1989 W2 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.917250+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	32.29	29	11.35	1.81	0.19
2	West Virginia	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	32.08	14.5	4.69	1.79	0.21
3	Louisville	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	32	6	14.37	1.25	0.75
4	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	31.94	23	3.5	0.92	0.08
5	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	1-0-1	0.5	31.77	13	16.76	1.76	-0.76
6	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-0-0	1	31.59	5.5	13.47	1.26	0.74
7	Oklahoma	Big 8	2-0-0	1	31.5	48	1.9	1.99	0.01
8	Washington State	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	31.43	19.5	10.53	1.61	0.39
9	Mississippi State	SEC	2-0-0	1	31.39	19	16.72	1.75	0.25
10	South Carolina	FBS Independents	1-0-1	0.5	31.32	3	15.91	1.17	-0.17
11	Houston	Southwest	1-0-0	1	31.12	69	-2.07	1	0
12	Nebraska	Big 8	1-0-0	1	30.65	31	27.71	0.92	0.08
13	Colorado	Big 8	2-0-0	1	30.58	23	0.53	1.84	0.16
14	NC State	ACC	2-0-0	1	30.55	7	4.17	1.39	0.61
15	Fresno State	Big West	2-0-0	1	30.53	22.5	-2.96	1.59	0.41
16	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	30.42	27	0.38	1.96	0.04
17	Tulsa	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	30.42	9.5	8.74	1.6	0.4
18	Air Force	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	30.3	27	3.81	1.75	0.25
19	Illinois	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	29.98	1	10.27	0.54	0.46
20	Clemson	ACC	2-0-0	1	29.95	20.5	0.17	1.84	0.16
21	Ole Miss	SEC	2-0-0	1	29.94	6	6.77	1.36	0.64
22	Washington	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	29.74	13	32.01	0.94	0.06
23	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-0-0	1	29.2	10	32.88	0.78	0.22
24	Toledo	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	29.08	9	1	0.72	0.28
25	Tennessee	SEC	2-0-0	1	28.84	10.5	5.39	1.69	0.31
26	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-0-0	1	28.79	17	-3.35	1.94	0.06
27	Miami	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	25.71	48	-0.35	1	0
28	Auburn	SEC	1-0-0	1	25.39	55	-1.91	1	0
29	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	25.17	40	0.51	1	0
30	Oregon	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	24.97	16	6.01	0.81	0.19
31	Kentucky	SEC	1-0-0	1	24.36	3	10.26	0.61	0.39
32	East Carolina	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	23.6	35	0.81	0.99	0.01
33	Iowa State	Big 8	1-0-0	1	23.25	25	1	1	0
34	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	23.16	4	4.73	0.63	0.37
35	Arizona State	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	23.07	31	-0.39	1	0
36	Missouri	Big 8	1-0-0	1	22.35	4	2.76	0.69	0.31
37	Purdue	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	22.16	17	0.18	0.91	0.09
38	North Carolina	ACC	1-0-0	1	20.87	42	-10	0.99	0.01
39	BYU	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	20.61	8	13.12	1.32	-0.32
40	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	20.21	11	18.31	1.49	-0.49
41	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	20.15	0.5	17.32	1.02	-0.02
42	Arizona	Pac-10	1-1-0	0.5	19.66	3	4.97	1.23	-0.23
43	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	18.27	-0.5	6.46	0.97	0.03
44	Kansas	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	17.75	9.5	10.94	1.36	-0.36
45	Rice	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	16.73	14	-2.87	1.7	-0.7
46	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	15.75	-11	7.61	0.55	0.45
47	Long Beach State	Big West	1-1-0	0.5	13.99	-17	10.41	0.36	0.64
48	Utah	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	13.66	2.5	18.64	1.09	-0.09
49	Akron	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.45	3.5	15.12	1.21	-0.21
50	Duke	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	13.45	2	15.54	1.08	-0.08
51	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	11.94	5.5	13.9	1.3	-0.3
52	Tulane	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	11.72	-2	25.7	0.9	0.1
53	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	1-1-0	0.5	11.25	-1	8.86	0.95	0.05
54	Virginia	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	10.99	-7.5	21.55	0.52	0.48
55	Louisiana	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	10.87	-12	17.8	0.46	0.54
56	UNLV	Big West	1-1-0	0.5	7.85	-32.5	12.16	0.04	0.96
57	Michigan	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	2.92	0	0	0	0
58	Iowa	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	2.58	0	0	0	0
59	Arkansas	Southwest	0-0-0	0	2.53	0	0	0	0
60	Alabama	SEC	0-0-0	0	2.42	0	0	0	0
61	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	2.39	0	0	0	0
62	Georgia	SEC	0-0-0	0	2.38	0	0	0	0
63	Army	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	2.1	0	0	0	0
64	USC	Pac-10	0-1-0	0	1.96	-1	30.64	0.46	-0.46
65	Rutgers	FBS Independents	0-0-2	0	1.55	0	3.79	1	-1
66	Indiana	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	1.55	-3	6.05	0.39	-0.39
67	Central Michigan	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	1.49	-2	5.49	0.44	-0.44
68	San José State	Big West	0-0-0	0	1.18	0	0	0	0
69	Ohio State	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
70	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	0.89	0	0	0	0
71	Navy	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.81	0	0	0	0
72	Wake Forest	ACC	0-1-0	0	0.77	-5	-10	0.28	-0.28
73	Florida State	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	0.68	-7.5	32.2	0.69	-0.69
74	Florida	SEC	0-1-0	0	0.57	-5	29.28	0.37	-0.37
75	UTEP	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	0.49	-5.5	9.26	0.67	-0.67
76	Oklahoma State	Big 8	0-1-0	0	0.4	-10	28.52	0.16	-0.16
77	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	0-0-1	0	0.25	0	6.22	0.5	-0.5
78	UCLA	Pac-10	0-1-0	0	0.23	-18	24.48	0.04	-0.04
79	Penn State	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	0.16	-8	3.5	0.12	-0.12
80	Memphis	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-0.16	-5.5	9.64	0.6	-0.6
81	TCU	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-0.46	-4	2.88	0.31	-0.31
82	Ball State	Mid-American	0-1-1	0	-0.51	-12.5	21.66	0.49	-0.49
83	California	Pac-10	0-1-0	0	-0.59	-16	7.38	0.19	-0.19
84	Wyoming	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-0.59	-22.5	30.42	0.19	-0.19
85	Stanford	Pac-10	0-2-0	0	-0.76	-10	18.77	0.31	-0.31
86	Georgia Tech	ACC	0-1-0	0	-0.77	-10	33.29	0.33	-0.33
87	Maryland	ACC	0-2-0	0	-0.77	-4	35.19	0.55	-0.55
88	LSU	SEC	0-1-0	0	-0.84	-12	32.01	0.21	-0.21
89	Baylor	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-1.2	-26	33.66	0.02	-0.02
90	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-1.41	-10	4.88	0.34	-0.34
91	Kent State	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-1.86	-28	16.73	0.04	-0.04
92	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-1.97	-17	0.47	0.09	-0.09
93	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2	-19	32.13	0.07	-0.07
94	Ohio	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-2.04	-17	16.18	0.19	-0.19
95	Utah State	Big West	0-1-0	0	-2.17	-35	4.07	0.03	-0.03
96	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-2.37	-35	3.81	0.01	-0.01
97	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-2.37	-14	28.78	0.39	-0.39
98	Texas	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-2.49	-21	33.08	0.03	-0.03
99	Temple	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.49	-23.5	20.54	0.17	-0.17
100	Kansas State	Big 8	0-1-0	0	-2.57	-31	2.96	0	0
101	San Diego State	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-2.75	-16	28.97	0.29	-0.29
102	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-1-0	0	-2.97	-35	24.3	0.01	-0.01
103	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-3.08	-48	12.3	0	0
104	Pacific	Big West	0-2-0	0	-3.65	-45	22.02	0	0
105	New Mexico State	Big West	0-2-0	0	-3.93	-51	15.35	0.02	-0.02
106	SMU	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-4.63	-29	20.57	0.02	-0.02