2021 W18 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:37.797415+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Georgia	SEC	13-1	0.93	23.9	29.36	12.38	13.51	-0.51
2	Alabama	SEC	13-1	0.93	23.78	22.21	12.89	12.05	0.95
3	Cincinnati	American Athletic	13-1	0.93	23.29	20	10.41	12.1	0.9
4	Louisiana	Sun Belt	13-1	0.93	22.56	12.57	8.49	10.83	2.17
5	Michigan	Big Ten	12-2	0.86	22.1	18.43	13	11.86	0.14
6	Ohio State	Big Ten	11-2	0.85	22.02	22.92	13.2	10.91	0.09
7	Oklahoma State	Big 12	12-2	0.86	21.73	13	12.64	10.96	1.04
8	Baylor	Big 12	12-2	0.86	21.69	13.36	12.27	11	1
9	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	11-2	0.85	21.66	15.54	12.45	10.38	0.62
10	UTSA	Conference USA	12-2	0.86	21.15	12.21	9.44	10.11	1.89
11	Oklahoma	Big 12	11-2	0.85	21.12	13.31	10.32	9.47	1.53
12	Houston	American Athletic	12-2	0.86	21.05	15.43	7.92	11.08	0.92
13	San Diego State	Mountain West	12-2	0.86	20.96	7.57	10.3	9.56	2.44
14	Michigan State	Big Ten	11-2	0.85	20.83	6.54	11.58	8.23	2.77
15	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	11-2	0.85	20.66	19.31	5.93	10.65	0.35
16	Pittsburgh	ACC	11-3	0.79	20.05	17.79	10.37	11.07	-0.07
17	Wake Forest	ACC	11-3	0.79	19.86	12.14	11.24	9.76	1.24
18	Ole Miss	SEC	10-3	0.77	19.37	9	12.09	8.79	1.21
19	Clemson	ACC	10-3	0.77	19.36	11.46	11.22	10.34	-0.34
20	Utah State	Mountain West	11-3	0.79	19.32	8.14	9.52	9.3	1.7
21	Fresno State	Mountain West	10-3	0.77	19.22	12.85	9.67	9.88	0.12
22	Air Force	Mountain West	10-3	0.77	19.16	11.23	10.03	9.67	0.33
23	Kentucky	SEC	10-3	0.77	19.09	10.62	9.78	9.36	0.64
24	BYU	FBS Independents	10-3	0.77	19.05	8.31	10.6	8.64	1.36
25	NC State	ACC	9-3	0.75	18.86	13.42	10.05	9.29	-0.29
26	Utah	Pac-12	10-4	0.71	18.28	13.57	11.89	10.54	-0.54
27	App State	Sun Belt	10-4	0.71	18.08	12.36	11.25	10.37	-0.37
28	Wisconsin	Big Ten	9-4	0.69	17.85	9.23	14.49	9.68	-0.68
29	Iowa	Big Ten	10-4	0.71	17.49	4.21	12.09	8.62	1.38
30	Oregon	Pac-12	10-4	0.71	17.45	4.43	11.53	8.25	1.75
31	Arkansas	SEC	9-4	0.69	17.44	8	12.28	8.71	0.29
32	Purdue	Big Ten	9-4	0.69	17.41	6.69	12.9	8.45	0.55
33	Army	FBS Independents	9-4	0.69	17.33	10.54	9.93	9.29	-0.29
34	Minnesota	Big Ten	9-4	0.69	17.29	8.15	11.03	9.28	-0.28
35	Texas A&M	SEC	8-4	0.67	17.18	13.42	10.85	9.72	-1.72
36	UAB	Conference USA	9-4	0.69	16.99	6.31	10.05	8.3	0.7
37	UCLA	Pac-12	8-4	0.67	16.93	9.75	10.69	8.11	-0.11
38	UCF	American Athletic	9-4	0.69	16.88	7.38	8.46	8.46	0.54
39	Central Michigan	Mid-American	9-4	0.69	16.84	6.54	8.9	8.2	0.8
40	SMU	American Athletic	8-4	0.67	16.72	10	9.05	8.06	-0.06
41	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	9-5	0.64	16.55	14.86	10.63	10.15	-1.15
42	Liberty	FBS Independents	8-5	0.62	15.92	12.08	10.41	9.64	-1.64
43	Nevada	Mountain West	8-5	0.62	15.69	9.15	9.83	8.69	-0.69
44	Boise State	Mountain West	7-5	0.58	15.5	10.17	15.42	8.81	-1.81
45	Arizona State	Pac-12	8-5	0.62	15.43	7.54	8.86	8.78	-0.78
46	Western Michigan	Mid-American	8-5	0.62	15.24	4.23	11.02	7.57	0.43
47	Miami	ACC	7-5	0.58	14.71	5.67	12.23	7.27	-0.27
48	Georgia State	Sun Belt	8-5	0.62	14.58	1.08	11.23	6.8	1.2
49	Kansas State	Big 12	7-5	0.58	14.52	5.25	11.04	7.55	-0.55
50	Tennessee	SEC	7-6	0.54	14.26	10.23	12.42	8.73	-1.73
51	Iowa State	Big 12	7-6	0.54	14.2	10.77	11.61	9.5	-2.5
52	East Carolina	American Athletic	7-5	0.58	14.13	3.42	9.99	6.86	0.14
53	Penn State	Big Ten	7-6	0.54	14.04	7.69	12.27	9.17	-2.17
54	Marshall	Conference USA	7-6	0.54	13.93	9.23	10.34	8.91	-1.91
55	Toledo	Mid-American	7-6	0.54	13.84	11.62	8.17	9.54	-2.54
56	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	9-5	0.64	13.68	-1.5	10.64	6.62	2.38
57	Oregon State	Pac-12	7-6	0.54	13.6	5.46	10.59	7.96	-0.96
58	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	7-6	0.54	13.53	5.85	9.59	8.2	-1.2
59	Mississippi State	SEC	7-6	0.54	13.46	3.15	12.25	7.38	-0.38
60	Washington State	Pac-12	7-6	0.54	13.38	3.62	10.78	7.56	-0.56
61	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	7-6	0.54	13.22	4.15	8.71	7.64	-0.64
62	Wyoming	Mountain West	7-6	0.54	12.77	1.69	9.22	7.03	-0.03
63	Virginia	ACC	6-6	0.5	12.39	2.75	11.8	6.59	-0.59
64	LSU	SEC	6-6	0.5	12.34	1.75	13.79	6.47	-0.47
65	Texas Tech	Big 12	7-6	0.54	12.3	0.15	11.61	6.54	0.46
66	Auburn	SEC	6-7	0.46	12.26	6.54	13.95	8.46	-2.46
67	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	7-6	0.54	12.1	0.15	9.09	6.54	0.46
68	Boston College	ACC	6-6	0.5	12.05	2.5	8.89	6.76	-0.76
69	Tulsa	American Athletic	7-6	0.54	11.94	-0.23	10.17	6.43	0.57
70	Louisville	ACC	6-7	0.46	11.9	4.31	13.01	7.62	-1.62
71	UTEP	Conference USA	7-6	0.54	11.83	-0.15	8.52	6.45	0.55
72	Memphis	American Athletic	6-6	0.5	11.66	0.83	9.98	6.2	-0.2
73	Florida	SEC	6-7	0.46	11.62	3.92	10.95	7.54	-1.54
74	North Carolina	ACC	6-7	0.46	11.6	3.15	11.87	7.22	-1.22
75	Maryland	Big Ten	7-6	0.54	11.57	-1.38	12.25	6.14	0.86
76	South Carolina	SEC	7-6	0.54	11.54	-1.38	11.87	6.04	0.96
77	West Virginia	Big 12	6-7	0.46	11.16	1.38	11.77	6.93	-0.93
78	Texas	Big 12	5-7	0.42	11.03	4.17	14.18	6.89	-1.89
79	North Texas	Conference USA	6-7	0.46	10.24	0	9.4	6.5	-0.5
80	Old Dominion	Conference USA	6-7	0.46	10.12	-0.15	9.26	6.46	-0.46
81	Florida State	ACC	5-7	0.42	10.12	1.08	11.89	6.28	-1.28
82	Kent State	Mid-American	7-7	0.5	10.04	-3.29	9.86	6.22	0.78
83	California	Pac-12	5-7	0.42	9.98	1.5	8.42	6.46	-1.46
84	Virginia Tech	ACC	6-7	0.46	9.66	-1.62	10.63	5.99	0.01
85	Hawai'i	Mountain West	6-7	0.46	9.27	-2.62	9.76	5.83	0.17
86	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	5-7	0.42	9.14	-0.33	9.51	5.91	-0.91
87	Missouri	SEC	6-7	0.46	9.1	-4.77	12.4	5.34	0.66
88	Ball State	Mid-American	6-7	0.46	9.06	-4.31	10.91	5.25	0.75
89	Syracuse	ACC	5-7	0.42	8.85	-1.42	11.98	5.61	-0.61
90	Illinois	Big Ten	5-7	0.42	8.82	-1.75	12.96	5.41	-0.41
91	South Alabama	Sun Belt	5-7	0.42	8.57	-1.5	8.37	5.59	-0.59
92	Troy	Sun Belt	5-7	0.42	8.27	-3.25	9.92	5.06	-0.06
93	TCU	Big 12	5-7	0.42	7.99	-6.25	12.09	4.62	0.38
94	San José State	Mountain West	5-7	0.42	7.81	-6.5	9.72	4.07	0.93
95	Charlotte	Conference USA	5-7	0.42	7.63	-6.83	7.4	4.44	0.56
96	Nebraska	Big Ten	3-9	0.25	7.23	5.25	13.78	7.45	-4.45
97	Rutgers	Big Ten	5-8	0.38	7.09	-5.92	11.03	4.54	0.46
98	Buffalo	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	6.89	-0.67	8.28	5.84	-1.84
99	Washington	Pac-12	4-8	0.33	6.76	-1.17	9.55	5.62	-1.62
100	USC	Pac-12	4-8	0.33	6.42	-3.08	12.52	5.28	-1.28
101	Navy	American Athletic	4-8	0.33	5.94	-8.17	16.12	3.7	0.3
102	Colorado	Pac-12	4-8	0.33	5.73	-7.92	11.04	3.63	0.37
103	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-8	0.33	5.52	-9.25	8.85	3.59	0.41
104	Texas State	Sun Belt	4-8	0.33	5.48	-9.92	9.04	3.6	0.4
105	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	4-8	0.33	5.42	-12.58	11.41	2.96	1.04
106	Rice	Conference USA	4-8	0.33	5.28	-14.67	10.95	2.71	1.29
107	Colorado State	Mountain West	3-9	0.25	4.28	-4.58	10.67	4.76	-1.76
108	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	3-9	0.25	4.1	-6	10.64	4.64	-1.64
109	Ohio	Mid-American	3-9	0.25	3.87	-7.75	8.75	3.98	-0.98
110	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-9	0.25	3.86	-9.5	13.19	3.75	-0.75
111	Stanford	Pac-12	3-9	0.25	3.7	-12	13.53	3.01	-0.01
112	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	3-9	0.25	3.69	-11.17	11.27	3.13	-0.13
113	Southern Miss	Conference USA	3-9	0.25	3.69	-10.25	9.41	3.03	-0.03
114	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-9	0.25	3.61	-12.42	11.28	2.52	0.48
115	New Mexico	Mountain West	3-9	0.25	3.41	-16.25	11.12	1.42	1.58
116	Duke	ACC	3-9	0.25	3.33	-16.92	9.35	2.54	0.46
117	Temple	American Athletic	3-9	0.25	3.18	-21.17	9.98	1.47	1.53
118	Tulane	American Athletic	2-10	0.17	2.32	-6.42	13.94	4.54	-2.54
119	South Florida	American Athletic	2-10	0.17	1.88	-11.5	12.54	3.33	-1.33
120	UNLV	Mountain West	2-10	0.17	1.85	-12.08	13.22	3.02	-1.02
121	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	2-10	0.17	1.73	-13.33	9.95	3.22	-1.22
122	Indiana	Big Ten	2-10	0.17	1.67	-16	15.21	2.09	-0.09
123	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	2-10	0.17	1.53	-17.83	10.86	2.41	-0.41
124	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-10	0.17	1.44	-20.08	10.12	1.5	0.5
125	Akron	Mid-American	2-10	0.17	1.43	-19.67	8.74	1.96	0.04
126	Kansas	Big 12	2-10	0.17	1.41	-21.42	12.41	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	8.94	2.04	-1.04
129	UConn	FBS Independents	1-11	0.08	-0.68	-22.92	9.74	1.26	-0.26
130	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	1-11	0.08	-0.79	-26.75	8.7	1.09	-0.09