2021 W2 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:37.790612+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Oregon	Pac-12	2-0	1	34.14	7	27.32	1.28	0.72
2	UCLA	Pac-12	2-0	1	32.82	22.5	5.25	1.74	0.26
3	Georgia	SEC	2-0	1	32.21	28	14.24	1.98	0.02
4	Iowa	Big Ten	2-0	1	31.88	19	13.06	1.82	0.18
5	Texas A&M	SEC	2-0	1	31.64	17	12.54	1.86	0.14
6	Army	FBS Independents	2-0	1	31.37	18	11.36	1.6	0.4
7	Penn State	Big Ten	2-0	1	31.17	18.5	13.59	1.81	0.19
8	Arkansas	SEC	2-0	1	31.14	20	14.74	1.69	0.31
9	UTSA	Conference USA	2-0	1	30.99	30.5	6.41	1.87	0.13
10	Pittsburgh	ACC	2-0	1	30.72	25.5	9.96	1.74	0.26
11	Virginia Tech	ACC	2-0	1	30.64	14	12.22	1.72	0.28
12	Rutgers	Big Ten	2-0	1	30.62	28.5	10.9	1.91	0.09
13	BYU	FBS Independents	2-0	1	30.43	8.5	10.96	1.46	0.54
14	Kentucky	SEC	2-0	1	30.36	21	10.98	1.71	0.29
15	Liberty	FBS Independents	2-0	1	29.97	24.5	6.93	1.9	0.1
16	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-0	1	29.85	3	12.54	1.1	0.9
17	SMU	American Athletic	2-0	1	29.84	35	6.04	1.94	0.06
18	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	2-0	1	29.73	32.5	4.37	1.84	0.16
19	Mississippi State	SEC	2-0	1	29.71	7.5	13.6	1.33	0.67
20	Virginia	ACC	2-0	1	29.68	35.5	6.41	1.97	0.03
21	Michigan	Big Ten	2-0	1	29.16	27	2.24	1.88	0.12
22	Alabama	SEC	2-0	1	29.07	32.5	-4.26	1.9	0.1
23	Memphis	American Athletic	2-0	1	29.04	15	6.07	1.41	0.59
24	Cincinnati	American Athletic	2-0	1	29.02	35	-4.39	1.94	0.06
25	Florida	SEC	2-0	1	28.91	21.5	-0.7	1.75	0.25
26	Oklahoma	Big 12	2-0	1	28.83	40.5	-3.75	1.89	0.11
27	Marshall	Conference USA	2-0	1	28.36	38	-6.06	1.96	0.04
28	UCF	American Athletic	2-0	1	28.31	27	-3.58	1.73	0.27
29	Ole Miss	SEC	2-0	1	28.04	28	-4.48	1.77	0.23
30	Purdue	Big Ten	2-0	1	28.01	29	-1.97	1.92	0.08
31	Auburn	SEC	2-0	1	28	56	-6.34	1.99	0.01
32	San Diego State	Mountain West	2-0	1	27.95	21	-2.89	1.83	0.17
33	Maryland	Big Ten	2-0	1	27.86	34	-3.74	1.92	0.08
34	Wyoming	Mountain West	2-0	1	27.79	5	5.49	1.18	0.82
35	Nevada	Mountain West	2-0	1	27.68	22	-5.08	1.82	0.18
36	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-0	1	27.62	22.5	-3.67	1.75	0.25
37	South Alabama	Sun Belt	2-0	1	27.55	13.5	-1.94	1.69	0.31
38	Wake Forest	ACC	2-0	1	27.52	28.5	-6.28	1.88	0.12
39	Baylor	Big 12	2-0	1	27.34	34	-5.18	1.9	0.1
40	TCU	Big 12	2-0	1	27.34	22	-5.08	1.75	0.25
41	Arizona State	Pac-12	2-0	1	27.29	27	-5.48	1.88	0.12
42	Kansas State	Big 12	2-0	1	27.19	12.5	-4.54	1.62	0.38
43	Boston College	ACC	2-0	1	27.01	34	-6.78	1.9	0.1
44	Air Force	Mountain West	2-0	1	27	20.5	-6.06	1.9	0.1
45	Texas Tech	Big 12	2-0	1	26.96	11.5	-4.9	1.47	0.53
46	Charlotte	Conference USA	2-0	1	26.71	15.5	-5.04	1.61	0.39
47	Oklahoma State	Big 12	2-0	1	26.66	6	-3.34	1.31	0.69
48	South Carolina	SEC	2-0	1	26.65	24.5	-5.12	1.92	0.08
49	Utah State	Mountain West	2-0	1	26.31	13.5	-4.97	1.49	0.51
50	New Mexico	Mountain West	2-0	1	25.6	9.5	-6.87	1.42	0.58
51	Fresno State	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	23.23	30.33	5.44	2.82	-0.82
52	UTEP	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	20.77	-1.33	-3.63	1.41	0.59
53	Nebraska	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	20.75	20.67	13.01	2.71	-0.71
54	USC	Pac-12	1-1	0.5	20.65	4.5	13.53	1.2	-0.2
55	NC State	ACC	1-1	0.5	19.5	15.5	10.15	1.75	-0.75
56	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	19.49	3.5	15.21	1.12	-0.12
57	Toledo	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	19.12	18	8.17	1.63	-0.63
58	Troy	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	18.97	22	7.74	1.84	-0.84
59	Tennessee	SEC	1-1	0.5	18.86	12.5	11.44	1.47	-0.47
60	Buffalo	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	18.82	18.5	1.88	1.69	-0.69
61	San José State	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	18.75	4	11.29	1.2	-0.2
62	Texas	Big 12	1-1	0.5	18.66	0.5	13.62	1.02	-0.02
63	Syracuse	ACC	1-1	0.5	18.62	5	13.36	1.37	-0.37
64	Colorado	Pac-12	1-1	0.5	18.61	12.5	9.43	1.79	-0.79
65	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	18.53	17.5	9.27	1.5	-0.5
66	Utah	Pac-12	1-1	0.5	18.3	7	8.6	1.32	-0.32
67	App State	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	18.26	6	0.61	1.28	-0.28
68	Missouri	SEC	1-1	0.5	18.02	1.5	12.85	1.06	-0.06
69	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	17.67	7	6.9	1.2	-0.2
70	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	17.62	7	7.84	1.28	-0.28
71	North Texas	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	17.27	3.5	7.32	1.16	-0.16
72	Florida International	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	16.62	16	-5.18	1.67	-0.67
73	Iowa State	Big 12	1-1	0.5	16.06	-2	9.54	0.87	0.13
74	Boise State	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	15.93	18	30.13	1.57	-0.57
75	UAB	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	15.22	-9	9.16	0.57	0.43
76	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	15.18	-3	11.32	0.9	0.1
77	Ball State	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	15.01	-10.5	7.97	0.57	0.43
78	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	14.82	10.5	24.04	1.65	-0.65
79	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	14.2	-3.5	-3.68	0.82	0.18
80	North Carolina	ACC	1-1	0.5	14.13	17.5	13.14	1.69	-0.69
81	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	14.05	5.5	25.49	1.27	-0.27
82	Clemson	ACC	1-1	0.5	14.04	19.5	9.16	1.93	-0.93
83	West Virginia	Big 12	1-1	0.5	13.8	30	7.24	1.86	-0.86
84	Tulane	American Athletic	1-1	0.5	13.76	22	8.97	1.57	-0.57
85	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	13.68	-13.5	-4.54	0.42	0.58
86	Kansas	Big 12	1-1	0.5	13.47	-12	7.87	0.49	0.51
87	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	13.14	17.5	7.38	1.69	-0.69
88	Kent State	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	13.04	9.5	9.43	1.36	-0.36
89	Houston	American Athletic	1-1	0.5	13.01	10	12.71	1.41	-0.41
90	LSU	SEC	1-1	0.5	12.99	8	14.2	1.35	-0.35
91	Oregon State	Pac-12	1-1	0.5	12.89	4.5	17.26	1.17	-0.17
92	Indiana	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	12.88	7	9.54	1.29	-0.29
93	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-1	0.5	12.56	13.5	5.49	1.55	-0.55
94	Duke	ACC	1-1	0.5	12.45	12.5	6.46	1.46	-0.46
95	Louisville	ACC	1-1	0.5	12.17	4	8.15	1.19	-0.19
96	Washington State	Pac-12	1-1	0.5	12.16	8.5	5.8	1.33	-0.33
97	Stanford	Pac-12	1-1	0.5	11.95	-1.5	28.79	0.93	0.07
98	Southern Miss	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	11.92	6.5	7.12	1.39	-0.39
99	Illinois	Big Ten	1-2	0.33	11.68	-9	22.27	0.97	0.03
100	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	11.6	0.5	7.28	1.03	-0.03
101	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	11.37	1	6.32	1.03	-0.03
102	Old Dominion	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	11.24	4	7.79	1.18	-0.18
103	Texas State	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	11.09	-1.5	22.16	0.92	0.08
104	Miami	ACC	1-1	0.5	10.49	-14.5	28.62	0.41	0.59
105	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	10.12	-2.5	7.81	0.87	0.13
106	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	9.97	-4.5	14.57	0.84	0.16
107	Louisiana	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	9.75	-8.5	9.3	0.64	0.36
108	Temple	American Athletic	1-1	0.5	8.34	-13	10.92	0.59	0.41
109	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1-2	0.33	7.78	-12.67	9.49	0.89	0.11
110	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-1	0.5	7.49	-8.5	-5.5	0.48	0.52
111	Tulsa	American Athletic	0-2	0	-0.28	-3.5	6.87	0.81	-0.81
112	Florida State	ACC	0-2	0	-0.97	-3	8.17	0.88	-0.88
113	Washington	Pac-12	0-2	0	-1.24	-13.5	7.81	0.19	-0.19
114	Ohio	Mid-American	0-2	0	-1.29	-11	7.12	0.48	-0.48
115	California	Pac-12	0-2	0	-1.31	-3.5	25.28	0.84	-0.84
116	Colorado State	Mountain West	0-2	0	-1.89	-11	-6.08	0.55	-0.55
117	East Carolina	American Athletic	0-2	0	-1.96	-8.5	24.5	0.57	-0.57
118	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-2	0	-2.09	-20	14.84	0.32	-0.32
119	UNLV	Mountain West	0-2	0	-2.26	-14.5	7.09	0.46	-0.46
120	Rice	Conference USA	0-2	0	-2.4	-29	12.46	0.1	-0.1
121	Georgia State	Sun Belt	0-2	0	-2.73	-37.5	15.7	0.08	-0.08
122	Arizona	Pac-12	0-2	0	-2.93	-16	26.32	0.3	-0.3
123	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-2	0	-3.23	-17.5	23.86	0.22	-0.22
124	Akron	Mid-American	0-2	0	-3.43	-35.5	11.7	0.13	-0.13
125	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	0-3	0	-3.46	-18	26.67	0.33	-0.33
126	Navy	American Athletic	0-2	0	-3.49	-31	26.1	0.02	-0.02
127	South Florida	American Athletic	0-2	0	-3.62	-33.5	26.75	0.06	-0.06
128	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0-1	0	-3.72	-35	24.35	0.03	-0.03
129	UConn	FBS Independents	0-3	0	-3.78	-34.67	13.62	0.07	-0.07
130	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	0-2	0	-3.8	-30.5	24.73	0.17	-0.17