2021 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:37.793576+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Georgia	SEC	8-0	1	26.85	31.25	14.87	7.87	0.13
2	Wake Forest	ACC	8-0	1	25.28	19.5	9.23	6.44	1.56
3	Michigan State	Big Ten	8-0	1	25.07	14.12	9.39	6.21	1.79
4	Oklahoma	Big 12	9-0	1	25.03	18.67	8.14	7.15	1.85
5	Cincinnati	American Athletic	8-0	1	25.03	25.62	6.88	7.36	0.64
6	UTSA	Conference USA	8-0	1	24.53	20.62	5.31	6.82	1.18
7	Michigan	Big Ten	7-1	0.88	23.64	20	14.24	6.9	0.1
8	Ohio State	Big Ten	7-1	0.88	23.4	28	12.46	7.15	-0.15
9	Alabama	SEC	7-1	0.88	23.08	25.25	11.08	6.95	0.05
10	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	7-1	0.88	22.85	8.12	14.71	5.31	1.69
11	Baylor	Big 12	7-1	0.88	22.68	18	10.44	6.61	0.39
12	Oklahoma State	Big 12	7-1	0.88	22.34	11.38	10.48	6.09	0.91
13	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	7-1	0.88	22.17	25.88	6.14	7.11	-0.11
14	Houston	American Athletic	7-1	0.88	22.08	17.5	7.33	6.55	0.45
15	Oregon	Pac-12	7-1	0.88	22.08	12.88	8.5	5.92	1.08
16	San Diego State	Mountain West	7-1	0.88	22.03	12.12	7.5	6.22	0.78
17	SMU	American Athletic	7-1	0.88	21.73	16.62	4.62	6.14	0.86
18	Louisiana	Sun Belt	7-1	0.88	21.68	12.75	6.34	6.15	0.85
19	Fresno State	Mountain West	7-2	0.78	20.16	14.22	10.35	6.97	0.03
20	BYU	FBS Independents	7-2	0.78	19.84	5	13.16	5.44	1.56
21	Iowa	Big Ten	6-2	0.75	19.84	9.25	13.42	5.96	0.04
22	Auburn	SEC	6-2	0.75	19.83	15.12	12.45	6.35	-0.35
23	Liberty	FBS Independents	7-2	0.78	19.77	19.67	6.46	7.69	-0.69
24	Texas A&M	SEC	6-2	0.75	19.73	13.5	12.04	6.47	-0.47
25	Pittsburgh	ACC	6-2	0.75	19.72	22	8.56	6.71	-0.71
26	Ole Miss	SEC	6-2	0.75	19.61	10.5	11.51	5.42	0.58
27	Air Force	Mountain West	6-2	0.75	19.38	12.5	10.04	6.32	-0.32
28	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-2	0.75	19.35	9.5	11.6	5.79	0.21
29	App State	Sun Belt	6-2	0.75	19.32	10.25	11.13	5.57	0.43
30	NC State	ACC	6-2	0.75	19.29	15.25	8.91	6.62	-0.62
31	Kentucky	SEC	6-2	0.75	19.25	6.25	11.46	5.21	0.79
32	Nevada	Mountain West	6-2	0.75	18.81	13.25	6.49	5.89	0.11
33	Utah State	Mountain West	6-2	0.75	18	2.38	9.02	4.37	1.63
34	UTEP	Conference USA	6-2	0.75	17.89	4.5	4.12	4.93	1.07
35	Virginia	ACC	6-3	0.67	17.5	8.11	11.4	5.72	0.28
36	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-3	0.62	16.62	4.88	18.04	5.16	-0.16
37	Arkansas	SEC	5-3	0.62	16.58	9.25	13.36	5.5	-0.5
38	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	6-2	0.75	16.57	-1.75	10.78	3.73	2.27
39	Iowa State	Big 12	5-3	0.62	16.53	12.5	10.3	6.1	-1.1
40	Penn State	Big Ten	5-3	0.62	16.51	9.5	11.7	5.93	-0.93
41	Utah	Pac-12	5-3	0.62	16.47	8.12	13.72	5.28	-0.28
42	Purdue	Big Ten	5-3	0.62	16.33	5.75	14.53	5.32	-0.32
43	Clemson	ACC	5-3	0.62	16.25	6	13.6	5.5	-0.5
44	Arizona State	Pac-12	5-3	0.62	16.05	9.5	8.14	5.68	-0.68
45	Kansas State	Big 12	5-3	0.62	16.05	4.5	13.82	4.83	0.17
46	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	5-3	0.62	16.04	8.75	10.02	5.54	-0.54
47	Oregon State	Pac-12	5-3	0.62	15.98	7.38	8.93	5.13	-0.13
48	Mississippi State	SEC	5-3	0.62	15.96	3.38	14.73	4.6	0.4
49	UCF	American Athletic	5-3	0.62	15.94	8.88	9.37	5.34	-0.34
50	Marshall	Conference USA	5-3	0.62	15.78	17.25	4.28	6.53	-1.53
51	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	5-3	0.62	15.61	7.88	6.8	5.26	-0.26
52	UAB	Conference USA	5-3	0.62	15.51	5.5	7.84	5.1	-0.1
53	Western Michigan	Mid-American	5-3	0.62	15.35	1.75	12.08	4.29	0.71
54	South Alabama	Sun Belt	5-3	0.62	15.32	8.12	4.79	5.48	-0.48
55	Army	FBS Independents	4-3	0.57	15.01	6.86	11.9	4.4	-0.4
56	UCLA	Pac-12	5-4	0.56	14.63	4	12.94	5.2	-0.2
57	Syracuse	ACC	5-4	0.56	14.58	6.89	10.96	5.88	-0.88
58	Texas	Big 12	4-4	0.5	14.35	9.62	17.72	5.28	-1.28
59	Florida	SEC	4-4	0.5	13.98	8.25	15.34	5.4	-1.4
60	Boise State	Mountain West	4-4	0.5	13.96	7.5	17.61	5.35	-1.35
61	Maryland	Big Ten	5-3	0.62	13.75	-1.12	11.17	3.82	1.18
62	Tennessee	SEC	4-4	0.5	13.75	10.88	12.21	5.55	-1.55
63	Washington State	Pac-12	5-4	0.56	13.6	1.22	11.64	4.76	0.24
64	North Carolina	ACC	4-4	0.5	13.44	5.75	12.85	4.8	-0.8
65	Toledo	Mid-American	4-4	0.5	13.44	10.25	9.89	5.94	-1.94
66	West Virginia	Big 12	4-4	0.5	13.41	6.75	13.31	5.19	-1.19
67	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	4-4	0.5	13.26	10	9.38	5.3	-1.3
68	Miami	ACC	4-4	0.5	13.04	2.38	16.49	4.35	-0.35
69	Louisville	ACC	4-4	0.5	13.02	2.25	14.52	4.38	-0.38
70	Texas Tech	Big 12	5-4	0.56	12.93	-0.22	10.33	4.46	0.54
71	Boston College	ACC	4-4	0.5	12.92	4.88	8.72	4.98	-0.98
72	LSU	SEC	4-4	0.5	12.73	1.75	13.99	4.28	-0.28
73	Troy	Sun Belt	4-4	0.5	12.71	4.12	7.99	4.82	-0.82
74	Rutgers	Big Ten	4-4	0.5	12.61	2.12	12.71	4.44	-0.44
75	USC	Pac-12	4-4	0.5	12.61	2.62	11.35	4.41	-0.41
76	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	4-4	0.5	12.56	3.88	9.1	4.64	-0.64
77	Washington	Pac-12	4-4	0.5	12.51	3.88	8.25	4.87	-0.87
78	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	4-4	0.5	12.38	1.5	11.34	4.31	-0.31
79	Virginia Tech	ACC	4-4	0.5	12.38	1.62	12.05	4.33	-0.33
80	Memphis	American Athletic	4-4	0.5	12.33	2.62	7.76	4.4	-0.4
81	East Carolina	American Athletic	4-4	0.5	12.26	2.12	9.51	4.36	-0.36
82	San José State	Mountain West	5-4	0.56	11.93	-1.44	8.38	4.15	0.85
83	Wyoming	Mountain West	4-4	0.5	11.67	0.12	9.23	4.03	-0.03
84	Central Michigan	Mid-American	4-4	0.5	11.64	0.62	7.11	4.1	-0.1
85	Buffalo	Mid-American	4-5	0.44	11.29	4.67	6.52	5.29	-1.29
86	Missouri	SEC	4-4	0.5	10.74	-1.25	9.67	3.83	0.17
87	South Carolina	SEC	4-4	0.5	10.53	-3.62	12.65	3.25	0.75
88	Ball State	Mid-American	4-4	0.5	10.5	-3.38	11.86	3.39	0.61
89	Kent State	Mid-American	4-4	0.5	10.18	-4.25	9.85	3.36	0.64
90	Florida State	ACC	3-5	0.38	10.09	3	12.11	4.5	-1.5
91	Georgia State	Sun Belt	4-4	0.5	10.04	-6.25	12.63	2.92	1.08
92	Charlotte	Conference USA	4-4	0.5	10.02	-4.5	6.58	3.23	0.77
93	Nebraska	Big Ten	3-6	0.33	9.89	9.56	14.36	6.42	-3.42
94	Colorado State	Mountain West	3-5	0.38	9.8	2.5	9.48	4.52	-1.52
95	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	4-4	0.5	9.65	-15.25	13.58	1.8	2.2
96	California	Pac-12	3-5	0.38	9.42	1.62	10.92	4.31	-1.31
97	TCU	Big 12	3-5	0.38	9.1	0	13.02	4	-1
98	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-5	0.38	9.03	0	12.3	4	-1
99	Hawai'i	Mountain West	4-5	0.44	8.84	-4.67	10.04	3.72	0.28
100	Stanford	Pac-12	3-5	0.38	8.15	-2.12	13.56	3.61	-0.61
101	Tulsa	American Athletic	3-5	0.38	7.18	-6.5	9.53	2.91	0.09
102	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-5	0.38	7.15	-8.12	11.43	2.41	0.59
103	Duke	ACC	3-5	0.38	7.04	-8.75	10.32	2.61	0.39
104	New Mexico	Mountain West	3-5	0.38	6.86	-11.5	12.5	1.56	1.44
105	Temple	American Athletic	3-5	0.38	6.57	-15.62	9.6	1.63	1.37
106	Rice	Conference USA	3-5	0.38	6.51	-17.75	10.88	1.37	1.63
107	Illinois	Big Ten	3-6	0.33	6.41	-5.78	15.64	3.04	-0.04
108	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-6	0.33	5.86	-7	10.65	3.15	-0.15
109	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	2-6	0.25	4.32	-6	11.84	3.03	-1.03
110	Indiana	Big Ten	2-6	0.25	4.12	-9.62	16.17	2.38	-0.38
111	Colorado	Pac-12	2-6	0.25	4.1	-7.75	10.47	2.32	-0.32
112	Old Dominion	Conference USA	2-6	0.25	4.03	-6.88	12.38	2.8	-0.8
113	South Florida	American Athletic	2-6	0.25	4	-9.25	11.79	2.46	-0.46
114	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	2-6	0.25	3.89	-10.12	10.13	2.32	-0.32
115	Navy	American Athletic	2-6	0.25	3.79	-11.88	17.61	1.86	0.14
116	North Texas	Conference USA	2-6	0.25	3.73	-9.75	10.73	2.46	-0.46
117	Texas State	Sun Belt	2-6	0.25	3.72	-13.38	10.97	1.95	0.05
118	Akron	Mid-American	2-6	0.25	3.33	-19	8.78	1.36	0.64
119	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-7	0.22	2.64	-20.67	9.83	1.01	0.99
120	Ohio	Mid-American	1-7	0.12	0.84	-10	8.91	2.28	-1.28
121	Tulane	American Athletic	1-7	0.12	0.82	-11.5	16.81	2.51	-1.51
122	Florida International	Conference USA	1-7	0.12	0.67	-13.38	9.51	2.03	-1.03
123	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	1-7	0.12	0.6	-14.12	11.37	2.02	-1.02
124	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	1-7	0.12	0.58	-14.88	10.51	2.11	-1.11
125	Southern Miss	Conference USA	1-7	0.12	0.55	-15.62	11.97	1.12	-0.12
126	Kansas	Big 12	1-7	0.12	0.11	-28	15.52	0.65	0.35
127	UConn	FBS Independents	1-8	0.11	0.1	-19.78	6.46	1.18	-0.18
128	Massachusetts	FBS Independents	1-7	0.12	0.02	-31.25	14.89	0.52	0.48
129	Arizona	Pac-12	0-8	0	-2.27	-15	12.4	1.44	-1.44
130	UNLV	Mountain West	0-8	0	-2.36	-16.38	14.49	1.53	-1.53