2020 W18 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:37.547806+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	12-0	1	25.52	29.17	12.49	10.81	1.19
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	7-0	1	25.39	21.43	13.05	5.84	1.16
3	BYU	FBS Independents	11-1	0.92	23.15	28.17	9.71	11.07	-0.07
4	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	11-1	0.92	22.97	16.92	10.78	9.7	1.3
5	Cincinnati	American Athletic	9-1	0.9	22.81	20.7	11.24	8.7	0.3
6	Louisiana	Sun Belt	10-1	0.91	22.72	11.64	12.17	8.06	1.94
7	Ball State	Mid-American	7-1	0.88	22.11	8.5	14.07	5.3	1.7
8	Texas A&M	SEC	9-1	0.9	22.09	10.9	10.23	7.24	1.76
9	San José State	Mountain West	7-1	0.88	21.94	8.75	12.36	5.63	1.37
10	Buffalo	Mid-American	6-1	0.86	21.67	21.57	10.02	5.85	0.15
11	Clemson	ACC	10-2	0.83	21.46	23.33	12.11	10.33	-0.33
12	Liberty	FBS Independents	10-1	0.91	21.4	17.64	3.22	8.94	1.06
13	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	10-2	0.83	20.95	13.75	11.46	9.34	0.66
14	Oklahoma	Big 12	9-2	0.82	20.77	21.27	10.16	9.18	-0.18
15	Georgia	SEC	8-2	0.8	20.19	12.3	11.85	7.57	0.43
16	USC	Pac-12	5-1	0.83	20.14	7.33	9.55	3.86	1.14
17	Northwestern	Big Ten	7-2	0.78	19.38	8.78	11.15	6.65	0.35
18	Iowa State	Big 12	9-3	0.75	19.22	11.5	13.28	8.82	0.18
19	Nevada	Mountain West	7-2	0.78	19.06	7.44	9.68	5.93	1.07
20	Iowa	Big Ten	6-2	0.75	18.83	15.75	9.06	6.68	-0.68
21	App State	Sun Belt	9-3	0.75	18.79	13.83	9.45	9.32	-0.32
22	Indiana	Big Ten	6-2	0.75	18.66	8.62	10.34	5.59	0.41
23	Miami	ACC	8-3	0.73	18.46	7	13.22	6.97	1.03
24	Oklahoma State	Big 12	8-3	0.73	18.29	6.73	12.72	7.1	0.9
25	Kent State	Mid-American	3-1	0.75	18.26	11.75	6.69	2.62	0.38
26	Army	FBS Independents	9-3	0.75	18.21	11.92	6.02	9.62	-0.62
27	Texas	Big 12	7-3	0.7	18.17	14.2	12.95	7.23	-0.23
28	Washington	Pac-12	3-1	0.75	17.92	5.25	8.04	2.44	0.56
29	Boise State	Mountain West	5-2	0.71	17.81	6.71	12.44	4.4	0.6
30	Marshall	Conference USA	7-3	0.7	17.71	15.5	9.09	8.65	-1.65
31	Memphis	American Athletic	8-3	0.73	17.23	3.09	8.59	6.18	1.82
32	SMU	American Athletic	7-3	0.7	17.13	7.7	8.5	6.29	0.71
33	North Carolina	ACC	8-4	0.67	17.1	12.25	10.46	8.34	-0.34
34	Florida	SEC	8-4	0.67	16.99	9	11.23	7.77	0.23
35	UAB	Conference USA	6-3	0.67	16.74	7	11.02	5.95	0.05
36	Tulsa	American Athletic	6-3	0.67	16.72	5.56	11.62	5.69	0.31
37	Toledo	Mid-American	4-2	0.67	16.7	10.67	8.56	4.22	-0.22
38	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-2	0.67	16.56	7.5	9.29	3.69	0.31
39	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	16.45	2	14.78	1.63	0.37
40	Ohio	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	16.36	17.67	3.51	2.54	-0.54
41	NC State	ACC	8-4	0.67	15.68	1.08	10.66	6.26	1.74
42	UCF	American Athletic	6-4	0.6	15.43	9	11.74	6.38	-0.38
43	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	8-5	0.62	15.39	6.46	9.62	8.52	-0.52
44	TCU	Big 12	6-4	0.6	15.16	6.6	11.31	6.39	-0.39
45	Utah	Pac-12	3-2	0.6	15.09	4.2	13.22	2.94	0.06
46	West Virginia	Big 12	6-4	0.6	14.84	6	9.42	6.48	-0.48
47	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-3	0.57	14.71	7.71	12.75	4.93	-0.93
48	Georgia State	Sun Belt	6-4	0.6	14.34	1.6	11.54	5.29	0.71
49	Stanford	Pac-12	4-2	0.67	14.32	-2.33	12.34	2.73	1.27
50	Colorado	Pac-12	4-2	0.67	14.17	-3.17	11.4	2.63	1.37
51	Oregon	Pac-12	4-3	0.57	14.02	3	11.09	3.92	0.08
52	UTSA	Conference USA	7-5	0.58	13.98	2.58	10.13	6.68	0.32
53	Pittsburgh	ACC	6-5	0.55	13.67	4.45	10.4	6.57	-0.57
54	Arizona State	Pac-12	2-2	0.5	13.27	17	8.52	3.14	-1.14
55	Air Force	Mountain West	3-3	0.5	13.23	9.33	12.21	4.55	-1.55
56	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	5-4	0.56	13.09	1.44	8.74	4.92	0.08
57	San Diego State	Mountain West	4-4	0.5	13.05	6.88	12.58	5.48	-1.48
58	Tulane	American Athletic	6-6	0.5	12.92	6.58	11.58	7.47	-1.47
59	Auburn	SEC	6-5	0.55	12.79	0.36	11.92	5.6	0.4
60	Boston College	ACC	6-5	0.55	12.03	-0.55	10.69	5.37	0.63
61	Hawai'i	Mountain West	5-4	0.56	12.03	-1.33	11.72	4.24	0.76
62	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-3	0.5	12.03	1.17	12.55	3.13	-0.13
63	Virginia	ACC	5-5	0.5	11.9	1.1	11.46	5.22	-0.22
64	Fresno State	Mountain West	3-3	0.5	11.88	2.83	6.42	3.32	-0.32
65	Ole Miss	SEC	5-5	0.5	11.71	0.9	10.77	5.14	-0.14
66	UCLA	Pac-12	3-4	0.43	11.16	4.71	12.13	4.09	-1.09
67	Wake Forest	ACC	4-5	0.44	11.04	3.22	10.3	5	-1
68	Troy	Sun Belt	5-6	0.45	10.83	1.64	10.09	5.9	-0.9
69	Penn State	Big Ten	4-5	0.44	10.82	2.11	11.05	4.89	-0.89
70	Rice	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	10.33	4.6	10.48	3.13	-1.13
71	LSU	SEC	5-5	0.5	10.21	-2.9	11.01	4.49	0.51
72	Virginia Tech	ACC	5-6	0.45	9.89	-1	14.71	5.29	-0.29
73	Missouri	SEC	5-5	0.5	9.69	-5.6	9.67	3.89	1.11
74	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	5-5	0.5	9.57	-8	11.15	3.5	1.5
75	Louisville	ACC	4-7	0.36	9.19	2.91	11	6.17	-2.17
76	Kentucky	SEC	5-6	0.45	8.86	-4.09	11.37	4.4	0.6
77	Wyoming	Mountain West	2-4	0.33	8.78	5.5	9.14	3.81	-1.81
78	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-4	0.43	8.49	-2.86	8.89	3.09	-0.09
79	Houston	American Athletic	3-5	0.38	7.89	-2	13.9	3.69	-0.69
80	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	5-7	0.42	7.85	-6.33	10.07	4.03	0.97
81	Kansas State	Big 12	4-6	0.4	7.59	-5.6	11.78	3.89	0.11
82	Maryland	Big Ten	2-3	0.4	7.38	-8.4	13.03	1.64	0.36
83	Texas Tech	Big 12	4-6	0.4	7.28	-7.6	10.13	3.66	0.34
84	North Texas	Conference USA	4-6	0.4	7.11	-8.4	8.31	3.73	0.27
85	Nebraska	Big Ten	3-5	0.38	7.09	-6.25	12.22	2.9	0.1
86	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	4-7	0.36	6.76	-4.27	10.04	4.71	-0.71
87	Mississippi State	SEC	4-7	0.36	6.57	-6.73	12.75	3.78	0.22
88	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-4	0.33	6.53	-2.83	13.79	2.71	-0.71
89	South Alabama	Sun Belt	4-7	0.36	6.48	-7.36	11.58	3.54	0.46
90	UTEP	Conference USA	3-5	0.38	6.46	-8	3.94	2.64	0.36
91	Purdue	Big Ten	2-4	0.33	6.39	-2.67	10.42	2.67	-0.67
92	East Carolina	American Athletic	3-6	0.33	6.07	-5.22	12.19	3.66	-0.66
93	Rutgers	Big Ten	3-6	0.33	5.94	-5.44	10.21	3.52	-0.52
94	Charlotte	Conference USA	2-4	0.33	5.89	-5.5	9.26	2.35	-0.35
95	Michigan	Big Ten	2-4	0.33	5.88	-6.17	10.67	2.31	-0.31
96	Florida State	ACC	3-6	0.33	5.54	-10.22	10.89	2.81	0.19
97	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	3-6	0.33	5.39	-12.56	10.76	2.36	0.64
98	Oregon State	Pac-12	2-5	0.29	5.26	-4.43	12.16	2.91	-0.91
99	Southern Miss	Conference USA	3-7	0.3	5.07	-7	9.33	3.59	-0.59
100	Arkansas	SEC	3-7	0.3	5.06	-9.2	13.99	3.26	-0.26
101	Tennessee	SEC	3-7	0.3	5.04	-8.6	12.22	3.11	-0.11
102	New Mexico	Mountain West	2-5	0.29	4.83	-8.71	13.01	2.26	-0.26
103	Navy	American Athletic	3-7	0.3	4.76	-13.7	13.75	1.94	1.06
104	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-7	0.3	4.74	-12.9	12.09	2.64	0.36
105	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-5	0.29	4.41	-17.14	15.21	1.19	0.81
106	California	Pac-12	1-3	0.25	4.11	-6.25	11.84	1.38	-0.38
107	Washington State	Pac-12	1-3	0.25	3.75	-11.5	14.28	1.21	-0.21
108	Colorado State	Mountain West	1-3	0.25	3.6	-13.5	12.87	0.98	0.02
109	Baylor	Big 12	2-7	0.22	3.5	-5.89	12.79	3.33	-1.33
110	Illinois	Big Ten	2-6	0.25	3.48	-14.75	11.17	1.71	0.29
111	South Carolina	SEC	2-8	0.2	2.48	-12.5	11.45	2.67	-0.67
112	Duke	ACC	2-9	0.18	1.99	-13.27	11.66	2.93	-0.93
113	Texas State	Sun Belt	2-10	0.17	1.97	-10.5	14.01	3.82	-1.82
114	Utah State	Mountain West	1-5	0.17	1.49	-19.67	13.31	0.75	0.25
115	Akron	Mid-American	1-5	0.17	1.34	-24.17	14.43	0.66	0.34
116	Temple	American Athletic	1-6	0.14	0.88	-17.29	10.59	1.29	-0.29
117	South Florida	American Athletic	1-8	0.11	0.23	-16.78	11.58	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	-1.83	-10	7.59	1.47	-1.47
123	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-6	0	-2.19	-13.83	15.82	1.56	-1.56
124	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-9	0	-2.46	-22.56	10.06	0.9	-0.9
125	UNLV	Mountain West	0-6	0	-2.48	-20.67	14.9	0.81	-0.81
126	Arizona	Pac-12	0-5	0	-2.57	-22.4	16.31	0.62	-0.62
127	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0-10	0	-2.62	-25.7	13.42	0.96	-0.96
128	Kansas	Big 12	0-9	0	-2.76	-30.22	14.12	0.66	-0.66
129	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-5	0	-2.86	-33.6	14.89	0.19	-0.19
130	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	0-4	0	-2.99	-37.25	16.97	0.01	-0.01