1989 W12 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.920773+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	11-0-0	1	25.83	21.82	13.3	9.91	1.09
2	Colorado	Big 8	11-0-0	1	25.65	27.45	11.48	10.25	0.75
3	Alabama	SEC	10-0-0	1	25.31	15.8	11.92	8.42	1.58
4	Nebraska	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	23.4	28.91	10.43	10.14	-0.14
5	Miami	FBS Independents	9-1-0	0.9	23.27	27.4	11.2	9.63	-0.63
6	Tennessee	SEC	8-1-0	0.89	22.99	10.78	14.82	6.7	1.3
7	Michigan	Big Ten	9-1-0	0.9	22.87	14.8	11.56	8.37	0.63
8	Arkansas	Southwest	8-1-0	0.89	22.62	16	10.96	7.45	0.55
9	Fresno State	Big West	10-1-0	0.91	22.01	18.18	4.24	9.1	0.9
10	Clemson	ACC	9-2-0	0.82	21.11	19.09	10.96	9.97	-0.97
11	Florida State	FBS Independents	8-2-0	0.8	21.08	19.4	13.4	8.63	-0.63
12	Virginia	ACC	10-2-0	0.83	20.96	9.08	11.88	8.49	1.51
13	USC	Pac-10	8-2-1	0.73	20.96	17.91	12.89	9.98	-1.98
14	Auburn	SEC	8-2-0	0.8	20.79	12.6	13.69	8.78	-0.78
15	Houston	Southwest	7-2-0	0.78	20.74	39.89	10.6	8.65	-1.65
16	BYU	Western Athletic	9-2-0	0.82	20.65	13.09	9.86	7.93	1.07
17	Illinois	Big Ten	8-2-0	0.8	20.58	9.1	13.83	7.58	0.42
18	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	8-2-0	0.8	20.18	20.7	7.54	8.5	-0.5
19	West Virginia	FBS Independents	7-2-1	0.7	20.06	13.1	11.7	7.88	-0.88
20	Texas A&M	Southwest	7-2-0	0.78	20	16	10.37	7.71	-0.71
21	Texas Tech	Southwest	8-2-0	0.8	19.73	6.7	9.89	6.53	1.47
22	Ohio State	Big Ten	8-2-0	0.8	19.63	6.9	9.12	6.46	1.54
23	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	19.44	6.82	5.4	7.06	1.94
24	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	6-2-1	0.67	18.68	5.33	11.61	5.65	0.35
25	Ball State	Mid-American	7-2-2	0.64	18.61	5.09	6.85	6.99	0.01
26	Duke	ACC	8-3-0	0.73	18.4	6.36	12.09	6.9	1.1
27	Air Force	Western Athletic	7-3-0	0.7	18.05	12.6	10.71	7.29	-0.29
28	Florida	SEC	7-3-0	0.7	17.82	10	10.47	7.77	-0.77
29	Penn State	FBS Independents	6-3-1	0.6	17.44	7.6	13.39	7.66	-1.66
30	Oklahoma	Big 8	7-4-0	0.64	16.83	16.36	9.92	9.03	-2.03
31	Washington	Pac-10	7-4-0	0.64	16.67	7.27	14.01	7.45	-0.45
32	Syracuse	FBS Independents	6-3-0	0.67	16.62	4.33	10.67	5.49	0.51
33	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	7-3-1	0.64	16.61	5.09	4.93	7.09	-0.09
34	Oregon	Pac-10	7-4-0	0.64	16.58	11.36	10.83	8.13	-1.13
35	Michigan State	Big Ten	6-4-0	0.6	16.11	14.5	12.97	8.36	-2.36
36	NC State	ACC	7-4-0	0.64	16.02	6.09	9.14	7.22	-0.22
37	Georgia	SEC	6-4-0	0.6	15.66	6.5	13.09	7.05	-1.05
38	Arizona State	Pac-10	6-3-1	0.6	15.29	0.1	10.11	5.03	0.97
39	Arizona	Pac-10	6-4-0	0.6	15.23	4.5	12.2	6.44	-0.44
40	Louisville	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	15.12	10.1	7.12	7.26	-1.26
41	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	14.88	2.09	13.53	6.28	-0.28
42	Army	FBS Independents	6-4-0	0.6	14.56	10.6	2.43	7.38	-1.38
43	Louisiana	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	14.52	0.82	6.27	5.75	1.25
44	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	6-4-1	0.55	14.48	3.18	8.18	6.27	-0.27
45	Kentucky	SEC	6-4-0	0.6	14.42	1.3	10.6	5.39	0.61
46	Washington State	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	14.34	7.55	10.93	7.2	-1.2
47	Akron	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	14.18	5	2.92	6.81	-0.81
48	San Diego State	Western Athletic	6-4-1	0.55	14.17	1	9.21	5.71	0.29
49	Georgia Tech	ACC	5-4-0	0.56	14.02	4.44	10.44	5.56	-0.56
50	East Carolina	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	13.83	2.9	9.9	5.66	-0.66
51	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	13.52	1.8	9.94	5.39	-0.39
52	Tulsa	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.34	3.09	8.5	6.34	-0.34
53	South Carolina	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	13.22	-2	13.22	4.9	1.1
54	Colorado State	Western Athletic	5-5-1	0.45	13.05	4.18	14.06	6.41	-1.41
55	Ole Miss	SEC	6-4-0	0.6	12.73	-2.8	10.93	4.36	1.64
56	Indiana	Big Ten	5-5-0	0.5	12.64	2.8	11.8	5.63	-0.63
57	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-5-1	0.45	12.45	4.18	7.46	6.93	-1.93
58	Texas	Southwest	5-4-0	0.56	12.37	-1.67	15.26	4.12	0.88
59	San José State	Big West	5-5-0	0.5	12.26	2.2	9.25	5.5	-0.5
60	Iowa State	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	11.86	-1	9.79	5.26	0.74
61	Mississippi State	SEC	5-5-0	0.5	11.84	0.8	9.4	5.25	-0.25
62	Toledo	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	11.6	-1.64	9.41	5.05	0.95
63	Iowa	Big Ten	5-5-0	0.5	10.09	-4.5	11.85	3.77	1.23
64	Baylor	Southwest	4-6-0	0.4	10.02	1.2	13.43	5.38	-1.38
65	Western Michigan	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	9.99	0	8.03	5.5	-0.5
66	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-5-0	0.5	9.92	-5.6	9.85	3.69	1.31
67	Wyoming	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	9.55	-1.64	12.26	5.1	-0.1
68	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	8.55	-7.82	9.89	3.54	1.46
69	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	4-6-0	0.4	8.42	-2.6	14.38	4.28	-0.28
70	LSU	SEC	3-7-0	0.3	8.08	2.3	17.16	5.53	-2.53
71	Oregon State	Pac-10	4-6-1	0.36	7.15	-13.45	12.5	2.2	1.8
72	UNLV	Big West	4-6-0	0.4	7.03	-9.7	6.31	2.85	1.15
73	Utah State	Big West	4-6-0	0.4	6.96	-15.1	12.51	1.84	2.16
74	California	Pac-10	4-7-0	0.36	6.62	-8	12.77	3.26	0.74
75	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	6.6	-8.45	12.97	3.37	0.63
76	Tulane	FBS Independents	4-7-0	0.36	6.59	-6.36	11.1	3.88	0.12
77	TCU	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	6.41	-10.73	12.65	2.59	1.41
78	Maryland	ACC	3-7-1	0.27	6.22	-2.09	14.76	4.84	-1.84
79	Utah	Western Athletic	4-7-0	0.36	6.18	-14.09	12.33	3.14	0.86
80	Kansas	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	6.04	-12.27	9.19	2.89	1.11
81	UCLA	Pac-10	3-7-1	0.27	5.87	-3.36	14.89	4.45	-1.45
82	Stanford	Pac-10	3-8-0	0.27	4.61	-6.45	13.79	3.5	-0.5
83	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-6-2	0.2	4.22	-5.7	10.28	3.65	-1.65
84	Long Beach State	Big West	3-8-0	0.27	3.84	-15.82	8.05	2.17	0.83
85	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	3.29	-4.5	12.65	3.79	-1.79
86	Rice	Southwest	2-7-1	0.2	3.26	-7.4	11.62	3.02	-1.02
87	Purdue	Big Ten	2-8-0	0.2	2.68	-11	13.94	2.21	-0.21
88	Wake Forest	ACC	2-8-1	0.18	2.58	-11.36	10.23	2.59	-0.59
89	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-8-0	0.2	2.49	-14.1	13.47	1.92	0.08
90	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-8-1	0.18	2.46	-12.73	8.49	1.55	0.45
91	Navy	FBS Independents	2-8-0	0.2	2.43	-12.9	7.29	1.58	0.42
92	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-10-0	0.17	2.22	-6.67	13.03	4.35	-2.35
93	Memphis	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.93	-14.91	10.19	1.89	0.11
94	Missouri	Big 8	2-9-0	0.18	1.86	-17.45	13.64	1.58	0.42
95	SMU	Southwest	2-8-0	0.2	1.85	-29.8	9.68	0.78	1.22
96	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-10-0	0.17	1.72	-14.5	10.39	2.57	-0.57
97	Pacific	Big West	2-10-0	0.17	1.45	-18.92	13	1.51	0.49
98	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-9-0	0.1	0.43	-9.6	12.66	2.39	-1.39
99	Ohio	Mid-American	1-9-1	0.09	0.13	-14.27	8.56	2.14	-1.14
100	North Carolina	ACC	1-10-0	0.09	-0.1	-14.45	11.36	1.54	-0.54
101	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-9-1	0.09	-0.27	-24.36	11.1	0.57	0.43
102	Kansas State	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0.32	-19.55	9.67	1.03	-0.03
103	Temple	FBS Independents	1-10-0	0.09	-0.55	-22.36	14.32	0.92	0.08
104	Kent State	Mid-American	0-11-0	0	-2.33	-18	10.61	1.61	-1.61
105	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-10-0	0	-2.45	-20.7	11.55	1.77	-1.77
106	New Mexico State	Big West	0-11-0	0	-2.53	-24.18	9.08	1	-1