1989 W17 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.922529+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Colorado	Big 8	11-0-0	1	25.28	27.45	11.32	10.25	0.75
2	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	11-1-0	0.92	23.74	18.58	14.35	10.42	0.58
3	Miami	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	23.25	26.45	11.49	10.57	-0.57
4	Nebraska	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	23.04	28.91	10.01	10.14	-0.14
5	Tennessee	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	22.92	11.36	13.14	8.45	1.55
6	Alabama	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	22.86	13.45	12.13	8.82	1.18
7	Michigan	Big Ten	10-1-0	0.91	22.83	14.36	11.69	9.12	0.88
8	Arkansas	Southwest	10-1-0	0.91	22.63	14.45	10.57	8.81	1.19
9	Fresno State	Big West	11-1-0	0.92	22.07	18.42	5.37	10.06	0.94
10	Florida State	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	21.32	18.27	13.82	9.39	-0.39
11	Houston	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	21.24	39.91	9.87	10.59	-1.59
12	Auburn	SEC	9-2-0	0.82	21.05	12.36	13.99	9.48	-0.48
13	Clemson	ACC	9-2-0	0.82	20.83	19.09	10.71	9.97	-0.97
14	Illinois	Big Ten	9-2-0	0.82	20.76	12.73	12.09	8.97	0.03
15	BYU	Western Athletic	10-2-0	0.83	20.75	13.75	10.32	8.74	1.26
16	Virginia	ACC	10-2-0	0.83	20.66	9.08	11.59	8.49	1.51
17	USC	Pac-10	8-2-1	0.73	20.63	17.91	12.56	9.98	-1.98
18	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	9-2-1	0.75	20.39	17.42	8.47	9.72	-0.72
19	West Virginia	FBS Independents	8-2-1	0.73	20.12	12.55	10.99	8.59	-0.59
20	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	19.27	6.82	5.61	7.06	1.94
21	Texas A&M	Southwest	8-3-0	0.73	18.72	14	11.69	9.14	-1.14
22	Air Force	Western Athletic	8-3-1	0.67	18.38	10.83	10.63	8.32	-0.32
23	Duke	ACC	8-3-0	0.73	18.15	6.36	11.65	6.9	1.1
24	Texas Tech	Southwest	8-3-0	0.73	17.82	4.64	10.77	6.65	1.35
25	Ohio State	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	17.78	5.36	9.87	6.78	1.22
26	Penn State	FBS Independents	7-3-1	0.64	17.72	7.18	12.86	8.3	-1.3
27	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	7-3-1	0.64	17.33	5.64	11.26	6.96	0.04
28	Oregon	Pac-10	8-4-0	0.67	17.03	10.67	10.78	8.72	-0.72
29	Michigan State	Big Ten	7-4-0	0.64	16.76	15.73	11.65	9.46	-2.46
30	Oklahoma	Big 8	7-4-0	0.64	16.55	16.36	9.86	9.03	-2.03
31	Ball State	Mid-American	7-3-2	0.58	16.46	2.92	7.86	6.96	0.04
32	Washington	Pac-10	7-4-0	0.64	16.43	7.27	13.43	7.45	-0.45
33	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	7-3-1	0.64	16.37	5.09	4.7	7.09	-0.09
34	Florida	SEC	7-4-0	0.64	16.2	8.45	10.86	8.14	-1.14
35	Arizona	Pac-10	7-4-0	0.64	16.1	5.73	12.18	7.48	-0.48
36	Syracuse	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	15.76	3.91	11.4	6.63	0.37
37	NC State	ACC	7-4-0	0.64	15.74	6.09	9.02	7.22	-0.22
38	Georgia Tech	ACC	7-4-0	0.64	15.63	4.73	9.44	6.89	0.11
39	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	14.67	2.09	13.02	6.28	-0.28
40	Louisiana	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	14.35	0.82	6.19	5.75	1.25
41	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	6-4-1	0.55	14.3	3.18	7.82	6.27	-0.27
42	Washington State	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	14.1	7.55	10.97	7.2	-1.2
43	Georgia	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	13.97	4.91	12.36	7.16	-1.16
44	Akron	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	13.96	5	2.65	6.81	-0.81
45	Louisville	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.83	8.18	8.05	7.61	-1.61
46	Ole Miss	SEC	7-4-0	0.64	13.65	-1.64	10.57	5.08	1.92
47	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	13.34	1.8	9.9	5.39	-0.39
48	San José State	Big West	6-5-0	0.55	13.29	2.91	9.09	6.21	-0.21
49	Army	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.27	9.45	2.28	7.92	-1.92
50	Colorado State	Western Athletic	5-5-1	0.45	12.92	4.18	14.32	6.41	-1.41
51	South Carolina	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	12.89	-2	12.95	4.9	1.1
52	Arizona State	Pac-10	6-4-1	0.55	12.78	-1.55	10.58	5.06	0.94
53	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-5-1	0.45	12.22	4.18	7.39	6.93	-1.93
54	Tulsa	FBS Independents	6-6-0	0.5	12.11	2.58	9.07	6.77	-0.77
55	Kentucky	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	12	-0.73	11.02	5.26	0.74
56	San Diego State	Western Athletic	6-5-1	0.5	11.92	-0.83	10.72	5.81	0.19
57	East Carolina	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	11.83	1.36	9.54	5.83	-0.83
58	Iowa State	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	11.74	-1	9.54	5.26	0.74
59	Baylor	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	11.7	5	12.39	7.11	-2.11
60	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	11.48	-1.82	9.62	5.02	0.98
61	Toledo	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	11.45	-1.64	8.73	5.05	0.95
62	Indiana	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	11.12	2.45	10.8	6.14	-1.14
63	Mississippi State	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	9.92	-0.18	9.57	5.44	-0.44
64	Western Michigan	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	9.89	0	7.66	5.5	-0.5
65	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.78	-1.09	13.47	5.18	-0.18
66	LSU	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	9.68	3.91	14.99	6.52	-2.52
67	Wyoming	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	9.46	-1.64	11.67	5.1	-0.1
68	Texas	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	8.87	-6.27	14.74	3.78	1.22
69	Iowa	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.58	-7.36	12.23	3.37	1.63
70	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	8.36	-7.82	9.53	3.54	1.46
71	California	Pac-10	4-7-0	0.36	6.49	-8	12.69	3.26	0.74
72	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	6.46	-8.45	12.87	3.37	0.63
73	TCU	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	6.26	-10.73	12.29	2.59	1.41
74	Oregon State	Pac-10	4-7-1	0.33	6.18	-12.5	12.8	2.59	1.41
75	UNLV	Big West	4-7-0	0.36	6.09	-9.73	7.33	3.19	0.81
76	Maryland	ACC	3-7-1	0.27	6.08	-2.09	14.94	4.84	-1.84
77	Kansas	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	6	-12.27	8.91	2.89	1.11
78	Utah State	Big West	4-7-0	0.36	5.99	-14.91	11.62	2.06	1.94
79	Tulane	FBS Independents	4-8-0	0.33	5.77	-7.5	10.86	3.89	0.11
80	UCLA	Pac-10	3-7-1	0.27	5.77	-3.36	14.38	4.45	-1.45
81	Utah	Western Athletic	4-8-0	0.33	5.45	-13.25	12.81	3.58	0.42
82	Long Beach State	Big West	4-8-0	0.33	5.21	-13.42	7.53	2.79	1.21
83	Stanford	Pac-10	3-8-0	0.27	4.59	-6.45	12.9	3.5	-0.5
84	Purdue	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	4.31	-9.91	13.61	2.62	0.38
85	Navy	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	4	-11.55	7.47	2.02	0.98
86	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-7-2	0.18	3.34	-6.73	10.22	3.83	-1.83
87	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.81	-4.18	12.6	4.22	-2.22
88	Wake Forest	ACC	2-8-1	0.18	2.53	-11.36	10.47	2.59	-0.59
89	Rice	Southwest	2-8-1	0.18	2.49	-12.55	11.97	2.21	-0.21
90	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-8-1	0.18	2.41	-12.73	8.51	1.55	0.45
91	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-10-0	0.17	2.27	-6.67	12.38	4.35	-2.35
92	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-9-0	0.18	1.91	-15.36	13.48	1.81	0.19
93	Memphis	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.87	-14.91	9.41	1.89	0.11
94	Missouri	Big 8	2-9-0	0.18	1.81	-17.45	12.95	1.58	0.42
95	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-10-0	0.17	1.68	-14.5	10.34	2.57	-0.57
96	Pacific	Big West	2-10-0	0.17	1.51	-18.92	12.63	1.51	0.49
97	SMU	Southwest	2-9-0	0.18	1.41	-28.36	10.34	0.98	1.02
98	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-10-0	0.09	0.2	-9.36	12.2	2.61	-1.61
99	Ohio	Mid-American	1-9-1	0.09	0.12	-14.27	8.79	2.14	-1.14
100	North Carolina	ACC	1-10-0	0.09	-0.12	-14.45	10.8	1.54	-0.54
101	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-9-1	0.09	-0.28	-24.36	10.2	0.57	0.43
102	Kansas State	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0.33	-19.55	9.38	1.03	-0.03
103	Temple	FBS Independents	1-10-0	0.09	-0.45	-22.36	13.47	0.92	0.08
104	Kent State	Mid-American	0-11-0	0	-2.3	-18	10.3	1.61	-1.61
105	New Mexico State	Big West	0-11-0	0	-2.5	-24.18	9.21	1	-1
106	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-11-0	0	-2.52	-23.27	12.08	1.68	-1.68