1979 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:29.025133+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Florida State	FBS Independents	7-0-0	1	26.17	14	14.89	6.15	0.85
2	USC	Pac-10	7-0-1	0.88	25.84	18.5	12.09	6.99	0.01
3	Nebraska	Big 8	7-0-0	1	25.8	30.29	9.92	6.8	0.2
4	Ohio State	Big Ten	8-0-0	1	25.61	24.75	9.85	7.6	0.4
5	Houston	Southwest	7-0-0	1	25.4	12.43	11.5	5.96	1.04
6	Alabama	SEC	7-0-0	1	25.29	34.86	7.14	6.96	0.04
7	BYU	Western Athletic	7-0-0	1	25.2	29.86	7.25	6.64	0.36
8	Central Michigan	Mid-American	7-0-0	1	25.15	15	9.44	6.16	0.84
9	McNeese	Southland	8-0-0	1	24.62	6.62	9.86	6.19	1.81
10	Yale	Ivy	6-0-0	1	24.43	14.33	6.18	5.6	0.4
11	Arkansas	Southwest	6-1-0	0.86	22.67	13.57	13.09	6.27	-0.27
12	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	22.65	14.29	14.04	6.46	-0.46
13	Michigan	Big Ten	7-1-0	0.88	22.51	14.38	10.43	6.98	0.02
14	Wake Forest	ACC	7-1-0	0.88	22.29	3.75	14.69	4.77	2.23
15	North Carolina	ACC	5-1-1	0.71	22.28	15.14	15.3	6.01	-1.01
16	Temple	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	22.1	19.14	9.34	6.06	-0.06
17	Oklahoma	Big 8	6-1-0	0.86	22.03	24.29	8.06	6.43	-0.43
18	Texas	Southwest	5-1-0	0.83	21.91	12.67	14.23	5.43	-0.43
19	Navy	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	21.21	6	8.08	5.13	0.87
20	UNLV	FBS Independents	7-1-0	0.88	20.77	7.38	3.33	5.19	1.81
21	Washington	Pac-10	6-2-0	0.75	19.59	19.12	9.67	7.29	-1.29
22	NC State	ACC	6-2-0	0.75	19.55	3.5	17.48	4.73	1.27
23	Baylor	Southwest	6-2-0	0.75	19.5	7	14.02	5.78	0.22
24	Penn State	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.98	13	13.81	5.73	-0.73
25	Arizona State	Pac-10	5-2-0	0.71	18.95	12.57	13.81	5.89	-0.89
26	Tulane	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	18.71	8	8.09	5.73	0.27
27	Auburn	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	18.57	8.86	11.52	4.66	0.34
28	Clemson	ACC	5-2-0	0.71	18.55	7.57	12.26	5.74	-0.74
29	Chattanooga	Southern	6-2-0	0.75	18.46	11.62	3.83	6.12	-0.12
30	Purdue	Big Ten	6-2-0	0.75	18.33	3.88	8.8	4.89	1.11
31	South Carolina	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.32	6.29	11.57	4.89	0.11
32	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.3	5	13.87	4.49	0.51
33	Texas-Arlington	Southland	5-2-0	0.71	18.09	10	9.13	5.49	-0.49
34	Toledo	Mid-American	6-2-0	0.75	18.06	1.88	10.04	4.44	1.56
35	Tennessee	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	17.79	10.83	12.62	4.54	-0.54
36	Indiana State	Missouri Valley	7-2-0	0.78	17.66	1.56	3.12	4.89	2.11
37	Rutgers	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	17.42	4.86	7.59	4.45	0.55
38	Arizona	Pac-10	4-2-1	0.57	17.12	5.57	11.28	4.72	-0.72
39	Brown	Ivy	4-2-0	0.67	17.07	9.33	7.02	4.71	-0.71
40	Lamar	Southland	4-2-1	0.57	16.61	5	8.86	4.48	-0.48
41	Cornell	Ivy	4-2-0	0.67	16.47	10.17	4.15	4.57	-0.57
42	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	16.45	9.75	12.55	6.39	-1.39
43	San Diego State	Western Athletic	5-2-0	0.71	15.87	-0.71	10	3.37	1.63
44	Indiana	Big Ten	5-3-0	0.62	15.49	3.5	9.06	4.85	0.15
45	LSU	SEC	4-3-0	0.57	15.42	13.14	10.41	5.93	-1.93
46	Virginia	ACC	4-3-0	0.57	15.41	15.29	10.24	6.1	-2.1
47	Syracuse	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	15.36	1.88	12.58	4.32	0.68
48	East Tennessee State	Southern	5-3-0	0.62	15.23	9.25	2.08	6.1	-1.1
49	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-3-1	0.5	14.98	3.75	15.06	4.82	-0.82
50	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	4-3-0	0.57	14.92	14.57	7.46	5.58	-1.58
51	Western Carolina	Southern	5-3-0	0.62	14.79	11.25	-1.4	6.23	-1.23
52	Utah State	PCAA	4-3-1	0.5	14.74	1.88	15.43	4.31	-0.31
53	Georgia	SEC	4-3-0	0.57	14.7	4.57	12.65	4.51	-0.51
54	Stanford	Pac-10	4-3-1	0.5	14.68	3.62	11.46	4.7	-0.7
55	Missouri	Big 8	4-3-0	0.57	14.5	4.57	8.46	4.72	-0.72
56	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	5-3-0	0.62	14.38	2.88	2.62	4.95	0.05
57	Louisville	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.27	2	12.35	3.94	0.06
58	East Carolina	FBS Independents	3-3-1	0.43	14.07	10.14	15.69	5.14	-2.14
59	San José State	PCAA	4-3-1	0.5	14.01	2.25	10.53	4.37	-0.37
60	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	4-4-0	0.5	13.56	7.75	11.96	6.12	-2.12
61	California	Pac-10	4-4-0	0.5	13.46	4.88	14.12	5.37	-1.37
62	The Citadel	Southern	5-3-0	0.62	13.42	-0.38	5.49	3.92	1.08
63	Iowa	Big Ten	4-4-0	0.5	13.16	5.75	11.87	5.31	-1.31
64	Maryland	ACC	4-4-0	0.5	13.05	3.62	14.38	5.11	-1.11
65	Ball State	Mid-American	4-4-0	0.5	12.69	3.88	9.99	4.82	-0.82
66	Ohio	Mid-American	4-4-0	0.5	12.67	2.25	10.82	4.67	-0.67
67	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	12.6	1	14.14	4.25	-0.25
68	Arkansas State	Southland	4-4-0	0.5	12.55	3.5	7.3	5.13	-1.13
69	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-3-0	0.57	12.45	-3	15.5	2.77	1.23
70	VMI	Southern	5-3-0	0.62	12.43	-6.88	8.56	2.24	2.76
71	Texas Tech	Southwest	3-3-1	0.43	11.65	-0.57	15.64	3.35	-0.35
72	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-4-0	0.43	11.61	4.86	15.09	4.59	-1.59
73	Colgate	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	11.54	-3.71	7.4	2.6	1.4
74	Long Beach State	PCAA	4-3-0	0.57	11.52	-5.29	7.21	2.55	1.45
75	Mississippi State	SEC	3-4-0	0.43	11.49	4.86	10.68	4.61	-1.61
76	Oregon	Pac-10	4-4-0	0.5	10.93	-0.88	10.41	3.8	0.2
77	Colorado State	Western Athletic	4-4-0	0.5	10.8	-1.5	11.52	3.58	0.42
78	Princeton	Ivy	3-3-0	0.5	10.66	-1.33	9.47	2.7	0.3
79	West Virginia	FBS Independents	4-4-0	0.5	10.07	-7.88	12.47	2.22	1.78
80	SMU	Southwest	3-4-0	0.43	9.63	-1.71	14.59	3.15	-0.15
81	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-5-0	0.38	9.59	2.25	10.79	4.73	-1.73
82	Louisiana	Southland	4-5-0	0.44	9.57	-0.33	7.2	4.38	-0.38
83	Northwestern State	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	9.25	-6	-0.35	2.08	0.92
84	New Mexico	Western Athletic	4-5-0	0.44	9.2	-3.11	10.18	3.66	0.34
85	North Texas	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	9.2	-2.44	9.03	3.76	0.24
86	Miami	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	9.15	-1.71	9.03	3.11	-0.11
87	UCLA	Pac-10	3-5-0	0.38	9.14	-0.25	16.29	3.95	-0.95
88	Memphis	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	9.03	-1.14	8.7	3.22	-0.22
89	West Texas A&M	Missouri Valley	3-5-1	0.33	8.96	0.11	14.69	4.53	-1.53
90	Utah	Western Athletic	4-5-0	0.44	8.95	-6.22	14.52	3.25	0.75
91	Kansas State	Big 8	3-4-0	0.43	8.95	-1.71	9.93	3	0
92	Holy Cross	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.65	-1.57	5.28	3.1	-0.1
93	Tulsa	Missouri Valley	4-5-0	0.44	8.64	-5.56	11.34	2.84	1.16
94	Villanova	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	7.99	0.25	-0.99	4.06	-1.06
95	UL Monroe	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	7.6	-2.38	5.71	3.31	-0.31
96	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-5-0	0.38	7.51	-6.5	14.31	2.6	0.4
97	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-5-0	0.38	7.43	-5.25	11	2.7	0.3
98	Pacific	PCAA	3-5-0	0.38	7.22	-3.5	2.73	3	0
99	Fresno State	PCAA	3-5-0	0.38	6.77	-6	4.84	2.78	0.22
100	Drake	Missouri Valley	3-6-0	0.33	6.74	-1.44	5.97	4.13	-1.13
101	UConn	FBS Independents	2-4-1	0.29	6.46	-1.43	6.2	3.09	-1.09
102	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	2-4-1	0.29	6.44	-4.43	12.22	2.38	-0.38
103	Duke	ACC	2-4-1	0.29	6.08	-8.14	12.56	1.8	0.2
104	Kentucky	SEC	2-5-0	0.29	6.07	-1.86	12.53	2.9	-0.9
105	Army	FBS Independents	2-4-1	0.29	5.6	-15.29	12.9	0.85	1.15
106	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.43	-3.57	13.3	2.76	-0.76
107	TCU	Southwest	2-5-0	0.29	5.39	-5.71	14.41	2.14	-0.14
108	Iowa State	Big 8	2-5-0	0.29	5.11	-7.86	12.2	1.72	0.28
109	Ole Miss	SEC	2-5-0	0.29	5.06	-5.43	11.14	2.61	-0.61
110	Kansas	Big 8	2-5-0	0.29	4.92	-11.71	16.18	1.5	0.5
111	App State	Southern	2-6-0	0.25	4.86	-2.12	14.64	3.61	-1.61
112	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.65	-11.57	14.2	1.34	0.66
113	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	2-5-0	0.29	4.63	-6.29	2.96	2.15	-0.15
114	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-5-1	0.25	4.61	-9	4.33	1.47	0.53
115	Furman	Southern	2-6-0	0.25	4.1	-6.25	6.66	2.69	-0.69
116	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-6-0	0.25	4.01	-9.88	13.33	2.04	-0.04
117	Washington State	Pac-10	2-6-0	0.25	3.97	-10.75	13.94	2.24	-0.24
118	Illinois State	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	3.96	-6.5	2.99	2.47	-0.47
119	Wyoming	Western Athletic	2-6-0	0.25	3.94	-9.62	10.73	1.93	0.07
120	William & Mary	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	3.79	-10.75	7.58	1.38	0.62
121	New Mexico State	Missouri Valley	2-6-0	0.25	3.61	-15	12.2	1.19	0.81
122	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-7-0	0.22	3.15	-11.44	12.14	1.21	0.79
123	Dartmouth	Ivy	1-4-1	0.17	3.11	-5.5	7.87	1.08	-0.08
124	Harvard	Ivy	1-5-0	0.17	2.35	-5	1.68	1.82	-0.82
125	Georgia Tech	FBS Independents	1-5-1	0.14	2.16	-9.43	14.79	1.36	-0.36
126	Columbia	Ivy	1-5-0	0.17	1.68	-14.83	5.58	0.54	0.46
127	Illinois	Big Ten	1-6-1	0.12	1.59	-7.25	14.51	2.1	-1.1
128	Colorado	Big 8	1-6-0	0.14	1	-17.14	16.82	0.78	0.22
129	Louisiana Tech	Southland	1-7-0	0.12	0.93	-9.62	13.68	1.26	-0.26
130	Kent State	Mid-American	1-7-0	0.12	0.75	-11.62	6.43	1.59	-0.59
131	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	1-7-0	0.12	0.37	-19.75	11.23	0.45	0.55
132	Marshall	Southern	1-7-0	0.12	0.34	-20.62	13.24	0.42	0.58
133	Rice	Southwest	1-7-0	0.12	0.3	-22	14.84	0.66	0.34
134	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-7-0	0.12	0.21	-24.38	16.18	0.51	0.49
135	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-7-0	0.12	-0.01	-25.12	15.8	0.42	0.58
136	Pennsylvania	Ivy	0-6-0	0	-2.19	-15.67	7.04	0.56	-0.56
137	Air Force	FBS Independents	0-8-0	0	-2.26	-15.88	10.03	0.62	-0.62
138	Florida	SEC	0-5-1	0	-2.27	-14.17	15.23	0.38	-0.38
139	Richmond	FBS Independents	0-8-0	0	-2.29	-16.25	10.42	0.44	-0.44
140	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-7-0	0	-2.86	-29.71	15.56	0.57	-0.57