1979 W10 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.025585+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	USC	Pac-10	8-0-1	0.89	25.74	19.44	12.17	8.01	-0.01
2	Nebraska	Big 8	8-0-0	1	25.64	26.88	10.42	7.64	0.36
3	Florida State	FBS Independents	8-0-0	1	25.59	12.88	12.87	6.79	1.21
4	Alabama	SEC	8-0-0	1	25.15	32.62	7.35	7.93	0.07
5	Ohio State	Big Ten	9-0-0	1	25.14	26.11	8.03	8.61	0.39
6	Houston	Southwest	8-0-0	1	25.08	12.25	10.58	6.81	1.19
7	BYU	Western Athletic	8-0-0	1	25.05	29	7.29	7.6	0.4
8	Central Michigan	Mid-American	7-0-1	0.88	25.04	13.12	10.15	6.94	0.06
9	McNeese	Southland	9-0-0	1	24.75	9.33	10.02	7.42	1.58
10	Yale	Ivy	7-0-0	1	24.52	12.71	7.73	6.24	0.76
11	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	7-1-0	0.88	23.04	13.38	14.44	7.13	-0.13
12	Arkansas	Southwest	7-1-0	0.88	22.73	15.25	12.07	7.32	-0.32
13	Michigan	Big Ten	8-1-0	0.89	22.55	18.78	8.94	8.3	-0.3
14	Oklahoma	Big 8	7-1-0	0.88	22.52	25.12	8.94	7.44	-0.44
15	Temple	FBS Independents	7-1-0	0.88	22.47	17.12	10.23	6.65	0.35
16	Texas	Southwest	6-1-0	0.86	22.12	12	12.27	6.32	-0.32
17	UNLV	FBS Independents	8-1-0	0.89	20.86	6.89	3.51	5.75	2.25
18	Washington	Pac-10	7-2-0	0.78	20.23	17.44	10.53	7.95	-0.95
19	Clemson	ACC	6-2-0	0.75	19.59	10.5	13.47	7.13	-1.13
20	Baylor	Southwest	6-2-0	0.75	19.42	7	13.9	5.78	0.22
21	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	19.31	6.12	14.2	5.48	0.52
22	Tulane	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	19.28	10.78	6.81	6.97	0.03
23	North Carolina	ACC	5-2-1	0.62	19.25	12.88	15.02	6.62	-1.62
24	South Carolina	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	19.17	5.75	13.5	5.37	0.63
25	Texas-Arlington	Southland	6-2-0	0.75	19.14	13.5	9.31	6.62	-0.62
26	Chattanooga	Southern	7-2-0	0.78	19.01	11.11	4.99	6.67	0.33
27	Auburn	SEC	6-2-0	0.75	18.98	8.5	10.26	5.35	0.65
28	Purdue	Big Ten	7-2-0	0.78	18.95	4.11	8.87	5.58	1.42
29	Wake Forest	ACC	7-2-0	0.78	18.73	-0.11	15.36	4.47	2.53
30	Rutgers	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	18.51	5	9.8	5.19	0.81
31	Navy	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	18.5	3.5	9.92	5.21	0.79
32	Toledo	Mid-American	6-2-1	0.67	18.19	1.67	11.67	4.98	1.02
33	Brown	Ivy	5-2-0	0.71	17.67	9.29	7.2	5.47	-0.47
34	Lamar	Southland	5-2-1	0.62	17.65	6.12	9.22	5.41	-0.41
35	NC State	ACC	6-3-0	0.67	17.45	2.89	16.96	5.16	0.84
36	San Diego State	Western Athletic	6-2-0	0.75	17.26	0.62	8.41	4.13	1.87
37	Arizona State	Pac-10	5-3-0	0.62	16.72	10.12	13.83	6.25	-1.25
38	Indiana	Big Ten	6-3-0	0.67	16.64	5.11	9.41	5.78	0.22
39	Penn State	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	16.63	9.38	13.51	5.99	-0.99
40	Virginia	ACC	5-3-0	0.62	16.45	17.25	10.03	7.25	-2.25
41	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	5-3-1	0.56	16.39	8.67	13.02	7.04	-2.04
42	LSU	SEC	5-3-0	0.62	16.15	12	9.61	6.51	-1.51
43	Utah State	PCAA	5-3-1	0.56	16.04	4.78	14.12	5.41	-0.41
44	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	7-3-0	0.7	15.97	1.1	4.5	5.28	1.72
45	East Tennessee State	Southern	6-3-0	0.67	15.95	10.44	0.7	7.14	-1.14
46	Stanford	Pac-10	5-3-1	0.56	15.76	4	12.75	5.36	-0.36
47	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	6-3-0	0.67	15.61	2.89	4.39	5.4	0.6
48	East Carolina	FBS Independents	4-3-1	0.5	15.49	11	14.46	5.97	-1.97
49	Tennessee	SEC	4-3-0	0.57	15.3	8.43	12.76	5.05	-1.05
50	Cornell	Ivy	4-3-0	0.57	14.52	8.29	6.62	5.04	-1.04
51	The Citadel	Southern	6-3-0	0.67	14.51	-0.22	4.98	4.45	1.55
52	Maryland	ACC	5-4-0	0.56	14.49	3.56	14.81	5.72	-0.72
53	Arizona	Pac-10	4-3-1	0.5	14.28	1.5	13.17	4.38	-0.38
54	Louisville	FBS Independents	4-3-1	0.5	14.17	1.75	12.76	4.47	-0.47
55	Ball State	Mid-American	5-4-0	0.56	14.12	5.44	9.02	5.81	-0.81
56	San José State	PCAA	4-3-1	0.5	14.03	2.25	10.36	4.37	-0.37
57	Syracuse	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	13.74	0.89	13.07	4.67	0.33
58	Western Carolina	Southern	5-4-0	0.56	13.69	9.22	1.24	6.48	-1.48
59	Princeton	Ivy	4-3-0	0.57	13.66	2.86	7.28	4.18	-0.18
60	Texas A&M	Southwest	4-4-0	0.5	13.65	8.38	14.96	5.9	-1.9
61	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	4-4-0	0.5	13.44	12.38	8.67	6.02	-2.02
62	Missouri	Big 8	4-4-0	0.5	12.91	3.62	11.58	5.07	-1.07
63	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-4-1	0.44	12.73	1.33	15.05	4.81	-0.81
64	Long Beach State	PCAA	5-3-0	0.62	12.48	-4.38	6.86	3.06	1.94
65	Ohio	Mid-American	4-4-0	0.5	12.48	2.25	10.88	4.67	-0.67
66	VMI	Southern	5-3-1	0.56	12.46	-6.11	8.34	2.67	2.33
67	Georgia	SEC	4-4-0	0.5	11.9	0.12	12.28	4.03	-0.03
68	California	Pac-10	4-5-0	0.44	11.9	3.89	15.34	5.67	-1.67
69	Miami	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	11.72	0.5	10.88	4.13	-0.13
70	Iowa	Big Ten	4-5-0	0.44	11.68	4.44	11.95	5.67	-1.67
71	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	4-5-0	0.44	11.64	4.56	11.06	6.01	-2.01
72	West Virginia	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	11.49	-5.78	12.95	3.06	1.94
73	Colgate	FBS Independents	4-3-1	0.5	11.49	-3.25	5.71	3.02	0.98
74	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	4-5-1	0.4	11.48	3.4	13.95	6.03	-2.03
75	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-5-0	0.44	11.34	4.33	10.26	6.05	-2.05
76	Oregon	Pac-10	4-4-0	0.5	10.93	-0.88	9.84	3.8	0.2
77	Utah	Western Athletic	5-5-0	0.5	10.46	-3.7	13.91	4.13	0.87
78	North Texas	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	10.4	-2	8.72	4.33	0.67
79	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-4-0	0.5	10.33	-6.5	14.73	2.34	1.66
80	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	10.26	-0.33	13.67	4.41	-0.41
81	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	5-5-0	0.5	10	-4.8	10.33	3.47	1.53
82	Mississippi State	SEC	3-5-0	0.38	9.94	2.12	13.23	4.58	-1.58
83	Texas Tech	Southwest	3-4-1	0.38	9.66	-1.5	16.02	3.54	-0.54
84	Louisiana	Southland	4-5-0	0.44	9.64	-0.33	7.43	4.38	-0.38
85	Villanova	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	9.64	0.89	-0.02	4.74	-0.74
86	Arkansas State	Southland	4-5-0	0.44	9.55	-1.11	8.83	4.15	-0.15
87	Michigan State	Big Ten	4-5-0	0.44	9.34	-1.89	12.78	4.04	-0.04
88	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	3-4-1	0.38	9.3	-0.75	10.65	3.77	-0.77
89	Colorado State	Western Athletic	4-5-0	0.44	9.06	-3.89	12.15	3.32	0.68
90	UCLA	Pac-10	3-5-0	0.38	8.92	-0.25	15.63	3.95	-0.95
91	Kentucky	SEC	3-5-0	0.38	8.21	-0.88	11.85	3.69	-0.69
92	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-6-0	0.4	7.87	-4.7	10.5	3.59	0.41
93	Kansas State	Big 8	3-5-0	0.38	7.7	-2.5	8.94	3.28	-0.28
94	Memphis	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	7.67	-2.25	7.36	3.32	-0.32
95	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	7.61	-9.57	3.03	1.9	1.1
96	SMU	Southwest	3-5-0	0.38	7.54	-5.62	14	2.79	0.21
97	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	7.36	-2.5	3.39	3.25	-0.25
98	Iowa State	Big 8	3-5-0	0.38	7.2	-5.12	10.83	2.61	0.39
99	Kansas	Big 8	3-5-0	0.38	7.03	-9.25	15.25	2.21	0.79
100	UConn	FBS Independents	2-4-2	0.25	6.7	-1.25	6.39	3.59	-1.59
101	Drake	Missouri Valley	3-6-0	0.33	6.61	-1.44	5.61	4.13	-1.13
102	Dartmouth	Ivy	2-4-1	0.29	6.32	-2.29	7.75	2.46	-0.46
103	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	6.27	-3.67	7.36	3.3	-0.3
104	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-6-0	0.33	6.18	-5.33	10.62	3.01	-0.01
105	Pacific	PCAA	3-6-0	0.33	6.13	-3.33	3.94	3.42	-0.42
106	Illinois State	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	5.98	-2.67	1.75	3.77	-0.77
107	Fresno State	PCAA	3-6-0	0.33	5.92	-5.67	6.55	3.24	-0.24
108	Furman	Southern	3-6-0	0.33	5.81	-4.67	4.43	3.55	-0.55
109	Washington State	Pac-10	3-6-0	0.33	5.73	-9.22	12.55	2.88	0.12
110	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	2-5-1	0.25	4.97	-7	13.28	2.12	-0.12
111	Duke	ACC	2-5-1	0.25	4.94	-8.38	10.61	2.02	-0.02
112	Army	FBS Independents	2-5-1	0.25	4.49	-16	11.39	0.86	1.14
113	TCU	Southwest	2-6-0	0.25	4.37	-6.38	15.37	2.27	-0.27
114	Ole Miss	SEC	2-6-0	0.25	4.35	-5.25	11.45	3.02	-1.02
115	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	4.22	-7.25	13.33	2.39	-0.39
116	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	3.99	-10.75	16.2	1.72	0.28
117	App State	Southern	2-7-0	0.22	3.97	-3.78	14.15	3.73	-1.73
118	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	2-6-0	0.25	3.76	-9	4.29	1.91	0.09
119	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-6-1	0.22	3.7	-10	4.67	1.49	0.51
120	William & Mary	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	3.68	-10.75	7.17	1.38	0.62
121	Wyoming	Western Athletic	2-7-0	0.22	3.23	-9.67	11.36	2.22	-0.22
122	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-7-0	0.22	3.08	-11.44	11.65	1.21	0.79
123	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-7-0	0.22	2.99	-14.78	13.93	1.51	0.49
124	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-7-0	0.22	2.8	-17	11.02	1.24	0.76
125	Harvard	Ivy	1-6-0	0.14	1.66	-5.57	4.14	2.03	-1.03
126	Columbia	Ivy	1-6-0	0.14	0.99	-15.14	5.7	0.5	0.5
127	Illinois	Big Ten	1-7-1	0.11	0.87	-10.56	15.06	1.72	-0.72
128	Louisiana Tech	Southland	1-8-0	0.11	0.73	-8.78	12.45	1.68	-0.68
129	Colorado	Big 8	1-7-0	0.12	0.5	-16.75	14.5	0.9	0.1
130	Kent State	Mid-American	1-8-0	0.11	0.42	-13.11	6.51	1.43	-0.43
131	Air Force	FBS Independents	1-8-0	0.11	0.35	-11.78	10	1.33	-0.33
132	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-8-0	0.11	0.2	-17.78	11.86	0.79	0.21
133	Marshall	Southern	1-8-0	0.11	0.17	-18.44	12.73	0.64	0.36
134	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-7-0	0.12	0.02	-24.75	15.03	0.8	0.2
135	Rice	Southwest	1-8-0	0.11	0.02	-22.56	15.45	0.67	0.33
136	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-8-0	0.11	0	-22.67	14.29	0.83	0.17
137	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-8-0	0.11	-0.08	-25.56	15.21	0.49	0.51
138	Florida	SEC	0-6-1	0	-2.19	-13	15.28	0.6	-0.6
139	Richmond	FBS Independents	0-9-0	0	-2.21	-15.11	9.52	0.5	-0.5
140	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-7-0	0	-2.26	-17.43	7.19	0.56	-0.56