1979 W14 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.027390+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	25.14	19.73	11	9.77	0.23
2	BYU	Western Athletic	11-0-0	1	25.04	29.27	9.09	10.49	0.51
3	Ohio State	Big Ten	11-0-0	1	24.93	24.09	9.23	10.44	0.56
4	Alabama	SEC	11-0-0	1	24.91	27.36	8.68	10.86	0.14
5	Central Michigan	Mid-American	10-0-1	0.91	24.74	14.36	10.18	9.51	0.49
6	Florida State	FBS Independents	11-0-0	1	24.69	16.64	9.42	9.71	1.29
7	McNeese	Southland	11-0-0	1	24.29	11.09	8.89	9.49	1.51
8	Nebraska	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	23.14	22.91	10.68	10.35	-0.35
9	Oklahoma	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	23.06	22.18	10.37	10.1	-0.1
10	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	23.02	15.36	11.75	9.96	0.04
11	Arkansas	Southwest	10-1-0	0.91	22.99	15.18	11.5	9.92	0.08
12	Houston	Southwest	10-1-0	0.91	22.76	14.27	10.58	9.66	0.34
13	Yale	Ivy	8-1-0	0.89	21.8	11	8.76	7.62	0.38
14	Texas	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.93	11.27	12.41	9.75	-0.75
15	UNLV	FBS Independents	9-1-2	0.75	20.74	5.83	3.89	7.46	1.54
16	Temple	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.47	17.27	8.2	9.3	-0.3
17	Texas-Arlington	Southland	9-2-0	0.82	20.27	16.36	7.22	9.4	-0.4
18	Tulane	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.21	12.91	7.91	8.89	0.11
19	Purdue	Big Ten	9-2-0	0.82	19.93	5.09	10.07	7.04	1.96
20	Chattanooga	Southern	9-2-0	0.82	19.84	12	5.94	8.31	0.69
21	Washington	Pac-10	8-3-0	0.73	18.83	14.55	11.39	9.36	-1.36
22	Clemson	ACC	8-3-0	0.73	18.81	8.64	13.83	9.27	-1.27
23	Michigan	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	18.81	14.82	11.19	9.55	-1.55
24	South Carolina	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.49	4.64	14.7	7.07	0.93
25	Auburn	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	18.37	8.36	10.67	7.53	0.47
26	North Carolina	ACC	7-3-1	0.64	18.25	11	13.58	8.8	-1.8
27	East Carolina	FBS Independents	7-3-1	0.64	18.04	17	9.92	9.16	-2.16
28	Rutgers	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.89	6.27	9.07	7.57	0.43
29	Utah State	PCAA	7-3-1	0.64	17.48	7	10.44	7.09	-0.09
30	San Diego State	Western Athletic	8-3-0	0.73	16.98	0.91	10.03	5.73	2.27
31	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	8-3-0	0.73	16.89	4	4.14	6.84	1.16
32	Penn State	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.74	7	14.81	7.78	-0.78
33	Toledo	Mid-American	7-3-1	0.64	16.73	2.09	10.42	6.24	0.76
34	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	8-3-0	0.73	16.66	2.55	4.32	6.19	1.81
35	Lamar	Southland	6-3-2	0.55	16.53	4.91	10.14	6.91	-0.91
36	NC State	ACC	7-4-0	0.64	16.41	4.09	15.49	6.73	0.27
37	Brown	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.41	7.56	7.14	6.59	-0.59
38	Baylor	Southwest	7-4-0	0.64	16.37	5.91	13.2	7.52	-0.52
39	Tennessee	SEC	7-4-0	0.64	16.3	7.36	11.83	7.54	-0.54
40	Maryland	ACC	7-4-0	0.64	16.28	5.73	12.7	7.84	-0.84
41	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.28	4.18	14.39	6.84	0.16
42	Wake Forest	ACC	8-3-0	0.73	16.24	-1.73	14.45	4.98	3.02
43	Indiana	Big Ten	7-4-0	0.64	15.89	5.55	9.84	7.08	-0.08
44	East Tennessee State	Southern	7-4-0	0.64	15.35	11.64	1.86	8.93	-1.93
45	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	15.31	7.45	10.83	8.16	-2.16
46	Navy	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.3	2.36	9.72	6.51	0.49
47	Texas A&M	Southwest	6-5-0	0.55	14.53	7.64	14.19	8.05	-2.05
48	LSU	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	14.47	9.09	12.19	8.59	-2.59
49	San José State	PCAA	6-4-1	0.55	14.41	2.36	9.35	6.04	-0.04
50	Virginia	ACC	6-5-0	0.55	14.38	11.27	10.02	9.08	-3.08
51	California	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	14.36	6.73	13.08	7.76	-1.76
52	Missouri	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	14.27	7.64	11.56	8.13	-2.13
53	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	6-5-0	0.55	14.15	10.64	8.82	8.12	-2.12
54	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	14.1	7.36	10.26	8.19	-2.19
55	Arizona	Pac-10	6-4-1	0.55	14.08	0.64	11.46	5.7	0.3
56	Cornell	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	14	7	7.69	6.25	-1.25
57	Ball State	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.97	7.36	9.11	7.68	-1.68
58	Western Michigan	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.87	5.36	10.15	7.83	-1.83
59	Ohio	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.81	5.82	9.08	7.45	-1.45
60	Oklahoma State	Big 8	7-4-0	0.64	13.78	-1.91	11.65	4.82	2.18
61	Arizona State	Pac-10	6-6-0	0.5	13.37	8.17	12.97	8.57	-2.57
62	Western Carolina	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	13.32	7.09	3.54	7.53	-1.53
63	Georgia	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	13.29	1.55	11.48	6.06	-0.06
64	Princeton	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	13.18	0.78	10.89	4.73	0.27
65	Long Beach State	PCAA	7-4-0	0.64	13.04	-3.64	8.16	4.36	2.64
66	Syracuse	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.01	0.64	12.13	5.66	0.34
67	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	5-5-1	0.45	12.82	4	12.75	6.8	-1.8
68	Stanford	Pac-10	5-5-1	0.45	12.32	1.82	12.33	6.02	-1.02
69	VMI	Southern	6-4-1	0.55	12.04	-4.73	8.68	3.71	2.29
70	Oregon	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	11.78	-1.09	10.07	5.12	0.88
71	Dartmouth	Ivy	4-4-1	0.44	11.72	1.33	7.66	5.19	-1.19
72	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	11.33	-2.36	8.62	4.69	1.31
73	Kentucky	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	11.3	3.36	9.96	6.96	-1.96
74	Iowa	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	11.27	2.09	12.65	6.16	-1.16
75	The Citadel	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	11.17	-2.18	6.49	4.91	1.09
76	Colgate	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	11.16	-1.6	2.43	4.39	0.61
77	UCLA	Pac-10	5-6-0	0.45	10.7	0.09	15.85	5.53	-0.53
78	Utah	Western Athletic	6-6-0	0.5	10.64	-2.42	13.85	5.27	0.73
79	New Mexico	Western Athletic	6-6-0	0.5	10.5	-1.5	9.31	5.42	0.58
80	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	10.5	0.18	12.57	5.56	-0.56
81	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	5-5-1	0.45	10.46	-2.64	12.32	4.52	0.48
82	Boston College	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	10.11	0	10.08	5.5	-0.5
83	SMU	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	9.83	-0.91	12.4	5.22	-0.22
84	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	9.7	-1.18	12.14	5.16	-0.16
85	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.34	-0.45	3.89	5.32	-0.32
86	Villanova	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.2	-0.82	3.8	5.24	-0.24
87	Miami	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.91	-4.09	11.03	4.15	0.85
88	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-6-1	0.36	8.88	-0.64	13.52	5.33	-1.33
89	Furman	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	8.79	-2.91	6.03	4.8	0.2
90	North Texas	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.76	-4.82	9.9	3.88	1.12
91	West Virginia	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.66	-8.55	14.04	3.02	1.98
92	Memphis	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.59	-5.18	8.11	3.65	1.35
93	Louisville	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	8.06	-3.18	12.45	4.28	-0.28
94	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	7.98	-3.45	12.06	4.08	-0.08
95	Louisiana	Southland	4-7-0	0.36	7.29	-1.91	10.18	4.64	-0.64
96	Arkansas State	Southland	4-7-0	0.36	7.24	-1.91	9.21	4.73	-0.73
97	Ole Miss	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	6.95	-4.27	12.45	4.4	-0.4
98	Colorado State	Western Athletic	4-7-1	0.33	6.86	-5.33	13.49	3.9	0.1
99	Harvard	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	6.69	-1	6.15	4.19	-1.19
100	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.65	-6.45	11.92	3.56	0.44
101	Fresno State	PCAA	4-7-0	0.36	6.56	-5.18	7.46	4.16	-0.16
102	Texas Tech	Southwest	3-6-2	0.27	6.46	-3.73	14.63	3.89	-0.89
103	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.42	-9.36	12.66	3.06	0.94
104	William & Mary	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.25	-7.91	6.85	2.64	1.36
105	UConn	FBS Independents	3-6-2	0.27	6.09	-2.64	2.45	4.32	-1.32
106	App State	Southern	3-8-0	0.27	5.89	-0.45	11.97	5.38	-2.38
107	Wyoming	Western Athletic	4-8-0	0.33	5.8	-7.5	10.78	3.38	0.62
108	Mississippi State	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	5.49	-1.55	13.11	4.85	-1.85
109	Pacific	PCAA	3-7-0	0.3	5.43	-3.1	5.01	3.98	-0.98
110	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	5.29	-12.22	6.99	1.85	1.15
111	Drake	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	5.05	-2.18	6.73	4.82	-1.82
112	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	4.59	-4	3.87	4.19	-1.19
113	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.58	-4.82	6.64	3.69	-0.69
114	Kansas State	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4.55	-6.45	10.93	3.18	-0.18
115	Iowa State	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4.48	-7.64	12.15	2.68	0.32
116	Illinois State	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.37	-5.36	2.77	3.82	-0.82
117	Colorado	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4.31	-9.64	12.12	2.63	0.37
118	Washington State	Pac-10	3-8-0	0.27	4.2	-11.36	12.41	2.98	0.02
119	Kansas	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4	-15.82	13.75	1.76	1.24
120	TCU	Southwest	2-8-1	0.18	2.82	-9	15.15	2.24	-0.24
121	Duke	ACC	2-8-1	0.18	2.69	-10.18	13.25	2.34	-0.34
122	Illinois	Big Ten	2-8-1	0.18	2.69	-10	12.67	2.42	-0.42
123	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-8-1	0.18	2.5	-11.18	7.7	1.63	0.37
124	Army	FBS Independents	2-8-1	0.18	2.22	-19.27	12.8	0.65	1.35
125	Louisiana Tech	Southland	2-9-0	0.18	2.22	-10	12.07	1.81	0.19
126	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.16	-11.36	13.96	2.19	-0.19
127	Air Force	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.04	-11.45	7.54	1.8	0.2
128	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-9-0	0.18	1.93	-14.55	11.45	1.12	0.88
129	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-9-0	0.18	1.8	-17.45	11.59	1.62	0.38
130	Columbia	Ivy	1-8-0	0.11	0.28	-15.56	9.22	0.69	0.31
131	Kent State	Mid-American	1-10-0	0.09	-0.17	-15.55	8.84	1.29	-0.29
132	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-10-0	0.09	-0.29	-18.18	12.28	0.81	0.19
133	Marshall	Southern	1-10-0	0.09	-0.34	-19.45	11.9	0.63	0.37
134	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-10-0	0.09	-0.42	-21.73	13.62	1.3	-0.3
135	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-10-0	0.09	-0.45	-22.64	13.08	0.96	0.04
136	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-10-0	0.09	-0.52	-24.64	12.53	0.59	0.41
137	Rice	Southwest	1-10-0	0.09	-0.6	-27	15.97	0.55	0.45
138	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-9-0	0	-2.2	-16.78	7.14	0.91	-0.91
139	Florida	SEC	0-10-1	0	-2.23	-14.45	14.93	1.13	-1.13
140	Richmond	FBS Independents	0-11-0	0	-2.26	-17.45	8.86	0.56	-0.56