1949 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:23.684083+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	California	Pacific	8-0-0	1	26.13	18.12	13.56	7.3	0.7
2	Army	FBS Independents	7-0-0	1	25.77	35.29	9.46	6.88	0.12
3	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	25.71	29.67	9.79	5.82	0.18
4	Oklahoma	Big 7	7-0-0	1	25.59	29.71	9.05	6.8	0.2
5	Cornell	FBS Independents	7-0-0	1	24.56	24.86	4.78	6.62	0.38
6	Boston University	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	24.53	27	4.32	5.63	0.37
7	Virginia	FBS Independents	7-0-0	1	24.39	14.14	6.13	6.11	0.89
8	Wyoming	Skyline	8-0-0	1	23.77	39.5	-0.74	7.98	0.02
9	Rice	Southwest	6-1-0	0.86	22.77	18.86	13.37	6.55	-0.55
10	Villanova	FBS Independents	7-1-0	0.88	22.23	17.25	8.18	7.3	-0.3
11	Baylor	Southwest	6-1-0	0.86	21.92	13.14	8.87	6.21	-0.21
12	Kentucky	SEC	7-1-0	0.88	21.74	25.88	3.64	7.89	-0.89
13	Ohio State	Western	5-1-1	0.71	21.58	7.86	14.53	5.19	-0.19
14	Santa Clara	FBS Independents	6-1-1	0.75	21.24	10.12	7.41	6.72	-0.72
15	Maryland	Southern	5-1-0	0.83	21.19	19.5	8.26	5.62	-0.62
16	Tulane	SEC	5-1-1	0.71	20.75	12.71	7.21	5.82	-0.82
17	Colorado State	Skyline	6-1-0	0.86	20.67	9.43	4.37	5.88	0.12
18	Dartmouth	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	20.67	12.17	7.22	4.93	0.07
19	Arizona State	Border	5-1-0	0.83	20.49	21.33	3.94	5.05	-0.05
20	Fordham	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.19	17.6	5.16	4.28	-0.28
21	Michigan State	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	19.99	18.86	17.21	6.35	-1.35
22	SMU	Southwest	4-1-1	0.67	19.88	1.17	15.26	3.21	0.79
23	Brown	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	19.67	21.83	-0.82	5.75	-0.75
24	Miami	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	19.19	15.2	1.69	4.6	-0.6
25	Georgia Tech	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	18.84	10	14.26	5.45	-0.45
26	UCLA	Pacific	5-2-0	0.71	18.79	4.57	17.3	4.33	0.67
27	LSU	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	18.78	9.71	13.96	6	-1
28	Minnesota	Western	5-2-0	0.71	18.78	18	10.85	6.47	-1.47
29	Stanford	Pacific	5-2-1	0.62	18.77	18.38	10.75	7.51	-2.51
30	Missouri	Big 7	5-2-0	0.71	18.7	8.43	14.04	5.02	-0.02
31	Duke	Southern	5-2-0	0.71	18.61	15.57	8.94	6.01	-1.01
32	Michigan	Western	5-2-0	0.71	18.59	5.29	15.59	5.11	-0.11
33	San Francisco	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	18.46	13.38	3.23	6.62	-0.62
34	UTEP	Border	6-2-0	0.75	18.36	13	2.49	7.13	-1.13
35	Iowa State	Big 7	5-2-1	0.62	18.07	5.25	12.1	5.3	-0.3
36	Pennsylvania	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	18.06	8.33	14.67	4.62	-0.62
37	USC	Pacific	4-2-1	0.57	18.01	8.86	13.89	5	-1
38	Hardin-Simmons	Border	5-2-1	0.62	17.95	12.25	5.7	6.29	-1.29
39	Texas	Southwest	5-3-0	0.62	17.83	21.25	18.39	7.64	-2.64
40	North Carolina	Southern	5-2-0	0.71	17.78	3.86	11.51	4.4	0.6
41	Wisconsin	Western	4-2-1	0.57	17.64	9.14	13.14	5.32	-1.32
42	Drake	Missouri Valley	5-2-1	0.62	17.51	13.25	2.45	6.92	-1.92
43	Tennessee	SEC	4-2-1	0.57	17.11	10	7.11	5.76	-1.76
44	Florida	SEC	4-2-1	0.57	16.55	4.86	8.68	4.51	-0.51
45	TCU	Southwest	4-2-1	0.57	16.51	2.43	10.54	3.98	0.02
46	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	16.45	0	9.41	3.5	1.5
47	Alabama	SEC	3-2-1	0.5	16.04	9.17	12.96	4.79	-1.79
48	Oregon State	Pacific	5-3-0	0.62	15.69	3.62	12.1	4.79	0.21
49	Illinois	Western	3-2-2	0.43	15.29	3.43	13.53	4.37	-1.37
50	Marquette	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.93	14.43	5.79	5.58	-1.58
51	Princeton	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.66	5.86	10.73	4.75	-0.75
52	Arkansas	Southwest	4-3-0	0.57	14.14	1	12.73	3.75	0.25
53	Vanderbilt	SEC	4-3-0	0.57	14.07	0.86	12.54	3.72	0.28
54	Rutgers	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14	11.86	0.89	5.49	-1.49
55	Oregon	Pacific	4-4-0	0.5	13.66	8.5	12.08	5.6	-1.6
56	Wake Forest	Southern	4-4-0	0.5	13.3	5.5	13.89	5.34	-1.34
57	William & Mary	Southern	4-4-0	0.5	13.28	5.12	12.04	5.04	-1.04
58	Kansas	Big 7	4-4-0	0.5	13.1	4.5	13.17	5	-1
59	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-3-1	0.43	12.7	7.86	4.64	4.93	-1.93
60	Iowa	Western	4-3-0	0.57	12.46	-2.86	11.43	3.03	0.97
61	Penn State	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	12.43	-2.14	13.56	3.06	0.94
62	Houston	FBS Independents	3-3-1	0.43	12.2	3.29	3.68	4.22	-1.22
63	Texas Tech	Border	5-4-0	0.56	11.76	-3	10.61	3.47	1.53
64	Georgetown	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	11.71	-7.43	11.53	1.69	2.31
65	Denver	Skyline	4-4-0	0.5	11.63	1.5	2.55	4.34	-0.34
66	Temple	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	11.37	-8.71	9.07	2	2
67	Yale	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	10.89	-1.67	9.43	2.66	0.34
68	Duquesne	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	10.86	-0.67	7.39	2.88	0.12
69	Nevada	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	10.81	0.38	-1.3	4.07	-0.07
70	West Texas A&M	Border	3-4-0	0.43	10.53	5.57	2.62	4.44	-1.44
71	Idaho	Pacific	3-4-0	0.43	10.52	1.86	6.28	3.75	-0.75
72	Oklahoma State	Missouri Valley	2-3-2	0.29	10.42	1.86	14.34	3.87	-1.87
73	New Mexico State	Border	3-4-0	0.43	10.05	3.14	-2.27	3.93	-0.93
74	Ole Miss	SEC	3-4-1	0.38	9.85	0.62	6.77	4.11	-1.11
75	Montana	Pacific	4-4-0	0.5	9.45	-5	3.48	2.93	1.07
76	Georgia	SEC	3-5-0	0.38	9.39	0.5	12.53	4.17	-1.17
77	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	3-4-1	0.38	9.34	-1	9.84	3.77	-0.77
78	Saint Mary's (CA)	FBS Independents	3-4-1	0.38	8.89	-4.38	17.04	3.02	-0.02
79	Detroit Mercy	Missouri Valley	3-4-0	0.43	8.88	-4.14	12.48	2.59	0.41
80	Colorado	Big 7	3-4-0	0.43	8.61	-5	10.83	2.24	0.76
81	George Washington	Southern	3-4-0	0.43	8.45	-5	8.13	2.37	0.63
82	VMI	Southern	3-4-0	0.43	8.18	-6.43	10.52	2.2	0.8
83	Washington and Lee	Southern	2-4-1	0.29	8.11	1	9.4	3.73	-1.73
84	Loyola Marymount	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.09	-4.43	5.44	2.81	0.19
85	West Virginia	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	7.82	-2	7.04	3.6	-0.6
86	Washington State	Pacific	3-5-0	0.38	7.65	-5.38	14.89	2.68	0.32
87	Saint Louis	Missouri Valley	2-3-1	0.33	7.62	-5.67	8.71	2.27	-0.27
88	Clemson	Southern	2-4-1	0.29	7.05	-0.57	4.12	3.39	-1.39
89	Richmond	Southern	3-5-0	0.38	6.6	-9.5	3.81	1.47	1.53
90	Bradley	Missouri Valley	3-5-0	0.38	6.16	-12.75	-0.94	1.25	1.75
91	Arizona	Border	2-4-1	0.29	6.12	-4.57	11.75	2.48	-0.48
92	Navy	FBS Independents	2-4-1	0.29	6.01	-11.86	20.03	1.53	0.47
93	South Carolina	Southern	2-4-0	0.33	5.82	-9.33	15.77	1.13	0.87
94	New York University	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.8	-2.83	-0.2	2.39	-0.39
95	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-4-1	0.29	5.79	-8.86	14.29	1.83	0.17
96	Northwestern	Western	2-5-0	0.29	5.49	-5.71	16.54	2.05	-0.05
97	Kansas State	Big 7	2-5-0	0.29	5.48	-3.71	7.22	2.72	-0.72
98	NC State	Southern	2-5-0	0.29	5.41	-3	10.76	2.55	-0.55
99	Purdue	Western	2-5-0	0.29	5.2	-8.29	16.54	1.25	0.75
100	The Citadel	Southern	2-4-0	0.33	5.14	-10.17	1.93	0.87	1.13
101	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5	-10	14.39	1.81	0.19
102	Nebraska	Big 7	2-5-0	0.29	4.93	-9.43	11.7	1.52	0.48
103	Furman	Southern	2-5-0	0.29	4.87	-6.57	5.32	1.78	0.22
104	Utah State	Skyline	2-5-0	0.29	4.64	-8.57	8.36	1.38	0.62
105	Columbia	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.38	-21.57	13.9	0.48	1.52
106	Washington	Pacific	2-6-0	0.25	3.68	-13.75	17.79	1.26	0.74
107	Auburn	SEC	1-4-1	0.17	2.52	-9.17	12.5	1.35	-0.35
108	Colgate	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	2.31	-7.17	11.7	2.04	-1.04
109	Utah	Skyline	1-6-1	0.12	2.28	-2.5	10.45	3.16	-2.16
110	Northern Arizona	Border	1-5-1	0.14	1.45	-17.71	-3.33	0.92	0.08
111	Indiana	Western	1-6-0	0.14	1.04	-16.57	18.42	1.01	-0.01
112	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-6-1	0.12	0.99	-16.75	19.39	0.68	0.32
113	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	0.98	-12.29	11.79	1.26	-0.26
114	Harvard	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	0.87	-19.43	14.86	0.64	0.36
115	New Mexico	Border	1-6-0	0.14	0.8	-22.29	17.48	0.39	0.61
116	Davidson	Southern	1-6-0	0.14	0.55	-28.29	6.69	0.21	0.79
117	Mississippi State	SEC	0-6-1	0	-2.42	-19	11.34	0.13	-0.13
118	Virginia Tech	Southern	0-7-1	0	-2.46	-19.62	11.43	0.5	-0.5
119	BYU	Skyline	0-8-0	0	-2.68	-29	7.92	0.25	-0.25