2018 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:37.090002+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Clemson	ACC	7-0	1	26.71	28.57	13.77	6.56	0.44
2	Alabama	SEC	8-0	1	26.45	38.25	11.3	7.59	0.41
3	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	7-0	1	26.24	13.86	14.11	5.52	1.48
4	UCF	American Athletic	7-0	1	24.93	26.29	5.39	6.25	0.75
5	South Florida	American Athletic	7-0	1	23.93	9.86	3.91	4.78	2.22
6	LSU	SEC	7-1	0.88	23.68	15.25	15.64	6.71	0.29
7	Michigan	Big Ten	7-1	0.88	23.66	21.62	14.1	7.18	-0.18
8	Ohio State	Big Ten	7-1	0.88	23.16	20.12	10.31	6.54	0.46
9	Oklahoma	Big 12	6-1	0.86	23.06	21.29	13.61	5.58	0.42
10	Florida	SEC	6-1	0.86	22.71	17.86	12.11	5.95	0.05
11	Georgia	SEC	6-1	0.86	22.66	22.71	10.63	6.22	-0.22
12	Iowa	Big Ten	6-1	0.86	22.41	16.43	11.11	6.03	-0.03
13	Texas	Big 12	6-1	0.86	22.4	7.71	13.95	4.65	1.35
14	Kentucky	SEC	6-1	0.86	22.29	14.29	10.89	5.98	0.02
15	Buffalo	Mid-American	7-1	0.88	21.97	11.75	7.4	5.92	1.08
16	UAB	Conference USA	6-1	0.86	21.96	18.29	8.17	6.07	-0.07
17	Utah State	Mountain West	6-1	0.86	21.96	25	6.7	5.97	0.03
18	Fresno State	Mountain West	6-1	0.86	21.94	25.43	6.6	6.53	-0.53
19	Cincinnati	American Athletic	6-1	0.86	21.76	20.14	5.33	6.17	-0.17
20	Washington State	Pac-12	6-1	0.86	21.74	17.43	7.22	5.53	0.47
21	NC State	ACC	5-1	0.83	21.7	7.83	12.54	4.08	0.92
22	App State	Sun Belt	5-1	0.83	21.51	29.17	7.43	5.54	-0.54
23	Houston	American Athletic	6-1	0.86	21.45	19.57	4.89	5.4	0.6
24	West Virginia	Big 12	5-1	0.83	21.34	16.33	8.69	4.8	0.2
25	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	6-1	0.86	21.3	11.71	6.18	5.28	0.72
26	San Diego State	Mountain West	6-1	0.86	20.62	2.29	8.36	3.98	2.02
27	Washington	Pac-12	6-2	0.75	19.79	13	12.01	6.46	-0.46
28	Penn State	Big Ten	5-2	0.71	19.56	20.57	14.11	5.79	-0.79
29	North Texas	Conference USA	6-2	0.75	19.45	18.5	6.91	6.67	-0.67
30	Army	FBS Independents	5-2	0.71	19.2	11.86	14.75	5.23	-0.23
31	Texas Tech	Big 12	5-2	0.71	19.18	17.43	12.64	5.38	-0.38
32	Miami	ACC	5-2	0.71	19.06	19.29	10.86	5.93	-0.93
33	Texas A&M	SEC	5-2	0.71	18.93	11.71	12.65	5.21	-0.21
34	Boise State	Mountain West	5-2	0.71	18.89	16.29	11.03	5.48	-0.48
35	Duke	ACC	5-2	0.71	18.87	10.29	11.72	5.14	-0.14
36	Utah	Pac-12	5-2	0.71	18.86	12.57	12.29	5.47	-0.47
37	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-2	0.71	18.82	13	11.78	5.36	-0.36
38	Western Michigan	Mid-American	6-2	0.75	18.75	8	7.71	5.14	0.86
39	Virginia	ACC	5-2	0.71	18.66	9.43	12.41	5.09	-0.09
40	Oregon	Pac-12	5-2	0.71	18.53	13.57	8.08	5.1	-0.1
41	Boston College	ACC	5-2	0.71	18.52	13.57	9.24	5.11	-0.11
42	Stanford	Pac-12	5-2	0.71	18.5	4.14	15.35	4.24	0.76
43	Syracuse	ACC	5-2	0.71	18.46	15.71	8.29	5.24	-0.24
44	Colorado	Pac-12	5-2	0.71	18.12	10.29	6.76	5.02	-0.02
45	Florida International	Conference USA	5-2	0.71	17.94	13	5.79	5.21	-0.21
46	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	5-2	0.71	17.89	5.71	9.53	4.39	0.61
47	Troy	Sun Belt	5-2	0.71	17.75	9.14	5.88	4.75	0.25
48	Marshall	Conference USA	5-2	0.71	17.6	6.43	7.24	4.5	0.5
49	Virginia Tech	ACC	4-2	0.67	17.2	8.33	8.87	4	0
50	Auburn	SEC	5-3	0.62	16.62	11.88	11.74	6.27	-1.27
51	Temple	American Athletic	5-3	0.62	16.3	9.12	10.97	5.59	-0.59
52	Hawai'i	Mountain West	6-3	0.67	16	2	5.56	4.81	1.19
53	Mississippi State	SEC	4-3	0.57	15.96	13.43	13.43	5.85	-1.85
54	Ole Miss	SEC	5-3	0.62	15.87	3.75	10.62	4.49	0.51
55	Purdue	Big Ten	4-3	0.57	15.56	13	12.75	5.22	-1.22
56	Missouri	SEC	4-3	0.57	15.17	7.71	12.58	4.4	-0.4
57	Maryland	Big Ten	4-3	0.57	15.14	3.86	13.95	4.13	-0.13
58	Oklahoma State	Big 12	4-3	0.57	15.1	11	8.9	4.79	-0.79
59	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-3	0.57	14.64	1.29	14.96	3.73	0.27
60	Baylor	Big 12	4-3	0.57	14.37	2.14	11.78	3.78	0.22
61	Ohio	Mid-American	4-3	0.57	14.24	5.29	7.35	4.15	-0.15
62	BYU	FBS Independents	4-3	0.57	13.94	0.71	12.5	3.62	0.38
63	California	Pac-12	4-3	0.57	13.79	3.71	5.91	4.11	-0.11
64	Florida State	ACC	4-3	0.57	13.68	1.14	10.31	3.69	0.31
65	Memphis	American Athletic	4-4	0.5	13.44	12.12	6.67	5.51	-1.51
66	South Carolina	SEC	3-3	0.5	13.42	3	16.53	3.39	-0.39
67	USC	Pac-12	4-3	0.57	13.4	-1.43	16.54	3.28	0.72
68	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	4-4	0.5	13.22	5.38	12.43	4.94	-0.94
69	Iowa State	Big 12	3-3	0.5	13.21	2	17.21	3.3	-0.3
70	Northwestern	Big Ten	4-3	0.57	13.1	-0.29	11.84	3.45	0.55
71	Southern Miss	Conference USA	3-3	0.5	12.85	6.83	7.37	4	-1
72	Liberty	FBS Independents	4-3	0.57	12.46	-1.14	9.62	3.36	0.64
73	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	4-3	0.57	12.36	-1.43	9.52	3.31	0.69
74	Arizona State	Pac-12	3-4	0.43	12.19	6.43	15	4.57	-1.57
75	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	4-3	0.57	12.03	-4.71	12.29	2.58	1.42
76	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	4-3	0.57	11.97	-3.43	10.46	3.01	0.99
77	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-4	0.43	11.96	9.14	11.06	4.62	-1.62
78	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	11.89	-4.29	11.14	2.85	1.15
79	Nevada	Mountain West	4-4	0.5	11.8	0.5	10.43	4.07	-0.07
80	TCU	Big 12	3-4	0.43	11.75	3.71	14.18	4.08	-1.08
81	Toledo	Mid-American	3-4	0.43	11.6	5	10.55	4.06	-1.06
82	Air Force	Mountain West	3-4	0.43	11.44	6.86	9.24	4.52	-1.52
83	Indiana	Big Ten	4-4	0.5	11.31	-2.38	16.49	3.59	0.41
84	New Mexico	Mountain West	3-4	0.43	10.81	1.71	8.42	3.72	-0.72
85	Akron	Mid-American	3-3	0.5	10.29	-2.5	8.02	2.64	0.36
86	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-5	0.38	9.78	1.38	12.59	4.25	-1.25
87	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-4	0.43	9.48	-2.71	14.35	3.09	-0.09
88	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	4-4	0.5	9.41	-11.5	9.4	2.27	1.73
89	Kansas State	Big 12	3-4	0.43	9.39	-1.71	12.92	3.21	-0.21
90	Tennessee	SEC	3-4	0.43	9.16	-4.14	14.01	2.89	0.11
91	Louisiana	Sun Belt	3-4	0.43	8.89	-3.57	10.51	3.07	-0.07
92	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-5	0.38	8.6	-1.25	14.81	3.75	-0.75
93	Pittsburgh	ACC	3-4	0.43	8.59	-6.57	13.45	2.53	0.47
94	Charlotte	Conference USA	3-4	0.43	8.54	-4.29	7.3	2.8	0.2
95	Wake Forest	ACC	3-4	0.43	8.54	-6.86	11.45	2.67	0.33
96	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	3-4	0.43	8.51	-6.71	10.74	2.69	0.31
97	Illinois	Big Ten	3-4	0.43	8.22	-9.29	9.66	2.24	0.76
98	Arizona	Pac-12	3-5	0.38	8.21	-1.25	9.29	3.79	-0.79
99	Ball State	Mid-American	3-5	0.38	8.19	-1.12	7.25	3.79	-0.79
100	SMU	American Athletic	3-4	0.43	8.11	-9.29	12.49	2.36	0.64
101	Colorado State	Mountain West	3-5	0.38	6.79	-12.75	10.3	2.19	0.81
102	UTSA	Conference USA	3-5	0.38	6.78	-11.38	8.42	1.86	1.14
103	Kansas	Big 12	2-5	0.29	5.64	-3.57	8.93	2.97	-0.97
104	Tulane	American Athletic	2-5	0.29	5.5	-5	13.45	2.75	-0.75
105	Navy	American Athletic	2-5	0.29	5.38	-5.14	10.77	2.83	-0.83
106	UNLV	Mountain West	2-5	0.29	5.12	-6.43	8.5	2.73	-0.73
107	UCLA	Pac-12	2-5	0.29	4.95	-9.43	18.34	2.1	-0.1
108	East Carolina	American Athletic	2-5	0.29	4.83	-11.43	11.43	1.86	0.14
109	Georgia State	Sun Belt	2-5	0.29	4.78	-12.43	12.15	1.9	0.1
110	Louisville	ACC	2-5	0.29	4.65	-13	11.21	1.66	0.34
111	South Alabama	Sun Belt	2-5	0.29	4.62	-13.57	11.72	1.88	0.12
112	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	2-6	0.25	4.12	-8.88	13.04	2.91	-0.91
113	Arkansas	SEC	2-6	0.25	4.09	-6.5	12.76	2.96	-0.96
114	Wyoming	Mountain West	2-6	0.25	4.04	-10	13.56	1.88	0.12
115	Old Dominion	Conference USA	2-6	0.25	3.75	-9.88	11.32	2.65	-0.65
116	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	2-6	0.25	3.48	-19.25	11.62	1.64	0.36
117	North Carolina	ACC	1-5	0.17	2.01	-11.5	13.4	1.67	-0.67
118	Texas State	Sun Belt	1-6	0.14	1.57	-7	6.07	2.36	-1.36
119	Tulsa	American Athletic	1-6	0.14	1.54	-8.29	12.16	2.18	-1.18
120	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	1-6	0.14	1.43	-8.71	7.31	2.09	-1.09
121	Nebraska	Big Ten	1-6	0.14	1.2	-9.29	16.92	2.34	-1.34
122	Oregon State	Pac-12	1-6	0.14	0.89	-19.29	11.62	1.57	-0.57
123	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-7	0.12	0.89	-10.25	12.47	1.98	-0.98
124	Kent State	Mid-American	1-7	0.12	0.74	-12	9.93	2.16	-1.16
125	UConn	American Athletic	1-6	0.14	0.55	-29.71	16.58	0.8	0.2
126	Rutgers	Big Ten	1-7	0.12	0.43	-18.62	13.95	1.04	-0.04
127	Rice	Conference USA	1-7	0.12	0.38	-19.62	12.21	1.26	-0.26
128	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-7	0.12	0.29	-22.12	11.96	1.49	-0.49
129	UTEP	Conference USA	0-7	0	-2.16	-14	8.6	1.4	-1.4
130	San José State	Mountain West	0-7	0	-2.4	-16.71	13.93	1.4	-1.4