1949 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:23.681439+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Texas	Southwest	2-0-0	1	29.44	48.5	7.98	2	0
2	Oregon	Pacific	2-0-0	1	28.69	29	10.6	1.99	0.01
3	Washington State	Pacific	2-0-0	1	27.96	19.5	9.54	1.98	0.02
4	Duke	Southern	1-0-0	1	27.85	67	22.54	1	0
5	Minnesota	Western	1-0-0	1	27.45	28	23.93	0.89	0.11
6	Rice	Southwest	1-0-0	1	27.29	26	23.79	0.98	0.02
7	Wisconsin	Western	1-0-0	1	26.9	41	21.32	1	0
8	Arizona	Border	1-0-0	1	26.68	33	20.93	0.98	0.02
9	Villanova	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	26.62	28	0.22	1.99	0.01
10	California	Pacific	2-0-0	1	26.42	18	-0.32	1.91	0.09
11	SMU	Southwest	1-0-0	1	26.36	6	24.1	0.81	0.19
12	TCU	Southwest	1-0-1	0.5	26.29	14	1.02	1.62	-0.62
13	UCLA	Pacific	2-0-0	1	26.21	19	0.42	1.68	0.32
14	Colorado State	Skyline	2-0-0	1	25.89	4	6.04	1.38	0.62
15	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	25.78	6	22.7	0.81	0.19
16	UTEP	Border	2-0-0	1	25.56	33.5	-6.11	1.97	0.03
17	Kentucky	SEC	2-0-0	1	25.52	41.5	-4.94	2	0
18	Stanford	Pacific	2-0-0	1	25.48	46.5	-4.54	2	0
19	Wyoming	Skyline	2-0-0	1	25.38	36	-4.72	1.91	0.09
20	Georgia	SEC	2-0-0	1	25.36	30.5	-6.19	1.99	0.01
21	Ole Miss	SEC	2-0-0	1	25.35	33	-5.06	1.97	0.03
22	Detroit Mercy	Missouri Valley	1-0-0	1	25.21	6	18.62	0.7	0.3
23	Iowa State	Big 7	1-0-1	0.5	25.14	32	-4.4	1.94	-0.94
24	Drake	Missouri Valley	2-0-0	1	24.44	41	-10	2	0
25	Nevada	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.09	23	-10	1.66	0.34
26	Oklahoma	Big 7	1-0-0	1	23.6	46	2.19	1	0
27	Army	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	23.26	40	0.76	0.99	0.01
28	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	23.17	43	0.06	0.99	0.01
29	North Carolina	Southern	1-0-0	1	22.85	20	1.05	0.97	0.03
30	Tulane	SEC	1-0-0	1	22.78	14	2.17	0.84	0.16
31	Bradley	Missouri Valley	2-0-0	1	22.76	8	-10	1.64	0.36
32	USC	Pacific	1-0-0	1	22.57	22	-0.16	0.85	0.15
33	Baylor	Southwest	1-0-0	1	22.46	14	0.99	0.95	0.05
34	Northwestern	Western	1-0-0	1	22.46	14	0.73	0.95	0.05
35	Tennessee	SEC	1-0-0	1	22.39	10	1.83	1	0
36	Georgia Tech	SEC	1-0-0	1	22.3	5	3.15	0.78	0.22
37	Maryland	Southern	1-0-0	1	22.26	27	-2.19	0.98	0.02
38	Virginia	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.23	14	0.22	0.85	0.15
39	Michigan	Western	1-0-0	1	22.22	4	3.15	0.88	0.12
40	Boston University	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.09	12	-0.03	0.74	0.26
41	Florida	SEC	1-0-0	1	22.09	13	0.02	1	0
42	Georgetown	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	21.99	7	1.72	0.74	0.26
43	Washington and Lee	Southern	1-0-0	1	21.74	20	-2.38	0.96	0.04
44	Ohio State	Western	1-0-0	1	21.37	1	2.63	0.52	0.48
45	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	21.37	73	-10	1	0
46	Cornell	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	20.81	27	-10	1	0
47	Kansas State	Big 7	1-0-0	1	20.77	55	-10	1	0
48	Colorado	Big 7	1-0-0	1	20.66	1	-0.26	0.55	0.45
49	Colgate	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	20.58	32	-10	1	0
50	Yale	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	20.55	26	-10	1	0
51	Arizona State	Border	1-0-0	1	20.51	20	-10	0.9	0.1
52	Columbia	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	20.44	20	-10	0.96	0.04
53	Nebraska	Big 7	1-0-0	1	20.4	27	-10	0.98	0.02
54	Arkansas	Southwest	1-0-0	1	20.33	14	-10	0.79	0.21
55	Princeton	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	20.17	12	-10	0.81	0.19
56	Idaho	Pacific	1-1-0	0.5	16.6	19	7.74	1.65	-0.65
57	Denver	Skyline	1-1-0	0.5	16.54	23.5	5.96	1.94	-0.94
58	Clemson	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	15.6	18	-3.92	1.64	-0.64
59	Montana	Pacific	1-1-0	0.5	15.6	7	7.05	1.47	-0.47
60	Wake Forest	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	15.26	4.5	0.55	1.41	-0.41
61	New Mexico State	Border	1-1-0	0.5	15.03	17.5	-4.63	1.63	-0.63
62	Marquette	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.87	12.5	-4.75	1.51	-0.51
63	West Virginia	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.6	12.5	-10	1.69	-0.69
64	West Texas A&M	Border	1-1-0	0.5	13.79	3.5	-10	1.18	-0.18
65	William & Mary	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	12.89	-2.5	-0.33	0.75	0.25
66	Hardin-Simmons	Border	1-1-0	0.5	12.83	0	-10	1	0
67	Washington	Pacific	1-1-0	0.5	12.44	-10.5	2.04	0.48	0.52
68	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	11.93	-2.5	-3.85	0.86	0.14
69	Richmond	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	11.38	-20	-3.81	0.21	0.79
70	Oregon State	Pacific	1-1-0	0.5	10.54	-1	12.88	0.94	0.06
71	San Francisco	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	10.34	6	-10	1.4	-0.4
72	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	9.55	-8	20.51	0.49	0.51
73	Santa Clara	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	9.29	-6.5	8.32	0.48	0.52
74	Utah State	Skyline	1-1-0	0.5	8.82	-7	7.05	0.53	0.47
75	Northern Arizona	Border	1-1-0	0.5	7.78	-4.5	-10	0.78	0.22
76	Texas Tech	Border	1-2-0	0.33	7.56	-14	6.08	0.29	0.71
77	Brown	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.42	0	0	0	0
78	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.4	0	0	0	0
79	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	0-0-1	0	0.39	0	25.26	0.5	-0.5
80	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.36	0	0	0	0
81	Illinois	Western	0-0-1	0	0.2	0	21.42	0.5	-0.5
82	Fordham	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.18	0	0	0	0
83	Miami	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.17	0	0	0	0
84	New York University	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.05	0	0	0	0
85	Saint Louis	Missouri Valley	0-0-0	0	0.05	0	0	0	0
86	Missouri	Big 7	0-1-0	0	-0.05	-1	2.49	0.48	-0.48
87	Michigan State	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.62	-4	3.14	0.12	-0.12
88	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-1-0	0	-0.75	-5	2.82	0.22	-0.22
89	Houston	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.87	-1	22.7	0.46	-0.46
90	VMI	Southern	0-1-0	0	-0.95	-7	-10	0.16	-0.16
91	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.17	-7	1.32	0.26	-0.26
92	Mississippi State	SEC	0-1-0	0	-1.39	-10	2.27	0	0
93	Alabama	SEC	0-1-0	0	-1.57	-14	2.9	0.16	-0.16
94	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	0-1-0	0	-1.64	-17	-10	0.04	-0.04
95	South Carolina	Southern	0-1-0	0	-1.76	-14	2.36	0.05	-0.05
96	Purdue	Western	0-1-0	0	-1.8	-14	2.65	0.05	-0.05
97	Utah	Skyline	0-2-0	0	-1.8	-13.5	11.82	0.15	-0.15
98	Syracuse	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.82	-12	1.87	0.26	-0.26
99	The Citadel	Southern	0-1-0	0	-1.85	-13	1.49	0	0
100	George Washington	Southern	0-1-0	0	-1.88	-14	1.84	0.15	-0.15
101	NC State	Southern	0-1-0	0	-2	-20	3.16	0.03	-0.03
102	Penn State	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.11	-21	25.44	0.03	-0.03
103	Kansas	Big 7	0-2-0	0	-2.17	-14.5	13.29	0.1	-0.1
104	Iowa	Western	0-1-0	0	-2.2	-16	24.27	0.24	-0.24
105	Navy	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.25	-22	2.51	0.15	-0.15
106	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.38	-46	2.94	0	0
107	LSU	SEC	0-1-0	0	-2.49	-19	23.36	0	0
108	Virginia Tech	Southern	0-2-0	0	-2.5	-23	-3.9	0.12	-0.12
109	Davidson	Southern	0-1-0	0	-2.53	-40	3.16	0.01	-0.01
110	Duquesne	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.66	-15	24.1	0.06	-0.06
111	New Mexico	Border	0-1-0	0	-2.68	-27	22.81	0.07	-0.07
112	Indiana	Western	0-1-0	0	-2.69	-43	3.2	0.01	-0.01
113	Loyola Marymount	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.73	-52	-10	0	0
114	Saint Mary's (CA)	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.75	-19.5	26.06	0.08	-0.08
115	Furman	Southern	0-2-0	0	-2.84	-22.5	12.77	0.02	-0.02
116	BYU	Skyline	0-2-0	0	-2.86	-27.5	7.89	0.08	-0.08
117	Auburn	SEC	0-1-0	0	-2.97	-33	23.34	0.02	-0.02
118	Harvard	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-3	-44	22.17	0	0
119	Temple	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-3.47	-54	30.88	0	0