2018 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:37.088589+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	5-0	1	28.51	41.2	14.67	4.84	0.16
2	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-0	1	28.05	14	17	3.95	1.05
3	LSU	SEC	5-0	1	27.74	18.8	14.64	4.36	0.64
4	Ohio State	Big Ten	5-0	1	27.57	30.2	11.76	4.53	0.47
5	Georgia	SEC	5-0	1	27.24	30.2	10.46	4.73	0.27
6	Clemson	ACC	5-0	1	27.22	21.2	11.59	4.37	0.63
7	Kentucky	SEC	5-0	1	27.09	19.8	11.56	4.52	0.48
8	Oklahoma	Big 12	5-0	1	26.98	25.4	10.2	4.26	0.74
9	West Virginia	Big 12	4-0	1	26.86	24.5	9.55	3.55	0.45
10	NC State	ACC	4-0	1	26.39	19	8.3	3.49	0.51
11	UCF	American Athletic	4-0	1	25.85	32	4.05	3.71	0.29
12	South Florida	American Athletic	4-0	1	25.32	11	4.71	2.92	1.08
13	Cincinnati	American Athletic	5-0	1	24.91	26.4	0.4	4.69	0.31
14	Colorado	Pac-12	4-0	1	24.08	22.5	-3.21	3.5	0.5
15	Penn State	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	23.76	28.6	15.39	4.42	-0.42
16	Stanford	Pac-12	4-1	0.8	22.51	8.2	14.4	3.53	0.47
17	Miami	ACC	4-1	0.8	22.36	27.4	11.55	4.54	-0.54
18	Duke	ACC	4-1	0.8	22.32	14.4	10.36	3.99	0.01
19	Auburn	SEC	4-1	0.8	22.29	20	12.61	4.52	-0.52
20	Syracuse	ACC	4-1	0.8	22.28	22.8	9.19	4.24	-0.24
21	Washington	Pac-12	4-1	0.8	22.23	17.2	13.2	4.48	-0.48
22	Florida	SEC	4-1	0.8	22.12	21.4	11.52	4.5	-0.5
23	Oklahoma State	Big 12	4-1	0.8	21.96	20.4	10.26	4.06	-0.06
24	Michigan	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	21.9	22.6	10.08	4.5	-0.5
25	Texas	Big 12	4-1	0.8	21.76	9	13.16	3.54	0.46
26	North Texas	Conference USA	4-1	0.8	21.74	26	5	4.45	-0.45
27	Indiana	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	21.72	7	13.26	3.31	0.69
28	Oregon	Pac-12	4-1	0.8	21.68	21.2	8.85	4.07	-0.07
29	Buffalo	Mid-American	4-1	0.8	21.55	10.4	7.57	3.49	0.51
30	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	21.55	17.5	15.55	3.47	-0.47
31	Boise State	Mountain West	3-1	0.75	21.36	22	14.05	3.37	-0.37
32	Boston College	ACC	4-1	0.8	21.15	16.4	6.57	3.78	0.22
33	Hawai'i	Mountain West	5-1	0.83	21.07	9.67	3.98	3.9	1.1
34	Maryland	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	21.07	11	15.02	2.87	0.13
35	Washington State	Pac-12	4-1	0.8	21.03	17.8	5.71	4.05	-0.05
36	Troy	Sun Belt	4-1	0.8	20.89	10.6	7.87	3.46	0.54
37	App State	Sun Belt	3-1	0.75	20.75	34.75	8.58	3.73	-0.73
38	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	20.67	7.25	15.43	2.65	0.35
39	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	20.45	9.75	11.4	2.97	0.03
40	Houston	American Athletic	3-1	0.75	20.35	21.75	7.38	3.13	-0.13
41	Missouri	SEC	3-1	0.75	20.3	13.25	8.92	2.89	0.11
42	Fresno State	Mountain West	3-1	0.75	20.22	26.25	6.84	3.55	-0.55
43	Utah State	Mountain West	3-1	0.75	20.19	27.75	5.45	3.45	-0.45
44	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	3-1	0.75	20.08	6.5	12.29	2.5	0.5
45	Virginia Tech	ACC	3-1	0.75	20.08	17.25	8.06	3.23	-0.23
46	California	Pac-12	3-1	0.75	19.91	3.5	9.34	2.31	0.69
47	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	3-1	0.75	19.89	7	11.06	2.7	0.3
48	Iowa	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	19.71	12.25	5.8	3.31	-0.31
49	UAB	Conference USA	3-1	0.75	19.69	14.25	6.49	3.14	-0.14
50	San Diego State	Mountain West	3-1	0.75	18.96	0.75	11.95	2.08	0.92
51	Marshall	Conference USA	3-1	0.75	18.45	2.25	6.05	2.21	0.79
52	Texas Tech	Big 12	3-2	0.6	18.2	17.4	16.15	3.71	-0.71
53	Mississippi State	SEC	3-2	0.6	17.8	19.2	11.59	4.46	-1.46
54	Army	FBS Independents	3-2	0.6	17.55	6.6	22.31	3.25	-0.25
55	Virginia	ACC	3-2	0.6	17.17	9.8	11.66	3.59	-0.59
56	Texas A&M	SEC	3-2	0.6	17.12	14.6	12.92	3.87	-0.87
57	Akron	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	16.97	8.67	1.39	2.06	-0.06
58	Arizona State	Pac-12	3-2	0.6	16.96	11.8	13.61	3.76	-0.76
59	Baylor	Big 12	3-2	0.6	16.55	3.6	12.46	2.81	0.19
60	Memphis	American Athletic	3-2	0.6	16.52	17.8	3.52	3.86	-0.86
61	Florida International	Conference USA	3-2	0.6	16.49	13.8	9.24	3.72	-0.72
62	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-2	0.6	16.47	7	11.87	3.33	-0.33
63	TCU	Big 12	3-2	0.6	16.46	10.8	9.99	3.65	-0.65
64	BYU	FBS Independents	3-2	0.6	16.03	0.8	14.4	2.61	0.39
65	Wake Forest	ACC	3-2	0.6	16.01	6.6	10.06	3.05	-0.05
66	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-2	0.6	15.73	5.8	8.97	2.99	0.01
67	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	3-2	0.6	15.63	0.8	11.18	2.57	0.43
68	South Carolina	SEC	2-2	0.5	15.49	4.75	22.94	2.43	-0.43
69	Nevada	Mountain West	3-2	0.6	14.93	1.6	8.01	2.63	0.37
70	Ole Miss	SEC	3-2	0.6	14.87	-1.6	15.03	2.37	0.63
71	Toledo	Mid-American	2-2	0.5	14.6	8.75	11.14	2.5	-0.5
72	USC	Pac-12	3-2	0.6	14.46	-1.6	19.37	2.31	0.69
73	Southern Miss	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	14.4	13.5	6.88	3.14	-1.14
74	Utah	Pac-12	2-2	0.5	14.07	6	9.14	2.71	-0.71
75	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	3-2	0.6	13.97	-2.8	11.56	2.2	0.8
76	UNLV	Mountain West	2-2	0.5	13.27	7	4.33	2.52	-0.52
77	Navy	American Athletic	2-2	0.5	13.21	3	8.87	2.21	-0.21
78	Florida State	ACC	3-2	0.6	13.2	-2.4	10.01	2.2	0.8
79	New Mexico	Mountain West	2-2	0.5	13.07	2.25	5.34	2.14	-0.14
80	East Carolina	American Athletic	2-2	0.5	12.55	3	6.53	2.26	-0.26
81	Ohio	Mid-American	2-2	0.5	12.28	1	11.22	2.06	-0.06
82	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	11.41	4.4	9.5	2.99	-0.99
83	Temple	American Athletic	2-3	0.4	11.38	3.2	12.97	2.84	-0.84
84	Kansas	Big 12	2-3	0.4	11.28	4.6	8.08	3.01	-1.01
85	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-3	0.4	11.26	8.6	12.07	3.27	-1.27
86	Illinois	Big Ten	2-2	0.5	11.05	-4.5	12.79	1.64	0.36
87	Arizona	Pac-12	2-3	0.4	11.05	3.2	9.58	2.81	-0.81
88	Liberty	FBS Independents	2-2	0.5	10.99	-3.25	15.66	1.77	0.23
89	Purdue	Big Ten	2-3	0.4	10.87	4.6	12.43	2.97	-0.97
90	Tennessee	SEC	2-3	0.4	10.62	0.4	12.84	2.55	-0.55
91	Ball State	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	10.52	4	9.99	2.95	-0.95
92	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	9.69	-11.25	11.38	1.17	0.83
93	Kansas State	Big 12	2-3	0.4	8.61	-5.6	12.9	1.78	0.22
94	Tulane	American Athletic	2-3	0.4	8.45	-3	14.34	2.18	-0.18
95	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	8.24	-8.4	12	1.81	0.19
96	Louisville	ACC	2-3	0.4	8.24	-7.6	11.13	1.53	0.47
97	Pittsburgh	ACC	2-3	0.4	8.15	-9.6	11.59	1.5	0.5
98	Wyoming	Mountain West	2-3	0.4	8.12	-8.8	10.91	1.42	0.58
99	Charlotte	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	7.86	-9.6	7.94	1.48	0.52
100	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	2-3	0.4	7.72	-14.8	9.68	1.11	0.89
101	Air Force	Mountain West	1-3	0.25	7.71	4.5	8.84	2.38	-1.38
102	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	7.6	-8.8	13.54	1.33	0.67
103	SMU	American Athletic	2-3	0.4	7.52	-8.2	13.36	1.8	0.2
104	Georgia State	Sun Belt	2-3	0.4	7.37	-10.8	12.46	1.43	0.57
105	UTSA	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	6.94	-14	9.93	1.1	0.9
106	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	2-4	0.33	6.43	-7.33	10.54	2.34	-0.34
107	Iowa State	Big 12	1-3	0.25	5.55	-2.5	20.34	1.69	-0.69
108	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-3	0.25	5.17	-4.5	18.46	1.57	-0.57
109	Tulsa	American Athletic	1-3	0.25	4.66	-4.75	10.69	1.58	-0.58
110	Louisiana	Sun Belt	1-3	0.25	4.28	-14.5	15.74	1.02	-0.02
111	North Carolina	ACC	1-3	0.25	4.05	-15.75	17.09	0.84	0.16
112	Texas State	Sun Belt	1-3	0.25	4.05	-6.5	0.38	1.44	-0.44
113	Arkansas	SEC	1-4	0.2	3.29	-7.4	11.48	1.72	-0.72
114	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-4	0.2	3.25	-7.4	16.38	1.66	-0.66
115	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	1-4	0.2	3.18	-6.4	9.41	1.66	-0.66
116	Old Dominion	Conference USA	1-4	0.2	3.08	-8.2	12.28	1.76	-0.76
117	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-4	0.2	2.96	-9.2	11.15	1.27	-0.27
118	Kent State	Mid-American	1-4	0.2	2.82	-13.8	11.67	1.33	-0.33
119	Oregon State	Pac-12	1-4	0.2	2.75	-14.8	12.21	1.4	-0.4
120	Rice	Conference USA	1-4	0.2	2.72	-15.8	13.02	1.24	-0.24
121	Rutgers	Big Ten	1-4	0.2	2.65	-19.6	19.37	0.67	0.33
122	South Alabama	Sun Belt	1-4	0.2	2.62	-19.6	17.14	0.99	0.01
123	Colorado State	Mountain West	1-4	0.2	2.47	-17.6	12.67	0.99	0.01
124	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-4	0.2	2.28	-23.8	8.62	0.82	0.18
125	UConn	American Athletic	1-4	0.2	2.17	-31.8	17.7	0.52	0.48
126	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	1-4	0.2	2.15	-23.4	13.49	0.54	0.46
127	San José State	Mountain West	0-4	0	-2.32	-13.25	13.52	1.08	-1.08
128	UTEP	Conference USA	0-5	0	-2.37	-17.6	4.6	0.69	-0.69
129	Nebraska	Big Ten	0-4	0	-2.62	-17.5	18.13	0.78	-0.78
130	UCLA	Pac-12	0-4	0	-2.89	-20.75	24.12	0.52	-0.52