1979 W15 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.027853+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	25.06	19.73	10.92	9.77	0.23
2	BYU	Western Athletic	11-0-0	1	25.02	29.27	9.26	10.49	0.51
3	Ohio State	Big Ten	11-0-0	1	24.86	24.09	9.19	10.44	0.56
4	Alabama	SEC	11-0-0	1	24.85	27.36	8.68	10.86	0.14
5	Central Michigan	Mid-American	10-0-1	0.91	24.67	14.36	10.15	9.51	0.49
6	Florida State	FBS Independents	11-0-0	1	24.62	16.64	9.37	9.71	1.29
7	McNeese	Southland	11-0-0	1	24.23	11.09	8.86	9.49	1.51
8	Nebraska	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	23.05	22.91	10.52	10.35	-0.35
9	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	22.99	15.36	11.8	9.96	0.04
10	Oklahoma	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	22.96	22.18	10.13	10.1	-0.1
11	Arkansas	Southwest	10-1-0	0.91	22.9	15.18	11.37	9.92	0.08
12	Houston	Southwest	10-1-0	0.91	22.68	14.27	10.42	9.66	0.34
13	Yale	Ivy	8-1-0	0.89	21.72	11	8.59	7.62	0.38
14	Texas	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.82	11.27	12.45	9.75	-0.75
15	UNLV	FBS Independents	9-1-2	0.75	20.7	5.83	3.96	7.46	1.54
16	Temple	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.42	17.27	8.17	9.3	-0.3
17	Texas-Arlington	Southland	9-2-0	0.82	20.22	16.36	7.19	9.4	-0.4
18	Tulane	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.17	12.91	7.95	8.89	0.11
19	Purdue	Big Ten	9-2-0	0.82	19.89	5.09	10.17	7.04	1.96
20	Chattanooga	Southern	9-2-0	0.82	19.78	12	5.91	8.31	0.69
21	Washington	Pac-10	8-3-0	0.73	18.78	14.55	11.37	9.36	-1.36
22	Michigan	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	18.76	14.82	11.14	9.55	-1.55
23	Clemson	ACC	8-3-0	0.73	18.75	8.64	13.78	9.27	-1.27
24	South Carolina	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.44	4.64	14.66	7.07	0.93
25	Auburn	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	18.28	8.36	10.71	7.53	0.47
26	North Carolina	ACC	7-3-1	0.64	18.19	11	13.52	8.8	-1.8
27	East Carolina	FBS Independents	7-3-1	0.64	17.99	17	9.89	9.16	-2.16
28	Rutgers	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.82	6.27	8.9	7.57	0.43
29	Utah State	PCAA	7-3-1	0.64	17.42	7	10.28	7.09	-0.09
30	San Diego State	Western Athletic	8-3-0	0.73	16.94	0.91	10.09	5.73	2.27
31	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	8-3-0	0.73	16.85	4	4.13	6.84	1.16
32	Toledo	Mid-American	7-3-1	0.64	16.67	2.09	10.27	6.24	0.76
33	Penn State	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.67	7	14.96	7.78	-0.78
34	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	8-3-0	0.73	16.62	2.55	4.3	6.19	1.81
35	Lamar	Southland	6-3-2	0.55	16.48	4.91	10.1	6.91	-0.91
36	Brown	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.38	7.56	7.2	6.59	-0.59
37	NC State	ACC	7-4-0	0.64	16.33	4.09	15.18	6.73	0.27
38	Baylor	Southwest	7-4-0	0.64	16.3	5.91	13.03	7.52	-0.52
39	Tennessee	SEC	7-4-0	0.64	16.29	7.36	11.77	7.54	-0.54
40	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.28	4.18	14.67	6.84	0.16
41	Maryland	ACC	7-4-0	0.64	16.21	5.73	12.51	7.84	-0.84
42	Wake Forest	ACC	8-3-0	0.73	16.18	-1.73	14.27	4.98	3.02
43	Indiana	Big Ten	7-4-0	0.64	15.84	5.55	9.78	7.08	-0.08
44	East Tennessee State	Southern	7-4-0	0.64	15.31	11.64	1.85	8.93	-1.93
45	Navy	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.29	2.36	9.56	6.51	0.49
46	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	15.25	7.45	10.65	8.16	-2.16
47	Texas A&M	Southwest	6-5-0	0.55	14.49	7.64	13.81	8.05	-2.05
48	LSU	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	14.43	9.09	12.13	8.59	-2.59
49	San José State	PCAA	6-4-1	0.55	14.37	2.36	9.29	6.04	-0.04
50	Virginia	ACC	6-5-0	0.55	14.35	11.27	10.12	9.08	-3.08
51	California	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	14.31	6.73	13.02	7.76	-1.76
52	Missouri	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	14.21	7.64	11.35	8.13	-2.13
53	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	6-5-0	0.55	14.14	10.64	8.67	8.12	-2.12
54	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	14.06	7.36	10.22	8.19	-2.19
55	Arizona	Pac-10	6-4-1	0.55	14.04	0.64	11.4	5.7	0.3
56	Cornell	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	13.96	7	7.67	6.25	-1.25
57	Ball State	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.93	7.36	9.08	7.68	-1.68
58	Western Michigan	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.84	5.36	10.12	7.83	-1.83
59	Ohio	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.77	5.82	9.05	7.45	-1.45
60	Oklahoma State	Big 8	7-4-0	0.64	13.74	-1.91	11.61	4.82	2.18
61	Arizona State	Pac-10	6-6-0	0.5	13.3	8.17	12.98	8.57	-2.57
62	Western Carolina	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	13.28	7.09	3.52	7.53	-1.53
63	Georgia	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	13.24	1.55	11.3	6.06	-0.06
64	Princeton	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	13.14	0.78	10.86	4.73	0.27
65	Long Beach State	PCAA	7-4-0	0.64	13	-3.64	8.12	4.36	2.64
66	Syracuse	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13	0.64	12.35	5.66	0.34
67	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	5-5-1	0.45	12.78	4	12.73	6.8	-1.8
68	Stanford	Pac-10	5-5-1	0.45	12.29	1.82	12.36	6.02	-1.02
69	VMI	Southern	6-4-1	0.55	11.99	-4.73	8.53	3.71	2.29
70	Oregon	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	11.8	-1.09	10	5.12	0.88
71	Dartmouth	Ivy	4-4-1	0.44	11.69	1.33	7.72	5.19	-1.19
72	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	11.3	-2.36	8.58	4.69	1.31
73	Kentucky	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	11.28	3.36	9.99	6.96	-1.96
74	Iowa	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	11.24	2.09	12.6	6.16	-1.16
75	The Citadel	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	11.16	-2.18	6.59	4.91	1.09
76	Colgate	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	11.14	-1.6	2.49	4.39	0.61
77	UCLA	Pac-10	5-6-0	0.45	10.67	0.09	15.82	5.53	-0.53
78	Utah	Western Athletic	6-6-0	0.5	10.62	-2.42	13.97	5.27	0.73
79	New Mexico	Western Athletic	6-6-0	0.5	10.48	-1.5	9.35	5.42	0.58
80	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	10.46	0.18	12.52	5.56	-0.56
81	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	5-5-1	0.45	10.43	-2.64	12.28	4.52	0.48
82	Boston College	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	10.15	0	10.29	5.5	-0.5
83	SMU	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	9.8	-0.91	12.27	5.22	-0.22
84	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	9.69	-1.18	12.23	5.16	-0.16
85	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.35	-0.45	3.87	5.32	-0.32
86	Villanova	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.19	-0.82	3.97	5.24	-0.24
87	Miami	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.92	-4.09	10.98	4.15	0.85
88	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-6-1	0.36	8.86	-0.64	13.46	5.33	-1.33
89	Furman	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	8.77	-2.91	6.01	4.8	0.2
90	North Texas	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.74	-4.82	9.87	3.88	1.12
91	West Virginia	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.62	-8.55	13.9	3.02	1.98
92	Memphis	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.57	-5.18	8.17	3.65	1.35
93	Louisville	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	8.04	-3.18	12.49	4.28	-0.28
94	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	7.97	-3.45	12.13	4.08	-0.08
95	Louisiana	Southland	4-7-0	0.36	7.27	-1.91	10.15	4.64	-0.64
96	Arkansas State	Southland	4-7-0	0.36	7.22	-1.91	9.17	4.73	-0.73
97	Ole Miss	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	6.94	-4.27	12.48	4.4	-0.4
98	Colorado State	Western Athletic	4-7-1	0.33	6.85	-5.33	13.53	3.9	0.1
99	Harvard	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	6.67	-1	6.13	4.19	-1.19
100	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.63	-6.45	11.88	3.56	0.44
101	Fresno State	PCAA	4-7-0	0.36	6.54	-5.18	7.41	4.16	-0.16
102	Texas Tech	Southwest	3-6-2	0.27	6.44	-3.73	14.49	3.89	-0.89
103	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.4	-9.36	12.6	3.06	0.94
104	William & Mary	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.23	-7.91	6.96	2.64	1.36
105	UConn	FBS Independents	3-6-2	0.27	6.04	-2.64	2.6	4.32	-1.32
106	App State	Southern	3-8-0	0.27	5.87	-0.45	11.93	5.38	-2.38
107	Wyoming	Western Athletic	4-8-0	0.33	5.79	-7.5	10.84	3.38	0.62
108	Mississippi State	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	5.48	-1.55	13.03	4.85	-1.85
109	Pacific	PCAA	3-7-0	0.3	5.42	-3.1	4.98	3.98	-0.98
110	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	5.27	-12.22	6.96	1.85	1.15
111	Drake	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	5.03	-2.18	6.71	4.82	-1.82
112	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	4.58	-4	3.84	4.19	-1.19
113	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.57	-4.82	6.61	3.69	-0.69
114	Kansas State	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4.53	-6.45	10.76	3.18	-0.18
115	Iowa State	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4.46	-7.64	11.94	2.68	0.32
116	Illinois State	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.36	-5.36	2.76	3.82	-0.82
117	Colorado	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4.3	-9.64	12.22	2.63	0.37
118	Washington State	Pac-10	3-8-0	0.27	4.19	-11.36	12.34	2.98	0.02
119	Kansas	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	3.99	-15.82	13.74	1.76	1.24
120	TCU	Southwest	2-8-1	0.18	2.81	-9	15.01	2.24	-0.24
121	Duke	ACC	2-8-1	0.18	2.68	-10.18	13.17	2.34	-0.34
122	Illinois	Big Ten	2-8-1	0.18	2.68	-10	12.77	2.42	-0.42
123	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-8-1	0.18	2.5	-11.18	7.68	1.63	0.37
124	Louisiana Tech	Southland	2-9-0	0.18	2.21	-10	12.14	1.81	0.19
125	Army	FBS Independents	2-8-1	0.18	2.2	-19.27	12.8	0.65	1.35
126	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.15	-11.36	13.93	2.19	-0.19
127	Air Force	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.04	-11.45	7.73	1.8	0.2
128	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-9-0	0.18	1.93	-14.55	11.52	1.12	0.88
129	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-9-0	0.18	1.79	-17.45	11.55	1.62	0.38
130	Columbia	Ivy	1-8-0	0.11	0.28	-15.56	9.2	0.69	0.31
131	Kent State	Mid-American	1-10-0	0.09	-0.17	-15.55	8.8	1.29	-0.29
132	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-10-0	0.09	-0.29	-18.18	12.25	0.81	0.19
133	Marshall	Southern	1-10-0	0.09	-0.34	-19.45	11.85	0.63	0.37
134	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-10-0	0.09	-0.43	-21.73	13.55	1.3	-0.3
135	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-10-0	0.09	-0.46	-22.64	13.05	0.96	0.04
136	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-10-0	0.09	-0.52	-24.64	12.48	0.59	0.41
137	Rice	Southwest	1-10-0	0.09	-0.61	-27	15.86	0.55	0.45
138	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-9-0	0	-2.2	-16.78	7.12	0.91	-0.91
139	Florida	SEC	0-10-1	0	-2.22	-14.45	14.86	1.13	-1.13
140	Richmond	FBS Independents	0-11-0	0	-2.26	-17.45	8.81	0.56	-0.56