1989 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.918321+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Colorado	Big 8	4-0-0	1	27.89	23.5	15.21	3.6	0.4
2	Arkansas	Southwest	3-0-0	1	27.87	19.33	14.55	2.77	0.23
3	Houston	Southwest	3-0-0	1	27.66	52	9.55	2.99	0.01
4	Nebraska	Big 8	4-0-0	1	27.61	29.75	11.78	3.76	0.24
5	West Virginia	FBS Independents	4-0-1	0.8	27.61	12.4	15.39	3.85	0.15
6	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	27.58	17.25	14.49	3.52	0.48
7	Miami	FBS Independents	4-0-0	1	26.75	28.25	8.7	3.89	0.11
8	Tennessee	SEC	4-0-0	1	26.75	12.5	11.79	3.49	0.51
9	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-0-1	0.75	26.67	15.25	10.72	3.29	-0.29
10	Alabama	SEC	3-0-0	1	26.48	15.33	9.36	2.78	0.22
11	East Carolina	FBS Independents	3-0-1	0.75	25.36	22	3.68	3.59	-0.59
12	Air Force	Western Athletic	5-0-0	1	25.33	22.6	2.78	4.13	0.87
13	Fresno State	Big West	4-0-0	1	25.03	27.5	0.43	3.59	0.41
14	NC State	ACC	5-0-0	1	24.94	15.6	1.88	4.18	0.82
15	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	4-0-1	0.8	24.42	8	2.37	3.53	0.47
16	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-0-2	0.5	24.11	3.25	3.93	2.35	-0.35
17	Washington State	Pac-10	4-1-0	0.8	22.2	16.4	9.47	4.1	-0.1
18	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	4-1-0	0.8	21.78	29.2	7.69	4.54	-0.54
19	Clemson	ACC	4-1-0	0.8	21.75	16.2	6.85	4.44	-0.44
20	USC	Pac-10	3-1-0	0.75	21.16	23.75	13.38	3.75	-0.75
21	Oklahoma	Big 8	3-1-0	0.75	20.82	33	9.49	3.96	-0.96
22	Florida	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	20.55	17	11.28	3.61	-0.61
23	Virginia	ACC	4-1-0	0.8	20.34	5	7.51	3.19	0.81
24	Louisville	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	20.33	5.75	14.28	2.5	0.5
25	Oregon	Pac-10	3-1-0	0.75	20.3	14.75	10.43	3.42	-0.42
26	Texas Tech	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	20.14	4.75	8.54	2.51	0.49
27	BYU	Western Athletic	3-1-0	0.75	19.99	16	7.27	3.3	-0.3
28	Arizona State	Pac-10	3-1-0	0.75	19.87	6.25	11.38	2.78	0.22
29	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	19.82	13.25	7.42	3.32	-0.32
30	Auburn	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	19.6	23	9.7	2.88	-0.88
31	Georgia	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	19.59	8.33	14.71	2.38	-0.38
32	Penn State	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	19.35	9.75	6.78	3.47	-0.47
33	Ole Miss	SEC	3-1-0	0.75	19	2	8.96	2.21	0.79
34	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.68	12	11.66	2.46	-0.46
35	Indiana	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	18.5	11.33	13.86	2.49	-0.49
36	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	2-1-1	0.5	18.5	7.25	13.23	3.03	-1.03
37	South Carolina	FBS Independents	3-1-1	0.6	18.28	-0.6	15.53	2.42	0.58
38	Illinois	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	17.94	3	14.31	1.78	0.22
39	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	3-1-0	0.75	17.6	0.5	5.71	2.04	0.96
40	Michigan	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	17.5	5.33	13.64	1.87	0.13
41	Kentucky	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	16.88	-0.67	17.43	1.4	0.6
42	Arizona	Pac-10	3-2-0	0.6	16.7	1.2	18.42	2.77	0.23
43	Army	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.52	9.67	2.62	2.26	-0.26
44	San José State	Big West	2-1-0	0.67	16.39	3	7.1	1.66	0.34
45	Washington	Pac-10	2-2-0	0.5	15.39	5.5	19.64	2.56	-0.56
46	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-2-0	0.6	15.3	1.8	6.54	2.78	0.22
47	Akron	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	14.61	3.8	1.98	2.98	0.02
48	Iowa	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	14.56	-6.67	15.7	1.05	0.95
49	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	14.34	-6	9.64	1.07	0.93
50	Tulsa	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	14.32	-1.2	9.62	2.34	0.66
51	Florida State	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	14.21	11.25	10.39	2.87	-0.87
52	Baylor	Southwest	2-2-0	0.5	14.13	4.75	21.25	2.58	-0.58
53	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	14.08	-3.33	4.78	1.28	0.72
54	Mississippi State	SEC	2-2-0	0.5	13.35	0	15.81	2	0
55	Louisiana	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	13.21	-0.4	3.75	2.43	0.57
56	Iowa State	Big 8	2-2-0	0.5	12.32	1.5	7.69	2.16	-0.16
57	UCLA	Pac-10	2-2-0	0.5	11.89	0.5	10.26	2.06	-0.06
58	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	11.26	11.67	17.27	2.37	-1.37
59	Toledo	Mid-American	2-2-0	0.5	11	-4.25	6.73	1.54	0.46
60	Oregon State	Pac-10	2-2-0	0.5	10.46	-13.75	13.1	0.78	1.22
61	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	2-2-1	0.4	10.01	-3.2	5.13	2.17	-0.17
62	TCU	Southwest	2-2-0	0.5	9.92	-5.25	9.09	1.35	0.65
63	Texas	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	9.79	2.33	16.58	1.71	-0.71
64	UNLV	Big West	2-2-0	0.5	9.71	-16.75	5.74	0.6	1.4
65	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	9.2	1	14.79	1.57	-0.57
66	Rice	Southwest	1-2-1	0.25	9.07	3.25	6.47	2.45	-1.45
67	LSU	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	8.75	9.67	10.02	2.12	-1.12
68	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	8.24	-9.6	13.29	1.38	0.62
69	Duke	ACC	2-3-0	0.4	8.04	-7	17.45	1.75	0.25
70	Kansas	Big 8	2-3-0	0.4	7.78	-11.2	6.83	1.34	0.66
71	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	1-2-1	0.25	7.78	-1.25	18.14	1.88	-0.88
72	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-2-1	0.25	7.71	-2.75	16.29	1.69	-0.69
73	Ball State	Mid-American	1-2-1	0.25	7.65	-1.75	18.37	1.82	-0.82
74	Long Beach State	Big West	2-3-0	0.4	7.28	-16.8	4.96	0.77	1.23
75	Purdue	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	6.44	-15	15.41	0.46	0.54
76	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-2-1	0.25	6.21	-2	10.91	1.87	-0.87
77	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	6.05	-13.67	16.23	0.47	0.53
78	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-3-0	0.25	5.85	1.5	6.3	2.17	-1.17
79	North Carolina	ACC	1-3-0	0.25	5.81	-1	8.15	1.86	-0.86
80	Colorado State	Western Athletic	1-3-1	0.2	5.36	-5	22.11	1.99	-0.99
81	Navy	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	5.25	-6.67	6.38	0.72	0.28
82	Stanford	Pac-10	1-3-0	0.25	4.7	-6.5	16.26	1.28	-0.28
83	Missouri	Big 8	1-3-0	0.25	4.19	-15	16.48	0.29	0.71
84	California	Pac-10	1-3-0	0.25	4.05	-14	14.7	0.55	0.45
85	Maryland	ACC	1-4-0	0.2	3.82	-5.8	22.25	1.49	-0.49
86	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-3-0	0.25	3.73	-17.5	11.17	0.52	0.48
87	Oklahoma State	Big 8	1-3-0	0.25	3.73	-7.5	15.68	1.16	-0.16
88	SMU	Southwest	1-3-0	0.25	3.56	-19.5	4.53	0.49	0.51
89	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-4-0	0.2	3.5	-8.8	16.88	1.58	-0.58
90	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	3.39	-7.8	16.82	1.47	-0.47
91	Kansas State	Big 8	1-3-0	0.25	3.08	-11.75	3.55	0.66	0.34
92	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-4-0	0.2	2.98	-13.2	18.38	0.95	0.05
93	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-4-0	0.2	2.94	-11.6	12.3	1.22	-0.22
94	Utah	Western Athletic	1-4-0	0.2	2.92	-13	14.42	1.46	-0.46
95	Pacific	Big West	1-4-0	0.2	1.81	-22.2	20.22	0.52	0.48
96	Wake Forest	ACC	0-3-1	0	-1.48	-4.75	9.5	1.31	-1.31
97	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-1.96	-7.5	19.88	0.98	-0.98
98	Georgia Tech	ACC	0-3-0	0	-2.13	-9.33	20.7	0.76	-0.76
99	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-3-0	0	-2.35	-12.67	18.17	0.9	-0.9
100	Memphis	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.45	-16	14.03	0.45	-0.45
101	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-4-0	0	-2.71	-23.75	9.74	0.14	-0.14
102	Kent State	Mid-American	0-5-0	0	-2.79	-21	18.76	0.43	-0.43
103	Ohio	Mid-American	0-5-0	0	-2.83	-26.8	12.06	0.31	-0.31
104	New Mexico State	Big West	0-4-0	0	-2.9	-29	11.04	0.27	-0.27
105	Temple	FBS Independents	0-5-0	0	-3.22	-33.4	20.86	0.09	-0.09
106	Utah State	Big West	0-4-0	0	-3.24	-39.25	15.29	0.06	-0.06