1959 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:25.204741+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	LSU	SEC	2-0-0	1	28.76	16.5	12.06	1.99	0.01
2	Navy	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	28.73	21.5	11.46	1.96	0.04
3	Penn State	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	28.55	16	11.74	1.96	0.04
4	USC	AAWU	2-0-0	1	28.49	22	11.13	1.99	0.01
5	North Texas	Missouri Valley	2-0-0	1	28.38	23	9.71	1.79	0.21
6	Texas	Southwest	2-0-0	1	28.34	23	11.17	2	0
7	Arizona State	Border	2-0-0	1	28.32	21.5	10.5	1.75	0.25
8	Cincinnati	Missouri Valley	2-0-0	1	28.28	13.5	10.96	1.82	0.18
9	Iowa	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	27.82	30	25.26	0.95	0.05
10	Air Force	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	27.1	13	24.67	0.92	0.08
11	Georgia	SEC	2-0-0	1	26.48	14.5	1.48	1.94	0.06
12	Ole Miss	SEC	2-0-0	1	26.44	16	0.45	2	0
13	Arkansas	Southwest	2-0-0	1	26.33	17	0.23	1.97	0.03
14	Clemson	ACC	2-0-0	1	26.21	24.5	-0.57	1.92	0.08
15	South Carolina	ACC	2-0-0	1	26.07	17.5	-0.14	1.97	0.03
16	Florida	SEC	2-0-0	1	26.06	15.5	-0.47	1.89	0.11
17	Washington	AAWU	2-0-0	1	25.95	16	-0.13	1.91	0.09
18	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	25.87	23	-1.67	1.99	0.01
19	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	2-0-0	1	25.58	16.5	-1.54	1.9	0.1
20	Oregon	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	25.38	8	0.3	1.44	0.56
21	Wake Forest	ACC	2-0-0	1	25.35	5.5	0.96	1.29	0.71
22	Colorado State	Skyline	2-0-0	1	25.29	4	0.25	1.47	0.53
23	Georgia Tech	SEC	2-0-0	1	25.23	3	1.65	1.26	0.74
24	Iowa State	Big 7	2-0-0	1	25.16	28.5	-4.83	1.97	0.03
25	Xavier	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	24.82	21	-6.78	2.71	0.29
26	Texas Tech	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.61	3.5	-1.03	1.26	0.74
27	NC State	ACC	1-0-0	1	24.56	2	0.37	0.58	0.42
28	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	23.37	32	3.09	0.95	0.05
29	Army	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	23.12	36	0.29	0.98	0.02
30	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.99	23	2.57	0.96	0.04
31	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.73	20	1.52	0.95	0.05
32	Indiana	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	22.51	20	1.27	1	0
33	Columbia	Ivy	1-0-0	1	22.3	15	2.16	0.95	0.05
34	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.16	14	-1.09	0.77	0.23
35	Baylor	Southwest	1-0-0	1	21.82	8	0.68	0.86	0.14
36	Miami	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	21.69	19	-2.17	0.96	0.04
37	Tennessee	SEC	1-0-0	1	21.63	3	3.05	1	0
38	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	21.58	2	2.06	0.66	0.34
39	Cornell	Ivy	1-0-0	1	21.5	5	-0.18	0.66	0.34
40	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	21.19	2	-0.41	0.58	0.42
41	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	20.94	1	0.02	0.54	0.46
42	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1-0-0	1	20.52	26	-10	1	0
43	Harvard	Ivy	1-0-0	1	20.29	14	-10	0.76	0.24
44	Yale	Ivy	1-0-0	1	20.21	20	-10	1	0
45	New Mexico State	Border	2-1-0	0.67	19.59	17	-3.5	2.63	-0.63
46	VMI	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	16.54	12.5	7.99	1.73	-0.73
47	Wyoming	Skyline	1-1-0	0.5	16.33	22.5	0.19	1.88	-0.88
48	William & Mary	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	16.17	5	11.7	1.34	-0.34
49	UTEP	Border	1-1-0	0.5	15.54	5.5	7.86	1.29	-0.29
50	Florida State	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.71	19.5	22.27	1.78	-0.78
51	Davidson	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	14.55	16	-10	1.69	-0.69
52	TCU	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	14.55	-1.5	12.79	0.77	0.23
53	The Citadel	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	14.19	3.5	-4.23	1.16	-0.16
54	Maryland	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	14.06	-3	11.83	0.77	0.23
55	Washington State	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.69	5	24.18	1.37	-0.37
56	Utah State	Skyline	1-1-0	0.5	13.67	-4	11.89	0.69	0.31
57	Dayton	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.29	-5.5	12.96	0.38	0.62
58	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.21	-8.5	11.81	0.39	0.61
59	California	AAWU	1-1-0	0.5	12.8	-8	1.64	0.55	0.45
60	BYU	Skyline	1-1-0	0.5	12.35	-3.5	-5.59	0.78	0.22
61	San José State	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.12	-11.5	0.35	0.28	0.72
62	Nebraska	Big 7	1-1-0	0.5	10.7	0	12.17	1	0
63	Missouri	Big 7	1-1-0	0.5	10.09	-3	13.26	0.77	0.23
64	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	10.07	-13.5	26.79	0.34	0.66
65	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	10.05	-2	11.91	0.81	0.19
66	Arizona	Border	1-1-0	0.5	10.02	-1.5	10.41	0.84	0.16
67	Alabama	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	9.69	-5.5	12.78	0.16	0.84
68	Kansas State	Big 7	1-1-0	0.5	9.62	-1.5	6.66	0.88	0.12
69	West Virginia	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	9.32	-8.5	12.25	0.32	0.68
70	George Washington	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	8.66	-14	12.43	0.28	0.72
71	Purdue	Big Ten	0-0-1	0	0.5	0	0.92	0	0
72	UCLA	AAWU	0-0-1	0	0.15	0	2.98	0	0
73	Mississippi State	SEC	0-1-0	0	-0.38	-1	25.21	0.46	-0.46
74	Princeton	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-0.44	-2	2.66	0.34	-0.34
75	Auburn	SEC	0-1-0	0	-0.46	-3	0.65	0	0
76	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-0.54	-2	-0.9	0.36	-0.36
77	Stanford	AAWU	0-2-0	0	-0.78	-1.5	12.89	0.92	-0.92
78	Boston University	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.95	-4	-2.05	0.36	-0.36
79	SMU	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-0.98	-4	23.81	0.34	-0.34
80	Pacific	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.99	-3	24.78	0.28	-0.28
81	Richmond	Southern	0-2-0	0	-1.06	-3	10.74	0.49	-0.49
82	Duke	ACC	0-2-0	0	-1.07	-3	13.56	0.7	-0.7
83	Michigan	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-1.16	-5	0.01	0.34	-0.34
84	Colgate	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.29	-5	1.74	0.34	-0.34
85	Virginia Tech	Southern	0-2-0	0	-1.5	-5.5	22.8	0.65	-0.65
86	Brown	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-1.56	-15	-0.23	0.05	-0.05
87	Colorado	Big 7	0-2-0	0	-1.62	-8.5	12.52	0.36	-0.36
88	North Carolina	ACC	0-2-0	0	-1.67	-11	13.16	0.38	-0.38
89	Kentucky	SEC	0-2-0	0	-1.77	-9	25.06	0.2	-0.2
90	Dartmouth	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-1.81	-23	1.72	0.04	-0.04
91	Denver	Skyline	0-2-0	0	-1.82	-8.5	22.81	0.45	-0.45
92	Houston	Missouri Valley	0-2-0	0	-1.85	-9.5	13.21	0	0
93	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-1-0	0	-1.88	-15	25.75	0.05	-0.05
94	Illinois	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-1.92	-20	0.87	0	0
95	Oklahoma State	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-1.95	-9.5	25.81	0.27	-0.27
96	Oklahoma	Big 7	0-1-0	0	-1.96	-32	2.03	0.05	-0.05
97	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-1.98	-20	-2.19	0.09	-0.09
98	Kansas	Big 7	0-2-0	0	-2.08	-10.5	13.87	0.42	-0.42
99	Furman	Southern	0-2-0	0	-2.12	-15.5	7.21	0.23	-0.23
100	Utah	Skyline	0-1-0	0	-2.14	-15	22.76	0.05	-0.05
101	Villanova	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.19	-17	6.95	0.25	-0.25
102	Marquette	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.22	-10	23.68	0.24	-0.24
103	New Mexico	Skyline	0-2-0	0	-2.23	-11	26.34	0.31	-0.31
104	West Texas A&M	Border	0-2-0	0	-2.27	-11	11.78	0.4	-0.4
105	Oregon State	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.28	-11	23.71	0.29	-0.29
106	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.54	-26	14.71	0.06	-0.06
107	Idaho	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.65	-18.5	23.62	0	0
108	Hardin-Simmons	Border	0-2-0	0	-2.71	-18	24.52	0.33	-0.33
109	Rice	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-2.84	-23	26.68	0.01	-0.01
110	Tulane	SEC	0-2-0	0	-2.86	-24.5	12.7	0.01	-0.01
111	Montana	Skyline	0-2-0	0	-3.1	-33	7.34	0.06	-0.06
112	Virginia	ACC	0-2-0	0	-3.6	-42	23.52	0	0