1939 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:22.145275+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Tulane	SEC	5-0-1	0.83	26.47	7.5	18.68	5.49	-0.49
2	North Carolina	Southern	7-0-1	0.88	26.11	20.88	12.87	7.85	-0.85
3	Oklahoma	Big 6	6-0-1	0.86	26.05	18.71	13.06	6.76	-0.76
4	Cornell	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	25.93	15	13.19	5.57	0.43
5	Texas A&M	Southwest	8-0-0	1	25.8	17.62	12.13	7.95	0.05
6	USC	Pacific	5-0-1	0.83	25.14	20.67	8.17	5.97	-0.97
7	Tennessee	SEC	7-0-0	1	24.39	24.71	3.9	7	0
8	UCLA	Pacific	5-0-1	0.83	24.11	8	6.55	5.15	-0.15
9	Duquesne	FBS Independents	7-0-0	1	24.07	13.43	4.52	6.82	0.18
10	Georgetown	FBS Independents	6-0-1	0.86	23.99	10.43	5.02	6.79	-0.79
11	Richmond	Southern	6-0-2	0.75	23.36	15.38	0.62	7.99	-1.99
12	Missouri	Big 6	6-1-0	0.86	22.47	9.86	14.63	6.17	-0.17
13	Duke	Southern	6-1-0	0.86	22.3	14.71	11.88	6.69	-0.69
14	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	22.11	4	14.75	5.12	0.88
15	Ohio State	Western	5-1-0	0.83	22.1	18.5	13.72	5.72	-0.72
16	Ole Miss	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	21.81	19.86	7.62	6.81	-0.81
17	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	21.73	17.43	7.93	6.83	-0.83
18	Clemson	Southern	6-1-0	0.86	21.7	13	9.01	6.71	-0.71
19	New Mexico	Border	6-1-0	0.86	20.97	12.57	4.9	6.5	-0.5
20	Nebraska	Big 6	5-1-1	0.71	20.97	5.43	12.24	5.55	-0.55
21	Princeton	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	20.88	5.5	11.9	4.46	0.54
22	Kentucky	SEC	5-1-1	0.71	20.87	15.57	5.96	6.72	-1.72
23	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	5-1-1	0.71	20.82	17.29	5.15	6.9	-1.9
24	Arizona State	Border	7-1-0	0.88	20.81	19	-0.12	7.88	-0.88
25	Boston College	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	20.62	16	2.04	6.8	-0.8
26	Iowa	Western	5-1-0	0.83	20.55	5.83	9.57	4.28	0.72
27	Santa Clara	FBS Independents	4-1-2	0.57	20.51	10	11.3	6.42	-2.42
28	Utah	Mountain State	4-1-2	0.57	20.49	17.86	8.39	6.47	-2.47
29	Oregon State	Pacific	6-1-0	0.86	20.48	3.86	6.76	4.99	1.01
30	Hardin-Simmons	FBS Independents	5-1-1	0.71	19.66	9.57	2.05	6.49	-1.49
31	BYU	Mountain State	5-1-1	0.71	19.56	3.71	5.08	4.74	0.26
32	Penn State	FBS Independents	4-1-1	0.67	19.56	4.5	9.13	4.2	-0.2
33	Mississippi State	SEC	6-2-0	0.75	18.95	16.5	6.4	7.89	-1.89
34	Virginia	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.52	14.29	10.21	6.62	-1.62
35	Baylor	Southwest	5-2-0	0.71	18.3	9.43	10.91	6.22	-1.22
36	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.29	4.57	14.34	4.91	0.09
37	New York University	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	17.88	6.43	8.42	5.68	-0.68
38	Michigan	Western	4-2-0	0.67	17.88	19.33	8.9	5.53	-1.53
39	Furman	Southern	5-2-0	0.71	17.46	10.14	4.75	6.37	-1.37
40	Georgia Tech	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	17.35	7.83	11.92	5.13	-1.13
41	Fordham	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.33	8.67	11.34	5.25	-1.25
42	Wake Forest	Southern	6-3-0	0.67	17.23	14.33	6.64	8.13	-2.13
43	Drake	Missouri Valley	5-2-0	0.71	17.18	2.43	7.49	4.61	0.39
44	Washburn	Missouri Valley	6-2-0	0.75	17.14	5.62	-0.65	5.73	0.27
45	Denver	Mountain State	4-2-1	0.57	17.05	5.86	11	5.68	-1.68
46	Villanova	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.03	6.83	8.32	4.85	-0.85
47	Alabama	SEC	4-2-1	0.57	16.89	2.14	12.79	4.61	-0.61
48	Gonzaga	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	16.53	3.5	10.42	4.28	-0.28
49	SMU	Southwest	3-2-1	0.5	16.25	6.17	15.28	5.14	-2.14
50	William & Mary	Southern	4-2-1	0.57	16.02	7.43	2.41	5.35	-1.35
51	Manhattan	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	15.95	2.67	7.07	4.09	-0.09
52	Miami	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	15.87	5.33	3.53	4.31	-0.31
53	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	15.76	0	10.83	3	1
54	Kansas State	Big 6	4-3-0	0.57	15.18	7.14	12.05	5.66	-1.66
55	Saint Louis	Missouri Valley	4-2-1	0.57	14.84	0.86	2.92	3.82	0.18
56	LSU	SEC	4-3-0	0.57	14.6	3.14	11.62	4.71	-0.71
57	Saint Mary's (CA)	FBS Independents	3-2-1	0.5	14.52	7.83	2.78	5.25	-2.25
58	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	13.94	5.14	3.43	5.14	-1.14
59	Harvard	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	13.53	10.33	11.84	5.28	-2.28
60	VMI	Southern	4-3-1	0.5	13.41	0	11.07	4	0
61	Oregon	Pacific	3-3-1	0.43	13.41	4.86	13.28	5.33	-2.33
62	Carnegie Mellon	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	13.25	8.17	8.43	5.72	-2.72
63	Texas	Southwest	4-3-0	0.57	13.2	-0.71	12.69	3.25	0.75
64	Brown	FBS Independents	3-3-1	0.43	12.44	6.14	3.93	5	-2
65	Washington University (St. Louis)	Missouri Valley	3-3-1	0.43	12.32	3	8.38	4.52	-1.52
66	Washington and Lee	Southern	3-3-1	0.43	12.29	0.57	12.6	3.97	-0.97
67	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	4-4-0	0.5	12.17	0.25	13.7	4.09	-0.09
68	Army	FBS Independents	3-3-1	0.43	12.15	1.57	6.95	4.02	-1.02
69	Florida	SEC	4-4-0	0.5	12.09	1.62	6.82	5.34	-1.34
70	Arizona	Border	4-3-0	0.57	11.8	-2	3.99	2.87	1.13
71	Minnesota	Western	2-3-1	0.33	11.48	9.83	16.21	4.96	-2.96
72	Texas Tech	Border	3-4-1	0.38	11.4	6.62	8.4	6.73	-3.73
73	Virginia Tech	Southern	3-4-1	0.38	10.88	2.62	8.31	5.28	-2.28
74	Northwestern	Western	3-3-0	0.5	10.85	-2.17	11.53	2.04	0.96
75	Creighton	Missouri Valley	3-3-0	0.5	10.82	-0.5	5.74	2.89	0.11
76	Colorado	Mountain State	3-3-0	0.5	10.53	-3.33	12.35	2.1	0.9
77	San Francisco	FBS Independents	3-3-2	0.38	10.37	-1.38	5	3.28	-0.28
78	Columbia	FBS Independents	2-3-1	0.33	10.23	1.5	16.14	3.47	-1.47
79	Marquette	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	10.07	0.14	13.12	3.55	-0.55
80	Utah State	Mountain State	2-3-1	0.33	10.07	2.5	8.26	4.06	-2.06
81	New Mexico State	Border	3-4-0	0.43	9.8	0	7.33	3.5	-0.5
82	Rhodes College	FBS Independents	3-3-1	0.43	9.72	-3.57	4.62	2.31	0.69
83	Purdue	Western	2-3-1	0.33	9.71	0.33	16.34	3.17	-1.17
84	Georgia	SEC	3-4-0	0.43	9.58	-0.57	12.53	3.26	-0.26
85	Michigan State	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	9.55	-0.14	5.47	3.45	-0.45
86	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	3-4-0	0.43	9.42	-0.14	3.14	3.45	-0.45
87	Auburn	SEC	3-4-0	0.43	9.33	-1.71	14.92	2.35	0.65
88	George Washington	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	9.32	0.8	5.23	2.78	-0.78
89	Washington	Pacific	3-4-0	0.43	8.77	-3	11.72	2.12	0.88
90	Montana	Pacific	3-4-0	0.43	8.59	-3.29	5.73	1.81	1.19
91	UTEP	Border	3-4-0	0.43	8.59	-3.14	9.58	2.05	0.95
92	Indiana	Western	2-3-1	0.33	8.34	-4.17	14.22	1.78	0.22
93	Washington State	Pacific	3-4-0	0.43	8.21	-8.14	13.18	1.05	1.95
94	Navy	FBS Independents	2-4-1	0.29	8.17	-0.14	18.61	3.45	-1.45
95	Hampden-Sydney	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	7.92	-5.57	4.87	1.94	1.06
96	Yale	FBS Independents	2-3-1	0.33	7.82	-8.5	16.59	0.97	1.03
97	Illinois	Western	2-3-1	0.33	7.75	-4	10.7	1.16	0.84
98	Bucknell	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	7.48	0.5	3.2	3.19	-1.19
99	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-4-1	0.29	7.27	-0.57	7.98	3.25	-1.25
100	Colgate	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.82	-3.17	15.34	2.13	-0.13
101	Kansas	Big 6	2-4-0	0.33	6.49	-5.5	15.72	1.16	0.84
102	Colorado State	Mountain State	2-5-0	0.29	6.41	-0.29	7.39	3.37	-1.37
103	TCU	Southwest	2-5-0	0.29	5.87	-1.57	12.81	2.89	-0.89
104	Temple	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.7	-4	15.44	1.49	0.51
105	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-5-1	0.25	5.68	-2.12	11.97	3.24	-1.24
106	Loyola Marymount	FBS Independents	2-4-1	0.29	5.54	-12.43	8	0.52	1.48
107	Sewanee	SEC	2-4-0	0.33	5.53	-10.33	4.99	0.37	1.63
108	Maryland	Southern	2-5-0	0.29	5.44	-3.86	8.53	1.98	0.02
109	Arkansas	Southwest	2-5-1	0.25	5.34	-4.88	11.76	2.21	-0.21
110	Idaho	Pacific	2-5-0	0.29	4.89	-9	10.16	0.78	1.22
111	South Carolina	Southern	2-5-1	0.25	4.71	-12.25	11.58	0.19	1.81
112	California	Pacific	2-6-0	0.25	4.38	-4.75	8.73	1.93	0.07
113	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-3-2	0.17	4.33	-6.5	15.28	1.14	-0.14
114	Rice	Southwest	1-5-1	0.14	2.88	-2.29	6.54	2.6	-1.6
115	Wisconsin	Western	1-5-0	0.17	2.33	-7	12.04	0.95	0.05
116	Davidson	Southern	1-6-0	0.14	1.35	-10.29	12.79	0.6	0.4
117	NC State	Southern	1-6-0	0.14	1.17	-14.14	19.11	0.21	0.79
118	Chicago	Western	1-5-0	0.17	0.95	-41.67	8.68	0	1
119	Iowa State	Big 6	1-7-0	0.12	0.94	-9.62	13.82	0.58	0.42
120	Northern Arizona	Border	1-6-1	0.12	0.76	-21.38	6.8	0.25	0.75
121	The Citadel	Southern	1-7-0	0.12	0.44	-18.12	12.48	0.14	0.86
122	Centenary (LA)	FBS Independents	0-7-1	0	-2.18	-14	10.19	0.01	-0.01
123	Stanford	Pacific	0-5-1	0	-2.24	-13	18.54	0.22	-0.22
124	Wyoming	Mountain State	0-6-0	0	-2.88	-31.17	14.46	0.04	-0.04