1989 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.919739+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8-0-0	1	26.29	16.88	14.69	6.78	1.22
2	Colorado	Big 8	8-0-0	1	26.23	28	12.5	7.53	0.47
3	Alabama	SEC	7-0-0	1	26.02	15.14	13.74	5.78	1.22
4	Nebraska	Big 8	8-0-0	1	25.53	33.75	8.36	7.61	0.39
5	Fresno State	Big West	8-0-0	1	24.42	22.75	4.47	7.07	0.93
6	Arkansas	Southwest	6-1-0	0.86	22.91	16.29	14.86	5.75	0.25
7	West Virginia	FBS Independents	6-1-1	0.75	22.48	17.5	11.98	6.72	-0.72
8	Miami	FBS Independents	6-1-0	0.86	22.26	26.71	7.94	6.67	-0.67
9	Michigan	Big Ten	6-1-0	0.86	22.17	12.14	11.95	5.71	0.29
10	Illinois	Big Ten	6-1-0	0.86	21.97	9.71	11.71	5.57	0.43
11	Tennessee	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	21.97	6	13.57	4.55	1.45
12	Florida	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	21.69	14.29	8.3	5.99	0.01
13	NC State	ACC	7-1-0	0.88	21.52	11.12	6.03	6.17	0.83
14	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	5-1-1	0.71	21.1	9.14	9.56	5.05	-0.05
15	Clemson	ACC	7-2-0	0.78	20.18	14.78	10.25	7.6	-0.6
16	USC	Pac-10	6-2-0	0.75	20.1	16.75	13.52	7.03	-1.03
17	Florida State	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	20	16.5	13.16	6.67	-0.67
18	Virginia	ACC	7-2-0	0.78	19.74	7.11	10.88	6.02	0.98
19	Texas A&M	Southwest	6-2-0	0.75	19.54	11.88	11.78	6.46	-0.46
20	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	6-2-0	0.75	19.5	22.5	8.49	6.86	-0.86
21	Houston	Southwest	5-2-0	0.71	19.48	39.43	10.07	6.67	-1.67
22	Arizona	Pac-10	6-2-0	0.75	19.35	8.38	12.2	6.1	-0.1
23	Air Force	Western Athletic	6-2-0	0.75	19.29	13.62	9.13	5.92	0.08
24	BYU	Western Athletic	6-2-0	0.75	19.19	11.5	8.4	5.78	0.22
25	Auburn	SEC	5-2-0	0.71	18.79	13	12.42	6.23	-1.23
26	Penn State	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	18.76	11	11.87	6.12	-1.12
27	South Carolina	FBS Independents	5-2-1	0.62	18.38	5.12	12.9	5.12	-0.12
28	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	6-2-1	0.67	17.8	5.44	2.69	5.84	0.16
29	Washington State	Pac-10	6-3-0	0.67	17.63	11.78	10.29	6.52	-0.52
30	Texas	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	17.2	2.67	15.45	3.41	0.59
31	East Carolina	FBS Independents	4-2-1	0.57	17.12	8.14	8.19	4.89	-0.89
32	Army	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	17.05	13.43	0.77	5.53	-0.53
33	Texas Tech	Southwest	5-2-0	0.71	17.03	0.86	11.31	3.64	1.36
34	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	16.91	0.88	4.27	4.15	1.85
35	Ball State	Mid-American	5-2-1	0.62	16.89	3.88	5.12	4.79	0.21
36	Oklahoma	Big 8	5-3-0	0.62	16.86	17	11.12	6.81	-1.81
37	Ole Miss	SEC	6-2-0	0.75	16.63	-1.38	10.78	3.74	2.26
38	Oregon	Pac-10	5-3-0	0.62	16.44	12.75	10.99	6.27	-1.27
39	Ohio State	Big Ten	5-2-0	0.71	16.16	-0.57	11.88	3.41	1.59
40	Washington	Pac-10	5-3-0	0.62	16.09	4.25	14.31	4.89	0.11
41	Georgia	SEC	4-3-0	0.57	15.26	6.86	14.9	4.96	-0.96
42	Indiana	Big Ten	4-3-0	0.57	14.98	6.29	11.07	4.61	-0.61
43	Duke	ACC	5-3-0	0.62	14.88	0.38	13.96	4.06	0.94
44	Akron	FBS Independents	5-3-1	0.56	14.65	5.89	1.41	5.82	-0.82
45	Louisiana	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	14.33	0.25	8.87	4.06	0.94
46	Mississippi State	SEC	4-3-0	0.57	14.3	3.57	8.41	4.32	-0.32
47	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	4-3-1	0.5	14.16	1.25	14.73	4.36	-0.36
48	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	4-3-1	0.5	14.15	1.88	12.47	4.31	-0.31
49	Syracuse	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.08	0.86	15.17	3.65	0.35
50	San Diego State	Western Athletic	4-3-1	0.5	13.95	2.5	9.22	4.37	-0.37
51	Tulsa	FBS Independents	5-4-0	0.56	13.5	1.22	8.83	4.78	0.22
52	San José State	Big West	4-3-0	0.57	13.34	1.57	6.71	3.74	0.26
53	Baylor	Southwest	4-4-0	0.5	12.87	3	13.61	4.66	-0.66
54	Kentucky	SEC	4-3-0	0.57	12.79	-1.71	12.9	3.13	0.87
55	Central Michigan	Mid-American	4-4-0	0.5	12.74	7.5	6.27	5.74	-1.74
56	Colorado State	Western Athletic	4-4-1	0.44	12.69	1.67	16	4.81	-0.81
57	Arizona State	Pac-10	4-3-1	0.5	12.58	-1.12	11.53	3.75	0.25
58	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-3-0	0.57	12.37	-1.43	8.06	3.27	0.73
59	Iowa	Big Ten	4-3-0	0.57	12.1	-2.43	10.55	3.08	0.92
60	Michigan State	Big Ten	3-4-0	0.43	11.73	5.43	14.9	4.72	-1.72
61	Oregon State	Pac-10	4-3-1	0.5	11.39	-7.5	10.84	2.44	1.56
62	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-4-0	0.5	10.79	-0.62	7.53	3.84	0.16
63	Louisville	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	10.74	1.29	10.84	3.73	-0.73
64	TCU	Southwest	4-4-0	0.5	10.49	-3.62	10.96	3.17	0.83
65	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	4-5-0	0.44	10.06	-0.33	13.54	4.41	-0.41
66	Toledo	Mid-American	4-4-0	0.5	10	-3.75	7.94	3.27	0.73
67	Georgia Tech	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	9.38	-2.29	14.33	3.06	-0.06
68	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	3-4-1	0.38	8.5	-4	8.28	3.33	-0.33
69	UCLA	Pac-10	3-5-0	0.38	8.23	-2	14.39	3.56	-0.56
70	Maryland	ACC	3-6-0	0.33	7.93	0.44	13.51	4.62	-1.62
71	UNLV	Big West	3-4-0	0.43	7.92	-10.86	8.45	1.79	1.21
72	Iowa State	Big 8	3-5-0	0.38	7.32	-7.5	13.32	2.75	0.25
73	Wyoming	Western Athletic	3-5-0	0.38	7.1	-7.5	13.06	2.61	0.39
74	Bowling Green	Mid-American	3-5-0	0.38	7.01	-9.38	11	2.13	0.87
75	Oklahoma State	Big 8	3-5-0	0.38	6.94	-9	12.76	2.27	0.73
76	Kansas	Big 8	3-5-0	0.38	6.56	-10.88	8.22	2.14	0.86
77	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-4-2	0.25	6.11	-6.62	10.51	2.71	-0.71
78	Utah	Western Athletic	3-6-0	0.33	5.63	-13.11	11.68	2.6	0.4
79	Long Beach State	Big West	3-6-0	0.33	5.31	-14.89	6.53	1.91	1.09
80	Navy	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.74	-9.43	7.23	1.62	0.38
81	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-5-0	0.29	4.72	-13	12.79	1.33	0.67
82	Utah State	Big West	2-5-0	0.29	4.29	-22.57	14.3	0.68	1.32
83	LSU	SEC	1-6-0	0.14	4.21	1.43	16.59	3.75	-2.75
84	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	4	-9.75	12.41	2.23	-0.23
85	California	Pac-10	2-6-0	0.25	3.92	-11.38	13.8	1.65	0.35
86	SMU	Southwest	2-5-0	0.29	3.82	-24.57	6.57	0.75	1.25
87	Memphis	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	3.8	-11.62	10.27	1.52	0.48
88	Missouri	Big 8	2-6-0	0.25	3.63	-17.25	15.44	0.82	1.18
89	UTEP	Western Athletic	2-7-0	0.22	3.34	-8	9.57	3.05	-1.05
90	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	2.1	-3.71	13.41	2.79	-1.79
91	Rice	Southwest	1-6-1	0.12	1.65	-7	11.05	2.58	-1.58
92	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-6-0	0.14	1.64	-7.14	14.21	2.2	-1.2
93	Wake Forest	ACC	1-6-1	0.12	1.26	-11.38	9.41	1.62	-0.62
94	Purdue	Big Ten	1-6-0	0.14	1.1	-14.57	14.31	0.92	0.08
95	Stanford	Pac-10	1-7-0	0.12	0.96	-9.5	15.81	1.95	-0.95
96	North Carolina	ACC	1-7-0	0.12	0.89	-9.88	8.72	1.8	-0.8
97	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-6-1	0.12	0.79	-15.25	7.26	0.97	0.03
98	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-6-1	0.12	0.76	-22.62	13.01	0.62	0.38
99	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-8-0	0.11	0.69	-9.33	12.23	2.63	-1.63
100	Ohio	Mid-American	1-7-1	0.11	0.58	-14.33	6.37	1.8	-0.8
101	Kansas State	Big 8	1-7-0	0.12	0.56	-14.88	5.83	0.99	0.01
102	Pacific	Big West	1-8-0	0.11	0.05	-21.67	14.81	0.91	0.09
103	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-7-0	0	-2.14	-12.71	12.65	1.89	-1.89
104	Kent State	Mid-American	0-9-0	0	-2.44	-19.22	11.64	1.15	-1.15
105	New Mexico State	Big West	0-8-0	0	-2.53	-23.38	8.67	0.92	-0.92
106	Temple	FBS Independents	0-8-0	0	-2.78	-26.88	15.04	0.28	-0.28