1989 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.919384+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	7-0-0	1	26.28	13.86	14.34	5.62	1.38
2	Colorado	Big 8	7-0-0	1	26.13	29.57	10.69	6.56	0.44
3	Alabama	SEC	6-0-0	1	26.13	17.5	12.91	5.09	0.91
4	Nebraska	Big 8	7-0-0	1	25.63	34	7.75	6.68	0.32
5	Miami	FBS Independents	6-0-0	1	25.15	33.5	5.49	5.88	0.12
6	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	5-0-1	0.83	24.69	17	5.81	5.21	-0.21
7	Fresno State	Big West	7-0-0	1	24.4	24	3.21	6.24	0.76
8	West Virginia	FBS Independents	5-1-1	0.71	22.34	18	14.26	6.03	-1.03
9	Arkansas	Southwest	5-1-0	0.83	22.31	18	12.4	5.23	-0.23
10	Houston	Southwest	5-1-0	0.83	22.26	47	9.38	5.9	-0.9
11	Tennessee	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	21.89	6	14.59	4.04	0.96
12	Florida	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	21.79	14.29	8.14	5.99	0.01
13	BYU	Western Athletic	6-1-0	0.86	21.68	19.14	6.33	5.91	0.09
14	Michigan	Big Ten	5-1-0	0.83	21.44	9.5	11.9	4.61	0.39
15	Illinois	Big Ten	5-1-0	0.83	21.43	7.5	12.88	4.47	0.53
16	Penn State	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	21.23	13	9.05	5.51	-0.51
17	South Carolina	FBS Independents	5-1-1	0.71	21.12	7.29	10.95	4.81	0.19
18	NC State	ACC	6-1-0	0.86	21.05	11.29	3.76	5.35	0.65
19	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	6-1-1	0.75	20.14	8	1.01	5.66	0.34
20	East Carolina	FBS Independents	4-1-1	0.67	20.09	9.83	8.08	4.36	-0.36
21	Washington State	Pac-10	6-2-0	0.75	19.74	13.88	10	6.17	-0.17
22	USC	Pac-10	5-2-0	0.71	19.67	16.43	14.76	5.99	-0.99
23	Clemson	ACC	6-2-0	0.75	19.64	12.38	11.34	6.47	-0.47
24	Air Force	Western Athletic	6-2-0	0.75	19.39	13.62	7.77	5.92	0.08
25	Virginia	ACC	6-2-0	0.75	19.14	7.88	10.21	5.42	0.58
26	Florida State	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	19.07	16.86	12.13	5.8	-0.8
27	Oklahoma	Big 8	5-2-0	0.71	18.86	21.86	9.4	6.26	-1.26
28	Texas A&M	Southwest	5-2-0	0.71	18.62	8.14	12.77	5.13	-0.13
29	Arizona	Pac-10	5-2-0	0.71	18.57	6.14	13.87	5	0
30	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	5-2-0	0.71	18.46	19.71	5.76	5.81	-0.81
31	Auburn	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	18.21	12.83	12.47	5.2	-1.2
32	Texas	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	17.34	2.67	16.51	3.41	0.59
33	Indiana	Big Ten	4-2-0	0.67	17.3	12	8.44	4.7	-0.7
34	Texas Tech	Southwest	5-2-0	0.71	17.18	0.86	12.36	3.64	1.36
35	Mississippi State	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	16.62	6.5	6.86	4.13	-0.13
36	Ball State	Mid-American	4-2-1	0.57	16.35	3.43	7.75	4.14	-0.14
37	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	16.13	0.57	5.71	3.58	1.42
38	Army	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	15.96	12.17	-1.22	4.6	-0.6
39	Kentucky	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	15.77	-0.17	13.8	2.97	1.03
40	Ole Miss	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	15.65	-2.71	12.38	3.07	1.93
41	Oregon	Pac-10	4-3-0	0.57	15.29	8.57	12.83	4.97	-0.97
42	Washington	Pac-10	4-3-0	0.57	15.14	4.71	15.32	4.39	-0.39
43	Tulsa	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	15.06	1.75	9.65	4.37	0.63
44	Ohio State	Big Ten	4-2-0	0.67	14.93	-1.33	11.85	2.81	1.19
45	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-2-0	0.67	14.89	-1	7.18	2.85	1.15
46	Louisiana	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	14.38	0.25	9.08	4.06	0.94
47	Georgia	SEC	3-3-0	0.5	13.63	6.17	15.53	4.23	-1.23
48	Akron	FBS Independents	4-3-1	0.5	13.39	2.75	1.93	4.54	-0.54
49	Duke	ACC	4-3-0	0.57	12.94	-1.14	14.7	3.34	0.66
50	Louisville	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	12.54	1.67	9.64	3.24	-0.24
51	TCU	Southwest	4-3-0	0.57	12.5	-1.57	11.93	3.19	0.81
52	San Diego State	Western Athletic	3-3-1	0.43	12.46	2.43	11.22	3.82	-0.82
53	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	3-3-1	0.43	12.44	1.71	11.76	3.75	-0.75
54	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	12.23	0.67	14.61	3.1	-0.1
55	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	3-3-1	0.43	11.75	-1	15.7	3.23	-0.23
56	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-3-0	0.5	11.39	-0.83	15.06	2.86	0.14
57	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-4-0	0.43	11.23	6.43	4.59	4.8	-1.8
58	Arizona State	Pac-10	3-3-1	0.43	10.93	-2	9.48	3.06	-0.06
59	Baylor	Southwest	3-4-0	0.43	10.88	0.86	13.3	3.66	-0.66
60	Iowa	Big Ten	3-3-0	0.5	10.5	-5	12.25	2.25	0.75
61	San José State	Big West	3-3-0	0.5	10.34	-2.83	9.61	2.64	0.36
62	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-4-0	0.33	9.8	5.17	17.46	4.06	-2.06
63	Oregon State	Pac-10	3-3-1	0.43	9.75	-10.14	13.09	1.75	1.25
64	UCLA	Pac-10	3-4-0	0.43	9.52	-2.14	14.58	3.07	-0.07
65	UNLV	Big West	3-3-0	0.5	9.47	-10.33	5.81	1.6	1.4
66	Colorado State	Western Athletic	3-4-1	0.38	9.28	-3.12	18.62	3.48	-0.48
67	Iowa State	Big 8	3-4-0	0.43	8.95	-4	12.23	2.89	0.11
68	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-4-0	0.43	8.89	-2.86	8.43	2.87	0.13
69	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	3-4-1	0.38	8.59	-4	7.26	3.33	-0.33
70	Toledo	Mid-American	3-4-0	0.43	8.28	-5	8.32	2.55	0.45
71	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-4-0	0.43	8.26	-10.14	12.14	1.82	1.18
72	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-3-2	0.29	8.03	-4.57	8.99	2.71	-0.71
73	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	7.98	-3.38	14.64	3.24	-0.24
74	Utah	Western Athletic	3-5-0	0.38	6.87	-9.75	11.76	2.73	0.27
75	Long Beach State	Big West	3-5-0	0.38	6.59	-11.5	5.11	2.12	0.88
76	Navy	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.54	-10.33	10.74	1.23	0.77
77	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-4-0	0.33	5.51	-11.33	11.62	1.35	0.65
78	LSU	SEC	1-5-0	0.17	5.27	2.67	15.07	3.45	-2.45
79	Wyoming	Western Athletic	2-5-0	0.29	5.13	-8.71	16.13	2.11	-0.11
80	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.08	-8.71	13.12	2.12	-0.12
81	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-5-0	0.29	4.94	-10.43	13.25	1.71	0.29
82	California	Pac-10	2-5-0	0.29	4.92	-11.43	13.96	1.45	0.55
83	Memphis	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.88	-9.86	10.44	1.6	0.4
84	Maryland	ACC	2-6-0	0.25	4.72	-4.25	14.81	3.01	-1.01
85	Kansas	Big 8	2-5-0	0.29	4.67	-13.14	10.14	1.65	0.35
86	Missouri	Big 8	2-5-0	0.29	4.35	-19.57	17.31	0.42	1.58
87	Utah State	Big West	2-5-0	0.29	4.14	-22.57	14.49	0.68	1.32
88	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-6-0	0.25	4.02	-8.62	9.6	2.59	-0.59
89	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	3.13	-2	11.63	2.63	-1.63
90	Rice	Southwest	1-5-1	0.14	3.01	-2.57	9.37	3.02	-2.02
91	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-5-0	0.17	2.4	-7	12.81	1.92	-0.92
92	Wake Forest	ACC	1-5-1	0.14	2.19	-8.14	8.57	1.86	-0.86
93	Purdue	Big Ten	1-5-0	0.17	1.79	-15.83	14.97	0.61	0.39
94	North Carolina	ACC	1-6-0	0.14	1.73	-5.86	8.65	2.29	-1.29
95	Stanford	Pac-10	1-6-0	0.14	1.57	-8.14	14.44	2.03	-1.03
96	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-5-1	0.14	1.56	-21.43	13.76	0.7	0.3
97	SMU	Southwest	1-5-0	0.17	1.15	-33	9.19	0.32	0.68
98	Kansas State	Big 8	1-6-0	0.14	0.97	-16.29	6.09	0.73	0.27
99	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-7-0	0.12	0.87	-10.38	12.76	2.19	-1.19
100	Ohio	Mid-American	1-6-1	0.12	0.8	-14.25	6.44	1.65	-0.65
101	Pacific	Big West	1-7-0	0.12	0.33	-21.38	14.63	0.83	0.17
102	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-6-0	0	-2.18	-12.67	13.52	1.64	-1.64
103	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-6-1	0	-2.32	-18	7.03	0.63	-0.63
104	New Mexico State	Big West	0-7-0	0	-2.53	-22.71	8.39	0.92	-0.92
105	Kent State	Mid-American	0-8-0	0	-2.55	-21	12.47	0.67	-0.67
106	Temple	FBS Independents	0-7-0	0	-2.9	-30.29	15.18	0.16	-0.16