2026 W2 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:39.022368+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	USC	Big Ten	3-0	1	34.27	24.67	11.36	2.64	0.36
2	Texas	SEC	2-0	1	32.45	26.5	15.01	1.84	0.16
3	Miami	ACC	2-0	1	32.3	54.5	5.96	1.99	0.01
4	Alabama	SEC	2-0	1	32.13	33	12.28	1.9	0.1
5	LSU	SEC	2-0	1	32.06	36	13.17	1.93	0.07
6	North Dakota State	Mountain West	3-0	1	31.95	23.33	9.13	2.76	0.24
7	Texas A&M	SEC	2-0	1	31.94	39	11.61	1.95	0.05
8	SMU	ACC	2-0	1	31.88	24.5	9.01	1.78	0.22
9	Penn State	Big Ten	2-0	1	31.75	31.5	11.36	1.99	0.01
10	Pittsburgh	ACC	2-0	1	31.68	25	12.15	1.89	0.11
11	Virginia	ACC	2-0	1	31.61	41	-5.39	1.99	0.01
12	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-0	1	31.57	40	9.68	1.98	0.02
13	Iowa	Big Ten	2-0	1	31.43	21.5	11.51	1.94	0.06
14	Mississippi State	SEC	2-0	1	31.06	37	10.61	1.92	0.08
15	Duke	ACC	2-0	1	30.99	9	14	1.51	0.49
16	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-0	1	30.96	19	12.95	1.78	0.22
17	Auburn	SEC	2-0	1	30.86	18	12.88	1.8	0.2
18	South Florida	American Athletic	2-0	1	30.66	7	12.4	1.4	0.6
19	Michigan	Big Ten	2-0	1	30.63	4	16	1.35	0.65
20	UCLA	Big Ten	2-0	1	30.47	19.5	12.74	1.72	0.28
21	Wake Forest	ACC	2-0	1	30.42	12	10.23	1.42	0.58
22	Utah	Big 12	2-0	1	30.41	42.5	6.29	1.95	0.05
23	BYU	Big 12	2-0	1	30.36	33.5	7.58	1.92	0.08
24	North Carolina	ACC	2-0	1	30.27	18.5	-4.21	1.92	0.08
25	Missouri	SEC	2-0	1	30.04	28.5	6.9	1.82	0.18
26	Maryland	Big Ten	2-0	1	29.82	43	7.34	1.98	0.02
27	Virginia Tech	ACC	2-0	1	29.73	46.5	7.53	1.95	0.05
28	Nebraska	Big Ten	2-0	1	29.61	38.5	0.94	1.92	0.08
29	Indiana	Big Ten	2-0	1	29.51	45.5	-3.94	1.98	0.02
30	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-0	1	29.36	14	6.41	1.6	0.4
31	Ole Miss	SEC	2-0	1	29.15	17.5	1.25	1.58	0.42
32	Georgia State	Sun Belt	2-0	1	29.03	31.5	6.85	1.89	0.11
33	Washington	Big Ten	2-0	1	28.87	8	1.52	1.54	0.46
34	James Madison	Sun Belt	2-0	1	28.68	45.5	-4.55	1.98	0.02
35	New Mexico	Mountain West	2-0	1	28.45	47	-5.05	1.98	0.02
36	Georgia	SEC	2-0	1	28.43	55	-4.3	1.97	0.03
37	Tennessee	SEC	2-0	1	28.08	34	-3.25	1.87	0.13
38	Cincinnati	Big 12	2-0	1	28.05	35.5	-5.34	1.92	0.08
39	Houston	Big 12	2-0	1	28.03	42	-5.54	1.94	0.06
40	South Carolina	SEC	2-0	1	28.02	46.5	-6.01	1.99	0.01
41	Florida	SEC	2-0	1	27.98	47	-5.54	1.96	0.04
42	Kansas State	Big 12	2-0	1	27.92	47.5	-4.3	1.99	0.01
43	Texas Tech	Big 12	2-0	1	27.51	17	-5.54	1.68	0.32
44	Tulsa	American Athletic	2-0	1	27.3	10	-1.33	1.58	0.42
45	UTSA	American Athletic	2-0	1	27.21	17	-4.53	1.61	0.39
46	Colorado State	Pac-12	2-0	1	27.2	28	-5.29	1.8	0.2
47	App State	Sun Belt	2-0	1	27.16	27.5	-4	1.87	0.13
48	Colorado	Big 12	2-0	1	27.12	16	-3.25	1.66	0.34
49	West Virginia	Big 12	2-0	1	27.05	26	-5.22	1.82	0.18
50	Massachusetts	Mid-American	2-0	1	26.83	21.5	-4.87	1.77	0.23
51	Troy	Sun Belt	2-0	1	26.56	10	-5.38	1.46	0.54
52	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-0	1	25.97	16	-10	0.82	0.18
53	Memphis	American Athletic	2-1	0.67	24.68	2	5.95	1.62	0.38
54	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	20.98	26	13.16	1.85	-0.85
55	Florida State	ACC	1-1	0.5	20.69	7	22.36	1.32	-0.32
56	Oklahoma	SEC	1-1	0.5	20.56	22	12.38	1.91	-0.91
57	Illinois	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	19.39	7.5	12.94	1.28	-0.28
58	UCF	Big 12	1-1	0.5	19.37	31	9.11	1.94	-0.94
59	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	19.36	21.5	8.91	1.62	-0.62
60	Army	American Athletic	1-1	0.5	19.28	26	8.78	1.82	-0.82
61	Arizona State	Big 12	1-1	0.5	19.01	17.5	9.17	1.53	-0.53
62	Iowa State	Big 12	1-1	0.5	18.89	12.5	9.06	1.66	-0.66
63	Air Force	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	18.79	14	10.91	1.57	-0.57
64	Arizona	Big 12	1-1	0.5	18.65	8.5	7.82	1.44	-0.44
65	UConn	FBS Independents	1-1	0.5	18.64	12.5	6.47	1.48	-0.48
66	Kansas	Big 12	1-1	0.5	18.63	14	7.67	1.53	-0.53
67	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	18.58	13.5	7.88	1.51	-0.51
68	San Diego State	Pac-12	1-1	0.5	18.5	7.5	6.82	1.31	-0.31
69	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	18.49	16.5	5.54	1.7	-0.7
70	Louisiana	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	18.44	6	14.61	1.23	-0.23
71	Delaware	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	18.32	13	7.51	1.52	-0.52
72	San José State	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	18.09	0	17.11	1.5	0.5
73	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	18.01	5.5	7.67	1.25	-0.25
74	Purdue	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	17.88	11.5	8.38	1.38	-0.38
75	Nevada	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	17.54	11	-4.3	1.53	-0.53
76	Temple	American Athletic	1-1	0.5	17.52	3	9.2	1.16	-0.16
77	Kentucky	SEC	1-1	0.5	17.3	2	9.54	1.08	-0.08
78	Syracuse	ACC	1-1	0.5	17.25	30	-4.92	1.9	-0.9
79	Navy	American Athletic	1-1	0.5	17.14	9.5	-5.54	1.35	-0.35
80	South Alabama	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	16.84	10.5	-4.21	1.45	-0.45
81	Oregon	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	16.82	-0.5	0.2	0.98	0.02
82	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	16.7	8	-4.33	1.57	-0.57
83	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	16.61	11	-4.99	1.46	-0.46
84	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	16.29	-1	6.12	0.96	0.04
85	Boise State	Pac-12	1-1	0.5	15.21	5.5	33.72	1.22	-0.22
86	Stanford	ACC	1-1	0.5	14.78	-14.5	17	0.46	0.54
87	Arkansas	SEC	1-1	0.5	14.72	-8	8.1	0.63	0.37
88	Rice	American Athletic	1-1	0.5	14.13	-12	9.15	0.41	0.59
89	TCU	Big 12	1-1	0.5	14.07	25.5	13.03	1.89	-0.89
90	Buffalo	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	13.99	-4.5	-4.69	0.77	0.23
91	Toledo	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	13.93	21.5	7.76	1.7	-0.7
92	Louisville	ACC	1-1	0.5	13.92	21.5	8.76	1.6	-0.6
93	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	13.8	17	8.12	1.75	-0.75
94	NC State	ACC	1-1	0.5	13.65	23.5	15.16	1.77	-0.77
95	Fresno State	Pac-12	1-1	0.5	13.59	3.5	24.32	1.18	-0.18
96	Baylor	Big 12	1-1	0.5	13.42	20	7.67	1.86	-0.86
97	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	13.27	13.5	14.55	1.48	-0.48
98	North Texas	American Athletic	1-1	0.5	13.14	1	23.21	1.04	-0.04
99	Florida International	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	13.1	1.5	24.85	1.09	-0.09
100	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	12.52	15.5	6.55	1.61	-0.61
101	Akron	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	12.09	6.5	8.38	1.28	-0.28
102	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	11.9	4.67	7.72	1.82	-0.82
103	New Mexico State	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	11.34	3.33	6.25	1.72	-0.72
104	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	11.31	-7.67	15.23	0.92	0.08
105	Tulane	American Athletic	1-1	0.5	11.04	-5	24.62	0.68	0.32
106	Oklahoma State	Big 12	1-1	0.5	10.61	-3	25.94	0.86	0.14
107	Clemson	ACC	1-1	0.5	10.29	-13	25.12	0.39	0.61
108	California	ACC	1-1	0.5	10.1	-9	22.61	0.62	0.38
109	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-1	0.5	10.08	-0.5	9.15	0.98	0.02
110	Ohio	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	9.99	-13	20.88	0.54	0.46
111	Liberty	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	9.96	-3	8.82	0.82	0.18
112	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	9.77	-3.5	9.11	0.87	0.13
113	Marshall	Sun Belt	1-1	0.5	9.55	-21.5	24.99	0.2	0.8
114	UNLV	Mountain West	1-2	0.33	9.55	-9.67	13.98	0.74	0.26
115	Boston College	ACC	1-1	0.5	9.48	-6	13.33	0.72	0.28
116	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	1-1	0.5	9.4	-18.5	24.91	0.48	0.52
117	UAB	American Athletic	1-1	0.5	9.23	-6.5	12.02	0.73	0.27
118	UTEP	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	9.08	-5	9.12	0.79	0.21
119	Missouri State	Conference USA	1-1	0.5	8.94	-8	9.17	0.67	0.33
120	Wyoming	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	8.92	-7	6.79	0.61	0.39
121	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	8.7	-14	8.52	0.22	0.78
122	Sacramento State	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	8.5	-1.67	4.31	1.38	-0.38
123	Ball State	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	8.13	-14.5	9.54	0.46	0.54
124	Kent State	Mid-American	1-1	0.5	8.01	-18	8.06	0.32	0.68
125	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1-2	0.33	6.33	-5	17.03	1.12	-0.12
126	Utah State	Pac-12	0-2	0	-1.15	-7	9.11	0.59	-0.59
127	Georgia Tech	ACC	0-2	0	-1.22	-11	24.05	0.5	-0.5
128	Sam Houston	Conference USA	0-2	0	-1.62	-4.5	23.6	0.75	-0.75
129	Rutgers	Big Ten	0-2	0	-1.86	-11.5	10.87	0.52	-0.52
130	East Carolina	American Athletic	0-2	0	-2.11	-20.5	25.77	0.27	-0.27
131	Washington State	Pac-12	0-2	0	-2.27	-20.5	26.26	0.1	-0.1
132	Charlotte	American Athletic	0-2	0	-2.36	-17	8.76	0.45	-0.45
133	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-2	0	-2.38	-28	8.73	0.08	-0.08
134	Oregon State	Pac-12	0-2	0	-2.46	-12	26.16	0.53	-0.53
135	Texas State	Pac-12	0-2	0	-2.66	-28.5	26.59	0.17	-0.17
136	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	0-2	0	-2.74	-22	9.06	0.16	-0.16
137	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	0-2	0	-2.86	-42.5	25.48	0.1	-0.1
138	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0-2	0	-3.18	-27.5	12.34	0.18	-0.18