1949 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:23.682216+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	USC	Pacific	2-0-1	0.67	28.33	16.67	18.57	2.62	-0.62
2	Oklahoma	Big 7	3-0-0	1	27.67	24	14.5	2.87	0.13
3	California	Pacific	4-0-0	1	27.6	23	14	3.83	0.17
4	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	27.53	9.33	16.43	2.64	0.36
5	Minnesota	Western	3-0-0	1	27.38	21.33	12.01	2.78	0.22
6	UCLA	Pacific	4-0-0	1	27.33	13.25	14.25	3.15	0.85
7	Kentucky	SEC	4-0-0	1	27.09	38.75	9.47	4	0
8	Boston University	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	26.69	15.5	12.09	1.58	0.42
9	Army	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	26.25	29.67	6.99	2.94	0.06
10	Villanova	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	26.06	22.75	5.55	3.83	0.17
11	Yale	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	25.87	26	6.59	1.99	0.01
12	Ohio State	Western	2-0-1	0.67	25.8	13.33	7.85	2.36	-0.36
13	Baylor	Southwest	3-0-0	1	25.74	14.67	7.32	2.75	0.25
14	North Carolina	Southern	3-0-0	1	25.52	14	4.93	2.62	0.38
15	Wyoming	Skyline	4-0-0	1	25.41	32	1.79	3.94	0.06
16	Florida	SEC	2-0-1	0.67	25.33	15.33	4.12	2.82	-0.82
17	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	25.06	28.67	0.42	2.91	0.09
18	Tulane	SEC	3-0-0	1	24.93	24	0.05	2.96	0.04
19	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.79	11	4.38	1.83	0.17
20	Cornell	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	24.77	19.33	0.56	2.67	0.33
21	Iowa State	Big 7	3-0-1	0.75	24.58	21	-0.16	3.82	-0.82
22	Illinois	Western	1-0-2	0.33	24.51	2	20.62	1.71	-0.71
23	SMU	Southwest	2-0-0	1	24.43	3.5	4.42	1.22	0.78
24	Drake	Missouri Valley	4-0-0	1	24.4	33.5	-3.2	3.99	0.01
25	UTEP	Border	4-0-0	1	23.91	25.25	-3.87	3.9	0.1
26	Brown	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	23.47	34	-6.12	1.99	0.01
27	Virginia	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	23.27	14.33	-4.93	2.66	0.34
28	Miami	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	22.54	32.5	-10	1.97	0.03
29	Texas	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	22.33	35	13.48	3.95	-0.95
30	Oregon	Pacific	3-1-0	0.75	21.41	17.75	15.39	3.65	-0.65
31	Fordham	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	20.52	35	-10	0.98	0.02
32	William & Mary	Southern	3-1-0	0.75	20.5	17.25	11.7	3.6	-0.6
33	Duke	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	19.91	22.33	10.14	2.78	-0.78
34	Michigan	Western	2-1-0	0.67	19.56	3.33	19.39	1.98	0.02
35	Michigan State	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.45	14.67	20.45	2.81	-0.81
36	Colorado State	Skyline	3-1-0	0.75	19.4	3.75	10.84	2.72	0.28
37	Hardin-Simmons	Border	3-1-0	0.75	19.23	14	4.75	3.46	-0.46
38	Maryland	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	19.07	15.33	7.71	2.73	-0.73
39	Rice	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	18.94	24.67	12.48	2.92	-0.92
40	Kansas State	Big 7	2-1-0	0.67	18.88	20.67	5.38	2.84	-0.84
41	Navy	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.57	4.33	22.62	1.83	0.17
42	Georgia Tech	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	18.42	7.67	17.6	2.47	-0.47
43	Santa Clara	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	18.39	13.25	-0.83	3.43	-0.43
44	Arkansas	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	18.36	4	9.67	1.81	0.19
45	LSU	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	18.04	7.33	16.4	2.43	-0.43
46	San Francisco	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	17.98	12.75	-2.49	3.31	-0.31
47	Nebraska	Big 7	2-1-0	0.67	17.85	4	15	1.95	0.05
48	TCU	Southwest	2-1-1	0.5	17.44	3.75	11.64	2.48	-0.48
49	Arizona State	Border	2-1-0	0.67	17.25	18.33	4.06	2.53	-0.53
50	Tennessee	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	17.09	9.33	5.77	2.51	-0.51
51	Clemson	Southern	2-1-1	0.5	16.85	9.25	0.35	3.11	-1.11
52	Houston	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.69	13.33	1.75	2.69	-0.69
53	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.64	26.33	-3.64	2.74	-0.74
54	Columbia	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.31	0.33	3.27	1.54	0.46
55	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	16.18	1	9.55	1.61	0.39
56	Wisconsin	Western	1-1-1	0.33	15.42	8.67	11.38	2.21	-1.21
57	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	1-1-1	0.33	15.15	10.67	7.79	2.23	-1.23
58	Stanford	Pacific	2-2-0	0.5	15	16.5	10.35	3.63	-1.63
59	Georgetown	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	14.65	-4.33	11.39	1.01	0.99
60	Georgia	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	14.59	7.25	12.17	2.96	-0.96
61	Temple	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	14.31	-11.33	17.18	0.58	1.42
62	Marquette	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.71	9.75	12.88	2.77	-0.77
63	Ole Miss	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	13.64	4.5	6.16	2.43	-0.43
64	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.51	5	5.67	2.62	-0.62
65	New Mexico State	Border	2-2-0	0.5	13.29	12.75	3.97	3.04	-1.04
66	Arizona	Border	1-1-1	0.33	13.01	-0.67	8.33	1.43	-0.43
67	Texas Tech	Border	3-2-0	0.6	12.98	-2.2	7.71	2.11	0.89
68	Montana	Pacific	2-2-0	0.5	12.84	0.5	8.68	2.07	-0.07
69	Washington State	Pacific	2-2-0	0.5	12.58	-2.5	18.27	1.6	0.4
70	Bradley	Missouri Valley	2-2-0	0.5	11.51	-0.5	0.87	1.91	0.09
71	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	11.36	1.5	10.02	1.12	-0.12
72	Nevada	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	11.05	-0.25	-6.09	1.98	0.02
73	Saint Louis	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	10.57	-6.5	-1.29	0.75	0.25
74	The Citadel	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	10.2	-5.5	7.97	0.4	0.6
75	New York University	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	10.19	6	-10	1.41	-0.41
76	Oregon State	Pacific	2-2-0	0.5	10.1	-9.75	14.79	0.77	1.23
77	Missouri	Big 7	1-2-0	0.33	9.39	4	25.56	1.78	-0.78
78	Richmond	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	9.17	-10.5	3.62	0.71	1.29
79	Colgate	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	9.07	0.33	13.31	1.52	-0.52
80	Alabama	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	8.87	6.33	15.66	2.05	-1.05
81	Northwestern	Western	1-2-0	0.33	8.02	-3	18.22	1.09	-0.09
82	Utah	Skyline	1-2-1	0.25	7.93	2.75	9.41	2.44	-1.44
83	Iowa	Western	1-2-0	0.33	7.14	-2.67	8.45	1.28	-0.28
84	Colorado	Big 7	1-2-0	0.33	7.1	-6.67	16.07	0.72	0.28
85	Princeton	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.05	-3.33	7.84	1.16	-0.16
86	Washington and Lee	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	7.05	-8	11.44	0.82	0.18
87	Idaho	Pacific	1-2-0	0.33	6.99	-3.67	12.85	1.29	-0.29
88	Detroit Mercy	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	6.64	-15	16.62	0.44	0.56
89	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.54	-6	7.76	1.01	-0.01
90	Utah State	Skyline	1-2-0	0.33	6.4	-5.67	9.26	0.89	0.11
91	Wake Forest	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	6.11	-0.75	13.85	1.84	-0.84
92	New Mexico	Border	1-2-0	0.33	5.87	-27	17.54	0.12	0.88
93	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	5.83	-19.33	10.81	0.19	0.81
94	VMI	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	5.64	-16	1.78	0.24	0.76
95	Duquesne	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	5.49	-15.67	-0.88	0.28	0.72
96	Penn State	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	5.33	-12.67	20.57	0.57	0.43
97	Denver	Skyline	1-3-0	0.25	5.17	-3	6.08	1.66	-0.66
98	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	5.02	-9.67	6.43	0.55	0.45
99	Loyola Marymount	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	4.63	-9.33	-1.57	0.89	0.11
100	Saint Mary's (CA)	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.55	-10.25	23.12	0.83	0.17
101	Davidson	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	4.44	-18	4.25	0.29	0.71
102	Washington	Pacific	1-3-0	0.25	4.38	-11.25	14.96	0.63	0.37
103	West Texas A&M	Border	1-3-0	0.25	4.22	-9	3.58	1.12	-0.12
104	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-3-0	0.25	4.14	-17.5	18.64	0.32	0.68
105	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-3-0	0.25	4.1	-13.25	9.79	0.59	0.41
106	Furman	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	3.96	-12.5	9.44	0.21	0.79
107	Kansas	Big 7	1-3-0	0.25	3.53	-8.75	12.3	0.72	0.28
108	Northern Arizona	Border	1-3-0	0.25	3.38	-19	-4.4	0.53	0.47
109	Mississippi State	SEC	0-2-1	0	-1.78	-6	18.39	0.34	-0.34
110	George Washington	Southern	0-3-0	0	-1.97	-9.33	10.01	0.58	-0.58
111	NC State	Southern	0-3-0	0	-2.02	-9	13.98	0.47	-0.47
112	South Carolina	Southern	0-3-0	0	-2.28	-12	18.75	0.34	-0.34
113	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.45	-17.67	10.6	0.2	-0.2
114	Purdue	Western	0-3-0	0	-2.54	-17	17.12	0.2	-0.2
115	BYU	Skyline	0-4-0	0	-2.61	-28	0.48	0.16	-0.16
116	Auburn	SEC	0-1-1	0	-2.71	-16.5	22.22	0.19	-0.19
117	Virginia Tech	Southern	0-4-0	0	-2.81	-24.5	14.41	0.15	-0.15
118	Harvard	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.97	-23.33	22.71	0.09	-0.09
119	Indiana	Western	0-3-0	0	-3.18	-29.67	21.86	0.05	-0.05