1979 W11 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.026038+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	USC	Pac-10	9-0-1	0.9	25.65	18.2	12.57	8.77	0.23
2	Florida State	FBS Independents	9-0-0	1	25.55	13.67	13.17	7.79	1.21
3	Nebraska	Big 8	9-0-0	1	25.28	24.89	9.51	8.53	0.47
4	Alabama	SEC	9-0-0	1	25.12	29.33	8.23	8.93	0.07
5	Ohio State	Big Ten	10-0-0	1	25.05	26.2	8.26	9.59	0.41
6	BYU	Western Athletic	9-0-0	1	24.96	27.33	7.65	8.47	0.53
7	Central Michigan	Mid-American	8-0-1	0.89	24.89	14.22	9.71	7.87	0.13
8	Yale	Ivy	8-0-0	1	24.66	14.25	8.64	7.24	0.76
9	McNeese	Southland	10-0-0	1	24.64	11.8	9.14	8.67	1.33
10	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	8-1-0	0.89	22.97	12.67	13.44	7.84	0.16
11	Arkansas	Southwest	8-1-0	0.89	22.85	14.56	12.23	8.03	-0.03
12	Houston	Southwest	8-1-0	0.89	22.65	10	12	7.23	0.77
13	Texas	Southwest	7-1-0	0.88	22.64	11.5	13.46	7.09	-0.09
14	Oklahoma	Big 8	8-1-0	0.89	22.62	26.56	8.51	8.51	-0.51
15	Temple	FBS Independents	8-1-0	0.89	22.28	19.22	7.87	7.75	0.25
16	UNLV	FBS Independents	9-1-0	0.9	20.7	7	1.78	6.4	2.6
17	Michigan	Big Ten	8-2-0	0.8	20.59	16.6	9.97	8.91	-0.91
18	Clemson	ACC	7-2-0	0.78	20.18	10.33	13.25	7.95	-0.95
19	Tulane	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	19.79	13.1	6.91	8.08	-0.08
20	Texas-Arlington	Southland	7-2-0	0.78	19.71	13.56	9.04	7.51	-0.51
21	Chattanooga	Southern	8-2-0	0.8	19.58	12.1	5.96	7.66	0.34
22	Auburn	SEC	7-2-0	0.78	19.52	8.78	9.81	6.19	0.81
23	Purdue	Big Ten	8-2-0	0.8	19.47	4	9.92	6.15	1.85
24	Rutgers	FBS Independents	7-2-0	0.78	19.18	6.67	8.92	6.35	0.65
25	Wake Forest	ACC	8-2-0	0.8	18.9	0.2	13.63	5.06	2.94
26	San Diego State	Western Athletic	7-2-0	0.78	18.79	4.11	8.72	5.42	1.58
27	Lamar	Southland	6-2-1	0.67	18.53	7.11	8.83	6.32	-0.32
28	Washington	Pac-10	7-3-0	0.7	18.47	15	11.69	8.49	-1.49
29	Penn State	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	17.63	8.56	14.58	6.7	-0.7
30	Indiana	Big Ten	7-3-0	0.7	17.41	7.7	8.46	7.01	-0.01
31	Baylor	Southwest	6-3-0	0.67	17.41	5.22	14.48	5.97	0.03
32	Virginia	ACC	6-3-0	0.67	17.33	15.56	9.21	7.95	-1.95
33	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	17.12	3	14.99	5.3	0.7
34	South Carolina	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	16.95	2.89	13.83	5.3	0.7
35	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	8-3-0	0.73	16.91	2.55	5.2	6.19	1.81
36	North Carolina	ACC	5-3-1	0.56	16.84	10.44	15.16	7.07	-2.07
37	East Tennessee State	Southern	7-3-0	0.7	16.58	13.2	0.06	8.32	-1.32
38	Tennessee	SEC	5-3-0	0.62	16.49	10.12	13.94	6	-1
39	East Carolina	FBS Independents	5-3-1	0.56	16.43	14.44	11.42	7.21	-2.21
40	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	7-3-0	0.7	16.25	2.7	4.87	5.91	1.09
41	Navy	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	16.17	1.33	10.96	4.99	1.01
42	Utah State	PCAA	5-3-1	0.56	15.98	4.78	13.7	5.41	-0.41
43	NC State	ACC	6-4-0	0.6	15.56	2.4	17.03	5.65	0.35
44	Cornell	Ivy	5-3-0	0.62	15.46	9.38	6.3	6.01	-1.01
45	Brown	Ivy	5-3-0	0.62	15.43	6.38	6.97	5.64	-0.64
46	Toledo	Mid-American	6-3-1	0.6	15.32	-0.3	11.07	4.9	1.1
47	Syracuse	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	15.07	2.4	14.17	5.52	0.48
48	Arizona State	Pac-10	5-4-0	0.56	15.06	8.67	13.6	6.61	-1.61
49	San José State	PCAA	5-3-1	0.56	14.93	2.11	9.59	4.89	0.11
50	LSU	SEC	5-4-0	0.56	14.86	10.33	11.03	7.24	-2.24
51	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	14.76	7.4	12.05	7.32	-2.32
52	Maryland	ACC	5-4-0	0.56	14.39	3.56	13.82	5.72	-0.72
53	Missouri	Big 8	5-4-0	0.56	14.09	4.22	10.66	5.91	-0.91
54	Stanford	Pac-10	5-4-1	0.5	14.08	2.7	11.86	5.69	-0.69
55	Ohio	Mid-American	5-4-0	0.56	13.96	4.22	9.69	5.87	-0.87
56	Georgia	SEC	5-4-0	0.56	13.83	2.67	11.16	5.27	-0.27
57	VMI	Southern	6-3-1	0.6	13.64	-4.5	8.05	3.39	2.61
58	Texas A&M	Southwest	4-4-0	0.5	13.58	8.38	13.88	5.9	-1.9
59	California	Pac-10	5-5-0	0.5	13.35	6.7	13.91	7.04	-2.04
60	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	4-4-0	0.5	13.31	12.38	8.72	6.02	-2.02
61	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	5-5-0	0.5	13.01	6.8	10.55	7.33	-2.33
62	Oregon	Pac-10	5-4-0	0.56	12.91	0.22	10.78	4.56	0.44
63	Colgate	FBS Independents	5-3-1	0.56	12.88	-0.89	3.86	4.18	0.82
64	Western Michigan	Mid-American	5-5-0	0.5	12.8	4.9	10.65	6.92	-1.92
65	Ball State	Mid-American	5-5-0	0.5	12.61	3.9	8.85	6.08	-1.08
66	Utah	Western Athletic	6-5-0	0.55	12.56	-0.18	12.62	5.45	0.55
67	The Citadel	Southern	6-4-0	0.6	12.45	-2.3	6.33	4.38	1.62
68	Western Carolina	Southern	5-5-0	0.5	12.29	7.4	1.9	6.83	-1.83
69	Louisville	FBS Independents	4-4-1	0.44	12.27	1.11	12.02	4.86	-0.86
70	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	4-4-1	0.44	12.13	1.33	12.08	4.95	-0.95
71	Miami	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	11.74	0.5	10.29	4.13	-0.13
72	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	4-5-1	0.4	11.57	3.4	14.12	6.03	-2.03
73	Oklahoma State	Big 8	5-4-0	0.56	11.51	-5.67	13.46	2.88	2.12
74	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	11.48	-2.36	9.73	4.69	1.31
75	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-5-0	0.5	11.32	-0.3	12.5	4.92	0.08
76	Long Beach State	PCAA	5-4-0	0.56	11.28	-5.44	9.28	3.21	1.79
77	Princeton	Ivy	4-4-0	0.5	11.12	-0.62	9.86	3.83	0.17
78	Arizona	Pac-10	4-4-1	0.44	10.91	-2.22	13.34	3.89	0.11
79	Kentucky	SEC	4-5-0	0.44	10.61	1.33	10.32	5.01	-1.01
80	UCLA	Pac-10	4-5-0	0.44	10.51	0.11	15.83	4.53	-0.53
81	North Texas	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	10.41	-2	8.62	4.33	0.67
82	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-5-1	0.4	10.34	-0.2	14.33	4.95	-0.95
83	West Virginia	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	10.19	-5.9	13.31	3.37	1.63
84	Iowa	Big Ten	4-6-0	0.4	10.1	1.3	13.26	5.39	-1.39
85	Villanova	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	9.66	0.89	-0.22	4.74	-0.74
86	SMU	Southwest	4-5-0	0.44	9.51	-1.22	12.73	4.19	-0.19
87	Texas Tech	Southwest	3-4-2	0.33	9.46	-1.33	14.47	4	-1
88	Dartmouth	Ivy	3-4-1	0.38	9.38	-0.25	8.8	3.88	-0.88
89	New Mexico	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	9.13	-2.91	10.22	4.52	0.48
90	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	9.11	-0.5	13.66	4.85	-0.85
91	Memphis	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	9.09	-1.56	8.38	3.94	0.06
92	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	8.56	-2	2.63	3.84	0.16
93	Arkansas State	Southland	4-6-0	0.4	8.41	-1.3	8.48	4.54	-0.54
94	Louisiana	Southland	4-6-0	0.4	8.3	-1.7	8.66	4.33	-0.33
95	Mississippi State	SEC	3-6-0	0.33	8.23	0.67	13.51	4.72	-1.72
96	Colorado State	Western Athletic	4-6-0	0.4	7.88	-5	12.04	3.32	0.68
97	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-6-0	0.4	7.8	-4.4	11.62	3.69	0.31
98	Furman	Southern	4-6-0	0.4	7.59	-3.3	5.48	4.23	-0.23
99	Fresno State	PCAA	4-6-0	0.4	7.44	-4.7	6.47	3.84	0.16
100	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	3-5-1	0.33	7.38	-3.89	11.64	3.22	-0.22
101	Kansas State	Big 8	3-6-0	0.33	6.52	-3.22	11.63	3.47	-0.47
102	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	6.51	-10.25	4.82	2.04	0.96
103	Iowa State	Big 8	3-6-0	0.33	6.12	-5.56	10.75	2.78	0.22
104	Drake	Missouri Valley	3-7-0	0.3	5.99	-1.4	6.42	4.6	-1.6
105	Kansas	Big 8	3-6-0	0.33	5.78	-12.44	15.9	1.87	1.13
106	UConn	FBS Independents	2-5-2	0.22	5.65	-1.56	4.28	3.92	-1.92
107	Pacific	PCAA	3-7-0	0.3	5.53	-3.1	5.21	3.98	-0.98
108	William & Mary	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	5.49	-8.56	6.68	1.86	1.14
109	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	5.36	-5	7.66	3.34	-0.34
110	Illinois State	FBS Independents	3-7-0	0.3	5.09	-4.8	0.87	3.52	-0.52
111	Wyoming	Western Athletic	3-7-0	0.3	5.03	-8.4	11.33	2.71	0.29
112	Washington State	Pac-10	3-7-0	0.3	4.94	-11.5	11.74	2.79	0.21
113	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-7-0	0.3	4.91	-10.8	13.07	2.34	0.66
114	TCU	Southwest	2-6-1	0.22	4.36	-5.67	14.76	2.6	-0.6
115	Harvard	Ivy	2-6-0	0.25	4.25	-3	3.86	3.19	-1.19
116	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	4.15	-7.25	13.84	2.39	-0.39
117	Duke	ACC	2-6-1	0.22	4.09	-7.78	12.35	2.37	-0.37
118	Army	FBS Independents	2-6-1	0.22	3.53	-16.44	11.75	0.8	1.2
119	Ole Miss	SEC	2-7-0	0.22	3.35	-8.44	12.41	2.82	-0.82
120	App State	Southern	2-8-0	0.2	3.34	-4.3	12.96	3.95	-1.95
121	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-7-0	0.22	3.17	-11.78	15.65	1.7	0.3
122	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	2-7-0	0.22	3.12	-8.44	4.36	2.35	-0.35
123	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-7-1	0.2	2.99	-11.3	7.17	1.52	0.48
124	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-8-0	0.2	2.47	-13.8	10.93	0.94	1.06
125	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-8-0	0.2	2.29	-17.5	11.04	1.35	0.65
126	Columbia	Ivy	1-7-0	0.12	0.53	-15.38	7.49	0.54	0.46
127	Illinois	Big Ten	1-8-1	0.1	0.48	-12.6	14.88	1.63	-0.63
128	Colorado	Big 8	1-8-0	0.11	0.33	-15	14.33	1.24	-0.24
129	Louisiana Tech	Southland	1-9-0	0.1	0.32	-11.3	13.73	1.41	-0.41
130	Air Force	FBS Independents	1-9-0	0.1	0.21	-12.7	8.88	1.21	-0.21
131	Kent State	Mid-American	1-9-0	0.1	0.12	-14.5	7.38	1.38	-0.38
132	Rice	Southwest	1-8-0	0.11	0.01	-22.56	15.34	0.67	0.33
133	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-8-0	0.11	0	-22.67	13.96	0.83	0.17
134	Marshall	Southern	1-9-0	0.1	-0.03	-17.6	12.74	0.69	0.31
135	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-8-0	0.11	-0.04	-24.11	14.08	0.88	0.12
136	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-9-0	0.1	-0.1	-19.4	11.32	0.67	0.33
137	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-9-0	0.1	-0.31	-25.5	13.7	0.49	0.51
138	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-8-0	0	-2.23	-17.12	6.63	0.85	-0.85
139	Florida	SEC	0-7-1	0	-2.25	-14.25	15.27	0.64	-0.64
140	Richmond	FBS Independents	0-10-0	0	-2.31	-17.8	9.75	0.46	-0.46