1990 W3 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:31.086026+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Virginia	ACC	2-0-0	1	28.93	31	11.79	1.95	0.05
2	Nebraska	Big 8	2-0-0	1	28.85	29.5	10.85	1.96	0.04
3	Fresno State	Big West	2-0-0	1	28.65	19	11.08	1.78	0.22
4	South Carolina	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	28.25	16.5	11.36	1.88	0.12
5	Wyoming	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	28.05	18	11.18	1.68	0.32
6	Maryland	ACC	2-0-0	1	27.6	5.5	12.32	1.43	0.57
7	Florida	SEC	1-0-0	1	27.59	43	23.37	0.99	0.01
8	Florida State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	27.38	21	24.64	0.82	0.18
9	Auburn	SEC	1-0-0	1	26.83	21	21.81	0.87	0.13
10	Tennessee	SEC	2-0-1	0.67	26.72	27	0.47	2.76	-0.76
11	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	26.66	16	23.72	0.93	0.07
12	Texas A&M	Southwest	1-0-0	1	26.42	15	0.47	0.86	0.14
13	USC	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	26.39	18	-0.4	0.86	0.14
14	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	26.31	27.5	-0.76	1.98	0.02
15	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-0-0	1	26.15	8	22.85	0.76	0.24
16	BYU	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	26.06	13.5	0.54	1.63	0.37
17	Utah	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	25.57	12.5	-0.29	1.63	0.37
18	Colorado State	Western Athletic	2-0-0	1	25.3	19	-4.29	1.68	0.32
19	Louisiana	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	25.14	22.5	-6.03	1.82	0.18
20	Akron	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.56	19	-5.91	1.88	0.12
21	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	24.3	7.5	-3.77	1.52	0.48
22	Colorado	Big 8	1-0-1	0.5	23.66	2	13.28	1.09	-0.09
23	Oregon	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	22.81	21	1.44	0.84	0.16
24	Oklahoma	Big 8	1-0-0	1	22.74	20	1.04	0.89	0.11
25	Houston	Southwest	1-0-0	1	22.69	28	-0.74	0.97	0.03
26	Arizona	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	22.63	12	2.56	0.79	0.21
27	SMU	Southwest	1-0-0	1	22.59	37	0.38	0.99	0.01
28	Arizona State	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	22.36	21	-0.1	0.91	0.09
29	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	22.13	7	2.03	0.78	0.22
30	California	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	22.12	16	0.2	0.88	0.12
31	Louisville	FBS Independents	1-0-1	0.5	22	34	-4.15	1.98	-0.98
32	LSU	SEC	1-0-0	1	21.9	5	1.95	0.68	0.32
33	Texas	Southwest	1-0-0	1	21.72	4	2.48	0.65	0.35
34	Washington	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	21.66	3	1.7	0.6	0.4
35	Toledo	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	21.13	6	-2.28	0.7	0.3
36	Ole Miss	SEC	1-0-0	1	21.03	2	0.21	0.55	0.45
37	Iowa State	Big 8	1-0-0	1	20.62	29	-10	0.98	0.02
38	Kansas State	Big 8	1-0-0	1	20.2	21	-10	0.97	0.03
39	Ball State	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	20.11	10	-10	0.97	0.03
40	Navy	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	19.87	11	-10	0.77	0.23
41	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	1-0-1	0.5	19.77	2.5	-4.89	1.13	-0.13
42	Clemson	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	17.74	23	11.26	1.89	-0.89
43	North Carolina	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	16.24	6	11.08	1.41	-0.41
44	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	16.23	5	12.21	1.28	-0.28
45	West Virginia	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	16.16	3.5	11.11	1.2	-0.2
46	NC State	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	15.75	29.5	-4.04	1.92	-0.92
47	Rice	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	14.48	2.5	-1.81	1.15	-0.15
48	Washington State	Pac-10	1-1-0	0.5	14.31	-1.5	10.68	0.9	0.1
49	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	13.68	0	-0.84	1	0
50	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	13.36	3.5	23.26	1.27	-0.27
51	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	13.24	15.5	10.83	1.8	-0.8
52	Air Force	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	13.23	11	12.38	1.49	-0.49
53	East Carolina	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.91	-5.5	1.37	0.77	0.23
54	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.85	19	7.32	1.75	-0.75
55	Kentucky	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	12.62	-6.5	0.88	0.58	0.42
56	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	1-1-0	0.5	12.31	-3.5	-3.63	0.86	0.14
57	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	12.17	-17.5	8.04	0.38	0.62
58	Oklahoma State	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	11.93	-18	1.11	0.13	0.87
59	Tulsa	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	11.64	3	6.69	1.17	-0.17
60	Duke	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	9.83	-4	12.25	0.77	0.23
61	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	9.76	-4	12.22	0.76	0.24
62	Utah State	Big West	1-1-0	0.5	9.64	-2.5	10.09	0.8	0.2
63	Tulane	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	9.38	-15.5	23.68	0.28	0.72
64	Wake Forest	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	9.38	-2.5	6.34	0.86	0.14
65	TCU	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	9.06	-8.5	12.28	0.42	0.58
66	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	9.01	-14	13.96	0.42	0.58
67	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	8.94	-8.5	11.21	0.58	0.42
68	Kansas	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	8.72	-11.5	12.2	0.57	0.43
69	Pacific	Big West	1-1-0	0.5	7.96	-20	7.94	0.38	0.62
70	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.47	0	0	0	0
71	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	0.45	0	0	0	0
72	Michigan	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	0.42	0	0	0	0
73	Arkansas	Southwest	0-0-0	0	0.41	0	0	0	0
74	Army	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.34	0	0	0	0
75	Indiana	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	0.27	0	0	0	0
76	Iowa	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	0.12	0	0	0	0
77	Purdue	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	0.07	0	0	0	0
78	San José State	Big West	0-1-1	0	-0.37	-1.5	2.17	0.88	-0.88
79	Memphis	FBS Independents	0-1-1	0	-0.45	-1	0.07	0.95	-0.95
80	Missouri	Big 8	0-1-0	0	-0.45	-1	-1.72	0.47	-0.47
81	Penn State	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.71	-4	0.84	0.35	-0.35
82	Alabama	SEC	0-1-0	0	-0.73	-3	21.13	0.43	-0.43
83	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-0.74	-3	-0.57	0.43	-0.43
84	Georgia	SEC	0-1-0	0	-0.94	-5	1.75	0.32	-0.32
85	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-0.95	-3	-0.01	0.43	-0.43
86	Stanford	Pac-10	0-1-0	0	-1.03	-4	2.93	0.38	-0.38
87	Texas Tech	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-1.13	-7	1.8	0.22	-0.22
88	Miami	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.25	-7	24.57	0.34	-0.34
89	Illinois	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-1.39	-12	2.15	0.21	-0.21
90	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-1.42	-6	22.91	0.39	-0.39
91	San Diego State	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-1.95	-21	2.28	0.16	-0.16
92	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-1.95	-16	0.65	0.12	-0.12
93	UCLA	Pac-10	0-1-0	0	-1.99	-20	2.51	0.11	-0.11
94	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-2-0	0	-2.02	-16.5	-6.21	0.26	-0.26
95	UNLV	Big West	0-2-0	0	-2.09	-17.5	-3.5	0.31	-0.31
96	New Mexico State	Big West	0-2-0	0	-2.18	-10	10.39	0.52	-0.52
97	Baylor	Southwest	0-2-0	0	-2.27	-17	13.74	0.09	-0.09
98	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-2.28	-19.5	13.91	0.1	-0.1
99	Temple	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.33	-12.5	11.34	0.41	-0.41
100	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-1-0	0	-2.46	-37	-0.05	0.01	-0.01
101	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.55	-23	24.78	0.02	-0.02
102	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-2.72	-20	11.97	0.08	-0.08
103	Mississippi State	SEC	0-1-0	0	-2.78	-33	25.87	0.02	-0.02
104	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.81	-24	11.72	0.1	-0.1
105	Kent State	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-2.82	-19.5	22.98	0.28	-0.28
106	Long Beach State	Big West	0-2-0	0	-3.24	-36.5	12.09	0.02	-0.02
107	Ohio	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-3.35	-32	24.78	0	0