2021 W7 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:37.792699+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Georgia	SEC	7-0	1	27.67	31.86	16.5	6.9	0.1
2	Michigan	Big Ten	6-0	1	26.71	23	13.17	5.38	0.62
3	Cincinnati	American Athletic	6-0	1	26.03	29.83	9.03	5.64	0.36
4	Oklahoma	Big 12	7-0	1	25.8	17.86	9.79	5.48	1.52
5	Oklahoma State	Big 12	6-0	1	25.41	7	11.51	4.04	1.96
6	Wake Forest	ACC	6-0	1	25.26	17.33	7.32	4.82	1.18
7	Michigan State	Big Ten	7-0	1	25.2	15.57	7.29	5.65	1.35
8	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	6-0	1	24.63	33.83	1.9	5.66	0.34
9	SMU	American Athletic	6-0	1	24.63	18.5	4.05	4.85	1.15
10	UTSA	Conference USA	7-0	1	24.61	19.43	3.77	5.88	1.12
11	San Diego State	Mountain West	6-0	1	24.46	16.83	3.62	5.08	0.92
12	Iowa	Big Ten	6-1	0.86	23.41	13.43	14.49	5.77	0.23
13	Alabama	SEC	6-1	0.86	23	24.86	11.24	6.09	-0.09
14	Ohio State	Big Ten	5-1	0.83	22.78	28	13.23	5.31	-0.31
15	Baylor	Big 12	6-1	0.86	22.64	19.57	10.45	5.92	0.08
16	Kentucky	SEC	6-1	0.86	22.62	9.14	11.86	5	1
17	Air Force	Mountain West	6-1	0.86	22.16	15.14	8.75	5.78	0.22
18	Pittsburgh	ACC	5-1	0.83	22	28.33	9.22	5.34	-0.34
19	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-1	0.83	21.92	6.67	14.74	3.84	1.16
20	Penn State	Big Ten	5-1	0.83	21.84	14.5	10.74	5.07	-0.07
21	Ole Miss	SEC	5-1	0.83	21.79	13.5	11.04	4.24	0.76
22	NC State	ACC	5-1	0.83	21.66	18	9.31	5.24	-0.24
23	Oregon	Pac-12	5-1	0.83	21.12	12.83	7.36	4.54	0.46
24	Louisiana	Sun Belt	5-1	0.83	21.11	9.33	9.03	4.22	0.78
25	Houston	American Athletic	5-1	0.83	20.94	21	4.14	5.27	-0.27
26	Nevada	Mountain West	5-1	0.83	20.86	12.83	6.14	4.42	0.58
27	UTEP	Conference USA	6-1	0.86	20.53	5.57	3.76	4.52	1.48
28	Auburn	SEC	5-2	0.71	19.2	15.71	12.06	5.6	-0.6
29	Texas A&M	SEC	5-2	0.71	19.04	11.14	12.87	5.41	-0.41
30	Liberty	FBS Independents	5-2	0.71	18.82	17.57	7.26	5.92	-0.92
31	Arizona State	Pac-12	5-2	0.71	18.75	12.71	8.41	5.41	-0.41
32	UCLA	Pac-12	5-2	0.71	18.73	8.43	12.12	4.65	0.35
33	Virginia	ACC	5-2	0.71	18.68	11.71	10.44	5.02	-0.02
34	Fresno State	Mountain West	5-2	0.71	18.58	16.57	7.91	5.69	-0.69
35	BYU	FBS Independents	5-2	0.71	18.53	3.71	12.68	4.11	0.89
36	Western Michigan	Mid-American	5-2	0.71	18.15	4.71	11.49	4.18	0.82
37	Purdue	Big Ten	4-2	0.67	18.12	9.67	14.39	4.66	-0.66
38	UAB	Conference USA	5-2	0.71	18.06	7.14	8.74	4.76	0.24
39	Clemson	ACC	4-2	0.67	18.01	8	14.45	4.58	-0.58
40	Utah	Pac-12	4-2	0.67	17.97	8.83	13.9	4.11	-0.11
41	Iowa State	Big 12	4-2	0.67	17.84	17.33	9.22	5.08	-1.08
42	Boston College	ACC	4-2	0.67	17.75	11.33	8.51	4.49	-0.49
43	Texas Tech	Big 12	5-2	0.71	17.74	4.29	8.85	4.03	0.97
44	Oregon State	Pac-12	4-2	0.67	17.59	10.83	8.89	4.28	-0.28
45	App State	Sun Belt	4-2	0.67	17.57	8	8.94	4	0
46	Army	FBS Independents	4-2	0.67	17.35	10.33	6.13	4.34	-0.34
47	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-2	0.67	17.28	5.17	11.54	3.79	0.21
48	Wyoming	Mountain West	4-2	0.67	16.92	3	8.78	3.44	0.56
49	South Alabama	Sun Belt	4-2	0.67	16.86	9.5	5.37	4.34	-0.34
50	Texas	Big 12	4-3	0.57	16.76	12	18.75	4.84	-0.84
51	Maryland	Big Ten	4-2	0.67	16.46	1	11.2	3.12	0.88
52	Florida	SEC	4-3	0.57	16.31	13.29	14.65	5.32	-1.32
53	Charlotte	Conference USA	4-2	0.67	16.21	4.17	3.92	3.53	0.47
54	Tennessee	SEC	4-3	0.57	16.09	16.43	11.87	5.48	-1.48
55	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	5-2	0.71	15.93	-2.14	12.46	3.2	1.8
56	Arkansas	SEC	4-3	0.57	15.85	4.57	17.13	4.15	-0.15
57	North Carolina	ACC	4-3	0.57	15.28	8	11.9	4.49	-0.49
58	Utah State	Mountain West	4-2	0.67	15.2	-0.5	9.55	2.94	1.06
59	LSU	SEC	4-3	0.57	15.07	4	14.26	4.04	-0.04
60	Marshall	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	14.9	14.29	5.52	5.33	-1.33
61	Memphis	American Athletic	4-3	0.57	14.46	5.43	7.4	4.17	-0.17
62	Troy	Sun Belt	4-3	0.57	14.42	5.71	6.77	4.53	-0.53
63	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	4-3	0.57	14.41	4.57	5.82	4.19	-0.19
64	TCU	Big 12	3-3	0.5	13.77	5.17	13.55	3.53	-0.53
65	South Carolina	SEC	4-3	0.57	13.75	0.14	13.41	3.53	0.47
66	Kansas State	Big 12	3-3	0.5	13.53	2.67	15.07	3.36	-0.36
67	USC	Pac-12	3-3	0.5	13.38	4.83	11.9	3.57	-0.57
68	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	3-3	0.5	13.29	6.33	9.38	3.84	-0.84
69	Central Michigan	Mid-American	4-3	0.57	13.26	0.86	5.86	3.63	0.37
70	Louisville	ACC	3-3	0.5	13.19	3.17	12.83	3.36	-0.36
71	Washington State	Pac-12	4-3	0.57	13.17	0	9.67	3.5	0.5
72	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-3	0.5	12.98	2.83	11.69	3.37	-0.37
73	Boise State	Mountain West	3-4	0.43	12.87	7.29	19.8	4.64	-1.64
74	UCF	American Athletic	3-3	0.5	12.83	2	10	3.21	-0.21
75	Colorado State	Mountain West	3-3	0.5	12.8	5.17	8.8	3.81	-0.81
76	Virginia Tech	ACC	3-3	0.5	12.8	1.5	10.81	3.25	-0.25
77	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-3	0.5	12.57	0.33	19.04	3.06	-0.06
78	Ball State	Mid-American	4-3	0.57	12.53	-2.86	14.26	3.06	0.94
79	East Carolina	American Athletic	3-3	0.5	12.4	1.5	9.17	3.19	-0.19
80	Toledo	Mid-American	3-4	0.43	11.94	9	8.55	5.02	-2.02
81	Syracuse	ACC	3-4	0.43	11.9	6	10.97	4.44	-1.44
82	Rutgers	Big Ten	3-4	0.43	11.41	1.57	14.06	3.78	-0.78
83	Nebraska	Big Ten	3-5	0.38	11.38	11.38	13.51	5.99	-2.99
84	Mississippi State	SEC	3-3	0.5	11.27	-4.33	16.46	2.43	0.57
85	Buffalo	Mid-American	3-4	0.43	10.89	2.71	8.62	3.88	-0.88
86	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-3	0.5	10.59	-2	9.64	2.69	0.31
87	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-4	0.43	10.47	0.71	12.26	3.63	-0.63
88	Stanford	Pac-12	3-4	0.43	9.94	-1.43	15.46	3.28	-0.28
89	Temple	American Athletic	3-3	0.5	9.88	-10.5	11.59	1.76	1.24
90	West Virginia	Big 12	2-4	0.33	9.68	5.83	14.7	3.8	-1.8
91	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	3-3	0.5	9.48	-16.83	13.66	1.05	1.95
92	Missouri	SEC	3-4	0.43	9.39	-2.71	12.58	3.19	-0.19
93	Miami	ACC	2-4	0.33	9.23	2.33	15.16	3.27	-1.27
94	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	2-4	0.33	9.16	5.5	12.05	3.51	-1.51
95	Washington	Pac-12	2-4	0.33	9.03	3.17	9.81	3.51	-1.51
96	San José State	Mountain West	3-4	0.43	8.91	-3.71	9.48	2.78	0.22
97	Duke	ACC	3-4	0.43	8.9	-4.57	8.76	2.86	0.14
98	Kent State	Mid-American	3-4	0.43	8.83	-5.86	12.12	2.74	0.26
99	Hawai'i	Mountain West	3-4	0.43	8.8	-5.14	10.88	2.77	0.23
100	Tulsa	American Athletic	3-4	0.43	8.26	-7	11.02	2.52	0.48
101	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	2-4	0.33	7.01	-2.67	12.48	2.68	-0.68
102	Indiana	Big Ten	2-4	0.33	6.79	-4.5	16.27	2.36	-0.36
103	Florida State	ACC	2-4	0.33	6.63	-3.67	13.22	2.55	-0.55
104	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	2-4	0.33	6.62	-4.17	13.83	2.5	-0.5
105	Colorado	Pac-12	2-4	0.33	6.38	-2.67	9.6	2.49	-0.49
106	Texas State	Sun Belt	2-4	0.33	6	-8.33	9.91	2.06	-0.06
107	Georgia State	Sun Belt	2-4	0.33	5.95	-11.5	16.28	1.69	0.31
108	Illinois	Big Ten	2-5	0.29	5.39	-6.86	16.41	2.21	-0.21
109	Rice	Conference USA	2-4	0.33	5.37	-23.67	12.87	0.62	1.38
110	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-5	0.29	5.27	-6.29	10.18	2.35	-0.35
111	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	2-5	0.29	4.92	-10.57	10.51	2.04	-0.04
112	New Mexico	Mountain West	2-5	0.29	4.73	-14.71	12.18	1.08	0.92
113	Akron	Mid-American	2-5	0.29	4.45	-16.71	8.26	1.41	0.59
114	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-5	0.29	4.39	-19.71	9.84	0.79	1.21
115	California	Pac-12	1-5	0.17	2.77	-4	11.67	2.44	-1.44
116	Tulane	American Athletic	1-5	0.17	2.35	-7.33	14.79	2.3	-1.3
117	Florida International	Conference USA	1-5	0.17	2.1	-9	9.27	2.04	-1.04
118	North Texas	Conference USA	1-5	0.17	1.96	-12.5	11.19	1.56	-0.56
119	South Florida	American Athletic	1-5	0.17	1.93	-13.17	13.8	1.49	-0.49
120	Navy	American Athletic	1-5	0.17	1.9	-15.17	18.43	1.11	-0.11
121	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	1-5	0.17	1.63	-16.67	8.55	1.56	-0.56
122	Old Dominion	Conference USA	1-6	0.14	1.57	-8.29	12.29	2.28	-1.28
123	Kansas	Big 12	1-5	0.17	1.38	-26.67	13.86	0.56	0.44
124	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	1-5	0.17	1.37	-24.83	15.78	0.62	0.38
125	Ohio	Mid-American	1-6	0.14	1.32	-10.43	8.31	1.91	-0.91
126	Southern Miss	Conference USA	1-6	0.14	1.15	-14.29	12.19	1.12	-0.12
127	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	1-6	0.14	1.09	-14.14	11.73	1.7	-0.7
128	UConn	FBS Independents	1-7	0.12	0.18	-18.38	7.66	1.17	-0.17
129	UNLV	Mountain West	0-6	0	-2.37	-15.5	14.11	1.2	-1.2
130	Arizona	Pac-12	0-6	0	-2.45	-18	13.12	0.74	-0.74