2017 W2 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:36.824600+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Colorado	Pac-12	2-0	1	34.93	24	23.79	1.99	0.01
2	USC	Pac-12	2-0	1	33.18	18	20.75	1.53	0.47
3	Clemson	ACC	2-0	1	32.24	30.5	13.5	1.98	0.02
4	Oklahoma	Big 12	2-0	1	32.14	32	13.81	1.92	0.08
5	Alabama	SEC	2-0	1	31.97	24	11.87	1.92	0.08
6	LSU	SEC	2-0	1	31.94	31	6.53	1.98	0.02
7	Michigan	Big Ten	2-0	1	31.74	19	11.71	1.74	0.26
8	Penn State	Big Ten	2-0	1	31.69	35.5	11.04	1.97	0.03
9	UCLA	Pac-12	2-0	1	31.64	17	18.55	1.45	0.55
10	Georgia	SEC	2-0	1	31.35	11	15.14	1.58	0.42
11	South Florida	American Athletic	2-0	1	31.34	17	0.63	1.63	0.37
12	Iowa	Big Ten	2-0	1	30.85	12	11.52	1.47	0.53
13	Navy	American Athletic	2-0	1	30.43	12.5	10.52	1.52	0.48
14	South Carolina	SEC	2-0	1	30.35	12.5	12.68	1.51	0.49
15	TCU	Big 12	2-0	1	30	42	6.64	2	0
16	Washington State	Pac-12	2-0	1	29.97	17	8.96	1.59	0.41
17	Mississippi State	SEC	2-0	1	29.86	42.5	7.26	1.96	0.04
18	Oklahoma State	Big 12	2-0	1	29.86	36	0.9	1.89	0.11
19	Duke	ACC	2-0	1	29.79	38.5	8.07	1.94	0.06
20	Oregon	Pac-12	2-0	1	29.69	31.5	8.16	1.71	0.29
21	Illinois	Big Ten	2-0	1	29.64	8	13.12	1.49	0.51
22	Wake Forest	ACC	2-0	1	29.57	34	6.89	1.96	0.04
23	San Diego State	Mountain West	2-0	1	29.52	15.5	6.78	1.62	0.38
24	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-0	1	29.44	22	4.04	1.87	0.13
25	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-0	1	29.34	33	-1.29	1.92	0.08
26	SMU	American Athletic	2-0	1	29.19	33	6.07	1.78	0.22
27	Utah	Pac-12	2-0	1	29.12	13.5	6.53	1.65	0.35
28	UCF	American Athletic	1-0	1	29	44	-1.67	0.95	0.05
29	Louisville	ACC	2-0	1	28.55	9.5	1.06	1.3	0.7
30	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-0	1	28.41	19.5	0.83	1.82	0.18
31	Washington	Pac-12	2-0	1	28.22	36	-6.05	1.94	0.06
32	Virginia Tech	ACC	2-0	1	28.18	17	-3.75	1.78	0.22
33	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-0	1	28.06	32	-4.45	1.99	0.01
34	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-0	1	28	10.5	5.38	1.37	0.63
35	Memphis	American Athletic	1-0	1	27.87	8	-0.9	0.64	0.36
36	Tennessee	SEC	2-0	1	27.82	18	-3.48	1.58	0.42
37	Kansas State	Big 12	2-0	1	27.78	42	-5.39	1.94	0.06
38	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-0	1	27.7	10	-1.45	1.68	0.32
39	Maryland	Big Ten	2-0	1	27.68	28	-4.41	1.66	0.34
40	Army	FBS Independents	2-0	1	27.61	31	-5.69	1.91	0.09
41	Ole Miss	SEC	2-0	1	27.58	21	-4.92	1.62	0.38
42	Toledo	Mid-American	2-0	1	27.52	23.5	-4.91	1.75	0.25
43	Kentucky	SEC	2-0	1	27.15	9	-4.05	1.47	0.53
44	Air Force	Mountain West	1-0	1	27.13	62	-10	1	0
45	California	Pac-12	2-0	1	27.11	9	-3.62	1.35	0.65
46	Miami	ACC	1-0	1	26.76	28	-10	0.94	0.06
47	Old Dominion	Conference USA	2-0	1	26.71	12	-5.51	1.68	0.32
48	Texas Tech	Big 12	1-0	1	26.57	46	-10	0.98	0.02
49	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	1-0	1	26.31	10	-1.03	0.67	0.33
50	Houston	American Athletic	1-0	1	26.06	3	21.53	0.6	0.4
51	UConn	American Athletic	1-0	1	24.59	7	-10	0.67	0.33
52	Colorado State	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	23.67	15	10.57	2.42	-0.42
53	Stanford	Pac-12	1-1	0.5	22.97	18.5	12.21	1.58	-0.58
54	UTSA	Conference USA	1-0	1	22.76	7	2.88	0.78	0.22
55	Hawai'i	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	21.34	-2.33	4.41	1.38	0.62
56	Auburn	SEC	1-1	0.5	20.52	13	14.46	1.74	-0.74
57	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-1	0.5	20.44	16	14.67	1.64	-0.64
58	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	20.08	6.5	13.95	1.26	-0.26
59	Boise State	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	19.44	4	13.8	1.15	-0.15
60	Fresno State	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	18.44	17.5	9.85	1.62	-0.62
61	Tulane	American Athletic	1-1	0.5	18.31	13.5	8.23	1.57	-0.57
62	Arkansas	SEC	1-1	0.5	18.25	10.5	7.15	1.51	-0.51
63	North Texas	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	17.92	11.5	6.11	1.33	-0.33
64	Iowa State	Big 12	1-1	0.5	17.9	7.5	8.74	1.23	-0.23
65	Missouri	SEC	1-1	0.5	17.8	5.5	7.24	1.16	-0.16
66	Nebraska	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	17.68	0	12.53	1	0
67	Ohio	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	17.58	18	-5.32	1.61	-0.61
68	New Mexico	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	17.15	11	-5.24	1.45	-0.45
69	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	17.13	0.5	6.29	1.03	-0.03
70	Arizona	Pac-12	1-1	0.5	17.12	17.5	-2.71	1.61	-0.61
71	Syracuse	ACC	1-1	0.5	17	18	-4.45	1.67	-0.67
72	Kansas	Big 12	1-1	0.5	16.47	2	5.56	1.08	-0.08
73	Arizona State	Pac-12	1-1	0.5	16.12	-2	12.3	0.92	0.08
74	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	15.99	-6.5	11.38	0.72	0.28
75	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	15.52	-4	6.61	0.88	0.12
76	UAB	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	15.35	5.5	-4.45	1.2	-0.2
77	Boston College	ACC	1-1	0.5	15.15	-10.5	12.41	0.47	0.53
78	Pittsburgh	ACC	1-1	0.5	15.15	-6	9.03	0.71	0.29
79	Virginia	ACC	1-1	0.5	15.12	0.5	-5.06	1.03	-0.03
80	Cincinnati	American Athletic	1-1	0.5	14.8	-5	9.79	0.74	0.26
81	Marshall	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	14.67	-6	1.72	0.75	0.25
82	Texas	Big 12	1-1	0.5	14.43	23	18.03	1.64	-0.64
83	Idaho	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	14.39	-3	-4.5	0.85	0.15
84	NC State	ACC	1-1	0.5	14.17	5	24.02	1.2	-0.2
85	Texas State	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	13.96	-12.5	11.13	0.3	0.7
86	Purdue	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	13.95	8	25.62	1.29	-0.29
87	West Virginia	Big 12	1-1	0.5	13.93	14.5	13.51	1.49	-0.49
88	Ball State	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	13.89	8.5	20.27	1.31	-0.31
89	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-1	0.5	13.41	13	7.89	1.45	-0.45
90	Louisiana	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	13.37	-10.5	-4.17	0.76	0.24
91	Southern Miss	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	13.36	19	7.62	1.81	-0.81
92	App State	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	13.35	13	8.49	1.55	-0.55
93	Troy	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	13.1	8	8.96	1.46	-0.46
94	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	12.98	12.5	6.89	1.58	-0.58
95	Texas A&M	SEC	1-1	0.5	12.86	4.5	7.13	1.17	-0.17
96	UNLV	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	12.72	12.5	6.41	1.4	-0.4
97	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	12.51	8	6.79	1.37	-0.37
98	Wyoming	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	12.02	3	8.74	1.26	-0.26
99	BYU	FBS Independents	1-2	0.33	11.69	-6.33	15.68	0.76	0.24
100	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	11.03	-2	23.7	0.92	0.08
101	Tulsa	American Athletic	1-1	0.5	11.02	-5.5	25.08	0.86	0.14
102	Indiana	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	10.58	-5.5	25.16	0.79	0.21
103	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	10.57	-7.5	23.87	0.61	0.39
104	Akron	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	9.8	-1.5	9.03	0.93	0.07
105	Temple	American Athletic	1-1	0.5	9.29	-15	8.88	0.35	0.65
106	Utah State	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	9.1	-5.5	9.29	0.81	0.19
107	Rice	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	8.17	-19	18.46	0.32	0.68
108	Florida International	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	8.1	-18.5	8.37	0.3	0.7
109	Kent State	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	7.99	-23	9.4	0.29	0.71
110	San José State	Mountain West	1-2	0.33	7.73	-18.33	9.35	0.49	0.51
111	Oregon State	Pac-12	1-2	0.33	7.39	-20.67	14.54	0.59	0.41
112	Baylor	Big 12	0-2	0	-0.49	-5	-3.46	0.8	-0.8
113	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	0-1	0	-1.19	-7	26.32	0.4	-0.4
114	North Carolina	ACC	0-2	0	-1.23	-8.5	25.83	0.73	-0.73
115	Georgia State	Sun Belt	0-1	0	-1.29	-7	-10	0.22	-0.22
116	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-2	0	-1.66	-16	26.57	0.44	-0.44
117	Florida	SEC	0-1	0	-1.92	-16	29.58	0.17	-0.17
118	Florida State	ACC	0-1	0	-1.98	-17	29.7	0.05	-0.05
119	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	0-3	0	-2.09	-7.67	25.48	1.01	-1.01
120	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0-1	0	-2.1	-8	26.05	0.36	-0.36
121	Buffalo	Mid-American	0-2	0	-2.11	-7	25.59	0.5	-0.5
122	Nevada	Mountain West	0-2	0	-2.14	-12	25.56	0.53	-0.53
123	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	0-2	0	-2.33	-22	9.38	0.11	-0.11
124	East Carolina	American Athletic	0-2	0	-2.4	-28	-3.75	0.18	-0.18
125	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-2	0	-2.46	-16.5	7.31	0.36	-0.36
126	Rutgers	Big Ten	0-2	0	-2.54	-9.5	26.43	0.44	-0.44
127	South Alabama	Sun Belt	0-2	0	-2.87	-28.5	27.12	0.18	-0.18
128	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	0-2	0	-2.96	-20	27.52	0.26	-0.26
129	UTEP	Conference USA	0-2	0	-3.09	-33	11.96	0.07	-0.07
130	Charlotte	Conference USA	0-2	0	-3.17	-32.5	25.09	0.03	-0.03