1959 W4 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:25.205145+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Texas	Southwest	3-0-0	1	28.28	26.33	12.52	3	0
2	LSU	SEC	3-0-0	1	27.81	18.33	11.18	3	0
3	USC	AAWU	3-0-0	1	27.74	20.33	10.62	2.99	0.01
4	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	27.46	18	12.93	1.81	0.19
5	Penn State	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	27.43	23.33	8.45	2.85	0.15
6	South Carolina	ACC	3-0-0	1	26.76	17	7.76	2.85	0.15
7	Arkansas	Southwest	3-0-0	1	26.53	12.33	7.56	2.96	0.04
8	North Texas	Missouri Valley	3-0-0	1	26.43	22.67	3.52	2.77	0.23
9	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	26.09	21.5	5.99	1.87	0.13
10	Air Force	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	26	17	3.16	1.91	0.09
11	Georgia Tech	SEC	3-0-0	1	25.89	5.33	7.82	2.2	0.8
12	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	2-0-0	1	25.85	16.5	3.45	1.9	0.1
13	Arizona State	Border	3-0-0	1	25.75	20	0.47	2.62	0.38
14	Miami	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	25.5	10	5.93	1.8	0.2
15	Oregon	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	25.38	8	3.59	2.27	0.73
16	Washington	AAWU	3-0-0	1	25.11	25.67	-2.14	2.94	0.06
17	Florida	SEC	3-0-0	1	25.09	25.33	-2.28	2.91	0.09
18	Texas Tech	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	25.07	2.67	5.95	1.86	1.14
19	Ole Miss	SEC	3-0-0	1	24.68	25	-4.54	3	0
20	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.65	21.5	-2	1.98	0.02
21	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	24.47	20	-1.5	1.86	0.14
22	Colorado State	Skyline	3-0-0	1	24.35	7.67	-1.68	2.7	0.3
23	Tennessee	SEC	2-0-0	1	24.26	9.5	-0.42	1.93	0.07
24	Purdue	Big Ten	1-0-1	0.5	23.93	10.5	11.44	1.93	-0.93
25	Pennsylvania	Ivy	2-0-0	1	23.52	19.5	-5.91	2	0
26	Yale	Ivy	2-0-0	1	23.47	18.5	-5.78	2	0
27	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	23.16	7	-5.22	1.68	0.32
28	Cornell	Ivy	2-0-0	1	22.99	6	-5.64	1.49	0.51
29	Harvard	Ivy	2-0-0	1	22.5	14	-10	1.68	0.32
30	Clemson	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	19.4	13	6.65	2.58	-0.58
31	Wyoming	Skyline	2-1-0	0.67	19.38	23.33	12.56	2.9	-0.9
32	Georgia	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	19.31	4.33	11.29	1.99	0.01
33	Navy	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.21	10	4.22	2.51	-0.51
34	New Mexico State	Border	3-1-0	0.75	19.13	20.75	-3.04	3.63	-0.63
35	Cincinnati	Missouri Valley	2-1-0	0.67	18.93	8.67	3.16	2.46	-0.46
36	Xavier	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	18.55	9.25	-8.05	2.9	0.1
37	Iowa State	Big 7	2-1-0	0.67	18.36	14.33	-0.58	2.73	-0.73
38	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.28	7	1.56	2.22	-0.22
39	Missouri	Big 7	2-1-0	0.67	17.76	2.67	17.52	1.87	0.13
40	Wake Forest	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	17.68	1.67	3.45	1.69	0.31
41	Iowa	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	17.18	13	18.09	1.68	-0.68
42	The Citadel	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	17.15	4.33	6.42	1.88	0.12
43	Nebraska	Big 7	2-1-0	0.67	15.89	0.33	8.03	1.55	0.45
44	San José State	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	15.83	2.33	0.62	1.7	0.3
45	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	15.21	0	4.69	1.5	0.5
46	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	14.83	-4.33	8.81	1.07	0.93
47	Arizona	Border	2-1-0	0.67	14.74	-0.33	2.48	1.45	0.55
48	Army	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.58	15	-2.23	1.7	-0.7
49	VMI	Southern	1-1-1	0.33	14.21	8.33	5.83	2.35	-1.35
50	West Virginia	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	14.09	-5	7.22	0.78	1.22
51	Indiana	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	13.87	5	-1.95	1.39	-0.39
52	Princeton	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	13.85	10	21.94	1.9	-0.9
53	SMU	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	13.7	4.5	26.98	1.37	-0.37
54	Auburn	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	12.57	10	9.46	1.76	-0.76
55	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.51	-0.5	-0.58	0.97	0.03
56	Baylor	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	12.3	-7	13.57	0.35	0.65
57	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	12.17	12	4.45	1.78	-0.78
58	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	12.11	-8	13.71	0.28	0.72
59	NC State	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	11.98	-3	-1.58	0.77	0.23
60	Florida State	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	11.76	12.67	20.41	2.55	-1.55
61	Columbia	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	11.66	-3.5	-1	0.67	0.33
62	Alabama	SEC	1-1-1	0.33	10.73	-3.67	7.58	0.57	0.43
63	Oklahoma	Big 7	1-1-0	0.5	10.18	-1	10.88	0.96	0.04
64	Illinois	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	10.02	-7	22.82	0.44	0.56
65	Davidson	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	9.86	8.67	-1.94	2.25	-1.25
66	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	9.78	-5	16.61	0.72	0.28
67	William & Mary	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	9.71	1.33	7.88	1.64	-0.64
68	Washington State	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	9.69	0.67	16.77	1.59	-0.59
69	UTEP	Border	1-2-0	0.33	9.06	0.33	5.38	1.53	-0.53
70	Kentucky	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	8.9	2.33	25.85	1.8	-0.8
71	Stanford	AAWU	1-2-0	0.33	8.65	4	15.19	1.87	-0.87
72	TCU	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	8.56	-2	17.67	0.9	0.1
73	Duke	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	8.52	3.67	14.72	1.99	-0.99
74	Maryland	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	7.44	-11.67	19.94	0.37	0.63
75	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	7.26	-9.33	23.51	0.6	0.4
76	Utah State	Skyline	1-2-0	0.33	7.18	-11	14	0.41	0.59
77	California	AAWU	1-2-0	0.33	7.16	-16.33	23.28	0.3	0.7
78	Kansas State	Big 7	1-2-0	0.33	7.06	-3	4.54	1.2	-0.2
79	Kansas	Big 7	1-2-0	0.33	7.03	0	11.92	1.5	-0.5
80	Dayton	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.96	-8.33	5.74	0.22	0.78
81	Virginia Tech	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	6.87	-1.67	22.03	1.33	-0.33
82	BYU	Skyline	1-2-0	0.33	6.71	-6.33	-1.03	0.78	0.22
83	George Washington	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	6.51	-10	11.41	0.52	0.48
84	North Carolina	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	6.34	-4.67	24.5	1.04	-0.04
85	Oklahoma State	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.21	-4.33	21.41	1.05	-0.05
86	New Mexico	Skyline	1-2-0	0.33	6.17	-4	20.14	1.03	-0.03
87	Houston	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	6	-6	21.47	0.34	0.66
88	Tulane	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	5.35	-14.33	24.37	0.09	0.91
89	Montana	Skyline	1-2-0	0.33	4.41	-18	6.23	0.25	0.75
90	UCLA	AAWU	0-1-1	0	-0.79	-2	6.86	0.8	-0.8
91	Richmond	Southern	0-2-1	0	-0.98	-2	13.05	1.11	-1.11
92	Pacific	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-1.9	-9	12.25	0.2	-0.2
93	Mississippi State	SEC	0-2-0	0	-1.94	-8.5	23.84	0.36	-0.36
94	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-1-1	0	-1.96	-7.5	18.09	0.28	-0.28
95	Boston University	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-1.98	-12.5	3.29	0.27	-0.27
96	Oregon State	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.06	-7.67	21.27	0.55	-0.55
97	Michigan	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-2.17	-15.5	4.78	0.23	-0.23
98	Furman	Southern	0-3-0	0	-2.21	-14.67	2.02	0.32	-0.32
99	Denver	Skyline	0-3-0	0	-2.25	-10.67	20.86	0.37	-0.37
100	Colorado	Big 7	0-3-0	0	-2.42	-15.67	15.27	0.3	-0.3
101	Idaho	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.43	-13	16.55	0.12	-0.12
102	Brown	Ivy	0-2-0	0	-2.53	-16	21.26	0.02	-0.02
103	Villanova	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.55	-18	12.6	0.21	-0.21
104	West Texas A&M	Border	0-3-0	0	-2.57	-14.67	22.24	0.37	-0.37
105	Dartmouth	Ivy	0-2-0	0	-2.66	-18	21.75	0.03	-0.03
106	Rice	Southwest	0-2-0	0	-2.73	-20	13.85	0.04	-0.04
107	Marquette	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.74	-19.33	20.09	0.12	-0.12
108	Hardin-Simmons	Border	0-3-0	0	-2.77	-19.67	17.83	0.4	-0.4
109	Colgate	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.8	-21.5	25.02	0.26	-0.26
110	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-3.13	-26	25.93	0.06	-0.06
111	Utah	Skyline	0-2-0	0	-3.19	-30	25.66	0.03	-0.03
112	Virginia	ACC	0-3-0	0	-3.6	-43	22.81	0.01	-0.01