1979 W12 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.026484+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	25.31	18.2	11.35	8.77	0.23
2	Florida State	FBS Independents	10-0-0	1	25.3	17.2	11.52	8.92	1.08
3	Ohio State	Big Ten	11-0-0	1	25.15	24.09	9.58	10.44	0.56
4	Nebraska	Big 8	10-0-0	1	25.09	25.5	9.04	9.55	0.45
5	Alabama	SEC	10-0-0	1	25.04	29.4	8.28	9.94	0.06
6	BYU	Western Athletic	10-0-0	1	24.95	27.3	8.12	9.5	0.5
7	Central Michigan	Mid-American	9-0-1	0.9	24.86	15.6	9.72	9.01	-0.01
8	McNeese	Southland	11-0-0	1	24.48	11.09	9.07	9.49	1.51
9	Arkansas	Southwest	9-1-0	0.9	22.95	14.3	12.1	8.9	0.1
10	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	9-1-0	0.9	22.92	15.4	11.57	9.11	-0.11
11	Oklahoma	Big 8	9-1-0	0.9	22.75	24.1	8.86	9.28	-0.28
12	Texas	Southwest	8-1-0	0.89	22.71	13	12.41	8.09	-0.09
13	Houston	Southwest	8-1-0	0.89	22.49	10	12.24	7.23	0.77
14	Yale	Ivy	8-1-0	0.89	21.93	11	8.05	7.62	0.38
15	UNLV	FBS Independents	9-1-1	0.82	20.73	6.36	2.81	6.94	2.06
16	Clemson	ACC	8-2-0	0.8	20.58	9.9	13.48	8.73	-0.73
17	Temple	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	20.26	15.8	8.75	8.25	-0.25
18	Texas-Arlington	Southland	8-2-0	0.8	20.15	13.2	9.53	8.04	-0.04
19	Purdue	Big Ten	9-2-0	0.82	20.09	5.09	10.49	7.04	1.96
20	Auburn	SEC	8-2-0	0.8	20.01	9.9	9.94	7.12	0.88
21	Chattanooga	Southern	9-2-0	0.82	19.9	12	5.66	8.31	0.69
22	Tulane	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	19.72	13.1	6.78	8.08	-0.08
23	San Diego State	Western Athletic	8-2-0	0.8	19.43	5.9	8.62	6.41	1.59
24	Michigan	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	19.02	14.82	11.36	9.55	-1.55
25	Washington	Pac-10	8-3-0	0.73	18.99	14.55	11.86	9.36	-1.36
26	Penn State	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	18.41	9.2	15.08	7.66	-0.66
27	Baylor	Southwest	7-3-0	0.7	18	7.8	12.96	7.23	-0.23
28	South Carolina	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	17.77	4.7	13.96	6.39	0.61
29	North Carolina	ACC	6-3-1	0.6	17.74	10	14.94	7.87	-1.87
30	East Carolina	FBS Independents	6-3-1	0.6	17.48	16.3	10.52	8.23	-2.23
31	Rutgers	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	17.18	4.5	9.04	6.38	0.62
32	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	8-3-0	0.73	17.03	4	4.6	6.84	1.16
33	Utah State	PCAA	6-3-1	0.6	16.92	6.7	11.06	6.42	-0.42
34	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	8-3-0	0.73	16.82	2.55	4.67	6.19	1.81
35	Toledo	Mid-American	7-3-1	0.64	16.78	2.09	10.49	6.24	0.76
36	Lamar	Southland	6-3-1	0.6	16.65	5.4	9.22	6.42	-0.42
37	NC State	ACC	7-4-0	0.64	16.49	4.09	15.68	6.73	0.27
38	Brown	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.43	7.56	6.86	6.59	-0.59
39	Wake Forest	ACC	8-3-0	0.73	16.35	-1.73	13.66	4.98	3.02
40	Indiana	Big Ten	7-4-0	0.64	15.97	5.55	9.23	7.08	-0.08
41	Arizona State	Pac-10	6-4-0	0.6	15.92	11.3	12.84	7.89	-1.89
42	San José State	PCAA	6-3-1	0.6	15.85	2.8	7.17	5.59	0.41
43	Virginia	ACC	6-4-0	0.6	15.75	13.4	9.71	8.59	-2.59
44	LSU	SEC	6-4-0	0.6	15.68	11.1	11.04	8.29	-2.29
45	East Tennessee State	Southern	7-4-0	0.64	15.47	11.64	1.69	8.93	-1.93
46	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	15.47	7.45	11.6	8.16	-2.16
47	Maryland	ACC	6-4-0	0.6	15.44	5.3	13.4	6.94	-0.94
48	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	15.23	2.1	15.44	5.64	0.36
49	Ohio	Mid-American	6-4-0	0.6	15.04	6.5	9.04	7.05	-1.05
50	Tennessee	SEC	5-4-0	0.56	14.7	6.33	12.96	5.91	-0.91
51	California	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	14.44	6.73	13.46	7.76	-1.76
52	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	14.13	7.36	10.23	8.19	-2.19
53	Cornell	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	14.1	7	7.34	6.25	-1.25
54	Ball State	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	14	7.36	9.19	7.68	-1.68
55	Navy	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	13.9	0.2	10.41	5.08	0.92
56	Western Michigan	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.89	5.36	9.98	7.83	-1.83
57	Western Carolina	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	13.32	7.09	3.27	7.53	-1.53
58	Syracuse	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.24	0.64	12.78	5.66	0.34
59	Princeton	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	13.19	0.78	11.06	4.73	0.27
60	Arizona	Pac-10	5-4-1	0.5	13.11	0.4	12.2	5.12	-0.12
61	UCLA	Pac-10	5-5-0	0.5	12.96	3.6	15.09	5.94	-0.94
62	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	5-5-1	0.45	12.89	4	13.23	6.8	-1.8
63	Oklahoma State	Big 8	6-4-0	0.6	12.85	-2.4	12.47	4.26	1.74
64	Missouri	Big 8	5-5-0	0.5	12.79	3.6	11.76	6.28	-1.28
65	Kentucky	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	12.46	4	9.25	6.61	-1.61
66	Stanford	Pac-10	5-5-1	0.45	12.42	1.82	11.89	6.02	-1.02
67	Long Beach State	PCAA	6-4-0	0.6	12.16	-4.3	8.94	3.81	2.19
68	VMI	Southern	6-4-1	0.55	12.14	-4.73	8.33	3.71	2.29
69	SMU	Southwest	5-5-0	0.5	12.12	1.4	12.02	5.39	-0.39
70	Texas A&M	Southwest	4-5-0	0.44	12.05	6.11	14.84	6.14	-2.14
71	Georgia	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	11.88	0.4	11.94	5.13	-0.13
72	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	4-5-0	0.44	11.81	10.11	8.57	6.48	-2.48
73	Dartmouth	Ivy	4-4-1	0.44	11.68	1.33	7.53	5.19	-1.19
74	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	11.46	-2.36	9.25	4.69	1.31
75	Villanova	FBS Independents	5-5-0	0.5	11.39	2.3	1.71	5.68	-0.68
76	Iowa	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	11.32	2.09	12.97	6.16	-1.16
77	Colgate	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	11.31	-1.6	2.58	4.39	0.61
78	The Citadel	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	11.27	-2.18	6.27	4.91	1.09
79	Utah	Western Athletic	6-6-0	0.5	10.77	-2.42	13.71	5.27	0.73
80	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	10.58	0.18	13.61	5.56	-0.56
81	Oregon	Pac-10	5-5-0	0.5	10.34	-3.3	10.36	4	1
82	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	9.83	-1.18	12.15	5.16	-0.16
83	Louisville	FBS Independents	4-5-1	0.4	9.68	-1.1	12.22	4.61	-0.61
84	Miami	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	9.18	-2.89	12.1	3.64	0.36
85	New Mexico	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	9.16	-2.91	10.25	4.52	0.48
86	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	4-5-1	0.4	9.15	-3	11.79	3.93	0.07
87	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	4-5-1	0.4	9.08	-2.5	12.18	4.09	-0.09
88	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-6-1	0.36	8.99	-0.64	13.51	5.33	-1.33
89	North Texas	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.85	-4.82	9.4	3.88	1.12
90	Furman	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	8.8	-2.91	6.18	4.8	0.2
91	West Virginia	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.74	-8.55	13.63	3.02	1.98
92	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	8.6	-2	2.95	3.84	0.16
93	Colorado State	Western Athletic	4-6-1	0.36	7.92	-4.55	13.05	3.85	0.15
94	Texas Tech	Southwest	3-5-2	0.3	7.7	-3.7	13.61	3.57	-0.57
95	Memphis	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.54	-6.3	9.34	2.96	1.04
96	Fresno State	PCAA	4-6-0	0.4	7.47	-4.7	6.28	3.84	0.16
97	UConn	FBS Independents	3-5-2	0.3	7.42	-1.3	2.72	4.45	-1.45
98	Louisiana	Southland	4-7-0	0.36	7.38	-1.91	10.16	4.64	-0.64
99	Arkansas State	Southland	4-7-0	0.36	7.32	-1.91	9.14	4.73	-0.73
100	William & Mary	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.19	-6.3	5.94	2.75	1.25
101	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.72	-6.45	11.56	3.56	0.44
102	Harvard	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	6.62	-1	6.04	4.19	-1.19
103	Wyoming	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	6.55	-6.91	11.36	3.36	0.64
104	Mississippi State	SEC	3-7-0	0.3	6.45	-1.2	13.75	4.55	-1.55
105	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.42	-9.36	13.04	3.06	0.94
106	Boston College	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	6.23	-4.56	13.72	3.32	-0.32
107	App State	Southern	3-8-0	0.27	5.82	-0.45	12	5.38	-2.38
108	Pacific	PCAA	3-7-0	0.3	5.47	-3.1	4.96	3.98	-0.98
109	Kansas State	Big 8	3-7-0	0.3	5.44	-5.6	11.66	3.19	-0.19
110	Ole Miss	SEC	3-7-0	0.3	5.41	-5.2	13.04	3.85	-0.85
111	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	5.37	-12.22	7.05	1.85	1.15
112	Iowa State	Big 8	3-7-0	0.3	5.19	-8.1	12.07	2.37	0.63
113	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-7-0	0.3	5.13	-4.1	2.99	3.81	-0.81
114	Drake	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	5.11	-2.18	6.64	4.82	-1.82
115	Kansas	Big 8	3-7-0	0.3	4.94	-12.6	14.14	2.07	0.93
116	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.65	-4.82	6.89	3.69	-0.69
117	Illinois State	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.43	-5.36	2.77	3.82	-0.82
118	Washington State	Pac-10	3-8-0	0.27	4.26	-11.36	12.45	2.98	0.02
119	TCU	Southwest	2-7-1	0.2	3.48	-7.6	15.55	2.38	-0.38
120	Duke	ACC	2-7-1	0.2	3.28	-9.1	12.83	2.29	-0.29
121	Army	FBS Independents	2-7-1	0.2	2.72	-18.8	12.22	0.64	1.36
122	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.64	-11.9	14.9	1.88	0.12
123	Illinois	Big Ten	2-8-1	0.18	2.62	-10	13.13	2.42	-0.42
124	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-8-1	0.18	2.54	-11.18	7.7	1.63	0.37
125	Colorado	Big 8	2-8-0	0.2	2.49	-12.1	13.66	1.94	0.06
126	Louisiana Tech	Southland	2-9-0	0.18	2.17	-10	12.94	1.81	0.19
127	Air Force	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.99	-11.45	8.03	1.8	0.2
128	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-9-0	0.18	1.97	-14.55	11.87	1.12	0.88
129	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-9-0	0.18	1.83	-17.45	11.74	1.62	0.38
130	Columbia	Ivy	1-8-0	0.11	0.29	-15.56	8.99	0.69	0.31
131	Kent State	Mid-American	1-10-0	0.09	-0.16	-15.55	8.68	1.29	-0.29
132	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-9-0	0.1	-0.19	-21.8	13.14	1.23	-0.23
133	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-9-0	0.1	-0.23	-22.8	13.3	0.95	0.05
134	Rice	Southwest	1-9-0	0.1	-0.25	-23.4	15.71	0.72	0.28
135	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-10-0	0.09	-0.28	-18.18	11.91	0.81	0.19
136	Marshall	Southern	1-10-0	0.09	-0.33	-19.45	11.73	0.63	0.37
137	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-10-0	0.09	-0.52	-24.64	12.71	0.59	0.41
138	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-9-0	0	-2.21	-16.78	6.76	0.91	-0.91
139	Richmond	FBS Independents	0-11-0	0	-2.29	-17.45	9.32	0.56	-0.56
140	Florida	SEC	0-8-1	0	-2.31	-15.78	14.85	0.56	-0.56