2021 W16 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:37.796523+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Cincinnati	American Athletic	13-0	1	24.78	23.15	9.23	11.6	1.4
2	Georgia	SEC	12-1	0.92	23.65	29.85	11.69	12.56	-0.56
3	Michigan	Big Ten	12-1	0.92	23.52	21.62	12.34	11.48	0.52
4	Alabama	SEC	12-1	0.92	23.51	22.31	12.12	11.09	0.91
5	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	11-1	0.92	23.25	17	11.84	9.92	1.08
6	Louisiana	Sun Belt	13-1	0.93	22.64	12.57	8.57	10.83	2.17
7	UTSA	Conference USA	12-1	0.92	22.52	14.23	8.6	9.8	2.2
8	Ohio State	Big Ten	10-2	0.83	21.61	24.58	12.61	10.36	-0.36
9	Oklahoma State	Big 12	11-2	0.85	21.49	13.85	11.78	10.48	0.52
10	Baylor	Big 12	11-2	0.85	21.46	13.31	11.78	10.11	0.89
11	Pittsburgh	ACC	11-2	0.85	21.4	19.92	9.66	10.58	0.42
12	Houston	American Athletic	11-2	0.85	20.87	16.31	7.43	10.35	0.65
13	Ole Miss	SEC	10-2	0.83	20.78	10.92	11.29	8.43	1.57
14	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	11-2	0.85	20.73	19.31	6	10.65	0.35
15	Oklahoma	Big 12	10-2	0.83	20.65	13.17	9.66	8.76	1.24
16	San Diego State	Mountain West	11-2	0.85	20.62	7.08	9.43	8.79	2.21
17	Michigan State	Big Ten	10-2	0.83	20.31	6.25	10.77	7.52	2.48
18	Utah	Pac-12	10-3	0.77	19.66	14.85	11.35	10.18	-0.18
19	Wake Forest	ACC	10-3	0.77	19.47	10.92	11.61	8.77	1.23
20	Utah State	Mountain West	11-3	0.79	19.39	8.14	9.61	9.3	1.7
21	Fresno State	Mountain West	10-3	0.77	19.27	12.85	9.68	9.88	0.12
22	BYU	FBS Independents	10-3	0.77	19.16	8.31	10.59	8.64	1.36
23	Clemson	ACC	9-3	0.75	18.97	11.83	10.95	9.58	-0.58
24	Oregon	Pac-12	10-3	0.77	18.94	5.92	10.93	8.08	1.92
25	NC State	ACC	9-3	0.75	18.94	13.42	10.1	9.29	-0.29
26	Iowa	Big Ten	10-3	0.77	18.92	4.77	11.73	8.17	1.83
27	Air Force	Mountain West	9-3	0.75	18.78	11.92	9.63	9.11	-0.11
28	Kentucky	SEC	9-3	0.75	18.68	11.25	9.23	8.72	0.28
29	App State	Sun Belt	10-4	0.71	18.17	12.36	11.11	10.37	-0.37
30	Wisconsin	Big Ten	8-4	0.67	17.48	9.42	14.51	8.95	-0.95
31	Texas A&M	SEC	8-4	0.67	17.27	13.42	11.06	9.72	-1.72
32	UAB	Conference USA	9-4	0.69	17.09	6.31	10.49	8.3	0.7
33	Purdue	Big Ten	8-4	0.67	17.05	7	12.85	8.01	-0.01
34	Arkansas	SEC	8-4	0.67	17.01	7.5	12.18	7.87	0.13
35	Nevada	Mountain West	8-4	0.67	16.99	12.25	9.46	8.69	-0.69
36	UCLA	Pac-12	8-4	0.67	16.99	9.75	10.7	8.11	-0.11
37	Army	FBS Independents	8-4	0.67	16.97	11.25	9.77	8.69	-0.69
38	Minnesota	Big Ten	8-4	0.67	16.86	7.83	10.9	8.4	-0.4
39	SMU	American Athletic	8-4	0.67	16.78	10	9.05	8.06	-0.06
40	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	9-5	0.64	16.65	14.86	11.03	10.15	-1.15
41	Arizona State	Pac-12	8-4	0.67	16.6	8.75	8.38	8.35	-0.35
42	Central Michigan	Mid-American	8-4	0.67	16.52	6.83	9.01	7.61	0.39
43	UCF	American Athletic	8-4	0.67	16.43	7	8.23	7.7	0.3
44	Liberty	FBS Independents	8-5	0.62	15.98	12.08	10.66	9.64	-1.64
45	Boise State	Mountain West	7-5	0.58	15.56	10.17	15.44	8.81	-1.81
46	Tennessee	SEC	7-5	0.58	15.25	11.33	12.26	8.33	-1.33
47	Iowa State	Big 12	7-5	0.58	15.17	12.25	11.05	9.02	-2.02
48	Penn State	Big Ten	7-5	0.58	15.1	9.5	12.05	8.92	-1.92
49	Mississippi State	SEC	7-5	0.58	14.79	5.67	12.46	7.41	-0.41
50	Miami	ACC	7-5	0.58	14.78	5.67	12.41	7.27	-0.27
51	Kansas State	Big 12	7-5	0.58	14.58	5.25	11.1	7.55	-0.55
52	Washington State	Pac-12	7-5	0.58	14.36	4.17	10.51	7.11	-0.11
53	East Carolina	American Athletic	7-5	0.58	14.2	3.42	10.18	6.86	0.14
54	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-5	0.58	14.07	2.25	11.11	6.54	0.46
55	Marshall	Conference USA	7-6	0.54	14.03	9.23	10.54	8.91	-1.91
56	Toledo	Mid-American	7-6	0.54	13.96	11.62	8.48	9.54	-2.54
57	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	9-5	0.64	13.8	-1.5	11.02	6.62	2.38
58	Oregon State	Pac-12	7-6	0.54	13.68	5.46	10.61	7.96	-0.96
59	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	7-6	0.54	13.26	4.15	8.98	7.64	-0.64
60	Auburn	SEC	6-6	0.5	13.23	7.42	13.27	7.98	-1.98
61	Louisville	ACC	6-6	0.5	12.87	4.92	12.55	7.17	-1.17
62	North Carolina	ACC	6-6	0.5	12.79	4.83	11.89	7	-1
63	Florida	SEC	6-6	0.5	12.71	5.25	10.57	7.26	-1.26
64	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	6-6	0.5	12.65	5.25	9.9	7.39	-1.39
65	Georgia State	Sun Belt	7-5	0.58	12.48	-1.42	11.48	5.63	1.37
66	Virginia	ACC	6-6	0.5	12.45	2.75	11.97	6.59	-0.59
67	LSU	SEC	6-6	0.5	12.4	1.75	13.95	6.47	-0.47
68	West Virginia	Big 12	6-6	0.5	12.34	2.5	11.4	6.69	-0.69
69	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	7-6	0.54	12.22	0.15	9.26	6.54	0.46
70	Virginia Tech	ACC	6-6	0.5	12.13	1.92	10.66	6.57	-0.57
71	Boston College	ACC	6-6	0.5	12.11	2.5	9	6.76	-0.76
72	UTEP	Conference USA	7-6	0.54	11.93	-0.15	8.81	6.45	0.55
73	North Texas	Conference USA	6-6	0.5	11.73	1.08	9.31	6.27	-0.27
74	Memphis	American Athletic	6-6	0.5	11.7	0.83	9.97	6.2	-0.2
75	Old Dominion	Conference USA	6-6	0.5	11.64	0.92	9.04	6.23	-0.23
76	Wyoming	Mountain West	6-6	0.5	11.56	0.67	9.32	6.21	-0.21
77	Kent State	Mid-American	7-6	0.54	11.14	-2.46	9.8	5.94	1.06
78	Texas	Big 12	5-7	0.42	11.07	4.17	14.22	6.89	-1.89
79	Tulsa	American Athletic	6-6	0.5	10.58	-1.33	10.21	5.65	0.35
80	Texas Tech	Big 12	6-6	0.5	10.47	-2.08	11.41	5.52	0.48
81	Ball State	Mid-American	6-6	0.5	10.41	-2.08	10.78	5.42	0.58
82	South Carolina	SEC	6-6	0.5	10.33	-2.92	12.01	5.1	0.9
83	Florida State	ACC	5-7	0.42	10.17	1.08	12.03	6.28	-1.28
84	California	Pac-12	5-7	0.42	10.03	1.5	8.55	6.46	-1.46
85	Missouri	SEC	6-6	0.5	10.01	-5	12.26	4.9	1.1
86	Maryland	Big Ten	6-6	0.5	10	-5.17	12.41	4.78	1.22
87	Hawai'i	Mountain West	6-7	0.46	9.3	-2.62	9.68	5.83	0.17
88	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	5-7	0.42	9.19	-0.33	9.77	5.91	-0.91
89	Syracuse	ACC	5-7	0.42	8.88	-1.42	11.96	5.61	-0.61
90	Illinois	Big Ten	5-7	0.42	8.86	-1.75	13.13	5.41	-0.41
91	South Alabama	Sun Belt	5-7	0.42	8.61	-1.5	8.46	5.59	-0.59
92	Troy	Sun Belt	5-7	0.42	8.29	-3.25	9.76	5.06	-0.06
93	Rutgers	Big Ten	5-7	0.42	8.19	-4.08	10.38	4.73	0.27
94	TCU	Big 12	5-7	0.42	8.02	-6.25	12.15	4.62	0.38
95	San José State	Mountain West	5-7	0.42	7.83	-6.5	9.56	4.07	0.93
96	Charlotte	Conference USA	5-7	0.42	7.66	-6.83	7.33	4.44	0.56
97	Nebraska	Big Ten	3-9	0.25	7.26	5.25	13.86	7.45	-4.45
98	Buffalo	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	6.93	-0.67	8.63	5.84	-1.84
99	Washington	Pac-12	4-8	0.33	6.79	-1.17	9.69	5.62	-1.62
100	USC	Pac-12	4-8	0.33	6.45	-3.08	12.78	5.28	-1.28
101	Navy	American Athletic	4-8	0.33	5.96	-8.17	16.07	3.7	0.3
102	Colorado	Pac-12	4-8	0.33	5.76	-7.92	11.19	3.63	0.37
103	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	5.56	-9.25	9.24	3.59	0.41
104	Texas State	Sun Belt	4-8	0.33	5.5	-9.92	9	3.6	0.4
105	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	4-8	0.33	5.43	-12.58	11.26	2.96	1.04
106	Rice	Conference USA	4-8	0.33	5.32	-14.67	11.23	2.71	1.29
107	Colorado State	Mountain West	3-9	0.25	4.29	-4.58	10.66	4.76	-1.76
108	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	3-9	0.25	4.13	-6	11.09	4.64	-1.64
109	Ohio	Mid-American	3-9	0.25	3.89	-7.75	9.02	3.98	-0.98
110	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-9	0.25	3.88	-9.5	13.35	3.75	-0.75
111	Stanford	Pac-12	3-9	0.25	3.72	-12	13.68	3.01	-0.01
112	Southern Miss	Conference USA	3-9	0.25	3.71	-10.25	9.65	3.03	-0.03
113	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	3-9	0.25	3.7	-11.17	11.31	3.13	-0.13
114	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-9	0.25	3.63	-12.42	11.34	2.52	0.48
115	New Mexico	Mountain West	3-9	0.25	3.42	-16.25	11.05	1.42	1.58
116	Duke	ACC	3-9	0.25	3.35	-16.92	9.4	2.54	0.46
117	Temple	American Athletic	3-9	0.25	3.19	-21.17	9.86	1.47	1.53
118	Tulane	American Athletic	2-10	0.17	2.32	-6.42	13.8	4.54	-2.54
119	South Florida	American Athletic	2-10	0.17	1.89	-11.5	12.63	3.33	-1.33
120	UNLV	Mountain West	2-10	0.17	1.86	-12.08	13.28	3.02	-1.02
121	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	2-10	0.17	1.74	-13.33	9.77	3.22	-1.22
122	Indiana	Big Ten	2-10	0.17	1.67	-16	15.24	2.09	-0.09
123	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	2-10	0.17	1.54	-17.83	10.93	2.41	-0.41
124	Akron	Mid-American	2-10	0.17	1.44	-19.67	8.99	1.96	0.04
125	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-10	0.17	1.44	-20.08	10.32	1.5	0.5
126	Kansas	Big 12	2-10	0.17	1.42	-21.42	12.44	1.88	0.12
127	Arizona	Pac-12	1-11	0.08	-0.34	-14.25	12.26	2.31	-1.31
128	Florida International	Conference USA	1-11	0.08	-0.55	-19.33	9.17	2.04	-1.04
129	UConn	FBS Independents	1-11	0.08	-0.68	-22.92	9.5	1.26	-0.26
130	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	1-11	0.08	-0.79	-26.75	8.82	1.09	-0.09