1990 W4 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:31.086397+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Virginia	ACC	3-0-0	1	29.14	34.67	15.44	2.91	0.09
2	Fresno State	Big West	3-0-0	1	29	20.67	16.94	2.76	0.24
3	Auburn	SEC	2-0-0	1	28.59	17.5	16.67	1.76	0.24
4	South Carolina	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	28.03	16.5	13.04	1.88	0.12
5	Texas A&M	Southwest	2-0-0	1	27.97	32	11.43	1.89	0.11
6	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-0-0	1	27.76	8	15.75	0.76	0.24
7	Tennessee	SEC	3-0-1	0.75	27.67	34.25	9.45	3.86	-0.86
8	Oklahoma	Big 8	2-0-0	1	27.63	31	12.16	1.91	0.09
9	Wyoming	Western Athletic	3-0-0	1	27.43	14.33	10.58	2.32	0.68
10	Arizona State	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	26.98	16	11.52	1.67	0.33
11	Nebraska	Big 8	2-0-0	1	26.95	29.5	4.95	1.96	0.04
12	Florida	SEC	2-0-0	1	26.76	23.5	5.6	1.89	0.11
13	BYU	Western Athletic	3-0-0	1	26.53	13.67	7.33	2.27	0.73
14	Florida State	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	26.13	31.5	1.46	1.87	0.13
15	Arizona	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	26.11	13.5	7.42	1.69	0.31
16	USC	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	25.92	11.5	4.53	1.59	0.41
17	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	25.44	13.5	1.31	1.7	0.3
18	Toledo	Mid-American	2-0-0	1	25.02	7.5	4.72	1.47	0.53
19	Louisville	FBS Independents	2-0-1	0.67	24.95	26.67	-0.55	2.9	-0.9
20	Akron	FBS Independents	2-0-1	0.67	24.91	12.67	0.14	2.61	-0.61
21	Houston	Southwest	2-0-0	1	24.7	22	-1.61	1.68	0.32
22	Indiana	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	24.63	21	12.62	0.82	0.18
23	Arkansas	Southwest	1-0-0	1	24.58	25	11.64	1	0
24	LSU	SEC	2-0-0	1	24.37	16.5	-1.83	1.82	0.18
25	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	24.3	14	-1.84	1.78	0.22
26	Oregon	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	23.99	26.5	-5.97	1.73	0.27
27	Washington	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	23.86	4.5	-0.15	1.29	0.71
28	Kansas State	Big 8	2-0-0	1	23.78	33	-6.09	1.97	0.03
29	Texas	Southwest	1-0-0	1	23.7	4	-0.71	0.65	0.35
30	Iowa	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	22.23	53	-2.81	0.99	0.01
31	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	21.25	4	0.42	0.59	0.41
32	Army	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	20.13	17	-10	0.95	0.05
33	Clemson	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	19.96	15.67	17.76	2.62	-0.62
34	Maryland	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	19.86	3.33	15.75	1.88	0.12
35	Colorado State	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	19.28	9	8.53	2.06	-0.06
36	NC State	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	18.69	21.33	8.51	2.76	-0.76
37	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.57	4.33	5.61	1.84	0.16
38	Utah	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	18.26	0.33	12.29	1.53	0.47
39	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	18.23	2.67	18.06	1.76	0.24
40	North Carolina	ACC	2-1-0	0.67	17.95	13	5.18	2.41	-0.41
41	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.81	1.67	20.74	1.63	0.37
42	Air Force	Western Athletic	2-1-0	0.67	17.17	8.33	4.34	2.22	-0.22
43	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	17.15	4.67	-3.89	1.99	0.01
44	Louisiana	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	16.92	-1.33	8.6	1.42	0.58
45	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-1-1	0.33	14.51	10.33	11.46	2.47	-1.47
46	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	14.32	-8.67	9.74	0.81	1.19
47	West Virginia	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.26	3.5	12.39	1.2	-0.2
48	Colorado	Big 8	1-1-1	0.33	14.18	1	8.1	1.57	-0.57
49	Miami	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	14.01	10.5	24.09	1.38	-0.38
50	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-1-0	0.67	13.82	-8.33	8.19	0.9	1.1
51	Iowa State	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	13.8	12.5	-5.71	1.66	-0.66
52	Rice	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	13.57	2.5	9.38	1.15	-0.15
53	SMU	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	13.42	0.5	3.46	1.02	-0.02
54	Missouri	Big 8	1-1-0	0.5	12.93	17	9.35	1.72	-0.72
55	San José State	Big West	1-1-1	0.33	12.69	3.67	17.21	1.89	-0.89
56	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	1-1-1	0.33	12.61	-0.67	5.87	1.45	-0.45
57	Ole Miss	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	12.27	-6	13.19	0.65	0.35
58	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	12.17	0	5.27	1	0
59	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	11.94	0.5	21.12	1.03	-0.03
60	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	11.56	1.5	10.93	1.07	-0.07
61	California	Pac-10	1-1-0	0.5	11.29	-6	-1.6	0.76	0.24
62	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	11.26	-1	23.09	0.95	0.05
63	Navy	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	11.2	-15.5	9.46	0.42	0.58
64	Duke	ACC	1-1-0	0.5	11.17	-4	13.65	0.77	0.23
65	Ball State	Mid-American	1-1-0	0.5	11	-3.5	-5.97	0.66	0.34
66	Georgia	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	10.99	-2	23.1	0.86	0.14
67	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-1-1	0.33	10.97	-2.67	8.17	1.27	-0.27
68	Illinois	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	10.29	-5.5	23.14	0.71	0.29
69	TCU	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	10.08	-8.5	6.93	0.42	0.58
70	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	9.97	10.67	0.72	2.23	-1.23
71	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-1-0	0.5	9.92	-1.5	9.79	0.94	0.06
72	Mississippi State	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	9.45	-9.5	19.52	0.52	0.48
73	UCLA	Pac-10	1-1-0	0.5	8.91	-9.5	10.85	0.61	0.39
74	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	8.79	-1.67	16.37	1.35	-0.35
75	Washington State	Pac-10	1-2-0	0.33	8.04	-5.67	21.06	1.12	-0.12
76	East Carolina	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.95	-4	17.86	1.24	-0.24
77	Temple	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	7.36	1	9.27	1.59	-0.59
78	Wake Forest	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	7.08	-3.33	6.74	1.21	-0.21
79	Kentucky	SEC	1-2-0	0.33	7	-11.33	13.39	0.7	0.3
80	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	1-2-0	0.33	6.9	-7	4.68	1.04	-0.04
81	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.76	-14.67	13.33	0.61	0.39
82	Tulsa	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	6.71	-6.33	0.78	0.93	0.07
83	Kansas	Big 8	1-2-0	0.33	6.62	-11.67	16.3	0.79	0.21
84	Utah State	Big West	1-2-0	0.33	6.26	-13.33	7.29	0.45	0.55
85	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	6.11	-24.33	16.87	0.21	0.79
86	Pacific	Big West	1-2-0	0.33	5.77	-18	5.45	0.55	0.45
87	UNLV	Big West	1-2-0	0.33	5.49	-3.33	3.56	1.29	-0.29
88	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-0-1	0	0.06	0	9.76	0.5	-0.5
89	Memphis	FBS Independents	0-1-1	0	-0.62	-1	20.4	0.95	-0.95
90	Michigan	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-1.07	-4	0.47	0.41	-0.41
91	Stanford	Pac-10	0-2-0	0	-1.08	-2.5	10.84	0.88	-0.88
92	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-1.16	-3	9.83	0.43	-0.43
93	Alabama	SEC	0-2-0	0	-1.37	-3.5	25.95	0.8	-0.8
94	Penn State	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-1.52	-4.5	24.05	0.67	-0.67
95	Purdue	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-1.6	-6	21.66	0.3	-0.3
96	Texas Tech	Southwest	0-2-0	0	-2.24	-11.5	22.41	0.55	-0.55
97	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-3-0	0	-2.33	-19.33	-1.12	0.39	-0.39
98	New Mexico State	Big West	0-3-0	0	-2.73	-21.67	15.12	0.3	-0.3
99	Baylor	Southwest	0-2-0	0	-2.74	-17	25.61	0.09	-0.09
100	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	0-2-0	0	-2.75	-19.5	19.83	0.1	-0.1
101	Ohio	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-2.76	-17.5	17.66	0.18	-0.18
102	Kent State	Mid-American	0-2-0	0	-2.83	-19.5	20.36	0.28	-0.28
103	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0-3-0	0	-2.92	-22.67	19.76	0.09	-0.09
104	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.96	-22	24.22	0.08	-0.08
105	Long Beach State	Big West	0-3-0	0	-2.98	-30.33	8.48	0.12	-0.12
106	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	0-3-0	0	-3.01	-33.67	9.01	0.09	-0.09
107	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-1-0	0	-3.33	-37	22.59	0.01	-0.01