2026 W4 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:39.023223+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Texas	SEC	4-0	1	29.54	20	18.58	3.59	0.41
2	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-0	1	29.35	34	15.09	3.92	0.08
3	Mississippi State	SEC	4-0	1	29.29	22	17.14	3.38	0.62
4	UCLA	Big Ten	4-0	1	29.14	26	15.84	3.55	0.45
5	Alabama	SEC	4-0	1	28.94	27.75	14.63	3.54	0.46
6	Florida	SEC	4-0	1	28.86	30.75	14.41	3.53	0.47
7	Miami	ACC	4-0	1	28.13	42.75	8.67	3.94	0.06
8	BYU	Big 12	3-0	1	28.03	28.33	10.07	2.76	0.24
9	Virginia Tech	ACC	4-0	1	27.81	27.25	9.04	3.65	0.35
10	Pittsburgh	ACC	4-0	1	27.74	30.75	7.85	3.9	0.1
11	Iowa	Big Ten	4-0	1	27.54	24.75	9.13	3.86	0.14
12	Cincinnati	Big 12	4-0	1	27.48	20	9.96	3.34	0.66
13	James Madison	Sun Belt	4-0	1	27.37	32.5	6.97	3.82	0.18
14	Duke	ACC	4-0	1	27.29	25.25	6.51	3.78	0.22
15	North Dakota State	Mountain West	4-0	1	27.08	22.75	6.47	3.69	0.31
16	Indiana	Big Ten	4-0	1	27.04	33.75	5.72	3.89	0.11
17	Georgia	SEC	4-0	1	26.84	41.5	4.02	3.87	0.13
18	Texas Tech	Big 12	4-0	1	26.84	17.75	7.2	3.32	0.68
19	Utah	Big 12	4-0	1	26.67	33	3.76	3.87	0.13
20	Nebraska	Big Ten	4-0	1	26.62	30.5	4.18	3.81	0.19
21	South Florida	American Athletic	4-0	1	26.16	16	3.18	3.44	0.56
22	Massachusetts	Mid-American	4-0	1	24.55	23.5	-4.23	3.69	0.31
23	USC	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	23.78	13.4	13.78	3.63	0.37
24	LSU	SEC	3-1	0.75	23.22	23.25	20.33	3.59	-0.59
25	Michigan	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	23.19	10.5	18.96	3.13	-0.13
26	Penn State	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	23.04	25.25	12.98	3.76	-0.76
27	Auburn	SEC	3-1	0.75	22.58	9.25	21.38	2.82	0.18
28	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	22.55	32.75	15.68	3.82	-0.82
29	Missouri	SEC	3-1	0.75	22.54	15	13	3.14	-0.14
30	Ole Miss	SEC	3-1	0.75	22.4	4.75	17.56	2.34	0.66
31	Tennessee	SEC	3-1	0.75	22.2	24.5	9.93	3.62	-0.62
32	UCF	Big 12	3-1	0.75	22.1	21	15.36	3.54	-0.54
33	Virginia	ACC	3-1	0.75	22.03	27.5	12.62	3.75	-0.75
34	West Virginia	Big 12	3-1	0.75	21.9	11.5	10.51	2.85	0.15
35	Kansas State	Big 12	3-1	0.75	21.89	25.25	8.2	3.64	-0.64
36	Oregon	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	21.83	24.25	14.44	3.38	-0.38
37	Oklahoma State	Big 12	3-1	0.75	21.78	17.5	16.19	3.27	-0.27
38	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	21.49	16	13.5	3.24	-0.24
39	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-1	0.75	21.49	6.5	11.12	2.6	0.4
40	New Mexico	Mountain West	3-1	0.75	21.38	27.5	9.11	3.79	-0.79
41	Kentucky	SEC	3-1	0.75	21.34	9.5	15.31	2.73	0.27
42	Wake Forest	ACC	3-1	0.75	21.26	3.5	17.44	2.28	0.72
43	Houston	Big 12	3-1	0.75	21.25	24	9.11	3.45	-0.45
44	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	21.17	11.75	14.28	3	0
45	Fresno State	Pac-12	3-1	0.75	21.13	9.25	14.04	2.88	0.12
46	Baylor	Big 12	3-1	0.75	21.05	16.75	10.8	3.51	-0.51
47	Boise State	Pac-12	3-1	0.75	21	12.5	12.5	3	0
48	Tulsa	American Athletic	3-1	0.75	20.83	8.5	6.49	2.96	0.04
49	Toledo	Mid-American	3-1	0.75	20.72	17.25	8.61	3.08	-0.08
50	SMU	ACC	3-1	0.75	20.55	12.25	7.16	2.89	0.11
51	Washington	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	20.52	11.25	3.7	3.09	-0.09
52	UTSA	American Athletic	3-1	0.75	20.51	6	11.74	2.44	0.56
53	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-1	0.67	20.44	14.67	11.9	2.41	-0.41
54	Georgia State	Sun Belt	3-1	0.75	20.41	17.5	4.72	3.22	-0.22
55	Liberty	Conference USA	3-1	0.75	20.31	11.75	8.89	3.04	-0.04
56	App State	Sun Belt	3-1	0.75	20.21	12.5	1.26	2.97	0.03
57	Memphis	American Athletic	3-1	0.75	20.12	7.5	6.48	2.58	0.42
58	Arizona	Big 12	3-1	0.75	20.11	13	5.98	3.1	-0.1
59	Louisiana	Sun Belt	3-1	0.75	20.08	11.5	6.24	3.01	-0.01
60	Arizona State	Big 12	2-1	0.67	18.93	14	8.35	2.24	-0.24
61	Clemson	ACC	3-1	0.75	18.91	-1	18.33	1.89	1.11
62	Army	American Athletic	2-1	0.67	18.88	18.67	9.86	2.59	-0.59
63	North Carolina	ACC	2-1	0.67	18.78	9.67	8.69	2.34	-0.34
64	Air Force	Mountain West	2-1	0.67	18.42	10.33	9.93	2.11	-0.11
65	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	3-1	0.75	18.12	-0.75	12.51	1.94	1.06
66	Marshall	Sun Belt	3-1	0.75	16.64	-9	11.53	1.27	1.73
67	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	3-2	0.6	16.4	5.6	11.14	3.16	-0.16
68	Texas A&M	SEC	2-2	0.5	16.32	9.75	17.68	2.83	-0.83
69	Oklahoma	SEC	2-2	0.5	16.21	6	21.36	2.72	-0.72
70	South Carolina	SEC	2-2	0.5	16.05	13.75	14.08	2.96	-0.96
71	Louisville	ACC	2-2	0.5	15.95	12.5	15.84	2.81	-0.81
72	Maryland	Big Ten	2-2	0.5	15.95	6.5	17.53	2.52	-0.52
73	TCU	Big 12	2-2	0.5	15.54	16.75	10.46	3.53	-1.53
74	Iowa State	Big 12	2-2	0.5	15.49	14.75	10.7	3.3	-1.3
75	Illinois	Big Ten	2-2	0.5	15.22	7.5	12.23	2.57	-0.57
76	Colorado State	Pac-12	2-2	0.5	15.13	6	11.59	2.38	-0.38
77	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-2	0.5	15.09	0.75	20.81	2.08	-0.08
78	UConn	FBS Independents	2-2	0.5	15.09	12.5	7.32	2.97	-0.97
79	NC State	ACC	2-2	0.5	15.06	13.25	16.5	2.93	-0.93
80	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-2	0.5	14.64	4	11.6	2.43	-0.43
81	California	ACC	2-2	0.5	14.31	2.5	12.21	2.24	-0.24
82	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	14.28	4.75	7.58	2.47	-0.47
83	Florida State	ACC	2-2	0.5	14.15	6.75	12.88	2.55	-0.55
84	Oregon State	Pac-12	2-2	0.5	13.8	9.25	11.3	2.76	-0.76
85	North Texas	American Athletic	2-2	0.5	13.41	9.25	7.5	2.61	-0.61
86	Florida International	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	13.2	3.5	10.32	2.5	-0.5
87	South Alabama	Sun Belt	2-2	0.5	13.13	0.5	6.33	2.04	-0.04
88	Delaware	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	12.95	-1.25	12.82	1.88	0.12
89	Troy	Sun Belt	2-2	0.5	12.87	-0.25	6.61	1.97	0.03
90	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	2-2	0.5	12.84	1.5	10.43	2.15	-0.15
91	Texas State	Pac-12	2-2	0.5	12.69	2.5	12.17	2.17	-0.17
92	Colorado	Big 12	2-2	0.5	12.22	-3	11.57	1.69	0.31
93	Boston College	ACC	2-2	0.5	11.73	-3.25	11.25	1.64	0.36
94	UNLV	Mountain West	2-2	0.5	11.7	-0.25	11.15	1.97	0.03
95	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-2	0.5	11.61	-2	17.05	1.84	0.16
96	Ohio	Mid-American	2-2	0.5	11.59	-0.75	12.47	1.94	0.06
97	Tulane	American Athletic	2-2	0.5	11.46	-4.5	21.06	1.5	0.5
98	San José State	Mountain West	2-2	0.5	11.37	-4	11.33	1.63	0.37
99	Arkansas	SEC	2-2	0.5	11.26	-4	18.01	1.62	0.38
100	East Carolina	American Athletic	2-2	0.5	11.25	-1.25	13.66	1.88	0.12
101	Syracuse	ACC	1-2	0.33	11.03	15.33	12.89	2.46	-1.46
102	UAB	American Athletic	2-2	0.5	10.78	-4	12.74	1.61	0.39
103	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-2	0.5	10.72	-15.75	12.13	0.47	1.53
104	Wyoming	Mountain West	2-2	0.5	10.58	-2.75	8.16	1.66	0.34
105	Stanford	ACC	2-2	0.5	10.54	-12.5	18.93	0.99	1.01
106	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	1-2	0.33	10.5	8.67	11.03	1.95	-0.95
107	Kansas	Big 12	1-2	0.33	10.49	7	13.24	1.96	-0.96
108	Navy	American Athletic	1-2	0.33	9.94	5	4.17	1.81	-0.81
109	Buffalo	Mid-American	2-2	0.5	9.5	-12	4.94	1.03	0.97
110	Kent State	Mid-American	2-2	0.5	9.33	-19.75	9.87	0.53	1.47
111	Sam Houston	Conference USA	1-3	0.25	8.11	3.75	15.9	2.34	-1.34
112	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	1-3	0.25	7.71	1.5	14.09	2.15	-1.15
113	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	7.68	-8.2	9.83	1.5	0.5
114	Nevada	Mountain West	1-3	0.25	7.59	3	5.26	2.27	-1.27
115	Temple	American Athletic	1-3	0.25	7.16	0.25	14.11	2.02	-1.02
116	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-3	0.25	7.06	1	10.91	2.09	-1.09
117	Rutgers	Big Ten	1-3	0.25	6.81	5.25	15.05	2.4	-1.4
118	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	1-3	0.25	6.5	-0.5	10.5	1.95	-0.95
119	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	1-3	0.25	6.43	-0.75	12.25	1.92	-0.92
120	San Diego State	Pac-12	1-3	0.25	5.6	-5.75	16.98	1.48	-0.48
121	Washington State	Pac-12	1-3	0.25	5.58	-2.5	15.54	1.75	-0.75
122	Purdue	Big Ten	1-3	0.25	5.54	-7.5	18.39	1.51	-0.51
123	New Mexico State	Conference USA	1-3	0.25	5.45	-3.5	7.46	1.71	-0.71
124	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	1-3	0.25	5.2	-5	10.3	1.57	-0.57
125	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	1-3	0.25	5.02	-7.75	13.44	1.32	-0.32
126	Missouri State	Conference USA	1-3	0.25	4.74	-8	12.44	1.34	-0.34
127	Rice	American Athletic	1-3	0.25	4.66	-11.25	15.06	1	0
128	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1-3	0.25	4.59	-8	7.95	1.18	-0.18
129	Akron	Mid-American	1-3	0.25	4.45	-12.25	9.87	0.96	0.04
130	UTEP	Mountain West	1-3	0.25	4.13	-17.75	12.49	0.68	0.32
131	Ball State	Mid-American	1-3	0.25	3.88	-19.5	8.89	0.6	0.4
132	Utah State	Pac-12	1-3	0.25	3.57	-9	15.85	0.89	0.11
133	Sacramento State	Mid-American	1-4	0.2	3.22	-11	13.86	1.2	-0.2
134	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	1-3	0.25	2.8	-19.5	13.99	0.71	0.29
135	Charlotte	American Athletic	0-4	0	-2.58	-16.5	16.14	0.76	-0.76
136	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0-4	0	-2.72	-21.5	10.71	0.64	-0.64
137	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	0-4	0	-2.84	-22.5	14.68	0.37	-0.37
138	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-4	0	-3.07	-28	16.39	0.12	-0.12