1979 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.023087+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	North Carolina	ACC	3-0-0	1	28.95	25.33	19.65	2.98	0.02
2	Texas	Southwest	2-0-0	1	28.67	14.5	21.31	1.94	0.06
3	Tennessee	SEC	3-0-0	1	28.07	21	16.84	2.61	0.39
4	Florida State	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	27.26	13.75	13.86	3.41	0.59
5	Washington	Pac-10	4-0-0	1	27.12	27.25	10.29	3.83	0.17
6	USC	Pac-10	4-0-0	1	27.06	22.5	11.04	3.79	0.21
7	Ohio State	Big Ten	4-0-0	1	27.03	11.75	13.02	3.12	0.88
8	Arkansas	Southwest	3-0-0	1	26.94	26	9.71	2.94	0.06
9	NC State	ACC	4-0-0	1	26.78	11.25	12.11	3.01	0.99
10	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-0-0	1	26.62	11.67	11.61	2.78	0.22
11	Alabama	SEC	3-0-0	1	26.2	44	3.78	3	0
12	Oklahoma	Big 8	3-0-0	1	26.2	31	5.68	2.84	0.16
13	Houston	Southwest	3-0-0	1	26.09	17	7.85	2.67	0.33
14	Nebraska	Big 8	3-0-0	1	26	16.33	8.24	2.48	0.52
15	BYU	Western Athletic	3-0-0	1	25.29	23.33	3.31	2.86	0.14
16	Cornell	Ivy	2-0-0	1	25.2	27	3.17	1.81	0.19
17	McNeese	Southland	4-0-0	1	24.95	8.25	4.04	3.74	0.26
18	Navy	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	24.66	10.33	2.86	2.55	0.45
19	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	5-0-0	1	24.23	9.4	0.19	3.7	1.3
20	Chattanooga	Southern	4-0-0	1	24.18	22	-2.14	3.68	0.32
21	Yale	Ivy	2-0-0	1	22.91	4	-1.47	1.28	0.72
22	Missouri	Big 8	3-1-0	0.75	21.4	10.75	13.79	3.27	-0.27
23	Virginia	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	20.96	16	13.5	3.59	-0.59
24	SMU	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	20.76	10.5	9.29	3.15	-0.15
25	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	20.69	5	11.7	2.51	0.49
26	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.61	6	11.98	2.62	0.38
27	Michigan	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	20.45	16.25	10.61	3.68	-0.68
28	Maryland	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	20.13	9.25	5.43	3.18	-0.18
29	South Carolina	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.05	7.75	11.84	2.97	0.03
30	California	Pac-10	3-1-0	0.75	20.02	2.5	11.32	2.52	0.48
31	Temple	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.95	15	3.41	3.34	-0.34
32	Purdue	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	19.94	5.75	12.11	2.58	0.42
33	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.91	11.75	9.57	2.91	0.09
34	Tulane	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.85	10	9.58	3.01	-0.01
35	LSU	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	19.78	27.67	10.36	2.94	-0.94
36	Arizona	Pac-10	3-1-1	0.6	19.75	9.6	8.31	3.93	-0.93
37	Wake Forest	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	19.59	2	9.85	2.22	0.78
38	Ohio	Mid-American	3-1-0	0.75	19.45	16	4.47	3.57	-0.57
39	Texas-Arlington	Southland	3-1-0	0.75	19.43	7.25	7.33	2.95	0.05
40	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.03	6.67	21.91	2.16	-0.16
41	Auburn	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	19	4	14.96	1.81	0.19
42	UNLV	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	18.9	10.25	3.02	2.89	0.11
43	Rutgers	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	18.89	4.75	8.3	2.53	0.47
44	Indiana	Big Ten	3-1-0	0.75	18.84	10.5	-2.26	3.05	-0.05
45	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.37	5	16.96	2.24	-0.24
46	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	17.95	2.67	13.54	1.82	0.18
47	East Tennessee State	Southern	3-1-0	0.75	17.91	8.75	-2.66	2.94	0.06
48	Baylor	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	17.71	-3	16.56	1.6	1.4
49	Utah State	PCAA	2-1-1	0.5	16.98	7.25	7.88	2.57	-0.57
50	Clemson	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	16.95	2.33	7.85	1.91	0.09
51	Lamar	Southland	2-1-0	0.67	16.93	10	1.18	2.22	-0.22
52	Kansas State	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	16.34	3.67	6.76	1.86	0.14
53	Miami	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.11	0.33	10.21	1.53	0.47
54	Army	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	15.73	-6	11.12	0.94	1.06
55	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-2-0	0.6	15.7	8	6.5	3.74	-0.74
56	UCLA	Pac-10	2-2-0	0.5	15.21	5.75	20.01	2.62	-0.62
57	San Diego State	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	14.97	-4.67	16.96	1.18	0.82
58	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-2-0	0.5	14.64	5.25	14.61	2.68	-0.68
59	Western Carolina	Southern	3-2-0	0.6	14.47	4.2	0.02	3.17	-0.17
60	Arizona State	Pac-10	2-2-0	0.5	14.27	14.5	14.1	3.47	-1.47
61	Louisiana	Southland	3-2-0	0.6	14.18	-0.2	11	2.46	0.54
62	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	14.06	-3.67	5.74	1.21	0.79
63	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.73	5.75	16	2.71	-0.71
64	Long Beach State	PCAA	2-1-0	0.67	13.57	-5.33	4.56	0.77	1.23
65	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-2-0	0.5	13.55	3	18.26	2.45	-0.45
66	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-2-0	0.5	13.28	1.5	19.71	2.16	-0.16
67	Arkansas State	Southland	2-2-0	0.5	13.25	3.25	5.36	2.45	-0.45
68	Stanford	Pac-10	2-2-0	0.5	12.78	2	13.57	2.19	-0.19
69	Harvard	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	12.6	3	-6.04	1.23	-0.23
70	Brown	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	12.05	8.5	5.29	1.53	-0.53
71	Illinois State	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	11.9	2.75	-6.36	2.32	-0.32
72	Louisville	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	11.65	0	11.82	2	0
73	Princeton	Ivy	1-1-0	0.5	11.59	-4	6.53	0.73	0.27
74	East Carolina	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	11.54	5.8	18.89	3.23	-1.23
75	Memphis	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	11.28	-1.75	4.2	1.78	0.22
76	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	1-1-1	0.33	11.17	0.67	11.62	1.58	-0.58
77	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-2-0	0.5	10.81	-3.5	13.7	1.49	0.51
78	Fresno State	PCAA	2-2-0	0.5	10.68	-5.5	4.4	1.49	0.51
79	VMI	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	10.6	-10	7.96	0.55	1.45
80	Ball State	Mid-American	2-2-0	0.5	10.2	-1.5	3.43	1.8	0.2
81	Toledo	Mid-American	2-2-0	0.5	9.89	-4.75	6.5	1.52	0.48
82	The Citadel	Southern	2-2-0	0.5	9.88	-3.25	4.55	1.61	0.39
83	North Texas	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	9.83	-1.6	14.87	2.24	-0.24
84	Iowa State	Big 8	1-2-0	0.33	9.47	1.33	10.87	1.62	-0.62
85	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-3-0	0.4	8.81	-4.2	11.96	1.89	0.11
86	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	2-3-0	0.4	8.75	-7.8	17.96	1.36	0.64
87	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-3-0	0.4	8.6	-6.8	15.23	1.38	0.62
88	Penn State	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	8.56	-1	15.9	1.43	-0.43
89	Drake	Missouri Valley	2-3-0	0.4	8.44	-6.8	13.35	1.52	0.48
90	Utah	Western Athletic	2-3-0	0.4	8.29	-13	17.64	1.23	0.77
91	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	2-3-0	0.4	8.27	-3.6	2.89	1.8	0.2
92	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	8.09	-1.33	14.53	1.41	-0.41
93	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	8.05	-1.33	13.98	1.39	-0.39
94	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-2-1	0.25	7.76	-3.5	19.18	1.48	-0.48
95	Kentucky	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	7.39	-0.67	23.77	1.41	-0.41
96	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	6.69	-9	11.52	0.69	0.31
97	Duke	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	6.62	-13	14.94	0.5	0.5
98	Ole Miss	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	6.55	-17.33	17.09	0.5	0.5
99	Colgate	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.35	-7	6.81	0.87	0.13
100	Mississippi State	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	6.2	-2.67	14.24	1.24	-0.24
101	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.14	-2.67	-1.67	1.25	-0.25
102	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	5.94	-2.33	7.43	1.28	-0.28
103	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	5.49	-2.75	16.62	1.57	-0.57
104	Kansas	Big 8	1-2-0	0.33	5.47	-8.67	16.63	0.75	0.25
105	App State	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	5.47	-2.25	17.18	1.82	-0.82
106	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-3-0	0.25	5.43	-2.75	16.13	1.57	-0.57
107	Oregon	Pac-10	1-3-0	0.25	5.14	-5	17.97	1.45	-0.45
108	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-3-0	0.25	5.07	-3.75	11.22	1.63	-0.63
109	Iowa	Big Ten	1-3-0	0.25	5.04	-1.5	22.95	1.83	-0.83
110	Illinois	Big Ten	1-3-0	0.25	5.03	-4.5	19.05	1.41	-0.41
111	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	1-2-0	0.33	4.88	-10	4.69	0.55	0.45
112	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.88	-4.25	7.06	1.53	-0.53
113	Washington State	Pac-10	1-3-0	0.25	4.53	-9.5	13.56	1.24	-0.24
114	William & Mary	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.51	-9.5	12.21	0.86	0.14
115	Pacific	PCAA	1-3-0	0.25	4.19	-6	-2.77	1.22	-0.22
116	Marshall	Southern	1-3-0	0.25	4.07	-17.25	15.43	0.23	0.77
117	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-3-0	0.25	3.99	-10.75	7.07	0.73	0.27
118	Rice	Southwest	1-3-0	0.25	3.98	-25	24.47	0.37	0.63
119	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-3-0	0.25	3.6	-25	12.36	0.38	0.62
120	West Virginia	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	3.33	-13.5	16.88	0.76	0.24
121	Colorado	Big 8	1-3-0	0.25	3.26	-15.25	17.48	0.46	0.54
122	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	1-4-0	0.2	3.15	-11.8	18.9	0.52	0.48
123	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-3-0	0.25	3.1	-17.25	15.62	0.34	0.66
124	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-4-0	0.2	2.78	-12.8	7.57	0.71	0.29
125	Georgia	SEC	0-3-0	0	-1.48	-4.33	20.13	1.09	-1.09
126	Florida	SEC	0-2-1	0	-1.53	-6	7.09	0.69	-0.69
127	Dartmouth	Ivy	0-1-1	0	-1.8	-8	6.02	0.19	-0.19
128	San José State	PCAA	0-3-1	0	-2.05	-9.75	15.77	1.28	-1.28
129	Kent State	Mid-American	0-4-0	0	-2.11	-15	0.93	0.53	-0.53
130	Columbia	Ivy	0-2-0	0	-2.14	-13	6.06	0.15	-0.15
131	Richmond	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.14	-11.25	9.72	0.44	-0.44
132	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	0-4-0	0	-2.26	-11.25	18.52	0.54	-0.54
133	UConn	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.35	-11.33	23.36	0.53	-0.53
134	Furman	Southern	0-4-0	0	-2.42	-15.75	12.17	0.48	-0.48
135	TCU	Southwest	0-3-0	0	-2.48	-13.67	21.32	0.47	-0.47
136	Air Force	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.51	-19	9.01	0.21	-0.21
137	Louisiana Tech	Southland	0-4-0	0	-2.61	-17.25	17.07	0.06	-0.06
138	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-2-0	0	-2.81	-31.5	6.31	0.07	-0.07
139	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-4-0	0	-2.9	-26.75	15.07	0.15	-0.15
140	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-3-0	0	-3.2	-35.67	19.37	0.08	-0.08