2017 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:36.827103+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Penn State	Big Ten	7-0	1	26.81	30.43	14.03	6.77	0.23
2	Alabama	SEC	8-0	1	26.59	33.25	12.52	7.77	0.23
3	UCF	American Athletic	6-0	1	26.44	29.83	12.21	5.48	0.52
4	TCU	Big 12	7-0	1	25.93	26.71	10.03	6.44	0.56
5	Wisconsin	Big Ten	7-0	1	25.88	23.29	10.38	6.42	0.58
6	Georgia	SEC	7-0	1	25.83	25	9.91	6.51	0.49
7	Miami	ACC	6-0	1	25.64	14.67	11	4.79	1.21
8	South Florida	American Athletic	7-0	1	24.38	22.86	3.31	6.08	0.92
9	Clemson	ACC	6-1	0.86	23.25	19.86	14.56	6.26	-0.26
10	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-1	0.86	23.24	31.86	12.47	6.54	-0.54
11	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	6-1	0.86	23.2	24.86	13.72	6.29	-0.29
12	Washington State	Pac-12	7-1	0.88	22.59	15.12	9.7	6.44	0.56
13	Oklahoma State	Big 12	6-1	0.86	22.52	21.43	10.53	5.82	0.18
14	Oklahoma	Big 12	6-1	0.86	22.44	17	11.02	5.42	0.58
15	Michigan State	Big Ten	6-1	0.86	22.4	5.86	15.32	4.69	1.31
16	Washington	Pac-12	6-1	0.86	22.27	27.29	7.88	6.68	-0.68
17	NC State	ACC	6-1	0.86	22.18	12.71	10.62	5.19	0.81
18	Virginia Tech	ACC	6-1	0.86	21.97	24.29	6.87	6.48	-0.48
19	Memphis	American Athletic	6-1	0.86	21.89	6.14	12.21	4.17	1.83
20	Marshall	Conference USA	6-1	0.86	21.55	13.86	7.01	5.83	0.17
21	Toledo	Mid-American	6-1	0.86	21.5	11.43	7.59	4.9	1.1
22	USC	Pac-12	6-2	0.75	19.95	5	15.84	4.8	1.2
23	Auburn	SEC	6-2	0.75	19.57	20.62	8.31	7.04	-1.04
24	Stanford	Pac-12	5-2	0.71	19.5	16.14	14.77	5.51	-0.51
25	San Diego State	Mountain West	6-2	0.75	19.13	4.25	11.3	4.83	1.17
26	LSU	SEC	6-2	0.75	19.12	7.38	10.37	5.42	0.58
27	Mississippi State	SEC	5-2	0.71	19.07	15.86	12.59	5.73	-0.73
28	Michigan	Big Ten	5-2	0.71	19.01	6.57	14.76	4.71	0.29
29	Boise State	Mountain West	5-2	0.71	18.92	6.71	15.78	4.59	0.41
30	Colorado State	Mountain West	6-2	0.75	18.91	9.38	7.89	5.46	0.54
31	Iowa State	Big 12	5-2	0.71	18.8	14.57	11.24	5.47	-0.47
32	Army	FBS Independents	6-2	0.75	18.79	10.25	6.68	5.74	0.26
33	Fresno State	Mountain West	5-2	0.71	18.7	14.57	10.56	5.65	-0.65
34	Navy	American Athletic	5-2	0.71	18.62	5	13.49	4.16	0.84
35	SMU	American Athletic	5-2	0.71	18.62	11.43	11.04	4.76	0.24
36	Ohio	Mid-American	6-2	0.75	18.54	15.38	3.27	6.04	-0.04
37	South Carolina	SEC	5-2	0.71	18.54	5.86	13.43	4.57	0.43
38	Arizona	Pac-12	5-2	0.71	18.46	13.86	8.99	5	0
39	West Virginia	Big 12	5-2	0.71	18.36	14.29	8.05	5.05	-0.05
40	Southern Miss	Conference USA	5-2	0.71	18.24	9.57	9.41	5.02	-0.02
41	Texas A&M	SEC	5-2	0.71	18.19	5.86	11.02	4.32	0.68
42	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	5-2	0.71	17.92	10.86	6.67	5.36	-0.36
43	Troy	Sun Belt	5-2	0.71	17.89	5.71	9.76	4.63	0.37
44	App State	Sun Belt	5-2	0.71	17.86	8.14	7.56	4.77	0.23
45	Virginia	ACC	5-2	0.71	17.48	3.14	7.47	4.03	0.97
46	Georgia Tech	ACC	4-2	0.67	17.44	13.83	8.63	4.62	-0.62
47	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	4-2	0.67	17.02	18.5	4.4	4.83	-0.83
48	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	5-2	0.71	16.92	6.86	2.05	4.68	0.32
49	UTSA	Conference USA	4-2	0.67	16.78	13.17	4.14	4.72	-0.72
50	Kentucky	SEC	5-2	0.71	16.6	-0.14	9.64	3.48	1.52
51	Western Michigan	Mid-American	5-3	0.62	16.19	8.62	10.16	5.25	-0.25
52	Louisville	ACC	5-3	0.62	16	7.88	9.22	5.1	-0.1
53	Iowa	Big Ten	4-3	0.57	15.99	7.71	17.02	4.87	-0.87
54	Texas Tech	Big 12	4-3	0.57	15.44	9.43	11.22	4.57	-0.57
55	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	15.41	12.57	11.57	5	-1
56	Wake Forest	ACC	4-3	0.57	15.41	10	10.73	5.08	-1.08
57	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-3	0.57	15.03	8.29	10.62	4.92	-0.92
58	Utah	Pac-12	4-3	0.57	14.95	6.71	9.09	4.59	-0.59
59	Houston	American Athletic	4-3	0.57	14.92	3.29	13	4.03	-0.03
60	Northwestern	Big Ten	4-3	0.57	14.66	2.71	14.3	3.95	0.05
61	UCLA	Pac-12	4-3	0.57	14.55	1.57	16.57	3.67	0.33
62	Arizona State	Pac-12	4-3	0.57	14.46	1	17.92	3.64	0.36
63	Wyoming	Mountain West	4-3	0.57	13.83	1	8.84	3.69	0.31
64	UAB	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	13.79	2.43	4.82	3.84	0.16
65	Florida International	Conference USA	4-2	0.67	13.54	-6.17	6.21	2.06	1.94
66	Syracuse	ACC	4-4	0.5	13.47	5.12	12.83	4.88	-0.88
67	Oregon	Pac-12	4-4	0.5	13.32	4.5	11.87	4.65	-0.65
68	Duke	ACC	4-4	0.5	13.17	6.88	7.88	5.34	-1.34
69	North Texas	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	13.04	-1.57	12.86	3.32	0.68
70	Utah State	Mountain West	4-4	0.5	12.59	3.25	9.62	4.49	-0.49
71	Florida	SEC	3-3	0.5	12.49	0.33	16.64	3.05	-0.05
72	Colorado	Pac-12	4-4	0.5	12.42	1.12	10.57	4.21	-0.21
73	Texas	Big 12	3-4	0.43	12.35	7.29	15.68	4.6	-1.6
74	Purdue	Big Ten	3-4	0.43	12.01	4.86	14.94	4.41	-1.41
75	California	Pac-12	4-4	0.5	11.98	0	12.91	4	0
76	Kansas State	Big 12	3-4	0.43	11.71	8.14	8.13	4.67	-1.67
77	Air Force	Mountain West	3-4	0.43	11.21	4	10.73	3.97	-0.97
78	Indiana	Big Ten	3-4	0.43	10.95	0.71	14.7	3.62	-0.62
79	Akron	Mid-American	4-4	0.5	10.88	-2.75	11.77	3.47	0.53
80	Tulane	American Athletic	3-4	0.43	10.78	0.57	13.66	3.58	-0.58
81	Boston College	ACC	4-4	0.5	10.77	-4.5	18.42	3.17	0.83
82	Central Michigan	Mid-American	4-4	0.5	10.63	-1.25	8.17	3.78	0.22
83	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	3-4	0.43	10.46	0.29	11.83	3.54	-0.54
84	Georgia State	Sun Belt	3-3	0.5	9.86	-7.17	7.48	1.97	1.03
85	Buffalo	Mid-American	3-5	0.38	9.66	1.5	9.84	4.27	-1.27
86	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	3-4	0.43	9.59	-1	9.97	3.39	-0.39
87	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	3-4	0.43	9.48	-0.57	8.28	3.42	-0.42
88	Rutgers	Big Ten	3-4	0.43	9.3	-1	10.59	3.32	-0.32
89	New Mexico	Mountain West	3-4	0.43	9.27	-1.71	9.77	3.23	-0.23
90	Nebraska	Big Ten	3-4	0.43	8.96	-5	15.83	2.78	0.22
91	South Alabama	Sun Belt	3-4	0.43	8.87	-2.14	10.01	3.15	-0.15
92	Maryland	Big Ten	3-4	0.43	8.73	-7.71	15.42	2.55	0.45
93	Tennessee	SEC	3-4	0.43	8.62	-7.29	12.75	2.25	0.75
94	Ole Miss	SEC	3-4	0.43	8.56	-6.71	11.83	2.69	0.31
95	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-4	0.43	8.41	-7.86	12.64	2.3	0.7
96	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-5	0.38	8.02	-0.88	7.92	3.83	-0.83
97	Hawai'i	Mountain West	3-4	0.43	8	-6.71	5.2	2.65	0.35
98	Louisiana	Sun Belt	3-4	0.43	7.94	-10.43	7	2.32	0.68
99	UConn	American Athletic	3-4	0.43	7.88	-9.43	9.29	2.31	0.69
100	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	3-5	0.38	7.33	-7.88	12.94	2.45	0.55
101	Temple	American Athletic	3-5	0.38	7.3	-6	9.65	2.84	0.16
102	Pittsburgh	ACC	3-5	0.38	7.29	-6.25	13.6	2.91	0.09
103	Florida State	ACC	2-4	0.33	7.28	-2.67	20.56	2.55	-0.55
104	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-5	0.29	7.03	0	13.92	3.5	-1.5
105	UNLV	Mountain West	2-5	0.29	5.27	-5.57	8.89	2.81	-0.81
106	Arkansas	SEC	2-5	0.29	5.26	-8.29	15.61	2.44	-0.44
107	Missouri	SEC	2-5	0.29	5.1	-6	13.7	2.82	-0.82
108	Illinois	Big Ten	2-5	0.29	4.93	-11	13.64	1.74	0.26
109	Idaho	Sun Belt	2-5	0.29	4.85	-9.14	6.76	2.16	-0.16
110	Tulsa	American Athletic	2-6	0.25	4.61	-4.88	15.12	3.35	-1.35
111	Ball State	Mid-American	2-5	0.29	4.54	-15.29	9.42	1.41	0.59
112	Old Dominion	Conference USA	2-5	0.29	4.48	-15.71	8.92	1.35	0.65
113	Cincinnati	American Athletic	2-6	0.25	4	-11.75	16.23	2.07	-0.07
114	Kent State	Mid-American	2-6	0.25	3.37	-22.88	12.76	0.45	1.55
115	East Carolina	American Athletic	2-6	0.25	3.14	-22.5	11.98	1.35	0.65
116	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	1-6	0.14	2.31	-1.14	7.13	3.34	-2.34
117	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	1-6	0.14	1.12	-13.57	8.78	1.88	-0.88
118	Nevada	Mountain West	1-7	0.12	0.94	-9.38	12.37	2.66	-1.66
119	Texas State	Sun Belt	1-6	0.14	0.85	-18.86	10.87	0.78	0.22
120	Kansas	Big 12	1-6	0.14	0.75	-23.43	13.81	1.02	-0.02
121	North Carolina	ACC	1-7	0.12	0.75	-13	16.33	1.97	-0.97
122	Oregon State	Pac-12	1-6	0.14	0.74	-22.43	15.02	1.08	-0.08
123	Rice	Conference USA	1-6	0.14	0.74	-23	12.5	0.45	0.55
124	BYU	FBS Independents	1-7	0.12	0.55	-15.88	12.48	0.97	0.03
125	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-7	0.12	0.48	-17.25	11.02	1.52	-0.52
126	Charlotte	Conference USA	1-7	0.12	0.26	-17.38	11.39	1.07	-0.07
127	San José State	Mountain West	1-7	0.12	0.16	-25	11.21	0.8	0.2
128	Baylor	Big 12	0-7	0	-2.19	-12.86	13.79	1.98	-1.98
129	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	0-6	0	-2.52	-23.33	7.56	0.73	-0.73
130	UTEP	Conference USA	0-7	0	-2.74	-25.57	14.66	0.45	-0.45