1939 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:22.143663+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Michigan	Western	2-0-0	1	28.08	16.5	18.27	1.82	0.18
2	Navy	FBS Independents	2-0-1	0.67	28.08	9	19.01	2.69	-0.69
3	North Carolina	Southern	4-0-0	1	27.78	23.5	14.14	3.94	0.06
4	Cornell	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	27.47	13	16.02	1.86	0.14
5	Tulane	SEC	3-0-0	1	27.03	6.67	15.13	2.91	0.09
6	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	26.95	14	12.49	2.82	0.18
7	Oklahoma	Big 6	2-0-1	0.67	26.92	11.67	15.6	2.77	-0.77
8	USC	Pacific	2-0-1	0.67	26.58	17.67	10.94	2.98	-0.98
9	Kentucky	SEC	3-0-0	1	26.51	29.33	6.5	2.98	0.02
10	Ole Miss	SEC	3-0-0	1	26.51	27.33	7.69	2.99	0.01
11	Texas A&M	Southwest	4-0-0	1	26.14	19	7.61	3.98	0.02
12	Utah	Mountain State	2-0-1	0.67	25.96	27.33	7.25	2.94	-0.94
13	Ohio State	Western	2-0-0	1	25.77	16	5.96	2	0
14	Baylor	Southwest	3-0-0	1	25.68	19.67	5.55	2.99	0.01
15	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	2-0-1	0.67	25.51	20	5.27	2.94	-0.94
16	Oregon	Pacific	2-0-1	0.67	25.33	5.33	10.38	2.83	-0.83
17	New Mexico	Border	4-0-0	1	25.07	16	2.62	3.87	0.13
18	Nebraska	Big 6	2-0-1	0.67	24.79	3	8.07	2.29	-0.29
19	Tennessee	SEC	3-0-0	1	24.61	27	-1.93	3	0
20	Harvard	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.58	40.5	-0.17	2	0
21	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.34	6	5.51	2	0
22	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	24.32	2.33	6.11	1.84	1.16
23	Saint Mary's (CA)	FBS Independents	2-0-1	0.67	24.32	7.67	1.51	2.86	-0.86
24	Army	FBS Independents	2-0-1	0.67	24.11	4	2.63	2.28	-0.28
25	Alabama	SEC	3-0-0	1	24.1	14	-1.67	2.98	0.02
26	Georgetown	FBS Independents	2-0-1	0.67	23.96	8.67	0.18	2.75	-0.75
27	Oregon State	Pacific	3-0-0	1	23.88	5	0.27	2.42	0.58
28	Richmond	Southern	3-0-1	0.75	23.81	17.5	-3.94	3.99	-0.99
29	Duquesne	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	23.64	19.33	-3.84	3	0
30	Kansas State	Big 6	3-0-0	1	23.46	16.67	-4.58	2.98	0.02
31	Hardin-Simmons	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	23.38	10.33	-4.08	2.84	0.16
32	Penn State	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	23.31	26	-5.79	1.97	0.03
33	Utah State	Mountain State	2-0-0	1	23.28	21.5	-6.39	1.99	0.01
34	Carnegie Mellon	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	23.14	20.67	-7.1	3	0
35	UCLA	Pacific	2-0-1	0.67	23.1	3.67	-1.9	2.15	-0.15
36	Washburn	Missouri Valley	4-0-0	1	22.8	15.25	-7.8	3.78	0.22
37	Arizona State	Border	4-0-0	1	22.66	25.5	-10	4	0
38	Saint Louis	Missouri Valley	2-0-1	0.67	21.75	6.67	-10	3	-1
39	Mississippi State	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	20.76	17.75	6.86	3.99	-0.99
40	Wake Forest	Southern	4-1-0	0.8	20.6	16.2	3.96	4.62	-0.62
41	Furman	Southern	3-1-0	0.75	19.92	12.25	8.46	3.75	-0.75
42	VMI	Southern	3-1-0	0.75	19.24	7.25	7.16	3.25	-0.25
43	Texas	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	19.04	3.33	14.24	1.98	0.02
44	Duke	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	18.97	18.67	7.41	2.88	-0.88
45	Virginia	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.83	9.67	16.45	2.66	-0.66
46	New Mexico State	Border	3-1-0	0.75	18.77	7.5	-0.94	3.11	-0.11
47	LSU	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	18.42	6.33	17.67	2.46	-0.46
48	New York University	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.27	12.33	5.19	2.77	-0.77
49	Creighton	Missouri Valley	2-1-0	0.67	18.14	8.67	12.88	2.61	-0.61
50	Clemson	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	18.11	12	8.31	2.88	-0.88
51	Denver	Mountain State	2-1-0	0.67	18.04	10	10.41	2.81	-0.81
52	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	2-1-0	0.67	18.04	7.33	4.83	2.38	-0.38
53	Villanova	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.98	9.33	4.44	2.43	-0.43
54	Iowa	Western	2-1-0	0.67	17.96	8	5.04	2.1	-0.1
55	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.84	7.33	12.09	2.43	-0.43
56	BYU	Mountain State	2-1-0	0.67	17.69	1.33	9.15	1.64	0.36
57	Maryland	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	17.6	10.67	1.04	2.87	-0.87
58	Drake	Missouri Valley	2-1-0	0.67	17.59	4	5.84	2.47	-0.47
59	Missouri	Big 6	2-1-0	0.67	17.34	8.33	7.52	2.64	-0.64
60	Kansas	Big 6	2-1-0	0.67	17.23	5	10.22	2.62	-0.62
61	William & Mary	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	17.23	11	2.98	2.38	-0.38
62	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.21	17.33	-3.85	2.94	-0.94
63	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.89	10.33	2.27	2.71	-0.71
64	Auburn	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	16.59	0.33	14.92	1.64	0.36
65	Brown	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.36	10	-7.51	2.62	-0.62
66	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	15.96	8.67	-10	2.61	-0.61
67	Montana	Pacific	2-1-0	0.67	15.09	3.33	-4.76	2.42	-0.42
68	Minnesota	Western	1-1-1	0.33	14.84	18.67	10.71	2.89	-1.89
69	Washington State	Pacific	2-1-0	0.67	14.66	-2.67	9.15	1.02	0.98
70	SMU	Southwest	1-1-1	0.33	14.48	5	11.86	2.22	-1.22
71	Santa Clara	FBS Independents	1-1-1	0.33	14.12	12.33	23.25	2.87	-1.87
72	Arizona	Border	2-1-0	0.67	13.92	-8	10.19	0.75	1.25
73	Princeton	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.83	3.5	7.88	1.28	-0.28
74	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	2-2-0	0.5	13.36	2.25	16.57	2.37	-0.37
75	Texas Tech	Border	2-2-0	0.5	13.28	18.25	2.44	3.96	-1.96
76	Indiana	Western	1-1-1	0.33	12.93	3.67	19.89	1.93	-0.93
77	Washington and Lee	Southern	1-1-1	0.33	12.81	0.67	11.42	1.74	-0.74
78	Florida	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	12.66	0.5	17.07	2.18	-0.18
79	Georgia Tech	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	12.57	16	6.85	1.85	-0.85
80	George Washington	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.38	6	-10	1.65	-0.65
81	Yale	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.23	-1.5	9.3	0.7	0.3
82	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-1-1	0.33	12.1	-0.33	13.07	1.44	-0.44
83	Arkansas	Southwest	2-2-0	0.5	12.06	-1	10.22	1.83	0.17
84	Gonzaga	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	11.07	-1.75	14.89	1.53	0.47
85	Rhodes College	FBS Independents	1-1-1	0.33	11.04	-3	10.38	1.14	-0.14
86	Fordham	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	10.49	6.33	14.38	2.46	-1.46
87	Loyola Marymount	FBS Independents	1-1-1	0.33	9.9	-11.67	-6.93	0.23	0.77
88	Rice	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	9	1.67	7.78	1.89	-0.89
89	Miami	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	8.99	-4	5.01	0.74	0.26
90	Michigan State	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	8.16	0	4.95	1.5	-0.5
91	Georgia	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	7.82	-2.33	12.42	1.09	-0.09
92	Virginia Tech	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	7.38	-0.33	2.7	1.45	-0.45
93	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-2-1	0.25	7.35	-3.5	12.06	1.45	-0.45
94	Marquette	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.21	-0.33	16.21	1.44	-0.44
95	Idaho	Pacific	1-2-0	0.33	6.83	-6.33	7.14	0.32	0.68
96	Wisconsin	Western	1-2-0	0.33	6.73	-7.67	8.88	0.44	0.56
97	Temple	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.59	-1.67	15.38	1.01	-0.01
98	California	Pacific	1-3-0	0.25	6.48	0.5	6.62	2.14	-1.14
99	Bucknell	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.27	-0.33	0.51	1.4	-0.4
100	Manhattan	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.19	-9.67	8.95	0.05	0.95
101	Iowa State	Big 6	1-3-0	0.25	5.79	-1	10.56	1.66	-0.66
102	Colgate	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	5.76	-9.33	23.83	0.25	0.75
103	Chicago	Western	1-2-0	0.33	5.49	-19	0.07	0.05	0.95
104	UTEP	Border	1-3-0	0.25	4.82	-6	12.59	0.34	0.66
105	NC State	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	4.21	-15	15.73	0.2	0.8
106	San Francisco	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.06	-6.25	-4.31	0.67	0.33
107	Northern Arizona	Border	1-3-1	0.2	3.81	-17.8	7.93	0.23	0.77
108	The Citadel	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	3.68	-19.5	12.8	0.03	0.97
109	Hampden-Sydney	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.3	-11.75	13.38	0.52	0.48
110	South Carolina	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	3.06	-14.25	7.91	0.08	0.92
111	Columbia	FBS Independents	0-1-1	0	-0.86	-1.5	23.03	0.76	-0.76
112	Purdue	Western	0-1-1	0	-0.87	-1.5	20.04	0.76	-0.76
113	TCU	Southwest	0-3-0	0	-1.04	-2.33	13.14	1.09	-1.09
114	Colorado State	Mountain State	0-3-0	0	-1.38	-4.33	9.52	0.83	-0.83
115	Washington University (St. Louis)	Missouri Valley	0-3-0	0	-1.71	-7.33	9.23	0.59	-0.59
116	Davidson	Southern	0-4-0	0	-1.91	-8.25	11.72	0.36	-0.36
117	Illinois	Western	0-1-1	0	-1.95	-13	7.18	0	0
118	Stanford	Pacific	0-2-1	0	-1.99	-7.33	23.59	0.29	-0.29
119	Washington	Pacific	0-3-0	0	-2.31	-11.33	20.76	0.14	-0.14
120	Centenary (LA)	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.56	-19	13.75	0	0
121	Northwestern	Western	0-2-0	0	-2.7	-18	24.23	0	0
122	Colorado	Mountain State	0-3-0	0	-2.77	-20	20.38	0.01	-0.01
123	Sewanee	SEC	0-2-0	0	-2.95	-24.5	20.48	0	0
124	Wyoming	Mountain State	0-3-0	0	-3.34	-37.33	21.4	0.02	-0.02