2018 W12 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:37.091678+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Clemson	ACC	11-0	1	25.88	32.64	12.02	10.53	0.47
2	Alabama	SEC	11-0	1	25.61	35.64	10.25	10.53	0.47
3	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	11-0	1	25.4	17.36	12.06	9.23	1.77
4	UCF	American Athletic	10-0	1	24.88	23.2	8.44	8.58	1.42
5	Michigan	Big Ten	10-1	0.91	23.71	23.09	12.93	10.05	-0.05
6	Georgia	SEC	10-1	0.91	23.61	22.82	12.47	9.73	0.27
7	Oklahoma	Big 12	10-1	0.91	23.33	18.82	11.74	8.32	1.68
8	Ohio State	Big Ten	10-1	0.91	22.94	17	10.09	8.54	1.46
9	Washington State	Pac-12	10-1	0.91	22.8	17.82	9.15	8.78	1.22
10	Utah State	Mountain West	10-1	0.91	22.54	27.18	6.04	9.57	0.43
11	Boise State	Mountain West	9-2	0.82	21.03	15.18	11.43	8.52	0.48
12	LSU	SEC	9-2	0.82	21	12	12.29	8.68	0.32
13	Fresno State	Mountain West	9-2	0.82	20.93	23.18	8.95	10.05	-1.05
14	Cincinnati	American Athletic	9-2	0.82	20.74	16	8.95	9.11	-0.11
15	UAB	Conference USA	9-2	0.82	20.56	16.18	7.8	9.27	-0.27
16	West Virginia	Big 12	8-2	0.8	20.49	17.6	9.62	7.91	0.09
17	Army	FBS Independents	9-2	0.82	20.44	12.09	8.86	8.42	0.58
18	App State	Sun Belt	8-2	0.8	20.31	23	7.93	8.93	-0.93
19	Buffalo	Mid-American	9-2	0.82	20.23	9.27	8.14	7.45	1.55
20	Troy	Sun Belt	9-2	0.82	20.16	10.36	7.86	7.92	1.08
21	Penn State	Big Ten	8-3	0.73	19.13	12.73	13.44	8.25	-0.25
22	Utah	Pac-12	8-3	0.73	18.87	11.91	12.08	8.41	-0.41
23	Florida	SEC	8-3	0.73	18.68	12.91	10.38	8.33	-0.33
24	Syracuse	ACC	8-3	0.73	18.62	12.27	9.64	7.71	0.29
25	Washington	Pac-12	8-3	0.73	18.6	11.36	10.45	8.52	-0.52
26	Texas	Big 12	8-3	0.73	18.59	6.45	13.2	6.92	1.08
27	Kentucky	SEC	8-3	0.73	18.49	7.18	12	7.69	0.31
28	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	8-3	0.73	18.33	8.45	10.12	7.5	0.5
29	North Texas	Conference USA	8-3	0.73	18.33	15.64	7.15	8.6	-0.6
30	Houston	American Athletic	8-3	0.73	18.3	15	7.13	7.8	0.2
31	Florida International	Conference USA	8-3	0.73	17.91	11.09	6.02	7.8	0.2
32	NC State	ACC	7-3	0.7	17.86	9.4	11.1	6.86	0.14
33	Marshall	Conference USA	7-3	0.7	17.24	8.3	7.37	6.96	0.04
34	Mississippi State	SEC	7-4	0.64	17.11	15.73	12.97	9.57	-2.57
35	Iowa	Big Ten	7-4	0.64	16.89	15.09	11.61	9.06	-2.06
36	Texas A&M	SEC	7-4	0.64	16.84	8.91	14.21	7.59	-0.59
37	Missouri	SEC	7-4	0.64	16.83	10.09	13.38	7.49	-0.49
38	Auburn	SEC	7-4	0.64	16.78	12.27	11.96	8.66	-1.66
39	Ohio	Mid-American	7-4	0.64	16.58	13.91	9.76	8.04	-1.04
40	Temple	American Athletic	7-4	0.64	16.43	7.36	12.08	7.07	-0.07
41	Boston College	ACC	7-4	0.64	16.42	8.82	10.17	7.44	-0.44
42	Georgia Tech	ACC	7-4	0.64	16.34	9.45	10.01	7.35	-0.35
43	Wisconsin	Big Ten	7-4	0.64	16.27	7.45	10.69	7.26	-0.26
44	Virginia	ACC	7-4	0.64	16.24	7.64	9.65	7.46	-0.46
45	Duke	ACC	7-4	0.64	16.19	4.45	12.03	6.57	0.43
46	Oregon	Pac-12	7-4	0.64	16.19	7.45	10.16	7	0
47	Memphis	American Athletic	7-4	0.64	16.07	13.73	5.97	7.84	-0.84
48	Pittsburgh	ACC	7-4	0.64	15.82	2.18	13.64	5.99	1.01
49	Nevada	Mountain West	7-4	0.64	15.79	5.09	9	6.59	0.41
50	Northwestern	Big Ten	7-4	0.64	15.66	1.45	13.89	5.91	1.09
51	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	7-4	0.64	15.53	3.45	9.05	6.25	0.75
52	Iowa State	Big 12	6-4	0.6	15.53	4.5	14.01	6.14	-0.14
53	Stanford	Pac-12	6-4	0.6	15.51	5.3	13.6	6.2	-0.2
54	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	7-4	0.64	15.46	2.55	9	6.08	0.92
55	South Carolina	SEC	6-4	0.6	15.42	6.1	12.46	6.2	-0.2
56	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	7-4	0.64	15.26	1.82	8.82	5.99	1.01
57	San Diego State	Mountain West	7-4	0.64	15.05	0.73	10.21	5.72	1.28
58	Miami	ACC	6-5	0.55	14.65	12	11.64	8.32	-2.32
59	South Florida	American Athletic	7-4	0.64	14.42	0	8.42	5.5	1.5
60	California	Pac-12	6-4	0.6	14.42	2.3	8.84	5.63	0.37
61	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	7-4	0.64	14.41	-0.45	10.94	5.35	1.65
62	Arizona State	Pac-12	6-5	0.55	14.32	6.09	12.11	6.95	-0.95
63	Oklahoma State	Big 12	6-5	0.55	14.32	7.18	11.97	6.78	-0.78
64	Toledo	Mid-American	6-5	0.55	14.25	8.45	10.4	7	-1
65	BYU	FBS Independents	6-5	0.55	14.02	4.82	12	6.85	-0.85
66	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	6-5	0.55	14.02	5.27	10.81	6.86	-0.86
67	Michigan State	Big Ten	6-5	0.55	13.78	1.55	14.63	6.02	-0.02
68	Southern Miss	Conference USA	5-5	0.5	12.57	3.8	10.34	5.97	-0.97
69	Texas Tech	Big 12	5-6	0.45	12.23	7.82	12.42	6.94	-1.94
70	Louisiana	Sun Belt	6-5	0.55	12.05	-0.64	10.14	5.38	0.62
71	Purdue	Big Ten	5-6	0.45	12	4.45	14.25	6.46	-1.46
72	Western Michigan	Mid-American	6-5	0.55	11.94	-0.82	8.74	5.34	0.66
73	Hawai'i	Mountain West	7-5	0.58	11.76	-3.67	8.37	5.24	1.76
74	Maryland	Big Ten	5-6	0.45	11.63	3	12.94	6.16	-1.16
75	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	6-5	0.55	11.01	-5.36	9.25	4.32	1.68
76	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	5-6	0.45	10.98	0.91	13.71	5.72	-0.72
77	Vanderbilt	SEC	5-6	0.45	10.82	0.55	13.84	5.63	-0.63
78	Colorado	Pac-12	5-6	0.45	10.76	0.91	9.51	5.72	-0.72
79	Ole Miss	SEC	5-6	0.45	10.68	0.45	11.25	5.58	-0.58
80	USC	Pac-12	5-6	0.45	10.25	-0.36	12.64	5.41	-0.41
81	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	5-6	0.45	10.23	-0.36	12.61	5.43	-0.43
82	TCU	Big 12	5-6	0.45	10.14	-0.36	12.87	5.4	-0.4
83	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-6	0.45	9.79	-1.36	12.56	5.19	-0.19
84	Arizona	Pac-12	5-6	0.45	9.75	-1.27	10.92	5.23	-0.23
85	Air Force	Mountain West	4-7	0.36	9.55	4.09	10.65	6.43	-2.43
86	Tulane	American Athletic	5-6	0.45	9.49	-2.45	12.13	4.9	0.1
87	Indiana	Big Ten	5-6	0.45	9.47	-3.18	14.57	4.78	0.22
88	Tennessee	SEC	5-6	0.45	9.42	-3.36	13.83	4.64	0.36
89	Kansas State	Big 12	5-6	0.45	9.21	-2.82	11.49	4.69	0.31
90	Baylor	Big 12	5-6	0.45	9.09	-4.18	11.72	4.59	0.41
91	SMU	American Athletic	5-6	0.45	9.01	-5	12.21	4.54	0.46
92	Wyoming	Mountain West	5-6	0.45	8.97	-4	11.17	4.32	0.68
93	Wake Forest	ACC	5-6	0.45	8.93	-5.55	12.01	4.41	0.59
94	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	5-6	0.45	8.78	-6.82	11.9	4.05	0.95
95	Florida State	ACC	5-6	0.45	8.67	-8	13.5	3.61	1.39
96	Virginia Tech	ACC	4-6	0.4	8.01	-3.5	10.75	4.31	-0.31
97	Nebraska	Big Ten	4-7	0.36	7.72	-1.09	13.27	5.27	-1.27
98	Akron	Mid-American	4-6	0.4	7.61	-5.3	8.88	3.62	0.38
99	Liberty	FBS Independents	4-6	0.4	7.39	-8.5	10.29	3.64	0.36
100	Charlotte	Conference USA	4-7	0.36	6.75	-5.64	10.69	4	0
101	Old Dominion	Conference USA	4-7	0.36	6.72	-4.27	9.02	4.7	-0.7
102	Ball State	Mid-American	4-7	0.36	6.42	-7.09	9.18	3.89	0.11
103	Illinois	Big Ten	4-7	0.36	6.06	-13.91	9.31	2.99	1.01
104	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	4-8	0.33	5.7	-10.08	11.44	4.16	-0.16
105	East Carolina	American Athletic	3-7	0.3	5.07	-7	9.62	3.64	-0.64
106	Kansas	Big 12	3-8	0.27	4.61	-6.09	9.77	4.08	-1.08
107	Texas State	Sun Belt	3-8	0.27	4.52	-6.18	7.67	3.86	-0.86
108	New Mexico	Mountain West	3-8	0.27	4.47	-7.91	10.84	3.96	-0.96
109	UCLA	Pac-12	3-8	0.27	4.37	-10.36	16.81	3.17	-0.17
110	Navy	American Athletic	3-8	0.27	4.32	-9.36	13.23	3.58	-0.58
111	UNLV	Mountain West	3-8	0.27	4.26	-9.73	9.39	3.65	-0.65
112	Colorado State	Mountain West	3-8	0.27	3.98	-14.45	9.64	2.65	0.35
113	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-8	0.27	3.86	-14.36	8.77	2.82	0.18
114	UTSA	Conference USA	3-8	0.27	3.86	-18.27	11.19	1.28	1.72
115	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	3-8	0.27	3.83	-16.91	8.34	2.55	0.45
116	North Carolina	ACC	2-8	0.2	2.81	-7.3	11.6	3.63	-1.63
117	Tulsa	American Athletic	2-9	0.18	2.53	-6.27	9.48	4.01	-2.01
118	Arkansas	SEC	2-9	0.18	2.21	-10.82	12	3.2	-1.2
119	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	2-9	0.18	2.17	-8.73	7.95	3.3	-1.3
120	Georgia State	Sun Belt	2-9	0.18	2.06	-12.91	11.63	2.97	-0.97
121	Kent State	Mid-American	2-9	0.18	2.01	-13.18	9.52	2.9	-0.9
122	South Alabama	Sun Belt	2-9	0.18	1.9	-16.18	12.29	2.47	-0.47
123	Oregon State	Pac-12	2-9	0.18	1.85	-17.73	13.73	2.56	-0.56
124	Louisville	ACC	2-9	0.18	1.67	-22.36	13.51	1.64	0.36
125	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-10	0.09	0.15	-10	10	2.55	-1.55
126	UTEP	Conference USA	1-10	0.09	-0.06	-13.55	8.1	2.37	-1.37
127	San José State	Mountain West	1-10	0.09	-0.14	-15.09	11.87	2.47	-1.47
128	Rutgers	Big Ten	1-10	0.09	-0.33	-19.18	14.43	1.24	-0.24
129	UConn	American Athletic	1-10	0.09	-0.56	-26.27	12.02	1.59	-0.59
130	Rice	Conference USA	1-11	0.08	-0.57	-19.67	11.68	1.8	-0.8