1979 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.022099+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	NC State	ACC	2-0-0	1	30.91	9	22.17	1.37	0.63
2	Washington	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	29.76	35	14.81	1.99	0.01
3	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-0-0	1	28.38	14	8.86	1.88	0.12
4	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	28.36	20.5	10.89	1.74	0.26
5	Maryland	ACC	2-0-0	1	28.3	11.5	13.25	1.72	0.28
6	California	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	28.23	5.5	15.54	1.55	0.45
7	Penn State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	28.13	35	26.15	0.97	0.03
8	Iowa State	Big 8	1-0-0	1	28.08	28	27.86	0.96	0.04
9	McNeese	Southland	3-0-0	1	28.07	10.33	7.94	2.96	0.04
10	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	28.05	13.5	10.52	1.7	0.3
11	Temple	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	27.17	22	4.69	1.73	0.27
12	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-0-0	1	26.46	12.5	0.99	1.79	0.21
13	North Carolina	ACC	1-0-0	1	26.46	28	-0.35	1	0
14	Alabama	SEC	1-0-0	1	26.45	24	-0.84	0.98	0.02
15	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	3-0-0	1	26.36	9.67	-0.09	2.42	0.58
16	USC	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	26.23	25.5	-1.59	1.96	0.04
17	Florida State	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	26.19	15.5	0.73	1.84	0.16
18	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	26.07	10	0.3	1	0
19	Missouri	Big 8	2-0-0	1	26	19	-1.83	1.84	0.16
20	Houston	Southwest	2-0-0	1	25.88	6	1.21	1.42	0.58
21	Duke	ACC	1-0-0	1	25.88	14	20.72	0.84	0.16
22	SMU	Southwest	2-0-0	1	25.85	19	-1.14	1.81	0.19
23	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	25.76	2	25.35	0.61	0.39
24	Baylor	Southwest	2-0-0	1	25.68	11.5	0.19	1.82	0.18
25	Indiana	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	25.59	17.5	-0.53	1.64	0.36
26	BYU	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	25.49	23	-4.11	1.89	0.11
27	Ole Miss	SEC	1-0-0	1	25.39	4	22.36	0.57	0.43
28	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	25.24	5	1.02	1.23	0.77
29	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	25.2	7	19.2	0.72	0.28
30	Wake Forest	ACC	2-0-0	1	25.16	4	1.39	1.2	0.8
31	VMI	Southern	2-0-0	1	25.12	7	-0.45	1.78	0.22
32	UNLV	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.91	13	-5.63	1.58	0.42
33	Chattanooga	Southern	2-0-0	1	24.49	15	-6	1.63	0.37
34	Fresno State	PCAA	2-0-0	1	23.3	11	-10	1.57	0.43
35	Nebraska	Big 8	1-0-0	1	22.97	21	1.91	0.9	0.1
36	LSU	SEC	1-0-0	1	22.96	44	-0.24	1	0
37	Arkansas	Southwest	1-0-0	1	22.58	33	-1.8	1	0
38	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.58	24	-0.07	1	0
39	Navy	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.4	19	-0.5	0.96	0.04
40	Miami	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	22.36	12	1.76	0.84	0.16
41	Oklahoma	Big 8	1-0-0	1	22.21	15	-1.06	0.95	0.05
42	Tennessee	SEC	1-0-0	1	22.14	12	0.17	0.79	0.21
43	Auburn	SEC	1-0-0	1	21.95	8	0.43	0.71	0.29
44	Army	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	21.86	16	-1.25	0.91	0.09
45	Arizona	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	21.02	9.33	7.05	2.42	-0.42
46	North Texas	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	21	7.33	21.97	2.23	-0.23
47	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	20.29	14.33	-1.73	2.64	-0.64
48	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	19.55	6	-10	0.64	0.36
49	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	2-1-0	0.67	19.28	7.33	14.51	2.31	-0.31
50	Utah	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	18.64	-2	7.83	1.35	0.65
51	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-1-0	0.67	18.27	3.33	6.31	1.89	0.11
52	Western Carolina	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	17.9	5.33	10.99	2.09	-0.09
53	Virginia	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	17.32	13.5	14.68	1.63	-0.63
54	Michigan	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	16.3	20	-0.41	1.87	-0.87
55	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	16.21	5	11.68	1.32	-0.32
56	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	2-1-0	0.67	16.06	-0.67	8.2	1.4	0.6
57	Clemson	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	16.04	1	12.01	1.12	-0.12
58	Texas-Arlington	Southland	1-1-0	0.5	16	-0.5	19.15	0.95	0.05
59	Tulane	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	15.69	9.5	-1.09	1.51	-0.51
60	Purdue	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	15.59	5.5	-0.19	1.23	-0.23
61	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	14.81	-1	7.78	0.94	0.06
62	East Tennessee State	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	14.51	12	-4.54	1.72	-0.72
63	Arkansas State	Southland	1-1-0	0.5	14.3	4.5	-4.79	1.29	-0.29
64	Oregon	Pac-10	1-1-0	0.5	13.7	-5	12.24	0.79	0.21
65	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.4	-3.5	1.15	0.8	0.2
66	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.18	-1.5	1.05	0.93	0.07
67	Marshall	Southern	1-1-0	0.5	13.02	-3.5	4.57	0.76	0.24
68	UCLA	Pac-10	1-1-0	0.5	12.98	1	25.83	1.05	-0.05
69	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.95	7.5	13.24	1.53	-0.53
70	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	12.59	8.5	12.09	1.39	-0.39
71	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.47	12	7.07	1.59	-0.59
72	William & Mary	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.39	4.5	11.54	1.39	-0.39
73	Lamar	Southland	1-1-0	0.5	12.04	9	6.68	1.37	-0.37
74	Washington State	Pac-10	1-1-0	0.5	11.63	2.5	10.21	1.15	-0.15
75	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	11.41	-2	28.47	0.82	0.18
76	Ohio	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	10.99	-0.5	18.34	0.96	0.04
77	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	10.96	-1.5	18.71	0.89	0.11
78	Toledo	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	10.71	0	11.34	1	0
79	Illinois State	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	10.5	11	-10	1.48	-0.48
80	East Carolina	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	10.32	-1	13.91	1.42	-0.42
81	Rice	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	10.02	-7	24.46	0.64	0.36
82	Stanford	Pac-10	1-1-0	0.5	9.99	-3.5	13.22	0.86	0.14
83	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	9.77	-3.67	23.22	0.78	0.22
84	South Carolina	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	9.61	-5.5	12.72	0.58	0.42
85	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	9.15	-6.5	11.42	0.62	0.38
86	Long Beach State	PCAA	1-1-0	0.5	8.64	-11	10.42	0.28	0.72
87	Louisiana	Southland	1-2-0	0.33	8.49	-4.67	9.34	1.03	-0.03
88	Pacific	PCAA	1-1-0	0.5	8.48	-5	-0.39	0.73	0.27
89	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	8.25	-18.5	12.07	0.3	0.7
90	Drake	Missouri Valley	1-2-0	0.33	7.95	-9.33	23.74	0.74	0.26
91	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	7.6	-4	12.15	1.08	-0.08
92	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	7.58	-8.33	5.38	0.64	0.36
93	Texas	Southwest	0-0-0	0	0.45	0	0	0	0
94	Yale	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.44	0	0	0	0
95	Cornell	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.33	0	0	0	0
96	Dartmouth	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.31	0	0	0	0
97	Brown	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.3	0	0	0	0
98	Harvard	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.26	0	0	0	0
99	Princeton	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.13	0	0	0	0
100	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.12	0	0	0	0
101	Columbia	Ivy	0-0-0	0	0.07	0	0	0	0
102	Georgia	SEC	0-1-0	0	-0.16	-1	22.71	0.47	-0.47
103	Kentucky	SEC	0-1-0	0	-0.34	-1	26.78	0.46	-0.46
104	Mississippi State	SEC	0-1-0	0	-0.36	-1	22.36	0.46	-0.46
105	Kent State	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-0.85	-2.5	-10	0.8	-0.8
106	Florida	SEC	0-1-0	0	-1.1	-4	25.84	0.31	-0.31
107	Louisville	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-1.26	-6.5	12.13	0.55	-0.55
108	Texas A&M	Southwest	0-2-0	0	-1.28	-5.5	23.92	0.58	-0.58
109	San José State	PCAA	0-1-1	0	-1.3	-8	0.95	0.78	-0.78
110	Utah State	PCAA	0-1-1	0	-1.41	-10.5	2.08	0.67	-0.67
111	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-1.47	-4	30.84	0.41	-0.41
112	Kansas State	Big 8	0-1-0	0	-1.48	-8	2.05	0.29	-0.29
113	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.75	-18	0.79	0.04	-0.04
114	Colgate	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.75	-13	0.48	0.19	-0.19
115	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.78	-12	1.94	0.21	-0.21
116	App State	Southern	0-2-0	0	-1.79	-8	22.76	0.71	-0.71
117	The Citadel	Southern	0-2-0	0	-1.88	-13.5	-3.76	0.23	-0.23
118	Iowa	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-1.99	-9.5	12.46	0.5	-0.5
119	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-2.02	-13.5	12.85	0.05	-0.05
120	Furman	Southern	0-2-0	0	-2.04	-14	8.38	0.08	-0.08
121	UConn	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.19	-16	0.78	0.09	-0.09
122	Kansas	Big 8	0-1-0	0	-2.29	-24	2.16	0	0
123	Ball State	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-2.29	-20.5	12.55	0.1	-0.1
124	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.32	-18.5	8.07	0.12	-0.12
125	Arizona State	Pac-10	0-2-0	0	-2.37	-18	24.41	0.07	-0.07
126	West Virginia	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.54	-16	11.31	0.3	-0.3
127	Wyoming	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-2.55	-20.5	11.47	0.17	-0.17
128	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	0-3-0	0	-2.55	-13	25.18	0.34	-0.34
129	TCU	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-2.58	-20	23.94	0.04	-0.04
130	Illinois	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-2.58	-12.5	25.18	0.28	-0.28
131	Colorado	Big 8	0-2-0	0	-2.67	-29	13.11	0.07	-0.07
132	Air Force	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.74	-27.5	6.99	0.01	-0.01
133	Richmond	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.79	-20.5	23.09	0.02	-0.02
134	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	0-1-0	0	-2.83	-21	24.92	0.1	-0.1
135	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-1-0	0	-2.87	-31	22.01	0.05	-0.05
136	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-2.88	-24.5	16.68	0.1	-0.1
137	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.89	-24	26.26	0.02	-0.02
138	Louisiana Tech	Southland	0-2-0	0	-3.14	-25.5	26.82	0.01	-0.01
139	San Diego State	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-3.16	-30	25.65	0.07	-0.07
140	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-2-0	0	-3.32	-28	28.47	0.09	-0.09