2018 W2 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:37.087341+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Washington State	Pac-12	2-0	1	32.8	26.5	12.62	1.92	0.08
2	Alabama	SEC	2-0	1	32.79	43.5	13.12	1.96	0.04
3	Hawai'i	Mountain West	3-0	1	32.22	13.67	6.58	2.06	0.94
4	Penn State	Big Ten	2-0	1	32.04	26	12.84	1.73	0.27
5	Stanford	Pac-12	2-0	1	31.93	17.5	14.58	1.91	0.09
6	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-0	1	31.84	47.5	10.36	1.92	0.08
7	Duke	ACC	2-0	1	31.76	17	14.5	1.81	0.19
8	Boston College	ACC	2-0	1	31.75	41	7.04	1.89	0.11
9	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-0	1	31.74	31	10.6	1.95	0.05
10	Arizona State	Pac-12	2-0	1	31.62	22.5	13.97	1.88	0.12
11	Houston	American Athletic	2-0	1	31.56	22.5	10.3	1.68	0.32
12	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-0	1	30.95	22.5	12.03	1.85	0.15
13	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-0	1	30.94	29.5	11.57	1.94	0.06
14	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-0	1	30.67	7.5	11.66	1.42	0.58
15	Georgia	SEC	2-0	1	30.66	34.5	8.27	1.96	0.04
16	Kentucky	SEC	2-0	1	30.4	13	11.73	1.57	0.43
17	Oklahoma	Big 12	2-0	1	30.24	38.5	1.31	1.88	0.12
18	Mississippi State	SEC	2-0	1	30.22	39	6.57	1.97	0.03
19	Missouri	SEC	2-0	1	30.12	32	8.32	1.89	0.11
20	Clemson	ACC	2-0	1	30.11	21.5	7.01	1.76	0.24
21	Indiana	Big Ten	2-0	1	29.96	7	11.24	1.32	0.68
22	Boise State	Mountain West	2-0	1	29.89	45.5	0.08	1.94	0.06
23	Iowa	Big Ten	2-0	1	29.72	18	2.98	1.95	0.05
24	California	Pac-12	2-0	1	29.67	5	12.09	1.29	0.71
25	South Florida	American Athletic	2-0	1	29.47	15.5	6.87	1.5	0.5
26	NC State	ACC	2-0	1	29.23	22.5	5.54	1.88	0.12
27	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	2-0	1	29.02	26	7.04	1.92	0.08
28	Auburn	SEC	2-0	1	28.92	29.5	-2.94	1.89	0.11
29	Virginia Tech	ACC	2-0	1	28.86	33	-4.09	1.94	0.06
30	Colorado	Pac-12	2-0	1	28.72	18.5	0.87	1.64	0.36
31	LSU	SEC	2-0	1	28.47	23.5	-3.9	1.92	0.08
32	UCF	American Athletic	2-0	1	28.4	38.5	-5.97	1.97	0.03
33	Maryland	Big Ten	2-0	1	28.15	18	0.72	1.62	0.38
34	Oregon	Pac-12	2-0	1	28.15	41	-5.81	1.88	0.12
35	North Texas	Conference USA	2-0	1	28.1	32.5	-4.62	1.82	0.18
36	TCU	Big 12	2-0	1	28.09	39	-4.62	1.96	0.04
37	Oklahoma State	Big 12	2-0	1	27.97	41.5	-4.87	1.92	0.08
38	Cincinnati	American Athletic	2-0	1	27.96	15	0.9	1.84	0.16
39	Ole Miss	SEC	2-0	1	27.91	27.5	-4.47	1.61	0.39
40	Syracuse	ACC	2-0	1	27.91	32.5	-4.14	1.74	0.26
41	West Virginia	Big 12	2-0	1	27.83	30.5	-5.63	1.86	0.14
42	Wake Forest	ACC	2-0	1	27.76	18.5	-4.51	1.68	0.32
43	Marshall	Conference USA	2-0	1	27.59	11.5	-4.35	1.46	0.54
44	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	2-0	1	27.54	20.5	-4.87	1.66	0.34
45	Utah	Pac-12	2-0	1	27.44	21	-4.21	1.91	0.09
46	Buffalo	Mid-American	2-0	1	27.42	22.5	-4.04	1.72	0.28
47	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-0	1	27.3	17.5	-3.66	1.67	0.33
48	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	2-0	1	27.28	2	7.18	1.09	0.91
49	Toledo	Mid-American	1-0	1	27.16	63	-10	1	0
50	Baylor	Big 12	2-0	1	26.7	22.5	-4.35	1.66	0.34
51	Illinois	Big Ten	2-0	1	26.19	13.5	-5.78	1.56	0.44
52	Louisiana	Sun Belt	1-0	1	25.89	32	-10	0.92	0.08
53	Ohio	Mid-American	1-0	1	25.52	6	-10	0.6	0.4
54	Akron	Mid-American	1-0	1	20.91	34	-10	0.99	0.01
55	Fresno State	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	19.58	29.5	7.85	1.83	-0.83
56	USC	Pac-12	1-1	0.5	19.23	4	14.12	1.22	-0.22
57	Texas A&M	SEC	1-1	0.5	19.14	25	8.18	1.78	-0.78
58	South Carolina	SEC	1-1	0.5	19.1	5	12.38	1.19	-0.19
59	Southern Miss	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	18.89	23.5	5.44	1.82	-0.82
60	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	18.78	2	14.37	1.1	-0.1
61	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-1	0.5	18.63	15	7.41	1.51	-0.51
62	Florida	SEC	1-1	0.5	18.47	18	7.66	1.7	-0.7
63	Nevada	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	18.15	11	7.6	1.35	-0.35
64	Virginia	ACC	1-1	0.5	18.14	12.5	7.82	1.58	-0.58
65	Memphis	American Athletic	1-1	0.5	18.08	25.5	-4.42	1.78	-0.78
66	Ball State	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	17.98	14	8.97	1.65	-0.65
67	BYU	FBS Independents	1-1	0.5	17.7	1	13.62	1.05	-0.05
68	Air Force	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	17.32	15.5	-3.94	1.66	-0.66
69	UAB	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	17.3	14.5	-5.74	1.51	-0.51
70	Arkansas	SEC	1-1	0.5	16.93	14	-4.76	1.46	-0.46
71	Liberty	FBS Independents	1-1	0.5	16.76	9	0.27	1.36	-0.36
72	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	16.68	-5	15.27	0.73	0.27
73	New Mexico	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	16.5	0.5	9.5	1.02	-0.02
74	Tulsa	American Athletic	1-1	0.5	15.78	2	-3.47	1.08	-0.08
75	App State	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	15.26	14.5	24.68	1.47	-0.47
76	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	15.14	-11.5	10.12	0.61	0.39
77	Rutgers	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	15.13	-10.5	13.2	0.52	0.48
78	Kansas State	Big 12	1-1	0.5	14.75	-9	7.72	0.56	0.44
79	Pittsburgh	ACC	1-1	0.5	14.7	-9.5	9.5	0.56	0.44
80	Michigan	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	14.33	19.5	14.83	1.79	-0.79
81	Washington	Pac-12	1-1	0.5	14.07	18.5	9.24	1.8	-0.8
82	Utah State	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	13.93	20	12.63	1.6	-0.6
83	Miami	ACC	1-1	0.5	13.92	30.5	9.01	1.85	-0.85
84	Georgia State	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	13.83	-15	6.93	0.33	0.67
85	Army	FBS Independents	1-1	0.5	13.54	2	24.19	1.09	-0.09
86	Charlotte	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	13.48	-6	-3.44	0.72	0.28
87	Texas Tech	Big 12	1-1	0.5	13.47	28.5	7.9	1.74	-0.74
88	Texas	Big 12	1-1	0.5	13.32	1	22.62	1.04	-0.04
89	Troy	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	13	8	9.41	1.26	-0.26
90	Tulane	American Athletic	1-1	0.5	12.71	9.5	8.13	1.43	-0.43
91	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	1-2	0.33	12.49	-2.33	14.16	1.38	-0.38
92	Wyoming	Mountain West	1-2	0.33	12.46	-9	18.33	0.89	0.11
93	Tennessee	SEC	1-1	0.5	12.45	15	8.07	1.56	-0.56
94	Kent State	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	12.22	16.5	5.88	1.57	-0.57
95	UNLV	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	12.11	3	12.36	1.1	-0.1
96	Kansas	Big 12	1-1	0.5	11.02	10.5	-4.5	1.53	-0.53
97	Navy	American Athletic	1-1	0.5	11	-8.5	30.75	0.72	0.28
98	East Carolina	American Athletic	1-1	0.5	10.92	8.5	-4.86	1.35	-0.35
99	Florida International	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	10.63	-1	12.1	0.96	0.04
100	Rice	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	10.29	-9.67	18.61	1.01	-0.01
101	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	10.25	-5.5	25.25	0.81	0.19
102	San Diego State	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	10.22	-3.5	9.19	0.8	0.2
103	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	10.2	-21	26.42	0.36	0.64
104	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	10	-2	7.6	0.93	0.07
105	Florida State	ACC	1-1	0.5	9.87	-5.5	9.43	0.71	0.29
106	Louisville	ACC	1-1	0.5	9.75	-6.5	10.12	0.71	0.29
107	Texas State	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	8.67	-6	6.73	0.72	0.28
108	Oregon State	Pac-12	1-1	0.5	8.22	-11.5	9.18	0.71	0.29
109	Colorado State	Mountain West	1-2	0.33	6.17	-11.33	28.16	0.91	0.09
110	Purdue	Big Ten	0-2	0	-0.39	-2.5	25.45	0.88	-0.88
111	Temple	American Athletic	0-2	0	-0.78	-4.5	7.03	0.79	-0.79
112	Iowa State	Big 12	0-1	0	-0.99	-10	28.38	0.03	-0.03
113	Nebraska	Big Ten	0-1	0	-1.21	-5	25.94	0.4	-0.4
114	Arizona	Pac-12	0-2	0	-1.8	-16	26.68	0.41	-0.41
115	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-2	0	-1.97	-14	25.05	0.32	-0.32
116	North Carolina	ACC	0-2	0	-2.03	-14.5	12.06	0.4	-0.4
117	Central Michigan	Mid-American	0-2	0	-2.08	-19.5	12.22	0.21	-0.21
118	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-2	0	-2.14	-18.5	26.41	0.08	-0.08
119	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	0-2	0	-2.24	-17	9.5	0.29	-0.29
120	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-2	0	-2.24	-29.5	13.9	0.24	-0.24
121	UCLA	Pac-12	0-2	0	-2.42	-18.5	26.57	0.33	-0.33
122	UTSA	Conference USA	0-2	0	-2.55	-29.5	24.12	0.12	-0.12
123	San José State	Mountain West	0-2	0	-2.61	-18.5	11.07	0.33	-0.33
124	South Alabama	Sun Belt	0-2	0	-2.63	-23	25.34	0.27	-0.27
125	SMU	American Athletic	0-2	0	-2.64	-26.5	26.02	0.2	-0.2
126	UTEP	Conference USA	0-2	0	-2.7	-24	-5.08	0.22	-0.22
127	Old Dominion	Conference USA	0-2	0	-2.83	-25	10.47	0.18	-0.18
128	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	0-3	0	-3.24	-35.67	18.08	0.08	-0.08
129	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-2	0	-3.39	-32.5	25.34	0.17	-0.17
130	UConn	American Athletic	0-2	0	-3.85	-47	28.46	0.04	-0.04