1959 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:25.206706+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Syracuse	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	26.42	30.67	11.94	5.93	0.07
2	LSU	SEC	7-0-0	1	25.93	14.43	12.54	6.98	0.02
3	Penn State	FBS Independents	7-0-0	1	25.68	16.29	10.87	6.36	0.64
4	Texas	Southwest	7-0-0	1	25.54	18.57	9.68	6.87	0.13
5	Northwestern	Big Ten	6-0-0	1	25.47	13	10.66	5.17	0.83
6	USC	AAWU	6-0-0	1	25.19	12.83	9.17	5.32	0.68
7	North Texas	Missouri Valley	7-0-0	1	24.67	19.86	5.41	6.72	0.28
8	Oregon	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	22.52	14.43	12.05	6.19	-0.19
9	Ole Miss	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	22.42	25.43	8.06	6.99	-0.99
10	Georgia	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	22.11	15.14	9.94	6.53	-0.53
11	Washington	AAWU	6-1-0	0.86	22.1	13.86	9.97	6.36	-0.36
12	Wyoming	Skyline	6-1-0	0.86	22.1	22	8.01	6.87	-0.87
13	Auburn	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	21.76	12.5	12.59	5.75	-0.75
14	Clemson	ACC	5-1-0	0.83	21.23	18	7.77	5.8	-0.8
15	Arizona State	Border	5-1-0	0.83	20.75	11.67	6.95	4.56	0.44
16	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-1-0	0.83	20.66	7.67	8.15	4.61	0.39
17	Tennessee	SEC	4-1-1	0.67	20.63	9.5	11.6	5.47	-1.47
18	The Citadel	Southern	6-1-0	0.86	20.48	10.71	2.01	5.58	0.42
19	VMI	Southern	5-1-1	0.71	20.42	14.29	4.17	6.28	-1.28
20	Yale	Ivy	5-1-0	0.83	20.3	15.17	1.62	5.96	-0.96
21	Air Force	FBS Independents	4-1-1	0.67	20.27	8.5	9.24	4.99	-0.99
22	Pennsylvania	Ivy	4-1-1	0.67	20.24	12	6.14	5.47	-1.47
23	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	20.21	8.5	5.01	4.83	0.17
24	Purdue	Big Ten	3-1-2	0.5	19.26	5.67	11.96	4.97	-1.97
25	TCU	Southwest	5-2-0	0.71	18.92	8.14	14.81	6.31	-1.31
26	Arkansas	Southwest	5-2-0	0.71	18.8	4.14	17.29	4.99	0.01
27	New Mexico	Skyline	5-2-0	0.71	18.59	16.29	9.19	6.27	-1.27
28	Georgia Tech	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	18.49	3.86	13.75	4.83	0.17
29	Oklahoma State	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	17.97	6.57	9.31	5.04	-0.04
30	Alabama	SEC	3-1-2	0.5	17.97	2	8.92	4.11	-1.11
31	Washington State	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	17.92	9	7.59	5.65	-0.65
32	Iowa State	Big 7	5-2-0	0.71	17.86	17.71	2.6	6.77	-1.77
33	Wake Forest	ACC	5-2-0	0.71	17.41	4.43	7.44	4.6	0.4
34	Princeton	Ivy	4-2-0	0.67	17.4	10.67	9.71	5.57	-1.57
35	Cincinnati	Missouri Valley	4-2-1	0.57	17.25	6.57	11.45	5.06	-1.06
36	South Carolina	ACC	4-2-0	0.67	17.15	4.5	12.45	4.07	-0.07
37	Army	FBS Independents	3-2-1	0.5	16.5	9.67	15.32	4.84	-1.84
38	Boston College	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	16.35	5.33	6.04	3.99	0.01
39	Harvard	Ivy	4-2-0	0.67	16.28	7.17	3.85	4.42	-0.42
40	SMU	Southwest	3-2-1	0.5	15.57	2.83	12.64	3.74	-0.74
41	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-2-1	0.5	15.46	3.67	10.46	3.78	-0.78
42	Kansas	Big 7	4-3-0	0.57	14.97	4.57	13.91	4.83	-0.83
43	Rutgers	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	14.78	2.17	-4.42	3.56	0.44
44	New Mexico State	Border	4-3-0	0.57	14.65	10.86	4.3	5.29	-1.29
45	Virginia Tech	Southern	4-3-0	0.57	14.29	7.43	5.51	4.91	-0.91
46	Iowa	Big Ten	3-3-0	0.5	14.17	15.33	14.22	5.24	-2.24
47	Cornell	Ivy	4-2-0	0.67	13.96	-3.5	7.5	2.05	1.95
48	Illinois	Big Ten	3-2-1	0.5	13.79	-1.33	14.99	2.55	0.45
49	Florida	SEC	3-3-1	0.43	13.49	7.71	9.85	5.67	-2.67
50	San José State	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	13.39	0.43	7.03	3.57	0.43
51	Oklahoma	Big 7	3-3-0	0.5	13.07	1.83	14.59	3.35	-0.35
52	Indiana	Big Ten	3-3-0	0.5	13.05	3.5	10.45	3.74	-0.74
53	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-3-0	0.5	12.9	2.67	10.69	3.57	-0.57
54	Colorado State	Skyline	4-3-0	0.57	12.02	-4.29	12.47	2.23	1.77
55	Utah	Skyline	3-3-0	0.5	11.69	0	13.63	3	0
56	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	11.68	-0.17	13.88	2.97	0.03
57	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-3-0	0.5	11.12	-2.17	17.04	2.33	0.67
58	Baylor	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	10.89	-4	14.99	1.68	1.32
59	Miami	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	10.83	-3.83	13.07	2	1
60	Florida State	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	10.56	0.43	11.24	3.62	-0.62
61	Boston University	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	10.13	-2	5.19	2.43	0.57
62	Xavier	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	9.51	-3.75	-1.64	3.06	0.94
63	UTEP	Border	3-4-0	0.43	9.35	-0.71	5.43	3.34	-0.34
64	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	9.32	-1	6.36	3.25	-0.25
65	Texas Tech	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	9.11	-3.29	12.38	2.46	0.54
66	Duke	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	9.09	-1.57	10.62	2.95	0.05
67	Missouri	Big 7	3-4-0	0.43	9.09	-4	14.42	2.22	0.78
68	North Carolina	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	9.07	-4	13.35	2.5	0.5
69	Nebraska	Big 7	3-4-0	0.43	8.78	-3.86	13.29	2.27	0.73
70	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-4-0	0.43	8.76	-4.14	9.89	2.15	0.85
71	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	3-4-0	0.43	8.65	-5.71	11.36	2	1
72	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.6	-7.71	13.21	1.53	1.47
73	Utah State	Skyline	3-4-0	0.43	8.45	-5.14	7.26	2.1	0.9
74	Tulane	SEC	3-4-0	0.43	8.42	-8.86	16.7	1.35	1.65
75	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-3-1	0.33	8.41	-3.67	13.03	2	0
76	Colorado	Big 7	3-4-0	0.43	8.29	-7.43	13.03	1.77	1.23
77	West Virginia	Southern	3-4-0	0.43	8.24	-10.86	12.21	0.88	2.12
78	Dartmouth	Ivy	2-3-1	0.33	7.67	-7.67	16.74	0.86	1.14
79	Mississippi State	SEC	2-4-0	0.33	7.49	-0.33	8.65	2.93	-0.93
80	Navy	FBS Independents	2-4-1	0.29	7.24	-2	16.43	3.04	-1.04
81	Oregon State	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	7.16	0.57	9.68	3.64	-1.64
82	Stanford	AAWU	2-5-0	0.29	6.81	-0.14	18.17	3.47	-1.47
83	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-4-0	0.33	6.51	-3	13.48	2.19	-0.19
84	Michigan	Big Ten	2-4-0	0.33	6.41	-5.67	13.98	1.71	0.29
85	Maryland	ACC	2-4-0	0.33	6.39	-7.83	17.66	1.11	0.89
86	Pacific	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.12	-3	5.62	2.17	-0.17
87	Furman	Southern	2-4-0	0.33	6.09	-3.83	3.99	2.09	-0.09
88	Kentucky	SEC	2-5-0	0.29	5.8	-3.29	20.23	2.4	-0.4
89	William & Mary	Southern	2-5-0	0.29	5.37	-4.86	9.51	2.27	-0.27
90	Arizona	Border	2-4-0	0.33	5.35	-14.67	4.76	0.5	1.5
91	Houston	Missouri Valley	2-5-0	0.29	5.31	-5.57	16.97	1.62	0.38
92	Denver	Skyline	2-5-0	0.29	4.96	-9.43	10.9	1.33	0.67
93	BYU	Skyline	2-5-0	0.29	4.94	-5	6.44	1.98	0.02
94	Hardin-Simmons	Border	2-5-0	0.29	4.86	-9	15.06	1.78	0.22
95	UCLA	AAWU	1-3-1	0.2	4.67	-5.2	14.98	1.41	-0.41
96	Brown	Ivy	1-4-1	0.17	2.75	-10	10.1	0.24	0.76
97	Richmond	Southern	1-5-1	0.14	2.71	-4.43	11.63	2.29	-1.29
98	Davidson	Southern	1-5-0	0.17	2.6	-3.67	2.34	2.33	-1.33
99	NC State	ACC	1-5-0	0.17	2.16	-10	14.99	0.91	0.09
100	Columbia	Ivy	1-5-0	0.17	1.95	-12.83	15.17	0.59	0.41
101	Dayton	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	1.29	-10.14	4.1	0.41	0.59
102	California	AAWU	1-6-0	0.14	1.23	-12.71	15.1	0.98	0.02
103	George Washington	Southern	1-6-0	0.14	1.09	-14.86	11.64	0.39	0.61
104	Kansas State	Big 7	1-6-0	0.14	1.06	-15.71	11.13	0.8	0.2
105	West Texas A&M	Border	1-6-0	0.14	0.92	-12.14	6.48	1.15	-0.15
106	Montana	Skyline	1-6-0	0.14	0.78	-21.14	8.39	0.47	0.53
107	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	0.75	-15.43	5.76	0.75	0.25
108	Rice	Southwest	0-4-2	0	-2.31	-13.5	19.07	0.44	-0.44
109	Marquette	FBS Independents	0-7-0	0	-2.33	-15.57	13.44	0.54	-0.54
110	Colgate	FBS Independents	0-6-0	0	-2.53	-17.33	19.47	0.58	-0.58
111	Idaho	FBS Independents	0-7-0	0	-2.7	-24	15.44	0.16	-0.16
112	Virginia	ACC	0-7-0	0	-2.9	-31	14.8	0.12	-0.12