1939 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:22.149030+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Cornell	FBS Independents	8-0-0	1	25.43	18.12	13.65	7.67	0.33
2	Texas A&M	Southwest	11-0-0	1	25.23	16.45	13.03	10.89	0.11
3	USC	Pacific	8-0-2	0.8	25.22	14.8	13.36	9.83	-1.83
4	UCLA	Pacific	6-0-4	0.6	24.27	6.5	11.5	8.45	-2.45
5	Duquesne	FBS Independents	8-0-1	0.89	23.66	12.11	6.16	8.57	-0.57
6	Georgetown	FBS Independents	7-0-1	0.88	23.58	10.88	6.14	7.82	-0.82
7	Tulane	SEC	8-1-1	0.8	23.12	13.4	15.79	9.42	-1.42
8	North Carolina	Southern	8-1-1	0.8	22.66	17.6	12.43	9.71	-1.71
9	Duke	Southern	8-1-0	0.89	22.55	15.67	12.33	8.73	-0.73
10	Clemson	Southern	9-1-0	0.9	22.25	12	10.52	9.56	-0.56
11	Tennessee	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	22.19	18	7.01	10.98	-0.98
12	Princeton	FBS Independents	7-1-0	0.88	21.5	8.38	10.19	6.74	0.26
13	Nebraska	Big 6	7-1-1	0.78	21.48	5	12.15	6.88	0.12
14	Utah	Mountain State	6-1-2	0.67	21.29	20.78	7.8	8.57	-2.57
15	Oregon State	Pacific	9-1-1	0.82	21.2	9.91	5.3	9.79	-0.79
16	Santa Clara	FBS Independents	5-1-3	0.56	20.92	8.56	13.45	8.34	-3.34
17	Richmond	Southern	7-1-2	0.7	20.51	13.5	2.63	9.92	-2.92
18	Iowa	Western	6-1-1	0.75	20.43	4.88	8.64	5.6	0.4
19	Missouri	Big 6	8-2-0	0.8	20.32	7.6	14.14	8.32	-0.32
20	Hardin-Simmons	FBS Independents	7-1-1	0.78	20.3	9.22	2.89	8.11	-1.11
21	Georgia Tech	SEC	8-2-0	0.8	20.15	9.4	12.62	9.12	-1.12
22	Penn State	FBS Independents	5-1-2	0.62	19.79	4.62	9.03	5.74	-0.74
23	Boston College	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	19.77	15.73	4.92	10.73	-1.73
24	Ohio State	Western	6-2-0	0.75	19.51	15.62	13.38	7.43	-1.43
25	Mississippi State	SEC	8-2-0	0.8	19.5	18.4	5.49	9.89	-1.89
26	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	19.35	14.33	8.36	8.62	-1.62
27	Oklahoma	Big 6	6-2-1	0.67	19.29	13.78	12.52	8.38	-2.38
28	Ole Miss	SEC	7-2-0	0.78	19.28	18.44	6.77	8.59	-1.59
29	Michigan	Western	6-2-0	0.75	19.28	15.62	11.83	7.05	-1.05
30	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	19.21	3	14.36	6.1	0.9
31	New Mexico	Border	8-2-0	0.8	19.07	6.9	7.05	7.8	0.2
32	Fordham	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	18.57	9.5	9.57	7.24	-1.24
33	Kentucky	SEC	6-2-1	0.67	18.46	10.78	8.2	8.09	-2.09
34	Arizona State	Border	8-2-1	0.73	18.43	14.18	-0.04	10.55	-2.55
35	Villanova	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	18.24	6.75	8.9	6.68	-0.68
36	William & Mary	Southern	6-2-1	0.67	17.63	7	4.6	6.93	-0.93
37	Gonzaga	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	17.53	6.88	4.06	6.95	-0.95
38	Wake Forest	Southern	7-3-0	0.7	17.35	16.8	5.99	9.25	-2.25
39	Baylor	Southwest	7-3-0	0.7	17.12	5.5	9.8	7.73	-0.73
40	SMU	Southwest	6-3-1	0.6	16.66	5.8	11.16	8.32	-2.32
41	Washington University (St. Louis)	Missouri Valley	6-3-1	0.6	16.11	6.9	6.17	7.71	-1.71
42	BYU	Mountain State	5-2-2	0.56	16.09	2.22	4.6	5.55	-0.55
43	VMI	Southern	6-3-1	0.6	15.91	2.5	9.36	6.29	-0.29
44	Alabama	SEC	5-3-1	0.56	15.59	5.33	12.12	7.4	-2.4
45	Denver	Mountain State	5-3-1	0.56	15.38	6	9.73	7.05	-2.05
46	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	5-3-1	0.56	15.34	9	7.24	7.69	-2.69
47	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	5-3-1	0.56	14.99	6.56	6.13	6.91	-1.91
48	Brown	FBS Independents	5-3-1	0.56	14.61	10.78	0.54	7.63	-2.63
49	George Washington	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	14.51	3.12	5.92	5.71	-0.71
50	Virginia	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	14.34	7.56	11.01	7.4	-2.4
51	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	14.01	2.33	14.78	5.52	-0.52
52	Colorado	Mountain State	5-3-0	0.62	13.8	-0.5	12.01	3.82	1.18
53	Furman	Southern	5-4-0	0.56	13.68	6.11	6.47	7.2	-2.2
54	New York University	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	13.5	2.22	10.33	5.6	-0.6
55	UTEP	Border	5-4-0	0.56	13.47	4.33	6.6	6.65	-1.65
56	Saint Louis	Missouri Valley	5-3-2	0.5	13.46	0.8	2.25	5.48	-0.48
57	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	5-4-1	0.5	13.15	1.3	9.54	5.63	-0.63
58	Harvard	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	12.77	11.88	6	7.12	-3.12
59	Arizona	Border	6-4-0	0.6	12.69	-0.4	5.38	4.79	1.21
60	Texas Tech	Border	5-5-1	0.45	12.59	6.91	7.83	9.26	-4.26
61	San Francisco	FBS Independents	4-3-3	0.4	12.14	0.1	3.19	5.06	-1.06
62	Washburn	Missouri Valley	6-4-0	0.6	12.07	-0.3	-1.01	4.88	1.12
63	Texas	Southwest	5-4-0	0.56	11.86	-2.11	12.08	3.63	1.37
64	Minnesota	Western	3-4-1	0.38	11.84	9	14.47	6.53	-3.53
65	Auburn	SEC	5-5-1	0.45	11.76	0.18	14.61	5.69	-0.69
66	Purdue	Western	3-3-2	0.38	11.7	0.38	12.63	4.26	-1.26
67	Marquette	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	11.67	0.5	11.59	4.2	-0.2
68	Florida	SEC	5-5-1	0.45	11.65	1.09	8.68	6.57	-1.57
69	Miami	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	11.6	2.5	4.05	6.23	-1.23
70	Michigan State	FBS Independents	4-4-1	0.44	11.51	1.11	7.13	5.05	-1.05
71	Oregon	Pacific	3-4-1	0.38	11.13	3.38	14.02	5.41	-2.41
72	Georgia	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	10.83	1.36	10.85	6.42	-1.42
73	Virginia Tech	Southern	4-5-1	0.4	10.63	2.2	8.47	6.34	-2.34
74	Creighton	Missouri Valley	4-5-0	0.44	10.57	2.33	7.35	5.22	-1.22
75	Kansas State	Big 6	4-5-0	0.44	10.56	1	11.94	4.93	-0.93
76	Saint Mary's (CA)	FBS Independents	3-4-1	0.38	10.55	3.38	7.28	5.72	-2.72
77	Manhattan	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	10.34	-1.75	9.09	3.16	0.84
78	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	10.3	-3.5	13.32	2.48	1.52
79	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-3-2	0.38	10.24	-3.62	12.77	2.32	0.68
80	Drake	Missouri Valley	5-5-0	0.5	10	-2.1	6.04	3.69	1.31
81	Arkansas	Southwest	4-5-1	0.4	9.84	-0.2	11.51	4.9	-0.9
82	Washington and Lee	Southern	3-4-1	0.38	9.8	0	12.13	4	-1
83	LSU	SEC	4-5-0	0.44	9.72	-0.56	12.62	4.27	-0.27
84	Illinois	Western	3-4-1	0.38	9.67	0.12	9.21	4.06	-1.06
85	Army	FBS Independents	3-4-2	0.33	9.53	0.11	7.65	4.55	-1.55
86	Washington	Pacific	4-5-0	0.44	9.28	-1.78	12.94	3.51	0.49
87	Carnegie Mellon	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	9.21	1.62	9.2	4.89	-1.89
88	Utah State	Mountain State	3-4-1	0.38	9.09	-0.62	7.68	3.7	-0.7
89	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	4-5-1	0.4	9.03	-1	6.11	4.4	-0.4
90	Bucknell	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	9.03	3	2.71	5.44	-2.44
91	Northwestern	Western	3-4-1	0.38	8.95	-2.5	14.17	2.41	0.59
92	Yale	FBS Independents	3-4-1	0.38	8.43	-5.5	13.79	2.06	0.94
93	Washington State	Pacific	4-5-0	0.44	8.41	-7.44	13.18	1.46	2.54
94	Hampden-Sydney	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	8.01	-5.11	3.5	2.56	1.44
95	Navy	FBS Independents	3-5-1	0.33	7.95	-2.11	15.2	3.48	-0.48
96	Rhodes College	FBS Independents	3-5-1	0.33	6.85	-5.11	5.47	2.38	0.62
97	Columbia	FBS Independents	2-4-2	0.25	6.8	-2	15	3.07	-1.07
98	TCU	Southwest	3-7-0	0.3	6.63	-0.3	12.08	4.85	-1.85
99	Indiana	Western	2-4-2	0.25	6.49	-3.25	14.33	2.57	-0.57
100	Sewanee	SEC	3-5-0	0.38	6.27	-13.38	6.71	0.39	2.61
101	Montana	Pacific	3-6-0	0.33	5.95	-4.67	8.05	1.42	1.58
102	New Mexico State	Border	3-6-0	0.33	5.88	-5.44	8.69	2.4	0.6
103	Colgate	FBS Independents	2-5-1	0.25	5.5	-3.25	12.84	2.5	-0.5
104	California	Pacific	3-7-0	0.3	5.41	-4.1	9.09	2.96	0.04
105	South Carolina	Southern	3-6-1	0.3	5.39	-12.3	10.31	0.35	2.65
106	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-6-1	0.22	4.53	-2.67	8.48	2.99	-0.99
107	The Citadel	Southern	3-8-0	0.27	4.18	-9	7.79	1.71	1.29
108	Kansas	Big 6	2-6-0	0.25	4.04	-7.5	13.18	1	1
109	Idaho	Pacific	2-6-0	0.25	3.72	-10.75	11.13	0.59	1.41
110	Temple	FBS Independents	2-7-0	0.22	3.67	-5	14.78	1.64	0.36
111	Colorado State	Mountain State	2-7-0	0.22	3.61	-4.33	9.59	2.67	-0.67
112	Maryland	Southern	2-7-0	0.22	3.54	-4.78	9.3	2.03	-0.03
113	Loyola Marymount	FBS Independents	2-6-1	0.22	3.47	-11.44	4.09	0.75	1.25
114	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-7-1	0.2	3.37	-6.9	11.96	2.17	-0.17
115	Iowa State	Big 6	2-7-0	0.22	3.31	-7.44	11.68	1.06	0.94
116	Davidson	Southern	2-7-0	0.22	3.12	-9.44	10.49	1.39	0.61
117	Chicago	Western	2-6-0	0.25	2.74	-33.88	5.72	0.05	1.95
118	NC State	Southern	2-8-0	0.2	2.51	-14.2	17.57	0.38	1.62
119	Centenary (LA)	FBS Independents	2-9-1	0.17	2.32	-7.92	9.21	0.92	1.08
120	Wisconsin	Western	1-6-1	0.12	1.5	-7.38	11.6	1.18	-0.18
121	Stanford	Pacific	1-7-1	0.11	0.84	-10.22	15.7	0.78	0.22
122	Rice	Southwest	1-9-1	0.09	0.73	-6	10.13	2.06	-1.06
123	Northern Arizona	Border	1-6-1	0.12	0.69	-21.38	5.3	0.25	0.75
124	Wyoming	Mountain State	0-7-1	0	-2.59	-24.25	14	0.16	-0.16