1959 W2 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:25.204338+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	New Mexico State	Border	2-0-0	1	27.9	26	-1.4	1.96	0.04
2	LSU	SEC	1-0-0	1	26.68	23	7.01	0.99	0.01
3	Ole Miss	SEC	1-0-0	1	26.31	16	7.91	1	0
4	Navy	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	26.07	16	9.67	0.93	0.07
5	Penn State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	25.98	11	7.61	0.89	0.11
6	Cincinnati	Missouri Valley	1-0-0	1	25.94	13	9.22	0.89	0.11
7	Georgia	SEC	1-0-0	1	25.75	14	8.54	0.98	0.02
8	North Texas	Missouri Valley	1-0-0	1	25.72	22	4.04	0.82	0.18
9	Arkansas	Southwest	1-0-0	1	25.68	28	10.33	1	0
10	California	AAWU	1-0-0	1	25.26	14	9.42	0.95	0.05
11	Florida	SEC	1-0-0	1	25.21	30	1.71	1	0
12	USC	AAWU	1-0-0	1	24.9	21	4.5	0.97	0.03
13	TCU	Southwest	1-0-0	1	24.82	7	2.04	0.84	0.16
14	Colorado State	Skyline	1-0-0	1	24.78	3	8.62	0.72	0.28
15	Arizona State	Border	1-0-0	1	24.73	21	0.56	0.83	0.17
16	Wyoming	Skyline	1-0-0	1	24.67	58	-2.02	1	0
17	Maryland	ACC	1-0-0	1	24.53	20	8.18	0.96	0.04
18	South Carolina	ACC	1-0-0	1	24.41	5	5.43	0.78	0.22
19	Clemson	ACC	1-0-0	1	24.4	2	9.34	0.56	0.44
20	Washington	AAWU	1-0-0	1	24.03	9	9.26	0.79	0.21
21	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	23.94	32	1.9	0.99	0.01
22	Xavier	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	23.9	17.5	-10	1.83	0.17
23	Georgia Tech	SEC	1-0-0	1	23.81	2	7.61	0.59	0.41
24	Texas	Southwest	1-0-0	1	23.78	20	0.2	1	0
25	VMI	Southern	1-0-0	1	23.46	46	-10	1	0
26	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	23.42	6	0.66	0.69	0.31
27	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-0-0	1	23.33	19	1.76	1	0
28	Wake Forest	ACC	1-0-0	1	23.25	2	9.3	0.56	0.44
29	Utah State	Skyline	1-0-0	1	23.2	14	3.9	1	0
30	San José State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	23.09	1	3.42	0.54	0.46
31	BYU	Skyline	1-0-0	1	23.02	4	0.04	0.64	0.36
32	Oregon	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.76	1	0.44	0.52	0.48
33	William & Mary	Southern	1-0-0	1	22.64	37	-0.5	1	0
34	Iowa State	Big 7	1-0-0	1	22.54	41	-10	1	0
35	Texas Tech	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.52	6	1.97	0.7	0.3
36	NC State	ACC	1-0-0	1	22.35	2	4.62	0.58	0.42
37	Davidson	Southern	1-0-0	1	21.79	36	-10	0.99	0.01
38	Dayton	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	21.6	3	3.71	0.84	0.16
39	The Citadel	Southern	1-0-0	1	21.3	48	-10	1	0
40	UTEP	Border	1-0-0	1	20.8	35	-10	0.98	0.02
41	Army	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	3.34	0	0	0	0
42	Air Force	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	3.32	0	0	0	0
43	Oklahoma	Big 7	0-0-0	0	3.09	0	0	0	0
44	Auburn	SEC	0-0-0	0	3.05	0	0	0	0
45	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	3.02	0	0	0	0
46	Purdue	Big Ten	0-0-1	0	2.98	0	3.67	0	0
47	Syracuse	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	2.92	0	0	0	0
48	Iowa	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	2.9	0	0	0	0
49	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-0-0	0	2.86	0	0	0	0
50	Ohio State	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	2.71	0	0	0	0
51	Rutgers	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	2.66	0	0	0	0
52	Dartmouth	Ivy	0-0-0	0	2.57	0	0	0	0
53	SMU	Southwest	0-0-0	0	2.21	0	0	0	0
54	Brown	Ivy	0-0-0	0	2.16	0	0	0	0
55	Princeton	Ivy	0-0-0	0	2.06	0	0	0	0
56	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	2.03	0	0	0	0
57	Harvard	Ivy	0-0-0	0	1.93	0	0	0	0
58	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	1.92	0	0	0	0
59	Cornell	Ivy	0-0-0	0	1.74	0	0	0	0
60	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	1.72	0	0	0	0
61	Florida State	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	1.54	-2	3.2	0.44	-0.44
62	North Carolina	ACC	0-1-0	0	1.52	-2	7.77	0.44	-0.44
63	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	1.3	0	0	0	0
64	Illinois	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	1.27	0	0	0	0
65	Mississippi State	SEC	0-0-0	0	1.22	0	0	0	0
66	Pacific	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	1.12	-3	8.93	0.28	-0.28
67	Kentucky	SEC	0-1-0	0	1.09	-2	6.65	0.41	-0.41
68	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-0-0	0	1.07	0	0	0	0
69	Baylor	Southwest	0-0-0	0	1.01	0	0	0	0
70	Utah	Skyline	0-0-0	0	1.01	0	0	0	0
71	UCLA	AAWU	0-0-1	0	0.92	0	11.9	0	0
72	Boston University	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.91	0	0	0	0
73	Indiana	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	0.87	0	0	0	0
74	Colorado	Big 7	0-1-0	0	0.68	-9	2.72	0.21	-0.21
75	Tennessee	SEC	0-0-0	0	0.65	0	0	0	0
76	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	0.56	0	0	0	0
77	Michigan	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	0.54	0	0	0	0
78	Virginia Tech	Southern	0-1-0	0	0.37	-2	3	0.42	-0.42
79	Washington State	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	0.37	-14	6.32	0.05	-0.05
80	Denver	Skyline	0-1-0	0	0.34	-1	7.97	0.46	-0.46
81	Oklahoma State	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	0.32	-13	9.4	0.11	-0.11
82	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	0.29	-16	8.99	0.07	-0.07
83	Miami	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.18	0	0	0	0
84	Yale	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.18	0	0	0	0
85	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	0-1-0	0	0.13	-28	5.27	0	0
86	Alabama	SEC	0-1-0	0	0.11	-14	8.93	0.02	-0.02
87	Duke	ACC	0-1-0	0	0.02	-5	8.62	0.22	-0.22
88	Missouri	Big 7	0-1-0	0	0.01	-11	11.24	0.11	-0.11
89	Richmond	Southern	0-1-0	0	-0.03	-3	-0.19	0.16	-0.16
90	West Virginia	Southern	0-1-0	0	-0.13	-20	3.33	0.04	-0.04
91	Colgate	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	-0.18	0	0	0	0
92	Houston	Missouri Valley	0-1-0	0	-0.19	-16	11.29	0	0
93	Columbia	Ivy	0-0-0	0	-0.23	0	0	0	0
94	Furman	Southern	0-1-0	0	-0.31	-1	-10	0.47	-0.47
95	Villanova	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.33	-6	-10	0.19	-0.19
96	Stanford	AAWU	0-1-0	0	-0.41	-1	8.78	0.48	-0.48
97	New Mexico	Skyline	0-1-0	0	-0.62	-17	23.52	0.11	-0.11
98	Rice	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-0.7	-23	12.44	0.01	-0.01
99	Texas A&M	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-0.9	-6	3.21	0.3	-0.3
100	Idaho	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.94	-14	2.27	0	0
101	Kansas	Big 7	0-1-0	0	-1.09	-7	11.98	0.16	-0.16
102	Oregon State	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.16	-21	7.54	0.03	-0.03
103	Arizona	Border	0-1-0	0	-1.18	-4	7.56	0.36	-0.36
104	Marquette	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.28	-6	7.77	0.31	-0.31
105	Hardin-Simmons	Border	0-1-0	0	-1.38	-22	11.01	0.18	-0.18
106	Kansas State	Big 7	0-1-0	0	-1.71	-19	3.64	0	0
107	George Washington	Southern	0-1-0	0	-2.05	-32	4.56	0.01	-0.01
108	Tulane	SEC	0-1-0	0	-2.17	-30	9.94	0	0
109	Nebraska	Big 7	0-1-0	0	-2.19	-20	6.51	0	0
110	West Texas A&M	Border	0-1-0	0	-2.19	-21	9.88	0.17	-0.17
111	Virginia	ACC	0-1-0	0	-2.67	-37	0.86	0	0
112	Montana	Skyline	0-2-0	0	-2.94	-33	-0.52	0.06	-0.06