1939 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:22.144871+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	North Carolina	Southern	6-0-1	0.86	26.55	19.29	14.23	6.8	-0.8
2	Tulane	SEC	4-0-1	0.8	26.55	6.4	18.58	4.35	-0.35
3	Cornell	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	26.45	17.6	14.05	4.77	0.23
4	Oklahoma	Big 6	5-0-1	0.83	26.23	21.33	12.39	5.87	-0.87
5	Texas A&M	Southwest	7-0-0	1	25.76	19.57	10.52	6.97	0.03
6	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	25.75	4.83	15.62	4.57	1.43
7	USC	Pacific	4-0-1	0.8	25.56	18.2	9.8	4.96	-0.96
8	Tennessee	SEC	6-0-0	1	24.77	23.17	5.36	6	0
9	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	5-0-1	0.83	24.49	20.5	4.23	5.97	-0.97
10	Duquesne	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	24.37	14.5	4.79	5.82	0.18
11	Kentucky	SEC	5-0-1	0.83	24.37	19.33	3.9	5.89	-0.89
12	UCLA	Pacific	5-0-1	0.83	24.24	8	6.43	5.15	-0.15
13	Georgetown	FBS Independents	5-0-1	0.83	24.13	8.83	5.5	5.69	-0.69
14	Richmond	Southern	5-0-2	0.71	23.31	15.71	-0.46	6.99	-1.99
15	Ole Miss	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	21.8	19.83	10.39	5.85	-0.85
16	Duke	Southern	5-1-0	0.83	21.67	15	11.19	5.76	-0.76
17	Missouri	Big 6	5-1-0	0.83	21.63	9.33	13.21	5.23	-0.23
18	Ohio State	Western	4-1-0	0.8	21.61	10	17.22	4.31	-0.31
19	Michigan	Western	4-1-0	0.8	21.2	25.8	7.9	4.82	-0.82
20	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	21.11	18	7.02	5.81	-0.81
21	Clemson	Southern	5-1-0	0.83	21.02	13	8.05	5.78	-0.78
22	Nebraska	Big 6	4-1-1	0.67	20.99	5.17	13.87	4.55	-0.55
23	Arizona State	Border	6-1-0	0.86	20.65	16.71	0.01	6.88	-0.88
24	New Mexico	Border	5-1-0	0.83	20.56	14.17	4.77	5.64	-0.64
25	Drake	Missouri Valley	5-1-0	0.83	20.53	7.33	7.77	5.64	-0.64
26	New York University	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	20.48	9.67	5.94	5.5	-0.5
27	Utah	Mountain State	3-1-2	0.5	20.27	18.33	10.6	5.66	-2.66
28	Villanova	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.09	8.4	8.83	4.25	-0.25
29	Princeton	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.02	6.2	9.78	3.78	0.22
30	Iowa	Western	4-1-0	0.8	20.01	6.8	9.09	3.61	0.39
31	Alabama	SEC	4-1-1	0.67	19.96	4.67	10.07	4.84	-0.84
32	Boston College	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	19.93	17.5	0.7	5.92	-0.92
33	Oregon State	Pacific	5-1-0	0.83	19.83	3.67	4.63	4.34	0.66
34	Hardin-Simmons	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	19.75	11.17	1.5	5.67	-0.67
35	BYU	Mountain State	5-1-0	0.83	19.72	4.33	5.09	4.06	0.94
36	SMU	Southwest	3-1-1	0.6	19.72	8.2	14.31	4.5	-1.5
37	Santa Clara	FBS Independents	3-1-2	0.5	19.68	10.67	12.66	5.44	-2.44
38	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	19.63	2	11.43	3.11	0.89
39	Wake Forest	Southern	6-2-0	0.75	18.84	17.75	4.2	7.55	-1.55
40	Mississippi State	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	18.13	18.43	5.23	6.97	-1.97
41	Penn State	FBS Independents	3-1-1	0.6	18.06	3.4	7.34	3.19	-0.19
42	Virginia	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.8	15.5	10.62	5.63	-1.63
43	Kansas State	Big 6	4-2-0	0.67	17.38	8.83	10.69	5.14	-1.14
44	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.34	4.33	13.92	4.03	-0.03
45	Baylor	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	17.33	7.67	10.89	5.01	-1.01
46	LSU	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	17.2	4.17	10.81	4.4	-0.4
47	Texas	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	17.11	2.5	12.52	3.71	0.29
48	Furman	Southern	4-2-0	0.67	16.66	8.5	3.63	5.19	-1.19
49	Washburn	Missouri Valley	5-2-0	0.71	16.56	4.71	-0.3	4.77	0.23
50	VMI	Southern	4-2-1	0.57	16.28	1.86	9.13	4.17	-0.17
51	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	16.17	7.17	1.1	4.94	-0.94
52	Denver	Mountain State	3-2-1	0.5	16.08	5.67	13.07	4.82	-1.82
53	Georgia Tech	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	15.9	8	9.97	4.27	-1.27
54	Oregon	Pacific	3-2-1	0.5	15.71	6.5	12.93	5.13	-2.13
55	Fordham	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.7	7.8	11.32	4.15	-1.15
56	Carnegie Mellon	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.56	11	7.02	4.9	-1.9
57	Army	FBS Independents	3-2-1	0.5	15.17	4.33	7.55	4.12	-1.12
58	Washington and Lee	Southern	3-2-1	0.5	15.11	1.83	10.9	4.19	-1.19
59	William & Mary	Southern	3-2-1	0.5	14.86	6.5	4.37	4.38	-1.38
60	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	4-3-0	0.57	14.33	1.29	15.4	3.86	0.14
61	Arizona	Border	4-2-0	0.67	14.3	-1	5.13	2.74	1.26
62	Florida	SEC	4-3-0	0.57	14.06	2.43	7.09	5.13	-1.13
63	Manhattan	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	13.81	0.8	6.98	2.82	0.18
64	Gonzaga	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	13.78	-0.4	10.89	2.37	0.63
65	Miami	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	13.15	1	0.55	2.74	0.26
66	Northwestern	Western	3-2-0	0.6	13.04	-2	11.84	1.85	1.15
67	Virginia Tech	Southern	3-3-1	0.43	12.57	4.86	7.28	5.37	-2.37
68	Brown	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	12.32	7.17	3.05	4.45	-1.45
69	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	3-3-0	0.5	12.17	2.5	3.63	3.72	-0.72
70	Saint Mary's (CA)	FBS Independents	2-2-1	0.4	12.14	2.8	1.73	3.56	-1.56
71	Saint Louis	Missouri Valley	3-2-1	0.5	11.83	-4.5	4.27	1.39	1.61
72	Texas Tech	Border	3-4-0	0.43	11.82	7.57	9.67	5.89	-2.89
73	New Mexico State	Border	3-3-0	0.5	11.65	0.5	4.91	3.15	-0.15
74	Harvard	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	11.45	9.4	11.02	4.19	-2.19
75	Michigan State	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	11.39	0.83	5.02	3.24	-0.24
76	Indiana	Western	2-2-1	0.4	11.29	-2.4	13.41	1.94	0.06
77	Montana	Pacific	3-3-0	0.5	11.11	0	2.82	3	0
78	Creighton	Missouri Valley	3-3-0	0.5	11.02	-0.5	5.18	2.89	0.11
79	Navy	FBS Independents	2-3-1	0.33	10.8	0.83	20.29	3.28	-1.28
80	Colorado	Mountain State	3-3-0	0.5	10.44	-3.33	12.61	2.1	0.9
81	San Francisco	FBS Independents	3-3-1	0.43	10.14	-1.57	3.97	2.81	0.19
82	Utah State	Mountain State	2-3-0	0.4	10.14	3	4.62	3.38	-1.38
83	Washington University (St. Louis)	Missouri Valley	2-3-1	0.33	9.91	2.33	8.71	3.61	-1.61
84	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-3-1	0.33	9.89	1.33	6.9	3.53	-1.53
85	George Washington	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	9.56	0.8	5.27	2.78	-0.78
86	Colgate	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	8.26	-3.4	12.39	1.72	0.28
87	Kansas	Big 6	2-3-0	0.4	8.24	-5.2	13.61	1.17	0.83
88	Minnesota	Western	1-3-1	0.2	8.19	9.2	15.71	4.03	-3.03
89	Yale	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	8.1	-10.2	19.34	0.57	1.43
90	Colorado State	Mountain State	2-4-0	0.33	7.6	0.83	6.24	3.33	-1.33
91	Rhodes College	FBS Independents	2-3-1	0.33	7.45	-5.33	8.06	1.58	0.42
92	Loyola Marymount	FBS Independents	2-3-1	0.33	7.33	-9	6.19	0.68	1.32
93	Sewanee	SEC	2-3-0	0.4	7.3	-8.8	5.43	0.34	1.66
94	Bucknell	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	7.27	0.5	3.11	3.19	-1.19
95	Auburn	SEC	2-4-0	0.33	7.07	-2.17	13.9	1.66	0.34
96	Temple	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.99	-2.33	13.78	1.93	0.07
97	Maryland	Southern	2-4-0	0.33	6.97	-1.17	5.78	2.58	-0.58
98	Georgia	SEC	2-4-0	0.33	6.93	-1.33	12.92	2.56	-0.56
99	Marquette	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.84	-3	13.72	2.04	-0.04
100	Columbia	FBS Independents	1-3-1	0.2	6.71	0.6	18.35	2.67	-1.67
101	Washington	Pacific	2-4-0	0.33	6.22	-4.67	13.94	1.25	0.75
102	UTEP	Border	2-4-0	0.33	6.2	-5	9.49	1.12	0.88
103	Purdue	Western	1-3-1	0.2	6.12	-0.2	16.38	2.43	-1.43
104	Washington State	Pacific	2-4-0	0.33	6.01	-10.83	14.23	0.4	1.6
105	Idaho	Pacific	2-4-0	0.33	5.74	-9.17	13.38	0.51	1.49
106	Hampden-Sydney	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.69	-8.83	7.64	1.16	0.84
107	South Carolina	Southern	2-4-1	0.29	5.48	-11.14	10.77	0.25	1.75
108	Arkansas	Southwest	2-5-0	0.29	5.46	-5.57	13.39	1.75	0.25
109	California	Pacific	2-5-0	0.29	5.44	-4.43	9.66	1.8	0.2
110	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-3-2	0.17	4.46	-6.5	14.49	1.14	-0.14
111	Illinois	Western	1-3-1	0.2	3.95	-6.2	13.93	0.55	0.45
112	Wisconsin	Western	1-4-0	0.2	3.09	-7	15.07	0.94	0.06
113	Rice	Southwest	1-5-0	0.17	2.91	-2.67	7.62	2.08	-1.08
114	TCU	Southwest	1-5-0	0.17	2.74	-4.5	13.21	1.64	-0.64
115	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-5-1	0.14	2.63	-5	13.77	1.95	-0.95
116	Davidson	Southern	1-5-0	0.17	2.05	-6.67	10.67	1.02	-0.02
117	NC State	Southern	1-5-0	0.17	1.85	-15.33	17.95	0.21	0.79
118	Chicago	Western	1-4-0	0.2	1.73	-37.8	7.44	0.01	0.99
119	Iowa State	Big 6	1-6-0	0.14	1.61	-8.29	16.34	0.7	0.3
120	Northern Arizona	Border	1-5-1	0.14	1.46	-19.43	5.47	0.27	0.73
121	The Citadel	Southern	1-6-0	0.14	1.02	-15.86	10.59	0.21	0.79
122	Stanford	Pacific	0-4-1	0	-1.93	-9	16.09	0.42	-0.42
123	Centenary (LA)	FBS Independents	0-7-0	0	-2.3	-16	10.63	0.01	-0.01
124	Wyoming	Mountain State	0-5-0	0	-2.92	-30.8	15.48	0.03	-0.03