1979 W7 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.024153+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Florida State	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	26.46	15.5	13.38	5.46	0.54
2	Nebraska	Big 8	5-0-0	1	26.34	29.6	10.64	4.8	0.2
3	Texas	Southwest	4-0-0	1	26.34	13.75	13.45	3.76	0.24
4	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-0-0	1	26.22	16.17	12.37	5.21	0.79
5	USC	Pac-10	5-0-1	0.83	26	19.83	10.48	5.38	-0.38
6	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-0-0	1	25.84	16.2	10.22	4.8	0.2
7	Arkansas	Southwest	5-0-0	1	25.28	19	7.04	4.77	0.23
8	BYU	Western Athletic	5-0-0	1	25.25	23.4	6.31	4.59	0.41
9	Houston	Southwest	5-0-0	1	25.04	11.4	7.64	4.15	0.85
10	Alabama	SEC	5-0-0	1	25.03	42	2.84	5	0
11	McNeese	Southland	6-0-0	1	24.46	7.17	6.67	4.8	1.2
12	Yale	Ivy	4-0-0	1	24.24	9.5	4.43	3.52	0.48
13	Navy	FBS Independents	5-0-0	1	24.18	10.4	4.05	4.3	0.7
14	North Carolina	ACC	4-1-0	0.8	22.59	18.4	16.19	4.63	-0.63
15	Michigan	Big Ten	5-1-0	0.83	22.1	14.83	12.48	5.33	-0.33
16	NC State	ACC	5-1-0	0.83	22	6.5	15.49	3.97	1.03
17	Temple	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	21.92	18.83	10.74	5.16	-0.16
18	Washington	Pac-10	5-1-0	0.83	21.91	24.17	7.54	5.76	-0.76
19	Oklahoma	Big 8	4-1-0	0.8	21.65	21.8	10.38	4.42	-0.42
20	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	21.29	14.2	12.4	4.69	-0.69
21	Wake Forest	ACC	5-1-0	0.83	21.22	3	14.35	3.52	1.48
22	Tennessee	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	21.16	15	11.27	4.15	-0.15
23	Auburn	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	21.15	8.4	13.66	3.31	0.69
24	Tulane	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	21.11	11.5	8.02	4.66	0.34
25	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.98	10.6	11.63	4	0
26	South Carolina	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.67	7.6	11.01	3.67	0.33
27	Clemson	ACC	4-1-0	0.8	20.41	7.6	10.26	4.3	-0.3
28	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	6-1-0	0.86	20.31	5.14	0.96	4.48	1.52
29	San Diego State	Western Athletic	4-1-0	0.8	20.3	5	11.16	3.09	0.91
30	Chattanooga	Southern	5-1-0	0.83	20.23	9.33	1.91	4.4	0.6
31	Arizona	Pac-10	4-1-1	0.67	20.19	9.83	7.51	4.74	-0.74
32	UNLV	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	19.75	8.83	1.21	4.13	0.87
33	Brown	Ivy	3-1-0	0.75	18.61	10.5	4.64	3.16	-0.16
34	Cornell	Ivy	3-1-0	0.75	18.23	17.75	-0.23	3.48	-0.48
35	Virginia	ACC	4-2-0	0.67	17.76	19	7.89	5.46	-1.46
36	Syracuse	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.56	5.5	10.65	3.63	0.37
37	California	Pac-10	4-2-0	0.67	17.48	8.33	10.92	4.86	-0.86
38	Ohio	Mid-American	4-2-0	0.67	17.42	6.67	11.17	4.38	-0.38
39	Purdue	Big Ten	4-2-0	0.67	16.89	3.33	10.81	3.52	0.48
40	Arizona State	Pac-10	3-2-0	0.6	16.73	12.6	15.59	4.3	-1.3
41	Missouri	Big 8	3-2-0	0.6	16.59	8.4	13.22	3.85	-0.85
42	East Tennessee State	Southern	4-2-0	0.67	16.56	10	3.38	4.63	-0.63
43	Penn State	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	16.42	7.6	16.4	3.5	-0.5
44	LSU	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	16.34	18.6	6.76	4.68	-1.68
45	Arkansas State	Southland	4-2-0	0.67	16.22	6.83	2.48	4.48	-0.48
46	Utah State	PCAA	3-2-1	0.5	16.12	4.67	13.12	3.51	-0.51
47	Indiana	Big Ten	4-2-0	0.67	16.05	0.67	7.39	3.12	0.88
48	SMU	Southwest	3-2-0	0.6	15.9	7.8	8.37	3.59	-0.59
49	Rutgers	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	15.89	1.67	6.55	3.27	0.73
50	Baylor	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	15.68	-2	18.34	2.59	1.41
51	Texas-Arlington	Southland	3-2-0	0.6	15.53	5.6	9.23	3.48	-0.48
52	Toledo	Mid-American	4-2-0	0.67	15.48	0.67	6.74	3.12	0.88
53	Stanford	Pac-10	3-2-1	0.5	15.33	1.83	13.73	3.27	-0.27
54	Oklahoma State	Big 8	3-2-0	0.6	14.68	0.4	14.3	2.58	0.42
55	VMI	Southern	4-2-0	0.67	14.11	-4.17	8.89	2.11	1.89
56	East Carolina	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	14.08	11.83	14.34	4.61	-1.61
57	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	14.01	7	14.01	4.25	-1.25
58	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-3-0	0.5	13.95	7.83	12.49	4.64	-1.64
59	Western Carolina	Southern	4-3-0	0.57	13.8	7.71	0.12	4.93	-0.93
60	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-3-0	0.5	13.69	2.17	18.03	3.33	-0.33
61	Iowa	Big Ten	3-3-0	0.5	13.66	8.67	13.8	4.36	-1.36
62	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	4-3-0	0.57	13.09	1.86	2.17	4.05	-0.05
63	Lamar	Southland	2-2-1	0.4	13	4.2	6.84	3.06	-1.06
64	Maryland	ACC	3-3-0	0.5	12.99	1.67	12.7	3.41	-0.41
65	Ball State	Mid-American	3-3-0	0.5	12.41	2.83	9.05	3.52	-0.52
66	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	12.22	-0.33	14.59	2.94	0.06
67	Long Beach State	PCAA	3-2-0	0.6	11.94	-7.2	7.51	1.39	1.61
68	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-3-0	0.5	11.9	-0.5	12.47	2.92	0.08
69	Utah	Western Athletic	4-3-0	0.57	11.8	-7.14	12.95	2.36	1.64
70	Princeton	Ivy	2-2-0	0.5	11.38	0.25	8.67	2.03	-0.03
71	Louisville	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	11.05	-1.67	13.68	2.67	0.33
72	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-3-0	0.5	10.69	-1.5	8.86	2.7	0.3
73	Duke	ACC	2-2-1	0.4	10.59	-2.4	12.39	2.14	-0.14
74	New Mexico	Western Athletic	3-4-0	0.43	10.48	0.57	8.55	3.62	-0.62
75	Army	FBS Independents	2-2-1	0.4	10.45	-7.8	12.16	1.25	0.75
76	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	2-3-0	0.4	10.43	4.4	11.47	3	-1
77	Pacific	PCAA	3-3-0	0.5	10.28	-0.67	0.96	2.85	0.15
78	Mississippi State	SEC	2-3-0	0.4	9.93	0	14.46	2.5	-0.5
79	Drake	Missouri Valley	3-4-0	0.43	9.91	-0.29	8.81	3.44	-0.44
80	West Virginia	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	9.89	-8	11.96	1.64	1.36
81	Kentucky	SEC	2-3-0	0.4	9.82	1	12.67	2.77	-0.77
82	The Citadel	Southern	3-3-0	0.5	9.79	-8.83	6.5	1.59	1.41
83	Kansas State	Big 8	2-3-0	0.4	9.78	0.8	6.3	2.68	-0.68
84	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	9.38	-9.25	-0.06	1.05	0.95
85	UCLA	Pac-10	2-4-0	0.33	9.36	2.83	14.83	3.47	-1.47
86	North Texas	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	9.13	-2	11.62	3.04	-0.04
87	Georgia	SEC	2-3-0	0.4	9.13	-0.6	16.86	2.41	-0.41
88	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-4-0	0.33	9.03	1.33	16.83	3.29	-1.29
89	San José State	PCAA	2-3-1	0.33	8.93	-0.5	13.4	2.94	-0.94
90	Louisiana	Southland	3-4-0	0.43	8.9	-3	7.54	2.59	0.41
91	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	3-4-0	0.43	8.81	-7.57	15.05	1.78	1.22
92	Texas Tech	Southwest	2-3-1	0.33	8.7	-4.5	18.17	2.02	-0.02
93	Miami	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	8.53	-2.6	9.48	2.09	-0.09
94	Iowa State	Big 8	2-3-0	0.4	8.49	-1.8	13.01	2.17	-0.17
95	Memphis	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	8.48	-1.6	5.81	2.25	-0.25
96	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	8.35	-0.6	-0.7	2.39	-0.39
97	Colgate	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.22	-9.4	10.08	1.05	0.95
98	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-4-0	0.33	6.92	-1.5	13.25	2.75	-0.75
99	Oregon	Pac-10	2-4-0	0.33	6.8	-4.33	15.66	2.24	-0.24
100	William & Mary	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.57	-3.67	9.1	2.25	-0.25
101	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.47	-2.83	10.81	2.41	-0.41
102	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	2-4-1	0.29	6.28	-6.14	18.22	1.92	0.08
103	Wyoming	Western Athletic	2-4-0	0.33	6.19	-5.5	7.48	1.9	0.1
104	Illinois State	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.06	-4	-1.42	2.25	-0.25
105	Washington State	Pac-10	2-4-0	0.33	5.77	-10.67	15.71	1.7	0.3
106	Colorado State	Western Athletic	2-4-0	0.33	5.76	-10	14.76	1.17	0.83
107	Fresno State	PCAA	2-4-0	0.33	5.59	-10.17	3.19	1.57	0.43
108	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-5-0	0.29	4.99	-9.71	10.79	1.23	0.77
109	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-5-0	0.29	4.81	-13.14	12.15	1.18	0.82
110	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	1-3-1	0.2	4.51	-7.4	14.73	1.2	-0.2
111	Harvard	Ivy	1-3-0	0.25	4.18	-6.25	0.52	1.19	-0.19
112	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1-3-1	0.2	4.15	-9.4	11.51	0.89	0.11
113	Columbia	Ivy	1-3-0	0.25	3.57	-12.25	0.36	0.41	0.59
114	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	3.37	-5.4	13.37	1.74	-0.74
115	App State	Southern	1-5-0	0.17	3.11	-2.83	16.36	2.63	-1.63
116	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.8	-12.6	15.24	0.85	0.15
117	TCU	Southwest	1-4-0	0.2	2.79	-6.8	16.86	1.41	-0.41
118	Ole Miss	SEC	1-4-0	0.2	2.66	-13.2	11.54	0.94	0.06
119	Kansas	Big 8	1-4-0	0.2	2.62	-17.2	19.27	0.66	0.34
120	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-5-0	0.17	2.61	-5.5	12.84	1.69	-0.69
121	Villanova	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	2.52	-3.83	-0.83	2.37	-1.37
122	Illinois	Big Ten	1-5-0	0.17	2.51	-6.33	13.84	1.73	-0.73
123	Colorado	Big 8	1-4-0	0.2	2.46	-17.2	17.14	0.64	0.36
124	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	1-4-0	0.2	2.34	-15.8	2.27	0.36	0.64
125	Louisiana Tech	Southland	1-5-0	0.17	2.15	-9.83	15.04	0.59	0.41
126	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-5-1	0.14	1.94	-10.86	4.67	1.01	-0.01
127	Kent State	Mid-American	1-5-0	0.17	1.87	-11	2.81	1.22	-0.22
128	Marshall	Southern	1-5-0	0.17	1.7	-17.83	13.24	0.43	0.57
129	Furman	Southern	1-5-0	0.17	1.64	-10.5	6.65	1.42	-0.42
130	Rice	Southwest	1-5-0	0.17	1.62	-21.17	18.35	0.55	0.45
131	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-5-0	0.17	1.42	-26.83	17.1	0.38	0.62
132	Dartmouth	Ivy	0-3-1	0	-1.59	-6.25	7.81	0.42	-0.42
133	UConn	FBS Independents	0-4-1	0	-1.94	-9.2	13.53	0.94	-0.94
134	Richmond	FBS Independents	0-6-0	0	-2.29	-15.5	10.92	0.35	-0.35
135	Florida	SEC	0-4-1	0	-2.38	-15	18.43	0.24	-0.24
136	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-4-0	0	-2.38	-18.5	7.34	0.36	-0.36
137	Air Force	FBS Independents	0-6-0	0	-2.42	-17.5	12.55	0.43	-0.43
138	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	0-6-0	0	-2.48	-17.83	14.94	0.32	-0.32
139	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-6-0	0	-3.03	-32.17	17.82	0.08	-0.08
140	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-5-0	0	-3.04	-30.4	19.96	0.36	-0.36