1959 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:25.205541+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Georgia Tech	SEC	4-0-0	1	27.01	5.75	16.57	3.03	0.97
2	LSU	SEC	4-0-0	1	27	19.75	10.91	3.99	0.01
3	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	27	14	12.38	2.76	0.24
4	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	27	23	11.23	2.86	0.14
5	Texas	Southwest	4-0-0	1	26.96	21.5	10.17	3.97	0.03
6	Penn State	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	26.94	19	10.94	3.71	0.29
7	Purdue	Big Ten	2-0-1	0.67	26.58	14	12.06	2.97	-0.97
8	USC	AAWU	3-0-0	1	26.51	20.33	8.29	2.99	0.01
9	Arkansas	Southwest	4-0-0	1	26.14	13.25	8.58	3.9	0.1
10	North Texas	Missouri Valley	4-0-0	1	25.88	20.75	5.66	3.71	0.29
11	Oregon	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	25.78	11.75	7.75	3.3	0.7
12	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-0-0	1	25.33	18	3.6	2.94	0.06
13	Air Force	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	25.11	18.33	2.32	2.94	0.06
14	Ole Miss	SEC	4-0-0	1	24.93	27	0.74	4	0
15	Washington	AAWU	4-0-0	1	24.71	21.75	0.15	3.94	0.06
16	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	24.59	17	0.58	2.97	0.03
17	Pennsylvania	Ivy	3-0-0	1	24.51	19	0.4	3	0
18	Florida	SEC	3-0-1	0.75	24.45	19	-0.73	3.75	-0.75
19	Arizona State	Border	3-0-0	1	24.34	20	-1.8	2.62	0.38
20	Yale	Ivy	3-0-0	1	24.3	17	-0.29	3	0
21	Cornell	Ivy	3-0-0	1	24.18	5.33	3.23	2.1	0.9
22	Rutgers	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	23.7	5.67	0.35	2.3	0.7
23	Wyoming	Skyline	3-1-0	0.75	21.53	24.75	15.48	3.93	-0.93
24	South Carolina	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	20.47	9.5	7.99	3.32	-0.32
25	Clemson	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	20.39	15.5	10.15	3.69	-0.69
26	Georgia	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	19.82	10.5	8.19	3.31	-0.31
27	New Mexico State	Border	4-1-0	0.8	19.4	17	-3.31	4.35	-0.35
28	Iowa	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	19.29	18.33	15.6	2.72	-0.72
29	SMU	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	19.2	10	20.95	2.6	-0.6
30	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	19.01	5.5	8.31	3.02	-0.02
31	Iowa State	Big 7	3-1-0	0.75	18.77	19.5	-1.12	3.8	-0.8
32	Texas Tech	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	18.76	0.5	7.24	2.09	0.91
33	Wake Forest	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	18.62	2	7.86	2.34	0.66
34	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	18.52	6.33	9.95	2.13	-0.13
35	The Citadel	Southern	3-1-0	0.75	18.51	11.25	0.4	3.14	-0.14
36	Tennessee	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	18.49	4	12.17	2.26	-0.26
37	Auburn	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	18.06	17.67	10.13	2.92	-0.92
38	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.72	7	12.48	2.17	-0.17
39	Colorado State	Skyline	3-1-0	0.75	17.47	-1.5	5.35	1.66	1.34
40	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	17.39	-0.25	8.18	1.96	1.04
41	Harvard	Ivy	2-1-0	0.67	17.31	8	1	2.17	-0.17
42	Indiana	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	17.2	10	5.69	2.41	-0.41
43	Miami	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.04	-1.33	14.97	1.31	0.69
44	VMI	Southern	2-1-1	0.5	16.77	8	3.21	3.1	-1.1
45	Illinois	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	15.22	-1.67	13.52	1.22	0.78
46	Alabama	SEC	2-1-1	0.5	15.15	0.5	3.34	2.19	-0.19
47	Arizona	Border	2-1-0	0.67	14.74	-0.33	0.57	1.45	0.55
48	Florida State	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	14.54	9.75	16.8	3.32	-1.32
49	Xavier	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	13.97	3.8	-8.51	3.02	-0.02
50	Cincinnati	Missouri Valley	2-2-0	0.5	13.9	2.75	11.4	2.46	-0.46
51	Navy	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.47	1	11.59	2.15	-0.15
52	Oklahoma State	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.07	3.25	14.95	2.48	-0.48
53	Washington State	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	12.94	2.5	11.62	2.41	-0.41
54	New Mexico	Skyline	2-2-0	0.5	12.91	2.5	14.93	2.38	-0.38
55	TCU	Southwest	2-2-0	0.5	12.75	0	21.61	2	0
56	Kansas	Big 7	2-2-0	0.5	12.54	1.75	12.14	2.26	-0.26
57	North Carolina	ACC	2-2-0	0.5	12	-0.25	17.66	1.96	0.04
58	Missouri	Big 7	2-2-0	0.5	11.9	-3.25	14.33	1.41	0.59
59	Nebraska	Big 7	2-2-0	0.5	11.83	-1.5	10.76	1.69	0.31
60	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	11.72	-1	4.5	1.84	0.16
61	UTEP	Border	2-2-0	0.5	11.64	0.5	5.01	2.07	-0.07
62	Tulane	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	11.02	-4.5	21.64	1.14	0.86
63	San José State	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	10.91	-4	5.71	1.55	0.45
64	Army	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	10.4	8	11.44	2.2	-1.2
65	West Virginia	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	10.32	-5.5	2.75	0.78	1.22
66	Princeton	Ivy	1-2-0	0.33	9.52	0.67	19.45	1.63	-0.63
67	Mississippi State	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	8.67	6	13.12	2.02	-1.02
68	Richmond	Southern	1-2-1	0.25	7.99	2	11.28	2.46	-1.46
69	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	7.66	-1.67	10.07	1.33	-0.33
70	Oklahoma	Big 7	1-2-0	0.33	7.53	-3	17.77	1.28	-0.28
71	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	7.18	-5.33	19.07	0.88	0.12
72	Stanford	AAWU	1-3-0	0.25	6.99	0.5	18.27	2.08	-1.08
73	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	6.94	-8.33	15.43	0.24	0.76
74	Baylor	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	6.91	-10	17.31	0.35	0.65
75	Davidson	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	6.9	3	-0.96	2.4	-1.4
76	Columbia	Ivy	1-2-0	0.33	6.84	-7	11.6	0.49	0.51
77	NC State	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	6.62	-9.67	10.87	0.45	0.55
78	William & Mary	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	6.6	0.75	5.07	2.12	-1.12
79	Duke	ACC	1-3-0	0.25	6.24	-0.25	12.74	1.95	-0.95
80	Virginia Tech	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	5.54	-1.5	12.78	1.76	-0.76
81	Boston University	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	5.47	-6	9.21	0.71	0.29
82	Michigan	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	5.39	-6.67	9.29	0.84	0.16
83	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	5.38	-6.33	10.41	0.99	0.01
84	Kentucky	SEC	1-3-0	0.25	5.13	-6.5	20.36	1	0
85	Utah	Skyline	1-2-0	0.33	5.08	-16	19.07	0.31	0.69
86	Kansas State	Big 7	1-3-0	0.25	4.92	-3	4.91	1.61	-0.61
87	Maryland	ACC	1-3-0	0.25	4.74	-9.5	21.54	0.58	0.42
88	Houston	Missouri Valley	1-3-0	0.25	4.44	-10	17.39	0.26	0.74
89	Dayton	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.4	-8.25	8.15	0.19	0.81
90	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-3-0	0.25	4.4	-13.5	19.23	0.39	0.61
91	George Washington	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	4.22	-12.75	14.06	0.38	0.62
92	BYU	Skyline	1-3-0	0.25	4.21	-7.75	1.49	0.85	0.15
93	Utah State	Skyline	1-3-0	0.25	4.18	-13.75	12.22	0.37	0.63
94	Denver	Skyline	1-3-0	0.25	4.15	-4.25	15.74	1.35	-0.35
95	California	AAWU	1-3-0	0.25	4.12	-17.75	16.91	0.3	0.7
96	Montana	Skyline	1-3-0	0.25	3.51	-17.25	3.46	0.37	0.63
97	Colorado	Big 7	1-3-0	0.25	3.42	-11	13.66	0.75	0.25
98	Furman	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	3.19	-10.75	4.12	0.57	0.43
99	UCLA	AAWU	0-1-1	0	-0.97	-2	19.38	0.8	-0.8
100	Pacific	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-1.96	-8.67	14.23	0.45	-0.45
101	Oregon State	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2	-8.5	16.63	0.63	-0.63
102	Brown	Ivy	0-2-1	0	-2.12	-10.67	10.82	0.04	-0.04
103	Dartmouth	Ivy	0-2-1	0	-2.29	-12	15.21	0.05	-0.05
104	West Texas A&M	Border	0-4-0	0	-2.29	-11.25	19	0.66	-0.66
105	Rice	Southwest	0-2-1	0	-2.45	-13.33	20.47	0.25	-0.25
106	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-2-1	0	-2.48	-16	18.24	0.07	-0.07
107	Idaho	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.48	-15	18.26	0.08	-0.08
108	Villanova	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.57	-21.75	7.52	0.18	-0.18
109	Colgate	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.64	-15.33	24.53	0.5	-0.5
110	Marquette	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.7	-19.5	17.86	0.22	-0.22
111	Hardin-Simmons	Border	0-4-0	0	-2.86	-22	21.04	0.38	-0.38
112	Virginia	ACC	0-4-0	0	-3.2	-34	17.1	0.04	-0.04