2018 W7 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:37.089472+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	7-0	1	26.78	38.43	11.66	6.67	0.33
2	Clemson	ACC	6-0	1	26.64	27.67	12.13	5.56	0.44
3	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	7-0	1	26.61	13.86	14.41	5.52	1.48
4	Ohio State	Big Ten	7-0	1	26.59	27.14	11.94	6.23	0.77
5	NC State	ACC	5-0	1	25.58	16.2	8.98	4.16	0.84
6	UCF	American Athletic	6-0	1	25.25	26.17	5.91	5.3	0.7
7	Cincinnati	American Athletic	6-0	1	24.56	24.67	2.77	5.52	0.48
8	South Florida	American Athletic	6-0	1	24.56	10.17	5.77	4.15	1.85
9	LSU	SEC	6-1	0.86	23.52	15.14	16.26	5.74	0.26
10	Michigan	Big Ten	6-1	0.86	23.34	22.71	13.65	6.27	-0.27
11	Georgia	SEC	6-1	0.86	23.31	22.71	11.79	6.22	-0.22
12	Florida	SEC	6-1	0.86	22.85	17.86	11.88	5.95	0.05
13	Texas	Big 12	6-1	0.86	22.58	7.71	13.91	4.65	1.35
14	Oklahoma	Big 12	5-1	0.83	22.39	20.67	12.33	4.75	0.25
15	Kentucky	SEC	5-1	0.83	22.02	15.5	11.48	5.14	-0.14
16	Iowa	Big Ten	5-1	0.83	21.8	15.33	10.89	4.96	0.04
17	Duke	ACC	5-1	0.83	21.74	14.33	10.66	4.82	0.18
18	North Texas	Conference USA	6-1	0.86	21.73	22.29	4.79	6.12	-0.12
19	Utah State	Mountain West	5-1	0.83	21.63	27.83	7.13	5.17	-0.17
20	West Virginia	Big 12	5-1	0.83	21.58	16.33	7.03	4.8	0.2
21	Buffalo	Mid-American	6-1	0.86	21.54	11.43	6.58	5.12	0.88
22	Fresno State	Mountain West	5-1	0.83	21.39	24.5	6.23	5.52	-0.52
23	Oregon	Pac-12	5-1	0.83	21.37	18.17	7.44	4.72	0.28
24	UAB	Conference USA	5-1	0.83	21.2	20	6.06	5.34	-0.34
25	Houston	American Athletic	5-1	0.83	21.13	20.67	5.58	4.73	0.27
26	App State	Sun Belt	4-1	0.8	21.02	33	7	4.69	-0.69
27	Washington State	Pac-12	5-1	0.83	20.88	18	4.42	4.75	0.25
28	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	5-1	0.83	20.87	10.83	6.69	4.56	0.44
29	Colorado	Pac-12	5-1	0.83	20.74	14.33	3.17	4.67	0.33
30	San Diego State	Mountain West	5-1	0.83	20.38	2.17	10.1	3.38	1.62
31	Miami	ACC	5-2	0.71	19.47	19.29	11.03	5.93	-0.93
32	Penn State	Big Ten	4-2	0.67	19.28	23.17	15.01	5.12	-1.12
33	Texas A&M	SEC	5-2	0.71	19.11	11.71	13.03	5.21	-0.21
34	Washington	Pac-12	5-2	0.71	18.98	12.86	9.91	5.61	-0.61
35	Boston College	ACC	5-2	0.71	18.64	13.57	9.06	5.11	-0.11
36	Army	FBS Independents	4-2	0.67	18.56	13.67	15.45	4.71	-0.71
37	Texas Tech	Big 12	4-2	0.67	18.55	15	14.82	4.4	-0.4
38	Hawai'i	Mountain West	6-2	0.75	18.39	4.5	4.83	4.62	1.38
39	Mississippi State	SEC	4-2	0.67	18.32	18.33	11.35	5.36	-1.36
40	Boise State	Mountain West	4-2	0.67	18.3	14.33	13.07	4.61	-0.61
41	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-2	0.67	18.18	10.33	11.85	4.37	-0.37
42	Ole Miss	SEC	5-2	0.71	18.17	6.43	9.61	4.19	0.81
43	Troy	Sun Belt	5-2	0.71	18.11	9.14	5.67	4.75	0.25
44	Syracuse	ACC	4-2	0.67	18.05	17.83	9.5	4.68	-0.68
45	Utah	Pac-12	4-2	0.67	18.02	12.5	12.41	4.78	-0.78
46	Maryland	Big Ten	4-2	0.67	17.86	8.33	13.08	4.04	-0.04
47	Virginia	ACC	4-2	0.67	17.84	8.67	12.84	4.25	-0.25
48	Western Michigan	Mid-American	5-2	0.71	17.8	5.57	7.84	4.18	0.82
49	Stanford	Pac-12	4-2	0.67	17.66	3.67	14.9	3.54	0.46
50	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-2	0.67	17.51	3.83	14.58	3.56	0.44
51	Florida International	Conference USA	4-2	0.67	17.46	12	8.39	4.35	-0.35
52	Virginia Tech	ACC	4-2	0.67	17.37	8.33	9.38	4	0
53	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	4-2	0.67	17.24	5.5	11.13	3.74	0.26
54	USC	Pac-12	4-2	0.67	16.86	0.5	17.97	3.07	0.93
55	Marshall	Conference USA	4-2	0.67	16.31	3.5	6.82	3.46	0.54
56	Auburn	SEC	4-3	0.57	15.8	11.43	11.37	5.43	-1.43
57	Memphis	American Athletic	4-3	0.57	15.37	18.43	5.64	5.49	-1.49
58	Oklahoma State	Big 12	4-3	0.57	15.28	11	7.33	4.79	-0.79
59	Temple	American Athletic	4-3	0.57	15.09	9.43	9.44	4.9	-0.9
60	Baylor	Big 12	4-3	0.57	14.67	2.14	11.64	3.78	0.22
61	Arizona State	Pac-12	3-3	0.5	14.21	8.67	15.68	4.16	-1.16
62	BYU	FBS Independents	4-3	0.57	14.12	0.71	14.86	3.62	0.38
63	South Carolina	SEC	3-3	0.5	13.97	3	18.74	3.39	-0.39
64	TCU	Big 12	3-3	0.5	13.95	8.5	12.06	4.18	-1.18
65	Toledo	Mid-American	3-3	0.5	13.62	8.17	9.27	3.73	-0.73
66	Purdue	Big Ten	3-3	0.5	13.58	10.33	10.8	4.23	-1.23
67	Missouri	SEC	3-3	0.5	13.51	3.67	12.98	3.4	-0.4
68	Indiana	Big Ten	4-3	0.57	13.35	-2	15.38	3.2	0.8
69	Iowa State	Big 12	3-3	0.5	13.26	2	19.34	3.3	-0.3
70	New Mexico	Mountain West	3-3	0.5	13.23	7.17	6.54	3.72	-0.72
71	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-3	0.5	13.15	1	16.33	3.14	-0.14
72	Tennessee	SEC	3-3	0.5	12.57	1.33	13.63	3.18	-0.18
73	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-4	0.43	12.23	9.14	11.59	4.62	-1.62
74	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	4-3	0.57	11.97	-4.71	11.87	2.58	1.42
75	Ohio	Mid-American	3-3	0.5	11.95	0.33	8.12	3.03	-0.03
76	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-3	0.5	11.34	-0.83	13.42	2.88	0.12
77	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-4	0.43	11.25	3	12.23	3.97	-0.97
78	Southern Miss	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	10.96	6.2	7.51	3.25	-1.25
79	Florida State	ACC	3-3	0.5	10.86	-2.17	10.64	2.68	0.32
80	Liberty	FBS Independents	3-3	0.5	10.84	-2.5	13.8	2.73	0.27
81	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	3-3	0.5	10.82	-3.5	10.32	2.63	0.37
82	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-4	0.43	10.81	1.71	12.54	3.79	-0.79
83	California	Pac-12	3-3	0.5	10.67	-2.67	6.09	2.61	0.39
84	Ball State	Mid-American	3-4	0.43	10.58	1.86	7.6	3.81	-0.81
85	Wake Forest	ACC	3-3	0.5	10.53	-4.5	11.96	2.54	0.46
86	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	3-3	0.5	10.48	-3.83	10.62	2.63	0.37
87	Louisiana	Sun Belt	3-3	0.5	10.44	-2.5	9.74	2.75	0.25
88	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-4	0.43	10.42	-0.43	15.38	3.43	-0.43
89	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	3-3	0.5	10.41	-6.67	11.65	2.14	0.86
90	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	3-3	0.5	10.4	-6.33	11.79	2.24	0.76
91	Illinois	Big Ten	3-3	0.5	10.32	-6	8.73	2.26	0.74
92	Charlotte	Conference USA	3-3	0.5	10	-3.67	6.93	2.51	0.49
93	Arizona	Pac-12	3-4	0.43	9.66	-1.29	9.96	3.31	-0.31
94	Air Force	Mountain West	2-4	0.33	9.56	7	10.27	3.95	-1.95
95	Kansas State	Big 12	3-4	0.43	9.39	-1.71	14.57	3.21	-0.21
96	Nevada	Mountain West	3-4	0.43	9.34	-2	10.12	3.25	-0.25
97	Pittsburgh	ACC	3-4	0.43	8.84	-6.57	14.53	2.53	0.47
98	Kansas	Big 12	2-4	0.33	8.34	1.17	9.23	3.15	-1.15
99	Akron	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	8.29	-3.2	7.26	2.12	-0.12
100	UTSA	Conference USA	3-4	0.43	8.01	-11.57	8.05	1.61	1.39
101	Colorado State	Mountain West	3-4	0.43	7.92	-10.57	10.52	2.1	0.9
102	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	3-4	0.43	7.8	-14	11.69	1.79	1.21
103	Navy	American Athletic	2-4	0.33	6.6	-3.83	9.96	2.55	-0.55
104	Tulane	American Athletic	2-4	0.33	6.53	-5.17	15.24	2.34	-0.34
105	UNLV	Mountain West	2-4	0.33	6.23	-6.5	8.69	2.32	-0.32
106	East Carolina	American Athletic	2-4	0.33	5.99	-8.83	9.26	1.91	0.09
107	SMU	American Athletic	2-4	0.33	5.88	-11.5	14.04	1.85	0.15
108	Georgia State	Sun Belt	2-4	0.33	5.8	-11.83	12.94	1.6	0.4
109	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	2-5	0.29	5.09	-8.57	13.19	2.64	-0.64
110	Wyoming	Mountain West	2-5	0.29	5.04	-10.29	13.27	1.61	0.39
111	Louisville	ACC	2-5	0.29	4.79	-13	11.43	1.66	0.34
112	South Alabama	Sun Belt	2-5	0.29	4.47	-13.57	12.14	1.88	0.12
113	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	2-5	0.29	4.41	-19.57	10.44	1.38	0.62
114	North Carolina	ACC	1-4	0.2	2.7	-13.2	14.52	1.18	-0.18
115	Tulsa	American Athletic	1-5	0.17	2.55	-5.83	14.21	2.25	-1.25
116	Texas State	Sun Belt	1-5	0.17	2.23	-7.17	5.17	2.05	-1.05
117	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	1-5	0.17	2.1	-9.67	7.95	1.58	-0.58
118	UCLA	Pac-12	1-5	0.17	1.79	-11.17	21.68	1.57	-0.57
119	Oregon State	Pac-12	1-5	0.17	1.75	-15.5	12.86	1.68	-0.68
120	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-6	0.14	1.54	-8.14	11.1	2.05	-1.05
121	Arkansas	SEC	1-6	0.14	1.37	-10.71	14.12	2.15	-1.15
122	Old Dominion	Conference USA	1-6	0.14	1.29	-11.71	11.63	2.11	-1.11
123	Kent State	Mid-American	1-6	0.14	1.17	-13.57	10.66	1.75	-0.75
124	UConn	American Athletic	1-5	0.17	1.16	-33.33	15.59	0.55	0.45
125	Rice	Conference USA	1-6	0.14	0.9	-19.71	12.46	1.12	-0.12
126	Rutgers	Big Ten	1-6	0.14	0.87	-20.86	15.51	0.8	0.2
127	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-6	0.14	0.85	-20.29	11.68	1.48	-0.48
128	UTEP	Conference USA	0-6	0	-2.22	-15.17	7.5	1.05	-1.05
129	Nebraska	Big Ten	0-6	0	-2.42	-15	18.23	1.41	-1.41
130	San José State	Mountain West	0-6	0	-2.47	-19	12.68	1.13	-1.13