1969 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:26.860426+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Penn State	FBS Independents	11-0-0	1	25.22	21.09	12.02	10.49	0.51
2	USC	Pac-8	10-0-1	0.91	25.03	12.09	13.18	9.28	0.72
3	Texas	Southwest	11-0-0	1	24.86	28.73	9.07	10.51	0.49
4	Toledo	Mid-American	11-0-0	1	24.85	20.45	10.25	9.78	1.22
5	San Diego State	PCAA	11-0-0	1	24.43	27.09	7.14	9.91	1.09
6	Florida	SEC	9-1-1	0.82	22.6	13	12.09	8.6	0.4
7	West Virginia	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	22.42	17.18	8.8	10.02	-0.02
8	UCLA	Pac-8	8-1-1	0.8	22.4	22.6	9.97	9.4	-1.4
9	LSU	SEC	9-1-0	0.9	22.39	25.8	8.15	9.6	-0.6
10	Ohio State	Big Ten	8-1-0	0.89	22.29	32.22	7.88	8.7	-0.7
11	Dartmouth	Ivy	8-1-0	0.89	21.4	20.33	4.84	8.31	-0.31
12	Missouri	Big 8	9-2-0	0.82	21.09	15.82	12.81	9.05	-0.05
13	Houston	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	21.01	19.45	11.79	9.27	-0.27
14	Tennessee	SEC	9-2-0	0.82	20.82	13.55	12.17	8.89	0.11
15	Nebraska	Big 8	9-2-0	0.82	20.78	12.27	12.41	9.44	-0.44
16	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8-2-1	0.73	20.61	19.73	11.65	9.98	-1.98
17	Arkansas	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.54	22.73	7.91	10.44	-1.44
18	Arizona State	Western Athletic	8-2-0	0.8	20.35	20.4	10.25	8.58	-0.58
19	Memphis	Missouri Valley	8-2-0	0.8	20.22	13.7	11.21	7.83	0.17
20	Stanford	Pac-8	7-2-1	0.7	20.14	17.7	12.36	8.43	-1.43
21	Purdue	Big Ten	8-2-0	0.8	20.07	9	12.22	6.67	1.33
22	Utah	Western Athletic	8-2-0	0.8	20.01	12.4	10.37	8.61	-0.61
23	Auburn	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	19.11	17.91	12.76	9.44	-1.44
24	Michigan	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	18.96	18.55	11.59	9.75	-1.75
25	Yale	Ivy	7-2-0	0.78	18.95	9.78	7.58	7.1	-0.1
26	Ole Miss	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	18.92	15.64	12.66	9.32	-1.32
27	Colorado	Big 8	8-3-0	0.73	18.01	4.45	12.33	6.75	1.25
28	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	7-3-0	0.7	17.43	9.2	9.57	7.69	-0.69
29	Princeton	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	17.11	12.22	10.59	7.2	-1.2
30	Pacific	PCAA	7-3-0	0.7	17.1	13.8	5.24	8.29	-1.29
31	North Texas	Missouri Valley	7-3-0	0.7	17.01	14.2	4.41	8.04	-1.04
32	Long Beach State	PCAA	8-3-0	0.73	16.55	11.82	-2.19	8.53	-0.53
33	Florida State	FBS Independents	6-3-1	0.6	16.41	3.8	11.34	6.1	-0.1
34	Villanova	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	16.05	10.56	3.6	6.55	-0.55
35	Buffalo	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	15.86	9.44	2.77	7.47	-1.47
36	The Citadel	Southern	7-3-0	0.7	15.83	6.8	-0.47	6.71	0.29
37	Air Force	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	15.63	9	13.23	7.26	-1.26
38	Rutgers	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	15.26	6.89	-0.16	6.25	-0.25
39	Davidson	Southern	7-4-0	0.64	15.25	8.36	3.55	7.32	-0.32
40	Wyoming	Western Athletic	6-4-0	0.6	15.01	4.5	12.03	6.25	-0.25
41	Oregon State	Pac-8	6-4-0	0.6	14.95	2.7	14.14	5.98	0.02
42	Richmond	Southern	6-4-0	0.6	14.88	7.1	8.36	6.96	-0.96
43	Bowling Green	Mid-American	6-4-0	0.6	14.71	3.3	11.08	6.18	-0.18
44	BYU	Western Athletic	6-4-0	0.6	14.42	2.8	9.47	5.95	0.05
45	West Texas A&M	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	14.41	5.2	6.17	6.62	-0.62
46	South Carolina	ACC	7-4-0	0.64	14.22	-0.55	11.45	5.3	1.7
47	Alabama	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	14	4.18	13.63	6.52	-0.52
48	Ohio	Mid-American	5-4-1	0.5	13.96	3.4	12.29	5.84	-0.84
49	Oklahoma	Big 8	6-4-0	0.6	13.48	-0.4	12.83	4.92	1.08
50	Georgia	SEC	5-5-1	0.45	13.16	6.55	13.69	7.93	-2.93
51	Kansas State	Big 8	5-5-0	0.5	13.15	8.3	11.99	6.73	-1.73
52	Fresno State	PCAA	6-4-0	0.6	12.81	1	-0.43	5.26	0.74
53	Syracuse	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	12.36	4.3	8.56	6.67	-1.67
54	North Carolina	ACC	5-5-0	0.5	12.29	3.6	8.94	6.15	-1.15
55	Colgate	FBS Independents	5-3-1	0.56	12.1	-2.78	2.63	3.78	1.22
56	Oregon	Pac-8	5-5-1	0.45	11.99	2.64	7.75	6.23	-1.23
57	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	4-5-1	0.4	11.8	12.4	9.2	8.57	-4.57
58	Oklahoma State	Big 8	5-5-0	0.5	11.41	-0.3	14.65	4.91	0.09
59	Boston College	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	11.28	-3	7.95	3.88	1.12
60	California	Pac-8	5-5-0	0.5	11.28	-0.2	12.4	4.93	0.07
61	California-Santa Barbara	PCAA	6-4-0	0.6	11.09	-4.6	-0.43	3.56	2.44
62	Louisville	Missouri Valley	5-4-1	0.5	10.5	-6.7	4.73	3.39	1.61
63	Iowa	Big Ten	5-5-0	0.5	10.26	-2	8.89	4.55	0.45
64	Kent State	Mid-American	5-5-0	0.5	10.23	-3.2	11.78	3.97	1.03
65	Texas Tech	Southwest	5-5-0	0.5	10.03	-2.8	8.37	4.27	0.73
66	Army	FBS Independents	4-5-1	0.4	9.89	0.1	9.39	5.04	-1.04
67	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-6-0	0.4	9.71	1.3	11.27	5.37	-1.37
68	New Mexico State	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	9.61	-3.6	5	4.03	0.97
69	Indiana	Big Ten	4-6-0	0.4	9.39	1	8.54	5.24	-1.24
70	Cornell	Ivy	4-5-0	0.44	9.24	-1.56	11.47	4.02	-0.02
71	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	8.77	-14.5	5.94	1.8	3.2
72	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-5-1	0.4	8.7	-5	13.5	3.76	0.24
73	Miami	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	8.48	-1.5	13.45	4.57	-0.57
74	Vanderbilt	SEC	4-6-0	0.4	8.29	-2.2	13.62	4.49	-0.49
75	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-6-0	0.4	8.06	-2.9	12.38	4.21	-0.21
76	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.87	-3.9	12.35	3.62	0.38
77	Pennsylvania	Ivy	4-5-0	0.44	7.83	-9	6.36	1.83	2.17
78	Clemson	ACC	4-6-0	0.4	7.35	-7.2	10.44	3.09	0.91
79	Colorado State	Western Athletic	4-6-0	0.4	7.31	-7	9.41	3.41	0.59
80	UTEP	Western Athletic	4-6-0	0.4	7.31	-8.4	11.64	2.67	1.33
81	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.18	-12.1	13.88	2.15	1.85
82	TCU	Southwest	4-6-0	0.4	7.11	-11.6	12.12	2.32	1.68
83	Harvard	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	7.1	-0.11	6.44	4.47	-1.47
84	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-6-0	0.4	7.06	-11	10.47	2.36	1.64
85	Cincinnati	Missouri Valley	4-6-0	0.4	6.92	-13.7	10.85	2.18	1.82
86	NC State	ACC	3-6-1	0.3	6.69	-1.8	11.89	4.45	-1.45
87	Duke	ACC	3-6-1	0.3	5.77	-6.3	8.37	3.14	-0.14
88	Dayton	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	5.47	-4.1	10.45	3.76	-0.76
89	SMU	Southwest	3-7-0	0.3	5.43	-4.4	10.36	3.77	-0.77
90	Arizona	Western Athletic	3-7-0	0.3	5.31	-6.6	14.06	3.44	-0.44
91	Rice	Southwest	3-7-0	0.3	5.25	-5.7	10.3	3.34	-0.34
92	Tulane	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	5.16	-8.3	14.27	2.63	0.37
93	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-7-0	0.3	5.15	-7.6	12.54	2.32	0.68
94	Iowa State	Big 8	3-7-0	0.3	5.12	-7.9	12.42	2.71	0.29
95	Marshall	Mid-American	3-7-0	0.3	5.06	-7.4	9.91	3.26	-0.26
96	Virginia	ACC	3-7-0	0.3	5.05	-5.5	4.84	2.84	0.16
97	William & Mary	Southern	3-7-0	0.3	4.81	-10.4	9.54	2.18	0.82
98	Utah State	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	4.8	-11.6	11.19	1.86	1.14
99	Maryland	ACC	3-7-0	0.3	4.65	-14.9	12.27	1.03	1.97
100	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	4.65	-9.3	3.44	2.81	0.19
101	Mississippi State	SEC	3-7-0	0.3	4.63	-19.2	16.88	1.63	1.37
102	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-7-0	0.3	4.63	-15.3	12.14	2.03	0.97
103	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-7-0	0.3	4.62	-16.9	14.05	1.3	1.7
104	Wake Forest	ACC	3-7-0	0.3	4.54	-15.4	9.91	1.3	1.7
105	Brown	Ivy	2-7-0	0.22	3.01	-10.56	9.35	1.46	0.54
106	East Carolina	Southern	2-7-0	0.22	2.86	-10.67	3.34	1.63	0.37
107	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	2-8-0	0.2	2.33	-15.2	10.92	1.27	0.73
108	Kentucky	SEC	2-8-0	0.2	2.27	-19.1	17	0.78	1.22
109	San José State	PCAA	2-8-0	0.2	2.24	-19.4	16.21	1.25	0.75
110	Kansas	Big 8	1-9-0	0.1	0.29	-11.4	13.44	2.34	-1.34
111	Columbia	Ivy	1-8-0	0.11	0.21	-17	10.01	0.71	0.29
112	Furman	Southern	1-8-1	0.1	0.12	-19.1	-1.1	1.27	-0.27
113	Xavier	FBS Independents	1-9-0	0.1	-0.03	-17.5	10.83	0.53	0.47
114	Washington	Pac-8	1-9-0	0.1	-0.09	-18.8	15.66	0.93	0.07
115	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-9-0	0.1	-0.11	-19.4	12.42	1.53	-0.53
116	Washington State	Pac-8	1-9-0	0.1	-0.12	-19.6	13.05	1.14	-0.14
117	Navy	FBS Independents	1-9-0	0.1	-0.17	-20.9	14.2	0.63	0.37
118	Cal State Los Angeles	PCAA	0-9-0	0	-2.47	-29.11	1.67	0.2	-0.2
119	Baylor	Southwest	0-10-0	0	-2.61	-25.7	12.35	0.37	-0.37
120	Illinois	Big Ten	0-10-0	0	-2.69	-29.1	11.96	0.42	-0.42
121	VMI	Southern	0-10-0	0	-2.79	-33.1	11.89	0.19	-0.19