2018 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:37.087762+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	3-0	1	31.65	47.33	17.6	2.96	0.04
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-0	1	31.19	35.67	17.15	2.75	0.25
3	Duke	ACC	3-0	1	30.89	15.67	18.97	2.5	0.5
4	Penn State	Big Ten	3-0	1	30.6	35	14.06	2.78	0.22
5	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-0	1	30.48	6.67	21.08	2.07	0.93
6	Indiana	Big Ten	3-0	1	29.86	14	15.58	2.39	0.61
7	Clemson	ACC	3-0	1	29.75	24.67	12.72	2.77	0.23
8	Mississippi State	SEC	3-0	1	29.66	41.33	10.21	2.95	0.05
9	Boston College	ACC	3-0	1	29.64	29.67	10.08	2.63	0.37
10	South Florida	American Athletic	3-0	1	28.93	12.33	11.61	2.19	0.81
11	Georgia	SEC	3-0	1	28.89	37	6.37	2.95	0.05
12	LSU	SEC	3-0	1	28.82	16	10.95	2.62	0.38
13	Stanford	Pac-12	3-0	1	28.63	18.33	6.48	2.84	0.16
14	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-0	1	28.29	22.67	4.79	2.86	0.14
15	Oklahoma State	Big 12	3-0	1	28.29	35.33	5.75	2.8	0.2
16	Oklahoma	Big 12	3-0	1	27.85	29	2.26	2.67	0.33
17	Washington State	Pac-12	3-0	1	27.83	29.33	-0.05	2.8	0.2
18	Buffalo	Mid-American	3-0	1	27.65	17.33	5.51	2.39	0.61
19	Kentucky	SEC	3-0	1	27.64	21.33	2.13	2.66	0.34
20	NC State	ACC	2-0	1	27.44	22.5	1.92	1.88	0.12
21	North Texas	Conference USA	3-0	1	27.36	30.67	1.43	2.73	0.27
22	Missouri	SEC	3-0	1	27.34	22.33	0.69	2.54	0.46
23	West Virginia	Big 12	2-0	1	27.27	30.5	1.22	1.86	0.14
24	Virginia Tech	ACC	2-0	1	27.25	33	-0.07	1.94	0.06
25	California	Pac-12	3-0	1	27.01	10.67	1.89	2.22	0.78
26	Syracuse	ACC	3-0	1	26.87	29.33	-0.79	2.69	0.31
27	Colorado	Pac-12	3-0	1	26.66	22.67	-1.68	2.61	0.39
28	Akron	Mid-American	2-0	1	26.23	19.5	3.34	1.66	0.34
29	Iowa	Big Ten	3-0	1	26.22	20	-4.38	2.85	0.15
30	Cincinnati	American Athletic	3-0	1	26.08	28.67	-4.8	2.92	0.08
31	Oregon	Pac-12	3-0	1	26.07	31.67	-5.33	2.71	0.29
32	UCF	American Athletic	2-0	1	25.92	38.5	-6.92	1.97	0.03
33	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	2-0	1	25.5	20.5	-6.31	1.66	0.34
34	Marshall	Conference USA	2-0	1	25.21	11.5	-5.99	1.46	0.54
35	Hawai'i	Mountain West	3-1	0.75	23.42	8.5	10.25	2.53	0.47
36	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-1	0.67	23.25	18	19.61	2.66	-0.66
37	Boise State	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	22.27	22.67	12.37	2.49	-0.49
38	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	22.24	19.67	10.65	2.68	-0.68
39	Auburn	SEC	2-1	0.67	21.78	19.33	10.85	2.61	-0.61
40	Arizona State	Pac-12	2-1	0.67	21.66	12.67	8.82	2.4	-0.4
41	Houston	American Athletic	2-1	0.67	21.31	10.33	7.32	1.94	0.06
42	Wake Forest	ACC	2-1	0.67	21.21	10	11.49	2.05	-0.05
43	Texas A&M	SEC	2-1	0.67	21.14	29.33	15.8	2.79	-0.79
44	TCU	Big 12	2-1	0.67	21.13	22	6.4	2.57	-0.57
45	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	2-1	0.67	21.09	7	10.87	2.03	-0.03
46	Illinois	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	20.58	7	10.56	1.99	0.01
47	Baylor	Big 12	2-1	0.67	20.4	10.67	6.4	2.03	-0.03
48	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	20.32	9.33	5.68	2.06	-0.06
49	Virginia	ACC	2-1	0.67	20.28	13	15.16	2.27	-0.27
50	Miami	ACC	2-1	0.67	20.17	28.67	15.21	2.7	-0.7
51	Army	FBS Independents	2-1	0.67	20.13	3.67	26.91	1.76	0.24
52	Texas Tech	Big 12	2-1	0.67	20.13	23.67	16.49	2.36	-0.36
53	Florida	SEC	2-1	0.67	19.95	24.67	8.86	2.74	-0.74
54	Texas	Big 12	2-1	0.67	19.93	8.33	21.05	2.03	-0.03
55	Fresno State	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	19.85	27.67	6.18	2.75	-0.75
56	Washington	Pac-12	2-1	0.67	19.84	17	15.45	2.73	-0.73
57	Maryland	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	19.73	5	3.05	1.81	0.19
58	Utah	Pac-12	2-1	0.67	19.68	9.33	0.64	2.38	-0.38
59	BYU	FBS Independents	2-1	0.67	19.48	1.67	19.87	1.63	0.37
60	Memphis	American Athletic	2-1	0.67	19.47	29.33	4.94	2.7	-0.7
61	Ole Miss	SEC	2-1	0.67	19.47	0	12.09	1.5	0.5
62	Nevada	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	19.22	8	9.72	1.89	0.11
63	Michigan	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	19.12	21.33	8.6	2.65	-0.65
64	Florida International	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	18.73	12.33	13.21	2.12	-0.12
65	UAB	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	18.64	12	4.32	2.18	-0.18
66	Utah State	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	18.44	33.67	1.85	2.72	-0.72
67	New Mexico	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	18.3	6	6.17	1.79	0.21
68	Tennessee	SEC	2-1	0.67	18.2	18	5.04	2.62	-0.62
69	Navy	American Athletic	2-1	0.67	18.11	4.33	13.43	1.71	0.29
70	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	2-1	0.67	17.84	8.67	8.8	1.92	0.08
71	Troy	Sun Belt	2-1	0.67	17.82	7	6.23	1.9	0.1
72	Kansas	Big 12	2-1	0.67	17.51	20.67	1.02	2.64	-0.64
73	UNLV	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	17.47	11.67	2.18	2.09	-0.09
74	Kansas State	Big 12	2-1	0.67	17.35	2	5.89	1.64	0.36
75	San Diego State	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	17.2	0	17.85	1.5	0.5
76	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	2-1	0.67	17.15	-11.33	9.34	0.81	1.19
77	App State	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	16.82	14.5	22.76	1.47	-0.47
78	Toledo	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	16.82	19	1.96	1.57	-0.57
79	South Carolina	SEC	1-1	0.5	16.44	5	20.45	1.19	-0.19
80	Southern Miss	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	16.29	23.5	8.64	1.82	-0.82
81	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	2-1	0.67	16.09	-4.67	12.86	1.23	0.77
82	Pittsburgh	ACC	2-1	0.67	16.09	-4.67	13.56	1.15	0.85
83	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	16.04	2	22.77	1.1	-0.1
84	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	14.96	-7	12.52	1.15	0.85
85	Liberty	FBS Independents	1-1	0.5	14.94	9	5.35	1.36	-0.36
86	Air Force	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	14.85	15.5	0.1	1.66	-0.66
87	Charlotte	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	14.77	-3	0.81	1.29	0.71
88	Louisville	ACC	2-1	0.67	14.75	-3.33	6.85	1.25	0.75
89	Louisiana	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	13.63	-7	10.11	0.75	0.25
90	Ohio	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	13.45	-4	4.07	0.87	0.13
91	East Carolina	American Athletic	1-1	0.5	12.78	8.5	-6.01	1.35	-0.35
92	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-2	0.33	12.07	8.33	11.39	2	-1
93	Wyoming	Mountain West	2-2	0.5	11.66	-6	12.42	1.38	0.62
94	Tulane	American Athletic	1-2	0.33	10.63	4	11.69	1.77	-0.77
95	Ball State	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	10.57	0	16.88	1.5	-0.5
96	Arkansas	SEC	1-2	0.33	10.1	0.33	8.09	1.52	-0.52
97	USC	Pac-12	1-2	0.33	9.46	-5	19.12	1.11	-0.11
98	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-2	0.33	8.95	-5	17.43	1.17	-0.17
99	Tulsa	American Athletic	1-2	0.33	8.87	-1.67	6.15	1.39	-0.39
100	Temple	American Athletic	1-2	0.33	8.61	4	15.19	1.78	-0.78
101	Kent State	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	7.95	-6.67	16.08	1.14	-0.14
102	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	7.9	3	10.75	1.65	-0.65
103	Rutgers	Big Ten	1-2	0.33	7.66	-20.67	17.18	0.4	0.6
104	Rice	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	7.45	-9.67	17.93	1.01	-0.01
105	Georgia State	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	7.2	-22.33	12.44	0.38	0.62
106	Florida State	ACC	1-2	0.33	7.16	-11.33	15.59	0.64	0.36
107	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	7.03	-15.33	17.2	0.73	0.27
108	Oregon State	Pac-12	1-2	0.33	7.01	-8.33	13.33	1.15	-0.15
109	Arizona	Pac-12	1-2	0.33	6.83	-0.33	13.09	1.48	-0.48
110	Texas State	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	6.61	-7.33	0.83	1.05	-0.05
111	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	1-3	0.25	5.76	-11.5	15.35	1.27	-0.27
112	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	5.39	-9.67	18.36	0.61	0.39
113	South Alabama	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	5.28	-12	21.39	0.88	0.12
114	Colorado State	Mountain West	1-3	0.25	4.6	-18	24.09	0.8	0.2
115	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	4.55	-19.33	15.43	0.65	0.35
116	UConn	American Athletic	1-2	0.33	4.19	-29	16.1	0.45	0.55
117	Purdue	Big Ten	0-3	0	-1.16	-2.67	24.7	1.34	-1.34
118	Nebraska	Big Ten	0-2	0	-1.67	-5	20.86	0.78	-0.78
119	Iowa State	Big 12	0-2	0	-2.27	-10	29.98	0.46	-0.46
120	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	0-3	0	-2.34	-12.33	10.5	0.62	-0.62
121	Central Michigan	Mid-American	0-3	0	-2.53	-15.67	13.09	0.44	-0.44
122	North Carolina	ACC	0-2	0	-2.58	-14.5	20.3	0.4	-0.4
123	San José State	Mountain West	0-3	0	-2.73	-16.67	16.98	0.58	-0.58
124	Old Dominion	Conference USA	0-3	0	-2.75	-17.67	13.62	0.5	-0.5
125	UTEP	Conference USA	0-3	0	-2.78	-24	4.85	0.19	-0.19
126	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-3	0	-2.84	-17	28.83	0.27	-0.27
127	UCLA	Pac-12	0-3	0	-3.01	-20.33	25.93	0.41	-0.41
128	SMU	American Athletic	0-3	0	-3.2	-26	23.51	0.33	-0.33
129	UTSA	Conference USA	0-3	0	-3.25	-27.67	24.36	0.23	-0.23
130	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	0-4	0	-3.34	-31	18.46	0.23	-0.23