1979 W2 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.021563+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	31.35	26.5	3.03	1.94	0.06
2	Utah	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	30.84	14	3.44	1.62	0.38
3	NC State	ACC	1-0-0	1	30.73	14	35.27	0.78	0.22
4	Arizona	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	30.43	15.5	3.78	1.75	0.25
5	McNeese	Southland	2-0-0	1	29.26	5	-1.13	1.82	0.18
6	Oklahoma State	Big 8	1-0-0	1	28.8	18	32.45	0.95	0.05
7	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	2-0-0	1	28.39	13	1.88	1.74	0.26
8	Texas-Arlington	Southland	1-0-0	1	27.91	4	27.57	0.77	0.23
9	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	27.86	26	21.12	0.98	0.02
10	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	26.78	24	11.46	0.99	0.01
11	Clemson	ACC	1-0-0	1	26.77	21	8.96	1	0
12	Alabama	SEC	1-0-0	1	26.26	24	6.47	0.98	0.02
13	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	26.15	28	7.43	1	0
14	Washington	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	26.11	36	6.01	1	0
15	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	26.06	10	8.52	1	0
16	Houston	Southwest	1-0-0	1	25.84	8	9.72	0.72	0.28
17	Purdue	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	25.82	21	4.76	0.85	0.15
18	Missouri	Big 8	1-0-0	1	25.65	30	4.67	0.93	0.07
19	USC	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	25.59	14	5.1	0.93	0.07
20	Michigan	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	25.35	42	-1.15	0.99	0.01
21	North Carolina	ACC	1-0-0	1	25.14	28	8.33	1	0
22	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	25.08	23	2.1	0.96	0.04
23	Tulane	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	24.99	23	9.12	0.94	0.06
24	UNLV	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	24.92	21	4.09	0.9	0.1
25	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	24.72	17	-0.18	0.85	0.15
26	Florida State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	24.6	3	7.31	0.61	0.39
27	BYU	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	24.49	1	9.22	0.53	0.47
28	Temple	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	24.49	22	0.46	0.89	0.11
29	California	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	24.21	8	8.95	0.82	0.18
30	Maryland	ACC	1-0-0	1	24.14	4	3.81	0.61	0.39
31	Oregon	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	24.03	14	6.79	0.79	0.21
32	SMU	Southwest	1-0-0	1	23.94	18	-0.01	0.85	0.15
33	Virginia	ACC	1-0-0	1	23.62	31	4.26	1	0
34	Baylor	Southwest	1-0-0	1	23.35	13	2.04	0.92	0.08
35	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	22.91	14	0.93	0.89	0.11
36	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.81	1	9.01	0.54	0.46
37	Wake Forest	ACC	1-0-0	1	22.71	7	6.85	0.65	0.35
38	VMI	Southern	1-0-0	1	22.55	4	6.45	0.88	0.12
39	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.36	1	7.09	0.54	0.46
40	Chattanooga	Southern	1-0-0	1	22.28	13	-10	0.71	0.29
41	Marshall	Southern	1-0-0	1	22.24	17	1.29	0.87	0.13
42	Indiana	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	22.01	4	0.35	0.58	0.42
43	Arkansas State	Southland	1-0-0	1	21.53	10	-10	0.78	0.22
44	Fresno State	PCAA	1-0-0	1	20.85	20	-10	0.93	0.07
45	East Carolina	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	20.72	5.5	6.1	1.28	-0.28
46	North Texas	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	19.61	8.5	-0.67	1.55	-0.55
47	East Tennessee State	Southern	1-0-0	1	19.2	31	-10	1	0
48	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	18.69	5	5.58	1.68	-0.68
49	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	18.34	4.5	1.88	1.33	-0.33
50	Louisiana	Southland	1-1-0	0.5	15.9	-3	5.75	0.74	0.26
51	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	15.13	7	17.46	1.7	-0.7
52	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	13.77	-6	-2.1	0.59	0.41
53	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	12.48	-2	26.59	0.75	0.25
54	Drake	Missouri Valley	1-1-0	0.5	11.61	-3	26.35	0.76	0.24
55	Western Carolina	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	10.81	-4	12.64	0.73	0.27
56	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	9.21	-5.5	17.58	0.65	0.35
57	Penn State	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	2.97	0	0	0	0
58	Arkansas	Southwest	0-0-0	0	2.92	0	0	0	0
59	Oklahoma	Big 8	0-0-0	0	2.91	0	0	0	0
60	Nebraska	Big 8	0-0-0	0	2.7	0	0	0	0
61	Texas	Southwest	0-0-0	0	2.69	0	0	0	0
62	Yale	Ivy	0-0-0	0	2.62	0	0	0	0
63	Georgia	SEC	0-0-0	0	2.51	0	0	0	0
64	Navy	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	2.48	0	0	0	0
65	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	2.35	0	0	0	0
66	LSU	SEC	0-0-0	0	2.19	0	0	0	0
67	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	2.16	0	0	0	0
68	Auburn	SEC	0-0-0	0	2.05	0	0	0	0
69	Cornell	Ivy	0-0-0	0	1.97	0	0	0	0
70	Tennessee	SEC	0-0-0	0	1.94	0	0	0	0
71	Utah State	PCAA	0-0-1	0	1.91	0	5.79	0.5	-0.5
72	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	1.88	0	0	0	0
73	Dartmouth	Ivy	0-0-0	0	1.85	0	0	0	0
74	Brown	Ivy	0-0-0	0	1.81	0	0	0	0
75	Iowa State	Big 8	0-0-0	0	1.79	0	0	0	0
76	Texas A&M	Southwest	0-1-0	0	1.78	-1	9.41	0.47	-0.47
77	Louisville	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	1.76	-1	2.85	0.46	-0.46
78	Florida	SEC	0-0-0	0	1.65	0	0	0	0
79	Harvard	Ivy	0-0-0	0	1.58	0	0	0	0
80	Kentucky	SEC	0-0-0	0	1.53	0	0	0	0
81	Miami	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	1.46	0	0	0	0
82	San José State	PCAA	0-0-1	0	1.45	0	7.63	0.5	-0.5
83	Mississippi State	SEC	0-1-0	0	1.28	-1	2.42	0.46	-0.46
84	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	0.91	0	0	0	0
85	Ole Miss	SEC	0-0-0	0	0.82	0	0	0	0
86	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	0.79	-3	9.19	0.39	-0.39
87	Army	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.78	0	0	0	0
88	Princeton	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.77	0	0	0	0
89	UCLA	Pac-10	0-1-0	0	0.77	-8	9.94	0.28	-0.28
90	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.72	0	0	0	0
91	Arizona State	Pac-10	0-1-0	0	0.66	-8	4	0.18	-0.18
92	Colgate	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.52	0	0	0	0
93	William & Mary	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	0.48	-4	0.98	0.12	-0.12
94	Columbia	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.45	0	0	0	0
95	Ball State	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	0.45	-24	9.26	0.01	-0.01
96	Kansas State	Big 8	0-0-0	0	0.43	0	0	0	0
97	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	0.41	-4	25.62	0.35	-0.35
98	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.37	0	0	0	0
99	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	0.3	-10	11.1	0	0
100	App State	Southern	0-1-0	0	0.27	-7	-0.07	0.35	-0.35
101	Duke	ACC	0-0-0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0
102	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.17	0	0	0	0
103	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-0-0	0	-0	0	0	0	0
104	Stanford	Pac-10	0-1-0	0	-0.01	-23	4.04	0.06	-0.06
105	Kansas	Big 8	0-0-0	0	-0.07	0	0	0	0
106	TCU	Southwest	0-0-0	0	-0.1	0	0	0	0
107	Furman	Southern	0-1-0	0	-0.12	-21	11.55	0	0
108	Colorado	Big 8	0-1-0	0	-0.24	-14	3.38	0.21	-0.21
109	Villanova	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.26	-4	9.27	0.39	-0.39
110	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-0.27	-4	33.19	0.41	-0.41
111	Kent State	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-0.35	-3	-10	0.39	-0.39
112	South Carolina	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.35	-28	4.67	0	0
113	The Citadel	Southern	0-1-0	0	-0.5	-8	-10	0.24	-0.24
114	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.68	-28	9.45	0	0
115	Texas Tech	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-0.79	-14	10.94	0.07	-0.07
116	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.84	-24	11.04	0.02	-0.02
117	Iowa	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-1.06	-4	3.31	0.42	-0.42
118	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-1.16	-21	11.01	0.15	-0.15
119	Illinois State	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.2	-6	-10	0.38	-0.38
120	Wyoming	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-1.22	-36	9.69	0	0
121	UConn	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	-1.25	0	0	0	0
122	Washington State	Pac-10	0-1-0	0	-1.26	-15	31.01	0.06	-0.06
123	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	0-1-0	0	-1.27	-21	7.93	0.1	-0.1
124	Richmond	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.38	-31	1.51	0	0
125	Lamar	Southland	0-1-0	0	-1.4	-13	4.51	0.08	-0.08
126	San Diego State	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-1.42	-30	9.41	0.07	-0.07
127	Pacific	PCAA	0-1-0	0	-1.49	-24	-3.31	0.03	-0.03
128	Air Force	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.64	-17	7.74	0.05	-0.05
129	Toledo	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-1.68	-17	-0.06	0.13	-0.13
130	Ohio	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-1.71	-14	3.4	0.11	-0.11
131	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-1.8	-16	31.01	0.17	-0.17
132	Syracuse	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.87	-23	9.85	0.04	-0.04
133	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	0-2-0	0	-1.89	-14.5	26.35	0.24	-0.24
134	Louisiana Tech	Southland	0-1-0	0	-2	-34	33.83	0	0
135	Rice	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-2.18	-18	7.6	0.15	-0.15
136	West Virginia	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.23	-22	8.87	0.11	-0.11
137	Illinois	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-2.25	-17	10.97	0.15	-0.15
138	Long Beach State	PCAA	0-1-0	0	-2.34	-24	33.19	0.05	-0.05
139	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-1-0	0	-2.39	-19	33.83	0.14	-0.14
140	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-3.17	-42	11.87	0.01	-0.01