2018 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:37.090430+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Clemson	ACC	8-0	1	26.46	31.12	13.07	7.58	0.42
2	Alabama	SEC	8-0	1	26.21	38.25	11.09	7.59	0.41
3	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8-0	1	25.74	14.88	12.33	6.37	1.63
4	UCF	American Athletic	7-0	1	24.63	26.29	4.86	6.25	0.75
5	Michigan	Big Ten	7-1	0.88	23.59	21.62	14.5	7.18	-0.18
6	LSU	SEC	7-1	0.88	23.43	15.25	15.1	6.71	0.29
7	Oklahoma	Big 12	7-1	0.88	23.34	23.25	12.97	6.58	0.42
8	Georgia	SEC	7-1	0.88	23.09	22.25	11.83	7.07	-0.07
9	Ohio State	Big Ten	7-1	0.88	22.61	20.12	9.31	6.54	0.46
10	Kentucky	SEC	7-1	0.88	22.48	12.75	10.71	6.68	0.32
11	Fresno State	Mountain West	7-1	0.88	22.38	26	7.33	7.42	-0.42
12	Utah State	Mountain West	7-1	0.88	22.3	27.12	6.68	6.95	0.05
13	Washington State	Pac-12	7-1	0.88	22.08	15.62	7.73	6.07	0.93
14	Houston	American Athletic	7-1	0.88	22.05	19.75	6.68	6.15	0.85
15	UAB	Conference USA	7-1	0.88	22	18.38	6.5	7.1	-0.1
16	West Virginia	Big 12	6-1	0.86	21.98	20.29	8.71	5.91	0.09
17	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	7-1	0.88	21.96	12.75	8	6.2	0.8
18	Cincinnati	American Athletic	7-1	0.88	21.93	18.38	6.18	6.9	0.1
19	Buffalo	Mid-American	7-1	0.88	21.9	11.75	7.74	5.92	1.08
20	South Florida	American Athletic	7-1	0.88	21.17	6	5.33	4.86	2.14
21	Penn State	Big Ten	6-2	0.75	20.22	18.75	13.82	6.48	-0.48
22	Army	FBS Independents	6-2	0.75	19.94	12.25	14.12	6.01	-0.01
23	Florida	SEC	6-2	0.75	19.93	13.25	12.39	6.22	-0.22
24	North Texas	Conference USA	7-2	0.78	19.89	19.11	7.29	7.57	-0.57
25	Iowa	Big Ten	6-2	0.75	19.76	13.62	11.19	6.48	-0.48
26	Boise State	Mountain West	6-2	0.75	19.63	15.5	11.01	6.09	-0.09
27	Utah	Pac-12	6-2	0.75	19.61	14.88	11.08	6.55	-0.55
28	Texas	Big 12	6-2	0.75	19.49	6.38	12.97	5.06	0.94
29	Syracuse	ACC	6-2	0.75	19.47	15	10.25	5.85	0.15
30	Boston College	ACC	6-2	0.75	19.36	13.5	9.99	5.91	0.09
31	Virginia	ACC	6-2	0.75	19.16	9.5	10.23	5.8	0.2
32	App State	Sun Belt	5-2	0.71	18.91	22.14	9.27	6.07	-1.07
33	Troy	Sun Belt	6-2	0.75	18.67	10.62	6.71	5.65	0.35
34	Florida International	Conference USA	6-2	0.75	18.65	14	5.24	6.09	-0.09
35	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	6-2	0.75	18.65	6	9.11	5.11	0.89
36	NC State	ACC	5-2	0.71	18.51	5.29	13.53	4.28	0.72
37	San Diego State	Mountain West	6-2	0.75	18.04	1.5	9.21	4.35	1.65
38	Washington	Pac-12	6-3	0.67	17.82	11.33	11.89	7.1	-1.1
39	Marshall	Conference USA	5-2	0.71	17.49	6.43	6.72	4.5	0.5
40	Mississippi State	SEC	5-3	0.62	16.91	13.62	14.06	6.72	-1.72
41	Miami	ACC	5-3	0.62	16.9	15.25	12.01	6.4	-1.4
42	Texas Tech	Big 12	5-3	0.62	16.83	14.12	11.79	5.79	-0.79
43	Texas A&M	SEC	5-3	0.62	16.66	8.38	13.54	5.48	-0.48
44	Western Michigan	Mid-American	6-3	0.67	16.6	4.11	8.08	5.16	0.84
45	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-3	0.62	16.54	9.62	11.85	5.66	-0.66
46	Auburn	SEC	5-3	0.62	16.52	11.88	11.43	6.27	-1.27
47	Duke	ACC	5-3	0.62	16.38	7.88	11.63	5.32	-0.32
48	Maryland	Big Ten	5-3	0.62	16.26	7.12	12.9	5.17	-0.17
49	Stanford	Pac-12	5-3	0.62	16.22	3.25	15.2	4.62	0.38
50	Oklahoma State	Big 12	5-3	0.62	16.19	10	10.42	5.34	-0.34
51	Temple	American Athletic	5-3	0.62	16.13	9.12	9.89	5.59	-0.59
52	Oregon	Pac-12	5-3	0.62	16.04	8.25	8.74	5.17	-0.17
53	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-3	0.62	15.77	2.38	14.78	4.51	0.49
54	Colorado	Pac-12	5-3	0.62	15.69	8.12	6.15	5.34	-0.34
55	Ole Miss	SEC	5-3	0.62	15.69	3.75	11.27	4.49	0.51
56	Ohio	Mid-American	5-3	0.62	15.67	9.38	6.97	5.29	-0.29
57	Northwestern	Big Ten	5-3	0.62	15.24	1.5	12.93	4.29	0.71
58	California	Pac-12	5-3	0.62	15.07	3.5	7.29	4.71	0.29
59	Iowa State	Big 12	4-3	0.57	15	3	17.59	3.99	0.01
60	South Carolina	SEC	4-3	0.57	14.8	3	15.6	3.96	0.04
61	Virginia Tech	ACC	4-3	0.57	14.54	4.14	9.5	4.07	-0.07
62	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	5-3	0.62	14.42	0.5	9.7	4.08	0.92
63	Purdue	Big Ten	4-4	0.5	13.91	10.12	13.4	5.64	-1.64
64	Missouri	SEC	4-4	0.5	13.59	6.5	13.48	4.94	-0.94
65	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	5-3	0.62	13.57	-0.88	8.79	3.87	1.13
66	Georgia Tech	ACC	4-4	0.5	13.52	10.62	11.28	5.44	-1.44
67	Nevada	Mountain West	5-4	0.56	13.43	0.89	11.11	4.65	0.35
68	Arizona State	Pac-12	4-4	0.5	13.43	6	14.09	5.08	-1.08
69	Toledo	Mid-American	4-4	0.5	13.37	7.75	12.13	4.98	-0.98
70	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	5-3	0.62	13.25	-4	13.18	3.03	1.97
71	Memphis	American Athletic	4-4	0.5	13.19	12.12	6.37	5.51	-1.51
72	Hawai'i	Mountain West	6-4	0.6	13.05	-1.2	7.11	4.79	1.21
73	Liberty	FBS Independents	4-3	0.57	12.44	-1.14	9.21	3.36	0.64
74	BYU	FBS Independents	4-4	0.5	12.19	0.5	12.57	4.11	-0.11
75	Akron	Mid-American	4-3	0.57	12.12	-1.14	7.1	3.29	0.71
76	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	4-5	0.44	11.64	3.11	13.1	5.11	-1.11
77	USC	Pac-12	4-4	0.5	11.35	-1.62	15.64	3.72	0.28
78	Southern Miss	Conference USA	3-4	0.43	11.24	5.43	7.31	4.46	-1.46
79	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-4	0.5	11	-1.5	13.55	3.75	0.25
80	Arizona	Pac-12	4-5	0.44	10.94	2.11	10.65	4.89	-0.89
81	Baylor	Big 12	4-4	0.5	10.69	-3.62	12.19	3.47	0.53
82	Vanderbilt	SEC	4-5	0.44	10.63	0.44	13.9	4.59	-0.59
83	Louisiana	Sun Belt	4-4	0.5	10.43	-2.62	10.41	3.65	0.35
84	Florida State	ACC	4-4	0.5	10.42	-5.12	12.08	3.07	0.93
85	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	4-4	0.5	10.4	-3.5	9.95	3.47	0.53
86	Pittsburgh	ACC	4-4	0.5	10.35	-4.62	14	3.28	0.72
87	Wake Forest	ACC	4-4	0.5	10.29	-3.38	10.71	3.55	0.45
88	Air Force	Mountain West	3-5	0.38	10.24	4.75	10.29	4.77	-1.77
89	TCU	Big 12	3-5	0.38	10.22	3.12	13.09	4.55	-1.55
90	Charlotte	Conference USA	4-4	0.5	10.11	-3.38	8.44	3.35	0.65
91	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-5	0.38	9.62	1.38	12.26	4.25	-1.25
92	Indiana	Big Ten	4-5	0.44	9.51	-2.89	14.94	3.96	0.04
93	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	4-4	0.5	9.44	-11.5	9.26	2.27	1.73
94	Tennessee	SEC	3-5	0.38	7.78	-4	13.88	3.32	-0.32
95	New Mexico	Mountain West	3-5	0.38	7.69	-3.75	10.07	3.48	-0.48
96	Kansas State	Big 12	3-5	0.38	7.5	-6.12	13.63	2.87	0.13
97	Tulane	American Athletic	3-5	0.38	7.49	-3.5	11.06	3.38	-0.38
98	Kansas	Big 12	3-5	0.38	7.48	-3	9.13	3.49	-0.49
99	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	3-5	0.38	7.32	-6.88	12.57	3	0
100	SMU	American Athletic	3-5	0.38	7.13	-8.88	12.8	2.7	0.3
101	Illinois	Big Ten	3-5	0.38	6.82	-11.88	10.52	2.31	0.69
102	UTSA	Conference USA	3-5	0.38	6.65	-11.38	8.31	1.86	1.14
103	Ball State	Mid-American	3-6	0.33	6.15	-5.22	7.79	3.46	-0.46
104	Wyoming	Mountain West	3-6	0.33	5.92	-7.44	12.89	2.72	0.28
105	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	3-6	0.33	5.89	-7.33	11.93	3.42	-0.42
106	Colorado State	Mountain West	3-6	0.33	5.54	-12.78	9.14	2.43	0.57
107	East Carolina	American Athletic	2-5	0.29	4.73	-11.43	11.77	1.86	0.14
108	Nebraska	Big Ten	2-6	0.25	4.46	-3.62	13.31	3.46	-1.46
109	Navy	American Athletic	2-6	0.25	4.23	-7.25	12.87	2.94	-0.94
110	UNLV	Mountain West	2-6	0.25	4.03	-7.25	6.88	3.04	-1.04
111	Texas State	Sun Belt	2-6	0.25	4	-5.25	5.61	3.01	-1.01
112	UCLA	Pac-12	2-6	0.25	4	-12.12	18.19	1.99	0.01
113	Georgia State	Sun Belt	2-6	0.25	3.86	-11.25	11.92	2.36	-0.36
114	South Alabama	Sun Belt	2-6	0.25	3.69	-14.5	12.32	2	0
115	Louisville	ACC	2-6	0.25	3.68	-14	11.15	1.91	0.09
116	Arkansas	SEC	2-7	0.22	3.45	-7.33	11.58	3.23	-1.23
117	Oregon State	Pac-12	2-6	0.25	3.41	-16	12.38	2.11	-0.11
118	Old Dominion	Conference USA	2-7	0.22	3.05	-12.56	11.16	2.61	-0.61
119	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	2-7	0.22	2.75	-17.89	9.82	1.93	0.07
120	North Carolina	ACC	1-6	0.14	1.3	-11.29	14.37	1.96	-0.96
121	Tulsa	American Athletic	1-7	0.12	1.04	-8.12	11.96	2.49	-1.49
122	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	1-7	0.12	0.85	-10.25	8.69	2.17	-1.17
123	Kent State	Mid-American	1-7	0.12	0.71	-12	9.52	2.16	-1.16
124	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-8	0.11	0.64	-9.89	11.53	2.21	-1.21
125	San José State	Mountain West	1-7	0.12	0.49	-13	12.25	2.14	-1.14
126	Rutgers	Big Ten	1-7	0.12	0.39	-18.62	12.51	1.04	-0.04
127	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-7	0.12	0.25	-22.12	11.25	1.49	-0.49
128	UConn	American Athletic	1-7	0.12	0.14	-26.62	14.44	1.01	-0.01
129	Rice	Conference USA	1-8	0.11	0.11	-20.11	12.77	1.37	-0.37
130	UTEP	Conference USA	0-8	0	-2.18	-14.62	9.23	1.36	-1.36