2020 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:37.549093+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	13-0	1	25.64	29.08	13.47	11.67	1.33
2	BYU	FBS Independents	11-1	0.92	23.07	28.17	9.64	11.07	-0.07
3	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	11-1	0.92	22.89	16.92	10.73	9.7	1.3
4	Louisiana	Sun Belt	10-1	0.91	22.65	11.64	12.16	8.06	1.94
5	Cincinnati	American Athletic	9-1	0.9	22.62	20.7	10.86	8.7	0.3
6	Ohio State	Big Ten	7-1	0.88	22.58	15.25	14.12	6.01	0.99
7	Ball State	Mid-American	7-1	0.88	22.01	8.5	13.7	5.3	1.7
8	Texas A&M	SEC	9-1	0.9	21.98	10.9	9.91	7.24	1.76
9	San José State	Mountain West	7-1	0.88	21.81	8.75	12.4	5.63	1.37
10	Buffalo	Mid-American	6-1	0.86	21.62	21.57	10.1	5.85	0.15
11	Liberty	FBS Independents	10-1	0.91	21.31	17.64	3.06	8.94	1.06
12	Clemson	ACC	10-2	0.83	21.24	23.33	11.49	10.33	-0.33
13	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	10-2	0.83	20.77	13.75	11	9.34	0.66
14	Oklahoma	Big 12	9-2	0.82	20.74	21.27	10.24	9.18	-0.18
15	Georgia	SEC	8-2	0.8	20.1	12.3	11.56	7.57	0.43
16	USC	Pac-12	5-1	0.83	20.01	7.33	9.06	3.86	1.14
17	Northwestern	Big Ten	7-2	0.78	19.34	8.78	11.14	6.65	0.35
18	Iowa State	Big 12	9-3	0.75	19.19	11.5	13.35	8.82	0.18
19	Nevada	Mountain West	7-2	0.78	18.95	7.44	9.34	5.93	1.07
20	Iowa	Big Ten	6-2	0.75	18.81	15.75	9.34	6.68	-0.68
21	App State	Sun Belt	9-3	0.75	18.73	13.83	9.4	9.32	-0.32
22	Indiana	Big Ten	6-2	0.75	18.6	8.62	10.75	5.59	0.41
23	Miami	ACC	8-3	0.73	18.3	7	12.78	6.97	1.03
24	Oklahoma State	Big 12	8-3	0.73	18.24	6.73	12.61	7.1	0.9
25	Kent State	Mid-American	3-1	0.75	18.2	11.75	6.67	2.62	0.38
26	Texas	Big 12	7-3	0.7	18.11	14.2	12.72	7.23	-0.23
27	Army	FBS Independents	9-3	0.75	18.09	11.92	5.86	9.62	-0.62
28	Washington	Pac-12	3-1	0.75	17.85	5.25	7.95	2.44	0.56
29	Boise State	Mountain West	5-2	0.71	17.7	6.71	11.99	4.4	0.6
30	Marshall	Conference USA	7-3	0.7	17.65	15.5	9.03	8.65	-1.65
31	Memphis	American Athletic	8-3	0.73	17.14	3.09	8.31	6.18	1.82
32	SMU	American Athletic	7-3	0.7	17.01	7.7	8	6.29	0.71
33	Florida	SEC	8-4	0.67	16.94	9	11.58	7.77	0.23
34	North Carolina	ACC	8-4	0.67	16.93	12.25	9.89	8.34	-0.34
35	Toledo	Mid-American	4-2	0.67	16.67	10.67	8.68	4.22	-0.22
36	UAB	Conference USA	6-3	0.67	16.66	7	10.76	5.95	0.05
37	Tulsa	American Athletic	6-3	0.67	16.61	5.56	11.53	5.69	0.31
38	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-2	0.67	16.53	7.5	9.41	3.69	0.31
39	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	16.43	2	15.01	1.63	0.37
40	Ohio	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	16.31	17.67	3.5	2.54	-0.54
41	NC State	ACC	8-4	0.67	15.55	1.08	10.31	6.26	1.74
42	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	8-5	0.62	15.32	6.46	9.47	8.52	-0.52
43	UCF	American Athletic	6-4	0.6	15.32	9	11.22	6.38	-0.38
44	TCU	Big 12	6-4	0.6	15.15	6.6	11.64	6.39	-0.39
45	Utah	Pac-12	3-2	0.6	14.92	4.2	12.19	2.94	0.06
46	West Virginia	Big 12	6-4	0.6	14.83	6	9.46	6.48	-0.48
47	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-3	0.57	14.65	7.71	12.24	4.93	-0.93
48	Georgia State	Sun Belt	6-4	0.6	14.3	1.6	11.5	5.29	0.71
49	Stanford	Pac-12	4-2	0.67	14.13	-2.33	11.04	2.73	1.27
50	Colorado	Pac-12	4-2	0.67	14	-3.17	11.45	2.63	1.37
51	UTSA	Conference USA	7-5	0.58	13.92	2.58	9.93	6.68	0.32
52	Oregon	Pac-12	4-3	0.57	13.91	3	11.08	3.92	0.08
53	Pittsburgh	ACC	6-5	0.55	13.55	4.45	9.73	6.57	-0.57
54	Arizona State	Pac-12	2-2	0.5	13.23	17	8.45	3.14	-1.14
55	Air Force	Mountain West	3-3	0.5	13.12	9.33	11.46	4.55	-1.55
56	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	5-4	0.56	13.05	1.44	8.68	4.92	0.08
57	San Diego State	Mountain West	4-4	0.5	12.91	6.88	11.57	5.48	-1.48
58	Tulane	American Athletic	6-6	0.5	12.85	6.58	11.2	7.47	-1.47
59	Auburn	SEC	6-5	0.55	12.76	0.36	12.45	5.6	0.4
60	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-3	0.5	12	1.17	12.66	3.13	-0.13
61	Hawai'i	Mountain West	5-4	0.56	11.97	-1.33	11.37	4.24	0.76
62	Boston College	ACC	6-5	0.55	11.95	-0.55	10.18	5.37	0.63
63	Fresno State	Mountain West	3-3	0.5	11.84	2.83	6.4	3.32	-0.32
64	Virginia	ACC	5-5	0.5	11.79	1.1	10.6	5.22	-0.22
65	Ole Miss	SEC	5-5	0.5	11.69	0.9	10.46	5.14	-0.14
66	UCLA	Pac-12	3-4	0.43	11.03	4.71	11	4.09	-1.09
67	Wake Forest	ACC	4-5	0.44	10.92	3.22	9.9	5	-1
68	Troy	Sun Belt	5-6	0.45	10.79	1.64	10.04	5.9	-0.9
69	Penn State	Big Ten	4-5	0.44	10.76	2.11	10.76	4.89	-0.89
70	Rice	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	10.29	4.6	10.38	3.13	-1.13
71	LSU	SEC	5-5	0.5	10.18	-2.9	11.03	4.49	0.51
72	Virginia Tech	ACC	5-6	0.45	9.8	-1	13.9	5.29	-0.29
73	Missouri	SEC	5-5	0.5	9.68	-5.6	9.84	3.89	1.11
74	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	5-5	0.5	9.53	-8	11.06	3.5	1.5
75	Louisville	ACC	4-7	0.36	9.12	2.91	10.47	6.17	-2.17
76	Kentucky	SEC	5-6	0.45	8.87	-4.09	11.27	4.4	0.6
77	Wyoming	Mountain West	2-4	0.33	8.75	5.5	9.11	3.81	-1.81
78	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-4	0.43	8.48	-2.86	9.1	3.09	-0.09
79	Houston	American Athletic	3-5	0.38	7.84	-2	13.52	3.69	-0.69
80	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	5-7	0.42	7.82	-6.33	9.99	4.03	0.97
81	Kansas State	Big 12	4-6	0.4	7.59	-5.6	12.12	3.89	0.11
82	Maryland	Big Ten	2-3	0.4	7.34	-8.4	12.64	1.64	0.36
83	Texas Tech	Big 12	4-6	0.4	7.28	-7.6	10.48	3.66	0.34
84	North Texas	Conference USA	4-6	0.4	7.08	-8.4	8.24	3.73	0.27
85	Nebraska	Big Ten	3-5	0.38	7.07	-6.25	12.32	2.9	0.1
86	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	4-7	0.36	6.74	-4.27	10.01	4.71	-0.71
87	Mississippi State	SEC	4-7	0.36	6.59	-6.73	12.74	3.78	0.22
88	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-4	0.33	6.52	-2.83	13.89	2.71	-0.71
89	South Alabama	Sun Belt	4-7	0.36	6.46	-7.36	11.53	3.54	0.46
90	UTEP	Conference USA	3-5	0.38	6.45	-8	4	2.64	0.36
91	Purdue	Big Ten	2-4	0.33	6.38	-2.67	10.53	2.67	-0.67
92	East Carolina	American Athletic	3-6	0.33	6.02	-5.22	11.64	3.66	-0.66
93	Rutgers	Big Ten	3-6	0.33	5.91	-5.44	9.92	3.52	-0.52
94	Charlotte	Conference USA	2-4	0.33	5.87	-5.5	9.2	2.35	-0.35
95	Michigan	Big Ten	2-4	0.33	5.86	-6.17	10.48	2.31	-0.31
96	Florida State	ACC	3-6	0.33	5.49	-10.22	10.12	2.81	0.19
97	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	3-6	0.33	5.36	-12.56	10.53	2.36	0.64
98	Oregon State	Pac-12	2-5	0.29	5.23	-4.43	11.72	2.91	-0.91
99	Arkansas	SEC	3-7	0.3	5.05	-9.2	14.06	3.26	-0.26
100	Southern Miss	Conference USA	3-7	0.3	5.05	-7	9.25	3.59	-0.59
101	Tennessee	SEC	3-7	0.3	5.02	-8.6	12.1	3.11	-0.11
102	New Mexico	Mountain West	2-5	0.29	4.8	-8.71	12.58	2.26	-0.26
103	Navy	American Athletic	3-7	0.3	4.73	-13.7	13.29	1.94	1.06
104	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-7	0.3	4.71	-12.9	11.51	2.64	0.36
105	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-5	0.29	4.39	-17.14	14.95	1.19	0.81
106	California	Pac-12	1-3	0.25	4.08	-6.25	11.1	1.38	-0.38
107	Washington State	Pac-12	1-3	0.25	3.72	-11.5	13.54	1.21	-0.21
108	Colorado State	Mountain West	1-3	0.25	3.58	-13.5	12.82	0.98	0.02
109	Baylor	Big 12	2-7	0.22	3.5	-5.89	13.17	3.33	-1.33
110	Illinois	Big Ten	2-6	0.25	3.48	-14.75	11.44	1.71	0.29
111	South Carolina	SEC	2-8	0.2	2.47	-12.5	11.49	2.67	-0.67
112	Duke	ACC	2-9	0.18	1.97	-13.27	11.02	2.93	-0.93
113	Texas State	Sun Belt	2-10	0.17	1.96	-10.5	13.93	3.82	-1.82
114	Utah State	Mountain West	1-5	0.17	1.48	-19.67	13.24	0.75	0.25
115	Akron	Mid-American	1-5	0.17	1.34	-24.17	14.4	0.66	0.34
116	Temple	American Athletic	1-6	0.14	0.87	-17.29	10.49	1.29	-0.29
117	South Florida	American Athletic	1-8	0.11	0.22	-16.78	10.82	1.94	-0.94
118	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
119	Old Dominion	Conference USA	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
120	UConn	American Athletic	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
121	Syracuse	ACC	1-10	0.09	-0.14	-14.91	13.48	2.11	-1.11
122	Florida International	Conference USA	0-5	0	-1.82	-10	7.52	1.47	-1.47
123	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-6	0	-2.19	-13.83	15.91	1.56	-1.56
124	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-9	0	-2.46	-22.56	10.4	0.9	-0.9
125	UNLV	Mountain West	0-6	0	-2.47	-20.67	14.4	0.81	-0.81
126	Arizona	Pac-12	0-5	0	-2.55	-22.4	15.25	0.62	-0.62
127	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0-10	0	-2.61	-25.7	13.22	0.96	-0.96
128	Kansas	Big 12	0-9	0	-2.76	-30.22	14.4	0.66	-0.66
129	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-5	0	-2.85	-33.6	14.85	0.19	-0.19
130	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	0-4	0	-2.98	-37.25	16.86	0.01	-0.01