2021 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:37.798705+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Georgia	SEC	14-1	0.93	23.94	28.4	13.07	14.39	-0.39
2	Cincinnati	American Athletic	13-1	0.93	23.16	20	10.3	12.1	0.9
3	Louisiana	Sun Belt	13-1	0.93	22.49	12.57	8.46	10.83	2.17
4	Alabama	SEC	13-2	0.87	22.34	19.73	13.11	12.52	0.48
5	Michigan	Big Ten	12-2	0.86	22.01	18.43	13.04	11.86	0.14
6	Ohio State	Big Ten	11-2	0.85	21.92	22.92	12.91	10.91	0.09
7	Oklahoma State	Big 12	12-2	0.86	21.68	13	12.63	10.96	1.04
8	Baylor	Big 12	12-2	0.86	21.64	13.36	12.27	11	1
9	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	11-2	0.85	21.49	15.54	12.09	10.38	0.62
10	UTSA	Conference USA	12-2	0.86	21.08	12.21	9.39	10.11	1.89
11	Oklahoma	Big 12	11-2	0.85	21.07	13.31	10.29	9.47	1.53
12	Houston	American Athletic	12-2	0.86	20.99	15.43	7.85	11.08	0.92
13	San Diego State	Mountain West	12-2	0.86	20.87	7.57	10.1	9.56	2.44
14	Michigan State	Big Ten	11-2	0.85	20.75	6.54	11.35	8.23	2.77
15	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	11-2	0.85	20.59	19.31	5.91	10.65	0.35
16	Pittsburgh	ACC	11-3	0.79	19.93	17.79	10.19	11.07	-0.07
17	Wake Forest	ACC	11-3	0.79	19.76	12.14	10.89	9.76	1.24
18	Clemson	ACC	10-3	0.77	19.3	11.46	11.08	10.34	-0.34
19	Utah State	Mountain West	11-3	0.79	19.25	8.14	9.44	9.3	1.7
20	Ole Miss	SEC	10-3	0.77	19.22	9	11.67	8.79	1.21
21	Fresno State	Mountain West	10-3	0.77	19.12	12.85	9.42	9.88	0.12
22	Air Force	Mountain West	10-3	0.77	19.09	11.23	9.83	9.67	0.33
23	Kentucky	SEC	10-3	0.77	18.98	10.62	9.38	9.36	0.64
24	BYU	FBS Independents	10-3	0.77	18.96	8.31	10.32	8.64	1.36
25	NC State	ACC	9-3	0.75	18.77	13.42	9.79	9.29	-0.29
26	Utah	Pac-12	10-4	0.71	18.13	13.57	11.5	10.54	-0.54
27	App State	Sun Belt	10-4	0.71	18.02	12.36	11.22	10.37	-0.37
28	Wisconsin	Big Ten	9-4	0.69	17.74	9.23	13.93	9.68	-0.68
29	Iowa	Big Ten	10-4	0.71	17.4	4.21	12.06	8.62	1.38
30	Arkansas	SEC	9-4	0.69	17.34	8	11.79	8.71	0.29
31	Purdue	Big Ten	9-4	0.69	17.34	6.69	12.7	8.45	0.55
32	Oregon	Pac-12	10-4	0.71	17.33	4.43	11.28	8.25	1.75
33	Army	FBS Independents	9-4	0.69	17.29	10.54	9.98	9.29	-0.29
34	Minnesota	Big Ten	9-4	0.69	17.25	8.15	11.02	9.28	-0.28
35	Texas A&M	SEC	8-4	0.67	17.09	13.42	10.53	9.72	-1.72
36	UAB	Conference USA	9-4	0.69	16.94	6.31	10.02	8.3	0.7
37	UCLA	Pac-12	8-4	0.67	16.81	9.75	10.17	8.11	-0.11
38	UCF	American Athletic	9-4	0.69	16.8	7.38	8.24	8.46	0.54
39	Central Michigan	Mid-American	9-4	0.69	16.79	6.54	8.74	8.2	0.8
40	SMU	American Athletic	8-4	0.67	16.66	10	8.92	8.06	-0.06
41	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	9-5	0.64	16.5	14.86	10.62	10.15	-1.15
42	Liberty	FBS Independents	8-5	0.62	15.86	12.08	10.26	9.64	-1.64
43	Nevada	Mountain West	8-5	0.62	15.63	9.15	10	8.69	-0.69
44	Kansas State	Big 12	8-5	0.62	15.51	6.54	10.95	8.52	-0.52
45	Boise State	Mountain West	7-5	0.58	15.44	10.17	15.32	8.81	-1.81
46	Arizona State	Pac-12	8-5	0.62	15.33	7.54	8.67	8.78	-0.78
47	Western Michigan	Mid-American	8-5	0.62	15.2	4.23	10.71	7.57	0.43
48	Miami	ACC	7-5	0.58	14.62	5.67	11.83	7.27	-0.27
49	Georgia State	Sun Belt	8-5	0.62	14.52	1.08	11.04	6.8	1.2
50	Tennessee	SEC	7-6	0.54	14.19	10.23	12.38	8.73	-1.73
51	Iowa State	Big 12	7-6	0.54	14.15	10.77	11.72	9.5	-2.5
52	East Carolina	American Athletic	7-5	0.58	14.08	3.42	9.95	6.86	0.14
53	Penn State	Big Ten	7-6	0.54	13.96	7.69	12.13	9.17	-2.17
54	Marshall	Conference USA	7-6	0.54	13.88	9.23	10.29	8.91	-1.91
55	Toledo	Mid-American	7-6	0.54	13.8	11.62	8.14	9.54	-2.54
56	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	9-5	0.64	13.63	-1.5	10.62	6.62	2.38
57	Oregon State	Pac-12	7-6	0.54	13.51	5.46	10.19	7.96	-0.96
58	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	7-6	0.54	13.48	5.85	9.52	8.2	-1.2
59	Mississippi State	SEC	7-6	0.54	13.37	3.15	12.12	7.38	-0.38
60	Washington State	Pac-12	7-6	0.54	13.28	3.62	10.46	7.56	-0.56
61	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	7-6	0.54	13.15	4.15	8.47	7.64	-0.64
62	Wyoming	Mountain West	7-6	0.54	12.73	1.69	9.22	7.03	-0.03
63	Texas Tech	Big 12	7-6	0.54	12.3	0.15	11.5	6.54	0.46
64	Virginia	ACC	6-6	0.5	12.29	2.75	11.15	6.59	-0.59
65	Auburn	SEC	6-7	0.46	12.18	6.54	13.68	8.46	-2.46
66	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	7-6	0.54	12.08	0.15	9.21	6.54	0.46
67	Boston College	ACC	6-6	0.5	11.99	2.5	8.63	6.76	-0.76
68	Tulsa	American Athletic	7-6	0.54	11.89	-0.23	10.1	6.43	0.57
69	Louisville	ACC	6-7	0.46	11.83	4.31	12.98	7.62	-1.62
70	UTEP	Conference USA	7-6	0.54	11.79	-0.15	8.47	6.45	0.55
71	Memphis	American Athletic	6-6	0.5	11.61	0.83	9.85	6.2	-0.2
72	Florida	SEC	6-7	0.46	11.58	3.92	10.87	7.54	-1.54
73	Maryland	Big Ten	7-6	0.54	11.53	-1.38	11.67	6.14	0.86
74	South Carolina	SEC	7-6	0.54	11.53	-1.38	11.68	6.04	0.96
75	North Carolina	ACC	6-7	0.46	11.51	3.15	11.53	7.22	-1.22
76	West Virginia	Big 12	6-7	0.46	11.11	1.38	11.94	6.93	-0.93
77	Texas	Big 12	5-7	0.42	11.01	4.17	14.35	6.89	-1.89
78	LSU	SEC	6-7	0.46	10.51	-0.08	13.72	6.48	-0.48
79	North Texas	Conference USA	6-7	0.46	10.21	0	9.34	6.5	-0.5
80	Old Dominion	Conference USA	6-7	0.46	10.09	-0.15	9.24	6.46	-0.46
81	Florida State	ACC	5-7	0.42	10.07	1.08	11.59	6.28	-1.28
82	Kent State	Mid-American	7-7	0.5	10.02	-3.29	9.96	6.22	0.78
83	California	Pac-12	5-7	0.42	9.92	1.5	8.07	6.46	-1.46
84	Virginia Tech	ACC	6-7	0.46	9.54	-1.62	10.29	5.99	0.01
85	Hawai'i	Mountain West	6-7	0.46	9.24	-2.62	9.62	5.83	0.17
86	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	5-7	0.42	9.11	-0.33	9.5	5.91	-0.91
87	Missouri	SEC	6-7	0.46	9.08	-4.77	12.51	5.34	0.66
88	Ball State	Mid-American	6-7	0.46	9.03	-4.31	10.92	5.25	0.75
89	Syracuse	ACC	5-7	0.42	8.79	-1.42	11.51	5.61	-0.61
90	Illinois	Big Ten	5-7	0.42	8.78	-1.75	12.86	5.41	-0.41
91	South Alabama	Sun Belt	5-7	0.42	8.54	-1.5	8.26	5.59	-0.59
92	Troy	Sun Belt	5-7	0.42	8.25	-3.25	10	5.06	-0.06
93	TCU	Big 12	5-7	0.42	7.97	-6.25	12.22	4.62	0.38
94	San José State	Mountain West	5-7	0.42	7.79	-6.5	9.69	4.07	0.93
95	Charlotte	Conference USA	5-7	0.42	7.61	-6.83	7.36	4.44	0.56
96	Nebraska	Big Ten	3-9	0.25	7.21	5.25	13.75	7.45	-4.45
97	Rutgers	Big Ten	5-8	0.38	7.04	-5.92	11.07	4.54	0.46
98	Buffalo	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	6.87	-0.67	8.35	5.84	-1.84
99	Washington	Pac-12	4-8	0.33	6.71	-1.17	9.1	5.62	-1.62
100	USC	Pac-12	4-8	0.33	6.37	-3.08	12.04	5.28	-1.28
101	Navy	American Athletic	4-8	0.33	5.91	-8.17	15.87	3.7	0.3
102	Colorado	Pac-12	4-8	0.33	5.7	-7.92	10.7	3.63	0.37
103	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	5.5	-9.25	8.78	3.59	0.41
104	Texas State	Sun Belt	4-8	0.33	5.47	-9.92	9.04	3.6	0.4
105	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	4-8	0.33	5.39	-12.58	11.27	2.96	1.04
106	Rice	Conference USA	4-8	0.33	5.27	-14.67	10.96	2.71	1.29
107	Colorado State	Mountain West	3-9	0.25	4.26	-4.58	10.45	4.76	-1.76
108	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	3-9	0.25	4.08	-6	10.47	4.64	-1.64
109	Ohio	Mid-American	3-9	0.25	3.86	-7.75	8.75	3.98	-0.98
110	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-9	0.25	3.83	-9.5	12.65	3.75	-0.75
111	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	3-9	0.25	3.68	-11.17	11.27	3.13	-0.13
112	Southern Miss	Conference USA	3-9	0.25	3.68	-10.25	9.38	3.03	-0.03
113	Stanford	Pac-12	3-9	0.25	3.68	-12	13.01	3.01	-0.01
114	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-9	0.25	3.6	-12.42	11.08	2.52	0.48
115	New Mexico	Mountain West	3-9	0.25	3.4	-16.25	11.11	1.42	1.58
116	Duke	ACC	3-9	0.25	3.31	-16.92	8.84	2.54	0.46
117	Temple	American Athletic	3-9	0.25	3.17	-21.17	9.75	1.47	1.53
118	Tulane	American Athletic	2-10	0.17	2.31	-6.42	13.71	4.54	-2.54
119	South Florida	American Athletic	2-10	0.17	1.87	-11.5	12.39	3.33	-1.33
120	UNLV	Mountain West	2-10	0.17	1.84	-12.08	12.93	3.02	-1.02
121	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	2-10	0.17	1.73	-13.33	9.93	3.22	-1.22
122	Indiana	Big Ten	2-10	0.17	1.66	-16	14.93	2.09	-0.09
123	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	2-10	0.17	1.53	-17.83	10.77	2.41	-0.41
124	Akron	Mid-American	2-10	0.17	1.43	-19.67	8.77	1.96	0.04
125	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-10	0.17	1.43	-20.08	9.94	1.5	0.5
126	Kansas	Big 12	2-10	0.17	1.41	-21.42	12.54	1.88	0.12
127	Arizona	Pac-12	1-11	0.08	-0.33	-14.25	11.64	2.31	-1.31
128	Florida International	Conference USA	1-11	0.08	-0.55	-19.33	9.08	2.04	-1.04
129	UConn	FBS Independents	1-11	0.08	-0.67	-22.92	9.8	1.26	-0.26
130	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	1-11	0.08	-0.78	-26.75	8.55	1.09	-0.09