2026 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:39.022798+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-0	1	31.31	32.33	18.39	2.94	0.06
2	Texas	SEC	3-0	1	30.65	25.67	15.18	2.81	0.19
3	Penn State	Big Ten	3-0	1	30.48	35	13.69	2.95	0.05
4	Pittsburgh	ACC	3-0	1	30.43	21.33	15.46	2.77	0.23
5	Mississippi State	SEC	3-0	1	30.32	27	14.47	2.65	0.35
6	Miami	ACC	3-0	1	30.29	40.67	11.73	2.93	0.07
7	USC	Big Ten	4-0	1	30.17	20.25	12.06	3.28	0.72
8	UCLA	Big Ten	3-0	1	30.1	17.67	15.49	2.36	0.64
9	Alabama	SEC	3-0	1	30	26.67	11.96	2.62	0.38
10	Duke	ACC	3-0	1	30	15.33	15.07	2.61	0.39
11	Virginia Tech	ACC	3-0	1	29.79	34	12.04	2.8	0.2
12	Michigan	Big Ten	3-0	1	29.78	14.33	14.48	2.56	0.44
13	BYU	Big 12	3-0	1	29.74	28.33	11.95	2.76	0.24
14	Ole Miss	SEC	3-0	1	29.54	14.33	14.54	2.26	0.74
15	Missouri	SEC	3-0	1	29.47	22.33	11.73	2.63	0.37
16	Florida	SEC	3-0	1	29.1	33	10.09	2.71	0.29
17	North Dakota State	Mountain West	4-0	1	28.94	22.75	7.3	3.69	0.31
18	West Virginia	Big 12	3-0	1	28.86	21	11.38	2.55	0.45
19	South Florida	American Athletic	3-0	1	28.62	18.67	7.46	2.57	0.43
20	James Madison	Sun Belt	3-0	1	28.47	34.67	6.15	2.92	0.08
21	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-0	1	28.26	25	8.56	1.86	0.14
22	Iowa	Big Ten	3-0	1	28.08	32.67	2.05	2.98	0.02
23	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-0	1	27.99	10.67	7.32	2.16	0.84
24	Utah	Big 12	3-0	1	27.87	39.33	1.19	2.96	0.04
25	Tennessee	SEC	3-0	1	27.62	33.67	2.42	2.84	0.16
26	Indiana	Big Ten	3-0	1	27.57	43	0.09	2.98	0.02
27	Cincinnati	Big 12	3-0	1	27.54	25	3.08	2.65	0.35
28	Georgia	SEC	3-0	1	27.54	46	0.62	2.92	0.08
29	Texas Tech	Big 12	3-0	1	27.36	12	5.19	2.26	0.74
30	Nebraska	Big Ten	3-0	1	27.26	34.67	-0.8	2.89	0.11
31	Kansas State	Big 12	3-0	1	27.07	35.33	-0.41	2.92	0.08
32	Tulsa	American Athletic	3-0	1	26.62	20.67	-0.34	2.83	0.17
33	Washington	Big Ten	3-0	1	25.92	16	-4.47	2.6	0.4
34	App State	Sun Belt	3-0	1	25.71	20	-4.82	2.62	0.38
35	Massachusetts	Mid-American	3-0	1	25.23	21.67	-7.29	2.68	0.32
36	LSU	SEC	2-1	0.67	23.57	21.33	19.6	2.58	-0.58
37	Texas A&M	SEC	2-1	0.67	22.98	22.67	15.08	2.64	-0.64
38	Auburn	SEC	2-1	0.67	22.84	10.33	19.8	2.13	-0.13
39	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	22.46	7	18.94	2.06	-0.06
40	Maryland	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	22.41	25.67	12.79	2.71	-0.71
41	Virginia	ACC	2-1	0.67	22.29	23.67	10.23	2.68	-0.68
42	Wake Forest	ACC	2-1	0.67	22.17	3.67	20.76	1.71	0.29
43	Oklahoma	SEC	2-1	0.67	21.91	17.33	22.72	2.83	-0.83
44	South Carolina	SEC	2-1	0.67	21.76	28.67	9.69	2.74	-0.74
45	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	21.66	36	16.2	2.92	-0.92
46	SMU	ACC	2-1	0.67	21.64	13	8.2	2.19	-0.19
47	Memphis	American Athletic	3-1	0.75	21.61	7.5	7.01	2.58	0.42
48	Georgia State	Sun Belt	2-1	0.67	21.47	16.33	9.29	2.33	-0.33
49	New Mexico	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	21.38	28.67	6.42	2.9	-0.9
50	UCF	Big 12	2-1	0.67	21.22	25.33	16.9	2.71	-0.71
51	Houston	Big 12	2-1	0.67	21.09	27.33	5.02	2.7	-0.7
52	Colorado State	Pac-12	2-1	0.67	21.05	12.67	9.76	2.16	-0.16
53	North Carolina	ACC	2-1	0.67	20.72	9.67	4.79	2.34	-0.34
54	Arizona State	Big 12	2-1	0.67	20.26	14	13.52	2.24	-0.24
55	UConn	FBS Independents	2-1	0.67	20.24	17.67	12.61	2.41	-0.41
56	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	20.12	20.33	11.05	2.59	-0.59
57	Louisville	ACC	2-1	0.67	20.05	17.67	17.01	2.28	-0.28
58	Illinois	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	20.02	17.67	10.07	2.42	-0.42
59	Fresno State	Pac-12	2-1	0.67	19.81	7.67	20.29	2.11	-0.11
60	Kentucky	SEC	2-1	0.67	19.79	4.67	18.02	1.79	0.21
61	UTSA	American Athletic	2-1	0.67	19.79	3.33	6.6	1.73	0.27
62	Iowa State	Big 12	2-1	0.67	19.66	24.33	6.35	2.82	-0.82
63	Troy	Sun Belt	2-1	0.67	19.62	3.33	6.14	1.75	0.25
64	Delaware	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	19.61	11.33	10.63	2.26	-0.26
65	TCU	Big 12	2-1	0.67	19.54	25	11.18	2.86	-0.86
66	Baylor	Big 12	2-1	0.67	19.53	19	13.41	2.68	-0.68
67	Toledo	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	19.35	14.67	12.83	2.17	-0.17
68	Louisiana	Sun Belt	2-1	0.67	19.3	6.33	11.17	1.92	0.08
69	Oregon	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	19.26	27.67	5.27	2.62	-0.62
70	Arizona	Big 12	2-1	0.67	19.17	14	5.87	2.41	-0.41
71	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	19.11	13.67	11.59	2.44	-0.44
72	Boise State	Pac-12	2-1	0.67	18.86	8.33	10.5	1.98	0.02
73	Oklahoma State	Big 12	2-1	0.67	18.74	17.67	11.37	2.5	-0.5
74	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	18.56	9.67	5.7	2.14	-0.14
75	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	18.44	14.33	10.96	2.35	-0.35
76	South Alabama	Sun Belt	2-1	0.67	18.27	8.67	3.68	1.99	0.01
77	California	ACC	2-1	0.67	18.25	8	12.57	2	0
78	Colorado	Big 12	2-1	0.67	18.13	-0.67	4.92	1.45	0.55
79	Liberty	Conference USA	2-1	0.67	17.9	10	8.94	2.19	-0.19
80	Army	American Athletic	1-1	0.5	16.61	26	10.33	1.82	-0.82
81	Clemson	ACC	2-1	0.67	16.54	-6	26.34	1.05	0.95
82	Air Force	Mountain West	1-1	0.5	16.15	14	10.97	1.57	-0.57
83	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	2-1	0.67	15.27	-10.33	19.41	0.92	1.08
84	Marshall	Sun Belt	2-1	0.67	15.13	-12.33	19.1	0.71	1.29
85	Boston College	ACC	2-1	0.67	14.81	-2	5.4	1.34	0.66
86	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-1	0.67	14.62	-4.67	9.12	1.03	0.97
87	Navy	American Athletic	1-1	0.5	14.46	9.5	-0.3	1.35	-0.35
88	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	14.36	4.5	12.16	2.4	-0.4
89	San José State	Mountain West	2-2	0.5	12.85	-4	12.29	1.63	0.37
90	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	12.25	8.67	11.83	1.95	-0.95
91	Syracuse	ACC	1-2	0.33	12.21	15.33	10.59	2.46	-1.46
92	Kansas	Big 12	1-2	0.33	12.07	7	13.02	1.96	-0.96
93	NC State	ACC	1-2	0.33	12.03	14.33	16.99	2.28	-1.28
94	Purdue	Big Ten	1-2	0.33	11.67	3	16.96	1.64	-0.64
95	Florida State	ACC	1-2	0.33	11.5	0	25.12	1.5	-0.5
96	San Diego State	Pac-12	1-2	0.33	11.03	0.67	16.38	1.55	-0.55
97	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	11.02	7.67	11.79	2.05	-1.05
98	Temple	American Athletic	1-2	0.33	10.96	1.67	11.89	1.6	-0.6
99	Nevada	Mountain West	1-2	0.33	10.85	5	1.25	1.88	-0.88
100	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	10.78	4	4.06	1.86	-0.86
101	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	10.59	0	15.7	1.5	-0.5
102	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	9.89	1	9.58	1.57	-0.57
103	New Mexico State	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	9.89	3.33	5.67	1.72	-0.72
104	Sam Houston	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	9.42	16.67	14.62	2.54	-1.54
105	Florida International	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	9.27	-1	18.02	1.4	-0.4
106	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	8.94	-1.67	5.87	1.38	-0.38
107	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	8.89	-5.67	13.17	1.15	-0.15
108	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-2	0.33	8.48	3.67	15.07	1.76	-0.76
109	Oregon State	Pac-12	1-2	0.33	8.28	3.67	15.18	1.71	-0.71
110	North Texas	American Athletic	1-2	0.33	8.25	-4	12.13	1.29	-0.29
111	Tulane	American Athletic	1-2	0.33	8.13	-7	25.25	0.92	0.08
112	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	7.96	-3.67	16.58	1.3	-0.3
113	Stanford	ACC	1-2	0.33	7.9	-19	23.21	0.42	0.58
114	Arkansas	SEC	1-2	0.33	7.81	-14.67	16.28	0.62	0.38
115	Rice	American Athletic	1-2	0.33	7.77	-10.33	11.79	0.74	0.26
116	Akron	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	7.76	-7	13	1.04	-0.04
117	Ohio	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	7.41	-10.33	19.45	0.98	0.02
118	Buffalo	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	7.39	-17	11.62	0.51	0.49
119	UAB	American Athletic	1-2	0.33	7.25	-6.67	11.55	1.03	-0.03
120	UNLV	Mountain West	1-2	0.33	7.18	-9.67	14.72	0.74	0.26
121	Washington State	Pac-12	1-2	0.33	7.12	0	15.6	1.5	-0.5
122	Missouri State	Conference USA	1-2	0.33	7.09	-7.33	10.5	1.04	-0.04
123	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1-2	0.33	6.97	-5	11.89	1.12	-0.12
124	Wyoming	Mountain West	1-2	0.33	6.84	-9.33	8.63	0.71	0.29
125	UTEP	Mountain West	1-2	0.33	6.75	-15	13.73	0.69	0.31
126	Ball State	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	6.06	-21.67	6.98	0.44	0.56
127	Kent State	Mid-American	1-2	0.33	6.01	-30.67	13	0.16	0.84
128	East Carolina	American Athletic	1-2	0.33	5.49	-12.67	25.19	0.66	0.34
129	Sacramento State	Mid-American	1-3	0.25	5.39	-6.5	11.71	1.37	-0.37
130	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-3	0.25	5.33	-16.75	16.91	0.64	0.36
131	Texas State	Pac-12	1-2	0.33	5.26	-14.33	24.27	0.81	0.19
132	Rutgers	Big Ten	0-3	0	-2.32	-10	23.53	0.94	-0.94
133	Utah State	Pac-12	0-3	0	-2.43	-15.67	16.43	0.3	-0.3
134	Charlotte	American Athletic	0-3	0	-2.47	-13	15.44	0.78	-0.78
135	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0-3	0	-2.81	-19.33	10.1	0.56	-0.56
136	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	0-3	0	-2.92	-23	13.36	0.26	-0.26
137	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-3	0	-3.16	-34.67	12.83	0.07	-0.07
138	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	0-3	0	-3.65	-41	25.16	0.08	-0.08