1979 W13 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.026945+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	USC	Pac-10	10-0-1	0.91	25.25	19.73	11.23	9.77	0.23
2	BYU	Western Athletic	11-0-0	1	25.09	29.27	8.98	10.49	0.51
3	Ohio State	Big Ten	11-0-0	1	25.05	24.09	9.46	10.44	0.56
4	Alabama	SEC	10-0-0	1	24.92	29.4	8.09	9.94	0.06
5	Florida State	FBS Independents	11-0-0	1	24.87	16.64	9.87	9.71	1.29
6	Central Michigan	Mid-American	10-0-1	0.91	24.83	14.36	10.3	9.51	0.49
7	McNeese	Southland	11-0-0	1	24.37	11.09	8.9	9.49	1.51
8	Nebraska	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	23.24	22.91	10.45	10.35	-0.35
9	Arkansas	Southwest	10-1-0	0.91	23.11	15.18	11.87	9.92	0.08
10	Oklahoma	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	23.11	22.18	10.37	10.1	-0.1
11	Texas	Southwest	9-1-0	0.9	22.91	13	12.72	9.12	-0.12
12	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	9-1-0	0.9	22.73	15.4	10.94	9.11	-0.11
13	Houston	Southwest	9-1-0	0.9	22.6	9.4	12.25	7.96	1.04
14	Yale	Ivy	8-1-0	0.89	21.87	11	8.76	7.62	0.38
15	UNLV	FBS Independents	9-1-2	0.75	20.8	5.83	3.95	7.46	1.54
16	Temple	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.54	17.27	8.31	9.3	-0.3
17	Texas-Arlington	Southland	9-2-0	0.82	20.33	16.36	7.31	9.4	-0.4
18	Tulane	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.27	12.91	8.02	8.89	0.11
19	Purdue	Big Ten	9-2-0	0.82	20	5.09	10.2	7.04	1.96
20	Chattanooga	Southern	9-2-0	0.82	19.89	12	5.95	8.31	0.69
21	Auburn	SEC	8-2-0	0.8	19.87	9.9	9.34	7.12	0.88
22	Washington	Pac-10	8-3-0	0.73	18.95	14.55	11.88	9.36	-1.36
23	Clemson	ACC	8-3-0	0.73	18.89	8.64	13.57	9.27	-1.27
24	Michigan	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	18.87	14.82	11.2	9.55	-1.55
25	South Carolina	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.48	4.64	14.45	7.07	0.93
26	North Carolina	ACC	7-3-1	0.64	18.3	11	13.77	8.8	-1.8
27	Penn State	FBS Independents	7-3-0	0.7	18.24	9.2	14.04	7.66	-0.66
28	East Carolina	FBS Independents	7-3-1	0.64	18.08	17	10.01	9.16	-2.16
29	Rutgers	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.95	6.27	9.41	7.57	0.43
30	Utah State	PCAA	7-3-1	0.64	17.58	7	10.98	7.09	-0.09
31	San Diego State	Western Athletic	8-3-0	0.73	17.12	0.91	10.03	5.73	2.27
32	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	8-3-0	0.73	16.93	4	4.06	6.84	1.16
33	Toledo	Mid-American	7-3-1	0.64	16.79	2.09	10.52	6.24	0.76
34	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	8-3-0	0.73	16.73	2.55	4.49	6.19	1.81
35	Lamar	Southland	6-3-2	0.55	16.59	4.91	10.29	6.91	-0.91
36	Baylor	Southwest	7-4-0	0.64	16.5	5.91	13.42	7.52	-0.52
37	NC State	ACC	7-4-0	0.64	16.47	4.09	15.6	6.73	0.27
38	Brown	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.45	7.56	7.13	6.59	-0.59
39	Maryland	ACC	7-4-0	0.64	16.39	5.73	13.51	7.84	-0.84
40	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.32	4.18	14.68	6.84	0.16
41	Wake Forest	ACC	8-3-0	0.73	16.27	-1.73	14.28	4.98	3.02
42	Indiana	Big Ten	7-4-0	0.64	15.93	5.55	9.8	7.08	-0.08
43	Tennessee	SEC	6-4-0	0.6	15.41	6	12.79	6.52	-0.52
44	East Tennessee State	Southern	7-4-0	0.64	15.38	11.64	1.74	8.93	-1.93
45	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	15.36	7.45	10.88	8.16	-2.16
46	Arizona State	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	14.73	10	13.06	8.33	-2.33
47	LSU	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	14.53	9.09	11.95	8.59	-2.59
48	San José State	PCAA	6-4-1	0.55	14.49	2.36	9.25	6.04	-0.04
49	Virginia	ACC	6-5-0	0.55	14.46	11.27	9.98	9.08	-3.08
50	California	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	14.44	6.73	13.45	7.76	-1.76
51	Missouri	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	14.27	7.64	11.72	8.13	-2.13
52	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	14.17	7.36	10.52	8.19	-2.19
53	Arizona	Pac-10	6-4-1	0.55	14.15	0.64	12.12	5.7	0.3
54	Cornell	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	14.04	7	7.69	6.25	-1.25
55	Ball State	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	14	7.36	9.01	7.68	-1.68
56	Western Michigan	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.9	5.36	10.08	7.83	-1.83
57	Ohio	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.89	5.82	9.02	7.45	-1.45
58	Navy	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	13.79	0.2	10.67	5.08	0.92
59	Oklahoma State	Big 8	7-4-0	0.64	13.78	-1.91	11.63	4.82	2.18
60	Texas A&M	Southwest	5-5-0	0.5	13.36	7.8	13.74	7.27	-2.27
61	Western Carolina	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	13.35	7.09	3.49	7.53	-1.53
62	Georgia	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	13.32	1.55	11.87	6.06	-0.06
63	Princeton	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	13.2	0.78	10.81	4.73	0.27
64	Long Beach State	PCAA	7-4-0	0.64	13.05	-3.64	8.23	4.36	2.64
65	Syracuse	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.05	0.64	12.13	5.66	0.34
66	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	5-5-0	0.5	12.99	10.5	8.23	7.34	-2.34
67	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	5-5-1	0.45	12.86	4	12.77	6.8	-1.8
68	Stanford	Pac-10	5-5-1	0.45	12.36	1.82	12.4	6.02	-1.02
69	VMI	Southern	6-4-1	0.55	12.09	-4.73	8.83	3.71	2.29
70	Dartmouth	Ivy	4-4-1	0.44	11.75	1.33	7.66	5.19	-1.19
71	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	11.38	-2.36	8.85	4.69	1.31
72	Kentucky	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	11.35	3.36	9.65	6.96	-1.96
73	Iowa	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	11.32	2.09	12.87	6.16	-1.16
74	The Citadel	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	11.2	-2.18	6.44	4.91	1.09
75	Colgate	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	11.2	-1.6	2.53	4.39	0.61
76	UCLA	Pac-10	5-6-0	0.45	10.83	0.09	15.98	5.53	-0.53
77	Utah	Western Athletic	6-6-0	0.5	10.66	-2.42	13.77	5.27	0.73
78	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	10.57	0.18	13.12	5.56	-0.56
79	New Mexico	Western Athletic	6-6-0	0.5	10.5	-1.5	9.63	5.42	0.58
80	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	5-5-1	0.45	10.44	-2.64	12.37	4.52	0.48
81	Oregon	Pac-10	5-5-0	0.5	10.25	-3.3	11.06	4	1
82	SMU	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	9.95	-0.91	12.49	5.22	-0.22
83	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	9.73	-1.18	12.07	5.16	-0.16
84	Villanova	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.28	-0.82	3.43	5.24	-0.24
85	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-6-1	0.36	8.92	-0.64	13.66	5.33	-1.33
86	Furman	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	8.83	-2.91	6.2	4.8	0.2
87	North Texas	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.79	-4.82	9.95	3.88	1.12
88	Boston College	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	8.78	-0.3	10.5	4.91	-0.91
89	West Virginia	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.68	-8.55	13.99	3.02	1.98
90	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	8.59	-2	3.11	3.84	0.16
91	Memphis	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.58	-5.18	8.18	3.65	1.35
92	Louisville	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	8.14	-3.18	12.43	4.28	-0.28
93	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	8.03	-3.45	11.88	4.08	-0.08
94	Miami	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	7.83	-5.1	12.47	3.42	0.58
95	UConn	FBS Independents	3-5-2	0.3	7.42	-1.3	1.79	4.45	-1.45
96	Louisiana	Southland	4-7-0	0.36	7.32	-1.91	10.21	4.64	-0.64
97	Arkansas State	Southland	4-7-0	0.36	7.26	-1.91	9.29	4.73	-0.73
98	Colorado State	Western Athletic	4-7-1	0.33	6.91	-5.33	13.36	3.9	0.1
99	Ole Miss	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	6.9	-4.27	12.21	4.4	-0.4
100	Harvard	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	6.7	-1	6.16	4.19	-1.19
101	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.68	-6.45	12.2	3.56	0.44
102	Fresno State	PCAA	4-7-0	0.36	6.62	-5.18	7.7	4.16	-0.16
103	Texas Tech	Southwest	3-6-2	0.27	6.52	-3.73	14.65	3.89	-0.89
104	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.46	-9.36	13.11	3.06	0.94
105	William & Mary	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.3	-7.91	6.84	2.64	1.36
106	App State	Southern	3-8-0	0.27	5.9	-0.45	12.02	5.38	-2.38
107	Wyoming	Western Athletic	4-8-0	0.33	5.85	-7.5	10.85	3.38	0.62
108	Mississippi State	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	5.53	-1.55	12.9	4.85	-1.85
109	Pacific	PCAA	3-7-0	0.3	5.46	-3.1	5.21	3.98	-0.98
110	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	5.31	-12.22	7	1.85	1.15
111	Drake	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	5.06	-2.18	6.63	4.82	-1.82
112	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	4.63	-4	3.93	4.19	-1.19
113	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.6	-4.82	6.62	3.69	-0.69
114	Kansas State	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4.59	-6.45	10.85	3.18	-0.18
115	Iowa State	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4.51	-7.64	12.05	2.68	0.32
116	Illinois State	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.38	-5.36	2.68	3.82	-0.82
117	Colorado	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4.26	-9.64	12.38	2.63	0.37
118	Washington State	Pac-10	3-8-0	0.27	4.22	-11.36	12.66	2.98	0.02
119	Kansas	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4.04	-15.82	13.69	1.76	1.24
120	TCU	Southwest	2-8-1	0.18	2.86	-9	15.37	2.24	-0.24
121	Duke	ACC	2-8-1	0.18	2.72	-10.18	13.37	2.34	-0.34
122	Army	FBS Independents	2-7-1	0.2	2.69	-18.8	12.56	0.64	1.36
123	Illinois	Big Ten	2-8-1	0.18	2.69	-10	12.59	2.42	-0.42
124	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-8-1	0.18	2.51	-11.18	7.7	1.63	0.37
125	Louisiana Tech	Southland	2-9-0	0.18	2.22	-10	12.1	1.81	0.19
126	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.19	-11.36	14.29	2.19	-0.19
127	Air Force	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.05	-11.45	7.72	1.8	0.2
128	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-9-0	0.18	1.94	-14.55	11.59	1.12	0.88
129	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-9-0	0.18	1.81	-17.45	11.66	1.62	0.38
130	Columbia	Ivy	1-8-0	0.11	0.28	-15.56	9.23	0.69	0.31
131	Kent State	Mid-American	1-10-0	0.09	-0.17	-15.55	8.83	1.29	-0.29
132	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-9-0	0.1	-0.2	-21.8	13.13	1.23	-0.23
133	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-9-0	0.1	-0.24	-22.8	13.49	0.95	0.05
134	Rice	Southwest	1-9-0	0.1	-0.26	-23.4	15.72	0.72	0.28
135	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-10-0	0.09	-0.29	-18.18	12.26	0.81	0.19
136	Marshall	Southern	1-10-0	0.09	-0.34	-19.45	12.28	0.63	0.37
137	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-10-0	0.09	-0.52	-24.64	12.65	0.59	0.41
138	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-9-0	0	-2.21	-16.78	7.14	0.91	-0.91
139	Richmond	FBS Independents	0-11-0	0	-2.28	-17.45	9.37	0.56	-0.56
140	Florida	SEC	0-9-1	0	-2.3	-15.3	15.98	0.76	-0.76