2021 W17 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:37.796979+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Cincinnati	American Athletic	13-0	1	24.73	23.15	9.21	11.6	1.4
2	Georgia	SEC	12-1	0.92	23.61	29.85	11.7	12.56	-0.56
3	Alabama	SEC	12-1	0.92	23.46	22.31	12.09	11.09	0.91
4	Michigan	Big Ten	12-1	0.92	23.46	21.62	12.22	11.48	0.52
5	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	11-1	0.92	23.19	17	11.73	9.92	1.08
6	Louisiana	Sun Belt	13-1	0.93	22.57	12.57	8.36	10.83	2.17
7	Ohio State	Big Ten	10-2	0.83	21.56	24.58	12.58	10.36	-0.36
8	Oklahoma State	Big 12	11-2	0.85	21.45	13.85	11.75	10.48	0.52
9	Baylor	Big 12	11-2	0.85	21.4	13.31	11.64	10.11	0.89
10	Pittsburgh	ACC	11-2	0.85	21.35	19.92	9.63	10.58	0.42
11	UTSA	Conference USA	12-2	0.86	21.24	12.21	9.54	10.11	1.89
12	San Diego State	Mountain West	12-2	0.86	21	7.57	10.41	9.56	2.44
13	Houston	American Athletic	11-2	0.85	20.83	16.31	7.42	10.35	0.65
14	Ole Miss	SEC	10-2	0.83	20.75	10.92	11.34	8.43	1.57
15	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	11-2	0.85	20.67	19.31	5.79	10.65	0.35
16	Oklahoma	Big 12	10-2	0.83	20.6	13.17	9.63	8.76	1.24
17	Michigan State	Big Ten	10-2	0.83	20.27	6.25	10.79	7.52	2.48
18	Utah	Pac-12	10-3	0.77	19.59	14.85	11.14	10.18	-0.18
19	Wake Forest	ACC	10-3	0.77	19.43	10.92	11.58	8.77	1.23
20	Utah State	Mountain West	11-3	0.79	19.34	8.14	9.43	9.3	1.7
21	Fresno State	Mountain West	10-3	0.77	19.23	12.85	9.56	9.88	0.12
22	BYU	FBS Independents	10-3	0.77	19.09	8.31	10.64	8.64	1.36
23	Clemson	ACC	9-3	0.75	18.93	11.83	10.92	9.58	-0.58
24	NC State	ACC	9-3	0.75	18.9	13.42	10.07	9.29	-0.29
25	Oregon	Pac-12	10-3	0.77	18.89	5.92	10.86	8.08	1.92
26	Iowa	Big Ten	10-3	0.77	18.87	4.77	11.69	8.17	1.83
27	Air Force	Mountain West	9-3	0.75	18.75	11.92	9.65	9.11	-0.11
28	Kentucky	SEC	9-3	0.75	18.64	11.25	9.2	8.72	0.28
29	App State	Sun Belt	10-4	0.71	18.09	12.36	11.14	10.37	-0.37
30	Wisconsin	Big Ten	8-4	0.67	17.43	9.42	14.32	8.95	-0.95
31	Army	FBS Independents	9-4	0.69	17.34	10.54	9.88	9.29	-0.29
32	Texas A&M	SEC	8-4	0.67	17.23	13.42	11.03	9.72	-1.72
33	UAB	Conference USA	9-4	0.69	17.05	6.31	10.28	8.3	0.7
34	Purdue	Big Ten	8-4	0.67	17	7	12.74	8.01	-0.01
35	Arkansas	SEC	8-4	0.67	16.97	7.5	12.14	7.87	0.13
36	UCLA	Pac-12	8-4	0.67	16.96	9.75	10.72	8.11	-0.11
37	Nevada	Mountain West	8-4	0.67	16.95	12.25	9.47	8.69	-0.69
38	UCF	American Athletic	9-4	0.69	16.9	7.38	8.56	8.46	0.54
39	Minnesota	Big Ten	8-4	0.67	16.83	7.83	10.87	8.4	-0.4
40	SMU	American Athletic	8-4	0.67	16.75	10	9.03	8.06	-0.06
41	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	9-5	0.64	16.61	14.86	10.91	10.15	-1.15
42	Arizona State	Pac-12	8-4	0.67	16.54	8.75	8.17	8.35	-0.35
43	Central Michigan	Mid-American	8-4	0.67	16.44	6.83	8.67	7.61	0.39
44	Liberty	FBS Independents	8-5	0.62	15.98	12.08	10.63	9.64	-1.64
45	Boise State	Mountain West	7-5	0.58	15.51	10.17	15.28	8.81	-1.81
46	Tennessee	SEC	7-5	0.58	15.22	11.33	12.22	8.33	-1.33
47	Iowa State	Big 12	7-5	0.58	15.13	12.25	11.02	9.02	-2.02
48	Penn State	Big Ten	7-5	0.58	15.07	9.5	12.02	8.92	-1.92
49	Mississippi State	SEC	7-5	0.58	14.76	5.67	12.42	7.41	-0.41
50	Miami	ACC	7-5	0.58	14.74	5.67	12.26	7.27	-0.27
51	Georgia State	Sun Belt	8-5	0.62	14.55	1.08	11.33	6.8	1.2
52	Kansas State	Big 12	7-5	0.58	14.55	5.25	11.07	7.55	-0.55
53	Washington State	Pac-12	7-5	0.58	14.32	4.17	10.34	7.11	-0.11
54	East Carolina	American Athletic	7-5	0.58	14.15	3.42	9.97	6.86	0.14
55	Western Michigan	Mid-American	7-5	0.58	14	2.25	10.76	6.54	0.46
56	Marshall	Conference USA	7-6	0.54	13.98	9.23	10.59	8.91	-1.91
57	Toledo	Mid-American	7-6	0.54	13.88	11.62	8.3	9.54	-2.54
58	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	9-5	0.64	13.72	-1.5	10.83	6.62	2.38
59	Oregon State	Pac-12	7-6	0.54	13.62	5.46	10.62	7.96	-0.96
60	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	7-6	0.54	13.56	5.85	9.88	8.2	-1.2
61	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	7-6	0.54	13.26	4.15	8.94	7.64	-0.64
62	Auburn	SEC	6-6	0.5	13.2	7.42	13.23	7.98	-1.98
63	Louisville	ACC	6-6	0.5	12.84	4.92	12.52	7.17	-1.17
64	Wyoming	Mountain West	7-6	0.54	12.77	1.69	9.42	7.03	-0.03
65	North Carolina	ACC	6-6	0.5	12.77	4.83	11.86	7	-1
66	Virginia	ACC	6-6	0.5	12.41	2.75	11.83	6.59	-0.59
67	LSU	SEC	6-6	0.5	12.37	1.75	13.91	6.47	-0.47
68	West Virginia	Big 12	6-6	0.5	12.31	2.5	11.37	6.69	-0.69
69	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	7-6	0.54	12.13	0.15	9.16	6.54	0.46
70	Virginia Tech	ACC	6-6	0.5	12.11	1.92	10.71	6.57	-0.57
71	Boston College	ACC	6-6	0.5	12.08	2.5	8.98	6.76	-0.76
72	Tulsa	American Athletic	7-6	0.54	11.93	-0.23	10.31	6.43	0.57
73	UTEP	Conference USA	7-6	0.54	11.88	-0.15	8.86	6.45	0.55
74	Memphis	American Athletic	6-6	0.5	11.67	0.83	9.95	6.2	-0.2
75	Florida	SEC	6-7	0.46	11.67	3.92	11	7.54	-1.54
76	Texas	Big 12	5-7	0.42	11.05	4.17	14.21	6.89	-1.89
77	Texas Tech	Big 12	6-6	0.5	10.44	-2.08	11.38	5.52	0.48
78	North Texas	Conference USA	6-7	0.46	10.31	0	9.51	6.5	-0.5
79	South Carolina	SEC	6-6	0.5	10.3	-2.92	11.97	5.1	0.9
80	Old Dominion	Conference USA	6-7	0.46	10.17	-0.15	9.17	6.46	-0.46
81	Florida State	ACC	5-7	0.42	10.14	1.08	12	6.28	-1.28
82	Kent State	Mid-American	7-7	0.5	10.08	-3.29	9.74	6.22	0.78
83	California	Pac-12	5-7	0.42	10	1.5	8.45	6.46	-1.46
84	Maryland	Big Ten	6-6	0.5	9.98	-5.17	12.38	4.78	1.22
85	Hawai'i	Mountain West	6-7	0.46	9.28	-2.62	9.66	5.83	0.17
86	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	5-7	0.42	9.17	-0.33	9.74	5.91	-0.91
87	Missouri	SEC	6-7	0.46	9.16	-4.77	12.59	5.34	0.66
88	Ball State	Mid-American	6-7	0.46	9.09	-4.31	10.59	5.25	0.75
89	Syracuse	ACC	5-7	0.42	8.87	-1.42	12.01	5.61	-0.61
90	Illinois	Big Ten	5-7	0.42	8.84	-1.75	13.09	5.41	-0.41
91	South Alabama	Sun Belt	5-7	0.42	8.59	-1.5	8.39	5.59	-0.59
92	Troy	Sun Belt	5-7	0.42	8.27	-3.25	9.77	5.06	-0.06
93	Rutgers	Big Ten	5-7	0.42	8.17	-4.08	10.35	4.73	0.27
94	TCU	Big 12	5-7	0.42	8	-6.25	12.12	4.62	0.38
95	San José State	Mountain West	5-7	0.42	7.82	-6.5	9.61	4.07	0.93
96	Charlotte	Conference USA	5-7	0.42	7.64	-6.83	7.36	4.44	0.56
97	Nebraska	Big Ten	3-9	0.25	7.25	5.25	13.82	7.45	-4.45
98	Buffalo	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	6.92	-0.67	8.55	5.84	-1.84
99	Washington	Pac-12	4-8	0.33	6.77	-1.17	9.58	5.62	-1.62
100	USC	Pac-12	4-8	0.33	6.43	-3.08	12.56	5.28	-1.28
101	Navy	American Athletic	4-8	0.33	5.94	-8.17	15.96	3.7	0.3
102	Colorado	Pac-12	4-8	0.33	5.74	-7.92	11.08	3.63	0.37
103	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	5.53	-9.25	8.9	3.59	0.41
104	Texas State	Sun Belt	4-8	0.33	5.49	-9.92	8.9	3.6	0.4
105	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	4-8	0.33	5.42	-12.58	11.27	2.96	1.04
106	Rice	Conference USA	4-8	0.33	5.3	-14.67	11.2	2.71	1.29
107	Colorado State	Mountain West	3-9	0.25	4.28	-4.58	10.6	4.76	-1.76
108	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	3-9	0.25	4.12	-6	11.01	4.64	-1.64
109	Ohio	Mid-American	3-9	0.25	3.88	-7.75	8.8	3.98	-0.98
110	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-9	0.25	3.87	-9.5	13.22	3.75	-0.75
111	Southern Miss	Conference USA	3-9	0.25	3.71	-10.25	9.65	3.03	-0.03
112	Stanford	Pac-12	3-9	0.25	3.71	-12	13.56	3.01	-0.01
113	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	3-9	0.25	3.69	-11.17	11.13	3.13	-0.13
114	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-9	0.25	3.62	-12.42	11.31	2.52	0.48
115	New Mexico	Mountain West	3-9	0.25	3.41	-16.25	11.01	1.42	1.58
116	Duke	ACC	3-9	0.25	3.34	-16.92	9.37	2.54	0.46
117	Temple	American Athletic	3-9	0.25	3.19	-21.17	9.85	1.47	1.53
118	Tulane	American Athletic	2-10	0.17	2.32	-6.42	13.81	4.54	-2.54
119	South Florida	American Athletic	2-10	0.17	1.88	-11.5	12.5	3.33	-1.33
120	UNLV	Mountain West	2-10	0.17	1.86	-12.08	13.32	3.02	-1.02
121	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	2-10	0.17	1.73	-13.33	9.69	3.22	-1.22
122	Indiana	Big Ten	2-10	0.17	1.67	-16	15.25	2.09	-0.09
123	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	2-10	0.17	1.53	-17.83	10.85	2.41	-0.41
124	Akron	Mid-American	2-10	0.17	1.44	-19.67	8.89	1.96	0.04
125	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-10	0.17	1.44	-20.08	10.29	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	-0.33	-14.25	12.11	2.31	-1.31
128	Florida International	Conference USA	1-11	0.08	-0.55	-19.33	9.2	2.04	-1.04
129	UConn	FBS Independents	1-11	0.08	-0.68	-22.92	9.59	1.26	-0.26
130	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	1-11	0.08	-0.79	-26.75	8.7	1.09	-0.09