2017 W7 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:36.826655+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	7-0	1	26.83	32.57	12.34	6.78	0.22
2	Penn State	Big Ten	6-0	1	26.66	30.67	11.95	5.83	0.17
3	UCF	American Athletic	5-0	1	26.62	33.8	10.97	4.66	0.34
4	TCU	Big 12	6-0	1	26.58	24	12.35	5.32	0.68
5	Wisconsin	Big Ten	6-0	1	26.35	23	11.42	5.49	0.51
6	Georgia	SEC	7-0	1	26.23	25	10.48	6.51	0.49
7	Miami	ACC	5-0	1	25.86	16	10.5	4.07	0.93
8	South Florida	American Athletic	6-0	1	24.6	25.67	2.75	5.38	0.62
9	Clemson	ACC	6-1	0.86	23.75	19.86	14.57	6.26	-0.26
10	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-1	0.86	23.63	31.86	13.53	6.54	-0.54
11	USC	Pac-12	6-1	0.86	23.21	10.71	16.14	4.95	1.05
12	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-1	0.83	22.48	23.17	12.39	5.32	-0.32
13	Washington	Pac-12	6-1	0.86	22.47	27.29	6.34	6.68	-0.68
14	Washington State	Pac-12	6-1	0.86	22.37	13.29	8.84	5.32	0.68
15	NC State	ACC	6-1	0.86	22.29	12.71	10.23	5.19	0.81
16	Michigan	Big Ten	5-1	0.83	22.25	12.5	13.88	4.87	0.13
17	San Diego State	Mountain West	6-1	0.86	22.11	8.29	9.32	4.81	1.19
18	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-1	0.83	22.06	5.5	16.76	3.91	1.09
19	Oklahoma	Big 12	5-1	0.83	22.05	18.67	11.19	4.81	0.19
20	Oklahoma State	Big 12	5-1	0.83	22.03	24.5	9.71	5.03	-0.03
21	Virginia Tech	ACC	5-1	0.83	21.64	19.67	8.25	5.35	-0.35
22	Navy	American Athletic	5-1	0.83	21.62	7.5	10.86	3.82	1.18
23	Memphis	American Athletic	5-1	0.83	21.49	6.5	12.81	3.62	1.38
24	Marshall	Conference USA	5-1	0.83	20.92	11.5	6.92	4.76	0.24
25	Kentucky	SEC	5-1	0.83	20.9	6.17	8.96	3.88	1.12
26	Virginia	ACC	5-1	0.83	20.85	8.83	7.5	4.22	0.78
27	Toledo	Mid-American	5-1	0.83	20.69	8.83	6.74	3.96	1.04
28	Stanford	Pac-12	5-2	0.71	19.84	16.14	16.34	5.51	-0.51
29	Auburn	SEC	5-2	0.71	19.07	19	8.59	6.12	-1.12
30	South Carolina	SEC	5-2	0.71	18.8	5.86	14.45	4.57	0.43
31	Iowa	Big Ten	4-2	0.67	18.7	10.17	17.23	4.42	-0.42
32	Texas A&M	SEC	5-2	0.71	18.49	5.86	12.24	4.32	0.68
33	LSU	SEC	5-2	0.71	18.39	6.14	11.49	4.6	0.4
34	Boise State	Mountain West	4-2	0.67	18.28	6.17	18.24	3.83	0.17
35	Army	FBS Independents	5-2	0.71	18.21	11.29	7.36	5.18	-0.18
36	Colorado State	Mountain West	5-2	0.71	18.21	10.29	7.57	4.87	0.13
37	Texas Tech	Big 12	4-2	0.67	18.19	14	10.33	4.25	-0.25
38	SMU	American Athletic	4-2	0.67	18.11	12.83	11.71	4.17	-0.17
39	West Virginia	Big 12	4-2	0.67	18.04	16.33	10.8	4.5	-0.5
40	Mississippi State	SEC	4-2	0.67	17.97	12.17	11.86	4.55	-0.55
41	Wake Forest	ACC	4-2	0.67	17.89	14	9.65	4.86	-0.86
42	Arizona	Pac-12	4-2	0.67	17.87	16	9.9	4.51	-0.51
43	Iowa State	Big 12	4-2	0.67	17.81	14	10.34	4.59	-0.59
44	Ohio	Mid-American	5-2	0.71	17.77	11.14	4.25	4.8	0.2
45	Utah	Pac-12	4-2	0.67	17.74	11.17	8.45	4.45	-0.45
46	Fresno State	Mountain West	4-2	0.67	17.71	13	10.17	4.6	-0.6
47	Houston	American Athletic	4-2	0.67	17.61	4.5	11.67	3.68	0.32
48	Southern Miss	Conference USA	4-2	0.67	17.5	10	9.73	4.4	-0.4
49	North Texas	Conference USA	4-2	0.67	17.37	4.5	12.94	3.46	0.54
50	App State	Sun Belt	4-2	0.67	17.23	8.17	8.78	4.14	-0.14
51	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	4-2	0.67	17.1	7.5	8.34	4.24	-0.24
52	Troy	Sun Belt	4-2	0.67	16.7	2.67	7.67	3.47	0.53
53	Wyoming	Mountain West	4-2	0.67	16.41	2.83	7.99	3.44	0.56
54	UAB	Conference USA	4-2	0.67	16.21	3	6.28	3.35	0.65
55	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-2	0.6	16.19	13.8	7.77	3.87	-0.87
56	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	4-2	0.67	16.16	7.33	1.93	4.14	-0.14
57	UTSA	Conference USA	3-2	0.6	15.74	13.2	4.33	3.84	-0.84
58	Oregon	Pac-12	4-3	0.57	15.57	7.57	11.84	4.4	-0.4
59	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-3	0.57	15.52	9.43	10.56	4.62	-0.62
60	Louisville	ACC	4-3	0.57	15.36	8.57	9.59	4.52	-0.52
61	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	3-2	0.6	15.31	13.4	4.37	3.63	-0.63
62	Syracuse	ACC	4-3	0.57	15.14	7	11.97	4.52	-0.52
63	Duke	ACC	4-3	0.57	15.13	8.86	7.45	4.95	-0.95
64	Colorado	Pac-12	4-3	0.57	14.77	5.29	9.93	4.31	-0.31
65	Texas	Big 12	3-3	0.5	14.36	9	15.27	4.06	-1.06
66	Purdue	Big Ten	3-3	0.5	14.31	6	17.46	3.9	-0.9
67	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-3	0.5	14.1	8.5	13.02	4.22	-1.22
68	Akron	Mid-American	4-3	0.57	13.78	0.71	11.21	3.63	0.37
69	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	3-3	0.5	13.77	8.33	12.19	3.96	-0.96
70	Florida International	Conference USA	4-2	0.67	13.65	-6.17	7.15	2.06	1.94
71	California	Pac-12	4-3	0.57	13.62	0.14	13.42	3.52	0.48
72	Kansas State	Big 12	3-3	0.5	13.55	10.67	6.8	4.35	-1.35
73	Indiana	Big Ten	3-3	0.5	13.18	2.17	13.45	3.29	-0.29
74	Florida	SEC	3-3	0.5	12.91	0.33	17.37	3.05	-0.05
75	Tulane	American Athletic	3-3	0.5	12.87	1.67	11.5	3.21	-0.21
76	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-3	0.5	12.86	2	14.87	3.27	-0.27
77	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	3-3	0.5	12.44	1.5	9.56	3.2	-0.2
78	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	3-3	0.5	12.2	0.5	9.58	3.05	-0.05
79	Georgia State	Sun Belt	3-2	0.6	12.19	-3.8	6.37	2.04	0.96
80	UCLA	Pac-12	3-3	0.5	11.96	-1	15.6	2.91	0.09
81	Arizona State	Pac-12	3-3	0.5	11.42	-2.17	19.67	2.75	0.25
82	Buffalo	Mid-American	3-4	0.43	11.42	3.14	10.5	3.98	-0.98
83	Tennessee	SEC	3-3	0.5	11.1	-2.17	11.48	2.66	0.34
84	New Mexico	Mountain West	3-3	0.5	10.97	-1.5	6.34	2.8	0.2
85	Maryland	Big Ten	3-3	0.5	10.89	-4.83	14.18	2.5	0.5
86	Utah State	Mountain West	3-4	0.43	10.46	0.29	10.12	3.54	-0.54
87	Ole Miss	SEC	3-3	0.5	10.12	-5.17	10.76	2.47	0.53
88	Louisiana	Sun Belt	3-3	0.5	9.73	-4.83	5.84	2.54	0.46
89	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	3-4	0.43	9.49	-0.57	9.36	3.42	-0.42
90	Nebraska	Big Ten	3-4	0.43	9.31	-5	15.65	2.78	0.22
91	Air Force	Mountain West	2-4	0.33	9.2	4.17	14.61	3.43	-1.43
92	Florida State	ACC	2-3	0.4	8.87	-2.6	22.44	2.11	-0.11
93	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	3-4	0.43	8.86	-5	11.95	2.61	0.39
94	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-4	0.43	8.72	-7.86	13.55	2.3	0.7
95	Boston College	ACC	3-4	0.43	8.59	-9.57	19.29	2.01	0.99
96	Temple	American Athletic	3-4	0.43	8.47	-6.43	8.8	2.38	0.62
97	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-4	0.33	8.41	0.5	12.88	3.09	-1.09
98	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-4	0.43	8.27	-8.14	8.1	2.23	0.77
99	Hawai'i	Mountain West	3-4	0.43	7.95	-6.71	5.63	2.65	0.35
100	Arkansas	SEC	2-4	0.33	6.9	-4.33	14.71	2.5	-0.5
101	Rutgers	Big Ten	2-4	0.33	6.84	-1.5	11.89	2.78	-0.78
102	UNLV	Mountain West	2-4	0.33	6.82	-2.5	9.11	2.73	-0.73
103	Idaho	Sun Belt	2-4	0.33	6.61	-2.83	7.18	2.59	-0.59
104	South Alabama	Sun Belt	2-4	0.33	6.16	-4.17	10.18	2.41	-0.41
105	Illinois	Big Ten	2-4	0.33	5.98	-11.67	13.52	1.45	0.55
106	Ball State	Mid-American	2-4	0.33	5.78	-10	9.56	1.71	0.29
107	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-5	0.29	5.76	-2.43	7.48	3.1	-1.1
108	Tulsa	American Athletic	2-5	0.29	5.48	-4.71	18.14	2.99	-0.99
109	UConn	American Athletic	2-4	0.33	5.43	-12	10.18	1.81	0.19
110	Old Dominion	Conference USA	2-4	0.33	5.39	-17.67	7.84	0.94	1.06
111	Pittsburgh	ACC	2-5	0.29	5.22	-8.14	13.55	2.31	-0.31
112	Cincinnati	American Athletic	2-5	0.29	5.01	-13	16.87	1.64	0.36
113	Kent State	Mid-American	2-5	0.29	4.23	-19.71	13.19	0.56	1.44
114	Missouri	SEC	1-5	0.17	1.88	-14.83	15.92	1.58	-0.58
115	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	1-5	0.17	1.78	-14.5	6.7	1.53	-0.53
116	North Carolina	ACC	1-6	0.14	1.69	-7.43	16.74	2.41	-1.41
117	Kansas	Big 12	1-5	0.17	1.6	-20.17	11.92	1.17	-0.17
118	Rice	Conference USA	1-5	0.17	1.37	-24.67	12.27	0.38	0.62
119	Nevada	Mountain West	1-6	0.14	1.35	-10.29	12.15	2.16	-1.16
120	BYU	FBS Independents	1-6	0.14	1.08	-15.86	14.43	0.79	0.21
121	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-6	0.14	1.03	-15.29	9.69	1.5	-0.5
122	Texas State	Sun Belt	1-6	0.14	0.91	-18.86	10.86	0.78	0.22
123	Oregon State	Pac-12	1-6	0.14	0.8	-22.43	16.21	1.08	-0.08
124	East Carolina	American Athletic	1-6	0.14	0.62	-28	13.5	0.88	0.12
125	San José State	Mountain West	1-7	0.12	0.2	-25	11.97	0.8	0.2
126	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	0-6	0	-1.71	-7.17	9.47	2.15	-2.15
127	Baylor	Big 12	0-6	0	-2.3	-14.67	14.53	1.52	-1.52
128	Charlotte	Conference USA	0-7	0	-2.48	-20	10.4	0.69	-0.69
129	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	0-5	0	-2.52	-21	9.54	0.67	-0.67
130	UTEP	Conference USA	0-7	0	-2.75	-25.57	13.56	0.45	-0.45