1979 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.024669+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Nebraska	Big 8	6-0-0	1	26.28	30.67	11.38	5.84	0.16
2	Florida State	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	25.92	15.5	12.08	5.46	0.54
3	USC	Pac-10	6-0-1	0.86	25.88	19.71	11.11	6.18	-0.18
4	Ohio State	Big Ten	7-0-0	1	25.79	22.29	10.11	6.5	0.5
5	Arkansas	Southwest	6-0-0	1	25.71	16.33	11.18	5.56	0.44
6	Central Michigan	Mid-American	6-0-0	1	25.43	13.67	10.21	5.32	0.68
7	Alabama	SEC	6-0-0	1	25.19	36.67	5.58	5.97	0.03
8	Houston	Southwest	6-0-0	1	25.17	14	8.98	5.2	0.8
9	BYU	Western Athletic	6-0-0	1	25.07	26.17	6.13	5.57	0.43
10	McNeese	Southland	7-0-0	1	24.44	6.57	8.04	5.54	1.46
11	Yale	Ivy	5-0-0	1	24.37	13.6	5.17	4.63	0.37
12	Navy	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	24.19	9.83	5.38	5.09	0.91
13	North Carolina	ACC	5-1-0	0.83	22.72	17.67	16.4	5.4	-0.4
14	Temple	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	22.28	19.14	9.62	6.06	-0.06
15	Michigan	Big Ten	6-1-0	0.86	22.22	15.57	10.09	6.3	-0.3
16	Oklahoma	Big 8	5-1-0	0.83	21.9	23.5	10.45	5.45	-0.45
17	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	21.83	13.83	12.54	5.51	-0.51
18	Wake Forest	ACC	6-1-0	0.86	21.8	3.71	13.73	4.24	1.76
19	Texas	Southwest	4-1-0	0.8	21.62	10.4	14.73	4.35	-0.35
20	Auburn	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	21.48	11	11.4	4.27	0.73
21	Clemson	ACC	5-1-0	0.83	21.21	9.33	10.72	5.27	-0.27
22	South Carolina	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	21.02	7.5	10.38	4.39	0.61
23	Chattanooga	Southern	6-1-0	0.86	20.48	14.29	0.74	5.66	0.34
24	UNLV	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	20.42	7.86	2.86	4.6	1.4
25	Brown	Ivy	4-1-0	0.8	20.27	12.6	8.29	4.19	-0.19
26	Washington	Pac-10	5-2-0	0.71	18.98	19	9.34	6.4	-1.4
27	NC State	ACC	5-2-0	0.71	18.91	3.57	17.1	4.12	0.88
28	Baylor	Southwest	5-2-0	0.71	18.63	6.14	15.31	4.8	0.2
29	Tulane	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.19	8.43	8.07	4.98	0.02
30	Penn State	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	18.19	11	15.38	4.65	-0.65
31	Arizona State	Pac-10	4-2-0	0.67	18.11	12.33	14.01	5.05	-1.05
32	Tennessee	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	18.11	10.83	12.63	4.54	-0.54
33	Purdue	Big Ten	5-2-0	0.71	17.73	3.86	10.31	4.26	0.74
34	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.72	5.67	13.16	3.93	0.07
35	Indiana	Big Ten	5-2-0	0.71	17.54	4.86	8.21	4.56	0.44
36	Missouri	Big 8	4-2-0	0.67	17.46	8	11.49	4.65	-0.65
37	Rutgers	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	17.44	4.86	7.53	4.45	0.55
38	LSU	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	17.44	16.17	7.77	5.41	-1.41
39	Utah State	PCAA	4-2-1	0.57	17.37	4.14	14.33	4.07	-0.07
40	Stanford	Pac-10	4-2-1	0.57	17.34	4.43	14.2	4.28	-0.28
41	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	6-2-0	0.75	17.28	1.5	2.75	4.33	1.67
42	East Tennessee State	Southern	5-2-0	0.71	17.25	12.57	1.45	5.81	-0.81
43	Texas-Arlington	Southland	4-2-0	0.67	17.24	9.33	9.47	4.66	-0.66
44	Arizona	Pac-10	4-2-1	0.57	17.23	5.57	9.82	4.72	-0.72
45	Toledo	Mid-American	5-2-0	0.71	17.04	1.71	9.07	3.86	1.14
46	Virginia	ACC	4-3-0	0.57	15.77	15.29	11.29	6.1	-2.1
47	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	15.38	9.14	13.11	5.44	-1.44
48	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	4-3-0	0.57	15.35	9.29	12.83	5.75	-1.75
49	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-3-0	0.57	15.35	4.29	17.67	4.3	-0.3
50	California	Pac-10	4-3-0	0.57	15.24	7	11.58	5.2	-1.2
51	Cornell	Ivy	3-2-0	0.6	15.23	10	3.53	3.74	-0.74
52	San Diego State	Western Athletic	4-2-0	0.67	15.03	-1.5	8.98	2.78	1.22
53	Lamar	Southland	3-2-1	0.5	14.86	4.17	7.91	3.68	-0.68
54	Ohio	Mid-American	4-3-0	0.57	14.85	4.57	10.64	4.63	-0.63
55	Western Carolina	Southern	5-3-0	0.62	14.83	11.25	-1.42	6.23	-1.23
56	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.72	4.57	12.36	4.48	-0.48
57	Arkansas State	Southland	4-3-0	0.57	14.39	5.43	6.11	4.99	-0.99
58	East Carolina	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	14.22	11.83	15.25	4.61	-1.61
59	Louisville	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.21	2	12.72	3.94	0.06
60	Syracuse	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.11	0.71	12.04	3.6	0.4
61	Long Beach State	PCAA	4-2-0	0.67	13.65	-4.33	6.26	2.18	1.82
62	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	3-3-0	0.5	13.38	14.5	7.88	4.72	-1.72
63	Mississippi State	SEC	3-3-0	0.5	13.3	8	11.4	4.46	-1.46
64	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	4-3-0	0.57	13.17	1.86	2.14	4.05	-0.05
65	SMU	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	12.94	2	12.56	3.34	-0.34
66	Georgia	SEC	3-3-0	0.5	12.78	3	13.04	3.55	-0.55
67	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-4-0	0.5	12.43	3	8.51	4.78	-0.78
68	San José State	PCAA	3-3-1	0.43	12.01	1	10.57	3.66	-0.66
69	West Virginia	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	11.91	-5.43	13.36	2.41	1.59
70	Iowa	Big Ten	3-4-0	0.43	11.81	5	12.88	4.49	-1.49
71	The Citadel	Southern	4-3-0	0.57	11.76	-3.14	8.03	2.88	1.12
72	VMI	Southern	4-3-0	0.57	11.56	-8	9.37	1.7	2.3
73	Texas Tech	Southwest	3-3-1	0.43	11.54	-0.57	15.47	3.35	-0.35
74	North Texas	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	11.43	0	9.85	4	0
75	UCLA	Pac-10	3-4-0	0.43	11.42	2.57	16.24	3.98	-0.98
76	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	11.25	-6.6	0.83	1.64	1.36
77	Miami	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	11.1	-0.33	8.89	2.93	0.07
78	Ball State	Mid-American	3-4-0	0.43	11.07	2.29	10.5	3.95	-0.95
79	Oklahoma State	Big 8	3-3-0	0.5	10.81	-5.67	15.92	1.79	1.21
80	Maryland	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	10.71	0.29	14.62	3.58	-0.58
81	Utah	Western Athletic	4-4-0	0.5	10.4	-6.5	14.16	2.9	1.1
82	Colgate	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	9.84	-6	9.79	1.76	1.24
83	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-4-0	0.43	9.63	-1.43	12.88	3.22	-0.22
84	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	9.18	-0.86	8.54	3.3	-0.3
85	Pacific	PCAA	3-4-0	0.43	9.08	-0.71	2.98	3.31	-0.31
86	Oregon	Pac-10	3-4-0	0.43	8.99	-2.57	12.63	2.94	0.06
87	Colorado State	Western Athletic	3-4-0	0.43	8.87	-3.71	14.98	2.64	0.36
88	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-4-0	0.43	8.83	-3.86	10.03	2.57	0.43
89	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-4-0	0.33	8.8	1.33	16.59	3.29	-1.29
90	Princeton	Ivy	2-3-0	0.4	8.5	-2	8.74	2.17	-0.17
91	Duke	ACC	2-3-1	0.33	8.22	-5	13.51	2.1	-0.1
92	Drake	Missouri Valley	3-5-0	0.38	8.16	-1.12	7.5	3.73	-0.73
93	Kentucky	SEC	2-4-0	0.33	8.02	0.17	11.98	3.05	-1.05
94	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	2-3-1	0.33	7.87	-3.5	10.83	2.23	-0.23
95	Louisiana	Southland	3-5-0	0.38	7.72	-3.12	9.54	2.97	0.03
96	Army	FBS Independents	2-3-1	0.33	7.39	-15.67	13.11	0.66	1.34
97	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	3-5-0	0.38	7.34	-7.5	12.69	2.09	0.91
98	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-5-0	0.29	6.8	0.57	9.81	3.66	-1.66
99	Iowa State	Big 8	2-4-0	0.33	6.55	-4.33	12.23	2.05	-0.05
100	Kansas State	Big 8	2-4-0	0.33	6.44	-4.67	9.11	1.91	0.09
101	TCU	Southwest	2-4-0	0.33	6.29	-4.5	14.71	2.13	-0.13
102	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.19	-3	0.67	2.39	-0.39
103	Memphis	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6.19	-5	6.6	2.02	-0.02
104	Kansas	Big 8	2-4-0	0.33	5.75	-11.5	17.48	1.29	0.71
105	Villanova	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.41	-1.14	-0.36	3.28	-1.28
106	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	2-5-1	0.25	5.35	-7.12	16.18	2.03	-0.03
107	William & Mary	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.18	-6.57	9.73	1.94	0.06
108	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-5-0	0.29	5.09	-9.71	14.04	1.84	0.16
109	Washington State	Pac-10	2-5-0	0.29	4.99	-10.71	15.15	1.94	0.06
110	Wyoming	Western Athletic	2-5-0	0.29	4.85	-10.43	9.83	1.5	0.5
111	Illinois State	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.73	-7.14	0.23	2.01	-0.01
112	Furman	Southern	2-5-0	0.29	4.69	-7	6	2.23	-0.23
113	Fresno State	PCAA	2-5-0	0.29	4.64	-10.14	4.73	1.79	0.21
114	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-5-1	0.25	4.49	-9	4.46	1.47	0.53
115	Dartmouth	Ivy	1-3-1	0.2	3.98	-4.4	7.63	0.98	0.02
116	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-6-0	0.25	3.91	-11	11.46	1.08	0.92
117	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-6-0	0.25	3.69	-15	11.78	1.19	0.81
118	Harvard	Ivy	1-4-0	0.2	2.95	-5.6	0.04	1.49	-0.49
119	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	1-4-1	0.17	2.92	-10.17	15.42	1.15	-0.15
120	UConn	FBS Independents	1-4-1	0.17	2.77	-5.67	9.13	1.73	-0.73
121	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	2.46	-6.33	13.12	1.88	-0.88
122	Columbia	Ivy	1-4-0	0.2	2.36	-15.8	5.48	0.35	0.65
123	App State	Southern	1-6-0	0.14	2.01	-4.43	13.29	2.82	-1.82
124	Ole Miss	SEC	1-5-0	0.17	1.96	-12.17	13.12	1.19	-0.19
125	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	1.9	-14	15.56	0.93	0.07
126	Colorado	Big 8	1-5-0	0.17	1.8	-15.33	14.56	0.79	0.21
127	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	1-5-0	0.17	1.67	-15	4.24	0.59	0.41
128	Illinois	Big Ten	1-6-0	0.14	1.57	-8.29	14.7	1.63	-0.63
129	Louisiana Tech	Southland	1-6-0	0.14	1.46	-9	12.39	1.06	-0.06
130	Kent State	Mid-American	1-6-0	0.14	1.29	-10	3.58	1.49	-0.49
131	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-6-0	0.14	0.86	-14.29	13.76	0.75	0.25
132	Rice	Southwest	1-6-0	0.14	0.83	-21.43	16.12	0.58	0.42
133	Marshall	Southern	1-6-0	0.14	0.79	-22.14	13.21	0.28	0.72
134	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-6-0	0.14	0.64	-27.29	16.5	0.34	0.66
135	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-5-0	0	-2.15	-15.2	4.08	0.53	-0.53
136	Air Force	FBS Independents	0-7-0	0	-2.32	-16.14	11.43	0.56	-0.56
137	Florida	SEC	0-4-1	0	-2.35	-15	16.17	0.24	-0.24
138	Richmond	FBS Independents	0-7-0	0	-2.42	-18.14	12.43	0.25	-0.25
139	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-7-0	0	-2.88	-29	15.9	0.15	-0.15
140	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-6-0	0	-2.9	-28.83	17.04	0.43	-0.43