2021 W4 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:37.791448+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Georgia	SEC	4-0	1	29.6	36.25	16.1	3.96	0.04
2	Michigan	Big Ten	4-0	1	28.99	28.5	15.47	3.79	0.21
3	Arkansas	SEC	4-0	1	28.51	21.25	13.83	3.58	0.42
4	Iowa	Big Ten	4-0	1	27.9	17.75	10.87	3.63	0.37
5	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-0	1	27.72	12	11.96	2.91	1.09
6	Oklahoma	Big 12	4-0	1	27.6	22.75	9.29	3.56	0.44
7	Penn State	Big Ten	4-0	1	27.55	16.5	8.89	3.41	0.59
8	UTSA	Conference USA	4-0	1	27.41	19.5	8.94	3.41	0.59
9	Alabama	SEC	4-0	1	27.39	29	7.18	3.64	0.36
10	Oregon	Pac-12	4-0	1	27.31	19.25	7.7	3.34	0.66
11	SMU	American Athletic	4-0	1	27.29	20	8.37	3.26	0.74
12	Ole Miss	SEC	3-0	1	27.2	32	6.37	2.71	0.29
13	Kentucky	SEC	4-0	1	27.07	13.25	9.5	3.16	0.84
14	Baylor	Big 12	4-0	1	26.99	27	6.02	3.66	0.34
15	Maryland	Big Ten	4-0	1	26.93	23	6.37	3.63	0.37
16	BYU	FBS Independents	4-0	1	26.89	8.75	8.66	2.83	1.17
17	Army	FBS Independents	4-0	1	26.79	20	5.93	3.38	0.62
18	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-0	1	26.53	17.25	5.56	3.32	0.68
19	Wake Forest	ACC	4-0	1	26.43	24.5	4.22	3.66	0.34
20	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	4-0	1	26.26	29.5	1.61	3.69	0.31
21	Boston College	ACC	4-0	1	26.21	25	3.24	3.6	0.4
22	Cincinnati	American Athletic	3-0	1	26.12	28	1.93	2.77	0.23
23	Oklahoma State	Big 12	4-0	1	25.97	6	7.35	2.61	1.39
24	San Diego State	Mountain West	4-0	1	25.57	17.75	0.62	3.31	0.69
25	South Alabama	Sun Belt	3-0	1	25.33	11.33	1.59	2.35	0.65
26	Wyoming	Mountain West	4-0	1	25.32	11.25	0.54	2.87	1.13
27	Texas A&M	SEC	3-1	0.75	23.21	14.5	16.29	3.61	-0.61
28	Texas	Big 12	3-1	0.75	22.42	23.5	17.62	3.36	-0.36
29	Florida	SEC	3-1	0.75	22.39	16.25	18.07	3.22	-0.22
30	Rutgers	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	22.39	20.5	11.25	3.6	-0.6
31	Fresno State	Mountain West	4-1	0.8	22.16	20.4	7.24	4.14	-0.14
32	Kansas State	Big 12	3-1	0.75	22.13	8.75	13.79	2.83	0.17
33	UCLA	Pac-12	3-1	0.75	22.12	13.25	16.54	2.92	0.08
34	Liberty	FBS Independents	3-1	0.75	22.03	18.5	9.3	3.47	-0.47
35	Memphis	American Athletic	3-1	0.75	21.84	7.25	12.19	2.48	0.52
36	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	21.53	20	12.62	3.25	-0.25
37	Purdue	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	21.36	12	12.7	3.24	-0.24
38	Auburn	SEC	3-1	0.75	21.17	28.5	7.53	3.69	-0.69
39	Texas Tech	Big 12	3-1	0.75	21.12	5.25	9.61	2.34	0.66
40	Pittsburgh	ACC	3-1	0.75	20.95	29.5	5.73	3.5	-0.5
41	Syracuse	ACC	3-1	0.75	20.89	12.75	11.19	3.13	-0.13
42	NC State	ACC	3-1	0.75	20.86	18.75	8.96	3.57	-0.57
43	LSU	SEC	3-1	0.75	20.8	11.75	11.21	2.91	0.09
44	Virginia Tech	ACC	3-1	0.75	20.77	8.25	10.25	2.94	0.06
45	Oregon State	Pac-12	3-1	0.75	20.75	17.25	9.33	3.22	-0.22
46	Air Force	Mountain West	3-1	0.75	20.71	15.25	8.36	3.23	-0.23
47	Arizona State	Pac-12	3-1	0.75	20.54	16.5	6.52	3.37	-0.37
48	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-1	0.75	20.35	4.5	14.75	2.42	0.58
49	Utah State	Mountain West	3-1	0.75	20.26	1.75	7.79	2.14	0.86
50	UAB	Conference USA	3-1	0.75	20.13	5.75	10.05	2.56	0.44
51	Duke	ACC	3-1	0.75	20.04	12.75	6.21	2.88	0.12
52	Louisville	ACC	3-1	0.75	19.98	5.75	9.26	2.46	0.54
53	App State	Sun Belt	3-1	0.75	19.91	11.75	5.82	2.97	0.03
54	Houston	American Athletic	3-1	0.75	19.76	18.25	2.71	3.42	-0.42
55	Charlotte	Conference USA	3-1	0.75	19.59	5.75	5.97	2.49	0.51
56	TCU	Big 12	2-1	0.67	19.56	12	8.81	2.14	-0.14
57	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-1	0.75	19.23	11.25	2.76	2.84	0.16
58	Louisiana	Sun Belt	3-1	0.75	19.03	6.5	3.79	2.55	0.45
59	UCF	American Athletic	2-1	0.67	18.93	15.67	7.17	2.21	-0.21
60	Nevada	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	18.57	7.67	8.8	2.02	-0.02
61	UTEP	Conference USA	3-1	0.75	18.21	0.75	5.76	2.07	0.93
62	West Virginia	Big 12	2-2	0.5	16.26	15.75	17.15	3.31	-1.31
63	Boise State	Mountain West	2-2	0.5	15.9	14.75	22.78	3.21	-1.21
64	North Carolina	ACC	2-2	0.5	15.55	8	14.63	2.55	-0.55
65	Mississippi State	SEC	2-2	0.5	15.46	2.5	19.26	2.22	-0.22
66	USC	Pac-12	2-2	0.5	15.46	5.5	16.04	2.43	-0.43
67	Clemson	ACC	2-2	0.5	15.37	9.75	12.88	3.21	-1.21
68	Tennessee	SEC	2-2	0.5	15.36	14.25	9.68	3.09	-1.09
69	Virginia	ACC	2-2	0.5	15.24	7.75	10.9	2.57	-0.57
70	Missouri	SEC	2-2	0.5	15.22	6.75	13.48	2.45	-0.45
71	Iowa State	Big 12	2-2	0.5	15.16	9.75	11.33	2.95	-0.95
72	Troy	Sun Belt	2-2	0.5	15.15	10.75	9.07	3.11	-1.11
73	South Carolina	SEC	2-2	0.5	14.98	4	13.72	2.46	-0.46
74	Marshall	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	14.78	17.75	2.75	3.19	-1.19
75	Stanford	Pac-12	2-2	0.5	14.64	1	19.44	2.08	-0.08
76	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	14.53	4.5	9.83	2.44	-0.44
77	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	2-1	0.67	14.42	-5.67	12.45	1.01	0.99
78	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-2	0.5	14.41	4.25	10.28	2.43	-0.43
79	Buffalo	Mid-American	2-2	0.5	14.23	8.75	10.75	2.7	-0.7
80	Utah	Pac-12	2-2	0.5	14.16	5.75	13.67	2.53	-0.53
81	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-2	0.5	14.01	11	9.39	3	-1
82	Toledo	Mid-American	2-2	0.5	13.76	7.5	8.2	2.75	-0.75
83	Miami	ACC	2-2	0.5	13.72	4.75	16.2	2.39	-0.39
84	Washington	Pac-12	2-2	0.5	13.44	7.25	8.75	2.77	-0.77
85	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-2	0.5	13.19	5.75	8.39	2.58	-0.58
86	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-2	0.5	13.1	2.75	9.6	2.22	-0.22
87	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	13.03	1.75	12.22	2.12	-0.12
88	Indiana	Big Ten	2-2	0.5	12.93	0.5	15.9	2.04	-0.04
89	Nebraska	Big Ten	2-3	0.4	12.87	10.4	13.02	3.77	-1.77
90	San José State	Mountain West	2-2	0.5	12.19	-2	8.05	1.75	0.25
91	New Mexico	Mountain West	2-2	0.5	11.61	-5.5	10.16	1.4	0.6
92	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	11.03	11	9.31	2.02	-1.02
93	East Carolina	American Athletic	2-2	0.5	10.87	-2.5	12.04	1.79	0.21
94	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-2	0.5	10.67	-3.5	13.49	1.55	0.45
95	Temple	American Athletic	2-2	0.5	10.64	-4.25	12.38	1.64	0.36
96	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	2-2	0.5	10.53	-8	14.34	1.44	0.56
97	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-2	0.33	9.11	-2.33	25.58	1.3	-0.3
98	Hawai'i	Mountain West	2-3	0.4	8.08	-4.4	10.59	2.07	-0.07
99	Tulane	American Athletic	1-3	0.25	6.58	-0.75	16.45	1.95	-0.95
100	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	1-3	0.25	6.53	-0.75	14.97	1.94	-0.94
101	California	Pac-12	1-3	0.25	6.18	-0.5	11.14	1.96	-0.96
102	Florida International	Conference USA	1-3	0.25	6	-1.25	8.96	1.9	-0.9
103	Kent State	Mid-American	1-3	0.25	5.39	-6.25	19.8	1.45	-0.45
104	Colorado	Pac-12	1-3	0.25	5.24	-6.75	14.98	1.12	-0.12
105	Old Dominion	Conference USA	1-3	0.25	5.17	-5.25	14.49	1.59	-0.59
106	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-3	0.25	5.1	-4.5	15.87	1.58	-0.58
107	Washington State	Pac-12	1-3	0.25	5.02	-6.25	12.6	1.46	-0.46
108	Colorado State	Mountain West	1-3	0.25	4.93	-4	9.46	1.57	-0.57
109	Southern Miss	Conference USA	1-3	0.25	4.87	-12	16.32	0.87	0.13
110	North Texas	Conference USA	1-3	0.25	4.84	-8.5	11.7	1.2	-0.2
111	Texas State	Sun Belt	1-3	0.25	4.51	-12.25	11.09	1.11	-0.11
112	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	1-3	0.25	4.49	-10.5	6.45	1.35	-0.35
113	Ball State	Mid-American	1-3	0.25	4.39	-16	15.06	0.69	0.31
114	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	1-3	0.25	4.23	-17.5	13.79	0.61	0.39
115	Kansas	Big 12	1-3	0.25	4.2	-20.25	16.26	0.63	0.37
116	South Florida	American Athletic	1-3	0.25	4.13	-13.5	15.2	0.95	0.05
117	Georgia State	Sun Belt	1-3	0.25	4.12	-18.5	22.31	0.62	0.38
118	Illinois	Big Ten	1-4	0.2	3.88	-6.8	23.19	1.67	-0.67
119	Tulsa	American Athletic	1-3	0.25	3.86	-5.25	11.04	1.56	-0.56
120	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-3	0.25	3.79	-24.25	11.54	0.29	0.71
121	Akron	Mid-American	1-3	0.25	3.5	-25.5	9.57	0.47	0.53
122	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	1-4	0.2	2.76	-13.2	11.15	1.17	-0.17
123	Rice	Conference USA	1-3	0.25	2.64	-25.5	14.54	0.44	0.56
124	Florida State	ACC	0-4	0	-2.05	-8.75	16.2	1.27	-1.27
125	Arizona	Pac-12	0-4	0	-2.51	-14	19.13	0.78	-0.78
126	Ohio	Mid-American	0-4	0	-2.63	-21.5	8.58	0.39	-0.39
127	UNLV	Mountain West	0-4	0	-2.73	-20.5	13.15	0.6	-0.6
128	Navy	American Athletic	0-3	0	-3.04	-23.33	19.44	0.16	-0.16
129	UConn	FBS Independents	0-5	0	-3.13	-27.4	18.17	0.36	-0.36
130	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	0-4	0	-3.33	-31.25	23.36	0.3	-0.3