1979 W6 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.023630+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	North Carolina	ACC	4-0-0	1	27.58	24.25	15.02	3.92	0.08
2	Florida State	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	27.19	16.4	15.27	4.54	0.46
3	Central Michigan	Mid-American	4-0-0	1	26.57	15.25	12.58	3.88	0.12
4	Texas	Southwest	3-0-0	1	26.56	15.33	11.62	2.86	0.14
5	Nebraska	Big 8	4-0-0	1	26.39	26.5	9.85	3.73	0.27
6	Ohio State	Big Ten	5-0-0	1	26.14	11.2	11.31	3.96	1.04
7	USC	Pac-10	5-0-0	1	26.14	23.8	8.49	4.66	0.34
8	Alabama	SEC	4-0-0	1	25.96	42.5	5.86	4	0
9	Arkansas	Southwest	4-0-0	1	25.69	20.25	6.83	3.82	0.18
10	Houston	Southwest	4-0-0	1	25.68	13.5	8.63	3.45	0.55
11	Washington	Pac-10	5-0-0	1	25.63	30	5.04	4.88	0.12
12	Oklahoma	Big 8	4-0-0	1	25.59	29.5	5.26	3.69	0.31
13	BYU	Western Athletic	4-0-0	1	25.31	23.25	5.06	3.76	0.24
14	Yale	Ivy	3-0-0	1	24.69	11.67	5.35	2.6	0.4
15	McNeese	Southland	5-0-0	1	24.51	6.8	5.36	4.31	0.69
16	Navy	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	24.11	8.75	2.51	3.3	0.7
17	Chattanooga	Southern	5-0-0	1	23.86	18.2	-1.1	4.39	0.61
18	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	6-0-0	1	23.76	8.67	0.86	4.4	1.6
19	NC State	ACC	4-1-0	0.8	21.89	6.4	14.88	3.19	0.81
20	Michigan	Big Ten	4-1-0	0.8	21.83	15.8	13.76	4.61	-0.61
21	Auburn	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	21	6.25	21.23	2.55	0.45
22	South Carolina	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.92	7.6	11.49	3.67	0.33
23	Temple	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.87	16.2	7.81	4.19	-0.19
24	Syracuse	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.86	13	8.79	3.69	0.31
25	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.63	7	18.06	2.92	0.08
26	Tennessee	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	20.58	11	10.38	2.96	0.04
27	Tulane	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.51	13.6	6.37	4.05	-0.05
28	Missouri	Big 8	3-1-0	0.75	20.51	10.75	13.8	3.27	-0.27
29	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.4	9	15.61	3.41	-0.41
30	Wake Forest	ACC	4-1-0	0.8	20.38	2.6	12.58	2.88	1.12
31	LSU	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	20.15	25	8.19	3.93	-0.93
32	Indiana	Big Ten	4-1-0	0.8	19.71	9	3.51	3.87	0.13
33	SMU	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	19.56	10.5	7.79	3.15	-0.15
34	Utah State	PCAA	3-1-1	0.6	19.53	10.4	9.78	3.44	-0.44
35	Arizona	Pac-10	3-1-1	0.6	19.26	9.6	6.67	3.93	-0.93
36	UNLV	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	19.22	9	0.31	3.44	0.56
37	San Diego State	Western Athletic	3-1-0	0.75	19.15	3.5	13.21	2.33	0.67
38	Clemson	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	18.88	4.25	9.3	2.91	0.09
39	Brown	Ivy	2-1-0	0.67	17.27	12	8.17	2.49	-0.49
40	Cornell	Ivy	2-1-0	0.67	17.12	14.67	-2.15	2.51	-0.51
41	Virginia	ACC	3-2-0	0.6	16.87	10.8	11.76	4.1	-1.1
42	Lamar	Southland	2-1-1	0.5	16.57	7.5	2.06	2.83	-0.83
43	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-2-0	0.6	16.55	4.6	19.42	3.1	-0.1
44	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-2-0	0.6	16.52	9.8	13.79	4.02	-1.02
45	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	16.38	3.8	13.7	3.03	-0.03
46	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	16.34	8.6	13.72	3.76	-0.76
47	Ohio	Mid-American	3-2-0	0.6	16.17	7.6	8.93	3.68	-0.68
48	Texas-Arlington	Southland	3-2-0	0.6	16.08	5.6	9.9	3.48	-0.48
49	Maryland	ACC	3-2-0	0.6	15.71	3.4	8.8	3.09	-0.09
50	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-2-0	0.6	15.68	1.2	12.86	2.67	0.33
51	Purdue	Big Ten	3-2-0	0.6	15.48	1.2	11.55	2.66	0.34
52	California	Pac-10	3-2-0	0.6	15.41	1	11.51	2.74	0.26
53	Stanford	Pac-10	3-2-0	0.6	15.15	2.2	11.36	2.77	0.23
54	Arkansas State	Southland	3-2-0	0.6	14.9	6.8	3.16	3.66	-0.66
55	Army	FBS Independents	2-1-1	0.5	14.76	-4.5	11.5	1.42	0.58
56	East Tennessee State	Southern	3-2-0	0.6	14.62	5	-1.03	3.21	-0.21
57	Arizona State	Pac-10	2-2-0	0.5	14.51	14.5	13.57	3.47	-1.47
58	Baylor	Southwest	3-2-0	0.6	14.26	-3	18.11	1.96	1.04
59	Rutgers	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	14.09	-0.4	7.25	2.45	0.55
60	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	14.04	-3.67	4.97	1.21	0.79
61	Penn State	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.78	4.25	19.64	2.42	-0.42
62	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-2-0	0.5	12.86	0.25	13.64	2.04	-0.04
63	Mississippi State	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	12.82	2.75	14.49	2.35	-0.35
64	Toledo	Mid-American	3-2-0	0.6	12.75	-2.6	8.43	2.16	0.84
65	Kansas State	Big 8	2-2-0	0.5	12.65	2	5.58	2.31	-0.31
66	The Citadel	Southern	3-2-0	0.6	12.63	-2.2	6.28	2.17	0.83
67	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-3-0	0.5	12.61	2	5.69	3.39	-0.39
68	VMI	Southern	3-2-0	0.6	12.51	-6	10.56	1.36	1.64
69	Western Carolina	Southern	3-3-0	0.5	12.37	3.17	1.83	3.6	-0.6
70	UCLA	Pac-10	2-3-0	0.4	11.84	4	18.18	3.03	-1.03
71	Drake	Missouri Valley	3-3-0	0.5	11.66	0.17	9.65	3.03	-0.03
72	Miami	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	11.62	-0.5	6.58	1.93	0.07
73	East Carolina	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	11.57	5.8	15.61	3.23	-1.23
74	Texas Tech	Southwest	2-2-1	0.4	11.25	-2.6	18.75	2.04	-0.04
75	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-3-0	0.4	11.03	2.2	14.12	2.89	-0.89
76	Memphis	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	10.73	-1.75	6.01	1.78	0.22
77	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	3-3-0	0.5	10.71	-6	17.68	1.81	1.19
78	Louisiana	Southland	3-3-0	0.5	10.7	-3	6.05	2.26	0.74
79	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	3-3-0	0.5	10.27	-1.83	3.75	2.5	0.5
80	Utah	Western Athletic	3-3-0	0.5	10.2	-10	16.16	1.72	1.28
81	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	10.17	-0.5	-0.73	1.93	0.07
82	Long Beach State	PCAA	2-2-0	0.5	9.88	-9.75	5.49	0.89	1.11
83	Iowa	Big Ten	2-3-0	0.4	9.62	0	17.11	2.5	-0.5
84	Illinois State	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	9.12	0.8	-3.79	2.64	-0.64
85	Louisville	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	8.6	-5.4	15.67	1.66	0.34
86	Oregon	Pac-10	2-3-0	0.4	8.59	-3	18.21	2.06	-0.06
87	Ball State	Mid-American	2-3-0	0.4	8.5	-2.2	7.33	2.13	-0.13
88	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-3-0	0.4	8.44	-4	10.84	1.81	0.19
89	William & Mary	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	8.4	-1	7.75	2.33	-0.33
90	Pacific	PCAA	2-3-0	0.4	7.78	-1.4	0.59	2.26	-0.26
91	Wyoming	Western Athletic	2-3-0	0.4	7.62	-4.6	8.06	1.71	0.29
92	Harvard	Ivy	1-2-0	0.33	7.56	0.67	-7.38	1.58	-0.58
93	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	1-2-1	0.25	7.52	-1.5	12.05	1.77	-0.77
94	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.41	-10	14.38	1.14	0.86
95	Fresno State	PCAA	2-3-0	0.4	7.38	-9.6	2.42	1.32	0.68
96	North Texas	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.89	-4.67	14.32	2.13	-0.13
97	Princeton	Ivy	1-2-0	0.33	6.39	-9	9.71	0.71	0.29
98	Duke	ACC	1-2-1	0.25	6.24	-9.75	17.07	0.9	0.1
99	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-4-0	0.33	6.23	-9	11.84	1.24	0.76
100	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-2-1	0.25	6.18	-6.75	9.92	0.93	0.07
101	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-4-0	0.33	6.06	-13	13.45	1.1	0.9
102	Kentucky	SEC	1-3-0	0.25	5.52	-1.5	14.23	1.7	-0.7
103	Iowa State	Big 8	1-3-0	0.25	5.21	-3.25	12.18	1.59	-0.59
104	Columbia	Ivy	1-2-0	0.33	4.97	-7	-0.07	0.59	0.41
105	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.8	-6.25	16.02	1.31	-0.31
106	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	1-3-0	0.25	4.78	-6.75	17.04	1.39	-0.39
107	Georgia	SEC	1-3-0	0.25	4.58	-2.5	15.79	1.69	-0.69
108	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.51	-7	14.8	1.21	-0.21
109	San José State	PCAA	1-3-1	0.2	4.35	-3.2	14.88	2.15	-1.15
110	Kansas	Big 8	1-3-0	0.25	4.22	-11	17.14	0.97	0.03
111	App State	Southern	1-4-0	0.2	4.09	-2.4	17.75	2.25	-1.25
112	Colgate	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.05	-12	10.65	0.62	0.38
113	Ole Miss	SEC	1-3-0	0.25	3.98	-13.75	11.23	0.85	0.15
114	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-4-0	0.2	3.78	-3.2	12.41	1.89	-0.89
115	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-4-0	0.2	3.7	-3.6	13.29	1.95	-0.95
116	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	3.69	-3.6	11.29	1.85	-0.85
117	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	1-3-0	0.25	3.64	-13.25	2.76	0.39	0.61
118	Illinois	Big Ten	1-4-0	0.2	3.53	-4.8	13.86	1.64	-0.64
119	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	3.3	-4.4	2.82	1.91	-0.91
120	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	1-4-1	0.17	2.98	-9.83	18.31	0.85	0.15
121	Washington State	Pac-10	1-4-0	0.2	2.84	-13.4	16.75	1.27	-0.27
122	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-4-1	0.17	2.69	-10.67	8.12	0.85	0.15
123	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-4-0	0.2	2.62	-14.8	15.19	0.6	0.4
124	Colorado	Big 8	1-4-0	0.2	2.53	-17.2	15.68	0.64	0.36
125	Marshall	Southern	1-4-0	0.2	2.52	-19.4	16.53	0.17	0.83
126	Rice	Southwest	1-4-0	0.2	2.47	-23.4	23.05	0.45	0.55
127	Louisiana Tech	Southland	1-4-0	0.2	2.44	-10.4	17.42	0.44	0.56
128	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-4-0	0.2	2.4	-21.8	16.93	0.49	0.51
129	Kent State	Mid-American	1-4-0	0.2	2.16	-11	3.02	0.99	0.01
130	Dartmouth	Ivy	0-2-1	0	-1.66	-7.33	2.58	0.37	-0.37
131	Florida	SEC	0-3-1	0	-1.93	-8.75	15.81	0.55	-0.55
132	UConn	FBS Independents	0-3-1	0	-1.94	-8.5	13.32	0.76	-0.76
133	Richmond	FBS Independents	0-5-0	0	-2.19	-13.2	10.43	0.38	-0.38
134	Furman	Southern	0-5-0	0	-2.24	-14.6	7.81	0.72	-0.72
135	TCU	Southwest	0-4-0	0	-2.26	-11	21.75	0.77	-0.77
136	Air Force	FBS Independents	0-5-0	0	-2.38	-16	11.97	0.36	-0.36
137	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	0-5-0	0	-2.49	-16.6	17.69	0.3	-0.3
138	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-3-0	0	-2.52	-22.67	4.35	0.14	-0.14
139	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-5-0	0	-3.04	-29.6	20.1	0.11	-0.11
140	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-4-0	0	-3.14	-33.75	18.69	0.14	-0.14