2018 W17 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:37.093788+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Clemson	ACC	13-0	1	25.48	31.69	11.75	12.28	0.72
2	Alabama	SEC	13-0	1	25.4	33.08	11.18	12.24	0.76
3	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	12-0	1	25.03	16.5	11.97	9.97	2.03
4	UCF	American Athletic	12-0	1	24.65	22.92	8.85	10.2	1.8
5	Oklahoma	Big 12	12-1	0.92	23.32	17.08	12.42	9.51	2.49
6	Ohio State	Big Ten	12-1	0.92	23.09	17.77	11.03	10.1	1.9
7	Georgia	SEC	11-2	0.85	22.03	20.62	13.42	11.11	-0.11
8	Fresno State	Mountain West	12-2	0.86	21.58	20.5	9.55	12.5	-0.5
9	Michigan	Big Ten	10-2	0.83	21.45	19.25	13.01	10.23	-0.23
10	App State	Sun Belt	11-2	0.85	21.39	21.85	9.43	11.57	-0.57
11	Utah State	Mountain West	11-2	0.85	21.24	25.31	7.95	11.16	-0.16
12	Army	FBS Independents	11-2	0.85	20.98	15.08	8.79	10.55	0.45
13	Cincinnati	American Athletic	10-2	0.83	20.69	18.83	8.59	10.35	-0.35
14	Washington State	Pac-12	10-2	0.83	20.68	15.25	9.46	9.23	0.77
15	Boise State	Mountain West	10-3	0.77	19.73	13.31	12.6	9.8	0.2
16	UAB	Conference USA	11-3	0.79	19.56	12.86	8.87	11.08	-0.08
17	Washington	Pac-12	10-3	0.77	19.43	11.15	11.51	10.19	-0.19
18	Penn State	Big Ten	9-3	0.75	19.3	14.58	12.34	9.43	-0.43
19	LSU	SEC	9-3	0.75	19.06	10.83	12.2	8.75	0.25
20	Florida	SEC	9-3	0.75	18.95	14.08	10.17	9.31	-0.31
21	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	10-3	0.77	18.93	8.92	9.3	9.03	0.97
22	Troy	Sun Belt	10-3	0.77	18.93	8.69	9.47	8.94	1.06
23	Kentucky	SEC	9-3	0.75	18.88	10.42	11.15	9.17	-0.17
24	Syracuse	ACC	9-3	0.75	18.86	13	10.01	8.56	0.44
25	NC State	ACC	9-3	0.75	18.7	12.92	8.99	8.93	0.07
26	West Virginia	Big 12	8-3	0.73	18.6	15.73	10.33	8.26	-0.26
27	Utah	Pac-12	9-4	0.69	17.6	10.15	11.88	9.59	-0.59
28	Buffalo	Mid-American	10-4	0.71	17.59	8.64	9.1	9.3	0.7
29	Mississippi State	SEC	8-4	0.67	17.59	17.08	12.28	10.69	-2.69
30	Ohio	Mid-American	9-4	0.69	17.5	15.46	9.13	9.89	-0.89
31	Missouri	SEC	8-4	0.67	17.4	12.42	12.67	8.71	-0.71
32	Texas A&M	SEC	8-4	0.67	17.27	8.33	13.82	7.89	0.11
33	Texas	Big 12	9-4	0.69	17.21	5.08	12.54	7.84	1.16
34	Iowa	Big Ten	8-4	0.67	17.17	14.08	10.29	9.63	-1.63
35	North Texas	Conference USA	9-4	0.69	17	10.46	7.41	9.12	-0.12
36	Temple	American Athletic	8-4	0.67	16.92	10.92	9.8	8.45	-0.45
37	Florida International	Conference USA	9-4	0.69	16.91	9.38	7.37	8.83	0.17
38	Marshall	Conference USA	9-4	0.69	16.88	6.38	9.12	8.42	0.58
39	Stanford	Pac-12	8-4	0.67	16.79	5.83	12.1	7.53	0.47
40	Oregon	Pac-12	8-4	0.67	16.77	10.17	9.12	8.17	-0.17
41	Iowa State	Big 12	8-4	0.67	16.43	4.33	10.87	7.23	0.77
42	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	8-4	0.67	16.26	5.33	8.57	7.29	0.71
43	Houston	American Athletic	8-5	0.62	15.31	6.77	8.24	7.77	0.23
44	Miami	ACC	7-5	0.58	15.14	12.75	10.84	9.35	-2.35
45	Auburn	SEC	7-5	0.58	15.09	8.67	12.78	8.45	-1.45
46	South Carolina	SEC	7-5	0.58	14.77	5.42	12.77	7.27	-0.27
47	Boston College	ACC	7-5	0.58	14.69	6.33	11.22	7.53	-0.53
48	Georgia Tech	ACC	7-5	0.58	14.6	6.67	10.17	7.45	-0.45
49	Memphis	American Athletic	8-6	0.57	14.57	11	8.56	9.36	-1.36
50	Virginia	ACC	7-5	0.58	14.52	6.75	9.42	7.86	-0.86
51	Wisconsin	Big Ten	7-5	0.58	14.48	5	10.77	7.31	-0.31
52	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	8-5	0.62	14.44	1.69	8.48	7.05	0.95
53	Northwestern	Big Ten	8-5	0.62	14.41	0.23	13.13	6.58	1.42
54	Nevada	Mountain West	7-5	0.58	14.15	4.25	8.82	6.99	0.01
55	Michigan State	Big Ten	7-5	0.58	14.07	1.75	12.55	6.66	0.34
56	Toledo	Mid-American	7-6	0.54	13.96	9.85	9.77	8.58	-1.58
57	California	Pac-12	7-5	0.58	13.8	2.08	9.3	6.68	0.32
58	BYU	FBS Independents	7-6	0.54	13.76	5.85	11.81	8.31	-1.31
59	Southern Miss	Conference USA	6-5	0.55	13.71	6.36	8.43	7.25	-1.25
60	Arizona State	Pac-12	7-6	0.54	13.63	4.38	12	7.71	-0.71
61	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	8-6	0.57	13.6	1.29	11.64	7.39	0.61
62	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	7-6	0.54	13.48	4.92	9.91	8.02	-1.02
63	Duke	ACC	7-5	0.58	13	-0.25	11.72	5.93	1.07
64	Purdue	Big Ten	6-6	0.5	12.91	4.67	13.47	7.11	-1.11
65	Oklahoma State	Big 12	6-6	0.5	12.84	6	11.21	7.19	-1.19
66	Vanderbilt	SEC	6-6	0.5	12.48	2.58	12.82	6.69	-0.69
67	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	6-6	0.5	12.43	2.58	12.35	6.68	-0.68
68	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	8-6	0.57	12.08	-2.5	12.51	6.04	1.96
69	Wake Forest	ACC	7-6	0.54	11.96	-0.46	11.95	6.39	0.61
70	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-6	0.5	11.79	0.58	12.49	6.15	-0.15
71	Tulane	American Athletic	7-6	0.54	11.75	-0.69	10.61	6.3	0.7
72	Pittsburgh	ACC	7-6	0.54	11.57	-2.23	14.24	5.88	1.12
73	TCU	Big 12	6-6	0.5	11.56	0.25	11.98	6.07	-0.07
74	San Diego State	Mountain West	7-6	0.54	11.5	-1.54	10.7	5.95	1.05
75	Hawai'i	Mountain West	8-6	0.57	11.45	-4.29	9.32	5.93	2.07
76	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-6	0.54	11.14	-2.54	9.63	5.91	1.09
77	Texas Tech	Big 12	5-7	0.42	11.09	6.25	11.52	7.28	-2.28
78	South Florida	American Athletic	7-6	0.54	10.95	-3.54	9.95	5.6	1.4
79	Virginia Tech	ACC	6-6	0.5	10.78	-0.92	10.94	5.78	0.22
80	Air Force	Mountain West	5-7	0.42	10.69	4.42	9.6	7.11	-2.11
81	Wyoming	Mountain West	6-6	0.5	10.58	-1.33	10.37	5.56	0.44
82	Louisiana	Sun Belt	7-7	0.5	10.35	-2.29	10.9	6.43	0.57
83	Baylor	Big 12	6-6	0.5	10.21	-2.92	10.85	5.3	0.7
84	Liberty	FBS Independents	6-6	0.5	9.8	-3.58	7.29	5.28	0.72
85	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	6-6	0.5	9.73	-5.17	9.23	4.76	1.24
86	Maryland	Big Ten	5-7	0.42	9.53	-0.17	13.16	5.96	-0.96
87	Colorado	Pac-12	5-7	0.42	9.23	-0.17	9.1	5.96	-0.96
88	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	5-7	0.42	9.2	-0.58	11.95	5.87	-0.87
89	USC	Pac-12	5-7	0.42	9.11	-0.92	12.85	5.75	-0.75
90	Arizona	Pac-12	5-7	0.42	8.81	-1.25	10.48	5.72	-0.72
91	Ole Miss	SEC	5-7	0.42	8.59	-2.25	11.37	5.54	-0.54
92	Indiana	Big Ten	5-7	0.42	8.49	-3.5	13.81	5.12	-0.12
93	Kansas State	Big 12	5-7	0.42	8.44	-2.92	11.39	5.14	-0.14
94	Tennessee	SEC	5-7	0.42	8.22	-5.17	13.48	4.57	0.43
95	SMU	American Athletic	5-7	0.42	8.13	-4.83	11.37	4.96	0.04
96	Charlotte	Conference USA	5-7	0.42	8.05	-4.92	10.31	4.57	0.43
97	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	5-7	0.42	7.9	-6.5	10.84	4.48	0.52
98	Florida State	ACC	5-7	0.42	7.8	-9.58	13.65	3.57	1.43
99	Nebraska	Big Ten	4-8	0.33	6.91	-1.25	12.72	5.71	-1.71
100	Old Dominion	Conference USA	4-8	0.33	5.91	-5.08	8.34	4.93	-0.93
101	Akron	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	5.65	-8.25	9.69	3.57	0.43
102	Ball State	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	5.64	-8.25	9.46	3.99	0.01
103	UNLV	Mountain West	4-8	0.33	5.61	-8.5	9.36	4.21	-0.21
104	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	4-8	0.33	5.56	-10.08	10.74	4.16	-0.16
105	Illinois	Big Ten	4-8	0.33	5.28	-13.42	9.17	3.26	0.74
106	Tulsa	American Athletic	3-9	0.25	4.11	-5.5	9.1	4.57	-1.57
107	Kansas	Big 12	3-9	0.25	4.07	-6.17	9.94	4.4	-1.4
108	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	3-9	0.25	3.94	-6.75	7.83	4.09	-1.09
109	UCLA	Pac-12	3-9	0.25	3.91	-10.08	15.94	3.64	-0.64
110	Texas State	Sun Belt	3-9	0.25	3.85	-7.83	8.07	3.74	-0.74
111	New Mexico	Mountain West	3-9	0.25	3.78	-9.58	10.35	3.9	-0.9
112	South Alabama	Sun Belt	3-9	0.25	3.51	-14.58	11.56	2.95	0.05
113	East Carolina	American Athletic	3-9	0.25	3.5	-14.58	11.23	2.83	0.17
114	Navy	American Athletic	3-10	0.23	3.5	-8.54	13.66	4.32	-1.32
115	Colorado State	Mountain West	3-9	0.25	3.48	-13.92	9.38	2.93	0.07
116	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-9	0.25	3.4	-15.67	9.53	2.83	0.17
117	UTSA	Conference USA	3-9	0.25	3.38	-17	11.07	1.6	1.4
118	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	3-9	0.25	3.35	-16.08	8.55	2.85	0.15
119	North Carolina	ACC	2-9	0.18	2.42	-7.18	11.34	4.02	-2.02
120	Arkansas	SEC	2-10	0.17	1.78	-13.08	12.33	2.95	-0.95
121	Kent State	Mid-American	2-10	0.17	1.76	-12.75	9.56	3.2	-1.2
122	Georgia State	Sun Belt	2-10	0.17	1.75	-13.58	12.03	3.07	-1.07
123	Oregon State	Pac-12	2-10	0.17	1.49	-19.58	12.99	2.52	-0.52
124	Louisville	ACC	2-10	0.17	1.33	-24.33	13.68	1.56	0.44
125	Rice	Conference USA	2-11	0.15	1.11	-17.08	10.6	2.32	-0.32
126	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-11	0.08	-0.22	-12.33	9.64	2.33	-1.33
127	UTEP	Conference USA	1-11	0.08	-0.36	-15.08	7.7	2.26	-1.26
128	San José State	Mountain West	1-11	0.08	-0.39	-15.33	12.56	2.6	-1.6
129	Rutgers	Big Ten	1-11	0.08	-0.51	-17.92	13.1	1.43	-0.43
130	UConn	American Athletic	1-11	0.08	-0.85	-28.25	11.68	1.5	-0.5