2021 W12 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:37.794841+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Georgia	SEC	11-0	1	25.8	32.73	11.51	10.8	0.2
2	Cincinnati	American Athletic	11-0	1	24.7	24	7.43	9.87	1.13
3	UTSA	Conference USA	11-0	1	24.51	18.09	7.5	9.03	1.97
4	Ohio State	Big Ten	10-1	0.91	23.73	28.18	12.29	9.86	0.14
5	Michigan	Big Ten	10-1	0.91	23.49	20.64	12.26	9.62	0.38
6	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	10-1	0.91	23.42	15.73	13	8.91	1.09
7	Alabama	SEC	10-1	0.91	23.23	24.64	10.13	9.59	0.41
8	Oklahoma State	Big 12	10-1	0.91	22.96	16.45	10.32	9.39	0.61
9	Oklahoma	Big 12	10-1	0.91	22.63	14.73	8.98	8.31	1.69
10	Louisiana	Sun Belt	10-1	0.91	22.44	13.45	8.35	8.61	1.39
11	Houston	American Athletic	10-1	0.91	22.37	18.09	6.75	9.03	0.97
12	San Diego State	Mountain West	10-1	0.91	22.17	10.36	7.8	8.27	1.73
13	Baylor	Big 12	9-2	0.82	21.02	15	11.42	8.79	0.21
14	App State	Sun Belt	9-2	0.82	20.98	16.18	10.91	8.8	0.2
15	Wake Forest	ACC	9-2	0.82	20.89	12.27	10.96	7.58	1.42
16	Pittsburgh	ACC	9-2	0.82	20.83	19.82	9.09	8.86	0.14
17	Ole Miss	SEC	9-2	0.82	20.75	11	11.14	7.71	1.29
18	Iowa	Big Ten	9-2	0.82	20.59	8.55	11.29	7.98	1.02
19	BYU	FBS Independents	9-2	0.82	20.58	9.73	10.66	7.63	1.37
20	Michigan State	Big Ten	9-2	0.82	20.43	6.55	10.82	6.95	2.05
21	Oregon	Pac-12	9-2	0.82	20.42	8.73	9.59	7.44	1.56
22	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	9-2	0.82	20.35	21.73	5.79	9.37	-0.37
23	Wisconsin	Big Ten	8-3	0.73	19.25	11.18	14.93	8.58	-0.58
24	Texas A&M	SEC	8-3	0.73	18.93	14.91	11.29	9.22	-1.22
25	Utah	Pac-12	8-3	0.73	18.93	13.64	11.89	8.32	-0.32
26	NC State	ACC	8-3	0.73	18.79	14.27	10.69	8.72	-0.72
27	Clemson	ACC	8-3	0.73	18.76	10.18	12.22	8.35	-0.35
28	Air Force	Mountain West	8-3	0.73	18.59	9.91	11.1	7.98	0.02
29	Fresno State	Mountain West	8-3	0.73	18.57	11.73	9.99	8.13	-0.13
30	SMU	American Athletic	8-3	0.73	18.36	11.18	8.31	7.59	0.41
31	Kentucky	SEC	8-3	0.73	18.23	9.45	8.94	7.69	0.31
32	Army	FBS Independents	7-3	0.7	17.88	12.4	9.79	7.32	-0.32
33	Utah State	Mountain West	8-3	0.73	17.71	4.09	8.42	6.39	1.61
34	Boise State	Mountain West	7-4	0.64	17.23	12.09	15.38	8.46	-1.46
35	Penn State	Big Ten	7-4	0.64	16.73	10.64	12.29	8.52	-1.52
36	Liberty	FBS Independents	7-4	0.64	16.63	12.36	9.98	8.26	-1.26
37	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	7-4	0.64	16.6	14.82	9.53	8.09	-1.09
38	Arkansas	SEC	7-4	0.64	16.55	6.64	12.76	7.01	-0.01
39	Marshall	Conference USA	7-4	0.64	16.52	15.18	8.81	8.71	-1.71
40	Nevada	Mountain West	7-4	0.64	16.43	9.55	9.93	7.47	-0.47
41	Purdue	Big Ten	7-4	0.64	16.39	4.27	14.63	6.65	0.35
42	UCLA	Pac-12	7-4	0.64	16.39	8.09	11.32	7.11	-0.11
43	Mississippi State	SEC	7-4	0.64	16.38	7.09	11.91	7.1	-0.1
44	Kansas State	Big 12	7-4	0.64	16.37	6.18	11.73	7.13	-0.13
45	Minnesota	Big Ten	7-4	0.64	16.28	7.64	10.65	7.61	-0.61
46	Arizona State	Pac-12	7-4	0.64	16.2	7.45	9.46	7.37	-0.37
47	Oregon State	Pac-12	7-4	0.64	16.1	8.27	8.94	7.31	-0.31
48	UCF	American Athletic	7-4	0.64	16.03	7.27	9.03	7.05	-0.05
49	UAB	Conference USA	7-4	0.64	16.01	5.64	9.56	6.92	0.08
50	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	8-3	0.73	15.95	-1.09	9.95	5.28	2.72
51	East Carolina	American Athletic	7-4	0.64	15.85	5.73	8.88	6.8	0.2
52	Central Michigan	Mid-American	7-4	0.64	15.73	5.55	8.26	6.67	0.33
53	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	7-4	0.64	15.71	5.36	8.11	6.64	0.36
54	UTEP	Conference USA	7-4	0.64	14.95	2	6.74	6.04	0.96
55	Tennessee	SEC	6-5	0.55	14.75	10.18	13.6	7.43	-1.43
56	Iowa State	Big 12	6-5	0.55	14.69	10.27	12.17	7.9	-1.9
57	Auburn	SEC	6-5	0.55	14.59	8.27	12.56	7.49	-1.49
58	Louisville	ACC	6-5	0.55	14.51	8.18	12.92	7.29	-1.29
59	Toledo	Mid-American	6-5	0.55	14.29	11.18	8.98	8.01	-2.01
60	North Carolina	ACC	6-5	0.55	14.12	5.64	11.66	6.56	-0.56
61	Virginia	ACC	6-5	0.55	13.97	3.45	12.27	6.16	-0.16
62	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	6-5	0.55	13.93	5.82	9.97	7.01	-1.01
63	Miami	ACC	6-5	0.55	13.9	2.82	13.81	6.08	-0.08
64	Boston College	ACC	6-5	0.55	13.86	5.55	8.61	7.02	-1.02
65	Wyoming	Mountain West	6-5	0.55	13.47	2.91	9.86	6.34	-0.34
66	Washington State	Pac-12	6-5	0.55	13.46	2.09	11.57	6.02	-0.02
67	Western Michigan	Mid-American	6-5	0.55	12.95	0.55	10.74	5.62	0.38
68	South Carolina	SEC	6-5	0.55	12.35	-0.45	12.25	5.37	0.63
69	Texas Tech	Big 12	6-5	0.55	11.81	-2	11.14	5.09	0.91
70	Florida	SEC	5-6	0.45	11.81	5.45	10.82	6.68	-1.68
71	Kent State	Mid-American	6-5	0.55	11.69	-1.36	9.58	5.23	0.77
72	Georgia State	Sun Belt	6-5	0.55	11.39	-4	12.56	4.55	1.45
73	West Virginia	Big 12	5-6	0.45	11.37	2.18	13.23	6.07	-1.07
74	Missouri	SEC	6-5	0.55	11.33	-3.91	11.76	4.73	1.27
75	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	5-6	0.45	11.3	3.36	8.57	6.27	-1.27
76	LSU	SEC	5-6	0.45	11.24	1.64	13.69	5.91	-0.91
77	Virginia Tech	ACC	5-6	0.45	11.12	1.64	10.99	5.95	-0.95
78	Florida State	ACC	5-6	0.45	11.1	1.45	12.57	5.84	-0.84
79	Memphis	American Athletic	5-6	0.45	10.66	0.45	10.87	5.6	-0.6
80	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	5-6	0.45	10.62	0.55	9.7	5.64	-0.64
81	Syracuse	ACC	5-6	0.45	10.48	0	12.2	5.5	-0.5
82	California	Pac-12	4-6	0.4	10.07	3.6	8.57	5.92	-1.92
83	Texas	Big 12	4-7	0.36	9.86	4.09	14.59	6.27	-2.27
84	Troy	Sun Belt	5-6	0.45	9.76	-1.09	10.1	5.21	-0.21
85	Old Dominion	Conference USA	5-6	0.45	9.65	-1	10.58	5.25	-0.25
86	South Alabama	Sun Belt	5-6	0.45	9.56	-1.09	7.52	5.22	-0.22
87	North Texas	Conference USA	5-6	0.45	9.55	-0.82	8.65	5.31	-0.31
88	Rutgers	Big Ten	5-6	0.45	9.48	-2.27	11.52	4.83	0.17
89	Tulsa	American Athletic	5-6	0.45	9.33	-1.73	9.84	5.07	-0.07
90	TCU	Big 12	5-6	0.45	9.13	-3.73	12.61	4.74	0.26
91	Ball State	Mid-American	5-6	0.45	9.12	-3.82	11.09	4.58	0.42
92	San José State	Mountain West	5-6	0.45	8.85	-4.27	9.26	4.31	0.69
93	Washington	Pac-12	4-7	0.36	8.8	1.18	9.53	5.85	-1.85
94	Maryland	Big Ten	5-6	0.45	8.76	-7.82	12.92	3.84	1.16
95	Charlotte	Conference USA	5-6	0.45	8.6	-5.45	7.24	4.3	0.7
96	Buffalo	Mid-American	4-7	0.36	8.57	0.82	8.33	5.67	-1.67
97	USC	Pac-12	4-6	0.4	8.37	-2.3	12.07	4.56	-0.56
98	Hawai'i	Mountain West	5-7	0.42	8.07	-4.83	9.73	4.88	0.12
99	Nebraska	Big Ten	3-8	0.27	7.99	6.36	14.05	7.1	-4.1
100	Illinois	Big Ten	4-7	0.36	7.09	-4.91	15.15	3.95	0.05
101	Colorado	Pac-12	4-7	0.36	6.51	-7.27	11.22	3.51	0.49
102	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	4-7	0.36	6.15	-13.27	10.74	2.66	1.34
103	Colorado State	Mountain West	3-8	0.27	5.56	-1.18	10.19	5.2	-2.2
104	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-8	0.27	4.73	-6.27	12.76	4.13	-1.13
105	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	3-8	0.27	4.66	-6.18	11.35	4.21	-1.21
106	Ohio	Mid-American	3-8	0.27	4.46	-7.45	9.73	3.78	-0.78
107	Stanford	Pac-12	3-8	0.27	4.38	-10.27	13.52	3.08	-0.08
108	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	3-8	0.27	4.31	-10	11.38	3.19	-0.19
109	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-8	0.27	4.31	-10.55	12.41	2.64	0.36
110	Texas State	Sun Belt	3-8	0.27	4.21	-11	10.43	3.12	-0.12
111	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-8	0.27	4.2	-11.09	9.94	2.99	0.01
112	Duke	ACC	3-8	0.27	3.98	-15.09	10.06	2.63	0.37
113	New Mexico	Mountain West	3-8	0.27	3.98	-15.45	10.77	1.4	1.6
114	Rice	Conference USA	3-8	0.27	3.96	-16.36	11.81	2.17	0.83
115	Temple	American Athletic	3-8	0.27	3.75	-20.91	10.78	1.39	1.61
116	Navy	American Athletic	2-8	0.2	2.65	-12.6	17.37	2.27	-0.27
117	Tulane	American Athletic	2-9	0.18	2.49	-6.55	14.33	4.14	-2.14
118	UNLV	Mountain West	2-9	0.18	2.26	-10.09	13.34	3.14	-1.14
119	South Florida	American Athletic	2-9	0.18	2.12	-12.18	12.34	3.02	-1.02
120	Indiana	Big Ten	2-9	0.18	2.06	-14.09	15.75	2.25	-0.25
121	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	2-9	0.18	1.95	-14.36	10.64	2.84	-0.84
122	Southern Miss	Conference USA	2-9	0.18	1.94	-13	11.24	2.15	-0.15
123	Akron	Mid-American	2-9	0.18	1.76	-18.27	9.19	1.98	0.02
124	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-9	0.18	1.72	-19.73	10.51	1.35	0.65
125	Kansas	Big 12	2-9	0.18	1.64	-22.82	13.41	1.56	0.44
126	Arizona	Pac-12	1-10	0.09	-0.05	-13.45	12.13	2.25	-1.25
127	Florida International	Conference USA	1-10	0.09	-0.32	-19.27	9.58	1.91	-0.91
128	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	1-10	0.09	-0.39	-21	11.96	1.75	-0.75
129	UConn	FBS Independents	1-10	0.09	-0.43	-22.45	8.22	1.17	-0.17
130	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	1-10	0.09	-0.59	-27.64	9.89	0.88	0.12