1959 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:25.207111+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Syracuse	FBS Independents	7-0-0	1	26.32	26.57	13.05	6.82	0.18
2	USC	AAWU	7-0-0	1	25.17	16.14	9.32	6.52	0.48
3	Texas	Southwest	8-0-0	1	25.14	16.38	9.05	7.73	0.27
4	North Texas	Missouri Valley	8-0-0	1	24.33	21.38	4.14	7.72	0.28
5	Penn State	FBS Independents	7-1-0	0.88	23.08	14	12.76	6.97	0.03
6	LSU	SEC	7-1-0	0.88	22.98	12.5	12.58	7.85	-0.85
7	Oregon	FBS Independents	7-1-0	0.88	22.61	12.88	11.34	6.85	0.15
8	Wyoming	Skyline	7-1-0	0.88	22.6	21.88	9.21	7.84	-0.84
9	Georgia	SEC	7-1-0	0.88	22.57	14.62	10.72	7.4	-0.4
10	Washington	AAWU	7-1-0	0.88	22.44	13	10.45	7.25	-0.25
11	Ole Miss	SEC	7-1-0	0.88	22.37	29.5	6.58	7.99	-0.99
12	Northwestern	Big Ten	6-1-0	0.86	22.33	10.43	12.22	5.61	0.39
13	Auburn	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	22.29	15.14	11.66	6.84	-0.84
14	Wisconsin	Big Ten	6-1-0	0.86	21.7	7.29	11.56	5.22	0.78
15	Clemson	ACC	6-1-0	0.86	21.58	16.29	7.25	6.79	-0.79
16	Tennessee	SEC	5-1-1	0.71	21.35	8.29	12.96	6.09	-1.09
17	Arizona State	Border	6-1-0	0.86	21.28	11.86	6.97	5.45	0.55
18	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	20.96	8.57	6.53	5.69	0.31
19	Pennsylvania	Ivy	5-1-1	0.71	20.96	12.57	8.81	6.34	-1.34
20	VMI	Southern	6-1-1	0.75	20.45	12.62	1.82	7.09	-1.09
21	The Citadel	Southern	7-1-0	0.88	20.37	10.38	-0.33	6.51	0.49
22	Alabama	SEC	4-1-2	0.57	19.36	3.43	8.91	5.33	-1.33
23	Arkansas	Southwest	6-2-0	0.75	19.14	4.12	13.86	5.68	0.32
24	Georgia Tech	SEC	6-2-0	0.75	19.14	3.88	14.27	5.52	0.48
25	New Mexico	Skyline	6-2-0	0.75	19.13	16.12	7.56	7.22	-1.22
26	TCU	Southwest	5-2-0	0.71	18.7	8.14	13.87	6.31	-1.31
27	Oklahoma State	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	18.66	6.75	8.64	5.81	0.19
28	Iowa State	Big 7	6-2-0	0.75	18.51	17	3.39	7.72	-1.72
29	Washington State	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	17.87	9	7.79	5.65	-0.65
30	Army	FBS Independents	4-2-1	0.57	17.85	10.29	13.99	5.9	-1.9
31	South Carolina	ACC	5-2-0	0.71	17.84	5.57	10.15	4.87	0.13
32	Yale	Ivy	5-2-0	0.71	17.71	10.71	4.86	6.47	-1.47
33	Harvard	Ivy	5-2-0	0.71	17.45	8.14	5.89	5.49	-0.49
34	Wake Forest	ACC	5-2-0	0.71	17.27	4.43	6.86	4.6	0.4
35	Air Force	FBS Independents	4-2-1	0.57	16.96	5.43	8.88	5.22	-1.22
36	SMU	Southwest	4-2-1	0.57	16.56	2.86	10.85	4.38	-0.38
37	Iowa	Big Ten	4-3-0	0.57	15.69	17.86	12.44	6.4	-2.4
38	Cornell	Ivy	5-2-0	0.71	15.61	-0.29	6.59	3.4	1.6
39	Purdue	Big Ten	3-2-2	0.43	15.42	2.71	12.71	4.76	-1.76
40	Virginia Tech	Southern	5-3-0	0.62	15.21	7.12	4.62	5.53	-0.53
41	Rutgers	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	15.16	2.14	-5.02	4.14	0.86
42	Oklahoma	Big 7	4-3-0	0.57	15.04	6.71	13.31	4.92	-0.92
43	Princeton	Ivy	4-3-0	0.57	14.91	7.14	9.63	5.93	-1.93
44	Cincinnati	Missouri Valley	4-3-1	0.5	14.82	4.88	11.12	5.42	-1.42
45	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-3-0	0.57	14.62	4.43	12.06	4.68	-0.68
46	Utah	Skyline	4-3-0	0.57	14.53	4.86	11.32	4.43	-0.43
47	New Mexico State	Border	4-3-0	0.57	14.38	10.86	3.91	5.29	-1.29
48	Boston College	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.08	3.43	6.82	4.26	-0.26
49	Colorado State	Skyline	5-3-0	0.62	13.26	-3.38	12.28	2.78	2.22
50	Kansas	Big 7	4-4-0	0.5	12.92	2.38	13.07	4.77	-0.77
51	Indiana	Big Ten	3-3-1	0.43	12.73	3	10.89	4.37	-1.37
52	Miami	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	12.35	-2.29	12.68	2.77	1.23
53	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	3-3-1	0.43	12.29	1	10.32	3.74	-0.74
54	Detroit Mercy	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	11.72	1.5	6.1	4.41	-0.41
55	Florida	SEC	3-4-1	0.38	11.6	5.38	11.11	5.8	-2.8
56	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-3-1	0.43	11.21	-1.86	16.28	2.72	0.28
57	Illinois	Big Ten	3-3-1	0.43	11.18	-1.86	14.08	2.84	0.16
58	Missouri	Big 7	4-4-0	0.5	10.95	-1.88	14.49	3.25	0.75
59	San José State	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	10.68	-2.25	9.38	3.56	0.44
60	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-3-1	0.43	10.59	-2.43	12.2	2.68	0.32
61	Dartmouth	Ivy	3-3-1	0.43	10.49	-3.43	14.01	2.22	0.78
62	Florida State	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	10.3	0.43	11.12	3.62	-0.62
63	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	4-4-0	0.5	10.29	-4.12	12.16	2.69	1.31
64	UCLA	AAWU	2-3-1	0.33	10.18	2.67	13.04	3.56	-1.56
65	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	10.16	-5.75	13.32	2.29	1.71
66	Colorado	Big 7	4-4-0	0.5	10.14	-4.88	11.8	2.69	1.31
67	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	9.84	-0.71	13.38	3.33	-0.33
68	Navy	FBS Independents	3-4-1	0.38	9.63	-0.75	14.11	3.8	-0.8
69	Baylor	Southwest	3-4-0	0.43	9.24	-3.57	16.48	2.15	0.85
70	Michigan	Big Ten	3-4-0	0.43	8.71	-4.14	13.65	2.4	0.6
71	Boston University	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.68	-3	7.17	2.52	0.48
72	Pacific	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.52	-1.86	4.52	2.91	0.09
73	Xavier	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	8.11	-3.56	-2.38	3.52	0.48
74	Duke	ACC	3-5-0	0.38	8.01	-2.12	11.62	3.07	-0.07
75	Houston	Missouri Valley	3-5-0	0.38	7.9	-3	16.64	2.88	0.12
76	UTEP	Border	3-5-0	0.38	7.78	-2.25	8.05	3.39	-0.39
77	North Carolina	ACC	3-5-0	0.38	7.69	-4.38	13.44	2.71	0.29
78	Texas Tech	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	7.68	-3.38	10.46	2.93	0.07
79	William & Mary	Southern	3-5-0	0.38	7.65	-2	8.66	3.41	-0.41
80	Nebraska	Big 7	3-5-0	0.38	7.6	-4.88	13.41	2.25	0.75
81	Arizona	Border	3-4-0	0.43	7.55	-12	7.26	1.08	1.92
82	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-5-0	0.38	7.55	-4	10.19	2.51	0.49
83	Utah State	Skyline	3-5-0	0.38	7.3	-4.88	8.31	2.4	0.6
84	Tulane	SEC	3-5-0	0.38	7.23	-9.25	14.88	1.43	1.57
85	Hardin-Simmons	Border	3-5-0	0.38	7.06	-6.88	11.62	2.45	0.55
86	West Virginia	Southern	3-5-0	0.38	6.84	-14	13.28	0.61	2.39
87	Richmond	Southern	2-5-1	0.25	6.08	-0.62	9.87	3.79	-1.79
88	Oregon State	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	5.64	-0.38	11.01	3.89	-1.89
89	Mississippi State	SEC	2-5-0	0.29	5.44	-4.71	10.85	2.32	-0.32
90	Maryland	ACC	2-5-0	0.29	5.23	-7.86	15.87	1.38	0.62
91	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-5-0	0.29	5.18	-7.29	12.87	1.47	0.53
92	Furman	Southern	2-5-0	0.29	5.14	-3.71	2.01	2.36	-0.36
93	Kentucky	SEC	2-6-0	0.25	4.88	-3.5	17.41	2.62	-0.62
94	Stanford	AAWU	2-6-0	0.25	4.63	-5.38	16.57	2.99	-0.99
95	BYU	Skyline	2-6-0	0.25	4.14	-6.25	7.74	1.91	0.09
96	Denver	Skyline	2-6-0	0.25	4.02	-9.25	12.15	1.55	0.45
97	Brown	Ivy	1-5-1	0.14	1.96	-11.29	10.22	0.17	0.83
98	Davidson	Southern	1-6-0	0.14	1.66	-5.71	2.71	2.28	-1.28
99	NC State	ACC	1-6-0	0.14	1.42	-9.29	11.88	1.22	-0.22
100	Columbia	Ivy	1-6-0	0.14	1.13	-14.14	14.08	0.49	0.51
101	Colgate	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	0.87	-14.43	14.62	0.91	0.09
102	Marquette	FBS Independents	1-7-0	0.12	0.85	-7.62	10.26	2.04	-1.04
103	California	AAWU	1-7-0	0.12	0.81	-11.38	16.11	1.35	-0.35
104	Dayton	FBS Independents	1-7-0	0.12	0.76	-11.25	4.97	0.57	0.43
105	West Texas A&M	Border	1-7-0	0.12	0.75	-11.25	7.41	1.52	-0.52
106	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-7-0	0.12	0.53	-15.25	7.27	0.74	0.26
107	George Washington	Southern	1-7-0	0.12	0.52	-16.25	9.72	0.31	0.69
108	Kansas State	Big 7	1-7-0	0.12	0.44	-18.25	11.47	0.63	0.37
109	Montana	Skyline	1-7-0	0.12	0.25	-22.75	6.38	0.44	0.56
110	Rice	Southwest	0-5-2	0	-2.21	-12.14	18.52	0.64	-0.64
111	Idaho	FBS Independents	0-8-0	0	-2.71	-25.25	14.43	0.22	-0.22
112	Virginia	ACC	0-8-0	0	-2.82	-28.62	14.72	0.24	-0.24