1979 W16 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.028387+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	19.73	10.89	9.77	0.23
2	BYU	Western Athletic	11-0-0	1	24.96	29.27	9.24	10.49	0.51
3	Ohio State	Big Ten	11-0-0	1	24.8	24.09	9.16	10.44	0.56
4	Alabama	SEC	11-0-0	1	24.79	27.36	8.65	10.86	0.14
5	Central Michigan	Mid-American	10-0-1	0.91	24.61	14.36	10.12	9.51	0.49
6	Florida State	FBS Independents	11-0-0	1	24.56	16.64	9.35	9.71	1.29
7	Nebraska	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	23	22.91	10.48	10.35	-0.35
8	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	22.93	15.36	11.77	9.96	0.04
9	Oklahoma	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	22.9	22.18	10.09	10.1	-0.1
10	Arkansas	Southwest	10-1-0	0.91	22.85	15.18	11.33	9.92	0.08
11	Houston	Southwest	10-1-0	0.91	22.63	14.27	10.38	9.66	0.34
12	McNeese	Southland	11-1-0	0.92	22.3	8.17	9.17	9.42	1.58
13	Yale	Ivy	8-1-0	0.89	21.67	11	8.57	7.62	0.38
14	Texas	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	20.76	11.27	12.4	9.75	-0.75
15	Temple	FBS Independents	10-2-0	0.83	20.65	16.75	8.66	10.08	-0.08
16	UNLV	FBS Independents	9-1-2	0.75	20.65	5.83	3.95	7.46	1.54
17	Texas-Arlington	Southland	9-2-0	0.82	20.17	16.36	7.16	9.4	-0.4
18	Tulane	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	20.12	12.91	7.93	8.89	0.11
19	Purdue	Big Ten	9-2-0	0.82	19.84	5.09	10.15	7.04	1.96
20	Chattanooga	Southern	9-2-0	0.82	19.74	12	5.9	8.31	0.69
21	Washington	Pac-10	8-3-0	0.73	18.73	14.55	11.35	9.36	-1.36
22	Michigan	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	18.71	14.82	11.12	9.55	-1.55
23	Clemson	ACC	8-3-0	0.73	18.7	8.64	13.74	9.27	-1.27
24	South Carolina	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.4	4.64	14.62	7.07	0.93
25	Auburn	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	18.23	8.36	10.68	7.53	0.47
26	North Carolina	ACC	7-3-1	0.64	18.15	11	13.48	8.8	-1.8
27	East Carolina	FBS Independents	7-3-1	0.64	17.95	17	9.85	9.16	-2.16
28	Rutgers	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.78	6.27	8.87	7.57	0.43
29	Utah State	PCAA	7-3-1	0.64	17.37	7	10.25	7.09	-0.09
30	San Diego State	Western Athletic	8-3-0	0.73	16.9	0.91	10.07	5.73	2.27
31	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	8-3-0	0.73	16.81	4	4.11	6.84	1.16
32	Toledo	Mid-American	7-3-1	0.64	16.63	2.09	10.24	6.24	0.76
33	Penn State	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.62	7	14.91	7.78	-0.78
34	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	8-3-0	0.73	16.58	2.55	4.28	6.19	1.81
35	Lamar	Southland	6-3-2	0.55	16.44	4.91	10.07	6.91	-0.91
36	Brown	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.34	7.56	7.18	6.59	-0.59
37	NC State	ACC	7-4-0	0.64	16.28	4.09	15.12	6.73	0.27
38	Baylor	Southwest	7-4-0	0.64	16.26	5.91	12.99	7.52	-0.52
39	Tennessee	SEC	7-4-0	0.64	16.25	7.36	11.75	7.54	-0.54
40	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.24	4.18	14.65	6.84	0.16
41	Maryland	ACC	7-4-0	0.64	16.17	5.73	12.47	7.84	-0.84
42	Wake Forest	ACC	8-3-0	0.73	16.14	-1.73	14.22	4.98	3.02
43	Indiana	Big Ten	7-4-0	0.64	15.8	5.55	9.76	7.08	-0.08
44	East Tennessee State	Southern	7-4-0	0.64	15.27	11.64	1.83	8.93	-1.93
45	Navy	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.26	2.36	9.54	6.51	0.49
46	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	15.21	7.45	10.62	8.16	-2.16
47	Texas A&M	Southwest	6-5-0	0.55	14.46	7.64	13.76	8.05	-2.05
48	LSU	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	14.39	9.09	12.1	8.59	-2.59
49	Syracuse	FBS Independents	7-5-0	0.58	14.35	2.58	13.32	6.71	0.29
50	San José State	PCAA	6-4-1	0.55	14.33	2.36	9.26	6.04	-0.04
51	Virginia	ACC	6-5-0	0.55	14.31	11.27	10.08	9.08	-3.08
52	Missouri	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	14.18	7.64	11.31	8.13	-2.13
53	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	6-5-0	0.55	14.11	10.64	8.65	8.12	-2.12
54	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	14.03	7.36	10.19	8.19	-2.19
55	Arizona	Pac-10	6-4-1	0.55	14.01	0.64	11.37	5.7	0.3
56	Cornell	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	13.93	7	7.65	6.25	-1.25
57	Ball State	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.9	7.36	9.06	7.68	-1.68
58	Western Michigan	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.8	5.36	10.08	7.83	-1.83
59	Ohio	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.74	5.82	9.03	7.45	-1.45
60	Oklahoma State	Big 8	7-4-0	0.64	13.71	-1.91	11.57	4.82	2.18
61	Arizona State	Pac-10	6-6-0	0.5	13.26	8.17	12.94	8.57	-2.57
62	Western Carolina	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	13.25	7.09	3.5	7.53	-1.53
63	Georgia	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	13.21	1.55	11.27	6.06	-0.06
64	Princeton	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	13.11	0.78	10.83	4.73	0.27
65	California	Pac-10	6-6-0	0.5	13.06	5.25	13.6	7.93	-1.93
66	Long Beach State	PCAA	7-4-0	0.64	12.97	-3.64	8.1	4.36	2.64
67	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	5-5-1	0.45	12.75	4	12.69	6.8	-1.8
68	Stanford	Pac-10	5-5-1	0.45	12.26	1.82	12.33	6.02	-1.02
69	VMI	Southern	6-4-1	0.55	11.96	-4.73	8.51	3.71	2.29
70	Oregon	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	11.77	-1.09	9.98	5.12	0.88
71	Dartmouth	Ivy	4-4-1	0.44	11.67	1.33	7.7	5.19	-1.19
72	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	11.27	-2.36	8.55	4.69	1.31
73	Kentucky	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	11.25	3.36	9.96	6.96	-1.96
74	Iowa	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	11.21	2.09	12.56	6.16	-1.16
75	The Citadel	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	11.13	-2.18	6.56	4.91	1.09
76	Colgate	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	11.11	-1.6	2.47	4.39	0.61
77	UCLA	Pac-10	5-6-0	0.45	10.64	0.09	15.78	5.53	-0.53
78	Utah	Western Athletic	6-6-0	0.5	10.59	-2.42	13.95	5.27	0.73
79	New Mexico	Western Athletic	6-6-0	0.5	10.45	-1.5	9.33	5.42	0.58
80	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	10.44	0.18	12.48	5.56	-0.56
81	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	5-5-1	0.45	10.4	-2.64	12.25	4.52	0.48
82	Boston College	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	10.13	0	10.27	5.5	-0.5
83	SMU	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	9.77	-0.91	12.22	5.22	-0.22
84	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	9.66	-1.18	12.21	5.16	-0.16
85	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.33	-0.45	3.86	5.32	-0.32
86	Villanova	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.17	-0.82	3.95	5.24	-0.24
87	Miami	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.9	-4.09	10.96	4.15	0.85
88	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-6-1	0.36	8.83	-0.64	13.42	5.33	-1.33
89	Furman	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	8.75	-2.91	5.98	4.8	0.2
90	North Texas	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.72	-4.82	9.84	3.88	1.12
91	West Virginia	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.6	-8.55	13.86	3.02	1.98
92	Memphis	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.55	-5.18	8.14	3.65	1.35
93	Louisville	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	8.02	-3.18	12.45	4.28	-0.28
94	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	7.95	-3.45	12.1	4.08	-0.08
95	Louisiana	Southland	4-7-0	0.36	7.26	-1.91	10.12	4.64	-0.64
96	Arkansas State	Southland	4-7-0	0.36	7.2	-1.91	9.15	4.73	-0.73
97	Ole Miss	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	6.92	-4.27	12.45	4.4	-0.4
98	Colorado State	Western Athletic	4-7-1	0.33	6.83	-5.33	13.5	3.9	0.1
99	Harvard	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	6.65	-1	6.11	4.19	-1.19
100	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.61	-6.45	11.84	3.56	0.44
101	Fresno State	PCAA	4-7-0	0.36	6.52	-5.18	7.38	4.16	-0.16
102	Texas Tech	Southwest	3-6-2	0.27	6.42	-3.73	14.43	3.89	-0.89
103	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.39	-9.36	12.57	3.06	0.94
104	William & Mary	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.22	-7.91	6.93	2.64	1.36
105	UConn	FBS Independents	3-6-2	0.27	6.02	-2.64	2.58	4.32	-1.32
106	App State	Southern	3-8-0	0.27	5.86	-0.45	11.89	5.38	-2.38
107	Wyoming	Western Athletic	4-8-0	0.33	5.78	-7.5	10.83	3.38	0.62
108	Mississippi State	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	5.46	-1.55	12.99	4.85	-1.85
109	Pacific	PCAA	3-7-0	0.3	5.41	-3.1	4.96	3.98	-0.98
110	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	5.26	-12.22	6.93	1.85	1.15
111	Drake	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	5.02	-2.18	6.68	4.82	-1.82
112	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	4.57	-4	3.82	4.19	-1.19
113	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.56	-4.82	6.59	3.69	-0.69
114	Kansas State	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4.52	-6.45	10.72	3.18	-0.18
115	Iowa State	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4.45	-7.64	11.9	2.68	0.32
116	Illinois State	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.35	-5.36	2.74	3.82	-0.82
117	Colorado	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4.29	-9.64	12.19	2.63	0.37
118	Washington State	Pac-10	3-8-0	0.27	4.18	-11.36	12.31	2.98	0.02
119	Kansas	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	3.98	-15.82	13.7	1.76	1.24
120	TCU	Southwest	2-8-1	0.18	2.8	-9	14.96	2.24	-0.24
121	Illinois	Big Ten	2-8-1	0.18	2.68	-10	12.74	2.42	-0.42
122	Duke	ACC	2-8-1	0.18	2.67	-10.18	13.12	2.34	-0.34
123	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-8-1	0.18	2.49	-11.18	7.65	1.63	0.37
124	Louisiana Tech	Southland	2-9-0	0.18	2.21	-10	12.11	1.81	0.19
125	Army	FBS Independents	2-8-1	0.18	2.19	-19.27	12.77	0.65	1.35
126	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.14	-11.36	13.89	2.19	-0.19
127	Air Force	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.04	-11.45	7.72	1.8	0.2
128	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-9-0	0.18	1.92	-14.55	11.5	1.12	0.88
129	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-9-0	0.18	1.79	-17.45	11.52	1.62	0.38
130	Columbia	Ivy	1-8-0	0.11	0.28	-15.56	9.17	0.69	0.31
131	Kent State	Mid-American	1-10-0	0.09	-0.17	-15.55	8.77	1.29	-0.29
132	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-10-0	0.09	-0.29	-18.18	12.21	0.81	0.19
133	Marshall	Southern	1-10-0	0.09	-0.34	-19.45	11.82	0.63	0.37
134	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-10-0	0.09	-0.43	-21.73	13.51	1.3	-0.3
135	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-10-0	0.09	-0.46	-22.64	13.01	0.96	0.04
136	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-10-0	0.09	-0.52	-24.64	12.46	0.59	0.41
137	Rice	Southwest	1-10-0	0.09	-0.61	-27	15.8	0.55	0.45
138	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-9-0	0	-2.19	-16.78	7.09	0.91	-0.91
139	Florida	SEC	0-10-1	0	-2.22	-14.45	14.82	1.13	-1.13
140	Richmond	FBS Independents	0-11-0	0	-2.25	-17.45	8.79	0.56	-0.56