2017 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:36.827514+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	8-0	1	26.24	33.25	11.74	7.77	0.23
2	Georgia	SEC	8-0	1	25.8	26.25	10.59	7.53	0.47
3	UCF	American Athletic	7-0	1	25.56	31.29	8.56	6.33	0.67
4	Wisconsin	Big Ten	8-0	1	25.51	22.12	9.73	7.32	0.68
5	Miami	ACC	7-0	1	25.01	13.29	9.09	5.47	1.53
6	Penn State	Big Ten	7-1	0.88	23.83	26.5	13.98	7.45	-0.45
7	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	7-1	0.88	23.68	24.38	14.65	7.19	-0.19
8	Ohio State	Big Ten	7-1	0.88	23.66	28	13.91	7.2	-0.2
9	Clemson	ACC	7-1	0.88	23.52	19.12	14.75	7.15	-0.15
10	TCU	Big 12	7-1	0.88	23.1	22.5	10.75	7.2	-0.2
11	Oklahoma State	Big 12	7-1	0.88	22.93	20.12	11.33	6.45	0.55
12	Oklahoma	Big 12	7-1	0.88	22.75	17.62	10.92	6.23	0.77
13	Washington	Pac-12	7-1	0.88	22.71	26.5	9.02	7.52	-0.52
14	Virginia Tech	ACC	7-1	0.88	22.44	23.88	7.99	7.48	-0.48
15	Memphis	American Athletic	7-1	0.88	22.37	9.12	11.6	5.12	1.88
16	Toledo	Mid-American	7-1	0.88	21.88	15.12	6.78	6.01	0.99
17	South Florida	American Athletic	7-1	0.88	21.81	19.5	4.4	6.68	0.32
18	USC	Pac-12	7-2	0.78	20.49	7.89	15.11	5.88	1.12
19	Washington State	Pac-12	7-2	0.78	20.05	11.11	9.64	6.47	0.53
20	Mississippi State	SEC	6-2	0.75	19.91	16.5	12.54	6.64	-0.64
21	Stanford	Pac-12	6-2	0.75	19.78	14.25	12.23	6.19	-0.19
22	San Diego State	Mountain West	7-2	0.78	19.74	6.11	11.55	5.87	1.13
23	Boise State	Mountain West	6-2	0.75	19.73	9.25	14.17	5.65	0.35
24	Iowa State	Big 12	6-2	0.75	19.64	13.62	11.72	6.28	-0.28
25	Michigan	Big Ten	6-2	0.75	19.59	8.38	13.65	5.7	0.3
26	NC State	ACC	6-2	0.75	19.56	8.5	12.17	5.37	0.63
27	Auburn	SEC	6-2	0.75	19.49	20.62	8.48	7.04	-1.04
28	Michigan State	Big Ten	6-2	0.75	19.42	4.12	14.44	4.89	1.11
29	Arizona	Pac-12	6-2	0.75	19.4	14.75	9.83	5.75	0.25
30	SMU	American Athletic	6-2	0.75	19.15	10.5	9.68	5.33	0.67
31	South Carolina	SEC	6-2	0.75	19.08	6	11.85	5.19	0.81
32	Marshall	Conference USA	6-2	0.75	19.06	10.75	7.9	6.04	-0.04
33	LSU	SEC	6-2	0.75	19.01	7.38	10.2	5.42	0.58
34	Troy	Sun Belt	6-2	0.75	18.67	7.75	8.08	5.65	0.35
35	Army	FBS Independents	6-2	0.75	18.56	10.25	5.75	5.74	0.26
36	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	6-2	0.75	18.55	9.88	6.17	5.91	0.09
37	Ohio	Mid-American	6-2	0.75	18.46	15.38	3.32	6.04	-0.04
38	Navy	American Athletic	5-2	0.71	18.3	5	13.48	4.16	0.84
39	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	5-2	0.71	17.88	18.14	4.8	5.63	-0.63
40	Kentucky	SEC	6-2	0.75	17.39	0.25	9.89	4.05	1.95
41	UTSA	Conference USA	5-2	0.71	17.36	13.71	2.56	5.59	-0.59
42	Colorado State	Mountain West	6-3	0.67	16.88	6.44	7.97	5.63	0.37
43	Iowa	Big Ten	5-3	0.62	16.75	7.62	16.19	5.63	-0.63
44	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	5-3	0.62	16.41	12.75	10.74	5.73	-0.73
45	Wake Forest	ACC	5-3	0.62	16.39	10	11.9	5.71	-0.71
46	West Virginia	Big 12	5-3	0.62	16.35	11.12	9.7	5.37	-0.37
47	Fresno State	Mountain West	5-3	0.62	16.33	11.5	9.2	6.06	-1.06
48	Western Michigan	Mid-American	5-3	0.62	15.93	8.62	8.66	5.25	-0.25
49	Northwestern	Big Ten	5-3	0.62	15.92	3.38	14.3	4.61	0.39
50	Houston	American Athletic	5-3	0.62	15.89	3.38	13.93	4.62	0.38
51	Southern Miss	Conference USA	5-3	0.62	15.79	6.12	8.44	5.17	-0.17
52	Texas A&M	SEC	5-3	0.62	15.65	2.5	11.8	4.41	0.59
53	App State	Sun Belt	5-3	0.62	15.57	6.75	6.23	5.2	-0.2
54	Wyoming	Mountain West	5-3	0.62	15.53	5.75	8.62	5.2	-0.2
55	Georgia Tech	ACC	4-3	0.57	15.18	9.86	10.14	4.98	-0.98
56	UAB	Conference USA	5-3	0.62	15	4.38	5.62	4.73	0.27
57	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	5-3	0.62	14.9	4.25	3.42	4.8	0.2
58	Florida International	Conference USA	5-2	0.71	14.81	-3.71	8.16	2.87	2.13
59	Oregon	Pac-12	5-4	0.56	14.68	6.33	12.31	5.53	-0.53
60	Virginia	ACC	5-3	0.62	14.54	0.62	7.47	4.12	0.88
61	Louisville	ACC	5-4	0.56	14.47	5.89	9.45	5.42	-0.42
62	North Texas	Conference USA	5-3	0.62	14.08	-0.5	11.66	3.94	1.06
63	Colorado	Pac-12	5-4	0.56	14	2.78	11.15	5.06	-0.06
64	Texas	Big 12	4-4	0.5	13.67	10.25	12.77	5.76	-1.76
65	Texas Tech	Big 12	4-4	0.5	13.42	5.5	12.78	4.72	-0.72
66	Syracuse	ACC	4-4	0.5	13.31	5.12	13.18	4.88	-0.88
67	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-4	0.5	13.24	6.38	10.22	5.33	-1.33
68	Boston College	ACC	5-4	0.56	13.17	-0.44	17.02	4.4	0.6
69	Air Force	Mountain West	4-4	0.5	12.94	5.62	10.14	4.75	-0.75
70	Kansas State	Big 12	4-4	0.5	12.94	8.38	7.24	5.39	-1.39
71	Utah	Pac-12	4-4	0.5	12.76	3.25	9.55	4.6	-0.6
72	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	4-4	0.5	12.36	2	10.77	4.33	-0.33
73	Akron	Mid-American	5-4	0.56	12.03	-2.33	11.76	3.98	1.02
74	UCLA	Pac-12	4-4	0.5	11.63	-1.25	16.76	3.84	0.16
75	Duke	ACC	4-5	0.44	11.41	3.78	9.21	5.39	-1.39
76	Georgia State	Sun Belt	4-3	0.57	11.39	-5	7.79	2.61	1.39
77	Arizona State	Pac-12	4-4	0.5	11.16	-3	16.75	3.52	0.48
78	Central Michigan	Mid-American	4-4	0.5	10.72	-1.25	8.45	3.78	0.22
79	Nebraska	Big Ten	4-4	0.5	10.54	-4.25	15.45	3.28	0.72
80	Purdue	Big Ten	3-5	0.38	10.53	4.12	14.73	4.87	-1.87
81	Maryland	Big Ten	4-4	0.5	10.21	-6.38	14.82	3.12	0.88
82	Utah State	Mountain West	4-5	0.44	10.18	-0.11	9.88	4.48	-0.48
83	California	Pac-12	4-5	0.44	9.61	-1.78	12.04	4.18	-0.18
84	Indiana	Big Ten	3-5	0.38	9.25	0.25	13.14	4.04	-1.04
85	Florida	SEC	3-4	0.43	9.15	-4.71	16.54	2.69	0.31
86	Pittsburgh	ACC	4-5	0.44	9.06	-3.67	13.76	3.76	0.24
87	Missouri	SEC	3-5	0.38	8.5	-0.25	11.91	3.97	-0.97
88	Buffalo	Mid-American	3-6	0.33	8.36	1.22	10.62	4.76	-1.76
89	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-5	0.38	8.1	-0.88	7.86	3.83	-0.83
90	Tulane	American Athletic	3-5	0.38	8.02	-3.25	14.28	3.48	-0.48
91	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	3-5	0.38	7.95	-1.88	9.2	3.75	-0.75
92	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	3-5	0.38	7.82	-2.5	9.56	3.62	-0.62
93	Louisiana	Sun Belt	3-4	0.43	7.74	-10.43	6.44	2.32	0.68
94	Rutgers	Big Ten	3-5	0.38	7.7	-3.5	10.93	3.29	-0.29
95	South Alabama	Sun Belt	3-5	0.38	7.69	-2.88	9.22	3.44	-0.44
96	Tennessee	SEC	3-5	0.38	7.4	-6.75	13.72	2.69	0.31
97	UNLV	Mountain West	3-5	0.38	7.4	-3.62	9.98	3.46	-0.46
98	Ole Miss	SEC	3-5	0.38	7.34	-6	11.22	3.19	-0.19
99	New Mexico	Mountain West	3-5	0.38	7.31	-6.38	10.71	2.85	0.15
100	Temple	American Athletic	3-5	0.38	7.23	-6	10.58	2.84	0.16
101	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-5	0.38	7.23	-7.75	12.63	2.68	0.32
102	Arkansas	SEC	3-5	0.38	7.22	-7.12	14.61	2.97	0.03
103	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	3-5	0.38	7.17	-7.88	12.71	2.45	0.55
104	Hawai'i	Mountain West	3-5	0.38	6.88	-8.5	7.48	2.71	0.29
105	Idaho	Sun Belt	3-5	0.38	6.83	-7	7.6	2.81	0.19
106	UConn	American Athletic	3-5	0.38	6.62	-13.25	8.52	2.15	0.85
107	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-6	0.25	5.79	-0.38	14.89	3.92	-1.92
108	Florida State	ACC	2-5	0.29	5.48	-6.86	18.54	2.19	-0.19
109	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	2-6	0.25	5.11	-0.62	7.92	3.9	-1.9
110	Illinois	Big Ten	2-6	0.25	3.96	-11.38	15.12	1.87	0.13
111	Cincinnati	American Athletic	2-6	0.25	3.9	-11.75	15.83	2.07	-0.07
112	Tulsa	American Athletic	2-7	0.22	3.85	-4.78	14.67	3.78	-1.78
113	Old Dominion	Conference USA	2-6	0.25	3.62	-14.62	10.24	1.8	0.2
114	Ball State	Mid-American	2-6	0.25	3.46	-18.5	10.61	1.34	0.66
115	Texas State	Sun Belt	2-6	0.25	3.4	-14	8.69	1.4	0.6
116	Kent State	Mid-American	2-6	0.25	3.3	-22.88	13.12	0.45	1.55
117	East Carolina	American Athletic	2-6	0.25	3.28	-22.5	12.11	1.35	0.65
118	BYU	FBS Independents	2-7	0.22	2.93	-11.78	11.54	1.85	0.15
119	Nevada	Mountain West	1-7	0.12	0.92	-9.38	13.2	2.66	-1.66
120	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	1-7	0.12	0.6	-14.38	7.66	1.95	-0.95
121	North Carolina	ACC	1-8	0.11	0.51	-12.11	16.82	2.31	-1.31
122	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-7	0.12	0.45	-17.25	11.22	1.52	-0.52
123	Charlotte	Conference USA	1-7	0.12	0.43	-17.38	10.55	1.07	-0.07
124	Oregon State	Pac-12	1-7	0.12	0.37	-19.75	15.08	1.34	-0.34
125	Kansas	Big 12	1-7	0.12	0.3	-21.75	13.68	1.25	-0.25
126	Rice	Conference USA	1-7	0.12	0.29	-21.88	12.32	0.71	0.29
127	San José State	Mountain West	1-8	0.11	-0.05	-24.56	9.64	0.95	0.05
128	Baylor	Big 12	0-8	0	-2.28	-15.12	13.42	1.93	-1.93
129	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	0-7	0	-2.54	-23.14	9.6	0.85	-0.85
130	UTEP	Conference USA	0-8	0	-2.7	-24.5	15.23	0.57	-0.57