1989 W18 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.922897+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Colorado	Big 8	11-0-0	1	25.24	27.45	11.3	10.25	0.75
2	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	11-1-0	0.92	23.69	18.58	14.32	10.42	0.58
3	Miami	FBS Independents	10-1-0	0.91	23.2	26.45	11.47	10.57	-0.57
4	Nebraska	Big 8	10-1-0	0.91	23	28.91	9.99	10.14	-0.14
5	Tennessee	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	22.87	11.36	13.11	8.45	1.55
6	Alabama	SEC	10-1-0	0.91	22.81	13.45	12.1	8.82	1.18
7	Michigan	Big Ten	10-1-0	0.91	22.78	14.36	11.66	9.12	0.88
8	Arkansas	Southwest	10-1-0	0.91	22.58	14.45	10.54	8.81	1.19
9	Fresno State	Big West	11-1-0	0.92	22.03	18.42	5.35	10.06	0.94
10	Florida State	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	21.28	18.27	13.8	9.39	-0.39
11	Houston	Southwest	9-2-0	0.82	21.2	39.91	9.85	10.59	-1.59
12	Clemson	ACC	10-2-0	0.83	21.14	19.17	11.47	10.93	-0.93
13	Auburn	SEC	9-2-0	0.82	21.01	12.36	13.95	9.48	-0.48
14	Illinois	Big Ten	9-2-0	0.82	20.72	12.73	12.06	8.97	0.03
15	Virginia	ACC	10-2-0	0.83	20.62	9.08	11.57	8.49	1.51
16	USC	Pac-10	8-2-1	0.73	20.59	17.91	12.54	9.98	-1.98
17	BYU	Western Athletic	10-3-0	0.77	19.38	11.85	10.87	9.04	0.96
18	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	9-2-0	0.82	19.24	6.82	5.59	7.06	1.94
19	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	9-3-1	0.69	18.82	14.54	9.1	10.03	-1.03
20	Texas Tech	Southwest	9-3-0	0.75	18.53	6.58	11.36	7.71	1.29
21	West Virginia	FBS Independents	8-3-1	0.67	18.49	9.83	11.79	8.81	-0.81
22	Penn State	FBS Independents	8-3-1	0.67	18.48	7.5	13.49	8.8	-0.8
23	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	8-3-1	0.67	18.02	5.42	11.86	7.51	0.49
24	Ohio State	Big Ten	8-3-0	0.73	17.75	5.36	9.85	6.78	1.22
25	Michigan State	Big Ten	8-4-0	0.67	17.5	16.08	12.35	10.37	-2.37
26	Texas A&M	Southwest	8-4-0	0.67	17.35	12.58	12.14	9.58	-1.58
27	Washington	Pac-10	8-4-0	0.67	17.24	8.92	13.63	8.59	-0.59
28	Oregon	Pac-10	8-4-0	0.67	17	10.67	10.76	8.72	-0.72
29	Air Force	Western Athletic	8-4-1	0.62	16.93	9	10.84	8.6	-0.6
30	Arizona	Pac-10	8-4-0	0.67	16.79	5.83	12.45	8.24	-0.24
31	Oklahoma	Big 8	7-4-0	0.64	16.51	16.36	9.83	9.03	-2.03
32	Duke	ACC	8-4-0	0.67	16.48	3.5	12.14	6.83	1.17
33	Ball State	Mid-American	7-3-2	0.58	16.43	2.92	7.84	6.96	0.04
34	Syracuse	FBS Independents	8-4-0	0.67	16.38	3.67	11.59	7.17	0.83
35	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	7-3-1	0.64	16.33	5.09	4.68	7.09	-0.09
36	Georgia Tech	ACC	7-4-0	0.64	15.6	4.73	9.41	6.89	0.11
37	Ole Miss	SEC	8-4-0	0.67	14.83	-0.42	11.2	5.89	2.11
38	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	14.64	2.09	12.99	6.28	-0.28
39	Florida	SEC	7-5-0	0.58	14.63	5.5	11.31	7.94	-0.94
40	NC State	ACC	7-5-0	0.58	14.36	5	9.59	7.61	-0.61
41	Louisiana	FBS Independents	7-4-0	0.64	14.33	0.82	6.17	5.75	1.25
42	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	6-4-1	0.55	14.28	3.18	7.8	6.27	-0.27
43	Washington State	Pac-10	6-5-0	0.55	14.08	7.55	10.95	7.2	-1.2
44	Akron	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	13.94	5	2.63	6.81	-0.81
45	Louisville	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.81	8.18	8.03	7.61	-1.61
46	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	5-4-1	0.5	13.31	1.8	9.87	5.39	-0.39
47	San José State	Big West	6-5-0	0.55	13.26	2.91	9.07	6.21	-0.21
48	Army	FBS Independents	6-5-0	0.55	13.25	9.45	2.27	7.92	-1.92
49	Colorado State	Western Athletic	5-5-1	0.45	12.9	4.18	14.3	6.41	-1.41
50	South Carolina	FBS Independents	6-4-1	0.55	12.86	-2	12.92	4.9	1.1
51	Georgia	SEC	6-6-0	0.5	12.8	4.42	12.62	7.64	-1.64
52	Arizona State	Pac-10	6-4-1	0.55	12.75	-1.55	10.56	5.06	0.94
53	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-5-1	0.45	12.2	4.18	7.37	6.93	-1.93
54	Tulsa	FBS Independents	6-6-0	0.5	12.09	2.58	9.05	6.77	-0.77
55	Kentucky	SEC	6-5-0	0.55	11.97	-0.73	10.99	5.26	0.74
56	San Diego State	Western Athletic	6-5-1	0.5	11.9	-0.83	10.7	5.81	0.19
57	East Carolina	FBS Independents	5-5-1	0.45	11.81	1.36	9.51	5.83	-0.83
58	Iowa State	Big 8	6-5-0	0.55	11.72	-1	9.52	5.26	0.74
59	Baylor	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	11.68	5	12.36	7.11	-2.11
60	Minnesota	Big Ten	6-5-0	0.55	11.46	-1.82	9.6	5.02	0.98
61	Toledo	Mid-American	6-5-0	0.55	11.43	-1.64	8.71	5.05	0.95
62	Indiana	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	11.1	2.45	10.78	6.14	-1.14
63	Mississippi State	SEC	5-6-0	0.45	9.9	-0.18	9.55	5.44	-0.44
64	Western Michigan	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	9.88	0	7.64	5.5	-0.5
65	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	5-6-0	0.45	9.76	-1.09	13.43	5.18	-0.18
66	LSU	SEC	4-7-0	0.36	9.66	3.91	14.96	6.52	-2.52
67	Wyoming	Western Athletic	5-6-0	0.45	9.44	-1.64	11.65	5.1	-0.1
68	Texas	Southwest	5-6-0	0.45	8.85	-6.27	14.71	3.78	1.22
69	Iowa	Big Ten	5-6-0	0.45	8.57	-7.36	12.2	3.37	1.63
70	Bowling Green	Mid-American	5-6-0	0.45	8.34	-7.82	9.5	3.54	1.46
71	California	Pac-10	4-7-0	0.36	6.48	-8	12.66	3.26	0.74
72	Oklahoma State	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	6.45	-8.45	12.84	3.37	0.63
73	TCU	Southwest	4-7-0	0.36	6.25	-10.73	12.26	2.59	1.41
74	Oregon State	Pac-10	4-7-1	0.33	6.17	-12.5	12.78	2.59	1.41
75	UNLV	Big West	4-7-0	0.36	6.08	-9.73	7.31	3.19	0.81
76	Maryland	ACC	3-7-1	0.27	6.07	-2.09	14.91	4.84	-1.84
77	Kansas	Big 8	4-7-0	0.36	5.99	-12.27	8.89	2.89	1.11
78	Utah State	Big West	4-7-0	0.36	5.98	-14.91	11.6	2.06	1.94
79	Tulane	FBS Independents	4-8-0	0.33	5.76	-7.5	10.84	3.89	0.11
80	UCLA	Pac-10	3-7-1	0.27	5.76	-3.36	14.35	4.45	-1.45
81	Utah	Western Athletic	4-8-0	0.33	5.44	-13.25	12.79	3.58	0.42
82	Long Beach State	Big West	4-8-0	0.33	5.2	-13.42	7.51	2.79	1.21
83	Stanford	Pac-10	3-8-0	0.27	4.58	-6.45	12.87	3.5	-0.5
84	Purdue	Big Ten	3-8-0	0.27	4.3	-9.91	13.58	2.62	0.38
85	Navy	FBS Independents	3-8-0	0.27	3.99	-11.55	7.45	2.02	0.98
86	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-7-2	0.18	3.34	-6.73	10.2	3.83	-1.83
87	Boston College	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	2.81	-4.18	12.58	4.22	-2.22
88	Wake Forest	ACC	2-8-1	0.18	2.53	-11.36	10.44	2.59	-0.59
89	Rice	Southwest	2-8-1	0.18	2.49	-12.55	11.94	2.21	-0.21
90	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-8-1	0.18	2.41	-12.73	8.49	1.55	0.45
91	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-10-0	0.17	2.26	-6.67	12.36	4.35	-2.35
92	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-9-0	0.18	1.91	-15.36	13.45	1.81	0.19
93	Memphis	FBS Independents	2-9-0	0.18	1.87	-14.91	9.39	1.89	0.11
94	Missouri	Big 8	2-9-0	0.18	1.8	-17.45	12.92	1.58	0.42
95	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-10-0	0.17	1.68	-14.5	10.31	2.57	-0.57
96	Pacific	Big West	2-10-0	0.17	1.51	-18.92	12.6	1.51	0.49
97	SMU	Southwest	2-9-0	0.18	1.4	-28.36	10.32	0.98	1.02
98	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-10-0	0.09	0.2	-9.36	12.18	2.61	-1.61
99	Ohio	Mid-American	1-9-1	0.09	0.12	-14.27	8.77	2.14	-1.14
100	North Carolina	ACC	1-10-0	0.09	-0.12	-14.45	10.77	1.54	-0.54
101	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-9-1	0.09	-0.28	-24.36	10.17	0.57	0.43
102	Kansas State	Big 8	1-10-0	0.09	-0.33	-19.55	9.36	1.03	-0.03
103	Temple	FBS Independents	1-10-0	0.09	-0.45	-22.36	13.44	0.92	0.08
104	Kent State	Mid-American	0-11-0	0	-2.29	-18	10.27	1.61	-1.61
105	New Mexico State	Big West	0-11-0	0	-2.49	-24.18	9.19	1	-1
106	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-11-0	0	-2.52	-23.27	12.05	1.68	-1.68