1979 W17 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.028874+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	24.92	19.73	10.75	9.77	0.23
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	11-0-0	1	24.77	24.09	9.27	10.44	0.56
3	Alabama	SEC	11-0-0	1	24.74	27.36	8.63	10.86	0.14
4	Central Michigan	Mid-American	10-0-1	0.91	24.56	14.36	10.09	9.51	0.49
5	Florida State	FBS Independents	11-0-0	1	24.51	16.64	9.32	9.71	1.29
6	BYU	Western Athletic	11-1-0	0.92	23.21	26.75	9.77	11.15	-0.15
7	Nebraska	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	22.95	22.91	10.46	10.35	-0.35
8	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	22.91	15.36	11.89	9.96	0.04
9	Oklahoma	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	22.85	22.18	10.07	10.1	-0.1
10	Arkansas	Southwest	10-1-0	0.91	22.8	15.18	11.3	9.92	0.08
11	Houston	Southwest	10-1-0	0.91	22.58	14.27	10.35	9.66	0.34
12	McNeese	Southland	11-1-0	0.92	22.21	8.17	9.27	9.42	1.58
13	Yale	Ivy	8-1-0	0.89	21.62	11	8.55	7.62	0.38
14	Temple	FBS Independents	10-2-0	0.83	20.61	16.75	8.65	10.08	-0.08
15	UNLV	FBS Independents	9-1-2	0.75	20.61	5.83	3.93	7.46	1.54
16	Texas-Arlington	Southland	9-2-0	0.82	20.1	16.36	6.98	9.4	-0.4
17	Purdue	Big Ten	9-2-0	0.82	19.8	5.09	10.13	7.04	1.96
18	Chattanooga	Southern	9-2-0	0.82	19.67	12	5.71	8.31	0.69
19	Washington	Pac-10	9-3-0	0.75	19.2	13.92	12	10.21	-1.21
20	Texas	Southwest	9-3-0	0.75	19.14	9.75	12.9	10.28	-1.28
21	Clemson	ACC	8-3-0	0.73	18.66	8.64	13.71	9.27	-1.27
22	Michigan	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	18.66	14.82	10.98	9.55	-1.55
23	Tulane	FBS Independents	9-3-0	0.75	18.62	11.58	8.63	9.55	-0.55
24	South Carolina	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	18.36	4.64	14.58	7.07	0.93
25	Auburn	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	18.2	8.36	10.65	7.53	0.47
26	North Carolina	ACC	7-3-1	0.64	18.11	11	13.44	8.8	-1.8
27	East Carolina	FBS Independents	7-3-1	0.64	17.91	17	9.83	9.16	-2.16
28	Rutgers	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.74	6.27	8.87	7.57	0.43
29	Utah State	PCAA	7-3-1	0.64	17.34	7	10.22	7.09	-0.09
30	Penn State	FBS Independents	8-4-0	0.67	17.31	6.67	15.45	8.49	-0.49
31	San Diego State	Western Athletic	8-3-0	0.73	16.87	0.91	10.05	5.73	2.27
32	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	8-3-0	0.73	16.78	4	4.1	6.84	1.16
33	Toledo	Mid-American	7-3-1	0.64	16.59	2.09	10.21	6.24	0.76
34	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	8-3-0	0.73	16.54	2.55	4.26	6.19	1.81
35	Indiana	Big Ten	8-4-0	0.67	16.54	5.17	11	7.53	0.47
36	Lamar	Southland	6-3-2	0.55	16.38	4.91	9.87	6.91	-0.91
37	Brown	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.3	7.56	7.16	6.59	-0.59
38	NC State	ACC	7-4-0	0.64	16.25	4.09	15.09	6.73	0.27
39	Baylor	Southwest	7-4-0	0.64	16.22	5.91	12.95	7.52	-0.52
40	Tennessee	SEC	7-4-0	0.64	16.22	7.36	11.72	7.54	-0.54
41	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.2	4.18	14.61	6.84	0.16
42	Maryland	ACC	7-4-0	0.64	16.14	5.73	12.43	7.84	-0.84
43	East Tennessee State	Southern	7-4-0	0.64	15.24	11.64	1.81	8.93	-1.93
44	Navy	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.24	2.36	9.64	6.51	0.49
45	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	15.18	7.45	10.59	8.16	-2.16
46	LSU	SEC	7-5-0	0.58	15.15	10.33	12.41	9.67	-2.67
47	Texas A&M	Southwest	6-5-0	0.55	14.42	7.64	13.73	8.05	-2.05
48	Wake Forest	ACC	8-4-0	0.67	14.35	-3.58	14.2	4.84	3.16
49	Syracuse	FBS Independents	7-5-0	0.58	14.35	2.58	13.15	6.71	0.29
50	San José State	PCAA	6-4-1	0.55	14.29	2.36	9.12	6.04	-0.04
51	Virginia	ACC	6-5-0	0.55	14.28	11.27	10.05	9.08	-3.08
52	Missouri	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	14.15	7.64	11.28	8.13	-2.13
53	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	6-5-0	0.55	14.08	10.64	8.64	8.12	-2.12
54	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	14	7.36	10.17	8.19	-2.19
55	Arizona	Pac-10	6-4-1	0.55	13.97	0.64	11.23	5.7	0.3
56	Cornell	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	13.9	7	7.63	6.25	-1.25
57	Ball State	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.87	7.36	9.03	7.68	-1.68
58	Western Michigan	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.77	5.36	10.06	7.83	-1.83
59	Ohio	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.71	5.82	9	7.45	-1.45
60	Oklahoma State	Big 8	7-4-0	0.64	13.68	-1.91	11.55	4.82	2.18
61	Western Carolina	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	13.22	7.09	3.49	7.53	-1.53
62	Arizona State	Pac-10	6-6-0	0.5	13.22	8.17	12.81	8.57	-2.57
63	Georgia	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	13.18	1.55	11.24	6.06	-0.06
64	Princeton	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	13.08	0.78	10.8	4.73	0.27
65	California	Pac-10	6-6-0	0.5	13	5.25	13.59	7.93	-1.93
66	Long Beach State	PCAA	7-4-0	0.64	12.94	-3.64	8.08	4.36	2.64
67	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	5-5-1	0.45	12.71	4	12.49	6.8	-1.8
68	Stanford	Pac-10	5-5-1	0.45	12.22	1.82	12.19	6.02	-1.02
69	VMI	Southern	6-4-1	0.55	11.94	-4.73	8.49	3.71	2.29
70	Oregon	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	11.74	-1.09	9.84	5.12	0.88
71	Dartmouth	Ivy	4-4-1	0.44	11.64	1.33	7.68	5.19	-1.19
72	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	11.23	-2.36	8.36	4.69	1.31
73	Kentucky	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	11.23	3.36	9.94	6.96	-1.96
74	Iowa	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	11.19	2.09	12.53	6.16	-1.16
75	The Citadel	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	11.11	-2.18	6.55	4.91	1.09
76	Colgate	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	11.09	-1.6	2.45	4.39	0.61
77	UCLA	Pac-10	5-6-0	0.45	10.61	0.09	15.63	5.53	-0.53
78	Utah	Western Athletic	6-6-0	0.5	10.57	-2.42	13.91	5.27	0.73
79	New Mexico	Western Athletic	6-6-0	0.5	10.43	-1.5	9.31	5.42	0.58
80	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	10.42	0.18	12.45	5.56	-0.56
81	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	5-5-1	0.45	10.38	-2.64	12.22	4.52	0.48
82	Boston College	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	10.11	0	10.37	5.5	-0.5
83	SMU	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	9.75	-0.91	12.19	5.22	-0.22
84	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	9.64	-1.18	12.18	5.16	-0.16
85	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.31	-0.45	3.84	5.32	-0.32
86	Villanova	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.15	-0.82	3.96	5.24	-0.24
87	Miami	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.89	-4.09	11.05	4.15	0.85
88	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-6-1	0.36	8.81	-0.64	13.39	5.33	-1.33
89	Furman	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	8.73	-2.91	5.96	4.8	0.2
90	North Texas	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.7	-4.82	9.82	3.88	1.12
91	West Virginia	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.59	-8.55	13.98	3.02	1.98
92	Memphis	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.54	-5.18	8.12	3.65	1.35
93	Louisville	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	8	-3.18	12.42	4.28	-0.28
94	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	7.93	-3.45	12.07	4.08	-0.08
95	Louisiana	Southland	4-7-0	0.36	7.23	-1.91	9.92	4.64	-0.64
96	Arkansas State	Southland	4-7-0	0.36	7.18	-1.91	8.95	4.73	-0.73
97	Ole Miss	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	6.91	-4.27	12.42	4.4	-0.4
98	Colorado State	Western Athletic	4-7-1	0.33	6.82	-5.33	13.47	3.9	0.1
99	Harvard	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	6.64	-1	6.09	4.19	-1.19
100	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.6	-6.45	11.81	3.56	0.44
101	Fresno State	PCAA	4-7-0	0.36	6.51	-5.18	7.36	4.16	-0.16
102	Texas Tech	Southwest	3-6-2	0.27	6.4	-3.73	14.4	3.89	-0.89
103	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.37	-9.36	12.54	3.06	0.94
104	William & Mary	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.21	-7.91	6.91	2.64	1.36
105	UConn	FBS Independents	3-6-2	0.27	6.01	-2.64	2.56	4.32	-1.32
106	App State	Southern	3-8-0	0.27	5.85	-0.45	11.86	5.38	-2.38
107	Wyoming	Western Athletic	4-8-0	0.33	5.77	-7.5	10.8	3.38	0.62
108	Mississippi State	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	5.45	-1.55	12.96	4.85	-1.85
109	Pacific	PCAA	3-7-0	0.3	5.4	-3.1	4.94	3.98	-0.98
110	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	5.24	-12.22	6.7	1.85	1.15
111	Drake	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	5.01	-2.18	6.69	4.82	-1.82
112	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	4.56	-4	3.8	4.19	-1.19
113	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.54	-4.82	6.4	3.69	-0.69
114	Kansas State	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4.51	-6.45	10.69	3.18	-0.18
115	Iowa State	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4.44	-7.64	11.87	2.68	0.32
116	Illinois State	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.34	-5.36	2.72	3.82	-0.82
117	Colorado	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4.28	-9.64	12.16	2.63	0.37
118	Washington State	Pac-10	3-8-0	0.27	4.17	-11.36	12.29	2.98	0.02
119	Kansas	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	3.97	-15.82	13.8	1.76	1.24
120	TCU	Southwest	2-8-1	0.18	2.8	-9	14.92	2.24	-0.24
121	Duke	ACC	2-8-1	0.18	2.67	-10.18	13.09	2.34	-0.34
122	Illinois	Big Ten	2-8-1	0.18	2.67	-10	12.71	2.42	-0.42
123	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-8-1	0.18	2.49	-11.18	7.62	1.63	0.37
124	Louisiana Tech	Southland	2-9-0	0.18	2.2	-10	11.91	1.81	0.19
125	Army	FBS Independents	2-8-1	0.18	2.19	-19.27	12.74	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	2.03	-11.45	7.7	1.8	0.2
128	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-9-0	0.18	1.92	-14.55	11.47	1.12	0.88
129	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-9-0	0.18	1.79	-17.45	11.49	1.62	0.38
130	Columbia	Ivy	1-8-0	0.11	0.28	-15.56	9.14	0.69	0.31
131	Kent State	Mid-American	1-10-0	0.09	-0.17	-15.55	8.75	1.29	-0.29
132	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-10-0	0.09	-0.29	-18.18	12.18	0.81	0.19
133	Marshall	Southern	1-10-0	0.09	-0.34	-19.45	11.79	0.63	0.37
134	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-10-0	0.09	-0.43	-21.73	13.48	1.3	-0.3
135	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-10-0	0.09	-0.46	-22.64	12.87	0.96	0.04
136	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-10-0	0.09	-0.52	-24.64	12.55	0.59	0.41
137	Rice	Southwest	1-10-0	0.09	-0.6	-27	15.76	0.55	0.45
138	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-9-0	0	-2.19	-16.78	7.07	0.91	-0.91
139	Florida	SEC	0-10-1	0	-2.21	-14.45	14.79	1.13	-1.13
140	Richmond	FBS Independents	0-11-0	0	-2.25	-17.45	8.77	0.56	-0.56