2020 W12 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:37.545125+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Northwestern	Big Ten	5-0	1	25.68	13.2	14.63	4.23	0.77
2	Alabama	SEC	7-0	1	25.62	30.14	11.09	6.32	0.68
3	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-0	1	25.31	18.67	11.33	2.25	0.75
4	BYU	FBS Independents	9-0	1	25.14	33.67	8.22	8.54	0.46
5	Cincinnati	American Athletic	8-0	1	25.14	25.88	9.28	7.32	0.68
6	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	8-0	1	24.89	20.25	8.97	6.91	1.09
7	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8-0	1	24.79	21	8.24	6.99	1.01
8	Marshall	Conference USA	7-0	1	24.72	27.29	7	6.7	0.3
9	Ohio State	Big Ten	4-0	1	24.59	19.25	7.88	3.15	0.85
10	Oregon	Pac-12	3-0	1	24.22	12.67	7.15	2.16	0.84
11	San José State	Mountain West	4-0	1	23.98	14	5.74	3.3	0.7
12	Buffalo	Mid-American	3-0	1	23.58	25.33	1.34	2.64	0.36
13	Nevada	Mountain West	5-0	1	23.51	11.6	4.16	3.71	1.29
14	Colorado	Pac-12	2-0	1	23.06	4.5	5.2	1.14	0.86
15	Kent State	Mid-American	3-0	1	22.75	25.33	-2.43	2.48	0.52
16	Clemson	ACC	7-1	0.88	22.55	25.88	9.86	7.05	-0.05
17	Washington	Pac-12	2-0	1	22.34	11.5	-1.54	1.43	0.57
18	USC	Pac-12	3-0	1	22.23	7	-0.64	1.93	1.07
19	Louisiana	Sun Belt	7-1	0.88	22.17	8.5	12.4	5.47	1.53
20	Miami	ACC	7-1	0.88	22.08	8.5	11.88	5.34	1.66
21	Florida	SEC	6-1	0.86	21.69	16.57	9.57	5.25	0.75
22	Liberty	FBS Independents	8-1	0.89	21	16.22	1.48	7.13	0.87
23	Tulsa	American Athletic	5-1	0.83	20.88	7	12.59	3.94	1.06
24	Texas A&M	SEC	5-1	0.83	20.71	8.33	10.61	3.98	1.02
25	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	5-1	0.83	20.32	9.83	7.75	4.9	0.1
26	Boise State	Mountain West	4-1	0.8	19.95	10.6	9.37	3.37	0.63
27	Indiana	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	19.71	10.2	6.7	3.5	0.5
28	SMU	American Athletic	7-2	0.78	19.47	10.11	9.1	6.05	0.95
29	Oklahoma	Big 12	6-2	0.75	19.37	22.5	9.39	6.67	-0.67
30	Iowa State	Big 12	6-2	0.75	19.18	11	11.63	5.71	0.29
31	Army	FBS Independents	7-2	0.78	18.97	14.22	4.65	7.34	-0.34
32	North Carolina	ACC	6-2	0.75	18.93	12.38	9.07	5.52	0.48
33	App State	Sun Belt	6-2	0.75	18.79	12	7.69	6.09	-0.09
34	Texas	Big 12	5-2	0.71	18.33	10.71	11.84	4.72	0.28
35	Georgia	SEC	5-2	0.71	18.31	8	13.43	4.76	0.24
36	Oklahoma State	Big 12	5-2	0.71	18.27	4.71	14.6	4.32	0.68
37	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	18.06	22	10.83	2.77	-0.77
38	Fresno State	Mountain West	3-1	0.75	17.76	9.5	2.58	2.76	0.24
39	Auburn	SEC	5-2	0.71	17.61	6.57	9.57	4.55	0.45
40	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	17.4	8.33	11.53	1.93	0.07
41	Memphis	American Athletic	5-2	0.71	17.1	3.86	8.89	3.96	1.04
42	Toledo	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	16.89	16.33	6.87	2.32	-0.32
43	UCF	American Athletic	5-3	0.62	16.45	13	11.71	5.63	-0.63
44	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	6-3	0.67	16.43	5.11	7.95	5.58	0.42
45	San Diego State	Mountain West	3-2	0.6	15.9	13.4	10.32	4.08	-1.08
46	West Virginia	Big 12	5-3	0.62	15.76	11.62	7.61	6.14	-1.14
47	Iowa	Big Ten	3-2	0.6	15.74	17	9.38	4.24	-1.24
48	NC State	ACC	6-3	0.67	15.42	-0.22	13.55	4.46	1.54
49	Ball State	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	14.85	2	1.89	1.61	0.39
50	Wake Forest	ACC	4-3	0.57	14.78	9.57	9.82	4.62	-0.62
51	UAB	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	14.62	7	10.38	4.55	-0.55
52	Pittsburgh	ACC	5-4	0.56	14.31	7.78	9.65	6.05	-1.05
53	UTSA	Conference USA	6-4	0.6	13.9	0.6	9.59	5.14	0.86
54	Maryland	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	13.4	-7.67	9.05	1.08	0.92
55	Tulane	American Athletic	5-5	0.5	13.21	7.6	11.01	6.39	-1.39
56	Air Force	Mountain West	2-2	0.5	13.09	7.75	12.18	2.79	-0.79
57	Ohio	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	12.79	5.5	9.96	1.28	-0.28
58	Boston College	ACC	5-4	0.56	12.7	-0.22	11.39	4.46	0.54
59	Troy	Sun Belt	4-4	0.5	12.36	3.75	7.14	4.68	-0.68
60	Virginia	ACC	4-4	0.5	12.28	2.25	11.5	4.35	-0.35
61	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	12.2	-2	11.32	3.24	0.76
62	Houston	American Athletic	3-3	0.5	11.95	0.17	15.26	3.02	-0.02
63	LSU	SEC	3-3	0.5	11.89	2.33	6.82	3.25	-0.25
64	Purdue	Big Ten	2-2	0.5	11.86	0.25	11.56	2.02	-0.02
65	Georgia State	Sun Belt	4-4	0.5	10.88	-1	11.92	3.86	0.14
66	Virginia Tech	ACC	4-5	0.44	10.85	0.67	14.23	4.61	-0.61
67	Kansas State	Big 12	4-4	0.5	10.75	-2.12	11.69	3.62	0.38
68	Washington State	Pac-12	1-1	0.5	10.63	-2	11.58	0.93	0.07
69	Ole Miss	SEC	3-4	0.43	10.03	0.14	12.17	3.51	-0.51
70	North Texas	Conference USA	3-3	0.5	9.94	-2.5	6.3	2.77	0.23
71	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	9.89	-12.5	18	0.54	0.46
72	Missouri	SEC	3-3	0.5	9.79	-7.5	12.94	1.98	1.02
73	UCLA	Pac-12	1-2	0.33	9.39	5	14.84	1.76	-0.76
74	TCU	Big 12	3-4	0.43	8.98	-2.71	13.62	3.06	-0.06
75	Wyoming	Mountain West	1-2	0.33	8.92	3.67	12.89	1.73	-0.73
76	Rice	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	8.35	2.67	4.95	1.68	-0.68
77	Louisville	ACC	3-6	0.33	8.17	1.67	10.72	4.83	-1.83
78	Charlotte	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	8.11	-3	12	2.21	-0.21
79	Hawai'i	Mountain West	2-3	0.4	7.7	-7	12.64	1.77	0.23
80	Navy	American Athletic	3-4	0.43	7.68	-15.14	11.84	1.56	1.44
81	UTEP	Conference USA	3-4	0.43	7.59	-8.86	4.18	2.08	0.92
82	Michigan	Big Ten	2-3	0.4	7.59	-5.4	11.98	2.02	-0.02
83	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-3	0.4	7.56	-4.8	10.24	2.06	-0.06
84	Arkansas	SEC	3-5	0.38	7.45	-5.12	13.46	3.15	-0.15
85	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	4-6	0.4	7.36	-7.6	10.84	2.94	1.06
86	Kentucky	SEC	3-5	0.38	7.3	-5.75	10.78	2.87	0.13
87	Illinois	Big Ten	2-3	0.4	7.05	-10.2	10.81	1.44	0.56
88	Texas Tech	Big 12	3-5	0.38	6.85	-9.12	10.96	2.74	0.26
89	South Alabama	Sun Belt	3-6	0.33	6.03	-6.56	11.66	3.05	-0.05
90	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	3-6	0.33	5.9	-8.11	12.27	3.31	-0.31
91	Oregon State	Pac-12	1-2	0.33	5.89	-4	9.96	1.25	-0.25
92	Colorado State	Mountain West	1-2	0.33	5.59	-14	15.39	0.76	0.24
93	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	3-6	0.33	5.44	-12.56	12.03	2.36	0.64
94	Mississippi State	SEC	2-5	0.29	4.8	-10.57	12.93	1.72	0.28
95	Tennessee	SEC	2-5	0.29	4.77	-11.14	13.04	1.82	0.18
96	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-5	0.29	4.34	-18.29	12.59	1.32	0.68
97	Duke	ACC	2-6	0.25	4.15	-6.75	12.76	2.92	-0.92
98	South Carolina	SEC	2-6	0.25	3.93	-9.12	11.18	2.59	-0.59
99	East Carolina	American Athletic	2-6	0.25	3.92	-7.62	12.12	2.87	-0.87
100	Nebraska	Big Ten	1-3	0.25	3.71	-13.5	12.42	0.93	0.07
101	Baylor	Big 12	1-5	0.17	3.66	-0.33	10.86	2.96	-1.96
102	Florida State	ACC	2-6	0.25	3.58	-14.12	11.55	1.89	0.11
103	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-3	0.25	3.38	-18.5	11.58	0.53	0.47
104	Southern Miss	Conference USA	2-7	0.22	3.17	-9.33	9.55	2.78	-0.78
105	Rutgers	Big Ten	1-4	0.2	2.97	-7.2	11.67	1.87	-0.87
106	Texas State	Sun Belt	2-9	0.18	2.33	-8.27	14.39	3.91	-1.91
107	Temple	American Athletic	1-6	0.14	0.93	-17.29	10.91	1.29	-0.29
108	South Florida	American Athletic	1-7	0.12	0.43	-17.38	11.22	1.5	-0.5
109	Syracuse	ACC	1-8	0.11	0.34	-14.78	13.21	1.6	-0.6
110	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
111	Old Dominion	Conference USA	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
112	UConn	American Athletic	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
113	Arizona State	Pac-12	0-1	0	-0.6	-1	21.76	0.48	-0.48
114	Florida International	Conference USA	0-5	0	-1.86	-10	8.42	1.47	-1.47
115	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-3	0	-1.91	-9.33	15.88	1	-1
116	California	Pac-12	0-2	0	-2.06	-14	5.43	0.42	-0.42
117	Arizona	Pac-12	0-2	0	-2.07	-10.5	21.4	0.64	-0.64
118	Penn State	Big Ten	0-5	0	-2.07	-11.4	16.01	1.44	-1.44
119	Stanford	Pac-12	0-2	0	-2.24	-12	23.37	0.54	-0.54
120	New Mexico	Mountain West	0-4	0	-2.26	-14.5	16.38	0.81	-0.81
121	Utah	Pac-12	0-1	0	-2.34	-16	21.76	0.17	-0.17
122	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-7	0	-2.42	-19.57	11.83	0.95	-0.95
123	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-3	0	-2.53	-18.33	19.55	0.57	-0.57
124	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0-8	0	-2.53	-21.75	13.11	0.93	-0.93
125	UNLV	Mountain West	0-4	0	-2.57	-19	21.03	0.59	-0.59
126	Utah State	Mountain West	0-4	0	-2.8	-26	19.78	0.22	-0.22
127	Akron	Mid-American	0-3	0	-2.94	-31	20.04	0.28	-0.28
128	Kansas	Big 12	0-7	0	-2.94	-33.29	16.62	0.42	-0.42
129	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-3	0	-3.01	-32.67	20.66	0.18	-0.18
130	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	0-3	0	-3.07	-34.67	20.87	0.01	-0.01