53	Oregon	Pac-12	7-6	0.54	13.85	7	11.43	8.13	-1.13
54	Utah	Pac-12	7-6	0.54	13.78	6.38	11.59	8.33	-1.33
55	Purdue	Big Ten	7-6	0.54	13.74	4.69	13.1	8.05	-1.05
56	Duke	ACC	7-6	0.54	13.73	6.31	11.21	8.52	-1.52
57	Navy	American Athletic	7-6	0.54	13.71	4.15	13.77	7.62	-0.62
58	Arizona	Pac-12	7-6	0.54	13.65	6.92	9.44	7.89	-0.89
59	Boston College	ACC	7-6	0.54	13.65	2.85	14.63	7.4	-0.4
60	Missouri	SEC	7-6	0.54	13.53	5.69	9.51	7.75	-0.75
61	UTSA	Conference USA	6-5	0.55	13.53	6.55	6.87	7.52	-1.52
62	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	7-6	0.54	13.46	5.08	9.81	7.88	-0.88
63	Colorado State	Mountain West	7-6	0.54	13.35	5.62	8.14	7.9	-0.9
64	West Virginia	Big 12	7-6	0.54	13.29	3.08	10.78	7.22	-0.22
65	Texas A&M	SEC	7-6	0.54	13.08	2	11.18	6.99	0.01
66	SMU	American Athletic	7-6	0.54	12.79	1.15	11.13	6.74	0.26
67	Florida International	Conference USA	8-5	0.62	12.74	-2.85	9.19	5.69	2.31
68	Western Michigan	Mid-American	6-6	0.5	12.58	4.92	10.13	7.1	-1.1
69	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	7-6	0.54	12.45	0.85	8.94	6.76	0.24
70	Buffalo	Mid-American	6-6	0.5	12.29	3.67	9.06	6.97	-0.97
71	Arizona State	Pac-12	7-6	0.54	11.94	-1	13.68	6.26	0.74
72	Temple	American Athletic	7-6	0.54	11.7	-0.69	10.32	6.29	0.71
73	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	7-6	0.54	11.64	-0.38	8.32	6.4	0.6
74	Georgia State	Sun Belt	7-5	0.58	11.37	-4.42	6.93	4.63	2.37
75	Utah State	Mountain West	6-7	0.46	11.36	3.23	9.08	7.37	-1.37
76	Texas Tech	Big 12	6-7	0.46	11.35	2.08	12.04	6.98	-0.98
77	Kentucky	SEC	7-6	0.54	11.26	-2.69	11.94	5.73	1.27
78	Georgia Tech	ACC	5-6	0.45	10.98	1.55	12.09	5.87	-0.87
79	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	5-7	0.42	10.49	2.75	10.77	6.79	-1.79
80	Ole Miss	SEC	6-6	0.5	10.48	-1.75	10.95	5.63	0.37
81	Indiana	Big Ten	5-7	0.42	10.18	1.5	10.84	6.41	-1.41
82	Akron	Mid-American	7-7	0.5	9.82	-5.86	11.63	5.1	1.9
83	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	5-7	0.42	9.49	0.33	8.31	6.1	-1.1
84	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	6-7	0.46	9.38	-1.38	7	6.09	-0.09
85	UCLA	Pac-12	6-7	0.46	9.36	-4.15	14.3	5.58	0.42
86	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-7	0.42	9.1	-0.75	11.9	5.76	-0.76
87	California	Pac-12	5-7	0.42	9.06	-0.67	10.87	5.83	-0.83
88	Air Force	Mountain West	5-7	0.42	8.94	-1	11.18	5.78	-0.78
89	Virginia	ACC	6-7	0.46	8.91	-5.85	11.05	4.77	1.23
90	Tulane	American Athletic	5-7	0.42	8.73	-1.67	11.36	5.58	-0.58
91	Colorado	Pac-12	5-7	0.42	8.64	-1.75	10.49	5.54	-0.54
92	Pittsburgh	ACC	5-7	0.42	8.45	-2.67	10.91	5.25	-0.25
93	UNLV	Mountain West	5-7	0.42	8.19	-2.92	7.83	5.32	-0.32
94	Vanderbilt	SEC	5-7	0.42	7.91	-6.75	11.61	4.32	0.68
95	Old Dominion	Conference USA	5-7	0.42	7.38	-11	8.66	3.2	1.8
96	Louisiana	Sun Belt	5-7	0.42	7.21	-11.83	6.67	3.64	1.36
97	Florida	SEC	4-7	0.36	6.87	-5.18	14.28	4.15	-0.15
98	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	4-8	0.33	6.63	-1.25	7.82	5.72	-1.72
99	Syracuse	ACC	4-8	0.33	6.2	-4.75	13.71	4.88	-0.88
100	Idaho	Sun Belt	4-8	0.33	5.96	-4.83	8.99	4.55	-0.55
101	Arkansas	SEC	4-8	0.33	5.88	-7.42	13.22	4.41	-0.41
102	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	4-8	0.33	5.82	-7.08	11.44	4.67	-0.67
103	South Alabama	Sun Belt	4-8	0.33	5.77	-6.67	9.28	4.02	-0.02
104	Nebraska	Big Ten	4-8	0.33	5.68	-10.67	14.63	3.67	0.33
105	Tennessee	SEC	4-8	0.33	5.68	-9.25	12.27	3.45	0.55
106	Rutgers	Big Ten	4-8	0.33	5.56	-10.33	11.38	3.05	0.95
107	Maryland	Big Ten	4-8	0.33	5.53	-13	14.51	3.17	0.83
108	Cincinnati	American Athletic	4-8	0.33	5.49	-10.92	10.79	3.24	0.76
109	BYU	FBS Independents	4-9	0.31	5.28	-7.62	10.37	3.83	0.17
110	North Carolina	ACC	3-9	0.25	4.23	-5.25	11.84	4.71	-1.71
111	Nevada	Mountain West	3-9	0.25	4.16	-5.75	11.57	4.7	-1.7
112	New Mexico	Mountain West	3-9	0.25	3.68	-11.17	10.98	3.17	-0.17
113	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	3-9	0.25	3.65	-10.33	8.02	3.57	-0.57
114	Hawai'i	Mountain West	3-9	0.25	3.61	-11.17	8.62	3.36	-0.36
115	UConn	American Athletic	3-9	0.25	3.5	-14.33	10.9	2.94	0.06
116	East Carolina	American Athletic	3-9	0.25	3.26	-20.08	11.54	2.37	0.63
117	Tulsa	American Athletic	2-10	0.17	2.13	-8.17	12.82	4.3	-2.3
118	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	2-10	0.17	1.85	-11.33	9.84	3.16	-1.16
119	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-10	0.17	1.79	-12.67	11.4	3.32	-1.32
120	Illinois	Big Ten	2-10	0.17	1.63	-16.08	12.83	1.86	0.14
121	Texas State	Sun Belt	2-10	0.17	1.58	-16.33	9.9	2.05	-0.05
122	Kent State	Mid-American	2-10	0.17	1.37	-22.33	11.72	1	1
123	Ball State	Mid-American	2-10	0.17	1.34	-22.75	10.07	1.5	0.5
124	San José State	Mountain West	2-11	0.15	0.8	-25.85	10.41	1.19	0.81
125	Baylor	Big 12	1-11	0.08	-0.18	-11.58	12.16	3.41	-2.41
126	Charlotte	Conference USA	1-11	0.08	-0.53	-18.58	11.23	1.45	-0.45
127	Rice	Conference USA	1-11	0.08	-0.57	-19.5	12.49	1.6	-0.6
128	Oregon State	Pac-12	1-11	0.08	-0.67	-22.33	12.61	1.8	-0.8
129	Kansas	Big 12	1-11	0.08	-0.75	-24.75	12.66	1.43	-0.43
130	UTEP	Conference USA	0-12	0	-2.6	-25	13.44	0.75	-0.75