2020 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:37.543537+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	San José State	Mountain West	1-0	1	26.7	11	26.17	0.92	0.08
2	BYU	FBS Independents	6-0	1	26.48	31	11.95	5.65	0.35
3	Alabama	SEC	5-0	1	26.12	22	11.79	4.04	0.96
4	Oklahoma State	Big 12	4-0	1	25.89	16.5	11.92	3.54	0.46
5	Marshall	Conference USA	5-0	1	25.71	24.4	9.58	4.77	0.23
6	Cincinnati	American Athletic	4-0	1	25.66	24.75	9.47	3.72	0.28
7	Clemson	ACC	6-0	1	25.4	34.67	6.59	5.72	0.28
8	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	5-0	1	25.06	16.6	7.87	3.97	1.03
9	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-0	1	24.98	25.8	5.9	4.78	0.22
10	Liberty	FBS Independents	6-0	1	23.33	16.67	-0.69	4.78	1.22
11	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-0	1	22.58	40	0	1	0
12	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-0	1	22.55	38	0	0.99	0.01
13	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-0	1	22.49	35	0	0.93	0.07
14	Boise State	Mountain West	1-0	1	22.36	29	0	0.94	0.06
15	San Diego State	Mountain West	1-0	1	22.34	28	0	0.98	0.02
16	Michigan	Big Ten	1-0	1	22.26	25	0	0.84	0.16
17	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1-0	1	21.93	15	0	0.8	0.2
18	Rutgers	Big Ten	1-0	1	21.73	11	0	0.69	0.31
19	Miami	ACC	5-1	0.83	21.66	10.67	12.55	4.3	0.7
20	Louisiana	Sun Belt	4-1	0.8	21.26	4.6	18.4	3.04	0.96
21	SMU	American Athletic	5-1	0.83	21.22	9.5	9.03	3.99	1.01
22	North Carolina	ACC	4-1	0.8	21.12	12.8	13.01	3.64	0.36
23	Purdue	Big Ten	1-0	1	21.12	4	0	0.61	0.39
24	Nevada	Mountain West	1-0	1	20.96	3	0	0.55	0.45
25	Army	FBS Independents	6-1	0.86	20.79	21.86	0.75	6.47	-0.47
26	Indiana	Big Ten	1-0	1	20.48	1	0	0.52	0.48
27	Georgia	SEC	3-1	0.75	20.37	13.5	14.81	3.11	-0.11
28	Kansas State	Big 12	4-1	0.8	20.02	11.4	7.07	3.58	0.42
29	Memphis	American Athletic	3-1	0.75	19.67	5.75	15.66	2.38	0.62
30	App State	Sun Belt	3-1	0.75	19.47	16	9.5	3.25	-0.25
31	Houston	American Athletic	2-1	0.67	17.77	5.67	16.96	1.79	0.21
32	Tulsa	American Athletic	2-1	0.67	17.66	9.33	14.11	2.18	-0.18
33	Florida	SEC	2-1	0.67	17.6	9	11.41	1.91	0.09
34	UAB	Conference USA	4-2	0.67	17.48	8.67	9.41	4.16	-0.16
35	Texas A&M	SEC	3-1	0.75	16.85	-1.5	11.41	1.87	1.13
36	Boston College	ACC	4-2	0.67	16.55	2.5	11.15	3.34	0.66
37	Virginia Tech	ACC	3-2	0.6	16.39	7.2	13.98	3.13	-0.13
38	Wake Forest	ACC	3-2	0.6	15.94	9.8	12.1	3.38	-0.38
39	Texas	Big 12	3-2	0.6	15.92	12.8	10.12	3.44	-0.44
40	UCF	American Athletic	3-2	0.6	15.92	11.8	10.6	3.36	-0.36
41	Oklahoma	Big 12	3-2	0.6	15.88	13	9.74	3.59	-0.59
42	West Virginia	Big 12	3-2	0.6	15.62	10.4	6.12	3.58	-0.58
43	Iowa State	Big 12	3-2	0.6	15.3	1.2	14.3	2.63	0.37
44	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	3-2	0.6	15.22	6.2	5.97	3.25	-0.25
45	NC State	ACC	4-2	0.67	15.09	-2.67	12.43	2.71	1.29
46	Troy	Sun Belt	3-2	0.6	14.7	2.4	6.36	2.74	0.26
47	South Alabama	Sun Belt	3-2	0.6	14.19	2	7.11	2.73	0.27
48	Air Force	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	13.98	11	6	1.65	-0.65
49	Auburn	SEC	3-2	0.6	13.56	-0.8	12.49	2.4	0.6
50	Charlotte	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	13.28	4.75	15.26	2.39	-0.39
51	Georgia State	Sun Belt	2-2	0.5	12.91	3	14.08	2.18	-0.18
52	LSU	SEC	2-2	0.5	12.87	12	5.15	2.76	-0.76
53	UTSA	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	12.67	-1	10.93	3.35	0.65
54	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	11.83	-3.5	17.36	0.76	0.24
55	Pittsburgh	ACC	3-4	0.43	11.08	1.86	10.94	3.81	-0.81
56	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	3-3	0.5	10.83	-2.83	11.72	2.67	0.33
57	Arkansas	SEC	2-2	0.5	10.61	-2.5	10.19	1.76	0.24
58	Kentucky	SEC	2-3	0.4	10.58	4.4	7.25	3.08	-1.08
59	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	3-3	0.5	10.47	-6	13.05	2.44	0.56
60	Missouri	SEC	2-2	0.5	10.04	-7	14.86	1.41	0.59
61	Navy	American Athletic	3-3	0.5	9.91	-15.33	15.63	1.2	1.8
62	UTEP	Conference USA	3-3	0.5	9.66	-5.17	2.29	2.2	0.8
63	Baylor	Big 12	1-2	0.33	9.43	5.33	10.04	1.87	-0.87
64	South Carolina	SEC	2-3	0.4	9.02	-0.8	9.16	2.42	-0.42
65	Tulane	American Athletic	2-4	0.33	8.46	0.67	13.13	3.07	-1.07
66	Louisville	ACC	2-4	0.33	8.1	1	12.93	3.13	-1.13
67	Tennessee	SEC	2-3	0.4	7.84	-10.8	15.99	1.41	0.59
68	Texas Tech	Big 12	2-3	0.4	7.76	-4.8	12.16	2.09	-0.09
69	North Texas	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	7.57	-5	5.9	2.15	-0.15
70	Temple	American Athletic	1-2	0.33	6.66	-4	10.75	1.29	-0.29
71	Florida State	ACC	2-4	0.33	5.75	-12.17	11.2	1.6	0.4
72	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	2-4	0.33	5.56	-10.17	10.74	1.52	0.48
73	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-4	0.33	5.45	-18.33	11.36	1.19	0.81
74	TCU	Big 12	1-3	0.25	4.53	-6.75	16.35	1.42	-0.42
75	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	2-5	0.29	4.39	-12.57	8.44	1.91	0.09
76	East Carolina	American Athletic	1-3	0.25	4.14	-6.75	9.52	1.54	-0.54
77	Mississippi State	SEC	1-3	0.25	4.09	-8.25	12.43	1.18	-0.18
78	Virginia	ACC	1-4	0.2	3.12	-7.8	16.55	1.69	-0.69
79	Ole Miss	SEC	1-4	0.2	2.93	-9.8	15.84	1.79	-0.79
80	Southern Miss	Conference USA	1-4	0.2	2.66	-13	13.13	1.5	-0.5
81	Duke	ACC	1-5	0.17	2.14	-9.33	14.42	1.78	-0.78
82	Syracuse	ACC	1-5	0.17	1.98	-12.67	15.47	1.42	-0.42
83	South Florida	American Athletic	1-5	0.17	1.68	-17.17	11.15	1.02	-0.02
84	Texas State	Sun Belt	1-6	0.14	1.57	-8.57	14.8	2.36	-1.36
85	Akron	Mid-American	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
86	Arizona	Pac-12	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
87	Arizona State	Pac-12	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	Ball State	Mid-American	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
89	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
90	Buffalo	Mid-American	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
91	California	Pac-12	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
92	Central Michigan	Mid-American	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
93	Colorado	Pac-12	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
94	Colorado State	Mountain West	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
95	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
96	Kent State	Mid-American	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
97	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
98	New Mexico	Mountain West	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
100	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
101	Ohio	Mid-American	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
102	Old Dominion	Conference USA	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
103	Oregon	Pac-12	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
104	Oregon State	Pac-12	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
105	Stanford	Pac-12	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
106	Toledo	Mid-American	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
107	UCLA	Pac-12	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
108	UConn	American Athletic	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
109	USC	Pac-12	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
110	Utah	Pac-12	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
111	Washington	Pac-12	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
112	Washington State	Pac-12	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
113	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
114	Penn State	Big Ten	0-1	0	-0.48	-1	0	0.48	-0.48
115	Wyoming	Mountain West	0-1	0	-0.96	-3	0	0.45	-0.45
116	Iowa	Big Ten	0-1	0	-1.12	-4	0	0.39	-0.39
117	Florida International	Conference USA	0-3	0	-1.32	-4.67	5.05	1.19	-1.19
118	Rice	Conference USA	0-1	0	-1.37	-6	1.71	0.4	-0.4
119	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-1	0	-1.73	-11	0	0.31	-0.31
120	Fresno State	Mountain West	0-1	0	-1.93	-15	0	0.2	-0.2
121	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-1	0	-2.26	-25	0	0.16	-0.16
122	UNLV	Mountain West	0-1	0	-2.34	-28	0	0.02	-0.02
123	Utah State	Mountain West	0-1	0	-2.36	-29	0	0.06	-0.06
124	Nebraska	Big Ten	0-1	0	-2.49	-35	0	0.07	-0.07
125	Illinois	Big Ten	0-1	0	-2.55	-38	0	0.01	-0.01
126	Maryland	Big Ten	0-1	0	-2.58	-40	0	0	0
127	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0-6	0	-2.66	-23	14.57	0.52	-0.52
128	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-3	0	-2.67	-24.33	12.98	0.12	-0.12
129	Kansas	Big 12	0-5	0	-3	-30	20.44	0.34	-0.34
130	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	0-1	0	-3.2	-41	18.37	0	0