2021 W15 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:37.796099+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Cincinnati	American Athletic	13-0	1	24.82	23.15	9.16	11.6	1.4
2	Georgia	SEC	12-1	0.92	23.71	29.85	11.74	12.56	-0.56
3	Michigan	Big Ten	12-1	0.92	23.58	21.62	12.39	11.48	0.52
4	Alabama	SEC	12-1	0.92	23.57	22.31	12.17	11.09	0.91
5	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	11-1	0.92	23.29	17	11.76	9.92	1.08
6	UTSA	Conference USA	12-1	0.92	22.58	14.23	8.63	9.8	2.2
7	Louisiana	Sun Belt	12-1	0.92	22.39	12.38	8.12	10.05	1.95
8	Ohio State	Big Ten	10-2	0.83	21.67	24.58	12.66	10.36	-0.36
9	Oklahoma State	Big 12	11-2	0.85	21.55	13.85	11.83	10.48	0.52
10	Baylor	Big 12	11-2	0.85	21.52	13.31	11.82	10.11	0.89
11	Pittsburgh	ACC	11-2	0.85	21.45	19.92	9.7	10.58	0.42
12	Houston	American Athletic	11-2	0.85	20.9	16.31	7.35	10.35	0.65
13	Ole Miss	SEC	10-2	0.83	20.83	10.92	11.33	8.43	1.57
14	Oklahoma	Big 12	10-2	0.83	20.7	13.17	9.7	8.76	1.24
15	San Diego State	Mountain West	11-2	0.85	20.67	7.08	9.47	8.79	2.21
16	BYU	FBS Independents	10-2	0.83	20.52	9.25	10.13	8.19	1.81
17	Michigan State	Big Ten	10-2	0.83	20.36	6.25	10.82	7.52	2.48
18	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	10-2	0.83	20.27	20.42	5.28	10.09	-0.09
19	Utah	Pac-12	10-3	0.77	19.71	14.85	11.39	10.18	-0.18
20	App State	Sun Belt	10-3	0.77	19.61	14.92	10.77	10.34	-0.34
21	Wake Forest	ACC	10-3	0.77	19.54	10.92	11.78	8.77	1.23
22	Clemson	ACC	9-3	0.75	19.02	11.83	11	9.58	-0.58
23	Oregon	Pac-12	10-3	0.77	18.99	5.92	10.97	8.08	1.92
24	NC State	ACC	9-3	0.75	18.99	13.42	10.15	9.29	-0.29
25	Iowa	Big Ten	10-3	0.77	18.97	4.77	11.77	8.17	1.83
26	Utah State	Mountain West	10-3	0.77	18.92	7.92	9.26	8.53	1.47
27	Fresno State	Mountain West	9-3	0.75	18.87	13.33	9.43	9.22	-0.22
28	Air Force	Mountain West	9-3	0.75	18.83	11.92	9.67	9.11	-0.11
29	Kentucky	SEC	9-3	0.75	18.73	11.25	9.27	8.72	0.28
30	Wisconsin	Big Ten	8-4	0.67	17.55	9.42	14.68	8.95	-0.95
31	Texas A&M	SEC	8-4	0.67	17.31	13.42	11.1	9.72	-1.72
32	Purdue	Big Ten	8-4	0.67	17.09	7	12.9	8.01	-0.01
33	Arkansas	SEC	8-4	0.67	17.05	7.5	12.22	7.87	0.13
34	Army	FBS Independents	8-4	0.67	17.04	11.25	9.68	8.69	-0.69
35	Nevada	Mountain West	8-4	0.67	17.03	12.25	9.5	8.69	-0.69
36	UCLA	Pac-12	8-4	0.67	17.03	9.75	10.74	8.11	-0.11
37	Minnesota	Big Ten	8-4	0.67	16.91	7.83	10.95	8.4	-0.4
38	SMU	American Athletic	8-4	0.67	16.81	10	8.96	8.06	-0.06
39	Arizona State	Pac-12	8-4	0.67	16.64	8.75	8.42	8.35	-0.35
40	UAB	Conference USA	8-4	0.67	16.62	6.58	9.69	7.75	0.25
41	Central Michigan	Mid-American	8-4	0.67	16.56	6.83	9.04	7.61	0.39
42	UCF	American Athletic	8-4	0.67	16.45	7	8.14	7.7	0.3
43	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	8-5	0.62	16.16	14.38	10.53	9.41	-1.41
44	Boise State	Mountain West	7-5	0.58	15.6	10.17	15.49	8.81	-1.81
45	Tennessee	SEC	7-5	0.58	15.29	11.33	12.3	8.33	-1.33
46	Iowa State	Big 12	7-5	0.58	15.21	12.25	11.1	9.02	-2.02
47	Penn State	Big Ten	7-5	0.58	15.14	9.5	12.1	8.92	-1.92
48	Liberty	FBS Independents	7-5	0.58	15	10.08	10.54	8.55	-1.55
49	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	9-4	0.69	14.97	-1.15	10.34	6.22	2.78
50	Marshall	Conference USA	7-5	0.58	14.95	11.25	9.47	8.66	-1.66
51	Toledo	Mid-American	7-5	0.58	14.9	13.17	8.18	9.12	-2.12
52	Mississippi State	SEC	7-5	0.58	14.83	5.67	12.5	7.41	-0.41
53	Miami	ACC	7-5	0.58	14.82	5.67	12.46	7.27	-0.27
54	Oregon State	Pac-12	7-5	0.58	14.65	6.83	9.95	7.62	-0.62
55	Kansas State	Big 12	7-5	0.58	14.62	5.25	11.14	7.55	-0.55
56	Washington State	Pac-12	7-5	0.58	14.4	4.17	10.55	7.11	-0.11
57	East Carolina	American Athletic	7-5	0.58	14.22	3.42	10.1	6.86	0.14
58	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-5	0.58	14.1	2.25	11.15	6.54	0.46
59	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	7-5	0.58	14.03	3.17	8.81	6.76	0.24
60	Auburn	SEC	6-6	0.5	13.26	7.42	13.32	7.98	-1.98
61	UTEP	Conference USA	7-5	0.58	13.11	0.42	8	6.12	0.88
62	Louisville	ACC	6-6	0.5	12.91	4.92	12.61	7.17	-1.17
63	North Carolina	ACC	6-6	0.5	12.83	4.83	11.94	7	-1
64	Florida	SEC	6-6	0.5	12.75	5.25	10.62	7.26	-1.26
65	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	6-6	0.5	12.69	5.25	10.06	7.39	-1.39
66	Georgia State	Sun Belt	7-5	0.58	12.53	-1.42	11.65	5.63	1.37
67	Virginia	ACC	6-6	0.5	12.48	2.75	12.01	6.59	-0.59
68	LSU	SEC	6-6	0.5	12.43	1.75	14	6.47	-0.47
69	West Virginia	Big 12	6-6	0.5	12.37	2.5	11.45	6.69	-0.69
70	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	6-6	0.5	12.35	3.92	8.53	6.99	-0.99
71	Virginia Tech	ACC	6-6	0.5	12.16	1.92	10.7	6.57	-0.57
72	Boston College	ACC	6-6	0.5	12.14	2.5	9.04	6.76	-0.76
73	North Texas	Conference USA	6-6	0.5	11.76	1.08	9.35	6.27	-0.27
74	Memphis	American Athletic	6-6	0.5	11.71	0.83	9.88	6.2	-0.2
75	Old Dominion	Conference USA	6-6	0.5	11.67	0.92	9.08	6.23	-0.23
76	Wyoming	Mountain West	6-6	0.5	11.59	0.67	9.36	6.21	-0.21
77	Kent State	Mid-American	7-6	0.54	11.17	-2.46	9.84	5.94	1.06
78	Texas	Big 12	5-7	0.42	11.1	4.17	14.28	6.89	-1.89
79	Tulsa	American Athletic	6-6	0.5	10.6	-1.33	10.13	5.65	0.35
80	Texas Tech	Big 12	6-6	0.5	10.49	-2.08	11.46	5.52	0.48
81	Ball State	Mid-American	6-6	0.5	10.45	-2.08	10.94	5.42	0.58
82	South Carolina	SEC	6-6	0.5	10.35	-2.92	12.06	5.1	0.9
83	Florida State	ACC	5-7	0.42	10.19	1.08	12.08	6.28	-1.28
84	California	Pac-12	5-7	0.42	10.05	1.5	8.58	6.46	-1.46
85	Missouri	SEC	6-6	0.5	10.03	-5	12.31	4.9	1.1
86	Maryland	Big Ten	6-6	0.5	10.02	-5.17	12.47	4.78	1.22
87	Hawai'i	Mountain West	6-7	0.46	9.32	-2.62	9.72	5.83	0.17
88	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	5-7	0.42	9.21	-0.33	9.81	5.91	-0.91
89	Syracuse	ACC	5-7	0.42	8.9	-1.42	12.01	5.61	-0.61
90	Illinois	Big Ten	5-7	0.42	8.88	-1.75	13.18	5.41	-0.41
91	South Alabama	Sun Belt	5-7	0.42	8.63	-1.5	8.5	5.59	-0.59
92	Troy	Sun Belt	5-7	0.42	8.31	-3.25	9.8	5.06	-0.06
93	Rutgers	Big Ten	5-7	0.42	8.21	-4.08	10.43	4.73	0.27
94	TCU	Big 12	5-7	0.42	8.04	-6.25	12.2	4.62	0.38
95	San José State	Mountain West	5-7	0.42	7.85	-6.5	9.59	4.07	0.93
96	Charlotte	Conference USA	5-7	0.42	7.68	-6.83	7.37	4.44	0.56
97	Nebraska	Big Ten	3-9	0.25	7.28	5.25	13.91	7.45	-4.45
98	Buffalo	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	6.95	-0.67	8.66	5.84	-1.84
99	Washington	Pac-12	4-8	0.33	6.81	-1.17	9.72	5.62	-1.62
100	USC	Pac-12	4-8	0.33	6.47	-3.08	12.81	5.28	-1.28
101	Navy	American Athletic	4-8	0.33	5.93	-8.17	16.25	3.7	0.3
102	Colorado	Pac-12	4-8	0.33	5.77	-7.92	11.23	3.63	0.37
103	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	5.57	-9.25	9.27	3.59	0.41
104	Texas State	Sun Belt	4-8	0.33	5.51	-9.92	9.04	3.6	0.4
105	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	4-8	0.33	5.44	-12.58	11.31	2.96	1.04
106	Rice	Conference USA	4-8	0.33	5.33	-14.67	11.28	2.71	1.29
107	Colorado State	Mountain West	3-9	0.25	4.31	-4.58	10.7	4.76	-1.76
108	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	3-9	0.25	4.14	-6	11.13	4.64	-1.64
109	Ohio	Mid-American	3-9	0.25	3.9	-7.75	9.05	3.98	-0.98
110	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-9	0.25	3.89	-9.5	13.4	3.75	-0.75
111	Stanford	Pac-12	3-9	0.25	3.73	-12	13.72	3.01	-0.01
112	Southern Miss	Conference USA	3-9	0.25	3.72	-10.25	9.69	3.03	-0.03
113	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	3-9	0.25	3.71	-11.17	11.36	3.13	-0.13
114	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-9	0.25	3.64	-12.42	11.39	2.52	0.48
115	New Mexico	Mountain West	3-9	0.25	3.43	-16.25	11.09	1.42	1.58
116	Duke	ACC	3-9	0.25	3.35	-16.92	9.44	2.54	0.46
117	Temple	American Athletic	3-9	0.25	3.2	-21.17	9.78	1.47	1.53
118	Tulane	American Athletic	2-10	0.17	2.33	-6.42	13.85	4.54	-2.54
119	South Florida	American Athletic	2-10	0.17	1.89	-11.5	12.68	3.33	-1.33
120	UNLV	Mountain West	2-10	0.17	1.86	-12.08	13.33	3.02	-1.02
121	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	2-10	0.17	1.74	-13.33	9.81	3.22	-1.22
122	Indiana	Big Ten	2-10	0.17	1.68	-16	15.31	2.09	-0.09
123	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	2-10	0.17	1.54	-17.83	10.97	2.41	-0.41
124	Akron	Mid-American	2-10	0.17	1.45	-19.67	9.02	1.96	0.04
125	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-10	0.17	1.45	-20.08	10.37	1.5	0.5
126	Kansas	Big 12	2-10	0.17	1.42	-21.42	12.49	1.88	0.12
127	Arizona	Pac-12	1-11	0.08	-0.34	-14.25	12.3	2.31	-1.31
128	Florida International	Conference USA	1-11	0.08	-0.55	-19.33	9.21	2.04	-1.04
129	UConn	FBS Independents	1-11	0.08	-0.68	-22.92	9.67	1.26	-0.26
130	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	1-11	0.08	-0.79	-26.75	8.98	1.09	-0.09