2020 W17 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:37.547383+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	11-0	1	25.41	30.27	11.6	9.93	1.07
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-0	1	25.1	21.5	11.35	5.05	0.95
3	Cincinnati	American Athletic	9-0	1	25.02	23.33	10.63	8.05	0.95
4	San José State	Mountain West	7-0	1	24.62	13	10.77	5.5	1.5
5	BYU	FBS Independents	11-1	0.92	23.32	28.17	10.48	11.07	-0.07
6	Clemson	ACC	10-1	0.91	23.18	27.36	10.97	9.93	0.07
7	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	11-1	0.92	22.99	16.92	10.44	9.7	1.3
8	Louisiana	Sun Belt	10-1	0.91	22.75	11.64	12.16	8.06	1.94
9	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	10-1	0.91	22.67	16.55	10.23	9	1
10	Texas A&M	SEC	8-1	0.89	21.73	10.56	9.34	6.51	1.49
11	Buffalo	Mid-American	6-1	0.86	21.73	21.57	10.31	5.85	0.15
12	Liberty	FBS Independents	10-1	0.91	21.46	17.64	3.45	8.94	1.06
13	Ball State	Mid-American	6-1	0.86	21.28	6.71	12.48	4.38	1.62
14	Indiana	Big Ten	6-1	0.86	21.25	10.71	10.38	5.17	0.83
15	Oklahoma	Big 12	8-2	0.8	20.19	19.9	9.36	8.22	-0.22
16	USC	Pac-12	5-1	0.83	20.19	7.33	9.61	3.86	1.14
17	Miami	ACC	8-2	0.8	20.08	8	12.82	6.54	1.46
18	Army	FBS Independents	9-2	0.82	19.7	13.27	5.46	9.12	-0.12
19	Georgia	SEC	7-2	0.78	19.62	13.33	10.42	6.94	0.06
20	Nevada	Mountain West	7-2	0.78	19.07	7.44	9.66	5.93	1.07
21	Colorado	Pac-12	4-1	0.8	18.96	2.6	10.24	2.77	1.23
22	Iowa	Big Ten	6-2	0.75	18.86	15.75	9.07	6.68	-0.68
23	App State	Sun Belt	9-3	0.75	18.83	13.83	9.57	9.32	-0.32
24	Tulsa	American Athletic	6-2	0.75	18.8	6.5	12.83	5.25	0.75
25	Iowa State	Big 12	8-3	0.73	18.74	11	13	7.97	0.03
26	Northwestern	Big Ten	6-2	0.75	18.62	7.88	10.74	5.81	0.19
27	Florida	SEC	8-3	0.73	18.48	13	10.45	7.79	0.21
28	North Carolina	ACC	8-3	0.73	18.42	14.64	9.46	8.01	-0.01
29	Kent State	Mid-American	3-1	0.75	18.27	11.75	6.51	2.62	0.38
30	Washington	Pac-12	3-1	0.75	17.94	5.25	8.05	2.44	0.56
31	Marshall	Conference USA	7-3	0.7	17.83	15.5	9.4	8.65	-1.65
32	Boise State	Mountain West	5-2	0.71	17.82	6.71	12.22	4.4	0.6
33	Oklahoma State	Big 12	7-3	0.7	17.6	7.1	12.03	6.58	0.42
34	Texas	Big 12	6-3	0.67	17.34	12.22	12.33	6.27	-0.27
35	Memphis	American Athletic	8-3	0.73	17.31	3.09	9.2	6.18	1.82
36	SMU	American Athletic	7-3	0.7	17.19	7.7	8.66	6.29	0.71
37	NC State	ACC	8-3	0.73	17.15	1.36	10.91	5.79	2.21
38	UAB	Conference USA	6-3	0.67	16.85	7	11.62	5.95	0.05
39	Toledo	Mid-American	4-2	0.67	16.73	10.67	8.58	4.22	-0.22
40	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-2	0.67	16.59	7.5	9.31	3.69	0.31
41	Oregon	Pac-12	4-2	0.67	16.55	6.33	9.83	3.73	0.27
42	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	16.46	2	14.58	1.63	0.37
43	Ohio	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	16.39	17.67	3.51	2.54	-0.54
44	UCF	American Athletic	6-4	0.6	15.53	9	11.95	6.38	-0.38
45	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	8-5	0.62	15.4	6.46	9.84	8.52	-0.52
46	TCU	Big 12	6-4	0.6	15.21	6.6	11.51	6.39	-0.39
47	Utah	Pac-12	3-2	0.6	15.11	4.2	13.21	2.94	0.06
48	Auburn	SEC	6-4	0.6	14.45	2	11.27	5.48	0.52
49	Stanford	Pac-12	4-2	0.67	14.34	-2.33	12.34	2.73	1.27
50	Georgia State	Sun Belt	6-4	0.6	14.32	1.6	11.62	5.29	0.71
51	UTSA	Conference USA	7-5	0.58	14.08	2.58	10.47	6.68	0.32
52	West Virginia	Big 12	5-4	0.56	13.91	6.33	8.31	5.89	-0.89
53	Pittsburgh	ACC	6-5	0.55	13.69	4.45	10.43	6.57	-0.57
54	Arizona State	Pac-12	2-2	0.5	13.3	17	8.52	3.14	-1.14
55	Air Force	Mountain West	3-3	0.5	13.27	9.33	12.28	4.55	-1.55
56	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	5-4	0.56	13.18	1.44	8.95	4.92	0.08
57	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-3	0.5	13.08	6.67	12.78	4.19	-1.19
58	San Diego State	Mountain West	4-4	0.5	13.04	6.88	12.26	5.48	-1.48
59	Tulane	American Athletic	6-6	0.5	13	6.58	11.76	7.47	-1.47
60	Wake Forest	ACC	4-4	0.5	12.65	5.38	9.99	4.74	-0.74
61	Boston College	ACC	6-5	0.55	12.06	-0.55	10.72	5.37	0.63
62	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-3	0.5	12.05	1.17	12.58	3.13	-0.13
63	Hawai'i	Mountain West	5-4	0.56	12.02	-1.33	11.89	4.24	0.76
64	Virginia	ACC	5-5	0.5	11.92	1.1	11.5	5.22	-0.22
65	Fresno State	Mountain West	3-3	0.5	11.86	2.83	6.02	3.32	-0.32
66	UCLA	Pac-12	3-4	0.43	11.18	4.71	12.14	4.09	-1.09
67	Troy	Sun Belt	5-6	0.45	10.83	1.64	9.93	5.9	-0.9
68	Penn State	Big Ten	4-5	0.44	10.83	2.11	11.05	4.89	-0.89
69	Rice	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	10.39	4.6	11.04	3.13	-1.13
70	LSU	SEC	5-5	0.5	10.23	-2.9	11.04	4.49	0.51
71	Ole Miss	SEC	4-5	0.44	10.06	0.33	9.63	4.54	-0.54
72	Virginia Tech	ACC	5-6	0.45	9.91	-1	14.7	5.29	-0.29
73	Missouri	SEC	5-5	0.5	9.71	-5.6	9.7	3.89	1.11
74	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	5-5	0.5	9.65	-8	11.43	3.5	1.5
75	Louisville	ACC	4-7	0.36	9.21	2.91	11.1	6.17	-2.17
76	Wyoming	Mountain West	2-4	0.33	8.77	5.5	8.76	3.81	-1.81
77	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-4	0.43	8.51	-2.86	8.9	3.09	-0.09
78	Houston	American Athletic	3-5	0.38	7.96	-2	13.92	3.69	-0.69
79	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	5-7	0.42	7.89	-6.33	10.16	4.03	0.97
80	Kentucky	SEC	4-6	0.4	7.66	-4.7	10.83	3.86	0.14
81	Kansas State	Big 12	4-6	0.4	7.6	-5.6	11.82	3.89	0.11
82	Maryland	Big Ten	2-3	0.4	7.4	-8.4	13.03	1.64	0.36
83	Texas Tech	Big 12	4-6	0.4	7.3	-7.6	10.17	3.66	0.34
84	North Texas	Conference USA	4-6	0.4	7.17	-8.4	8.58	3.73	0.27
85	Nebraska	Big Ten	3-5	0.38	7.1	-6.25	12.23	2.9	0.1
86	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	4-7	0.36	6.77	-4.27	9.91	4.71	-0.71
87	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-4	0.33	6.54	-2.83	13.83	2.71	-0.71
88	South Alabama	Sun Belt	4-7	0.36	6.5	-7.36	11.58	3.54	0.46
89	UTEP	Conference USA	3-5	0.38	6.5	-8	4.45	2.64	0.36
90	Purdue	Big Ten	2-4	0.33	6.41	-2.67	10.44	2.67	-0.67
91	East Carolina	American Athletic	3-6	0.33	6.09	-5.22	12.36	3.66	-0.66
92	Rutgers	Big Ten	3-6	0.33	5.95	-5.44	10.2	3.52	-0.52
93	Charlotte	Conference USA	2-4	0.33	5.93	-5.5	9.78	2.35	-0.35
94	Michigan	Big Ten	2-4	0.33	5.89	-6.17	10.67	2.31	-0.31
95	Florida State	ACC	3-6	0.33	5.55	-10.22	10.92	2.81	0.19
96	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	3-6	0.33	5.42	-12.56	11.33	2.36	0.64
97	Oregon State	Pac-12	2-5	0.29	5.27	-4.43	12.19	2.91	-0.91
98	Mississippi State	SEC	3-7	0.3	5.13	-7.6	12.18	3.23	-0.23
99	Southern Miss	Conference USA	3-7	0.3	5.11	-7	10.06	3.59	-0.59
100	Arkansas	SEC	3-7	0.3	5.07	-9.2	14.03	3.26	-0.26
101	Tennessee	SEC	3-7	0.3	5.05	-8.6	12.26	3.11	-0.11
102	New Mexico	Mountain West	2-5	0.29	4.83	-8.71	12.72	2.26	-0.26
103	Navy	American Athletic	3-7	0.3	4.78	-13.7	13.98	1.94	1.06
104	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-7	0.3	4.76	-12.9	12.29	2.64	0.36
105	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-5	0.29	4.42	-17.14	15.2	1.19	0.81
106	California	Pac-12	1-3	0.25	4.12	-6.25	11.87	1.38	-0.38
107	Washington State	Pac-12	1-3	0.25	3.76	-11.5	14.33	1.21	-0.21
108	Colorado State	Mountain West	1-3	0.25	3.6	-13.5	12.94	0.98	0.02
109	Baylor	Big 12	2-7	0.22	3.51	-5.89	12.84	3.33	-1.33
110	Illinois	Big Ten	2-6	0.25	3.49	-14.75	11.18	1.71	0.29
111	South Carolina	SEC	2-8	0.2	2.49	-12.5	11.49	2.67	-0.67
112	Duke	ACC	2-9	0.18	1.99	-13.27	11.69	2.93	-0.93
113	Texas State	Sun Belt	2-10	0.17	1.97	-10.5	14.11	3.82	-1.82
114	Utah State	Mountain West	1-5	0.17	1.49	-19.67	13.25	0.75	0.25
115	Akron	Mid-American	1-5	0.17	1.34	-24.17	14.36	0.66	0.34
116	Temple	American Athletic	1-6	0.14	0.88	-17.29	10.89	1.29	-0.29
117	South Florida	American Athletic	1-8	0.11	0.23	-16.78	11.91	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	14.29	2.11	-1.11
122	Florida International	Conference USA	0-5	0	-1.84	-10	8	1.47	-1.47
123	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-6	0	-2.2	-13.83	15.72	1.56	-1.56
124	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-9	0	-2.46	-22.56	10.09	0.9	-0.9
125	UNLV	Mountain West	0-6	0	-2.48	-20.67	14.53	0.81	-0.81
126	Arizona	Pac-12	0-5	0	-2.58	-22.4	16.31	0.62	-0.62
127	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0-10	0	-2.62	-25.7	13.04	0.96	-0.96
128	Kansas	Big 12	0-9	0	-2.77	-30.22	14.35	0.66	-0.66
129	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-5	0	-2.87	-33.6	14.79	0.19	-0.19
130	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	0-4	0	-3.01	-37.25	17.42	0.01	-0.01