2026 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:39.023660+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Alabama	SEC	5-0	1	28.86	28.8	18.42	4.43	0.57
2	Texas	SEC	4-0	1	28.84	20	19.49	3.59	0.41
3	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-0	1	27.86	29.4	13.05	4.75	0.25
4	Pittsburgh	ACC	5-0	1	27.47	25	12.51	4.62	0.38
5	Miami	ACC	5-0	1	27.42	39.8	10.29	4.9	0.1
6	UCLA	Big Ten	4-0	1	27.22	26	10.35	3.55	0.45
7	BYU	Big 12	4-0	1	26.99	23	10.2	3.63	0.37
8	Georgia	SEC	5-0	1	26.88	38	8.35	4.8	0.2
9	James Madison	Sun Belt	5-0	1	26.63	31.6	7.51	4.74	0.26
10	Texas Tech	Big 12	5-0	1	26.5	18.6	9.08	4.3	0.7
11	Indiana	Big Ten	5-0	1	26.48	33.4	6.69	4.83	0.17
12	North Dakota State	Mountain West	5-0	1	26.44	23.8	7.72	4.74	0.26
13	Duke	ACC	4-0	1	26.32	25.25	6.8	3.78	0.22
14	Nebraska	Big Ten	5-0	1	26.19	29.4	5.91	4.67	0.33
15	Utah	Big 12	4-0	1	26.12	33	5.08	3.87	0.13
16	USC	Big Ten	5-1	0.83	23.48	11.83	16.96	4.27	0.73
17	Ohio State	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	23.38	29.6	17.1	4.73	-0.73
18	Florida	SEC	4-1	0.8	23.36	19	15.13	3.89	0.11
19	Mississippi State	SEC	4-1	0.8	23.33	11	17.26	3.43	0.57
20	LSU	SEC	4-1	0.8	22.54	28.4	11.63	4.62	-0.62
21	Missouri	SEC	4-1	0.8	22.54	17.6	14.3	4.08	-0.08
22	Virginia Tech	ACC	4-1	0.8	22.54	21.4	10.09	4.25	-0.25
23	Iowa	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	22.26	16.4	9.68	4.39	-0.39
24	Cincinnati	Big 12	4-1	0.8	22.17	10.6	11.07	3.55	0.45
25	Houston	Big 12	4-1	0.8	22.16	21.2	11.85	4.24	-0.24
26	Tennessee	SEC	4-1	0.8	22.15	21.6	11.12	4.45	-0.45
27	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	22.14	14	13.49	3.98	0.02
28	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-1	0.8	22.09	15	13.03	4.11	-0.11
29	Wake Forest	ACC	4-1	0.8	22.01	13.6	12.92	3.75	0.25
30	Baylor	Big 12	4-1	0.8	21.96	20.6	10.85	4.47	-0.47
31	Kentucky	SEC	4-1	0.8	21.62	7.8	12.89	3.23	0.77
32	Oregon	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	21.56	24.25	14.14	3.38	-0.38
33	Boise State	Pac-12	4-1	0.8	21.54	13.8	10.03	3.86	0.14
34	Arizona	Big 12	4-1	0.8	21.49	15.8	9.65	4.15	-0.15
35	New Mexico	Mountain West	4-1	0.8	21.44	32.8	5.3	4.83	-0.83
36	Fresno State	Pac-12	4-1	0.8	21.37	11.4	9.72	3.89	0.11
37	Oklahoma State	Big 12	3-1	0.75	21.24	17.5	13.64	3.27	-0.27
38	South Florida	American Athletic	4-1	0.8	21.21	12	5.23	4.03	-0.03
39	Liberty	Conference USA	4-1	0.8	21.15	12.6	8.38	3.9	0.1
40	Memphis	American Athletic	4-1	0.8	21.03	16.2	6.59	3.92	0.08
41	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-1	0.75	20.96	16.25	13.07	3.33	-0.33
42	SMU	ACC	4-1	0.8	20.95	11.6	7.31	3.62	0.38
43	UTSA	American Athletic	4-1	0.8	20.89	5.2	10.4	3.03	0.97
44	Georgia State	Sun Belt	4-1	0.8	20.83	20.4	4.14	4.25	-0.25
45	Ole Miss	SEC	3-1	0.75	20.78	4.75	16.36	2.34	0.66
46	Toledo	Mid-American	4-1	0.8	20.76	16.8	4.35	3.84	0.16
47	Kansas State	Big 12	3-1	0.75	20.76	25.25	8.63	3.64	-0.64
48	Louisiana	Sun Belt	4-1	0.8	20.74	9.8	6.96	3.62	0.38
49	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	4-1	0.8	20.73	10.6	7.86	3.44	0.56
50	Massachusetts	Mid-American	4-1	0.8	20.26	14	-0.46	3.99	0.01
51	Air Force	Mountain West	3-1	0.75	19.7	9	8.65	2.83	0.17
52	App State	Sun Belt	3-1	0.75	19.33	12.5	3.43	2.97	0.03
53	Penn State	Big Ten	3-2	0.6	18.1	16	14.98	4.19	-1.19
54	UCF	Big 12	3-2	0.6	17.95	14.8	14.99	4.05	-1.05
55	Auburn	SEC	3-2	0.6	17.85	5.4	19.76	3.15	-0.15
56	Michigan	Big Ten	3-2	0.6	17.76	7.2	16.8	3.54	-0.54
57	Virginia	ACC	3-2	0.6	17.48	15.8	10.81	4.08	-1.08
58	Texas A&M	SEC	3-2	0.6	17.4	13.2	15.9	3.9	-0.9
59	West Virginia	Big 12	3-2	0.6	17.12	8.6	11.4	3.25	-0.25
60	NC State	ACC	3-2	0.6	16.92	11.2	13.94	3.51	-0.51
61	Iowa State	Big 12	3-2	0.6	16.87	12.4	12.61	3.74	-0.74
62	Florida State	ACC	3-2	0.6	16.79	11.6	13.39	3.67	-0.67
63	Washington	Big Ten	3-2	0.6	16.65	8.2	8.88	3.53	-0.53
64	Oregon State	Pac-12	3-2	0.6	16.62	13.4	11.47	3.72	-0.72
65	Tulsa	American Athletic	3-2	0.6	16.54	6.6	8.91	3.28	-0.28
66	North Texas	American Athletic	3-2	0.6	16.31	7.6	12.45	3.1	-0.1
67	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	3-2	0.6	16.1	5.6	9.89	3.16	-0.16
68	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-2	0.6	15.83	0.4	13.49	2.55	0.45
69	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-2	0.6	15.66	3.8	9.67	3.02	-0.02
70	South Alabama	Sun Belt	3-2	0.6	15.13	3.8	6.33	2.83	0.17
71	UNLV	Mountain West	3-2	0.6	15.03	1.4	11.38	2.67	0.33
72	Oklahoma	SEC	2-2	0.5	14.85	6	18.89	2.72	-0.72
73	Army	American Athletic	2-2	0.5	14.62	13.5	8.46	3.1	-1.1
74	North Carolina	ACC	2-2	0.5	14.38	4.5	13.45	2.48	-0.48
75	Kansas	Big 12	2-2	0.5	14.34	19	11.44	3.42	-1.42
76	Ohio	Mid-American	3-2	0.6	14.32	0	11.1	2.5	0.5
77	Clemson	ACC	3-2	0.6	14.19	-6.4	18.19	1.69	1.31
78	UAB	American Athletic	3-2	0.6	14.11	0.6	6.5	2.57	0.43
79	Syracuse	ACC	2-2	0.5	14.09	11.75	11.79	2.91	-0.91
80	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	2-2	0.5	13.83	7	13.29	2.5	-0.5
81	Florida International	Conference USA	2-2	0.5	13.42	3.5	10.95	2.5	-0.5
82	Arizona State	Big 12	2-2	0.5	13.41	1.5	9.46	2.11	-0.11
83	San José State	Mountain West	3-2	0.6	13.21	-2.4	9.44	2.2	0.8
84	Marshall	Sun Belt	3-2	0.6	12.9	-12.8	11.89	1.27	1.73
85	South Carolina	SEC	2-3	0.4	12.66	10.8	15.78	3.45	-1.45
86	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-2	0.6	12.56	-7.8	10.91	1.48	1.52
87	TCU	Big 12	2-3	0.4	12.56	12	14.35	4.1	-2.1
88	Louisville	ACC	2-3	0.4	12.39	9.4	13.85	3.3	-1.3
89	UConn	FBS Independents	2-3	0.4	11.73	9.8	6.76	3.4	-1.4
90	Troy	Sun Belt	2-2	0.5	11.65	-0.25	6.05	1.97	0.03
91	Illinois	Big Ten	2-3	0.4	11.62	4.6	11.23	2.98	-0.98
92	East Carolina	American Athletic	2-2	0.5	11.47	-1.25	11.04	1.88	0.12
93	Tulane	American Athletic	2-2	0.5	11.26	-4.5	16.88	1.5	0.5
94	Maryland	Big Ten	2-3	0.4	10.98	0.2	17.73	2.52	-0.52
95	Texas State	Pac-12	2-3	0.4	10.83	1.6	11.81	2.64	-0.64
96	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-3	0.5	10.7	-2.83	10.9	2.58	0.42
97	California	ACC	2-3	0.4	10.54	0.4	12.16	2.54	-0.54
98	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	2-3	0.4	10.37	0.6	10.43	2.57	-0.57
99	Temple	American Athletic	2-3	0.4	10.37	1	15.76	2.62	-0.62
100	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	2-3	0.4	9.94	1	10.85	2.62	-0.62
101	Colorado State	Pac-12	2-3	0.4	9.79	-1.2	12.58	2.41	-0.41
102	New Mexico State	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	9.65	1.4	6.58	2.65	-0.65
103	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-3	0.4	9.51	-5	21.11	1.8	0.2
104	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	9.03	-2.4	11.45	2.25	-0.25
105	Delaware	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	8.89	-4.2	12.31	1.98	0.02
106	Boston College	ACC	2-3	0.4	8.87	-4.4	14.53	1.9	0.1
107	Colorado	Big 12	2-3	0.4	8.55	-6.8	13.08	1.62	0.38
108	Arkansas	SEC	2-3	0.4	8.46	-8.6	16.13	1.49	0.51
109	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	2-3	0.4	8.44	-7.2	8.22	1.65	0.35
110	Purdue	Big Ten	2-3	0.4	8.37	-4.6	16.99	2.09	-0.09
111	San Diego State	Pac-12	2-3	0.4	8.37	-4.2	15.98	2.04	-0.04
112	Wyoming	Mountain West	2-3	0.4	8.09	-7.8	9.5	1.31	0.69
113	Stanford	ACC	2-3	0.4	7.82	-20.8	17.67	0.67	1.33
114	Buffalo	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	7.61	-10.2	6.18	1.38	0.62
115	Sam Houston	Conference USA	1-3	0.25	7.57	3.75	12.63	2.34	-1.34
116	Kent State	Mid-American	2-3	0.4	7.41	-16.4	8.81	0.74	1.26
117	Navy	American Athletic	1-3	0.25	7.34	2.5	9.33	2.25	-1.25
118	Nevada	Mountain West	1-3	0.25	7.06	3	6.38	2.27	-1.27
119	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-3	0.25	6.61	1	8.74	2.09	-1.09
120	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	1-3	0.25	5.71	-0.75	11.36	1.92	-0.92
121	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	1-4	0.2	4.99	-0.2	10.33	2.48	-1.48
122	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	1-3	0.25	4.6	-5	9.78	1.57	-0.57
123	Rutgers	Big Ten	1-4	0.2	4.3	-2.2	15.42	2.29	-1.29
124	Missouri State	Conference USA	1-3	0.25	4.28	-8	10.88	1.34	-0.34
125	Washington State	Pac-12	1-4	0.2	3.55	-6	14.73	1.71	-0.71
126	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1-4	0.2	3.22	-7.2	9.93	1.54	-0.54
127	Rice	American Athletic	1-4	0.2	3.15	-9.4	15.13	1.35	-0.35
128	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	1-4	0.2	2.98	-12.6	15.37	1.19	-0.19
129	Utah State	Pac-12	1-4	0.2	2.91	-11	14.21	1.01	-0.01
130	Sacramento State	Mid-American	1-4	0.2	2.88	-11	14.09	1.2	-0.2
131	Akron	Mid-American	1-4	0.2	2.74	-14.6	11.03	1.03	-0.03
132	Ball State	Mid-American	1-4	0.2	2.53	-18.6	12.58	0.84	0.16
133	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	1-4	0.2	2.36	-19.8	11.38	0.81	0.19
134	UTEP	Mountain West	1-4	0.2	2.35	-25	12.92	0.5	0.5
135	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-4	0.2	1.75	-21.6	13.98	0.37	0.63
136	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0-5	0	-2.64	-20.6	12.26	0.94	-0.94
137	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	0-4	0	-2.76	-22.5	14.52	0.37	-0.37
138	Charlotte	American Athletic	0-5	0	-2.76	-23.4	14.56	0.58	-0.58