2018 W18 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:37.094207+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Clemson	ACC	14-0	1	25.62	31.36	12.75	13.28	0.72
2	Alabama	SEC	14-0	1	25.48	31.5	12.02	12.99	1.01
3	UCF	American Athletic	12-0	1	24.55	22.92	8.56	10.2	1.8
4	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	12-1	0.92	23.25	13.15	13.06	10.19	1.81
5	Ohio State	Big Ten	12-1	0.92	23.05	17.77	11.01	10.1	1.9
6	Oklahoma	Big 12	12-2	0.86	22.01	15.07	13.37	9.91	2.09
7	Georgia	SEC	11-2	0.85	21.99	20.62	13.39	11.11	-0.11
8	Fresno State	Mountain West	12-2	0.86	21.5	20.5	9.25	12.5	-0.5
9	App State	Sun Belt	11-2	0.85	21.35	21.85	9.44	11.57	-0.57
10	Utah State	Mountain West	11-2	0.85	21.2	25.31	7.93	11.16	-0.16
11	Washington State	Pac-12	11-2	0.85	21.11	14.23	9.97	9.82	1.18
12	Army	FBS Independents	11-2	0.85	20.92	15.08	8.48	10.55	0.45
13	Cincinnati	American Athletic	10-2	0.83	20.64	18.83	8.53	10.35	-0.35
14	Michigan	Big Ten	10-3	0.77	19.98	15.77	13.31	10.45	-0.45
15	Boise State	Mountain West	10-3	0.77	19.69	13.31	12.56	9.8	0.2
16	UAB	Conference USA	11-3	0.79	19.53	12.86	8.82	11.08	-0.08
17	Florida	SEC	10-3	0.77	19.52	15	11.01	10.27	-0.27
18	Washington	Pac-12	10-3	0.77	19.41	11.15	11.57	10.19	-0.19
19	Syracuse	ACC	10-3	0.77	19.37	13.23	10.61	9.36	0.64
20	Penn State	Big Ten	9-3	0.75	19.27	14.58	12.31	9.43	-0.43
21	LSU	SEC	9-3	0.75	19.04	10.83	12.28	8.75	0.25
22	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	10-3	0.77	18.91	8.92	9.32	9.03	0.97
23	Troy	Sun Belt	10-3	0.77	18.89	8.69	9.34	8.94	1.06
24	Kentucky	SEC	9-3	0.75	18.84	10.42	11.12	9.17	-0.17
25	NC State	ACC	9-3	0.75	18.69	12.92	9.1	8.93	0.07
26	Mississippi State	SEC	8-4	0.67	17.57	17.08	12.35	10.69	-2.69
27	Utah	Pac-12	9-4	0.69	17.56	10.15	11.82	9.59	-0.59
28	Buffalo	Mid-American	10-4	0.71	17.51	8.64	9.03	9.3	0.7
29	Ohio	Mid-American	9-4	0.69	17.42	15.46	8.61	9.89	-0.89
30	Missouri	SEC	8-4	0.67	17.36	12.42	12.55	8.71	-0.71
31	Texas A&M	SEC	8-4	0.67	17.24	8.33	13.83	7.89	0.11
32	West Virginia	Big 12	8-4	0.67	17.22	13.08	11.02	8.61	-0.61
33	Texas	Big 12	9-4	0.69	17.18	5.08	12.51	7.84	1.16
34	Iowa	Big Ten	8-4	0.67	17.12	14.08	10.13	9.63	-1.63
35	North Texas	Conference USA	9-4	0.69	16.99	10.46	7.53	9.12	-0.12
36	Florida International	Conference USA	9-4	0.69	16.88	9.38	7.32	8.83	0.17
37	Marshall	Conference USA	9-4	0.69	16.86	6.38	9.04	8.42	0.58
38	Oregon	Pac-12	8-4	0.67	16.74	10.17	9.1	8.17	-0.17
39	Stanford	Pac-12	8-4	0.67	16.74	5.83	11.91	7.53	0.47
40	Auburn	SEC	8-5	0.62	16.17	11.77	12.75	9.84	-1.84
41	Wisconsin	Big Ten	8-5	0.62	15.61	7.08	11.18	8.53	-0.53
42	Temple	American Athletic	8-5	0.62	15.57	7.85	9.74	8.4	-0.4
43	Virginia	ACC	8-5	0.62	15.56	8.38	9.85	9.04	-1.04
44	Iowa State	Big 12	8-5	0.62	15.32	3.85	11.6	7.68	0.32
45	Houston	American Athletic	8-5	0.62	15.23	6.77	8.11	7.77	0.23
46	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	8-5	0.62	15.13	4.69	8.98	7.78	0.22
47	Nevada	Mountain West	8-5	0.62	15.01	4.15	9.06	7.59	0.41
48	Duke	ACC	8-5	0.62	14.93	2	12.23	7.04	0.96
49	Boston College	ACC	7-5	0.58	14.67	6.33	11.29	7.53	-0.53
50	Memphis	American Athletic	8-6	0.57	14.51	11	8.53	9.36	-1.36
51	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	8-5	0.62	14.45	1.69	8.4	7.05	0.95
52	Northwestern	Big Ten	8-5	0.62	14.38	0.23	13.1	6.58	1.42
53	Michigan State	Big Ten	7-5	0.58	14.04	1.75	12.52	6.66	0.34
54	Miami	ACC	7-6	0.54	14.04	9.31	11.06	9.31	-2.31
55	Toledo	Mid-American	7-6	0.54	13.87	9.85	9.43	8.58	-1.58
56	BYU	FBS Independents	7-6	0.54	13.73	5.85	11.44	8.31	-1.31
57	Southern Miss	Conference USA	6-5	0.55	13.7	6.36	8.63	7.25	-1.25
58	Arizona State	Pac-12	7-6	0.54	13.59	4.38	11.82	7.71	-0.71
59	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	8-6	0.57	13.58	1.29	11.75	7.39	0.61
60	South Carolina	SEC	7-6	0.54	13.47	2.85	12.87	7.26	-0.26
61	Georgia Tech	ACC	7-6	0.54	13.43	4.31	10.19	7.55	-0.55
62	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	7-6	0.54	13.4	4.92	9.38	8.02	-1.02
63	Minnesota	Big Ten	7-6	0.54	13.26	2.38	12.63	7.16	-0.16
64	California	Pac-12	7-6	0.54	12.83	1.69	9.54	7.13	-0.13
65	Oklahoma State	Big 12	6-6	0.5	12.82	6	11.18	7.19	-1.19
66	TCU	Big 12	7-6	0.54	12.55	0.46	12.09	6.65	0.35
67	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	6-6	0.5	12.38	2.58	12.09	6.68	-0.68
68	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	8-6	0.57	12	-2.5	12.36	6.04	1.96
69	Wake Forest	ACC	7-6	0.54	11.96	-0.46	11.84	6.39	0.61
70	Tulane	American Athletic	7-6	0.54	11.71	-0.69	10.44	6.3	0.7
71	Pittsburgh	ACC	7-6	0.54	11.55	-2.23	14.29	5.88	1.12
72	San Diego State	Mountain West	7-6	0.54	11.42	-1.54	10.62	5.95	1.05
73	Hawai'i	Mountain West	8-6	0.57	11.4	-4.29	9.4	5.93	2.07
74	Vanderbilt	SEC	6-7	0.46	11.37	1.85	12.59	7.02	-1.02
75	Baylor	Big 12	7-6	0.54	11.24	-2.15	10.96	5.96	1.04
76	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-6	0.54	11.06	-2.54	9.55	5.91	1.09
77	Texas Tech	Big 12	5-7	0.42	11.06	6.25	11.38	7.28	-2.28
78	Purdue	Big Ten	6-7	0.46	10.99	0.54	13.57	6.64	-0.64
79	South Florida	American Athletic	7-6	0.54	10.9	-3.54	9.88	5.6	1.4
80	Virginia Tech	ACC	6-6	0.5	10.76	-0.92	10.96	5.78	0.22
81	Air Force	Mountain West	5-7	0.42	10.66	4.42	9.48	7.11	-2.11
82	Wyoming	Mountain West	6-6	0.5	10.55	-1.33	10.25	5.56	0.44
83	Louisiana	Sun Belt	7-7	0.5	10.34	-2.29	10.91	6.43	0.57
84	Liberty	FBS Independents	6-6	0.5	9.79	-3.58	7.37	5.28	0.72
85	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	6-6	0.5	9.71	-5.17	9.25	4.76	1.24
86	Maryland	Big Ten	5-7	0.42	9.51	-0.17	13.14	5.96	-0.96
87	Colorado	Pac-12	5-7	0.42	9.21	-0.17	9.07	5.96	-0.96
88	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	5-7	0.42	9.19	-0.58	12.12	5.87	-0.87
89	USC	Pac-12	5-7	0.42	9.09	-0.92	12.82	5.75	-0.75
90	Arizona	Pac-12	5-7	0.42	8.8	-1.25	10.44	5.72	-0.72
91	Ole Miss	SEC	5-7	0.42	8.57	-2.25	11.34	5.54	-0.54
92	Indiana	Big Ten	5-7	0.42	8.48	-3.5	13.82	5.12	-0.12
93	Kansas State	Big 12	5-7	0.42	8.43	-2.92	11.36	5.14	-0.14
94	Tennessee	SEC	5-7	0.42	8.2	-5.17	13.44	4.57	0.43
95	SMU	American Athletic	5-7	0.42	8.1	-4.83	11.15	4.96	0.04
96	Charlotte	Conference USA	5-7	0.42	8.04	-4.92	10.41	4.57	0.43
97	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	5-7	0.42	7.89	-6.5	10.9	4.48	0.52
98	Florida State	ACC	5-7	0.42	7.78	-9.58	13.58	3.57	1.43
99	Nebraska	Big Ten	4-8	0.33	6.9	-1.25	12.73	5.71	-1.71
100	Old Dominion	Conference USA	4-8	0.33	5.9	-5.08	8.4	4.93	-0.93
101	Akron	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	5.63	-8.25	9.47	3.57	0.43
102	Ball State	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	5.61	-8.25	9.13	3.99	0.01
103	UNLV	Mountain West	4-8	0.33	5.59	-8.5	9.08	4.21	-0.21
104	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	4-8	0.33	5.55	-10.08	10.81	4.16	-0.16
105	Illinois	Big Ten	4-8	0.33	5.27	-13.42	9.06	3.26	0.74
106	Tulsa	American Athletic	3-9	0.25	4.1	-5.5	8.79	4.57	-1.57
107	Kansas	Big 12	3-9	0.25	4.06	-6.17	9.91	4.4	-1.4
108	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	3-9	0.25	3.94	-6.75	8.01	4.09	-1.09
109	UCLA	Pac-12	3-9	0.25	3.9	-10.08	15.9	3.64	-0.64
110	Texas State	Sun Belt	3-9	0.25	3.84	-7.83	8.09	3.74	-0.74
111	New Mexico	Mountain West	3-9	0.25	3.76	-9.58	10.17	3.9	-0.9
112	South Alabama	Sun Belt	3-9	0.25	3.5	-14.58	11.6	2.95	0.05
113	Navy	American Athletic	3-10	0.23	3.49	-8.54	13.41	4.32	-1.32
114	East Carolina	American Athletic	3-9	0.25	3.48	-14.58	10.92	2.83	0.17
115	Colorado State	Mountain West	3-9	0.25	3.47	-13.92	9.27	2.93	0.07
116	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-9	0.25	3.39	-15.67	9.23	2.83	0.17
117	UTSA	Conference USA	3-9	0.25	3.38	-17	11.28	1.6	1.4
118	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	3-9	0.25	3.35	-16.08	8.63	2.85	0.15
119	North Carolina	ACC	2-9	0.18	2.42	-7.18	11.32	4.02	-2.02
120	Arkansas	SEC	2-10	0.17	1.78	-13.08	12.29	2.95	-0.95
121	Kent State	Mid-American	2-10	0.17	1.76	-12.75	9.4	3.2	-1.2
122	Georgia State	Sun Belt	2-10	0.17	1.75	-13.58	11.81	3.07	-1.07
123	Oregon State	Pac-12	2-10	0.17	1.49	-19.58	12.96	2.52	-0.52
124	Louisville	ACC	2-10	0.17	1.33	-24.33	13.74	1.56	0.44
125	Rice	Conference USA	2-11	0.15	1.11	-17.08	10.64	2.32	-0.32
126	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-11	0.08	-0.22	-12.33	9.16	2.33	-1.33
127	UTEP	Conference USA	1-11	0.08	-0.36	-15.08	7.83	2.26	-1.26
128	San José State	Mountain West	1-11	0.08	-0.39	-15.33	12.34	2.6	-1.6
129	Rutgers	Big Ten	1-11	0.08	-0.51	-17.92	12.97	1.43	-0.43
130	UConn	American Athletic	1-11	0.08	-0.84	-28.25	11.47	1.5	-0.5