1979 W19 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.029807+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	USC	Pac-10	11-0-1	0.92	25	18.17	11.87	10.5	0.5
2	Alabama	SEC	12-0-0	1	24.87	26.33	9.84	11.81	0.19
3	Central Michigan	Mid-American	10-0-1	0.91	24.47	14.36	10.05	9.51	0.49
4	Oklahoma	Big 8	11-1-0	0.92	23.18	21.75	11.16	11.04	-0.04
5	Ohio State	Big Ten	11-1-0	0.92	23.12	22	10.49	11.23	-0.23
6	BYU	Western Athletic	11-1-0	0.92	23.09	26.75	9.78	11.15	-0.15
7	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	11-1-0	0.92	23.06	14.58	12.07	10.78	0.22
8	Houston	Southwest	11-1-0	0.92	22.83	13.33	11.22	10.37	0.63
9	Florida State	FBS Independents	11-1-0	0.92	22.75	13.83	10.35	10.13	0.87
10	McNeese	Southland	11-1-0	0.92	22.13	8.17	9.22	9.42	1.58
11	Yale	Ivy	8-1-0	0.89	21.55	11	8.51	7.62	0.38
12	Nebraska	Big 8	10-2-0	0.83	21.23	20.75	11.54	11.11	-1.11
13	Arkansas	Southwest	10-2-0	0.83	20.99	12.67	12.23	10.32	-0.32
14	Temple	FBS Independents	10-2-0	0.83	20.55	16.75	8.69	10.08	-0.08
15	UNLV	FBS Independents	9-1-2	0.75	20.54	5.83	3.9	7.46	1.54
16	Texas-Arlington	Southland	9-2-0	0.82	20.03	16.36	6.93	9.4	-0.4
17	Purdue	Big Ten	10-2-0	0.83	20.02	5.08	10.55	7.65	2.35
18	Chattanooga	Southern	9-2-0	0.82	19.6	12	5.67	8.31	0.69
19	Washington	Pac-10	9-3-0	0.75	19.13	13.92	11.84	10.21	-1.21
20	Texas	Southwest	9-3-0	0.75	19.04	9.75	12.94	10.28	-1.28
21	North Carolina	ACC	8-3-1	0.67	18.69	10.25	13.46	9.45	-1.45
22	Tulane	FBS Independents	9-3-0	0.75	18.53	11.58	8.72	9.55	-0.55
23	Auburn	SEC	8-3-0	0.73	18.11	8.36	10.44	7.53	0.47
24	East Carolina	FBS Independents	7-3-1	0.64	17.84	17	9.69	9.16	-2.16
25	Rutgers	FBS Independents	8-3-0	0.73	17.69	6.27	8.9	7.57	0.43
26	Michigan	Big Ten	8-4-0	0.67	17.26	13.42	11.65	10.18	-2.18
27	Penn State	FBS Independents	8-4-0	0.67	17.25	6.67	15.29	8.49	-0.49
28	Utah State	PCAA	7-3-1	0.64	17.25	7	10.02	7.09	-0.09
29	Clemson	ACC	8-4-0	0.67	17.14	7.42	13.63	9.53	-1.53
30	Baylor	Southwest	8-4-0	0.67	16.88	5.92	13.23	8.18	-0.18
31	San Diego State	Western Athletic	8-3-0	0.73	16.78	0.91	9.8	5.73	2.27
32	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	8-3-0	0.73	16.72	4	4.07	6.84	1.16
33	South Carolina	FBS Independents	8-4-0	0.67	16.7	3.42	14.45	7.28	0.72
34	Toledo	Mid-American	7-3-1	0.64	16.54	2.09	10.17	6.24	0.76
35	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	8-3-0	0.73	16.49	2.55	4.24	6.19	1.81
36	Indiana	Big Ten	8-4-0	0.67	16.47	5.17	10.71	7.53	0.47
37	Lamar	Southland	6-3-2	0.55	16.32	4.91	9.82	6.91	-0.91
38	Brown	Ivy	6-3-0	0.67	16.25	7.56	7.13	6.59	-0.59
39	NC State	ACC	7-4-0	0.64	16.17	4.09	14.84	6.73	0.27
40	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	16.11	4.18	14.29	6.84	0.16
41	Maryland	ACC	7-4-0	0.64	16.07	5.73	12.35	7.84	-0.84
42	East Tennessee State	Southern	7-4-0	0.64	15.19	11.64	1.79	8.93	-1.93
43	Navy	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.19	2.36	9.63	6.51	0.49
44	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	15.11	7.45	10.42	8.16	-2.16
45	LSU	SEC	7-5-0	0.58	15.09	10.33	12.09	9.67	-2.67
46	Missouri	Big 8	7-5-0	0.58	14.83	7.83	11.56	8.92	-1.92
47	Tennessee	SEC	7-5-0	0.58	14.81	6.33	12.35	7.92	-0.92
48	Texas A&M	Southwest	6-5-0	0.55	14.34	7.64	13.43	8.05	-2.05
49	Syracuse	FBS Independents	7-5-0	0.58	14.3	2.58	13.19	6.71	0.29
50	Wake Forest	ACC	8-4-0	0.67	14.24	-3.58	14.13	4.84	3.16
51	Virginia	ACC	6-5-0	0.55	14.24	11.27	10.07	9.08	-3.08
52	San José State	PCAA	6-4-1	0.55	14.22	2.36	8.95	6.04	-0.04
53	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	6-5-0	0.55	14.01	10.64	8.44	8.12	-2.12
54	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.95	7.36	10.13	8.19	-2.19
55	Cornell	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	13.85	7	7.59	6.25	-1.25
56	Ball State	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.82	7.36	8.99	7.68	-1.68
57	Western Michigan	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.71	5.36	9.87	7.83	-1.83
58	Ohio	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	13.66	5.82	8.97	7.45	-1.45
59	Oklahoma State	Big 8	7-4-0	0.64	13.62	-1.91	11.42	4.82	2.18
60	Western Carolina	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	13.18	7.09	3.45	7.53	-1.53
61	Arizona State	Pac-10	6-6-0	0.5	13.17	8.17	12.68	8.57	-2.57
62	Georgia	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	13.11	1.55	10.96	6.06	-0.06
63	Princeton	Ivy	5-4-0	0.56	13.04	0.78	10.76	4.73	0.27
64	California	Pac-10	6-6-0	0.5	12.93	5.25	13.35	7.93	-1.93
65	Long Beach State	PCAA	7-4-0	0.64	12.88	-3.64	7.88	4.36	2.64
66	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	5-5-1	0.45	12.66	4	12.43	6.8	-1.8
67	Arizona	Pac-10	6-5-1	0.5	12.56	0.08	12.17	6.03	-0.03
68	Stanford	Pac-10	5-5-1	0.45	12.15	1.82	11.88	6.02	-1.02
69	VMI	Southern	6-4-1	0.55	11.9	-4.73	8.45	3.71	2.29
70	Oregon	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	11.69	-1.09	9.72	5.12	0.88
71	Dartmouth	Ivy	4-4-1	0.44	11.6	1.33	7.64	5.19	-1.19
72	Kentucky	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	11.2	3.36	10.04	6.96	-1.96
73	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	6-5-0	0.55	11.19	-2.36	8.32	4.69	1.31
74	Iowa	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	11.15	2.09	12.55	6.16	-1.16
75	The Citadel	Southern	6-5-0	0.55	11.07	-2.18	6.51	4.91	1.09
76	Colgate	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	11.05	-1.6	2.43	4.39	0.61
77	UCLA	Pac-10	5-6-0	0.45	10.58	0.09	15.61	5.53	-0.53
78	Utah	Western Athletic	6-6-0	0.5	10.52	-2.42	13.75	5.27	0.73
79	New Mexico	Western Athletic	6-6-0	0.5	10.38	-1.5	9.12	5.42	0.58
80	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	10.37	0.18	12.24	5.56	-0.56
81	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	5-5-1	0.45	10.34	-2.64	12.17	4.52	0.48
82	Boston College	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	10.07	0	10.22	5.5	-0.5
83	SMU	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	9.69	-0.91	11.85	5.22	-0.22
84	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	9.6	-1.18	12.02	5.16	-0.16
85	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.28	-0.45	3.81	5.32	-0.32
86	Villanova	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.12	-0.82	3.94	5.24	-0.24
87	Miami	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.87	-4.09	11.08	4.15	0.85
88	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-6-1	0.36	8.78	-0.64	13.29	5.33	-1.33
89	Furman	Southern	5-6-0	0.45	8.7	-2.91	5.92	4.8	0.2
90	North Texas	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.67	-4.82	9.77	3.88	1.12
91	West Virginia	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.56	-8.55	13.88	3.02	1.98
92	Memphis	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	8.51	-5.18	8.09	3.65	1.35
93	Louisville	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	7.97	-3.18	12.37	4.28	-0.28
94	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	4-6-1	0.36	7.89	-3.45	11.89	4.08	-0.08
95	Louisiana	Southland	4-7-0	0.36	7.2	-1.91	9.86	4.64	-0.64
96	Arkansas State	Southland	4-7-0	0.36	7.15	-1.91	8.9	4.73	-0.73
97	Ole Miss	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	6.87	-4.27	12.23	4.4	-0.4
98	Colorado State	Western Athletic	4-7-1	0.33	6.78	-5.33	13.15	3.9	0.1
99	Harvard	Ivy	3-6-0	0.33	6.62	-1	6.06	4.19	-1.19
100	Bowling Green	Mid-American	4-7-0	0.36	6.57	-6.45	11.76	3.56	0.44
101	Fresno State	PCAA	4-7-0	0.36	6.49	-5.18	7.36	4.16	-0.16
102	Texas Tech	Southwest	3-6-2	0.27	6.37	-3.73	14.06	3.89	-0.89
103	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-7-0	0.36	6.35	-9.36	12.44	3.06	0.94
104	William & Mary	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.19	-7.91	6.88	2.64	1.36
105	UConn	FBS Independents	3-6-2	0.27	5.99	-2.64	2.54	4.32	-1.32
106	App State	Southern	3-8-0	0.27	5.82	-0.45	11.65	5.38	-2.38
107	Wyoming	Western Athletic	4-8-0	0.33	5.74	-7.5	10.65	3.38	0.62
108	Mississippi State	SEC	3-8-0	0.27	5.43	-1.55	12.98	4.85	-1.85
109	Pacific	PCAA	3-7-0	0.3	5.38	-3.1	4.9	3.98	-0.98
110	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	3-6-0	0.33	5.22	-12.22	6.65	1.85	1.15
111	Drake	Missouri Valley	3-8-0	0.27	4.99	-2.18	6.65	4.82	-1.82
112	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	3-8-0	0.27	4.54	-4	3.77	4.19	-1.19
113	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.53	-4.82	6.36	3.69	-0.69
114	Kansas State	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4.5	-6.45	10.71	3.18	-0.18
115	Iowa State	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4.42	-7.64	11.74	2.68	0.32
116	Illinois State	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4.32	-5.36	2.69	3.82	-0.82
117	Colorado	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	4.27	-9.64	12.31	2.63	0.37
118	Washington State	Pac-10	3-8-0	0.27	4.15	-11.36	12.16	2.98	0.02
119	Kansas	Big 8	3-8-0	0.27	3.96	-15.82	13.71	1.76	1.24
120	TCU	Southwest	2-8-1	0.18	2.78	-9	14.56	2.24	-0.24
121	Illinois	Big Ten	2-8-1	0.18	2.66	-10	12.68	2.42	-0.42
122	Duke	ACC	2-8-1	0.18	2.65	-10.18	12.79	2.34	-0.34
123	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-8-1	0.18	2.48	-11.18	7.59	1.63	0.37
124	Louisiana Tech	Southland	2-9-0	0.18	2.19	-10	11.85	1.81	0.19
125	Army	FBS Independents	2-8-1	0.18	2.18	-19.27	12.84	0.65	1.35
126	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.13	-11.36	13.92	2.19	-0.19
127	Air Force	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.02	-11.45	7.67	1.8	0.2
128	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-9-0	0.18	1.91	-14.55	11.26	1.12	0.88
129	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-9-0	0.18	1.78	-17.45	11.44	1.62	0.38
130	Columbia	Ivy	1-8-0	0.11	0.28	-15.56	9.1	0.69	0.31
131	Kent State	Mid-American	1-10-0	0.09	-0.17	-15.55	8.7	1.29	-0.29
132	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-10-0	0.09	-0.29	-18.18	12.13	0.81	0.19
133	Marshall	Southern	1-10-0	0.09	-0.34	-19.45	11.74	0.63	0.37
134	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-10-0	0.09	-0.43	-21.73	13.36	1.3	-0.3
135	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-10-0	0.09	-0.45	-22.64	12.73	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	-0.6	-27	15.47	0.55	0.45
138	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-9-0	0	-2.18	-16.78	7.03	0.91	-0.91
139	Florida	SEC	0-10-1	0	-2.21	-14.45	14.8	1.13	-1.13
140	Richmond	FBS Independents	0-11-0	0	-2.24	-17.45	8.73	0.56	-0.56