2017 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:36.825031+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Clemson	ACC	3-0	1	31.46	29	19.02	2.89	0.11
2	Oklahoma	Big 12	3-0	1	30.17	35.33	11.77	2.88	0.12
3	Alabama	SEC	3-0	1	30.1	22	13.38	2.73	0.27
4	Iowa	Big Ten	3-0	1	30.06	13.67	15.95	2.34	0.66
5	Mississippi State	SEC	3-0	1	29.99	38.33	12.49	2.94	0.06
6	TCU	Big 12	3-0	1	29.94	34.67	12.48	2.85	0.15
7	Michigan	Big Ten	3-0	1	29.91	18	13.34	2.61	0.39
8	Colorado	Pac-12	3-0	1	29.81	22.67	9.21	2.86	0.14
9	USC	Pac-12	3-0	1	29.64	13	11.91	2.16	0.84
10	Penn State	Big Ten	3-0	1	29.46	42.33	7.89	2.99	0.01
11	South Florida	American Athletic	3-0	1	29.08	19.33	9.12	2.48	0.52
12	UCF	American Athletic	1-0	1	29.08	44	8.1	0.95	0.05
13	Oklahoma State	Big 12	3-0	1	29.03	36.67	7.77	2.81	0.19
14	Houston	American Athletic	2-0	1	28.87	19	12.64	1.86	0.14
15	Georgia	SEC	3-0	1	28.75	16.67	7.93	2.58	0.42
16	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-0	1	28.74	23.67	9.45	2.96	0.04
17	Memphis	American Athletic	2-0	1	28.7	5.5	14.77	1.16	0.84
18	Oregon	Pac-12	3-0	1	28.69	33	6.57	2.68	0.32
19	San Diego State	Mountain West	3-0	1	28.51	11.33	9.7	2.28	0.72
20	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-0	1	28.51	33.33	5.94	2.91	0.09
21	Wake Forest	ACC	3-0	1	28.35	34.67	4.75	2.93	0.07
22	Navy	American Athletic	2-0	1	28.34	12.5	7.67	1.52	0.48
23	Kentucky	SEC	3-0	1	28.27	9.33	11.24	2.27	0.73
24	Washington State	Pac-12	3-0	1	28.23	21	5.61	2.48	0.52
25	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-0	1	28.2	25	5.28	2.9	0.1
26	Duke	ACC	3-0	1	27.72	30.33	1.83	2.8	0.2
27	Utah	Pac-12	3-0	1	27.63	21.67	3.14	2.68	0.32
28	Washington	Pac-12	3-0	1	27.57	34.67	1.97	2.88	0.12
29	Maryland	Big Ten	2-0	1	27.39	28	2.21	1.66	0.34
30	Texas Tech	Big 12	2-0	1	27.33	26.5	3.06	1.66	0.34
31	California	Pac-12	3-0	1	27.2	9.67	5.45	2.11	0.89
32	Virginia Tech	ACC	3-0	1	27.11	27	0.51	2.79	0.21
33	Toledo	Mid-American	3-0	1	26.51	16.67	-0.37	2.23	0.77
34	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-0	1	26.44	19.5	-2.06	1.82	0.18
35	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-0	1	25.74	10	-2.85	1.68	0.32
36	UTSA	Conference USA	2-0	1	24.91	20.5	-5.25	1.8	0.2
37	Miami	ACC	1-0	1	24.85	28	-10	0.94	0.06
38	UCLA	Pac-12	2-1	0.67	23.09	10.33	20.69	1.91	0.09
39	South Carolina	SEC	2-1	0.67	22.23	5	19.71	1.87	0.13
40	SMU	American Athletic	2-1	0.67	21.9	15.33	12.64	2.12	-0.12
41	LSU	SEC	2-1	0.67	21.82	10.67	10.52	2.32	-0.32
42	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	21.8	14.67	23.44	2.37	-0.37
43	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-1	0.67	21.46	20.33	18.6	2.55	-0.55
44	Kansas State	Big 12	2-1	0.67	20.99	25.67	4.96	2.78	-0.78
45	Boise State	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	20.72	7.33	20.07	1.95	0.05
46	Purdue	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	20.56	16	21.31	2.41	-0.41
47	Ole Miss	SEC	2-1	0.67	20.31	10.33	4.75	2.07	-0.07
48	Army	FBS Independents	2-1	0.67	20.04	10.33	2.66	2.18	-0.18
49	Tennessee	SEC	2-1	0.67	19.77	10	0.5	2.07	-0.07
50	Illinois	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	19.71	-2.67	20.79	1.3	0.7
51	Syracuse	ACC	2-1	0.67	19.64	20	9.52	2.56	-0.56
52	Iowa State	Big 12	2-1	0.67	19.63	14	10.22	2.18	-0.18
53	Auburn	SEC	2-1	0.67	19.56	13.33	6.64	2.63	-0.63
54	NC State	ACC	2-1	0.67	19.22	14.33	11.67	2.26	-0.26
55	Ohio	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	19.21	16	6.81	2.3	-0.3
56	Arizona	Pac-12	2-1	0.67	19.17	27.33	4.32	2.66	-0.66
57	Louisville	ACC	2-1	0.67	18.97	-2.33	14.99	1.38	0.62
58	Ball State	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	18.96	10.67	11.66	2.14	-0.14
59	App State	Sun Belt	2-1	0.67	18.91	11	11.77	2.3	-0.3
60	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	18.82	9.67	8.4	2.1	-0.1
61	Texas A&M	SEC	2-1	0.67	18.81	11	11.67	2.08	-0.08
62	West Virginia	Big 12	2-1	0.67	18.68	24	5.26	2.55	-0.55
63	UAB	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	18.61	6	10.07	1.85	0.15
64	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	18.47	-1	7.82	1.44	0.56
65	Virginia	ACC	2-1	0.67	18.45	7	8.39	2	0
66	Southern Miss	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	18.28	16.33	5.02	2.6	-0.6
67	Marshall	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	18.26	3	11.56	1.74	0.26
68	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	18.21	9.67	7.61	2.24	-0.24
69	Air Force	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	17.89	23	10.87	1.81	-0.81
70	Troy	Sun Belt	2-1	0.67	17.85	6.33	6.82	2.01	-0.01
71	Colorado State	Mountain West	2-2	0.5	16.97	6.75	16.07	2.58	-0.58
72	Hawai'i	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	16.84	-2.33	6.52	1.38	0.62
73	Old Dominion	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	16.6	-2	-4.44	1.36	0.64
74	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	16.51	-2.33	12.33	1.38	0.62
75	Cincinnati	American Athletic	2-1	0.67	16.37	-2	11.42	1.33	0.67
76	Arkansas	SEC	1-1	0.5	15.76	10.5	10	1.51	-0.51
77	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	15.64	1.5	6.63	1.06	-0.06
78	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-1	0.5	14.99	13	8.91	1.45	-0.45
79	UNLV	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	14.16	12.5	2.2	1.4	-0.4
80	Stanford	Pac-12	1-2	0.33	13.9	11.33	23.62	2.16	-1.16
81	Temple	American Athletic	2-1	0.67	13.77	-7.33	2.78	0.98	1.02
82	UConn	American Athletic	1-1	0.5	12.89	-6.5	2.56	0.71	0.29
83	Texas	Big 12	1-2	0.33	12.6	14.33	22.86	2.22	-1.22
84	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	12.29	19	3.84	1.61	-0.61
85	Indiana	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	11.8	-5.5	17.6	0.79	0.21
86	North Texas	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	11.42	2	16.68	1.6	-0.6
87	Fresno State	Mountain West	1-2	0.33	11.19	1	16.73	1.56	-0.56
88	New Mexico	Mountain West	1-2	0.33	10.81	2.67	6.82	1.69	-0.69
89	Florida	SEC	1-1	0.5	10.72	-5	29.78	0.76	0.24
90	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	10.24	4	6.49	1.81	-0.81
91	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	10.13	0	11.72	1.5	-0.5
92	Florida International	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	9.95	-18.5	9.5	0.3	0.7
93	Nebraska	Big Ten	1-2	0.33	9.69	-1.33	13.83	1.43	-0.43
94	North Carolina	ACC	1-2	0.33	9.42	4.33	27.46	1.71	-0.71
95	Arizona State	Pac-12	1-2	0.33	9.3	-3.67	22.37	1.32	-0.32
96	Rutgers	Big Ten	1-2	0.33	9.26	15.33	15.31	2.51	-1.51
97	Tulane	American Athletic	1-2	0.33	9.23	-5	17.52	1.19	-0.19
98	Kansas	Big 12	1-2	0.33	9.03	-2.67	11.86	1.36	-0.36
99	Missouri	SEC	1-2	0.33	8.64	-7	11.43	1.13	-0.13
100	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	8.38	-2.33	15.46	1.36	-0.36
101	Tulsa	American Athletic	1-2	0.33	8.34	-4.67	23.58	1.33	-0.33
102	Buffalo	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	8.25	3	15.68	1.8	-0.8
103	Boston College	ACC	1-2	0.33	7.98	-16.67	21	0.51	0.49
104	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	7.84	1.67	16.59	1.62	-0.62
105	Pittsburgh	ACC	1-2	0.33	7.82	-16.67	17.18	0.6	0.4
106	Idaho	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	7.77	-5	0.35	1.17	-0.17
107	Texas State	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	7.77	-10.67	12.76	0.54	0.46
108	Wyoming	Mountain West	1-2	0.33	7.66	-10	16.85	0.67	0.33
109	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	7.43	-15.33	24.83	0.41	0.59
110	Akron	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	7.14	-10	13.2	0.87	0.13
111	Louisiana	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	7.09	-15	4.63	0.94	0.06
112	Utah State	Mountain West	1-2	0.33	6.82	-15.67	16.3	0.69	0.31
113	Rice	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	6.3	-24.33	15.31	0.24	0.76
114	Kent State	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	6.22	-22.33	12.3	0.27	0.73
115	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	5.95	-7.67	25.33	1.07	-0.07
116	South Alabama	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	5.76	-4	15.81	1.25	-0.25
117	BYU	FBS Independents	1-3	0.25	5.66	-13.25	20.1	0.46	0.54
118	Oregon State	Pac-12	1-3	0.25	4.48	-22.75	18.27	0.7	0.3
119	San José State	Mountain West	1-3	0.25	4.47	-23.25	16.22	0.49	0.51
120	Baylor	Big 12	0-3	0	-1.8	-8	14.18	1.02	-1.02
121	Nevada	Mountain West	0-3	0	-2.09	-8.67	11.17	0.98	-0.98
122	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	0-4	0	-2.13	-7.75	20.91	1.33	-1.33
123	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0-2	0	-2.28	-9.5	20.62	0.61	-0.61
124	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	0-2	0	-2.67	-22	5.26	0.11	-0.11
125	Georgia State	Sun Belt	0-2	0	-2.86	-31.5	10.85	0.02	-0.02
126	Florida State	ACC	0-1	0	-2.9	-17	31.97	0.05	-0.05
127	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-3	0	-2.9	-25	11.47	0.26	-0.26
128	Charlotte	Conference USA	0-3	0	-3.03	-23	15.16	0.3	-0.3
129	East Carolina	American Athletic	0-3	0	-3.11	-34.33	10.7	0.2	-0.2
130	UTEP	Conference USA	0-3	0	-3.48	-37.67	19.14	0.1	-0.1