2021 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:37.791033+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Georgia	SEC	3-0	1	31.34	27.67	18.64	2.92	0.08
2	Texas A&M	SEC	3-0	1	31.18	22.67	19.08	2.94	0.06
3	Penn State	Big Ten	3-0	1	30.82	15	19.28	2.54	0.46
4	Iowa	Big Ten	3-0	1	30.15	20.33	13.99	2.8	0.2
5	Oregon	Pac-12	3-0	1	29.85	18.33	10.91	2.48	0.52
6	Arkansas	SEC	3-0	1	29.4	25	9.98	2.71	0.29
7	BYU	FBS Independents	3-0	1	29.36	9	14.22	2.21	0.79
8	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-0	1	29.27	6.67	15.39	1.89	1.11
9	Alabama	SEC	3-0	1	28.94	22.33	9.8	2.6	0.4
10	Michigan	Big Ten	3-0	1	28.94	35.67	8.02	2.9	0.1
11	Memphis	American Athletic	3-0	1	28.91	10.67	12.46	1.99	1.01
12	Oklahoma	Big 12	3-0	1	28.77	29.33	8.17	2.75	0.25
13	UTSA	Conference USA	3-0	1	28.68	25	6.43	2.75	0.25
14	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	3-0	1	28.6	22.67	7.43	2.57	0.43
15	Liberty	FBS Independents	3-0	1	28.59	25.67	6.74	2.81	0.19
16	Rutgers	Big Ten	3-0	1	28.59	29.67	5.65	2.86	0.14
17	SMU	American Athletic	3-0	1	28.42	24	6.21	2.61	0.39
18	Kansas State	Big 12	3-0	1	28.37	15.33	9.88	2.5	0.5
19	Army	FBS Independents	3-0	1	28.2	22.33	4.01	2.52	0.48
20	Ole Miss	SEC	3-0	1	28.14	32	5.31	2.71	0.29
21	Baylor	Big 12	3-0	1	28.01	35.33	4.85	2.9	0.1
22	Utah State	Mountain West	3-0	1	27.92	10.33	9.72	2	1
23	Maryland	Big Ten	3-0	1	27.87	23.67	5.16	2.75	0.25
24	Texas Tech	Big 12	3-0	1	27.83	18.67	6.54	2.45	0.55
25	Wyoming	Mountain West	3-0	1	27.82	14.33	6.73	2.26	0.74
26	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-0	1	27.56	22	4.03	2.62	0.38
27	San Diego State	Mountain West	3-0	1	27.33	14.67	3.97	2.4	0.6
28	Kentucky	SEC	3-0	1	27.29	15.67	1.43	2.38	0.62
29	Cincinnati	American Athletic	3-0	1	27.23	28	0.26	2.77	0.23
30	Wake Forest	ACC	3-0	1	26.89	26	0.09	2.79	0.21
31	Boston College	ACC	3-0	1	26.55	31	-1.82	2.89	0.11
32	South Alabama	Sun Belt	3-0	1	26.25	11.33	-0.44	2.35	0.65
33	Oklahoma State	Big 12	3-0	1	25.95	4.33	1.88	1.85	1.15
34	TCU	Big 12	2-0	1	25.64	22	-5.66	1.75	0.25
35	Fresno State	Mountain West	3-1	0.75	23.1	23.5	13.29	3.47	-0.47
36	UCLA	Pac-12	2-1	0.67	22.71	14	14.67	2.21	-0.21
37	Mississippi State	SEC	2-1	0.67	22.06	4.33	19.97	1.78	0.22
38	Virginia Tech	ACC	2-1	0.67	21.95	7.33	15.18	2.1	-0.1
39	Florida	SEC	2-1	0.67	21.84	13.67	13.17	2.28	-0.28
40	Purdue	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	21.72	14.67	12.99	2.47	-0.47
41	Pittsburgh	ACC	2-1	0.67	21.62	16	8.39	2.23	-0.23
42	Auburn	SEC	2-1	0.67	21.37	34.67	5.91	2.87	-0.87
43	Virginia	ACC	2-1	0.67	21.07	17	5.27	2.33	-0.33
44	UCF	American Athletic	2-1	0.67	20.88	15.67	6.03	2.21	-0.21
45	Arizona State	Pac-12	2-1	0.67	20.67	14.67	6.06	2.44	-0.44
46	USC	Pac-12	2-1	0.67	20.6	13.33	14.29	2.29	-0.29
47	North Carolina	ACC	2-1	0.67	20.41	18.33	19.2	2.37	-0.37
48	Texas	Big 12	2-1	0.67	20.35	19.67	12.83	2.52	-0.52
49	Air Force	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	20.27	12.33	4.27	2.23	-0.23
50	Nevada	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	20.2	7.67	5.29	2.02	-0.02
51	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	20.19	9.33	14.61	1.98	0.02
52	South Carolina	SEC	2-1	0.67	20.19	7.33	6.75	2.05	-0.05
53	West Virginia	Big 12	2-1	0.67	20.08	22	16.17	2.63	-0.63
54	Troy	Sun Belt	2-1	0.67	20.07	18.67	10.63	2.74	-0.74
55	Marshall	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	19.66	24	-5.15	2.61	-0.61
56	Tennessee	SEC	2-1	0.67	19.66	27	5.83	2.74	-0.74
57	Missouri	SEC	2-1	0.67	19.63	11.33	11.17	2.06	-0.06
58	NC State	ACC	2-1	0.67	19.59	23	5.36	2.82	-0.82
59	Syracuse	ACC	2-1	0.67	19.34	16	6.44	2.49	-0.49
60	Charlotte	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	19.26	6.67	-0.09	2.01	-0.01
61	Clemson	ACC	2-1	0.67	19.22	15	11.59	2.81	-0.81
62	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	19.08	14	10.86	2.38	-0.38
63	LSU	SEC	2-1	0.67	19.08	14.67	11.99	2.31	-0.31
64	Stanford	Pac-12	2-1	0.67	19	5	18.44	1.82	0.18
65	UAB	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	18.91	5.33	13.16	1.9	0.1
66	Iowa State	Big 12	2-1	0.67	18.82	13.67	6.54	2.53	-0.53
67	Oregon State	Pac-12	2-1	0.67	18.72	17	8.6	2.46	-0.46
68	Louisville	ACC	2-1	0.67	18.65	5	15.45	1.8	0.2
69	Duke	ACC	2-1	0.67	18.43	10.67	9.44	2.12	-0.12
70	San José State	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	18.42	4	6.14	1.83	0.17
71	Houston	American Athletic	2-1	0.67	18.4	21.67	4.85	2.68	-0.68
72	App State	Sun Belt	2-1	0.67	18.32	15.33	-0.49	2.43	-0.43
73	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	18.06	7	12	1.95	0.05
74	New Mexico	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	17.07	-5	6.06	1.12	0.88
75	Louisiana	Sun Belt	2-1	0.67	16.69	6	2.46	1.87	0.13
76	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	16.65	2.33	0.34	1.65	0.35
77	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	16.63	-0.67	16.63	1.46	0.54
78	Nebraska	Big Ten	2-2	0.5	16.61	13.75	12.33	3.26	-1.26
79	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	16.49	10.5	22.69	1.65	-0.65
80	UTEP	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	16.36	-1.33	0.82	1.41	0.59
81	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	16.24	17.5	10.69	1.5	-0.5
82	Boise State	Mountain West	1-2	0.33	12.87	11.67	25.25	2.17	-1.17
83	Buffalo	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	12.47	11.33	13.49	2.21	-1.21
84	Utah	Pac-12	1-2	0.33	11.86	4	16.13	1.76	-0.76
85	Toledo	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	11.62	6.67	5.99	1.97	-0.97
86	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-2	0.33	10.59	7	6.41	2.06	-1.06
87	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	10.53	0	17.21	1.5	-0.5
88	Tulane	American Athletic	1-2	0.33	10.46	1.33	15.62	1.56	-0.56
89	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	10.08	2.33	7	1.64	-0.64
90	Indiana	Big Ten	1-2	0.33	9.73	0	16.97	1.5	-0.5
91	Florida International	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	9.69	-0.33	9.35	1.48	-0.48
92	Colorado	Pac-12	1-2	0.33	9.57	-1.67	10.54	1.3	-0.3
93	Southern Miss	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	9.51	0.33	12.17	1.53	-0.53
94	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	9.45	0	16.52	1.5	-0.5
95	Kent State	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	9.12	-1.33	17.84	1.41	-0.41
96	Washington	Pac-12	1-2	0.33	8.73	7.33	12.28	2.14	-1.14
97	North Texas	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	8.39	-9	11.69	0.89	0.11
98	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-2	0.33	8.28	-2	10.02	1.35	-0.35
99	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	8.17	-15	10.18	0.23	0.77
100	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	8.03	-11.67	5.93	0.96	0.04
101	California	Pac-12	1-2	0.33	8.02	1.67	15.01	1.6	-0.6
102	Washington State	Pac-12	1-2	0.33	8	-4.67	12.32	1.22	-0.22
103	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	7.94	-19.67	23.17	0.61	0.39
104	Texas State	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	7.93	-3.67	11.32	1.26	-0.26
105	Old Dominion	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	7.78	-6.67	15.83	1.09	-0.09
106	Ball State	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	7.71	-18	16.32	0.5	0.5
107	Miami	ACC	1-2	0.33	7.36	-16.67	24.98	0.53	0.47
108	Kansas	Big 12	1-2	0.33	7.32	-20.67	15.69	0.35	0.65
109	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	7.2	-20.67	11.73	0.35	0.65
110	Temple	American Athletic	1-2	0.33	6.71	-17	18.07	0.58	0.42
111	Illinois	Big Ten	1-3	0.25	6.3	-7.5	27.32	1.35	-0.35
112	East Carolina	American Athletic	1-2	0.33	6.27	-4.33	24.42	1.23	-0.23
113	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-2	0.33	6.08	-11.67	0.02	0.66	0.34
114	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	6.07	-1.67	9.66	1.39	-0.39
115	Colorado State	Mountain West	1-2	0.33	5.8	-2	5.54	1.35	-0.35
116	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	5.27	-6	12.14	0.99	0.01
117	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1-3	0.25	4.99	-10.5	13.62	1.21	-0.21
118	Georgia State	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	4.92	-21.33	24.07	0.35	0.65
119	South Florida	American Athletic	1-2	0.33	4.58	-15.33	12.8	0.6	0.4
120	Akron	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	4.39	-16.67	8.78	0.65	0.35
121	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	1-3	0.25	3.12	-11.5	16.08	1.02	-0.02
122	Tulsa	American Athletic	0-3	0	-1.84	-9.33	12.05	0.86	-0.86
123	Florida State	ACC	0-3	0	-1.98	-9	15.79	0.94	-0.94
124	Ohio	Mid-American	0-3	0	-2.41	-19	6.12	0.42	-0.42
125	Arizona	Pac-12	0-3	0	-2.48	-11.33	16.13	0.67	-0.67
126	UNLV	Mountain West	0-3	0	-2.85	-24.67	11.12	0.28	-0.28
127	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	0-3	0	-3.37	-25	23.98	0.4	-0.4
128	Rice	Conference USA	0-3	0	-3.43	-38.67	20.94	0.05	-0.05
129	UConn	FBS Independents	0-4	0	-3.49	-33.75	18.15	0.17	-0.17
130	Navy	American Athletic	0-2	0	-3.57	-31	27.68	0.02	-0.02