1989 FINAL CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.923601+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	12-1-0	0.92	23.8	18.31	15.2	11.35	0.65
2	Miami	FBS Independents	11-1-0	0.92	23.54	24.92	12.52	11.36	-0.36
3	Colorado	Big 8	11-1-0	0.92	23.53	23.92	12.38	10.94	0.06
4	Tennessee	SEC	11-1-0	0.92	23.13	10.75	13.74	9.02	1.98
5	Fresno State	Big West	11-1-0	0.92	22	18.42	5.34	10.06	0.94
6	Florida State	FBS Independents	10-2-0	0.83	21.6	18.75	14.49	10.29	-0.29
7	Nebraska	Big 8	10-2-0	0.83	21.25	24.5	10.91	10.62	-0.62
8	Auburn	SEC	10-2-0	0.83	21.23	12.75	14.02	10.35	-0.35
9	Houston	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	21.16	39.91	9.77	10.59	-1.59
10	USC	Pac-10	9-2-1	0.75	21.12	17	13.5	10.82	-1.82
11	Alabama	SEC	10-2-0	0.83	21.08	11.67	13.17	9.18	0.82
12	Clemson	ACC	10-2-0	0.83	21.05	19.17	11.07	10.93	-0.93
13	Illinois	Big Ten	10-2-0	0.83	21.02	12.5	12.82	9.67	0.33
14	Michigan	Big Ten	10-2-0	0.83	21.02	12.58	12.45	9.66	0.34
15	Arkansas	Southwest	10-2-0	0.83	20.89	12.92	11.6	9.27	0.73
16	BYU	Western Athletic	10-3-0	0.77	19.29	11.85	10.68	9.04	0.96
17	Virginia	ACC	10-3-0	0.77	19.23	7.62	12.11	8.79	1.21
18	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	19.21	6.82	5.58	7.06	1.94
19	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	9-3-1	0.69	18.72	14.54	8.93	10.03	-1.03
20	Texas Tech	Southwest	9-3-0	0.75	18.5	6.58	11.15	7.71	1.29
21	Penn State	FBS Independents	8-3-1	0.67	18.45	7.5	13.33	8.8	-0.8
22	West Virginia	FBS Independents	8-3-1	0.67	18.44	9.83	11.97	8.81	-0.81
23	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	8-3-1	0.67	18	5.42	11.72	7.51	0.49
24	Michigan State	Big Ten	8-4-0	0.67	17.47	16.08	12.2	10.37	-2.37
25	Texas A&M	Southwest	8-4-0	0.67	17.31	12.58	12.3	9.58	-1.58
26	Washington	Pac-10	8-4-0	0.67	17.21	8.92	13.43	8.59	-0.59
27	Oregon	Pac-10	8-4-0	0.67	16.98	10.67	10.76	8.72	-0.72
28	Air Force	Western Athletic	8-4-1	0.62	16.85	9	10.7	8.6	-0.6
29	Arizona	Pac-10	8-4-0	0.67	16.78	5.83	12.45	8.24	-0.24
30	Oklahoma	Big 8	7-4-0	0.64	16.5	16.36	9.88	9.03	-2.03
31	Duke	ACC	8-4-0	0.67	16.41	3.5	12.1	6.83	1.17
32	Ball State	Mid-American	7-3-2	0.58	16.39	2.92	7.69	6.96	0.04
33	Syracuse	FBS Independents	8-4-0	0.67	16.35	3.67	11.47	7.17	0.83
34	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	7-3-1	0.64	16.31	5.09	4.67	7.09	-0.09
35	Ohio State	Big Ten	8-4-0	0.67	16.27	3.5	10.77	6.93	1.07
36	Georgia Tech	ACC	7-4-0	0.64	15.53	4.73	9.05	6.89	0.11
37	Ole Miss	SEC	8-4-0	0.67	14.79	-0.42	10.83	5.89	2.11
38	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	14.59	2.09	12.73	6.28	-0.28
39	Florida	SEC	7-5-0	0.58	14.57	5.5	11.36	7.94	-0.94
40	Louisiana	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	14.3	0.82	6.15	5.75	1.25
41	NC State	ACC	7-5-0	0.58	14.29	5	9.53	7.61	-0.61
42	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	6-4-1	0.55	14.25	3.18	7.78	6.27	-0.27
43	Washington State	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	14.06	7.55	10.95	7.2	-1.2
44	Akron	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	13.92	5	2.62	6.81	-0.81
45	Louisville	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.77	8.18	7.92	7.61	-1.61
46	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	13.28	1.8	9.69	5.39	-0.39
47	San José State	Big West	6-5-0	0.55	13.24	2.91	9.05	6.21	-0.21
48	Army	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.2	9.45	2.04	7.92	-1.92
49	Colorado State	Western Athletic	5-5-1	0.45	12.84	4.18	13.88	6.41	-1.41
50	South Carolina	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	12.79	-2	12.41	4.9	1.1
51	Arizona State	Pac-10	6-4-1	0.55	12.75	-1.55	10.69	5.06	0.94
52	Georgia	SEC	6-6-0	0.5	12.74	4.42	12.62	7.64	-1.64
53	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-5-1	0.45	12.18	4.18	7.36	6.93	-1.93
54	Tulsa	FBS Independents	6-6-0	0.5	12.06	2.58	9.03	6.77	-0.77
55	Kentucky	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	11.93	-0.73	10.73	5.26	0.74
56	San Diego State	Western Athletic	6-5-1	0.5	11.85	-0.83	10.32	5.81	0.19
57	East Carolina	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	11.8	1.36	9.62	5.83	-0.83
58	Iowa State	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	11.7	-1	9.51	5.26	0.74
59	Baylor	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	11.64	5	12.18	7.11	-2.11
60	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	11.45	-1.82	9.65	5.02	0.98
61	Toledo	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	11.41	-1.64	8.7	5.05	0.95
62	Indiana	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	11.09	2.45	10.83	6.14	-1.14
63	Mississippi State	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	9.87	-0.18	9.39	5.44	-0.44
64	Western Michigan	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	9.86	0	7.63	5.5	-0.5
65	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.73	-1.09	13.29	5.18	-0.18
66	LSU	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	9.63	3.91	14.78	6.52	-2.52
67	Wyoming	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	9.39	-1.64	11.24	5.1	-0.1
68	Texas	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	8.83	-6.27	14.7	3.78	1.22
69	Iowa	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.56	-7.36	12.25	3.37	1.63
70	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	8.33	-7.82	9.49	3.54	1.46
71	California	Pac-10	4-7-0	0.36	6.48	-8	12.78	3.26	0.74
72	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	6.44	-8.45	12.89	3.37	0.63
73	TCU	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	6.23	-10.73	12.05	2.59	1.41
74	Oregon State	Pac-10	4-7-1	0.33	6.15	-12.5	12.69	2.59	1.41
75	UNLV	Big West	4-7-0	0.36	6.07	-9.73	7.29	3.19	0.81
76	Maryland	ACC	3-7-1	0.27	6.04	-2.09	14.57	4.84	-1.84
77	Kansas	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	5.98	-12.27	8.87	2.89	1.11
78	Utah State	Big West	4-7-0	0.36	5.96	-14.91	11.45	2.06	1.94
79	UCLA	Pac-10	3-7-1	0.27	5.76	-3.36	14.47	4.45	-1.45
80	Tulane	FBS Independents	4-8-0	0.33	5.75	-7.5	10.79	3.89	0.11
81	Utah	Western Athletic	4-8-0	0.33	5.41	-13.25	12.41	3.58	0.42
82	Long Beach State	Big West	4-8-0	0.33	5.19	-13.42	7.36	2.79	1.21
83	Stanford	Pac-10	3-8-0	0.27	4.58	-6.45	12.91	3.5	-0.5
84	Purdue	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	4.3	-9.91	13.7	2.62	0.38
85	Navy	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	3.98	-11.55	7.3	2.02	0.98
86	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-7-2	0.18	3.33	-6.73	10.23	3.83	-1.83
87	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.8	-4.18	12.61	4.22	-2.22
88	Wake Forest	ACC	2-8-1	0.18	2.52	-11.36	10.18	2.59	-0.59
89	Rice	Southwest	2-8-1	0.18	2.48	-12.55	11.86	2.21	-0.21
90	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-8-1	0.18	2.41	-12.73	8.54	1.55	0.45
91	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-10-0	0.17	2.25	-6.67	12.03	4.35	-2.35
92	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-9-0	0.18	1.9	-15.36	13.5	1.81	0.19
93	Memphis	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.86	-14.91	9.34	1.89	0.11
94	Missouri	Big 8	2-9-0	0.18	1.8	-17.45	12.9	1.58	0.42
95	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-10-0	0.17	1.67	-14.5	9.94	2.57	-0.57
96	Pacific	Big West	2-10-0	0.17	1.51	-18.92	12.57	1.51	0.49
97	SMU	Southwest	2-9-0	0.18	1.4	-28.36	10.24	0.98	1.02
98	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-10-0	0.09	0.2	-9.36	12.02	2.61	-1.61
99	Ohio	Mid-American	1-9-1	0.09	0.12	-14.27	8.76	2.14	-1.14
100	North Carolina	ACC	1-10-0	0.09	-0.12	-14.45	10.51	1.54	-0.54
101	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-9-1	0.09	-0.28	-24.36	10.01	0.57	0.43
102	Kansas State	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0.33	-19.55	9.34	1.03	-0.03
103	Temple	FBS Independents	1-10-0	0.09	-0.45	-22.36	13.51	0.92	0.08
104	Kent State	Mid-American	0-11-0	0	-2.29	-18	10.13	1.61	-1.61
105	New Mexico State	Big West	0-11-0	0	-2.49	-24.18	9.17	1	-1
106	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-11-0	0	-2.51	-23.27	11.82	1.68	-1.68