1949 W4 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:23.681837+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Duke	Southern	2-0-0	1	29.41	40.5	16.89	2	0
2	Minnesota	Western	2-0-0	1	28.89	25	16.42	1.85	0.15
3	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	28.03	7.5	17.68	1.7	0.3
4	Villanova	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	27.78	27.67	10.88	2.97	0.03
5	Texas	Southwest	3-0-0	1	27.76	48.67	6.9	3	0
6	UCLA	Pacific	3-0-0	1	27.59	15.33	12.34	2.34	0.66
7	USC	Pacific	2-0-0	1	27.59	25	12.86	1.85	0.15
8	Maryland	Southern	2-0-0	1	26.99	26.5	9.74	1.95	0.05
9	North Carolina	Southern	2-0-0	1	26.95	13.5	11.68	1.77	0.23
10	Wisconsin	Western	1-0-1	0.5	26.95	20.5	7.53	1.93	-0.93
11	Michigan	Western	2-0-0	1	26.93	12	12.43	1.9	0.1
12	Tulane	SEC	2-0-0	1	26.81	16	10.37	1.89	0.11
13	California	Pacific	3-0-0	1	26.69	25.67	5.69	2.96	0.04
14	Kentucky	SEC	3-0-0	1	26.67	43.33	4.29	3	0
15	Arizona	Border	1-0-1	0.5	26.6	16.5	6.61	1.83	-0.83
16	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	1-0-1	0.5	26.42	23	21.41	1.76	-0.76
17	Wyoming	Skyline	3-0-0	1	26.34	26.67	4.4	2.89	0.11
18	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	26.27	31.5	4.88	1.97	0.03
19	Arkansas	Southwest	2-0-0	1	26.12	17	8.14	1.76	0.24
20	Kansas State	Big 7	2-0-0	1	26.12	34.5	5.33	1.97	0.03
21	Oklahoma	Big 7	2-0-0	1	26.11	33	3.59	1.97	0.03
22	Florida	SEC	2-0-0	1	25.95	23	5.04	1.98	0.02
23	SMU	Southwest	2-0-0	1	25.74	3.5	7.6	1.22	0.78
24	Cornell	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	25.72	19.5	5.29	1.79	0.21
25	Drake	Missouri Valley	3-0-0	1	25.64	30.67	0.92	2.99	0.01
26	Army	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.99	37.5	-2.32	1.98	0.02
27	Iowa State	Big 7	2-0-1	0.67	24.65	25.67	-3.99	2.89	-0.89
28	Ohio State	Western	2-0-0	1	24.52	20	-1.37	1.67	0.33
29	Baylor	Southwest	2-0-0	1	24.24	11	-1.57	1.84	0.16
30	Boston University	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	24.2	12	-1.82	0.74	0.26
31	UTEP	Border	3-0-0	1	23.97	24.67	-7.62	2.93	0.07
32	Virginia	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	23.22	8.5	-5.94	1.48	0.52
33	Columbia	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	23.17	13.5	-6.5	1.85	0.15
34	Yale	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.91	26	-10	1	0
35	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.27	21	0.4	1	0
36	Brown	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22	22	-1.17	0.97	0.03
37	Oregon	Pacific	2-1-0	0.67	20.78	16.67	13.35	2.6	-0.6
38	Saint Louis	Missouri Valley	1-0-0	1	20.64	42	-10	0.99	0.01
39	Miami	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	20.61	39	-10	0.96	0.04
40	Washington State	Pacific	2-1-0	0.67	19.95	3.67	15.66	1.9	0.1
41	Stanford	Pacific	2-1-0	0.67	19.25	24.33	3.07	2.87	-0.87
42	Georgia	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	19.07	18	3.34	2.79	-0.79
43	Ole Miss	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	18.49	6.33	4.18	1.97	0.03
44	Colorado State	Skyline	2-1-0	0.67	17.88	0	10.64	1.5	0.5
45	Clemson	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	17.83	12.33	5.1	2.41	-0.41
46	Montana	Pacific	2-1-0	0.67	17.82	5.67	8.93	2.11	-0.11
47	William & Mary	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	17.43	7	7.47	2.21	-0.21
48	Nevada	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.25	13.33	-7.58	2.25	-0.25
49	Bradley	Missouri Valley	2-1-0	0.67	17.19	2	1.48	1.78	0.22
50	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.03	11	0.58	2.37	-0.37
51	Santa Clara	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.7	13.33	2.14	2.59	-0.59
52	Hardin-Simmons	Border	2-1-0	0.67	16.47	7	0.17	2.12	-0.12
53	Rice	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	15.71	9.5	6.55	1.64	-0.64
54	San Francisco	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	15.3	9	-7.58	2.32	-0.32
55	Northwestern	Western	1-1-0	0.5	14.82	2.5	11.99	1.24	-0.24
56	Colgate	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.79	10	5.4	1.45	-0.45
57	TCU	Southwest	1-1-1	0.33	14.78	2.67	6.18	1.72	-0.72
58	Washington and Lee	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	14.65	6	5.88	1.34	-0.34
59	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.39	33	-6.74	1.94	-0.94
60	Nebraska	Big 7	1-1-0	0.5	14.25	2.5	8.72	1.16	-0.16
61	Michigan State	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.94	18.5	18.54	1.91	-0.91
62	Tennessee	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	13.1	-2	13.23	0.75	0.25
63	Detroit Mercy	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	12.85	-10.5	19.27	0.41	0.59
64	Arizona State	Border	1-1-0	0.5	12.4	-0.5	1.42	0.97	0.03
65	Georgia Tech	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	12.22	-6.5	11.02	0.3	0.7
66	Houston	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.1	9.5	5.62	1.66	-0.66
67	Georgetown	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	11.89	-9.5	10.55	0.44	0.56
68	Colorado	Big 7	1-1-0	0.5	11.88	-6.5	9.3	0.55	0.45
69	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	11.34	1	10.37	1.12	-0.12
70	Navy	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	11.25	-0.5	21.37	0.98	0.02
71	Princeton	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	10.86	-4.5	-6.12	0.72	0.28
72	New Mexico State	Border	1-2-0	0.33	10.57	11.33	4.67	2.28	-1.28
73	Texas Tech	Border	2-2-0	0.5	10.35	-6.5	10.7	1.21	0.79
74	LSU	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	10.33	-6	26.41	0.37	0.63
75	Iowa	Western	1-1-0	0.5	10.26	-1	12.21	0.95	0.05
76	Wake Forest	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	9.43	1	7.11	1.65	-0.65
77	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	9.38	-2.5	6.04	0.86	0.14
78	VMI	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	9.36	0	-5.94	1	0
79	New Mexico	Border	1-1-0	0.5	9.27	-13	20.2	0.35	0.65
80	Denver	Skyline	1-2-0	0.33	9.19	0.33	5.43	1.53	-0.53
81	Temple	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	9.07	-23.5	25.41	0.06	0.94
82	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	8.93	-20	19.43	0.07	0.93
83	The Citadel	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	8.93	-5.5	6.04	0.4	0.6
84	Duquesne	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	8.83	-3.5	2.63	0.67	0.33
85	Idaho	Pacific	1-2-0	0.33	8.38	-3.67	16.04	1.29	-0.29
86	Marquette	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.43	-5.33	5.43	1.15	-0.15
87	West Texas A&M	Border	1-2-0	0.33	7.16	-3	-4.15	1.28	-0.28
88	Washington	Pacific	1-2-0	0.33	6.96	-13.67	16.27	0.49	0.51
89	Utah State	Skyline	1-2-0	0.33	6.9	-5.67	11.19	0.89	0.11
90	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	6.82	-12	19.26	0.53	0.47
91	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	6.79	-12.67	12.43	0.6	0.4
92	Oregon State	Pacific	1-2-0	0.33	6.72	-14.33	16.94	0.45	0.55
93	Richmond	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	6.08	-18	2.62	0.29	0.71
94	Northern Arizona	Border	1-2-0	0.33	5.7	-6.67	-10	0.99	0.01
95	Saint Mary's (CA)	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	5.65	-11	26.4	0.5	0.5
96	Furman	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	5.06	-12.67	15.11	0.24	0.76
97	Illinois	Western	0-0-2	0	0.03	0	26.02	1	-1
98	Fordham	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.02	0	0	0	0
99	Missouri	Big 7	0-2-0	0	-0.59	-1	23.87	0.96	-0.96
100	New York University	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.71	-14	-10	0	0
101	Alabama	SEC	0-2-0	0	-2.06	-10.5	11.02	0.32	-0.32
102	South Carolina	Southern	0-2-0	0	-2.06	-10.5	9.81	0.19	-0.19
103	Utah	Skyline	0-2-1	0	-2.06	-9	16.55	0.47	-0.47
104	George Washington	Southern	0-2-0	0	-2.09	-10.5	10.64	0.31	-0.31
105	Mississippi State	SEC	0-2-0	0	-2.09	-9	22.43	0.07	-0.07
106	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.1	-21	0.36	0	0
107	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	0-2-0	0	-2.17	-18.5	-5.43	0.07	-0.07
108	NC State	Southern	0-2-0	0	-2.23	-10.5	19.23	0.17	-0.17
109	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.24	-14.5	11.21	0.2	-0.2
110	Purdue	Western	0-2-0	0	-2.27	-14	10.13	0.12	-0.12
111	Kansas	Big 7	0-3-0	0	-2.55	-14	24.03	0.16	-0.16
112	BYU	Skyline	0-3-0	0	-2.65	-24.67	1.85	0.23	-0.23
113	Virginia Tech	Southern	0-3-0	0	-2.71	-24	8.38	0.19	-0.19
114	Loyola Marymount	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.81	-33.5	0.17	0.02	-0.02
115	Davidson	Southern	0-2-0	0	-2.84	-30	6.63	0.04	-0.04
116	Harvard	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-3.11	-25.5	22.96	0.01	-0.01
117	Penn State	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-3.11	-28	24.94	0.04	-0.04
118	Auburn	SEC	0-1-0	0	-3.36	-33	25.35	0.02	-0.02
119	Indiana	Western	0-2-0	0	-3.44	-41	22.27	0.02	-0.02