1949 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:23.688009+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Oklahoma	Big 7	11-0-0	1	25.49	28.27	12.49	10.7	0.3
2	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	10-0-0	1	25.25	27.4	11.37	9.67	0.33
3	Army	FBS Independents	9-0-0	1	24.83	31.78	8.73	8.82	0.18
4	California	Pacific	10-1-0	0.91	23.36	17.09	13.8	9.81	0.19
5	Rice	Southwest	10-1-0	0.91	23.07	16.27	12.78	10.15	-0.15
6	Maryland	Southern	9-1-0	0.9	22.64	18.4	11.16	9.42	-0.42
7	Ohio State	Western	7-1-2	0.7	22.13	7.1	14.89	7.3	-0.3
8	Villanova	FBS Independents	8-1-0	0.89	21.94	18	8.53	8.13	-0.13
9	Cornell	FBS Independents	8-1-0	0.89	21.7	19.22	6.91	8.12	-0.12
10	Wyoming	Skyline	9-1-0	0.9	21.51	31.6	2.73	9.85	-0.85
11	Colorado State	Skyline	9-1-0	0.9	21.04	12	3.87	8.88	0.12
12	Brown	FBS Independents	8-1-0	0.89	20.47	18.78	0.13	8.28	-0.28
13	Baylor	Southwest	8-2-0	0.8	20.13	10.6	12.06	8.1	-0.1
14	Minnesota	Western	7-2-0	0.78	20.08	16.78	12.46	8.33	-1.33
15	Santa Clara	FBS Independents	8-2-1	0.73	19.67	8.64	10.18	8.69	-0.69
16	Tulane	SEC	7-2-1	0.7	19.53	10.9	11.02	7.94	-0.94
17	UTEP	Border	8-2-1	0.73	19.21	16.27	4.51	9.95	-1.95
18	Tennessee	SEC	7-2-1	0.7	19.17	11	8.66	8.47	-1.47
19	Michigan	Western	6-2-1	0.67	18.93	5.56	14.68	6.75	-0.75
20	Virginia	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	18.9	8.67	7.95	6.88	0.12
21	Kentucky	SEC	9-3-0	0.75	18.88	20.25	7.93	11.63	-2.63
22	LSU	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	18.49	11.09	11.21	9.41	-1.41
23	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	18.35	9.5	8.26	6.25	-0.25
24	Boston University	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	18.21	17.75	4.5	7.04	-1.04
25	Michigan State	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	18.16	22.44	15.09	8.33	-2.33
26	Stanford	Pacific	7-3-1	0.64	18.05	22.27	9.58	10.26	-3.26
27	Drake	Missouri Valley	6-2-1	0.67	17.64	11.89	2.53	7.71	-1.71
28	Georgia Tech	SEC	7-3-0	0.7	17.62	6.8	12.62	7.32	-0.32
29	Oregon State	Pacific	7-3-0	0.7	17.26	4.4	12.12	6.22	0.78
30	Duke	Southern	6-3-0	0.67	17.17	15.89	9.89	7.82	-1.82
31	San Francisco	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	16.98	11.6	5.41	8.02	-1.02
32	UCLA	Pacific	6-3-0	0.67	16.8	4.33	13.92	5.49	0.51
33	Arizona State	Border	7-3-0	0.7	16.66	13.8	2.29	7.73	-0.73
34	Alabama	SEC	6-3-1	0.6	16.64	9.7	8.56	7.89	-1.89
35	Princeton	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	16.64	6.11	10.96	6.21	-0.21
36	Miami	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	16.41	7.67	8.08	7.05	-1.05
37	Texas	Southwest	6-4-0	0.6	16.29	19.7	13.99	9.37	-3.37
38	Rutgers	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	16.16	14.22	3.15	7.43	-1.43
39	TCU	Southwest	6-3-1	0.6	16.09	2	11.96	5.61	0.39
40	Missouri	Big 7	7-4-0	0.64	15.99	3.55	13.67	6.53	0.47
41	Wisconsin	Western	5-3-1	0.56	15.96	8.67	12.62	6.79	-1.79
42	USC	Pacific	5-3-1	0.56	15.87	4.89	15.03	5.7	-0.7
43	Fordham	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	15.47	10.88	7.46	6.08	-1.08
44	William & Mary	Southern	6-4-0	0.6	15.2	8.7	10.09	7.28	-1.28
45	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	15.14	0.22	9.93	4.57	1.43
46	Iowa State	Big 7	5-3-1	0.56	15.11	3.89	10.07	5.71	-0.71
47	Hardin-Simmons	Border	6-4-1	0.55	14.87	11.73	5.73	8.52	-2.52
48	North Carolina	Southern	7-4-0	0.64	14.33	-1.36	15.71	5.01	1.99
49	SMU	Southwest	5-4-1	0.5	13.73	1.1	15.97	5.31	-0.31
50	West Texas A&M	Border	5-4-0	0.56	13.57	8.78	3.61	6.41	-1.41
51	Detroit Mercy	Missouri Valley	5-4-0	0.56	13.26	1.56	10.01	4.93	0.07
52	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	13.17	5.12	15.67	5.36	-1.36
53	Loyola Marymount	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	13.08	0.4	4.47	5.1	0.9
54	Kansas	Big 7	5-5-0	0.5	13	7.6	11.39	6.95	-1.95
55	Texas Tech	Border	7-5-0	0.58	12.99	0.25	8.52	6.11	0.89
56	Houston	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	12.96	6	0.46	6.73	-1.73
57	Boston College	FBS Independents	4-4-1	0.44	12.45	2.44	13.07	5.09	-1.09
58	Penn State	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	12.24	-1.44	14.29	4.09	0.91
59	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	4-4-2	0.4	12.06	1.1	13.16	5.3	-1.3
60	Clemson	Southern	4-4-2	0.4	11.58	1.6	6.39	5.42	-1.42
61	Yale	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	11.44	0.62	8.72	4.17	-0.17
62	Marquette	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	11.03	5.33	7.29	5.58	-1.58
63	Nevada	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	10.98	2.3	-1.67	5.61	-0.61
64	Vanderbilt	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	10.98	-0.6	11.88	4.8	0.2
65	Montana	Pacific	5-4-0	0.56	10.9	-2.33	2.6	3.91	1.09
66	Arkansas	Southwest	5-5-0	0.5	10.87	-0.8	11.63	4.72	0.28
67	Temple	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	10.66	-7.67	7.82	2.66	2.34
68	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	5-5-1	0.45	10.65	-0.91	9.64	5.21	-0.21
69	Illinois	Western	3-4-2	0.33	10.4	1	12.94	4.83	-1.83
70	Georgia	SEC	4-6-1	0.36	10.29	3.91	11.24	7.25	-3.25
71	Oregon	Pacific	4-6-0	0.4	10.15	3.1	11.27	5.78	-1.78
72	Wake Forest	Southern	4-6-0	0.4	10.03	2.4	11.68	5.73	-1.73
73	Ole Miss	SEC	4-5-1	0.4	9.91	0.3	8.27	5.07	-1.07
74	Georgetown	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	9.77	-7.1	12.29	2.73	2.27
75	Syracuse	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	9.31	-0.89	9.44	4.3	-0.3
76	Purdue	Western	4-5-0	0.44	9.29	-1.78	13.36	3.83	0.17
77	Northwestern	Western	4-5-0	0.44	9.21	-2.11	13.39	3.81	0.19
78	Washington and Lee	Southern	3-5-1	0.33	9.17	2.44	6.17	5.21	-2.21
79	Bradley	Missouri Valley	5-5-0	0.5	8.79	-5.5	-2.08	3.31	1.69
80	Florida	SEC	4-5-1	0.4	8.78	-3.8	12.24	3.88	0.12
81	Nebraska	Big 7	4-5-0	0.44	8.5	-5.33	11.28	2.84	1.16
82	Iowa	Western	4-5-0	0.44	8.43	-7	13.08	2.99	1.01
83	George Washington	Southern	4-5-0	0.44	8.39	-5.44	9.93	2.92	1.08
84	South Carolina	Southern	4-6-0	0.4	8.27	-2.3	13.9	4.14	-0.14
85	Denver	Skyline	4-6-0	0.4	7.76	-2.2	5.58	4.36	-0.36
86	The Citadel	Southern	4-5-0	0.44	7.48	-10.22	2.48	1.57	2.43
87	West Virginia	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	7.45	-4.36	6.81	4.27	-0.27
88	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-6-1	0.3	7.28	0.1	7	5.03	-2.03
89	New Mexico State	Border	4-6-0	0.4	7.08	-5	2.21	3.99	0.01
90	Navy	FBS Independents	3-5-1	0.33	7.03	-9.67	16.8	2.28	0.72
91	VMI	Southern	3-5-1	0.33	6.93	-5.56	8.01	3.08	-0.08
92	Idaho	Pacific	3-5-0	0.38	6.81	-6.25	7.34	3.05	-0.05
93	Washington State	Pacific	3-6-0	0.33	5.97	-6.22	12.55	2.88	0.12
94	Auburn	SEC	2-4-3	0.22	5.94	-6	11.45	2.79	-0.79
95	Furman	Southern	3-6-0	0.33	5.89	-4.22	5.81	3.1	-0.1
96	Saint Mary's (CA)	FBS Independents	3-6-1	0.3	5.87	-7.5	13.32	2.94	0.06
97	New York University	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	5.72	-3.89	1.23	3.38	-0.38
98	Duquesne	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	5.51	-7.78	6	2.49	0.51
99	NC State	Southern	3-7-0	0.3	5.31	-5.8	12.18	2.99	0.01
100	Colorado	Big 7	3-7-0	0.3	5.25	-5.5	9.9	3.01	-0.01
101	Washington	Pacific	3-7-0	0.3	4.95	-11.8	15.89	2.2	0.8
102	Utah State	Skyline	3-7-0	0.3	4.68	-10.4	6.29	1.64	1.36
103	Richmond	Southern	3-7-0	0.3	4.55	-11.2	4.24	1.65	1.35
104	Utah	Skyline	2-7-1	0.2	3.86	-2.5	7.28	4.04	-2.04
105	Saint Louis	Missouri Valley	2-6-1	0.22	3.53	-12	7.63	2.1	-0.1
106	Kansas State	Big 7	2-8-0	0.2	2.87	-6.6	8.76	3.31	-1.31
107	Arizona	Border	2-7-1	0.2	2.67	-18	11.55	1	1
108	Columbia	FBS Independents	2-7-0	0.22	2.54	-21.56	11.92	0.48	1.52
109	New Mexico	Border	2-8-0	0.2	2.14	-20.9	13.64	0.63	1.37
110	Davidson	Southern	2-8-0	0.2	2.04	-19.4	4.78	0.81	1.19
111	Northern Arizona	Border	1-6-1	0.12	0.7	-19.88	-1.57	0.78	0.22
112	Virginia Tech	Southern	1-7-2	0.1	0.57	-14.2	9.81	1.48	-0.48
113	Colgate	FBS Independents	1-8-0	0.11	0.49	-11.67	11.49	2.31	-1.31
114	Indiana	Western	1-8-0	0.11	0.31	-15.22	15.7	1.24	-0.24
115	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-8-1	0.1	0.21	-17.5	18.06	0.74	0.26
116	Harvard	FBS Independents	1-8-0	0.11	0.13	-19.22	14.9	0.79	0.21
117	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	1-9-0	0.1	-0.16	-20.9	10.01	0.8	0.2
118	Mississippi State	SEC	0-8-1	0	-2.44	-20.67	12.58	0.13	-0.13
119	BYU	Skyline	0-11-0	0	-2.45	-24.27	6.85	0.52	-0.52