1959 W17 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:25.210226+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Syracuse	FBS Independents	11-0-0	1	25.59	30.91	12.44	10.82	0.18
2	Georgia	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	22.86	12.64	12.44	9.93	0.07
3	Washington	AAWU	10-1-0	0.91	22.85	16.36	11.34	10.45	-0.45
4	Ole Miss	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	22.84	29.91	8.84	10.99	-0.99
5	Wyoming	Skyline	9-1-0	0.9	22.29	22.5	8.17	9.74	-0.74
6	Pennsylvania	Ivy	7-1-1	0.78	21.6	13.44	8.86	8.18	-1.18
7	Arizona State	Border	10-1-0	0.91	21.34	11	4.49	8.81	1.19
8	VMI	Southern	8-1-1	0.8	21.24	15	5.12	9.07	-1.07
9	Penn State	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	21.05	13.64	13.57	9.71	-0.71
10	Texas	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.67	10.91	11.92	9.6	-0.6
11	LSU	SEC	9-2-0	0.82	20.65	10.36	12.03	10.38	-1.38
12	Clemson	ACC	9-2-0	0.82	20.4	16.55	8.77	10.1	-1.1
13	Arkansas	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.26	5.64	12.66	8.32	0.68
14	Oregon	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	19.77	9.6	10.04	8.11	-0.11
15	USC	AAWU	8-2-0	0.8	19.76	10.5	9.55	8.62	-0.62
16	North Texas	Missouri Valley	9-2-0	0.82	19.67	18.18	3.66	10.21	-1.21
17	TCU	Southwest	8-3-0	0.73	18.6	8.55	13.34	9.6	-1.6
18	Alabama	SEC	7-2-2	0.64	18.45	3.27	8.93	8.31	-1.31
19	The Citadel	Southern	8-2-0	0.8	18.41	6.5	3.04	7.1	0.9
20	Oklahoma	Big 7	7-3-0	0.7	17.9	8.8	13.12	7.54	-0.54
21	Auburn	SEC	7-3-0	0.7	17.73	11.6	10.52	9.31	-2.31
22	New Mexico State	Border	8-3-0	0.73	17.71	18.36	3.78	9.63	-1.63
23	New Mexico	Skyline	7-3-0	0.7	17.65	12.5	9.57	8.25	-1.25
24	Purdue	Big Ten	5-2-2	0.56	17.34	3.11	12.39	6.02	-1.02
25	Iowa State	Big 7	7-3-0	0.7	17.28	16.8	5.51	9.36	-2.36
26	Wisconsin	Big Ten	7-3-0	0.7	16.74	1.6	11.77	5.6	1.4
27	Northwestern	Big Ten	6-3-0	0.67	16.73	4.44	12.98	5.85	0.15
28	Yale	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.4	7.11	8.17	6.95	-0.95
29	Harvard	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.33	8.44	6.77	7.12	-1.12
30	Illinois	Big Ten	5-3-1	0.56	15.14	2	13.27	5.43	-0.43
31	Vanderbilt	SEC	5-3-2	0.5	14.98	3.2	9.75	6.51	-1.51
32	Washington State	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	14.94	5.6	10.19	7.11	-1.11
33	Iowa	Big Ten	5-4-0	0.56	14.75	14.78	10.48	7.93	-2.93
34	Wake Forest	ACC	6-4-0	0.6	14.62	4	9.34	6.18	-0.18
35	Oklahoma State	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	14.57	3	10.34	6.06	-0.06
36	Virginia Tech	Southern	6-4-0	0.6	14.38	4.4	6.77	6.28	-0.28
37	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	14.34	6	4.8	7.01	-1.01
38	Florida	SEC	5-4-1	0.5	14.18	6.2	10.85	7.47	-2.47
39	Navy	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	14.03	3.3	13.16	6.06	-1.06
40	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-4-0	0.56	13.93	3.44	12.03	5.71	-0.71
41	Rutgers	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	13.92	1.22	-3.68	4.96	1.04
42	Miami	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	13.83	0	13.52	5	1
43	Air Force	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	13.83	3.6	10.8	6.47	-1.47
44	UCLA	AAWU	5-4-1	0.5	13.74	1.9	13.36	5.7	-0.7
45	Cincinnati	Missouri Valley	5-4-1	0.5	13.7	4.5	8.46	6.52	-1.52
46	South Carolina	ACC	6-4-0	0.6	13.58	0.1	10.56	5.03	0.97
47	Dartmouth	Ivy	5-3-1	0.56	13.55	-1.11	12.21	3.97	1.03
48	Georgia Tech	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	13.51	1.36	14.59	6.26	-0.26
49	SMU	Southwest	5-4-1	0.5	13.51	1.4	12.65	5.59	-0.59
50	Boston College	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	13.49	2.11	10.48	5.16	-0.16
51	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	13.12	-1.6	14.14	4.39	1.61
52	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	5-4-1	0.5	13.06	2	6.79	5.69	-0.69
53	Missouri	Big 7	6-5-0	0.55	12.79	0.09	13.46	5.55	0.45
54	Pacific	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	12.72	1.67	4.42	5.14	-0.14
55	North Carolina	ACC	5-5-0	0.5	12.7	5.6	10.26	6.87	-1.87
56	Army	FBS Independents	4-4-1	0.44	12.69	3.67	12.88	5.6	-1.6
57	Colorado State	Skyline	6-4-0	0.6	12.66	-2.4	11.66	3.96	2.04
58	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	12.63	-1.8	9.82	4.3	1.7
59	Kansas	Big 7	5-5-0	0.5	12.63	2.9	13.71	6.14	-1.14
60	Indiana	Big Ten	4-4-1	0.44	12.55	4.11	10.7	6.04	-2.04
61	Tennessee	SEC	5-4-1	0.5	12.45	-0.6	12.75	4.69	0.31
62	Utah	Skyline	5-5-0	0.5	12.41	2.9	11.52	5.81	-0.81
63	Cornell	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	11.37	-2.89	8.73	3.39	1.61
64	Maryland	ACC	5-5-0	0.5	11.17	-0.4	12.59	4.87	0.13
65	Princeton	Ivy	4-5-0	0.44	11.07	3	11.43	5.77	-1.77
66	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	11.05	-0.9	14.02	4.7	0.3
67	Richmond	Southern	4-5-1	0.4	10.95	3.7	8.74	6.32	-2.32
68	Kentucky	SEC	4-6-0	0.4	10.61	3.3	16.26	6.54	-2.54
69	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	5-5-0	0.5	10.45	-2.7	13.22	3.95	1.05
70	Colorado	Big 7	5-5-0	0.5	10.26	-3.3	12.37	3.8	1.2
71	Florida State	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	9.72	1.7	9.74	5.71	-1.71
72	Utah State	Skyline	5-6-0	0.45	9.58	-0.36	6.73	5.36	-0.36
73	Michigan	Big Ten	4-5-0	0.44	8.7	-4.33	12.14	3.07	0.93
74	Boston University	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	8.28	-5.33	7.84	2.58	1.42
75	William & Mary	Southern	4-6-0	0.4	8.2	-1.5	9.18	4.4	-0.4
76	Texas Tech	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	8.14	-1.9	10.04	4.25	-0.25
77	Baylor	Southwest	4-6-0	0.4	7.85	-4.8	14.14	2.92	1.08
78	Nebraska	Big 7	4-6-0	0.4	7.66	-5.2	11.96	2.83	1.17
79	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-5-1	0.33	7.61	-3.44	14.34	2.88	0.12
80	Duke	ACC	4-6-0	0.4	7.57	-5.5	11.11	2.68	1.32
81	San José State	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.19	-8.6	9.69	2.94	1.06
82	Arizona	Border	4-6-0	0.4	7.12	-9.3	9.45	2.01	1.99
83	Xavier	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	6.69	-7.3	-0.64	2.86	1.14
84	Oregon State	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	6.16	-1.2	10.99	4.59	-1.59
85	Tulane	SEC	3-6-1	0.3	5.93	-8.2	15.85	1.84	1.16
86	Stanford	AAWU	3-7-0	0.3	5.84	-2.9	13.87	4.31	-1.31
87	Marquette	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	5.51	-4.2	11.64	3.73	-0.73
88	UTEP	Border	3-7-0	0.3	5.5	-2.8	5.96	4.07	-1.07
89	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-7-0	0.3	5.47	-4	10.05	3.12	-0.12
90	Houston	Missouri Valley	3-7-0	0.3	5.33	-6.5	14.27	2.42	0.58
91	BYU	Skyline	3-7-0	0.3	5.12	-6.7	9.58	2.32	0.68
92	Hardin-Simmons	Border	3-7-0	0.3	5.01	-9	11.93	2.51	0.49
93	Dayton	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	4.85	-7.2	4.15	1.73	1.27
94	West Virginia	Southern	3-7-0	0.3	4.83	-13	14.32	0.83	2.17
95	Furman	Southern	3-7-0	0.3	4.74	-8.5	4.26	2.34	0.66
96	Brown	Ivy	2-6-1	0.22	3.74	-9.78	9.58	0.76	1.24
97	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-7-0	0.22	3.44	-6.78	14.13	2.17	-0.17
98	Mississippi State	SEC	2-7-0	0.22	3.03	-11.33	12.28	1.37	0.63
99	Columbia	Ivy	2-7-0	0.22	3.02	-11.89	13.43	1.09	0.91
100	Colgate	FBS Independents	2-7-0	0.22	2.72	-17	11.76	1.07	0.93
101	California	AAWU	2-8-0	0.2	2.67	-10.8	15.11	1.72	0.28
102	Denver	Skyline	2-8-0	0.2	2.49	-12.6	11.91	1.32	0.68
103	Kansas State	Big 7	2-8-0	0.2	2.31	-15.7	11.28	1.08	0.92
104	Rice	Southwest	1-7-2	0.1	0.78	-11.1	15.25	1.23	-0.23
105	Davidson	Southern	1-8-0	0.11	0.62	-9.11	2.63	2	-1
106	NC State	ACC	1-9-0	0.1	0.5	-8.4	12.07	2.17	-1.17
107	George Washington	Southern	1-8-0	0.11	0.29	-15.33	11.1	0.41	0.59
108	West Texas A&M	Border	1-9-0	0.1	0.25	-11.8	6.16	1.75	-0.75
109	Montana	Skyline	1-8-0	0.11	0.07	-20.56	5.53	0.55	0.45
110	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-9-0	0.1	0.03	-16.2	7.31	0.76	0.24
111	Idaho	FBS Independents	1-9-0	0.1	-0.18	-21.4	11.93	0.43	0.57
112	Virginia	ACC	0-10-0	0	-2.81	-31.3	14.57	0.22	-0.22