2018 W4 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:37.088176+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	4-0	1	30.08	41	17.86	3.87	0.13
2	Penn State	Big Ten	4-0	1	29.36	36	15.36	3.69	0.31
3	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-0	1	29.14	12.25	18.54	3.05	0.95
4	Ohio State	Big Ten	4-0	1	28.72	37.5	11.61	3.76	0.24
5	LSU	SEC	4-0	1	28.34	16.25	14.36	3.41	0.59
6	Clemson	ACC	4-0	1	28.15	25.5	11.07	3.65	0.35
7	Georgia	SEC	4-0	1	28.02	31.25	10.2	3.79	0.21
8	Duke	ACC	4-0	1	27.96	22.25	9.87	3.58	0.42
9	Stanford	Pac-12	4-0	1	27.58	15.5	10.68	3.44	0.56
10	West Virginia	Big 12	3-0	1	27.46	30	8.52	2.85	0.15
11	Kentucky	SEC	4-0	1	27.41	21.25	9.27	3.62	0.38
12	Oklahoma	Big 12	4-0	1	27.15	23.5	7.45	3.43	0.57
13	South Florida	American Athletic	4-0	1	27.03	11	8.86	2.92	1.08
14	NC State	ACC	3-0	1	27.01	20.67	7.47	2.71	0.29
15	Buffalo	Mid-American	4-0	1	26.87	20.25	6.65	3.36	0.64
16	North Texas	Conference USA	4-0	1	26.45	33	2.96	3.74	0.26
17	UCF	American Athletic	3-0	1	26.28	32.33	3.05	2.77	0.23
18	Syracuse	ACC	4-0	1	26.19	29.5	2.31	3.58	0.42
19	California	Pac-12	3-0	1	25.52	10.67	2.3	2.22	0.78
20	Cincinnati	American Athletic	4-0	1	25.34	22.5	-0.6	3.64	0.36
21	Colorado	Pac-12	3-0	1	25.07	22.67	-2.36	2.61	0.39
22	Mississippi State	SEC	3-1	0.75	22.83	25.75	12.16	3.7	-0.7
23	Indiana	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	22.54	7	16.41	2.63	0.37
24	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	22.1	17.5	15.41	3.47	-0.47
25	Oklahoma State	Big 12	3-1	0.75	22.08	20.5	9.42	3.28	-0.28
26	Texas Tech	Big 12	3-1	0.75	21.97	23.75	14.77	3.24	-0.24
27	Hawai'i	Mountain West	4-1	0.8	21.9	11	8.06	3.37	0.63
28	Miami	ACC	3-1	0.75	21.84	25	13.59	3.53	-0.53
29	Auburn	SEC	3-1	0.75	21.74	22.25	12.19	3.67	-0.67
30	Maryland	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	21.44	11	15.34	2.87	0.13
31	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	21.4	9.75	8.35	2.97	0.03
32	Missouri	SEC	3-1	0.75	21.35	13.25	7.35	2.89	0.11
33	Washington	Pac-12	3-1	0.75	21.35	14.5	13.28	3.43	-0.43
34	Boston College	ACC	3-1	0.75	21.34	18	3.95	3.14	-0.14
35	Texas	Big 12	3-1	0.75	21.32	10	14.8	2.86	0.14
36	Florida	SEC	3-1	0.75	21.28	25	10.11	3.61	-0.61
37	Virginia	ACC	3-1	0.75	21.28	15.75	12.02	3.31	-0.31
38	Oregon	Pac-12	3-1	0.75	21.21	22	5.11	3.28	-0.28
39	Michigan	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	20.99	27.5	8.38	3.71	-0.71
40	Washington State	Pac-12	3-1	0.75	20.95	21.25	2.1	3.37	-0.37
41	Houston	American Athletic	3-1	0.75	20.75	21.75	6.1	3.13	-0.13
42	Boise State	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	20.67	22.67	16.77	2.49	-0.49
43	Baylor	Big 12	3-1	0.75	20.66	12.75	8.79	2.95	0.05
44	Iowa	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	20.64	12.25	3.84	3.31	-0.31
45	BYU	FBS Independents	3-1	0.75	20.63	8	11.52	2.86	0.14
46	Memphis	American Athletic	3-1	0.75	20.51	26.25	5.15	3.43	-0.43
47	Ole Miss	SEC	3-1	0.75	20.48	5.25	12.43	2.31	0.69
48	Utah State	Mountain West	3-1	0.75	20.3	27.75	4.39	3.45	-0.45
49	South Carolina	SEC	2-1	0.67	20.27	11	23.33	2.14	-0.14
50	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	3-1	0.75	20.07	7	9.68	2.48	0.52
51	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	19.77	6	23.32	1.91	0.09
52	Troy	Sun Belt	3-1	0.75	19.69	7.25	6.94	2.54	0.46
53	San Diego State	Mountain West	3-1	0.75	19.58	0.75	15.15	2.08	0.92
54	App State	Sun Belt	2-1	0.67	19.55	31.33	11.79	2.7	-0.7
55	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	19.16	8	8.03	1.95	0.05
56	Fresno State	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	18.91	27.67	5.09	2.75	-0.75
57	Toledo	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	18.91	19	9.8	2.25	-0.25
58	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	2-1	0.67	18.58	7	8.5	2.03	-0.03
59	Virginia Tech	ACC	2-1	0.67	18.58	17.33	-1.86	2.37	-0.37
60	UAB	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	18.33	12	6.16	2.18	-0.18
61	Southern Miss	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	18.27	21.67	4.87	2.63	-0.63
62	Utah	Pac-12	2-1	0.67	18.15	9.33	5.08	2.38	-0.38
63	Akron	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	18.11	8.67	-1.11	2.06	-0.06
64	Marshall	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	17.92	2	4.87	1.63	0.37
65	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	3-1	0.75	17.81	-1.75	12	1.86	1.14
66	New Mexico	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	17.42	6	2.97	1.79	0.21
67	Texas A&M	SEC	2-2	0.5	16.43	16.5	17.14	3.15	-1.15
68	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-2	0.5	16.25	7.75	18.29	2.77	-0.77
69	Arizona State	Pac-12	2-2	0.5	15.47	7.75	12.46	2.78	-0.78
70	TCU	Big 12	2-2	0.5	15.44	12.75	9.48	2.97	-0.97
71	Army	FBS Independents	2-2	0.5	15.22	1	24.28	2.1	-0.1
72	Florida International	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	14.98	5.75	13.26	2.43	-0.43
73	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-2	0.5	14.75	6.25	8.42	2.54	-0.54
74	Tennessee	SEC	2-2	0.5	14.58	7	8.61	2.62	-0.62
75	Kansas	Big 12	2-2	0.5	14.3	10.75	3.88	3	-1
76	Wake Forest	ACC	2-2	0.5	14.16	0.25	15.19	2.02	-0.02
77	UNLV	Mountain West	2-2	0.5	13.95	7	3.19	2.52	-0.52
78	Navy	American Athletic	2-2	0.5	13.94	3	7.42	2.21	-0.21
79	Nevada	Mountain West	2-2	0.5	13.82	1.25	9.27	2.07	-0.07
80	Temple	American Athletic	2-2	0.5	13.63	6.5	11.56	2.61	-0.61
81	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-2	0.5	13.51	7	10.8	2.49	-0.49
82	Arizona	Pac-12	2-2	0.5	13.03	5	9.45	2.37	-0.37
83	Illinois	Big Ten	2-2	0.5	12.5	-4.5	14.37	1.64	0.36
84	USC	Pac-12	2-2	0.5	12.07	-3	23.46	1.73	0.27
85	Kansas State	Big 12	2-2	0.5	11.67	-5.75	10.92	1.44	0.56
86	Pittsburgh	ACC	2-2	0.5	11.44	-4.25	7.52	1.63	0.37
87	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	2-2	0.5	11.27	-10.5	11.31	1.16	0.84
88	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	11.25	-10.25	14.66	1.38	0.62
89	Louisville	ACC	2-2	0.5	11.01	-8.5	9.9	1.11	0.89
90	Wyoming	Mountain West	2-2	0.5	10.9	-6	10.46	1.38	0.62
91	Florida State	ACC	2-2	0.5	10.74	-4	12.38	1.59	0.41
92	Charlotte	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	10.61	-6.75	2.46	1.46	0.54
93	Air Force	Mountain West	1-2	0.33	10.45	7	7.8	1.93	-0.93
94	East Carolina	American Athletic	1-2	0.33	9.58	3.33	5.45	1.75	-0.75
95	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	2-3	0.4	8.28	-5.6	14.85	2.05	-0.05
96	Ohio	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	7.74	-4	12.12	1.3	-0.3
97	Liberty	FBS Independents	1-2	0.33	7.66	-7.33	14.91	1.05	-0.05
98	Louisiana	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	7.6	-5.33	12.5	1.2	-0.2
99	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-2	0.33	7.35	-5	18.65	1.17	-0.17
100	Iowa State	Big 12	1-2	0.33	6.83	-2.33	26.77	1.29	-0.29
101	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-3	0.25	6.77	-0.75	16.19	1.94	-0.94
102	Purdue	Big Ten	1-3	0.25	6.77	2.25	21.56	2.2	-1.2
103	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	6.11	-15.33	14.05	0.73	0.27
104	Ball State	Mid-American	1-3	0.25	6	-2	12	1.79	-0.79
105	North Carolina	ACC	1-2	0.33	5.52	-8.67	18.63	0.99	0.01
106	Tulane	American Athletic	1-3	0.25	5.29	-7.75	15.26	1.32	-0.32
107	Tulsa	American Athletic	1-3	0.25	5.18	-4.75	8.66	1.58	-0.58
108	Arkansas	SEC	1-3	0.25	5.11	-7.5	10.94	1.41	-0.41
109	Kent State	Mid-American	1-3	0.25	4.75	-10.25	15.16	1.26	-0.26
110	Rice	Conference USA	1-3	0.25	4.52	-11.75	12.75	1.2	-0.2
111	Oregon State	Pac-12	1-3	0.25	4.46	-11.5	11.81	1.3	-0.3
112	Texas State	Sun Belt	1-3	0.25	4.42	-6.5	-0.08	1.44	-0.44
113	South Alabama	Sun Belt	1-3	0.25	4.36	-13.25	19.97	1.16	-0.16
114	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-3	0.25	4.26	-11.75	12.63	0.76	0.24
115	Rutgers	Big Ten	1-3	0.25	4.26	-22.75	20.74	0.45	0.55
116	Georgia State	Sun Belt	1-3	0.25	4.01	-21.5	11.2	0.5	0.5
117	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-3	0.25	3.73	-18.25	8.24	0.88	0.12
118	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-3	0.25	3.67	-9	21.03	1.08	-0.08
119	Old Dominion	Conference USA	1-3	0.25	3.56	-9.75	18.92	1.28	-0.28
120	UConn	American Athletic	1-3	0.25	3.53	-29.25	16.27	0.56	0.44
121	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	1-3	0.25	3.53	-7.25	9.39	1.27	-0.27
122	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-3	0.25	3.4	-8.75	10.13	1.01	-0.01
123	SMU	American Athletic	1-3	0.25	3.06	-19.25	21.43	0.72	0.28
124	UTSA	Conference USA	1-3	0.25	2.9	-19.75	16.5	0.56	0.44
125	Colorado State	Mountain West	1-4	0.2	2.79	-17.6	14.03	0.99	0.01
126	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	1-4	0.2	1.59	-23.4	14.78	0.54	0.46
127	UTEP	Conference USA	0-4	0	-2.56	-19.75	5.58	0.42	-0.42
128	San José State	Mountain West	0-3	0	-2.59	-16.67	14.63	0.58	-0.58
129	Nebraska	Big Ten	0-3	0	-2.66	-18.67	21.2	0.49	-0.49
130	UCLA	Pac-12	0-3	0	-2.96	-20.33	24.59	0.41	-0.41