2020 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:37.543939+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	BYU	FBS Independents	7-0	1	25.92	31	10.43	6.61	0.39
2	Cincinnati	American Athletic	5-0	1	25.84	27.6	10.67	4.72	0.28
3	Alabama	SEC	6-0	1	25.74	25.17	10.35	5.15	0.85
4	Clemson	ACC	7-0	1	25.34	30.57	7.81	6.5	0.5
5	Marshall	Conference USA	5-0	1	25.14	24.4	7.54	4.77	0.23
6	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	6-0	1	25.1	22.33	7.81	5.23	0.77
7	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	6-0	1	24.75	24.5	5.7	5.68	0.32
8	Indiana	Big Ten	2-0	1	24.71	8.5	10.62	1.3	0.7
9	San José State	Mountain West	2-0	1	24.7	14	6.99	1.69	0.31
10	Boise State	Mountain West	2-0	1	24.61	24	5.81	1.71	0.29
11	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-0	1	23.3	38	-2.55	0.99	0.01
12	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-0	1	23.2	24	-1.49	1.72	0.28
13	Liberty	FBS Independents	6-0	1	23.17	16.67	-0.63	4.78	1.22
14	San Diego State	Mountain West	2-0	1	23.16	29.5	-2.35	1.97	0.03
15	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-0	1	23.03	20.5	-1.85	1.84	0.16
16	Nevada	Mountain West	2-0	1	22.55	10.5	-1.65	1.38	0.62
17	Purdue	Big Ten	2-0	1	22.13	5.5	-1.83	1.26	0.74
18	SMU	American Athletic	6-1	0.86	21.54	10.14	8.98	4.68	1.32
19	Miami	ACC	5-1	0.83	21.4	10.67	11.82	4.3	0.7
20	Louisiana	Sun Belt	5-1	0.83	21.37	5.5	14.59	3.71	1.29
21	Oklahoma State	Big 12	4-1	0.8	21.12	11.8	12.3	3.85	0.15
22	Georgia	SEC	4-1	0.8	21.11	13	13.74	4.01	-0.01
23	Army	FBS Independents	6-1	0.86	20.77	21.86	1.44	6.47	-0.47
24	App State	Sun Belt	4-1	0.8	20.22	16.4	7.36	4.13	-0.13
25	Florida	SEC	3-1	0.75	19.23	12.75	9.71	2.81	0.19
26	Tulsa	American Athletic	3-1	0.75	19.23	8	11.91	2.72	0.28
27	Texas A&M	SEC	4-1	0.8	19.03	1	11.15	2.6	1.4
28	UCF	American Athletic	4-2	0.67	17.78	13.67	12.19	4.21	-0.21
29	Texas	Big 12	4-2	0.67	17.68	11.83	12.19	4.06	-0.06
30	North Carolina	ACC	4-2	0.67	17.54	10.17	9.81	4.05	-0.05
31	Virginia Tech	ACC	4-2	0.67	17.48	7.17	13.16	3.74	0.26
32	Oklahoma	Big 12	4-2	0.67	17.47	16.5	8.92	4.54	-0.54
33	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	17.46	4.67	17.22	2.01	-0.01
34	Wake Forest	ACC	4-2	0.67	17.23	12.17	8.66	4.32	-0.32
35	West Virginia	Big 12	4-2	0.67	17.22	13.17	8.35	4.62	-0.62
36	Iowa State	Big 12	4-2	0.67	17.16	6	12.05	3.72	0.28
37	Auburn	SEC	4-2	0.67	16.88	5.5	11.06	3.75	0.25
38	Kansas State	Big 12	4-2	0.67	16.85	5	8.54	3.62	0.38
39	Troy	Sun Belt	4-2	0.67	16.62	6.67	7.64	3.8	0.2
40	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	4-2	0.67	16.59	6.33	7.44	3.94	0.06
41	UAB	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	15.04	7	10.88	4.55	-0.55
42	NC State	ACC	4-2	0.67	14.61	-2.67	11.63	2.71	1.29
43	Boston College	ACC	4-3	0.57	14.14	1.29	11.88	3.7	0.3
44	Wyoming	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	13.84	10.5	21.45	1.43	-0.43
45	Memphis	American Athletic	3-2	0.6	13.63	-3.2	15.99	2.23	0.77
46	Michigan	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	12.76	11	-1.99	1.4	-0.4
47	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	12.36	-2	12.09	3.24	0.76
48	Fresno State	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	11.91	3	10.96	1.13	-0.13
49	Rice	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	11.88	9	3.52	1.37	-0.37
50	South Alabama	Sun Belt	3-3	0.5	11.71	0.5	7.12	3.07	-0.07
51	Houston	American Athletic	2-2	0.5	11.59	-1.5	15.19	1.9	0.1
52	Tulane	American Athletic	3-4	0.43	11.47	5.57	12.62	4.18	-1.18
53	Rutgers	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	11.09	-2.5	9.38	0.9	0.1
54	Pittsburgh	ACC	3-4	0.43	10.86	1.86	11.19	3.81	-0.81
55	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	10.49	-4	22	0.84	0.16
56	UTSA	Conference USA	4-4	0.5	10.47	-3.5	10.42	3.36	0.64
57	LSU	SEC	2-3	0.4	10.05	2.2	6.81	2.69	-0.69
58	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	9.92	-4.5	-1.44	0.77	0.23
59	UTEP	Conference USA	3-3	0.5	9.49	-5.17	2.89	2.2	0.8
60	Air Force	Mountain West	1-2	0.33	9.08	1	19.66	1.57	-0.57
61	South Carolina	SEC	2-3	0.4	8.75	-0.8	9.84	2.42	-0.42
62	Kentucky	SEC	2-4	0.33	8.54	1.83	9.8	3.33	-1.33
63	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	3-4	0.43	8.46	-9.14	14.55	2.46	0.54
64	Maryland	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	8.46	-19.5	10.16	0.39	0.61
65	Charlotte	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	8.4	-3	10.13	2.21	-0.21
66	TCU	Big 12	2-3	0.4	8.16	-3.4	15.31	2.13	-0.13
67	Arkansas	SEC	2-3	0.4	8.14	-4.2	11.56	2.04	-0.04
68	Georgia State	Sun Belt	2-3	0.4	8.06	-7.8	15.13	1.89	0.11
69	Navy	American Athletic	3-4	0.43	8.04	-15.14	14.1	1.56	1.44
70	Missouri	SEC	2-3	0.4	7.69	-10.4	15	1.45	0.55
71	Tennessee	SEC	2-3	0.4	7.56	-10.8	15.23	1.41	0.59
72	North Texas	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	7.55	-5	6.31	2.15	-0.15
73	Louisville	ACC	2-5	0.29	6.81	-0.14	12.98	3.48	-1.48
74	Baylor	Big 12	1-3	0.25	6.57	1.5	8.27	2.14	-1.14
75	Ole Miss	SEC	2-4	0.33	6.49	-2.67	12.63	2.76	-0.76
76	Virginia	ACC	2-4	0.33	6.2	-6	16.89	2.3	-0.3
77	Texas Tech	Big 12	2-4	0.33	5.91	-9.67	12.12	2.08	-0.08
78	Florida State	ACC	2-4	0.33	5.63	-12.17	11.88	1.6	0.4
79	Duke	ACC	2-5	0.29	5.48	-3.14	13.06	3.03	-1.03
80	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	2-5	0.29	4.74	-13.14	13.64	1.4	0.6
81	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	2-5	0.29	4.52	-12.57	8.37	1.91	0.09
82	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-5	0.29	4.51	-18.29	14.1	1.32	0.68
83	Temple	American Athletic	1-3	0.25	3.88	-11.75	9.93	1.15	-0.15
84	East Carolina	American Athletic	1-4	0.2	3.13	-6.2	11.62	1.97	-0.97
85	Mississippi State	SEC	1-4	0.2	2.59	-14.8	15.41	0.81	0.19
86	Southern Miss	Conference USA	1-5	0.17	1.76	-14.83	10.5	1.54	-0.54
87	South Florida	American Athletic	1-5	0.17	1.62	-17.17	11.52	1.02	-0.02
88	Syracuse	ACC	1-6	0.14	1.13	-14.29	14.92	1.47	-0.47
89	Texas State	Sun Belt	1-7	0.12	1.02	-8.75	15.55	2.72	-1.72
90	Akron	Mid-American	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
91	Arizona	Pac-12	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
92	Arizona State	Pac-12	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
93	Ball State	Mid-American	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
94	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
95	Buffalo	Mid-American	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
96	California	Pac-12	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
97	Central Michigan	Mid-American	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
98	Colorado	Pac-12	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
100	Kent State	Mid-American	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
101	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
102	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
103	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
104	Ohio	Mid-American	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
105	Old Dominion	Conference USA	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
106	Oregon	Pac-12	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
107	Oregon State	Pac-12	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
108	Stanford	Pac-12	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
109	Toledo	Mid-American	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
110	UCLA	Pac-12	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
111	UConn	American Athletic	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
112	USC	Pac-12	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
113	Utah	Pac-12	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
114	Washington	Pac-12	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
115	Washington State	Pac-12	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
116	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
117	Iowa	Big Ten	0-2	0	-1.1	-2.5	21.85	0.86	-0.86
118	Florida International	Conference USA	0-3	0	-1.34	-4.67	5.91	1.19	-1.19
119	Penn State	Big Ten	0-2	0	-1.74	-7	21.48	0.76	-0.76
120	Colorado State	Mountain West	0-1	0	-2.11	-21	-1.93	0.13	-0.13
121	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-2	0	-2.12	-13	9.84	0.63	-0.63
122	New Mexico	Mountain West	0-1	0	-2.48	-17	26.7	0.2	-0.2
123	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0-7	0	-2.62	-22.29	14.89	0.63	-0.63
124	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-4	0	-2.66	-26.5	10.42	0.23	-0.23
125	Illinois	Big Ten	0-2	0	-2.75	-22.5	21.84	0.21	-0.21
126	UNLV	Mountain West	0-2	0	-2.76	-23	21.65	0.16	-0.16
127	Kansas	Big 12	0-6	0	-2.94	-30	18.55	0.46	-0.46
128	Utah State	Mountain West	0-2	0	-2.98	-30	22.35	0.07	-0.07
129	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	0-1	0	-3.12	-41	15.22	0	0
130	Nebraska	Big Ten	0-1	0	-3.12	-35	22.49	0.07	-0.07