1989 W7 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.919032+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Colorado	Big 8	6-0-0	1	26.59	29.17	11.83	5.63	0.37
2	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	26.52	15.5	13.93	5	1
3	Tennessee	SEC	5-0-0	1	26.28	10.6	14.18	4.17	0.83
4	Arkansas	Southwest	5-0-0	1	26.24	22.4	11.06	4.59	0.41
5	Nebraska	Big 8	6-0-0	1	26.2	35.5	9.11	5.8	0.2
6	Alabama	SEC	5-0-0	1	25.82	17.6	9.86	4.39	0.61
7	Miami	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	25.8	33.5	7.52	5.88	0.12
8	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	5-0-1	0.83	25.02	17	6.04	5.21	-0.21
9	Fresno State	Big West	6-0-0	1	24.57	25.67	2.61	5.42	0.58
10	NC State	ACC	6-0-0	1	23.77	16.5	0.39	5.09	0.91
11	USC	Pac-10	5-1-0	0.83	22.29	19.83	12.25	5.43	-0.43
12	Washington State	Pac-10	6-1-0	0.86	22.26	16.14	8.93	5.59	0.41
13	Houston	Southwest	4-1-0	0.8	22.16	41.6	9.93	4.93	-0.93
14	Air Force	Western Athletic	6-1-0	0.86	22.15	18.14	6.59	5.53	0.47
15	West Virginia	FBS Independents	4-1-1	0.67	21.91	10	17.12	4.47	-0.47
16	Florida	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	21.42	15.67	8.36	5.32	-0.32
17	Penn State	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	21.38	13	9.02	5.51	-0.51
18	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	5-1-0	0.83	21.25	25.5	5.06	5.3	-0.3
19	BYU	Western Athletic	5-1-0	0.83	21.24	18.17	6.82	5.06	-0.06
20	Auburn	SEC	4-1-0	0.8	21.17	17	10.76	4.66	-0.66
21	South Carolina	FBS Independents	4-1-1	0.67	21.07	5	15.29	3.74	0.26
22	Illinois	Big Ten	4-1-0	0.8	20.96	8.2	12.93	3.76	0.24
23	Michigan	Big Ten	4-1-0	0.8	20.94	8.6	12.67	3.73	0.27
24	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	5-1-1	0.71	20	8	0.9	4.91	0.09
25	East Carolina	FBS Independents	3-1-1	0.6	18.95	11	5.59	3.65	-0.65
26	Clemson	ACC	5-2-0	0.71	18.73	11.29	8.77	5.5	-0.5
27	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-1-0	0.8	18.61	0.8	6.55	2.6	1.4
28	Florida State	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	18.35	18.33	12.62	5.02	-1.02
29	Virginia	ACC	5-2-0	0.71	18.33	6.29	11.18	4.58	0.42
30	Oklahoma	Big 8	4-2-0	0.67	18.19	25	7.29	5.67	-1.67
31	Texas A&M	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	17.97	9	13.57	4.45	-0.45
32	Arizona	Pac-10	4-2-0	0.67	17.89	6.83	14.94	4.49	-0.49
33	Indiana	Big Ten	3-2-0	0.6	15.94	12.4	6.05	3.96	-0.96
34	Texas	Southwest	3-2-0	0.6	15.56	2.4	15.85	2.81	0.19
35	Texas Tech	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	15.54	-1.67	12.17	2.75	1.25
36	Louisville	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	15.37	3.4	8.21	2.91	0.09
37	Ball State	Mid-American	3-2-1	0.5	14.94	3.83	7.97	3.58	-0.58
38	Army	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	14.9	11.8	1.65	3.82	-0.82
39	Mississippi State	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	14.86	2.8	7.65	2.93	0.07
40	Arizona State	Pac-10	3-2-1	0.5	14.83	1	11.34	3.19	-0.19
41	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	3-2-1	0.5	14.79	-0.5	15.87	2.89	0.11
42	Ole Miss	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	14.72	-3.83	13.52	2.46	1.54
43	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	14.31	-2.33	3.72	2.71	1.29
44	Kentucky	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	13.95	-1.4	17.3	2.25	0.75
45	Akron	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	13.87	3.14	2.91	4.06	-0.06
46	Oregon	Pac-10	3-3-0	0.5	13.8	6.67	11.91	3.96	-0.96
47	Tulsa	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	13.55	1	8.28	3.69	0.31
48	Washington	Pac-10	3-3-0	0.5	13.49	3.33	16.98	3.55	-0.55
49	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-3-0	0.5	13.36	12	8.04	4.85	-1.85
50	Louisiana	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	13.23	-0.14	8.1	3.47	0.53
51	Iowa	Big Ten	3-2-0	0.6	12.96	-3.2	12.19	2.11	0.89
52	Baylor	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	12.71	1.5	15.52	3.23	-0.23
53	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-2-0	0.6	12.66	-5.2	12.55	1.94	1.06
54	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-3-0	0.4	11.8	7	16.17	3.61	-1.61
55	UNLV	Big West	3-2-0	0.6	11.69	-8.8	4.77	1.42	1.58
56	UCLA	Pac-10	3-3-0	0.5	11.5	-2.33	15.04	2.61	0.39
57	Georgia	SEC	2-3-0	0.4	11.46	3.6	16.97	3.19	-1.19
58	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-2-2	0.33	11.01	-1.83	7.58	2.69	-0.69
59	Duke	ACC	3-3-0	0.5	10.78	-4.83	16.19	2.39	0.61
60	Iowa State	Big 8	3-3-0	0.5	10.75	-4.17	10.82	2.4	0.6
61	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-3-0	0.5	10.54	-3.17	6.16	2.43	0.57
62	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	2-3-1	0.33	10.36	1.5	17.67	3.2	-1.2
63	TCU	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	10.14	-4.83	10.41	2.21	0.79
64	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	3-3-1	0.43	10.11	-2.57	5.36	3.13	-0.13
65	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-3-0	0.5	9.59	-10.5	10.82	1.57	1.43
66	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.99	-3.43	14.67	2.82	0.18
67	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	8.82	-3.4	14.66	2.03	-0.03
68	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-3-0	0.4	8.74	-1.6	17.36	2.28	-0.28
69	San Diego State	Western Athletic	2-3-1	0.33	8.54	-1.83	14.19	2.8	-0.8
70	San José State	Big West	2-3-0	0.4	8.22	-5.6	10.81	1.96	0.04
71	Long Beach State	Big West	3-4-0	0.43	7.75	-11.57	4.33	1.93	1.07
72	Oregon State	Pac-10	2-3-1	0.33	7.52	-12	13.77	1.32	0.68
73	Colorado State	Western Athletic	2-4-1	0.29	6.79	-5.71	19	2.69	-0.69
74	LSU	SEC	1-4-0	0.2	6.39	4.4	14.46	3.13	-2.13
75	Toledo	Mid-American	2-4-0	0.33	6.29	-6.33	10.85	2.02	-0.02
76	California	Pac-10	2-4-0	0.33	6.09	-11.17	16.18	1.25	0.75
77	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	6	-9.5	13.64	1.68	0.32
78	Maryland	ACC	2-5-0	0.29	5.97	-1.86	15.84	3.07	-1.07
79	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-4-0	0.33	5.78	-8	11.34	1.67	0.33
80	Memphis	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.75	-7.33	10.23	1.71	0.29
81	Kansas	Big 8	2-4-0	0.33	5.73	-10	8.64	1.71	0.29
82	Wyoming	Western Athletic	2-5-0	0.29	4.99	-8.71	16.81	2.11	-0.11
83	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-5-0	0.29	4.89	-6.29	8.32	2.55	-0.55
84	Utah	Western Athletic	2-5-0	0.29	4.88	-11.57	11.98	2.25	-0.25
85	Rice	Southwest	1-4-1	0.17	4.58	-0.33	8.38	2.94	-1.94
86	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	3.55	-1.8	13.95	2.2	-1.2
87	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-4-0	0.2	3.55	-4.6	12.41	1.88	-0.88
88	Wake Forest	ACC	1-4-1	0.17	3.07	-6.33	6.81	1.68	-0.68
89	Navy	FBS Independents	1-4-0	0.2	2.7	-13	13.14	0.65	0.35
90	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-4-1	0.17	2.68	-14	13.44	1.09	-0.09
91	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-4-0	0.2	2.65	-14.4	14.52	0.72	0.28
92	Purdue	Big Ten	1-4-0	0.2	2.6	-15.4	14.68	0.62	0.38
93	North Carolina	ACC	1-5-0	0.17	2.47	-6.33	8.47	1.92	-0.92
94	Stanford	Pac-10	1-5-0	0.17	2.3	-9	16.92	1.59	-0.59
95	SMU	Southwest	1-4-0	0.2	2.06	-24.8	5.33	0.35	0.65
96	Kansas State	Big 8	1-5-0	0.17	1.64	-17	7.31	0.61	0.39
97	Missouri	Big 8	1-5-0	0.17	1.52	-24.83	20.42	0.15	0.85
98	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-6-0	0.14	1.34	-11	11.77	1.85	-0.85
99	Utah State	Big West	1-5-0	0.17	1.31	-28.83	16.87	0.32	0.68
100	Pacific	Big West	1-6-0	0.14	0.88	-20.43	16.08	0.84	0.16
101	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-5-0	0	-2.38	-14.4	17.75	1.22	-1.22
102	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-5-1	0	-2.45	-20.5	7.23	0.42	-0.42
103	Ohio	Mid-American	0-6-1	0	-2.46	-19.57	9.34	0.92	-0.92
104	New Mexico State	Big West	0-6-0	0	-2.62	-24	9.63	0.79	-0.79
105	Kent State	Mid-American	0-7-0	0	-2.63	-20.71	15.5	0.58	-0.58
106	Temple	FBS Independents	0-7-0	0	-2.98	-30.29	17.16	0.16	-0.16