1979 W4 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.022578+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	North Carolina	ACC	2-0-0	1	28.5	19	16.09	1.98	0.02
2	Alabama	SEC	2-0-0	1	28.03	34.5	11.39	1.99	0.01
3	Washington	Pac-10	3-0-0	1	27.91	24.67	9.93	2.88	0.12
4	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	27.86	14.67	12.53	2.41	0.59
5	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	27.77	14.33	12.33	2.4	0.6
6	Arkansas	Southwest	2-0-0	1	27.61	26.5	12.75	1.97	0.03
7	Florida State	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	27.35	16	10.98	2.6	0.4
8	NC State	ACC	3-0-0	1	27.35	14	8.37	2.33	0.67
9	Maryland	ACC	3-0-0	1	27.25	14.67	9.38	2.63	0.37
10	USC	Pac-10	3-0-0	1	27.21	28.33	8.1	2.91	0.09
11	SMU	Southwest	3-0-0	1	27.04	16.33	9.48	2.69	0.31
12	Texas	Southwest	1-0-0	1	26.87	8	28.08	0.82	0.18
13	Oklahoma	Big 8	2-0-0	1	26.74	25.5	8.65	1.91	0.09
14	Missouri	Big 8	3-0-0	1	26.68	21.33	6.55	2.83	0.17
15	Tennessee	SEC	2-0-0	1	26.6	22.5	8.43	1.76	0.24
16	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-0-0	1	26.5	17	6.4	2	0
17	McNeese	Southland	4-0-0	1	26.47	8.25	7.5	3.74	0.26
18	LSU	SEC	2-0-0	1	26.24	44	3.67	2	0
19	California	Pac-10	3-0-0	1	25.81	4.67	5.78	2.21	0.79
20	Auburn	SEC	2-0-0	1	25.77	15	5.73	1.71	0.29
21	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	4-0-0	1	25.7	11.5	3.42	3.2	0.8
22	Houston	Southwest	2-0-0	1	25.7	6	5.94	1.42	0.58
23	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	25.43	10.33	3.11	2.19	0.81
24	Temple	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	25.23	20.33	-1.53	2.6	0.4
25	Army	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	25.14	10	3.9	1.63	0.37
26	Indiana	Big Ten	3-0-0	1	24.76	14.33	-1.73	2.45	0.55
27	Wake Forest	ACC	3-0-0	1	24.73	3.67	2.79	1.78	1.22
28	Navy	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.34	15	-2.04	1.84	0.16
29	Nebraska	Big 8	2-0-0	1	24.33	12	-1.7	1.55	0.45
30	BYU	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	24.3	23	-5.64	1.89	0.11
31	Chattanooga	Southern	3-0-0	1	24.21	20.33	-5.06	2.62	0.38
32	Cornell	Ivy	1-0-0	1	22.63	39	0.12	0.96	0.04
33	Harvard	Ivy	1-0-0	1	22.13	19	0.07	0.96	0.04
34	Princeton	Ivy	1-0-0	1	22.04	16	0.31	1	0
35	Yale	Ivy	1-0-0	1	20.59	1	0.3	0.55	0.45
36	Virginia	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	19.89	15.33	17.75	2.69	-0.69
37	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	19.56	2.67	13.68	1.82	0.18
38	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-1-0	0.67	19.3	7.33	8.58	2.2	-0.2
39	Texas-Arlington	Southland	2-1-0	0.67	19.06	7.33	16.77	2.23	-0.23
40	Arizona	Pac-10	2-1-1	0.5	19.04	7	12.1	2.99	-0.99
41	Michigan	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	19	20.33	10.57	2.84	-0.84
42	UCLA	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	18.99	9	18.02	2.14	-0.14
43	Purdue	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	18.87	5.67	17.11	1.86	0.14
44	South Carolina	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.32	8	16.77	2.33	-0.33
45	Ohio	Mid-American	2-1-0	0.67	18.15	11.33	12.27	2.56	-0.56
46	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.86	11	5.81	2.31	-0.31
47	UNLV	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.81	8	-1.74	2.13	-0.13
48	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.42	6.67	11.25	1.96	0.04
49	Clemson	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	17.33	2.33	8.7	1.91	0.09
50	Arkansas State	Southland	2-1-0	0.67	17.24	5.67	5.67	2.02	-0.02
51	East Tennessee State	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	17.13	10.33	1.73	2.37	-0.37
52	Lamar	Southland	2-1-0	0.67	17.12	10	4.18	2.22	-0.22
53	VMI	Southern	2-1-0	0.67	16.86	-1.67	8.97	1.17	0.83
54	Fresno State	PCAA	2-1-0	0.67	16.49	4.33	-7.72	1.83	0.17
55	Memphis	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.44	1	7.49	1.59	0.41
56	Baylor	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	16.43	-7.33	12.4	0.75	1.25
57	Iowa State	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	15.95	10	7.63	1.58	-0.58
58	Penn State	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	15.86	11	6.06	1.5	-0.5
59	Illinois State	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	15.85	10.33	-4.14	2.23	-0.23
60	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	15.48	7	12.09	1.61	-0.61
61	North Texas	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	15.4	2.75	19.46	2.4	-0.4
62	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	14.98	-1.67	5.27	1.34	0.66
63	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-2-0	0.5	14.02	6.5	0.87	2.88	-0.88
64	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.75	-2	15.95	0.87	0.13
65	Western Carolina	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	13.27	2	2.89	2.25	-0.25
66	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	13.16	6.5	19.46	1.4	-0.4
67	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13	7.5	17.3	1.4	-0.4
68	Miami	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.92	-2.5	12.46	0.88	0.12
69	Ole Miss	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	12.86	-11	19.59	0.56	0.44
70	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-1-1	0.33	12.69	-1.33	22.51	1.32	-0.32
71	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	2-2-0	0.5	12.46	-3.5	14.01	1.56	0.44
72	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-2-0	0.5	12.38	-1.75	9.84	1.78	0.22
73	Duke	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	12.26	-10.5	9.96	0.42	0.58
74	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	11.91	-10.5	6.25	0.52	0.48
75	Utah	Western Athletic	2-2-0	0.5	11.76	-9.75	14.77	1.17	0.83
76	Louisiana	Southland	2-2-0	0.5	11.66	-1.25	14.02	1.82	0.18
77	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	2-2-0	0.5	11.59	-2.5	5.64	1.58	0.42
78	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-2-0	0.5	11.53	-2.5	18.16	1.64	0.36
79	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	11.1	-8.5	3	0.61	0.39
80	Drake	Missouri Valley	2-2-0	0.5	10.95	-6	17.28	1.24	0.76
81	Utah State	PCAA	1-1-1	0.33	10.88	1	6.26	1.56	-0.56
82	Kansas State	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	10.11	-1	9.31	0.94	0.06
83	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	9.7	-10.5	24.65	0.59	0.41
84	Long Beach State	PCAA	1-1-0	0.5	9.67	-11	4.32	0.28	0.72
85	Arizona State	Pac-10	1-2-0	0.33	8.94	4.33	21.71	1.91	-0.91
86	Colgate	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	8.91	-3	1.2	0.75	0.25
87	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	8.4	0.67	26.43	1.57	-0.57
88	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	8.17	-1.67	16.95	1.3	-0.3
89	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	8.16	-2.33	15.46	1.26	-0.26
90	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	8.07	-8	21.76	0.89	0.11
91	Oregon	Pac-10	1-2-0	0.33	7.98	-4.67	18.48	1.17	-0.17
92	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.97	-1	5.51	1.42	-0.42
93	William & Mary	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.81	-4	16.2	1.09	-0.09
94	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	7.78	-8.67	20.58	0.73	0.27
95	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	7.75	0.33	20.29	1.53	-0.53
96	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	7.7	-2.67	8.61	1.31	-0.31
97	Washington State	Pac-10	1-2-0	0.33	7.61	-3.67	13.02	1.24	-0.24
98	Stanford	Pac-10	1-2-0	0.33	7.36	-3.67	12.08	1.24	-0.24
99	Marshall	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	6.89	-14	13.2	0.35	0.65
100	App State	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	6.61	-2.67	22.77	1.35	-0.35
101	Rice	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	6.61	-19.33	21.5	0.33	0.67
102	East Carolina	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	6.61	-1.5	24.96	1.84	-0.84
103	Pacific	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	6.26	-4.67	-4.13	1.08	-0.08
104	Louisville	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.17	-3.33	15.28	1.17	-0.17
105	Toledo	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	6.07	-16.33	2.79	0.45	0.55
106	Illinois	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	5.75	-5.67	17.21	0.99	0.01
107	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	5.71	-23.33	7.63	0.38	0.62
108	Ball State	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	5.59	-5.33	12.11	1.04	-0.04
109	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	1-3-0	0.25	5.54	-5	17.16	0.92	0.08
110	The Citadel	Southern	1-2-0	0.33	5.31	-4.67	3.18	1.05	-0.05
111	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	5.3	-2.67	-2.2	1.25	-0.25
112	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	4.94	-13	11.74	0.41	0.59
113	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-3-0	0.25	4.58	-8.5	6.58	0.89	0.11
114	Brown	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-0.45	-1	0.44	0.45	-0.45
115	Florida	SEC	0-1-1	0	-0.98	-2	11.49	0.75	-0.75
116	Georgia	SEC	0-2-0	0	-1.16	-3	20.6	0.77	-0.77
117	Kentucky	SEC	0-2-0	0	-1.5	-4.5	26.02	0.64	-0.64
118	Kent State	Mid-American	0-3-0	0	-1.66	-10	-7.43	0.59	-0.59
119	San José State	PCAA	0-2-1	0	-1.7	-6.33	12.27	1.16	-1.16
120	Dartmouth	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-1.93	-16	0.13	0	0
121	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2	-10.5	5.84	0.38	-0.38
122	Iowa	Big Ten	0-3-0	0	-2.03	-7.33	23.59	0.92	-0.92
123	Columbia	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-2.08	-19	0.26	0.04	-0.04
124	Mississippi State	SEC	0-2-0	0	-2.08	-11	20.74	0.39	-0.39
125	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	0-1-1	0	-2.34	-12	12.67	0.15	-0.15
126	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	0-4-0	0	-2.39	-11.25	21.55	0.54	-0.54
127	Richmond	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.47	-14.33	13.3	0.1	-0.1
128	UConn	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.49	-13.5	22.13	0.23	-0.23
129	Furman	Southern	0-3-0	0	-2.55	-19.67	10.18	0.15	-0.15
130	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-1-0	0	-2.56	-39	0.33	0.04	-0.04
131	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	0-2-0	0	-2.61	-20	7.46	0.11	-0.11
132	Air Force	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.67	-21	9.76	0.15	-0.15
133	TCU	Southwest	0-2-0	0	-2.7	-17	20.77	0.24	-0.24
134	Colorado	Big 8	0-3-0	0	-2.75	-20.67	14.87	0.18	-0.18
135	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-2-0	0	-2.76	-22	11.86	0.18	-0.18
136	West Virginia	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.79	-18.67	22.41	0.38	-0.38
137	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-3-0	0	-2.83	-20.67	15.01	0.27	-0.27
138	Kansas	Big 8	0-2-0	0	-2.85	-22.5	19.44	0.02	-0.02
139	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-3-0	0	-2.88	-24.33	14.06	0.08	-0.08
140	Louisiana Tech	Southland	0-3-0	0	-2.9	-21	18.94	0.05	-0.05