2018 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:37.095495+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Clemson	ACC	15-0	1	25.66	31.13	13.33	14.2	0.8
2	Alabama	SEC	14-1	0.93	23.88	27.53	12.63	13.5	0.5
3	Ohio State	Big Ten	13-1	0.93	23.23	16.86	11.32	10.77	2.23
4	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	12-1	0.92	23.09	13.15	12.82	10.19	1.81
5	UCF	American Athletic	12-1	0.92	22.76	20.54	9.23	10.68	1.32
6	Oklahoma	Big 12	12-2	0.86	21.93	15.07	13.44	9.91	2.09
7	Fresno State	Mountain West	12-2	0.86	21.45	20.5	9.37	12.5	-0.5
8	App State	Sun Belt	11-2	0.85	21.25	21.85	9.22	11.57	-0.57
9	Utah State	Mountain West	11-2	0.85	21.12	25.31	7.83	11.16	-0.16
10	Washington State	Pac-12	11-2	0.85	21.01	14.23	9.64	9.82	1.18
11	Cincinnati	American Athletic	11-2	0.85	20.95	17.69	8.35	10.95	0.05
12	Army	FBS Independents	11-2	0.85	20.86	15.08	8.48	10.55	0.45
13	Georgia	SEC	11-3	0.79	20.49	18.64	13.51	11.66	-0.66
14	Michigan	Big Ten	10-3	0.77	19.86	15.77	13.16	10.45	-0.45
15	Boise State	Mountain West	10-3	0.77	19.65	13.31	12.64	9.8	0.2
16	LSU	SEC	10-3	0.77	19.53	10.62	12.97	9.35	0.65
17	UAB	Conference USA	11-3	0.79	19.48	12.86	8.84	11.08	-0.08
18	Florida	SEC	10-3	0.77	19.4	15	10.46	10.27	-0.27
19	Syracuse	ACC	10-3	0.77	19.26	13.23	10.15	9.36	0.64
20	Kentucky	SEC	10-3	0.77	19.21	9.85	11.22	9.73	0.27
21	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	10-3	0.77	18.83	8.92	9.2	9.03	0.97
22	Troy	Sun Belt	10-3	0.77	18.83	8.69	9.3	8.94	1.06
23	Washington	Pac-12	10-4	0.71	18.02	10	12.29	10.58	-0.58
24	Texas A&M	SEC	9-4	0.69	17.86	10.69	14.05	9.07	-0.07
25	Penn State	Big Ten	9-4	0.69	17.83	13.23	12.7	9.94	-0.94
26	Texas	Big 12	10-4	0.71	17.66	5.21	12.89	8.5	1.5
27	Iowa	Big Ten	9-4	0.69	17.53	13.38	10.51	10.28	-1.28
28	Buffalo	Mid-American	10-4	0.71	17.44	8.64	8.87	9.3	0.7
29	Ohio	Mid-American	9-4	0.69	17.38	15.46	8.67	9.89	-0.89
30	NC State	ACC	9-4	0.69	17.16	8.92	9.88	8.76	0.24
31	West Virginia	Big 12	8-4	0.67	17.15	13.08	11.11	8.61	-0.61
32	Oregon	Pac-12	9-4	0.69	17.1	9.46	9.17	8.83	0.17
33	Stanford	Pac-12	9-4	0.69	17.03	5.46	11.43	8.11	0.89
34	North Texas	Conference USA	9-4	0.69	16.94	10.46	7.51	9.12	-0.12
35	Florida International	Conference USA	9-4	0.69	16.82	9.38	7.21	8.83	0.17
36	Marshall	Conference USA	9-4	0.69	16.78	6.38	8.83	8.42	0.58
37	Mississippi State	SEC	8-5	0.62	16.38	15.38	12.99	11.21	-3.21
38	Utah	Pac-12	9-5	0.64	16.28	8.64	11.92	9.87	-0.87
39	Auburn	SEC	8-5	0.62	16.11	11.77	12.38	9.84	-1.84
40	Missouri	SEC	8-5	0.62	16.05	11.08	12.24	9.12	-1.12
41	Wisconsin	Big Ten	8-5	0.62	15.56	7.08	10.91	8.53	-0.53
42	Virginia	ACC	8-5	0.62	15.5	8.38	9.45	9.04	-1.04
43	Temple	American Athletic	8-5	0.62	15.49	7.85	9.74	8.4	-0.4
44	Iowa State	Big 12	8-5	0.62	15.26	3.85	11.69	7.68	0.32
45	Northwestern	Big Ten	9-5	0.64	15.2	1	13.24	7.35	1.65
46	Houston	American Athletic	8-5	0.62	15.17	6.77	7.96	7.77	0.23
47	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	8-5	0.62	15.06	4.69	9.01	7.78	0.22
48	Nevada	Mountain West	8-5	0.62	14.96	4.15	8.84	7.59	0.41
49	Duke	ACC	8-5	0.62	14.92	2	12.02	7.04	0.96
50	Boston College	ACC	7-5	0.58	14.57	6.33	10.75	7.53	-0.53
51	Memphis	American Athletic	8-6	0.57	14.42	11	8.15	9.36	-1.36
52	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	8-5	0.62	14.4	1.69	8.33	7.05	0.95
53	Miami	ACC	7-6	0.54	13.98	9.31	11.16	9.31	-2.31
54	Toledo	Mid-American	7-6	0.54	13.82	9.85	9.36	8.58	-1.58
55	Oklahoma State	Big 12	7-6	0.54	13.7	5.92	11.43	7.77	-0.77
56	BYU	FBS Independents	7-6	0.54	13.67	5.85	11.21	8.31	-1.31
57	Southern Miss	Conference USA	6-5	0.55	13.67	6.36	8.7	7.25	-1.25
58	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	8-6	0.57	13.52	1.29	11.56	7.39	0.61
59	Arizona State	Pac-12	7-6	0.54	13.52	4.38	11.57	7.71	-0.71
60	South Carolina	SEC	7-6	0.54	13.38	2.85	12.76	7.26	-0.26
61	Georgia Tech	ACC	7-6	0.54	13.36	4.31	10.18	7.55	-0.55
62	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	7-6	0.54	13.33	4.92	9.16	8.02	-1.02
63	Minnesota	Big Ten	7-6	0.54	13.26	2.38	12.56	7.16	-0.16
64	Michigan State	Big Ten	7-6	0.54	13.03	1.54	12.55	7.16	-0.16
65	California	Pac-12	7-6	0.54	12.77	1.69	9.57	7.13	-0.13
66	TCU	Big 12	7-6	0.54	12.53	0.46	11.89	6.65	0.35
67	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	6-6	0.5	12.36	2.58	12.18	6.68	-0.68
68	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	8-6	0.57	11.96	-2.5	12.24	6.04	1.96
69	Wake Forest	ACC	7-6	0.54	11.91	-0.46	11.68	6.39	0.61
70	Tulane	American Athletic	7-6	0.54	11.68	-0.69	10.44	6.3	0.7
71	San Diego State	Mountain West	7-6	0.54	11.38	-1.54	10.66	5.95	1.05
72	Hawai'i	Mountain West	8-6	0.57	11.37	-4.29	9.42	5.93	2.07
73	Vanderbilt	SEC	6-7	0.46	11.28	1.85	12.33	7.02	-1.02
74	Baylor	Big 12	7-6	0.54	11.23	-2.15	10.88	5.96	1.04
75	Texas Tech	Big 12	5-7	0.42	11.02	6.25	11.31	7.28	-2.28
76	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-6	0.54	11.01	-2.54	9.41	5.91	1.09
77	Purdue	Big Ten	6-7	0.46	10.92	0.54	13.76	6.64	-0.64
78	South Florida	American Athletic	7-6	0.54	10.83	-3.54	9.54	5.6	1.4
79	Air Force	Mountain West	5-7	0.42	10.64	4.42	9.51	7.11	-2.11
80	Pittsburgh	ACC	7-7	0.5	10.61	-2.14	14.14	6.34	0.66
81	Wyoming	Mountain West	6-6	0.5	10.51	-1.33	10.14	5.56	0.44
82	Louisiana	Sun Belt	7-7	0.5	10.29	-2.29	10.72	6.43	0.57
83	Virginia Tech	ACC	6-7	0.46	9.79	-1.15	11.56	6.21	-0.21
84	Liberty	FBS Independents	6-6	0.5	9.78	-3.58	7.53	5.28	0.72
85	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	6-6	0.5	9.68	-5.17	9.18	4.76	1.24
86	Maryland	Big Ten	5-7	0.42	9.47	-0.17	12.9	5.96	-0.96
87	Colorado	Pac-12	5-7	0.42	9.16	-0.17	8.79	5.96	-0.96
88	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	5-7	0.42	9.15	-0.58	11.83	5.87	-0.87
89	USC	Pac-12	5-7	0.42	9.05	-0.92	12.55	5.75	-0.75
90	Arizona	Pac-12	5-7	0.42	8.76	-1.25	10.29	5.72	-0.72
91	Ole Miss	SEC	5-7	0.42	8.54	-2.25	11.21	5.54	-0.54
92	Indiana	Big Ten	5-7	0.42	8.44	-3.5	13.58	5.12	-0.12
93	Kansas State	Big 12	5-7	0.42	8.39	-2.92	11.2	5.14	-0.14
94	Tennessee	SEC	5-7	0.42	8.16	-5.17	13.05	4.57	0.43
95	SMU	American Athletic	5-7	0.42	8.06	-4.83	10.94	4.96	0.04
96	Charlotte	Conference USA	5-7	0.42	8.02	-4.92	10.37	4.57	0.43
97	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	5-7	0.42	7.85	-6.5	10.65	4.48	0.52
98	Florida State	ACC	5-7	0.42	7.74	-9.58	13.2	3.57	1.43
99	Nebraska	Big Ten	4-8	0.33	6.88	-1.25	12.68	5.71	-1.71
100	Old Dominion	Conference USA	4-8	0.33	5.88	-5.08	8.29	4.93	-0.93
101	Akron	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	5.6	-8.25	9.28	3.57	0.43
102	Ball State	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	5.59	-8.25	8.92	3.99	0.01
103	UNLV	Mountain West	4-8	0.33	5.57	-8.5	9.02	4.21	-0.21
104	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	4-8	0.33	5.53	-10.08	10.64	4.16	-0.16
105	Illinois	Big Ten	4-8	0.33	5.25	-13.42	9.08	3.26	0.74
106	Tulsa	American Athletic	3-9	0.25	4.08	-5.5	8.58	4.57	-1.57
107	Kansas	Big 12	3-9	0.25	4.05	-6.17	9.85	4.4	-1.4
108	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	3-9	0.25	3.93	-6.75	8.08	4.09	-1.09
109	UCLA	Pac-12	3-9	0.25	3.88	-10.08	15.54	3.64	-0.64
110	Texas State	Sun Belt	3-9	0.25	3.82	-7.83	7.96	3.74	-0.74
111	New Mexico	Mountain West	3-9	0.25	3.76	-9.58	10.22	3.9	-0.9
112	South Alabama	Sun Belt	3-9	0.25	3.49	-14.58	11.53	2.95	0.05
113	Colorado State	Mountain West	3-9	0.25	3.46	-13.92	9.35	2.93	0.07
114	East Carolina	American Athletic	3-9	0.25	3.46	-14.58	10.52	2.83	0.17
115	Navy	American Athletic	3-10	0.23	3.46	-8.54	13	4.32	-1.32
116	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-9	0.25	3.37	-15.67	9.11	2.83	0.17
117	UTSA	Conference USA	3-9	0.25	3.37	-17	11.34	1.6	1.4
118	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	3-9	0.25	3.34	-16.08	8.72	2.85	0.15
119	North Carolina	ACC	2-9	0.18	2.41	-7.18	11.02	4.02	-2.02
120	Arkansas	SEC	2-10	0.17	1.77	-13.08	12.16	2.95	-0.95
121	Kent State	Mid-American	2-10	0.17	1.75	-12.75	9.23	3.2	-1.2
122	Georgia State	Sun Belt	2-10	0.17	1.74	-13.58	11.54	3.07	-1.07
123	Oregon State	Pac-12	2-10	0.17	1.48	-19.58	12.92	2.52	-0.52
124	Louisville	ACC	2-10	0.17	1.33	-24.33	13.67	1.56	0.44
125	Rice	Conference USA	2-11	0.15	1.11	-17.08	10.65	2.32	-0.32
126	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-11	0.08	-0.22	-12.33	9.06	2.33	-1.33
127	UTEP	Conference USA	1-11	0.08	-0.36	-15.08	7.8	2.26	-1.26
128	San José State	Mountain West	1-11	0.08	-0.39	-15.33	12.42	2.6	-1.6
129	Rutgers	Big Ten	1-11	0.08	-0.51	-17.92	12.79	1.43	-0.43
130	UConn	American Athletic	1-11	0.08	-0.84	-28.25	11.24	1.5	-0.5