2017 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:36.825844+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	UCF	American Athletic	3-0	1	29.32	33	19.81	2.85	0.15
2	Clemson	ACC	5-0	1	28.17	25.6	15.42	4.73	0.27
3	Alabama	SEC	5-0	1	27.86	37.6	12.35	4.91	0.09
4	Georgia	SEC	5-0	1	27.84	23.8	14.11	4.77	0.23
5	Michigan	Big Ten	4-0	1	27.67	18	14.14	3.53	0.47
6	TCU	Big 12	4-0	1	27.45	29.25	11.22	3.62	0.38
7	Penn State	Big Ten	5-0	1	27.4	32	10.95	4.86	0.14
8	Miami	ACC	3-0	1	27.37	25	12.35	2.7	0.3
9	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-0	1	27.11	27.25	10.53	3.73	0.27
10	Washington	Pac-12	5-0	1	26.57	33.2	6.74	4.83	0.17
11	Oklahoma	Big 12	4-0	1	26.51	28.5	7.25	3.58	0.42
12	Navy	American Athletic	4-0	1	26.2	11.25	9.02	2.87	1.13
13	Washington State	Pac-12	5-0	1	26.11	20.8	6.86	4.21	0.79
14	San Diego State	Mountain West	5-0	1	26.05	8.8	9.54	3.47	1.53
15	South Florida	American Athletic	5-0	1	25.86	24.8	4.52	4.36	0.64
16	Utah	Pac-12	4-0	1	25.27	17.75	3.08	3.37	0.63
17	UTSA	Conference USA	3-0	1	24.25	23.67	-2.51	2.75	0.25
18	USC	Pac-12	4-1	0.8	23.17	9.2	17.67	3.37	0.63
19	Ohio State	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	23.02	26.6	15.28	4.55	-0.55
20	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-1	0.8	22.93	23.2	15.33	4.38	-0.38
21	Oklahoma State	Big 12	4-1	0.8	22.68	20.8	14.2	4.01	-0.01
22	Virginia Tech	ACC	4-1	0.8	22.51	21	10.54	4.47	-0.47
23	Oregon	Pac-12	4-1	0.8	21.9	23.6	9.58	4.11	-0.11
24	Duke	ACC	4-1	0.8	21.88	15.2	8.2	4.03	-0.03
25	SMU	American Athletic	4-1	0.8	21.75	18	9.89	3.76	0.24
26	Auburn	SEC	4-1	0.8	21.66	23.2	8.73	4.68	-0.68
27	Louisville	ACC	4-1	0.8	21.53	15.4	9.26	3.8	0.2
28	Kentucky	SEC	4-1	0.8	21.5	6.2	13.06	3.31	0.69
29	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	21.48	17	11.84	3.48	-0.48
30	Wake Forest	ACC	4-1	0.8	21.43	19.6	3.96	4.42	-0.42
31	Texas Tech	Big 12	3-1	0.75	21.22	12.25	11.54	2.77	0.23
32	NC State	ACC	4-1	0.8	21.09	11.4	8.47	3.6	0.4
33	Texas A&M	SEC	4-1	0.8	20.95	9.4	8.34	3.33	0.67
34	Houston	American Athletic	3-1	0.75	20.9	10.5	14.35	3.13	-0.13
35	Ohio	Mid-American	4-1	0.8	20.78	12.6	5.58	3.51	0.49
36	Maryland	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	20.69	8.75	14.63	2.59	0.41
37	Troy	Sun Belt	4-1	0.8	20.56	5.4	8.73	3.23	0.77
38	Florida	SEC	3-1	0.75	20.33	1.25	22.79	2.11	0.89
39	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	20.32	6.5	13.96	2.7	0.3
40	West Virginia	Big 12	3-1	0.75	20.19	23.5	6.12	3.3	-0.3
41	Marshall	Conference USA	3-1	0.75	20	6.5	12.48	2.62	0.38
42	Virginia	ACC	3-1	0.75	19.78	10	7.43	2.86	0.14
43	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-1	0.75	19.63	17.5	5.38	3.3	-0.3
44	Kansas State	Big 12	3-1	0.75	19.34	22.5	1.62	3.59	-0.59
45	Toledo	Mid-American	3-1	0.75	19.22	7	5	2.43	0.57
46	Memphis	American Athletic	3-1	0.75	18.51	-0.75	10.31	1.95	1.05
47	Iowa	Big Ten	3-2	0.6	17.81	6.4	18.17	3.32	-0.32
48	Mississippi State	SEC	3-2	0.6	17.68	9.6	14.52	3.53	-0.53
49	Stanford	Pac-12	3-2	0.6	17.56	13.6	17.33	3.67	-0.67
50	Colorado	Pac-12	3-2	0.6	16.92	7.4	10.53	3.46	-0.46
51	LSU	SEC	3-2	0.6	16.83	7.6	10.43	3.43	-0.43
52	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-2	0.6	16.64	12.8	12.5	3.65	-0.65
53	South Carolina	SEC	3-2	0.6	16.62	1.8	15.77	2.75	0.25
54	Colorado State	Mountain West	3-2	0.6	16.59	11.4	11.19	3.6	-0.6
55	UCLA	Pac-12	3-2	0.6	16.49	2.2	19.08	2.66	0.34
56	Nebraska	Big Ten	3-2	0.6	16.39	5.6	14.92	3.1	-0.1
57	North Texas	Conference USA	3-2	0.6	16.14	4.8	13.39	2.89	0.11
58	Army	FBS Independents	3-2	0.6	15.82	8.2	6.82	3.44	-0.44
59	Buffalo	Mid-American	3-2	0.6	15.56	5.2	8.5	3.22	-0.22
60	Utah State	Mountain West	3-2	0.6	15.54	4	10.21	2.86	0.14
61	Florida International	Conference USA	3-1	0.75	15.52	-7.5	5.25	1.26	1.74
62	New Mexico	Mountain West	3-2	0.6	15.45	5.8	7.05	3.11	-0.11
63	California	Pac-12	3-2	0.6	15.26	-0.4	13.21	2.46	0.54
64	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-2	0.6	15.23	-0.4	13.03	2.45	0.55
65	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	3-2	0.6	15.18	2	10.55	2.71	0.29
66	Wyoming	Mountain West	3-2	0.6	15.07	2.4	10.04	2.82	0.18
67	Purdue	Big Ten	2-2	0.5	14.99	7.5	18.94	2.67	-0.67
68	Texas	Big 12	2-2	0.5	14.81	13.25	17.38	3.04	-1.04
69	Arizona	Pac-12	2-2	0.5	14.55	19	8.56	3.25	-1.25
70	Tennessee	SEC	3-2	0.6	14.37	-1.4	10.25	2.33	0.67
71	App State	Sun Belt	2-2	0.5	14.32	8	12.52	2.83	-0.83
72	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-2	0.5	14.28	5	12.17	2.42	-0.42
73	Southern Miss	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	14.19	8.5	7.78	2.76	-0.76
74	Iowa State	Big 12	2-2	0.5	14.16	8	7.31	2.64	-0.64
75	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	2-2	0.5	13.95	5.75	8.66	2.56	-0.56
76	Arkansas	SEC	2-2	0.5	13.91	8	13.09	2.59	-0.59
77	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-2	0.5	13.84	2.25	12.03	2.28	-0.28
78	Boise State	Mountain West	2-2	0.5	13.66	0.75	19.79	2.06	-0.06
79	Fresno State	Mountain West	2-2	0.5	13.37	5.75	11.05	2.44	-0.44
80	UAB	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	13.12	3.75	6.26	2.26	-0.26
81	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	13.11	3	8.5	2.32	-0.32
82	UNLV	Mountain West	2-2	0.5	12.65	5	6.38	2.35	-0.35
83	Indiana	Big Ten	2-2	0.5	12.49	-1.75	17.08	1.87	0.13
84	Syracuse	ACC	2-3	0.4	11.99	8.6	10.72	3.36	-1.36
85	Illinois	Big Ten	2-2	0.5	11.5	-7.5	17.13	1.23	0.77
86	Tulane	American Athletic	2-2	0.5	11.42	-2.75	14.87	1.75	0.25
87	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	2-2	0.5	11.18	-1.25	13.79	1.92	0.08
88	Ole Miss	SEC	2-2	0.5	11.17	-8	11.28	1.42	0.58
89	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	10.9	4	13.72	2.93	-0.93
90	Idaho	Sun Belt	2-2	0.5	10.54	-2.25	3.93	1.8	0.2
91	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	2-3	0.4	10.3	0.4	10.41	2.54	-0.54
92	Old Dominion	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	9.76	-11	5.64	0.97	1.03
93	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	9.55	-1.2	10.9	2.36	-0.36
94	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	9.4	5	8.27	1.77	-0.77
95	Arizona State	Pac-12	2-3	0.4	9.39	-3.8	20.9	2.18	-0.18
96	Cincinnati	American Athletic	2-3	0.4	8.7	-6.6	15.67	1.77	0.23
97	Ball State	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	8.62	-6.4	9.53	1.84	0.16
98	Air Force	Mountain West	1-3	0.25	8.36	6	14.63	2.45	-1.45
99	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	8.11	-10.6	13.55	1.18	0.82
100	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	7.96	-8	5.72	1.64	0.36
101	Akron	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	7.89	-4.8	10.79	1.96	0.04
102	Boston College	ACC	2-3	0.4	7.88	-11.4	21.57	1.17	0.83
103	Hawai'i	Mountain West	2-3	0.4	7.88	-8.8	5.85	1.74	0.26
104	Temple	American Athletic	2-3	0.4	7.85	-13	11.82	0.99	1.01
105	Pittsburgh	ACC	2-3	0.4	7.7	-7.2	12.6	1.76	0.24
106	Florida State	ACC	1-2	0.33	6.25	-5.33	25.34	1.05	-0.05
107	Georgia State	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	5.52	-11.67	5.13	0.53	0.47
108	Kansas	Big 12	1-3	0.25	4.34	-7.5	10.75	1.51	-0.51
109	UConn	American Athletic	1-3	0.25	4.34	-9.25	8.57	1.34	-0.34
110	Rutgers	Big Ten	1-4	0.2	4.1	-4	14.57	2.01	-1.01
111	North Carolina	ACC	1-4	0.2	4.05	-4.6	19.6	2.06	-1.06
112	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	1-3	0.25	3.97	-11.75	2.09	1.22	-0.22
113	Missouri	SEC	1-3	0.25	3.87	-14.5	12	1.02	-0.02
114	Louisiana	Sun Belt	1-3	0.25	3.75	-12.75	5.46	1.38	-0.38
115	Tulsa	American Athletic	1-4	0.2	3.68	-5.4	17.57	2.08	-1.08
116	South Alabama	Sun Belt	1-4	0.2	3.27	-7.2	10.86	1.74	-0.74
117	BYU	FBS Independents	1-4	0.2	2.85	-13.8	15.47	0.74	0.26
118	Texas State	Sun Belt	1-4	0.2	2.56	-19.4	12.63	0.46	0.54
119	Rice	Conference USA	1-4	0.2	2.38	-22.2	10.39	0.37	0.63
120	Kent State	Mid-American	1-4	0.2	2.37	-24	14.29	0.32	0.68
121	Oregon State	Pac-12	1-4	0.2	2.37	-25.2	17.26	0.68	0.32
122	East Carolina	American Athletic	1-4	0.2	2.19	-26	14.3	0.77	0.23
123	San José State	Mountain West	1-5	0.17	1.4	-28.67	12.59	0.48	0.52
124	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	0-6	0	-1.82	-7.17	13.33	2.15	-2.15
125	Baylor	Big 12	0-5	0	-2.05	-9	17.6	1.68	-1.68
126	Nevada	Mountain West	0-5	0	-2.48	-16.8	12.96	0.95	-0.95
127	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-5	0	-2.53	-19.4	8.6	0.66	-0.66
128	Charlotte	Conference USA	0-5	0	-2.55	-19.6	9.28	0.6	-0.6
129	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	0-3	0	-2.77	-26.33	9.53	0.18	-0.18
130	UTEP	Conference USA	0-5	0	-3.05	-30.8	14.96	0.31	-0.31