2021 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:37.791864+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Georgia	SEC	5-0	1	28.74	36.4	16.56	4.97	0.03
2	Michigan	Big Ten	5-0	1	28.17	27	15.16	4.68	0.32
3	Iowa	Big Ten	5-0	1	27.49	21.6	13.07	4.62	0.38
4	Alabama	SEC	5-0	1	27.34	27.4	11.64	4.49	0.51
5	Oklahoma	Big 12	5-0	1	26.71	19.4	9.57	4.21	0.79
6	Kentucky	SEC	5-0	1	26.66	12	11.4	3.91	1.09
7	Cincinnati	American Athletic	4-0	1	26.58	23.75	8.94	3.64	0.36
8	BYU	FBS Independents	5-0	1	26.49	9.8	11.32	3.62	1.38
9	Penn State	Big Ten	5-0	1	26.25	18	7.52	4.49	0.51
10	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-0	1	26.24	17.2	8.16	4.04	0.96
11	Oklahoma State	Big 12	5-0	1	26.23	6.8	11.78	3.38	1.62
12	SMU	American Athletic	5-0	1	26.09	20.8	6.31	4.15	0.85
13	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	5-0	1	25.87	34.2	3.9	4.75	0.25
14	Wake Forest	ACC	5-0	1	25.86	20.2	5.67	4.27	0.73
15	UTSA	Conference USA	5-0	1	25.5	17	3.9	4.16	0.84
16	San Diego State	Mountain West	4-0	1	24.81	17.75	1.1	3.31	0.69
17	Wyoming	Mountain West	4-0	1	24.36	11.25	0.45	2.87	1.13
18	Texas	Big 12	4-1	0.8	23.23	19.8	18.17	4.03	-0.03
19	Arkansas	SEC	4-1	0.8	23.03	9.6	16.42	3.62	0.38
20	Ohio State	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	22.66	23.8	14.29	4.28	-0.28
21	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-1	0.8	22.34	7.4	13.66	3.29	0.71
22	Baylor	Big 12	4-1	0.8	22.06	19.6	7.97	4.28	-0.28
23	Oregon	Pac-12	4-1	0.8	22.05	14	9.16	3.82	0.18
24	Liberty	FBS Independents	4-1	0.8	21.93	19.6	10.27	4.41	-0.41
25	Auburn	SEC	4-1	0.8	21.81	23.8	9.19	4.47	-0.47
26	Maryland	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	21.77	11	8.69	3.63	0.37
27	Pittsburgh	ACC	4-1	0.8	21.65	29.8	7.28	4.4	-0.4
28	Boston College	ACC	4-1	0.8	21.58	18.8	5.58	4.28	-0.28
29	Oregon State	Pac-12	4-1	0.8	21.49	14.4	9.67	3.85	0.15
30	Ole Miss	SEC	3-1	0.75	21.43	18.75	10.99	3.13	-0.13
31	Arizona State	Pac-12	4-1	0.8	21.37	17	8.3	4.17	-0.17
32	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-1	0.8	21.28	5	13.27	3.1	0.9
33	NC State	ACC	4-1	0.8	21.27	16.4	7.6	4.22	-0.22
34	Army	FBS Independents	4-1	0.8	21.21	13.6	4.3	3.84	0.16
35	Air Force	Mountain West	4-1	0.8	21.16	17.8	6.67	4.25	-0.25
36	App State	Sun Belt	4-1	0.8	20.98	15.2	6.7	3.96	0.04
37	Texas Tech	Big 12	4-1	0.8	20.97	4.8	10.89	2.92	1.08
38	Houston	American Athletic	4-1	0.8	20.61	21.6	2.92	4.46	-0.46
39	Louisiana	Sun Belt	4-1	0.8	20.41	5.6	7.87	3.14	0.86
40	South Alabama	Sun Belt	3-1	0.75	19.95	8	6.14	2.86	0.14
41	Virginia Tech	ACC	3-1	0.75	19.65	8.25	7.09	2.94	0.06
42	Nevada	Mountain West	3-1	0.75	19.64	8.25	8.55	2.67	0.33
43	UTEP	Conference USA	4-1	0.8	19.33	2	5.09	2.74	1.26
44	Fresno State	Mountain West	4-2	0.67	18.54	16.5	6.94	4.72	-0.72
45	Florida	SEC	3-2	0.6	18.13	11.6	17.7	3.74	-0.74
46	UCLA	Pac-12	3-2	0.6	17.66	6.8	17.24	3.12	-0.12
47	Texas A&M	SEC	3-2	0.6	17.62	10.8	13.24	4.06	-1.06
48	Rutgers	Big Ten	3-2	0.6	17.52	8.6	14.41	3.46	-0.46
49	Kansas State	Big 12	3-2	0.6	17.34	5.8	15.36	3.15	-0.15
50	Purdue	Big Ten	3-2	0.6	17.19	8.2	12.73	3.67	-0.67
51	North Carolina	ACC	3-2	0.6	17.16	12.6	14.84	3.62	-0.62
52	LSU	SEC	3-2	0.6	17.1	8.4	12.37	3.38	-0.38
53	Tennessee	SEC	3-2	0.6	17.08	19	11.85	4.08	-1.08
54	Clemson	ACC	3-2	0.6	17.06	9	16.14	3.94	-0.94
55	Mississippi State	SEC	3-2	0.6	16.73	2.8	19.95	2.81	0.19
56	Iowa State	Big 12	3-2	0.6	16.71	18.2	9.27	4.31	-1.31
57	Memphis	American Athletic	3-2	0.6	16.57	5.2	9.6	2.94	0.06
58	USC	Pac-12	3-2	0.6	16.52	9	11.57	3.39	-0.39
59	Louisville	ACC	3-2	0.6	16.5	4	12.1	2.89	0.11
60	Syracuse	ACC	3-2	0.6	16.44	9.6	5.95	3.55	-0.55
61	South Carolina	SEC	3-2	0.6	16.43	5	14.54	3.23	-0.23
62	Stanford	Pac-12	3-2	0.6	16.31	2.2	18.16	2.73	0.27
63	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	3-2	0.6	16.22	11	8.67	3.64	-0.64
64	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-2	0.6	16.14	4.8	12.78	3.13	-0.13
65	Duke	ACC	3-2	0.6	16.1	4	8.51	2.89	0.11
66	Virginia	ACC	3-2	0.6	16.1	6.6	9.92	3.12	-0.12
67	Toledo	Mid-American	3-2	0.6	15.81	13.6	4.74	4.03	-1.03
68	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-2	0.6	15.67	7.6	2.16	3.26	-0.26
69	Charlotte	Conference USA	3-2	0.6	15.4	2.6	4.91	2.8	0.2
70	East Carolina	American Athletic	3-2	0.6	15.02	2.6	9.25	2.75	0.25
71	UAB	Conference USA	3-2	0.6	14.99	-0.2	10.61	2.48	0.52
72	TCU	Big 12	2-2	0.5	14.62	7.75	11.47	2.58	-0.58
73	Nebraska	Big Ten	3-3	0.5	14.61	16.83	12.57	5.11	-2.11
74	Utah State	Mountain West	3-2	0.6	14.58	-1.4	11.7	2.36	0.64
75	UCF	American Athletic	2-2	0.5	14.19	10.75	5.71	2.69	-0.69
76	Utah	Pac-12	2-2	0.5	13.92	5.75	11.87	2.53	-0.53
77	San José State	Mountain West	3-2	0.6	13.74	-0.4	7.33	2.45	0.55
78	Temple	American Athletic	3-2	0.6	13.38	-2.8	12.79	2.21	0.79
79	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	3-2	0.6	13.27	-5	15.51	2.03	0.97
80	Boise State	Mountain West	2-3	0.4	12.97	9.8	20.39	3.5	-1.5
81	West Virginia	Big 12	2-3	0.4	12.89	12	17.28	3.85	-1.85
82	Marshall	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	11.73	13	4.85	3.65	-1.65
83	Troy	Sun Belt	2-3	0.4	11.71	6.8	9.26	3.45	-1.45
84	Miami	ACC	2-3	0.4	11.65	3.4	15.81	2.85	-0.85
85	Buffalo	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	11.62	5.6	10.93	3.1	-1.1
86	Washington	Pac-12	2-3	0.4	11.43	5.2	10.08	3.18	-1.18
87	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-3	0.4	11.11	2.6	10.48	2.79	-0.79
88	Hawai'i	Mountain West	3-3	0.5	10.74	-3.17	11.66	2.62	0.38
89	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	2-2	0.5	10.43	-17.5	14.62	0.52	1.48
90	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	10.12	0	11.69	2.5	-0.5
91	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	10.04	0.6	14.51	2.56	-0.56
92	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	9.83	0	7.42	2.5	-0.5
93	Missouri	SEC	2-3	0.4	9.62	-2.2	14.35	2.32	-0.32
94	Indiana	Big Ten	2-3	0.4	9.11	-4.4	16.52	2	0
95	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	8.81	-1.4	14.08	2.33	-0.33
96	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-3	0.4	8.6	-5.2	9.36	1.88	0.12
97	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	8.53	-4.2	10.1	1.87	0.13
98	Kent State	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	8.43	-3.6	15.74	2.09	-0.09
99	Washington State	Pac-12	2-3	0.4	8.32	-2	9.21	2.25	-0.25
100	New Mexico	Mountain West	2-3	0.4	8.1	-10	10.98	1.24	0.76
101	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	1-3	0.25	7.97	4	14.06	2.26	-1.26
102	Ball State	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	7.67	-10.4	16.68	1.32	0.68
103	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	2-3	0.4	7.47	-8.8	11.31	1.64	0.36
104	Illinois	Big Ten	2-4	0.33	6.86	-4	20.57	2.38	-0.38
105	Rice	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	6.85	-19.4	13.11	0.8	1.2
106	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-3	0.4	6.67	-19	7.21	0.68	1.32
107	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-3	0.25	5.27	-7	25.87	1.27	-0.27
108	Colorado State	Mountain West	1-3	0.25	4.68	-4	8.86	1.57	-0.57
109	North Texas	Conference USA	1-3	0.25	4.3	-8.5	12.61	1.2	-0.2
110	Texas State	Sun Belt	1-3	0.25	3.95	-12.25	10.55	1.11	-0.11
111	California	Pac-12	1-4	0.2	3.83	-3.4	9.32	2.11	-1.11
112	Tulane	American Athletic	1-4	0.2	3.75	-5.2	15.16	2.09	-1.09
113	Old Dominion	Conference USA	1-4	0.2	3.54	-5.6	14.18	1.93	-0.93
114	Florida International	Conference USA	1-4	0.2	3.23	-8.4	8.65	1.72	-0.72
115	Navy	American Athletic	1-3	0.25	3.2	-16.5	18.55	0.63	0.37
116	Colorado	Pac-12	1-4	0.2	3.12	-10	12.72	1.08	-0.08
117	Southern Miss	Conference USA	1-4	0.2	3.03	-10.6	12.1	1.21	-0.21
118	Tulsa	American Athletic	1-4	0.2	2.89	-11.2	12.35	1.38	-0.38
119	Florida State	ACC	1-4	0.2	2.79	-6.4	17	1.84	-0.84
120	South Florida	American Athletic	1-4	0.2	2.77	-15.6	17.49	1.03	-0.03
121	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	1-4	0.2	2.71	-13.6	6.67	1.51	-0.51
122	Georgia State	Sun Belt	1-4	0.2	2.61	-20.6	20.6	0.68	0.32
123	Kansas	Big 12	1-4	0.2	2.35	-26.6	15.69	0.49	0.51
124	Akron	Mid-American	1-4	0.2	2.24	-23.8	8.14	0.62	0.38
125	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	1-5	0.17	2.05	-12	10.94	1.58	-0.58
126	Ohio	Mid-American	1-4	0.2	2.04	-13.8	9.32	1.02	-0.02
127	Arizona	Pac-12	0-4	0	-2.42	-14	17.44	0.78	-0.78
128	UNLV	Mountain West	0-5	0	-2.58	-17.8	15.05	0.85	-0.85
129	UConn	FBS Independents	0-6	0	-2.81	-23.17	14.9	0.67	-0.67
130	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	0-5	0	-3.23	-32.6	21.28	0.29	-0.29