1979 W18 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.029345+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	24.89	19.73	10.84	9.77	0.23
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	11-0-0	1	24.74	24.09	9.32	10.44	0.56
3	Alabama	SEC	11-0-0	1	24.71	27.36	8.69	10.86	0.14
4	Central Michigan	Mid-American	10-0-1	0.91	24.51	14.36	10.07	9.51	0.49
5	Florida State	FBS Independents	11-0-0	1	24.48	16.64	9.38	9.71	1.29
6	BYU	Western Athletic	11-1-0	0.92	23.13	26.75	9.81	11.15	-0.15
7	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	11-1-0	0.92	23.1	14.58	12.15	10.78	0.22
8	Nebraska	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	22.92	22.91	10.5	10.35	-0.35
9	Oklahoma	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	22.78	22.18	9.9	10.1	-0.1
10	Arkansas	Southwest	10-1-0	0.91	22.73	15.18	11.13	9.92	0.08
11	Houston	Southwest	10-1-0	0.91	22.51	14.27	10.19	9.66	0.34
12	McNeese	Southland	11-1-0	0.92	22.17	8.17	9.24	9.42	1.58
13	Yale	Ivy	8-1-0	0.89	21.58	11	8.53	7.62	0.38
14	Temple	FBS Independents	10-2-0	0.83	20.59	16.75	8.69	10.08	-0.08
15	UNLV	FBS Independents	9-1-2	0.75	20.57	5.83	3.92	7.46	1.54
16	Texas-Arlington	Southland	9-2-0	0.82	20.06	16.36	6.95	9.4	-0.4
17	Purdue	Big Ten	9-2-0	0.82	19.78	5.09	10.17	7.04	1.96
18	Chattanooga	Southern	9-2-0	0.82	19.63	12	5.69	8.31	0.69
19	Washington	Pac-10	9-3-0	0.75	19.16	13.92	11.84	10.21	-1.21
20	Texas	Southwest	9-3-0	0.75	19.06	9.75	12.92	10.28	-1.28
21	North Carolina	ACC	8-3-1	0.67	18.74	10.25	13.71	9.45	-1.45
22	Clemson	ACC	8-3-0	0.73	18.61	8.64	13.52	9.27	-1.27
23	Tulane	FBS Independents	9-3-0	0.75	18.56	11.58	8.74	9.55	-0.55
24	Auburn	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	18.14	8.36	10.47	7.53	0.47
25	East Carolina	FBS Independents	7-3-1	0.64	17.86	17	9.65	9.16	-2.16
26	Rutgers	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.72	6.27	8.92	7.57	0.43
27	Michigan	Big Ten	8-4-0	0.67	17.32	13.42	11.61	10.18	-2.18
28	Penn State	FBS Independents	8-4-0	0.67	17.28	6.67	15.3	8.49	-0.49
29	Utah State	PCAA	7-3-1	0.64	17.28	7	10.04	7.09	-0.09
30	San Diego State	Western Athletic	8-3-0	0.73	16.82	0.91	9.87	5.73	2.27
31	South Carolina	FBS Independents	8-4-0	0.67	16.76	3.42	14.37	7.28	0.72
32	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	8-3-0	0.73	16.75	4	4.08	6.84	1.16
33	Toledo	Mid-American	7-3-1	0.64	16.56	2.09	10.19	6.24	0.76
34	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	8-3-0	0.73	16.51	2.55	4.25	6.19	1.81
35	Indiana	Big Ten	8-4-0	0.67	16.51	5.17	10.84	7.53	0.47
36	Lamar	Southland	6-3-2	0.55	16.35	4.91	9.84	6.91	-0.91
37	Brown	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.27	7.56	7.14	6.59	-0.59
38	NC State	ACC	7-4-0	0.64	16.21	4.09	14.96	6.73	0.27
39	Tennessee	SEC	7-4-0	0.64	16.19	7.36	11.7	7.54	-0.54
40	Baylor	Southwest	7-4-0	0.64	16.17	5.91	12.78	7.52	-0.52
41	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.17	4.18	14.58	6.84	0.16
42	Maryland	ACC	7-4-0	0.64	16.09	5.73	12.31	7.84	-0.84
43	East Tennessee State	Southern	7-4-0	0.64	15.22	11.64	1.8	8.93	-1.93
44	Navy	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.22	2.36	9.63	6.51	0.49
45	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	15.14	7.45	10.44	8.16	-2.16
46	LSU	SEC	7-5-0	0.58	15.12	10.33	12.12	9.67	-2.67
47	Missouri	Big 8	7-5-0	0.58	14.85	7.83	11.72	8.92	-1.92
48	Texas A&M	Southwest	6-5-0	0.55	14.37	7.64	13.47	8.05	-2.05
49	Syracuse	FBS Independents	7-5-0	0.58	14.33	2.58	13.19	6.71	0.29
50	Wake Forest	ACC	8-4-0	0.67	14.28	-3.58	14.24	4.84	3.16
51	San José State	PCAA	6-4-1	0.55	14.26	2.36	9.09	6.04	-0.04
52	Virginia	ACC	6-5-0	0.55	14.26	11.27	10.03	9.08	-3.08
53	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	6-5-0	0.55	14.04	10.64	8.47	8.12	-2.12
54	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.97	7.36	10.15	8.19	-2.19
55	Cornell	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	13.87	7	7.61	6.25	-1.25
56	Ball State	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.84	7.36	9.01	7.68	-1.68
57	Western Michigan	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.75	5.36	10.04	7.83	-1.83
58	Ohio	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.68	5.82	8.98	7.45	-1.45
59	Oklahoma State	Big 8	7-4-0	0.64	13.65	-1.91	11.52	4.82	2.18
60	Western Carolina	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	13.2	7.09	3.47	7.53	-1.53
61	Arizona State	Pac-10	6-6-0	0.5	13.2	8.17	12.82	8.57	-2.57
62	Georgia	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	13.15	1.55	11.13	6.06	-0.06
63	Princeton	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	13.06	0.78	10.78	4.73	0.27
64	California	Pac-10	6-6-0	0.5	12.98	5.25	13.6	7.93	-1.93
65	Long Beach State	PCAA	7-4-0	0.64	12.91	-3.64	7.91	4.36	2.64
66	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	5-5-1	0.45	12.68	4	12.46	6.8	-1.8
67	Arizona	Pac-10	6-5-1	0.5	12.62	0.08	12.17	6.03	-0.03
68	Stanford	Pac-10	5-5-1	0.45	12.19	1.82	12.02	6.02	-1.02
69	VMI	Southern	6-4-1	0.55	11.92	-4.73	8.47	3.71	2.29
70	Oregon	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	11.72	-1.09	9.86	5.12	0.88
71	Dartmouth	Ivy	4-4-1	0.44	11.62	1.33	7.66	5.19	-1.19
72	Kentucky	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	11.22	3.36	10.06	6.96	-1.96
73	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	11.21	-2.36	8.34	4.69	1.31
74	Iowa	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	11.17	2.09	12.57	6.16	-1.16
75	The Citadel	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	11.09	-2.18	6.53	4.91	1.09
76	Colgate	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	11.07	-1.6	2.44	4.39	0.61
77	UCLA	Pac-10	5-6-0	0.45	10.59	0.09	15.64	5.53	-0.53
78	Utah	Western Athletic	6-6-0	0.5	10.54	-2.42	13.78	5.27	0.73
79	New Mexico	Western Athletic	6-6-0	0.5	10.4	-1.5	9.15	5.42	0.58
80	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	10.38	0.18	12.26	5.56	-0.56
81	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	5-5-1	0.45	10.36	-2.64	12.19	4.52	0.48
82	Boston College	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	10.09	0	10.22	5.5	-0.5
83	SMU	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	9.71	-0.91	11.89	5.22	-0.22
84	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	9.62	-1.18	12.15	5.16	-0.16
85	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.29	-0.45	3.82	5.32	-0.32
86	Villanova	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.14	-0.82	3.95	5.24	-0.24
87	Miami	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.88	-4.09	11.1	4.15	0.85
88	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-6-1	0.36	8.8	-0.64	13.43	5.33	-1.33
89	Furman	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	8.71	-2.91	5.94	4.8	0.2
90	North Texas	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.68	-4.82	9.8	3.88	1.12
91	West Virginia	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.57	-8.55	13.89	3.02	1.98
92	Memphis	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.52	-5.18	8.1	3.65	1.35
93	Louisville	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	7.99	-3.18	12.39	4.28	-0.28
94	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	7.91	-3.45	11.92	4.08	-0.08
95	Louisiana	Southland	4-7-0	0.36	7.22	-1.91	9.88	4.64	-0.64
96	Arkansas State	Southland	4-7-0	0.36	7.16	-1.91	8.92	4.73	-0.73
97	Ole Miss	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	6.89	-4.27	12.33	4.4	-0.4
98	Colorado State	Western Athletic	4-7-1	0.33	6.8	-5.33	13.3	3.9	0.1
99	Harvard	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	6.63	-1	6.07	4.19	-1.19
100	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.59	-6.45	11.79	3.56	0.44
101	Fresno State	PCAA	4-7-0	0.36	6.5	-5.18	7.38	4.16	-0.16
102	Texas Tech	Southwest	3-6-2	0.27	6.39	-3.73	14.22	3.89	-0.89
103	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.37	-9.36	12.58	3.06	0.94
104	William & Mary	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.2	-7.91	6.9	2.64	1.36
105	UConn	FBS Independents	3-6-2	0.27	6	-2.64	2.55	4.32	-1.32
106	App State	Southern	3-8-0	0.27	5.83	-0.45	11.68	5.38	-2.38
107	Wyoming	Western Athletic	4-8-0	0.33	5.75	-7.5	10.68	3.38	0.62
108	Mississippi State	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	5.44	-1.55	13	4.85	-1.85
109	Pacific	PCAA	3-7-0	0.3	5.39	-3.1	4.92	3.98	-0.98
110	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	5.23	-12.22	6.67	1.85	1.15
111	Drake	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	5	-2.18	6.67	4.82	-1.82
112	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	4.55	-4	3.78	4.19	-1.19
113	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.54	-4.82	6.37	3.69	-0.69
114	Kansas State	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4.5	-6.45	10.67	3.18	-0.18
115	Iowa State	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4.42	-7.64	11.7	2.68	0.32
116	Illinois State	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.33	-5.36	2.7	3.82	-0.82
117	Colorado	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4.28	-9.64	12.27	2.63	0.37
118	Washington State	Pac-10	3-8-0	0.27	4.16	-11.36	12.3	2.98	0.02
119	Kansas	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	3.96	-15.82	13.77	1.76	1.24
120	TCU	Southwest	2-8-1	0.18	2.78	-9	14.61	2.24	-0.24
121	Illinois	Big Ten	2-8-1	0.18	2.67	-10	12.76	2.42	-0.42
122	Duke	ACC	2-8-1	0.18	2.66	-10.18	12.9	2.34	-0.34
123	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-8-1	0.18	2.48	-11.18	7.6	1.63	0.37
124	Louisiana Tech	Southland	2-9-0	0.18	2.2	-10	11.87	1.81	0.19
125	Army	FBS Independents	2-8-1	0.18	2.18	-19.27	12.78	0.65	1.35
126	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.14	-11.36	13.86	2.19	-0.19
127	Air Force	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.03	-11.45	7.68	1.8	0.2
128	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-9-0	0.18	1.91	-14.55	11.3	1.12	0.88
129	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-9-0	0.18	1.78	-17.45	11.46	1.62	0.38
130	Columbia	Ivy	1-8-0	0.11	0.28	-15.56	9.12	0.69	0.31
131	Kent State	Mid-American	1-10-0	0.09	-0.17	-15.55	8.72	1.29	-0.29
132	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-10-0	0.09	-0.29	-18.18	12.16	0.81	0.19
133	Marshall	Southern	1-10-0	0.09	-0.34	-19.45	11.77	0.63	0.37
134	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-10-0	0.09	-0.43	-21.73	13.39	1.3	-0.3
135	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-10-0	0.09	-0.46	-22.64	12.88	0.96	0.04
136	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-10-0	0.09	-0.52	-24.64	12.6	0.59	0.41
137	Rice	Southwest	1-10-0	0.09	-0.6	-27	15.52	0.55	0.45
138	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-9-0	0	-2.18	-16.78	7.05	0.91	-0.91
139	Florida	SEC	0-10-1	0	-2.21	-14.45	14.83	1.13	-1.13
140	Richmond	FBS Independents	0-11-0	0	-2.24	-17.45	8.75	0.56	-0.56