2018 W6 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:37.088999+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	6-0	1	27.72	15.33	17.91	4.79	1.21
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-0	1	27.13	29	12.63	5.36	0.64
3	Clemson	ACC	6-0	1	27.09	27.67	12.76	5.56	0.44
4	Alabama	SEC	6-0	1	26.99	40	10.29	5.71	0.29
5	Georgia	SEC	6-0	1	26.69	29.83	10.43	5.66	0.34
6	NC State	ACC	5-0	1	26.26	16.2	10.83	4.16	0.84
7	West Virginia	Big 12	5-0	1	25.94	22.8	7.74	4.35	0.65
8	UCF	American Athletic	5-0	1	25.2	31.2	3.22	4.6	0.4
9	South Florida	American Athletic	5-0	1	25.09	12	6.26	3.58	1.42
10	Cincinnati	American Athletic	6-0	1	24.76	24.67	2.21	5.52	0.48
11	Colorado	Pac-12	5-0	1	24.25	19.4	0.78	4.23	0.77
12	LSU	SEC	5-1	0.83	23.28	14.33	15.29	4.86	0.14
13	Oklahoma	Big 12	5-1	0.83	22.81	20.67	11.13	4.75	0.25
14	Michigan	Big Ten	5-1	0.83	22.67	22.33	12.49	5.34	-0.34
15	Florida	SEC	5-1	0.83	22.59	19.17	12.62	5.26	-0.26
16	Penn State	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	22.59	28.6	14.07	4.42	-0.42
17	Kentucky	SEC	5-1	0.83	22.58	15.5	10.92	5.14	-0.14
18	Miami	ACC	5-1	0.83	22.48	23	11.01	5.23	-0.23
19	Texas	Big 12	5-1	0.83	22.38	8	15.37	3.98	1.02
20	Washington	Pac-12	5-1	0.83	21.93	15.5	9.41	5.15	-0.15
21	North Texas	Conference USA	5-1	0.83	21.4	22.17	4.92	5.16	-0.16
22	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	21.38	17.4	9.87	4.24	-0.24
23	Duke	ACC	4-1	0.8	21.31	14.4	9.87	3.99	0.01
24	Hawai'i	Mountain West	6-1	0.86	21.29	8.86	4.54	4.55	1.45
25	Utah State	Mountain West	4-1	0.8	21.17	27.2	7.31	4.32	-0.32
26	Troy	Sun Belt	5-1	0.83	21.16	11.67	6.58	4.28	0.72
27	Washington State	Pac-12	5-1	0.83	21.13	18	4.51	4.75	0.25
28	Fresno State	Mountain West	4-1	0.8	21.12	24.6	7.42	4.52	-0.52
29	Buffalo	Mid-American	5-1	0.83	21.04	10.33	5.99	4.19	0.81
30	Oregon	Pac-12	4-1	0.8	20.99	21.2	6.48	4.07	-0.07
31	UAB	Conference USA	4-1	0.8	20.91	15.6	8.4	4.12	-0.12
32	Iowa	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	20.9	13.2	9.03	4	0
33	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	4-1	0.8	20.73	12.6	8.05	3.88	0.12
34	Houston	American Athletic	4-1	0.8	20.67	20.4	5.33	3.88	0.12
35	App State	Sun Belt	3-1	0.75	20.14	34.75	6.06	3.73	-0.73
36	San Diego State	Mountain West	4-1	0.8	20.12	1.8	12.45	2.76	1.24
37	Auburn	SEC	4-2	0.67	18.84	14.33	12.58	5.03	-1.03
38	Mississippi State	SEC	4-2	0.67	18.62	18.33	12.4	5.36	-1.36
39	Syracuse	ACC	4-2	0.67	18.57	17.83	9.41	4.68	-0.68
40	Texas A&M	SEC	4-2	0.67	18.53	13.17	13.97	4.6	-0.6
41	Boston College	ACC	4-2	0.67	18.34	12.83	10.18	4.29	-0.29
42	Oklahoma State	Big 12	4-2	0.67	18.3	16	8.17	4.47	-0.47
43	Stanford	Pac-12	4-2	0.67	18.19	3.67	14.54	3.54	0.46
44	Indiana	Big Ten	4-2	0.67	17.94	2	15.85	3.26	0.74
45	Ole Miss	SEC	4-2	0.67	17.69	6.83	12.5	3.62	0.38
46	Boise State	Mountain West	3-2	0.6	17.53	16.4	14.42	3.99	-0.99
47	Memphis	American Athletic	4-2	0.67	17.49	21.67	3.97	4.91	-0.91
48	Texas Tech	Big 12	3-2	0.6	17.36	17.4	14.81	3.71	-0.71
49	Army	FBS Independents	3-2	0.6	17.29	6.6	20.58	3.25	-0.25
50	Baylor	Big 12	4-2	0.67	17.22	3.5	11.02	3.36	0.64
51	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-2	0.67	17.2	5.33	9.37	3.57	0.43
52	South Carolina	SEC	3-2	0.6	16.89	4.2	21.35	2.94	0.06
53	Maryland	Big Ten	3-2	0.6	16.75	4.6	15.55	2.97	0.03
54	Virginia Tech	ACC	3-2	0.6	16.65	9.4	11.33	3.39	-0.39
55	Missouri	SEC	3-2	0.6	16.61	10.2	10.34	3.36	-0.36
56	Virginia	ACC	3-2	0.6	16.49	9.8	11.73	3.59	-0.59
57	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-2	0.6	16.41	4.4	13.28	3	0
58	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-2	0.6	16.35	3.8	13.4	2.94	0.06
59	TCU	Big 12	3-2	0.6	16.34	10.8	10.48	3.65	-0.65
60	Florida International	Conference USA	3-2	0.6	16.3	13.8	8.72	3.72	-0.72
61	Utah	Pac-12	3-2	0.6	16.25	8.6	12.67	3.62	-0.62
62	Toledo	Mid-American	3-2	0.6	16.09	10.2	9.96	3.21	-0.21
63	New Mexico	Mountain West	3-2	0.6	15.59	9	7.59	3.19	-0.19
64	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	3-2	0.6	15.5	1	12.36	2.61	0.39
65	California	Pac-12	3-2	0.6	15.21	1.4	8.56	2.66	0.34
66	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	3-2	0.6	14.8	0.8	10.07	2.57	0.43
67	Arizona State	Pac-12	3-3	0.5	14.6	8.67	15.94	4.16	-1.16
68	Ohio	Mid-American	3-2	0.6	14.41	1	8.27	2.58	0.42
69	USC	Pac-12	3-2	0.6	14.32	-1.6	17.92	2.31	0.69
70	Illinois	Big Ten	3-2	0.6	14.21	0.6	8.91	2.56	0.44
71	Marshall	Conference USA	3-2	0.6	14.09	-0.2	6.5	2.48	0.52
72	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-3	0.5	13.83	13	10.2	4.26	-1.26
73	Temple	American Athletic	3-3	0.5	13.81	9.83	11.83	4.2	-1.2
74	Southern Miss	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	13.65	13.5	5.68	3.14	-1.14
75	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	3-2	0.6	13.33	-2.8	11.27	2.2	0.8
76	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-3	0.5	13.22	1.17	14.23	3.17	-0.17
77	Arizona	Pac-12	3-3	0.5	13.04	3.83	10.58	3.48	-0.48
78	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	3-2	0.6	12.48	-7	12.08	1.83	1.17
79	Akron	Mid-American	2-2	0.5	11.78	0.5	0.99	2.04	-0.04
80	BYU	FBS Independents	3-3	0.5	11.4	-3.5	14.16	2.46	0.54
81	Nevada	Mountain West	3-3	0.5	11.27	-1.67	8.62	2.82	0.18
82	Florida State	ACC	3-3	0.5	11.25	-2.17	11.76	2.68	0.32
83	Wake Forest	ACC	3-3	0.5	11.15	-4.5	12.93	2.54	0.46
84	Air Force	Mountain West	2-3	0.4	11.04	9.2	9.31	3.48	-1.48
85	Purdue	Big Ten	2-3	0.4	10.99	4.6	11.08	2.97	-0.97
86	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	3-3	0.5	10.41	-3.83	10.55	2.63	0.37
87	Pittsburgh	ACC	3-3	0.5	10.21	-6.83	12.87	2.19	0.81
88	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	3-3	0.5	10.19	-6	11.98	2	1
89	Tennessee	SEC	2-3	0.4	10.04	0.4	12.77	2.55	-0.55
90	UTSA	Conference USA	3-3	0.5	9.56	-8.83	7.75	1.77	1.23
91	Iowa State	Big 12	2-3	0.4	9.41	-0.8	20.42	2.4	-0.4
92	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-4	0.33	9.26	3.17	10.79	3.43	-1.43
93	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-3	0.4	8.96	-1.6	18.55	2.31	-0.31
94	UNLV	Mountain West	2-3	0.4	8.82	-1.6	5.83	2.35	-0.35
95	Ball State	Mid-American	2-4	0.33	8.81	2	8.89	3.28	-1.28
96	Kansas	Big 12	2-4	0.33	8.71	1.17	10.16	3.15	-1.15
97	Navy	American Athletic	2-3	0.4	8.63	-3.2	8.56	2.2	-0.2
98	Liberty	FBS Independents	2-3	0.4	8.46	-4.2	11.52	2.15	-0.15
99	East Carolina	American Athletic	2-3	0.4	8.07	-6.2	6.77	1.84	0.16
100	Charlotte	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	7.46	-9.6	7.99	1.48	0.52
101	Louisiana	Sun Belt	2-3	0.4	7.41	-8.6	11.2	1.75	0.25
102	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-4	0.33	6.9	-2.17	16.46	2.7	-0.7
103	Tulane	American Athletic	2-4	0.33	6.78	-5.17	15.78	2.34	-0.34
104	Kansas State	Big 12	2-4	0.33	6.68	-5.17	13.32	2.27	-0.27
105	Wyoming	Mountain West	2-4	0.33	6.31	-8	12.65	1.74	0.26
106	SMU	American Athletic	2-4	0.33	6.1	-11.5	14.86	1.85	0.15
107	Georgia State	Sun Belt	2-4	0.33	5.98	-11.83	12.88	1.6	0.4
108	Louisville	ACC	2-4	0.33	5.94	-12.17	10.55	1.49	0.51
109	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	2-4	0.33	5.53	-20.5	10.78	1	1
110	Colorado State	Mountain West	2-4	0.33	5.4	-12.67	9.71	1.66	0.34
111	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	2-5	0.29	5.26	-8.57	13.28	2.64	-0.64
112	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	2-4	0.33	5.19	-18.17	11.74	1.15	0.85
113	North Carolina	ACC	1-3	0.25	3.8	-15.75	15.74	0.84	0.16
114	Tulsa	American Athletic	1-4	0.2	3.22	-6.8	11.49	1.79	-0.79
115	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	1-4	0.2	3.1	-6.4	9.75	1.66	-0.66
116	Texas State	Sun Belt	1-4	0.2	2.82	-8.2	1.3	1.67	-0.67
117	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-5	0.17	2.23	-9.33	13.03	1.59	-0.59
118	Old Dominion	Conference USA	1-5	0.17	2.18	-10	12.7	1.98	-0.98
119	Arkansas	SEC	1-5	0.17	2.1	-11.83	13.69	1.71	-0.71
120	Kent State	Mid-American	1-5	0.17	2.02	-11.67	10.41	1.76	-0.76
121	Oregon State	Pac-12	1-5	0.17	1.85	-15.5	13.59	1.68	-0.68
122	Rice	Conference USA	1-5	0.17	1.8	-16	11.46	1.32	-0.32
123	Rutgers	Big Ten	1-5	0.17	1.69	-19.83	16.2	0.8	0.2
124	South Alabama	Sun Belt	1-5	0.17	1.62	-22.17	17.21	0.99	0.01
125	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-5	0.17	1.51	-22.5	10.31	1.11	-0.11
126	UConn	American Athletic	1-5	0.17	1.26	-33.33	16.82	0.55	0.45
127	San José State	Mountain West	0-5	0	-2.21	-13	11.25	1.39	-1.39
128	UTEP	Conference USA	0-6	0	-2.26	-15.17	7.45	1.05	-1.05
129	Nebraska	Big Ten	0-5	0	-2.59	-17.4	19.86	1	-1
130	UCLA	Pac-12	0-5	0	-2.71	-18	23.68	0.83	-0.83