2021 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:37.793156+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Georgia	SEC	7-0	1	27.29	31.86	15.98	6.9	0.1
2	Michigan	Big Ten	7-0	1	26.36	23.43	12.72	6.36	0.64
3	Cincinnati	American Athletic	7-0	1	25.43	26.57	7.68	6.45	0.55
4	Wake Forest	ACC	7-0	1	25.21	16.86	8.47	5.35	1.65
5	Oklahoma	Big 12	8-0	1	25.04	17.12	7.36	6.22	1.78
6	Michigan State	Big Ten	7-0	1	24.86	15.57	6.94	5.65	1.35
7	San Diego State	Mountain West	7-0	1	24.63	15.29	6.06	5.83	1.17
8	UTSA	Conference USA	8-0	1	24.54	20.62	4.46	6.82	1.18
9	SMU	American Athletic	7-0	1	24.18	20	2.7	5.72	1.28
10	Alabama	SEC	7-1	0.88	23.15	25.25	10.61	6.95	0.05
11	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-1	0.86	23.13	30.71	12.25	6.37	-0.37
12	Iowa	Big Ten	6-1	0.86	22.96	13.43	14.67	5.77	0.23
13	Pittsburgh	ACC	6-1	0.86	22.55	25.71	9.91	6.16	-0.16
14	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	6-1	0.86	22.46	7.86	14.5	4.67	1.33
15	Baylor	Big 12	6-1	0.86	22.38	19.57	9.83	5.92	0.08
16	Ole Miss	SEC	6-1	0.86	22.22	13.57	10.79	5.02	0.98
17	Kentucky	SEC	6-1	0.86	22.14	9.14	11.67	5	1
18	Oklahoma State	Big 12	6-1	0.86	21.99	5.57	11.7	4.49	1.51
19	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	6-1	0.86	21.88	28.57	4.62	6.38	-0.38
20	Oregon	Pac-12	6-1	0.86	21.7	11.43	8.62	5.08	0.92
21	Houston	American Athletic	6-1	0.86	21.51	19	5.43	5.97	0.03
22	Louisiana	Sun Belt	6-1	0.86	21.21	8.14	7.01	4.75	1.25
23	UTEP	Conference USA	6-1	0.86	20.22	5.57	2.63	4.52	1.48
24	Texas A&M	SEC	6-2	0.75	19.77	13.5	11.65	6.47	-0.47
25	Air Force	Mountain West	6-2	0.75	19.65	12.5	9.92	6.32	-0.32
26	Fresno State	Mountain West	6-2	0.75	19.45	14.75	9.28	6.24	-0.24
27	Virginia	ACC	6-2	0.75	19.38	11.25	10.03	5.59	0.41
28	Liberty	FBS Independents	6-2	0.75	19.17	16.5	6.75	6.6	-0.6
29	Auburn	SEC	5-2	0.71	18.99	15.71	11.55	5.6	-0.6
30	BYU	FBS Independents	6-2	0.75	18.96	3.5	12.51	4.68	1.32
31	Iowa State	Big 12	5-2	0.71	18.75	15.29	10.57	5.74	-0.74
32	Penn State	Big Ten	5-2	0.71	18.75	12.14	9.98	5.64	-0.64
33	NC State	ACC	5-2	0.71	18.61	15.29	7.89	5.76	-0.76
34	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-2	0.71	18.5	7	12.98	4.72	0.28
35	Oregon State	Pac-12	5-2	0.71	18.39	10.43	10.07	4.88	0.12
36	Arizona State	Pac-12	5-2	0.71	18.38	12.71	8.45	5.41	-0.41
37	App State	Sun Belt	5-2	0.71	18.3	7.29	11.17	4.56	0.44
38	Nevada	Mountain West	5-2	0.71	18.16	10.71	6.81	4.9	0.1
39	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	6-2	0.75	16.72	-1.75	11.44	3.73	2.27
40	Arkansas	SEC	5-3	0.62	16.61	9.25	13.09	5.5	-0.5
41	UCLA	Pac-12	5-3	0.62	16.51	7	12.36	5.09	-0.09
42	Texas	Big 12	4-3	0.57	16.29	12	17.86	4.84	-0.84
43	Utah State	Mountain West	5-2	0.71	16.24	-0.14	9.59	3.48	1.52
44	Florida	SEC	4-3	0.57	15.86	13.29	13.77	5.32	-1.32
45	UAB	Conference USA	5-3	0.62	15.74	5.5	7.58	5.1	-0.1
46	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	5-3	0.62	15.64	7.88	6.77	5.26	-0.26
47	Texas Tech	Big 12	5-3	0.62	15.58	3.62	8.52	4.53	0.47
48	Western Michigan	Mid-American	5-3	0.62	15.55	1.75	11.48	4.29	0.71
49	Clemson	ACC	4-3	0.57	15.47	5.43	14.85	4.76	-0.76
50	Utah	Pac-12	4-3	0.57	15.45	6.43	13.7	4.41	-0.41
51	Purdue	Big Ten	4-3	0.57	15.44	5.86	14.05	4.72	-0.72
52	Army	FBS Independents	4-3	0.57	15.14	6.86	10.87	4.4	-0.4
53	North Carolina	ACC	4-3	0.57	15.1	8	10.74	4.49	-0.49
54	Boston College	ACC	4-3	0.57	15.04	7.71	9.07	4.75	-0.75
55	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-3	0.57	15.03	2.71	17.96	4.06	-0.06
56	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	15.01	9.57	9.97	4.96	-0.96
57	Louisville	ACC	4-3	0.57	14.9	4.71	13.28	4.16	-0.16
58	Marshall	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	14.76	14.29	4.57	5.33	-1.33
59	Kansas State	Big 12	4-3	0.57	14.75	2.43	15.37	3.89	0.11
60	South Alabama	Sun Belt	4-3	0.57	14.48	6.71	5.42	4.56	-0.56
61	UCF	American Athletic	4-3	0.57	14.45	4.14	10.12	4.06	-0.06
62	Mississippi State	SEC	4-3	0.57	14.42	1.86	14.95	3.79	0.21
63	Troy	Sun Belt	4-3	0.57	14.33	5.71	6.3	4.53	-0.53
64	Tennessee	SEC	4-4	0.5	14.03	10.88	12.69	5.55	-1.55
65	Wyoming	Mountain West	4-3	0.57	13.89	1	9.16	3.69	0.31
66	Toledo	Mid-American	4-4	0.5	13.53	10.25	10.74	5.94	-1.94
67	Syracuse	ACC	4-4	0.5	13.13	5.88	10.53	4.99	-0.99
68	LSU	SEC	4-4	0.5	12.97	1.75	14.15	4.28	-0.28
69	Buffalo	Mid-American	4-4	0.5	12.86	6.75	7.54	5.08	-1.08
70	Maryland	Big Ten	4-3	0.57	12.77	-1.71	11.05	3.25	0.75
71	Boise State	Mountain West	3-4	0.43	12.58	7.29	19.36	4.64	-1.64
72	Charlotte	Conference USA	4-3	0.57	12.55	-0.57	4.61	3.41	0.59
73	Memphis	American Athletic	4-4	0.5	12.52	2.62	7.55	4.4	-0.4
74	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	4-4	0.5	12.4	1.5	11.91	4.31	-0.31
75	West Virginia	Big 12	3-4	0.43	11.87	6.71	14.17	4.58	-1.58
76	Central Michigan	Mid-American	4-4	0.5	11.8	0.62	7.03	4.1	-0.1
77	Washington State	Pac-12	4-4	0.5	11.59	-0.25	10.67	3.95	0.05
78	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	3-4	0.43	11.45	6.86	9.66	4.27	-1.27
79	TCU	Big 12	3-4	0.43	11.41	2.71	12.48	3.84	-0.84
80	USC	Pac-12	3-4	0.43	11.32	2	13.7	3.79	-0.79
81	Miami	ACC	3-4	0.43	11.28	2.14	15.91	3.79	-0.79
82	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	4-3	0.57	11.27	-13	13.33	1.72	2.28
83	Colorado State	Mountain West	3-4	0.43	11.25	4.14	8.37	4.25	-1.25
84	Florida State	ACC	3-4	0.43	11.21	4.86	11.27	4.19	-1.19
85	Nebraska	Big Ten	3-5	0.38	11.2	11.38	13.98	5.99	-2.99
86	Rutgers	Big Ten	3-4	0.43	11.09	1.57	13.87	3.78	-0.78
87	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-4	0.43	11	1.29	12.69	3.68	-0.68
88	Washington	Pac-12	3-4	0.43	10.86	3.43	7.85	4.16	-1.16
89	South Carolina	SEC	4-4	0.5	10.84	-3.62	13.33	3.25	0.75
90	Ball State	Mid-American	4-4	0.5	10.75	-3.38	12.63	3.39	0.61
91	Virginia Tech	ACC	3-4	0.43	10.58	0.57	11.06	3.6	-0.6
92	Hawai'i	Mountain West	4-4	0.5	10.39	-2.75	9.61	3.57	0.43
93	San José State	Mountain West	4-4	0.5	10.38	-2.38	8.29	3.48	0.52
94	East Carolina	American Athletic	3-4	0.43	10.34	0.29	10.33	3.54	-0.54
95	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	3-4	0.43	10.32	0.86	11.07	3.62	-0.62
96	Kent State	Mid-American	4-4	0.5	10.22	-4.25	10.57	3.36	0.64
97	Stanford	Pac-12	3-4	0.43	9.63	-1.43	14.72	3.28	-0.28
98	Missouri	SEC	3-4	0.43	9.05	-2.71	11.53	3.19	-0.19
99	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-4	0.43	8.65	-5.43	10.7	2.52	0.48
100	Duke	ACC	3-4	0.43	8.57	-4.57	9.3	2.86	0.14
101	Tulsa	American Athletic	3-4	0.43	8.36	-7	11.02	2.52	0.48
102	Georgia State	Sun Belt	3-4	0.43	8.33	-8.14	14.44	2.35	0.65
103	Temple	American Athletic	3-4	0.43	8.01	-11.86	9.43	1.85	1.15
104	Illinois	Big Ten	3-5	0.38	7.57	-5.75	17.48	2.73	0.27
105	Rice	Conference USA	3-4	0.43	7.55	-19.43	12.48	1.05	1.95
106	New Mexico	Mountain West	3-5	0.38	6.82	-11.5	13.38	1.56	1.44
107	California	Pac-12	2-5	0.29	6.41	-0.14	10.62	3.47	-1.47
108	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	2-5	0.29	5.37	-6.43	13.52	2.62	-0.62
109	Colorado	Pac-12	2-5	0.29	5.22	-5.57	8.4	2.26	-0.26
110	Indiana	Big Ten	2-5	0.29	5.13	-10.57	16.92	1.88	0.12
111	Texas State	Sun Belt	2-5	0.29	4.93	-8.86	9.48	2.29	-0.29
112	South Florida	American Athletic	2-5	0.29	4.83	-8.43	12.75	2.3	-0.3
113	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	2-5	0.29	4.78	-10.57	10.45	2.04	-0.04
114	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-6	0.25	4.01	-9.38	10.48	2.26	-0.26
115	Akron	Mid-American	2-6	0.25	3.42	-19	8.73	1.36	0.64
116	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-6	0.25	3.34	-22.12	10.24	0.71	1.29
117	Old Dominion	Conference USA	1-6	0.14	1.49	-8.29	12.79	2.28	-1.28
118	Tulane	American Athletic	1-6	0.14	1.41	-10.43	16.23	2.37	-1.37
119	Florida International	Conference USA	1-6	0.14	1.37	-9.86	9.38	2.25	-1.25
120	North Texas	Conference USA	1-6	0.14	1.25	-12	11.83	1.89	-0.89
121	Navy	American Athletic	1-6	0.14	1.19	-14	19.42	1.42	-0.42
122	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	1-6	0.14	1.08	-14.43	10.34	1.96	-0.96
123	Southern Miss	Conference USA	1-6	0.14	1.08	-14.29	12.61	1.12	-0.12
124	Ohio	Mid-American	1-7	0.12	0.87	-10	8.88	2.28	-1.28
125	Kansas	Big 12	1-6	0.14	0.71	-24.57	15.36	0.78	0.22
126	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	1-7	0.12	0.63	-14.12	10.89	2.02	-1.02
127	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	1-6	0.14	0.57	-29.29	13.93	0.49	0.51
128	UConn	FBS Independents	1-8	0.11	0.11	-19.78	7.04	1.18	-0.18
129	UNLV	Mountain West	0-7	0	-2.27	-14.29	13.41	1.5	-1.5
130	Arizona	Pac-12	0-7	0	-2.35	-16.14	12.61	1	-1