1989 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.917608+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Washington	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	31.02	21	20.21	1.92	0.08
2	Nebraska	Big 8	2-0-0	1	30.12	21.5	14.71	1.65	0.35
3	Washington State	Pac-10	3-0-0	1	29.71	25.67	11.26	2.7	0.3
4	Houston	Southwest	1-0-0	1	29.71	69	7.85	1	0
5	Texas Tech	Southwest	2-0-0	1	29.41	8.5	15.8	1.45	0.55
6	West Virginia	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	29.31	17.67	10.01	2.63	0.37
7	Colorado	Big 8	3-0-0	1	29.01	25.67	8.37	2.84	0.16
8	Mississippi State	SEC	2-0-0	1	28.97	19	8.59	1.75	0.25
9	Clemson	ACC	3-0-0	1	28.57	20.33	7.48	2.8	0.2
10	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	28.54	14	6.96	1.63	0.37
11	Auburn	SEC	2-0-0	1	28.4	38	8.25	2	0
12	Arkansas	Southwest	1-0-0	1	28.38	19	30.42	0.96	0.04
13	Louisville	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	28.29	6	8.58	1.25	0.75
14	Tennessee	SEC	3-0-0	1	27.43	14.33	3.77	2.73	0.27
15	Kentucky	SEC	2-0-0	1	27.39	5	11.21	1.45	0.55
16	Fresno State	Big West	3-0-0	1	27.18	19.33	0	2.4	0.6
17	Air Force	Western Athletic	3-0-0	1	26.97	23.67	-1.58	2.49	0.51
18	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	26.83	27	-2.83	1.96	0.04
19	Oregon	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	26.67	27	1	1.88	0.12
20	NC State	ACC	3-0-0	1	26.57	8	-0.26	2.14	0.86
21	Miami	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	26.47	38	-1.83	2	0
22	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	26.32	21.5	-0.2	1.96	0.04
23	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	26.22	10	23.25	0.72	0.28
24	East Carolina	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	25.88	21	-1.06	1.87	0.13
25	Arizona State	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	25.79	19	-0.69	1.84	0.16
26	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-0-0	1	25.75	13	-4.63	2.57	0.43
27	Ole Miss	SEC	3-0-0	1	25.64	5	-3.2	1.87	1.13
28	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	22.73	49	-1.97	1	0
29	Alabama	SEC	1-0-0	1	22.71	28	-0.16	0.98	0.02
30	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	22.48	24	0.4	0.92	0.08
31	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	21.95	17.67	8.37	2.49	-0.49
32	Georgia	SEC	1-0-0	1	21.95	12	-1.2	0.98	0.02
33	Oklahoma	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	21.73	31	4.84	2.97	-0.97
34	BYU	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	20.59	12.33	14.73	2.28	-0.28
35	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-0-2	0.33	20.48	0.67	-0.75	1.56	-0.56
36	Arizona	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	20.15	3	19.98	1.95	0.05
37	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	19.49	12	9.48	2.44	-0.44
38	Kansas	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	18.81	8.67	6.71	2.03	-0.03
39	Tulsa	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.6	0	1.14	1.5	0.5
40	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	1-1-1	0.33	18.4	2	24.91	1.71	-0.71
41	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.26	1	19.96	1.59	0.41
42	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-1-0	0.67	18.15	-4	5.65	1.16	0.84
43	Akron	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.85	2.67	10.47	1.71	0.29
44	North Carolina	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	16.26	17.5	7.18	1.83	-0.83
45	South Carolina	FBS Independents	1-1-1	0.33	15.82	-6	25.77	1.08	-0.08
46	Virginia	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	15.47	-2.67	10.44	1.21	0.79
47	Iowa State	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	15.3	7.5	-0.57	1.42	-0.42
48	Rice	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	15.04	14	3.55	1.7	-0.7
49	Long Beach State	Big West	2-1-0	0.67	14.46	-10.33	4.1	0.77	1.23
50	Florida	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	14.39	11	25.08	1.56	-0.56
51	Illinois	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	14.22	-15	16.27	0.22	0.78
52	USC	Pac-10	1-1-0	0.5	14.15	27.5	13.91	1.89	-0.89
53	Indiana	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	14.04	7	23.36	1.5	-0.5
54	Toledo	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	13.88	-2	-2.56	0.88	0.12
55	Purdue	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	13.39	-6	13.88	0.67	0.33
56	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-1-0	0.5	12.92	-17	15.33	0.21	0.79
57	Penn State	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.42	15.5	4.25	1.84	-0.84
58	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.41	-11	20.95	0.55	0.45
59	Missouri	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	12.37	-6.5	0.55	0.48	0.52
60	Ball State	Mid-American	1-1-1	0.33	10.83	0	10.42	1.5	-0.5
61	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	10.14	1.33	15.29	1.61	-0.61
62	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	10.03	-1.67	14.34	1.37	-0.37
63	Maryland	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	9.87	5	31.41	2.28	-1.28
64	UNLV	Big West	1-1-0	0.5	9.57	-32.5	10.56	0.04	0.96
65	UCLA	Pac-10	1-1-0	0.5	9.52	-7.5	13.04	0.59	0.41
66	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	9.41	-6.67	19.15	0.98	0.02
67	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	9.37	-17.5	27.39	0.23	0.77
68	Utah	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	9.03	-2.33	19.67	1.38	-0.38
69	Duke	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	8.39	-6	19.58	1.09	-0.09
70	SMU	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	7.59	-14	3.37	0.42	0.58
71	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	7.57	0	23.56	1.5	-0.5
72	Louisiana	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.2	-10.33	11.14	0.68	0.32
73	Florida State	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.88	-1.67	16.42	1.39	-0.39
74	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	1-2-0	0.33	6.86	-10	1.13	0.81	0.19
75	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	5.99	-3	5.5	1.26	-0.26
76	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	5.96	-13.33	31.53	0.58	0.42
77	Central Michigan	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-0.46	-1.5	12.16	0.93	-0.93
78	Army	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.83	-3	25.17	0.3	-0.3
79	Michigan	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-1.11	-5	31.94	0.37	-0.37
80	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	0-1-1	0	-1.12	-3.5	12.58	0.76	-0.76
81	Wake Forest	ACC	0-2-0	0	-1.49	-7.5	10.28	0.52	-0.52
82	San José State	Big West	0-1-0	0	-1.54	-7	23.07	0.34	-0.34
83	Georgia Tech	ACC	0-2-0	0	-1.98	-8.5	20.77	0.59	-0.59
84	Memphis	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-1.98	-13	7.45	0.41	-0.41
85	LSU	SEC	0-2-0	0	-2.01	-11	9.47	0.5	-0.5
86	Stanford	Pac-10	0-2-0	0	-2.1	-10	21.41	0.31	-0.31
87	Oklahoma State	Big 8	0-2-0	0	-2.22	-17	15.71	0.21	-0.21
88	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.27	-10.5	15.99	0.26	-0.26
89	San Diego State	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-2.31	-9.5	15.27	0.69	-0.69
90	Navy	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.4	-21	20.61	0.06	-0.06
91	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-2.45	-13.5	21.88	0.6	-0.6
92	Kansas State	Big 8	0-2-0	0	-2.53	-16.5	6.54	0.04	-0.04
93	Baylor	Southwest	0-2-0	0	-2.59	-19	16.94	0.05	-0.05
94	TCU	Southwest	0-2-0	0	-2.59	-20.5	20.31	0.1	-0.1
95	Ohio	Mid-American	0-3-0	0	-2.61	-13	27.04	0.57	-0.57
96	Iowa	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-2.67	-38	24.97	0.01	-0.01
97	California	Pac-10	0-2-0	0	-2.76	-22	25.34	0.14	-0.14
98	Kent State	Mid-American	0-3-0	0	-2.83	-21	20	0.24	-0.24
99	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-3.02	-30	11.54	0.02	-0.02
100	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-3.04	-33	12.28	0.02	-0.02
101	Texas	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-3.14	-21	30.58	0.03	-0.03
102	Temple	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-3.16	-28.67	18.97	0.12	-0.12
103	Utah State	Big West	0-2-0	0	-3.21	-45.5	7.81	0.03	-0.03
104	New Mexico State	Big West	0-3-0	0	-3.46	-34.67	14.64	0.15	-0.15
105	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-1-0	0	-3.67	-35	31.39	0.01	-0.01
106	Pacific	Big West	0-3-0	0	-3.71	-34.33	28.78	0.03	-0.03