1989 W4 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.917965+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Houston	Southwest	2-0-0	1	29.95	49	17.68	2	0
2	Arkansas	Southwest	2-0-0	1	29.61	13	22.12	1.7	0.3
3	Nebraska	Big 8	3-0-0	1	29.27	30.33	15.89	2.78	0.22
4	West Virginia	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	28.72	15.5	16.2	3.35	0.65
5	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	27.7	12	12.36	2.4	0.6
6	Alabama	SEC	2-0-0	1	27.41	20	12.71	1.96	0.04
7	Washington State	Pac-10	4-0-0	1	27.28	20.75	7.37	3.42	0.58
8	Texas Tech	Southwest	3-0-0	1	27.18	11	9.36	2.32	0.68
9	Georgia	SEC	2-0-0	1	27.18	14.5	13.19	1.94	0.06
10	Colorado	Big 8	3-0-0	1	27.12	25.67	6.22	2.84	0.16
11	Miami	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	27.06	35.67	6.33	2.98	0.02
12	Clemson	ACC	4-0-0	1	26.95	21.25	6.29	3.78	0.22
13	Tennessee	SEC	3-0-0	1	26.95	14.33	8.49	2.73	0.27
14	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	26.79	20.33	6.78	2.74	0.26
15	Auburn	SEC	2-0-0	1	26.66	38	2.85	2	0
16	NC State	ACC	4-0-0	1	26.31	14.5	5.67	3.36	0.64
17	Fresno State	Big West	4-0-0	1	26.2	27.5	2.45	3.59	0.41
18	Air Force	Western Athletic	4-0-0	1	25.9	22	1.8	3.27	0.73
19	East Carolina	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	24.68	29.33	-4.71	2.89	0.11
20	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-0-1	0.75	24.5	9.75	-1.97	2.96	0.04
21	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-0-2	0.5	23.8	3.25	1.25	2.35	-0.35
22	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	3-1-0	0.75	21.81	25	11.93	3.52	-0.52
23	Washington	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	21.47	13	17.68	2.57	-0.57
24	Arizona	Pac-10	3-1-0	0.75	21.28	3	20.02	2.53	0.47
25	Ole Miss	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	20.03	2	7.7	2.21	0.79
26	Mississippi State	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	19.66	7	9.23	2.06	-0.06
27	Louisville	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.61	1	18.03	1.57	0.43
28	Virginia	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	19.6	3.25	11.84	2.35	0.65
29	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	19.48	12	7.61	2.46	-0.46
30	BYU	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	19.43	12.33	12.48	2.28	-0.28
31	Oklahoma	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	19.17	31	4.7	2.97	-0.97
32	USC	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	19.13	31.33	11.16	2.92	-0.92
33	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	2-1-1	0.5	19.09	7.25	14.77	3.03	-1.03
34	Tulsa	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.02	0.5	10.57	2.06	0.94
35	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	18.79	12	8.81	2.44	-0.44
36	Arizona State	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	18.66	3	8.55	1.76	0.24
37	Florida	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	18.66	15.67	11.23	2.55	-0.55
38	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-1-0	0.75	18.62	2.5	3.48	2.31	0.69
39	Kentucky	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	18.49	-0.67	17.67	1.4	0.6
40	Oregon	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	18.43	17.67	-2.51	2.61	-0.61
41	Illinois	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	17.81	3	13.32	1.78	0.22
42	Penn State	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.16	11.67	3.35	2.75	-0.75
43	Toledo	Mid-American	2-1-0	0.67	16.33	1	5.86	1.58	0.42
44	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	16.33	20.5	12.75	1.86	-0.86
45	South Carolina	FBS Independents	2-1-1	0.5	16.18	-1.75	13.53	1.82	0.18
46	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	15.55	-1.67	11.48	1.39	0.61
47	Indiana	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	15.19	7	19.88	1.5	-0.5
48	Oregon State	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	14.02	-9	5.87	0.88	1.12
49	Florida State	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.99	11.25	13.56	2.87	-0.87
50	UNLV	Big West	2-1-0	0.67	13.1	-17.67	5.42	0.38	1.62
51	Akron	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	12.91	1.25	1.28	2.14	-0.14
52	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	12.77	-19	22.71	0.25	0.75
53	Texas	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	12.72	5.5	18.3	1.28	-0.28
54	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-1-1	0.33	12.21	3	14.44	1.78	-0.78
55	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	12.02	4.5	13.18	1.19	-0.19
56	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	11.77	-7.5	5.96	0.64	0.36
57	Kansas	Big 8	2-2-0	0.5	11.45	-4.25	3.22	1.63	0.37
58	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	11.43	-11.75	12.77	0.93	1.07
59	Purdue	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	11.38	-6	13.99	0.67	0.33
60	Army	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	11.3	0.5	12.42	1.06	-0.06
61	San José State	Big West	1-1-0	0.5	11.3	1	11.04	1.04	-0.04
62	Michigan	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	10.64	-2	19.03	0.89	0.11
63	Louisiana	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	10.61	-4	10.72	1.48	0.52
64	Rice	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	10.39	4.33	11.02	1.95	-0.95
65	Long Beach State	Big West	2-2-0	0.5	10.17	-20.75	7.28	0.41	1.59
66	North Carolina	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	9.7	0.33	14.65	1.53	-0.53
67	Iowa State	Big 8	1-2-0	0.33	9.64	1.67	6.98	1.63	-0.63
68	Iowa	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	9.27	-14	20.98	0.42	0.58
69	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-2-1	0.25	8.83	0	22.26	2	-1
70	Baylor	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	8.28	1.67	20.83	1.67	-0.67
71	Ball State	Mid-American	1-2-1	0.25	8.03	-1.75	15.16	1.82	-0.82
72	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.86	-1.67	13.25	1.37	-0.37
73	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-3-0	0.25	7.3	0.5	16.29	2.05	-1.05
74	UCLA	Pac-10	1-2-0	0.33	6.88	-5.33	8	1.07	-0.07
75	Missouri	Big 8	1-2-0	0.33	6.75	-14.67	12.64	0.29	0.71
76	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	6.42	-13.67	12.53	0.47	0.53
77	Maryland	ACC	1-3-0	0.25	6.35	-2.25	25.65	1.58	-0.58
78	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	1-2-1	0.25	6.06	-7.5	1.92	1.39	-0.39
79	Stanford	Pac-10	1-2-0	0.33	5.86	-6.33	19.91	0.82	0.18
80	SMU	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	5.46	-20	0.63	0.4	0.6
81	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	5.37	-5.5	15.41	1.4	-0.4
82	California	Pac-10	1-2-0	0.33	5.31	-12.67	20.84	0.54	0.46
83	TCU	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	5.02	-13	13.76	0.45	0.55
84	Duke	ACC	1-3-0	0.25	4.81	-9.75	14.07	1.23	-0.23
85	Utah	Western Athletic	1-3-0	0.25	4.79	-13.5	19.01	1.16	-0.16
86	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-3-0	0.25	4.75	-11.5	26.73	0.94	0.06
87	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	4.63	-18.67	12.08	0.26	0.74
88	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-3-0	0.25	4.6	-6.5	8.03	1.41	-0.41
89	Central Michigan	Mid-American	0-3-0	0	-0.95	-2.33	7.34	1.32	-1.32
90	Wake Forest	ACC	0-3-0	0	-1.63	-6.33	5.25	0.82	-0.82
91	San Diego State	Western Athletic	0-2-1	0	-1.85	-6.33	14.45	1.2	-1.2
92	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-2.11	-8.33	19.91	0.38	-0.38
93	Georgia Tech	ACC	0-3-0	0	-2.14	-9.33	19.29	0.76	-0.76
94	LSU	SEC	0-2-0	0	-2.18	-11	13.18	0.5	-0.5
95	Navy	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.19	-12.5	5.29	0.26	-0.26
96	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-3-0	0	-2.42	-12.67	18.61	0.9	-0.9
97	Memphis	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.44	-16	13.19	0.45	-0.45
98	Kansas State	Big 8	0-3-0	0	-2.48	-16.67	9.4	0.24	-0.24
99	Oklahoma State	Big 8	0-3-0	0	-2.68	-16.67	23.5	0.36	-0.36
100	Ohio	Mid-American	0-4-0	0	-2.71	-20.75	12.82	0.42	-0.42
101	Kent State	Mid-American	0-4-0	0	-2.89	-21.25	20.14	0.24	-0.24
102	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-3-0	0	-2.94	-27.33	11.67	0.09	-0.09
103	New Mexico State	Big West	0-4-0	0	-3.04	-29	11.86	0.27	-0.27
104	Temple	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-3.1	-27.25	18.82	0.1	-0.1
105	Pacific	Big West	0-4-0	0	-3.22	-28	20.22	0.23	-0.23
106	Utah State	Big West	0-3-0	0	-3.32	-43.33	12.47	0.03	-0.03