1990 W5 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:31.086758+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Virginia	ACC	4-0-0	1	27.93	40.75	12.24	3.95	0.05
2	South Carolina	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	27.74	14.67	15.78	2.57	0.43
3	Oklahoma	Big 8	3-0-0	1	27.49	34.67	11.4	2.9	0.1
4	Arizona	Pac-10	3-0-0	1	27.04	10.67	14.36	2.37	0.63
5	Fresno State	Big West	4-0-0	1	27.03	25.25	9.54	3.83	0.17
6	Tennessee	SEC	3-0-1	0.75	26.99	34.25	8.88	3.86	-0.86
7	Indiana	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	26.93	36	9.96	1.89	0.11
8	Wyoming	Western Athletic	4-0-0	1	26.77	13.75	11.29	3.15	0.85
9	Auburn	SEC	2-0-0	1	26.73	17.5	9.59	1.76	0.24
10	Washington	Pac-10	3-0-0	1	26.59	13.33	12.34	2.63	0.37
11	BYU	Western Athletic	4-0-0	1	26.5	17.25	9.52	3.1	0.9
12	Arizona State	Pac-10	2-0-0	1	26.26	16	8.27	1.67	0.33
13	Nebraska	Big 8	3-0-0	1	26.25	38.33	5.09	2.98	0.02
14	Florida State	FBS Independents	3-0-0	1	25.95	27	5.25	2.77	0.23
15	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-0-0	1	25.78	21.5	4.35	1.86	0.14
16	Louisville	FBS Independents	3-0-1	0.75	25.77	20.5	5.89	3.8	-0.8
17	Iowa	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	25.7	31.5	5.4	1.78	0.22
18	Texas A&M	Southwest	3-0-0	1	25.5	32	1.39	2.87	0.13
19	Florida	SEC	3-0-0	1	25.09	23.67	0.98	2.9	0.1
20	Toledo	Mid-American	3-0-0	1	25.04	9	4.95	2.27	0.73
21	Houston	Southwest	2-0-0	1	24.96	22	1.62	1.68	0.32
22	Akron	FBS Independents	3-0-1	0.75	24.92	17.25	2.15	3.57	-0.57
23	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-0-0	1	23.81	14	-2.6	1.78	0.22
24	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	22.9	2.5	-0.51	1.13	0.87
25	Army	FBS Independents	2-0-0	1	22.21	20.5	-10	1.83	0.17
26	Clemson	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	20.58	23.75	9.01	3.81	-0.81
27	Maryland	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	20.38	2.75	17.79	2.44	0.56
28	Colorado State	Western Athletic	3-1-0	0.75	20.14	11.25	10.07	2.9	0.1
29	North Carolina	ACC	3-1-0	0.75	19.3	10.5	5.53	3.1	-0.1
30	Oregon	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	18.93	16	8.68	2.36	-0.36
31	San José State	Big West	2-1-1	0.5	18.4	11.25	15.02	3.2	-1.2
32	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-1-1	0.5	18	12	10.27	3.56	-1.56
33	LSU	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	17.71	10	1.58	2.32	-0.32
34	Kansas State	Big 8	2-1-0	0.67	17.61	19.67	-1.99	2.55	-0.55
35	Colorado	Big 8	2-1-1	0.5	17.58	2.5	15.14	2.24	-0.24
36	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	2-1-1	0.5	17.3	3.25	8.22	2.35	-0.35
37	Illinois	Big Ten	2-1-0	0.67	17.27	8	10.1	2	0
38	Rice	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	17.26	7.33	7.91	2.09	-0.09
39	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-1-0	0.67	17.14	10	6.99	2.19	-0.19
40	USC	Pac-10	2-1-0	0.67	16.3	-2.67	11.1	1.25	0.75
41	Ole Miss	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	15.64	-2.67	17.52	1.26	0.74
42	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	15.57	-0.33	-1.51	1.47	0.53
43	Georgia	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	15.53	-1	13.38	1.39	0.61
44	Arkansas	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	15.13	10.5	9.49	1.63	-0.63
45	Miami	FBS Independents	1-1-0	0.5	15.03	10.5	18.91	1.38	-0.38
46	NC State	ACC	2-2-0	0.5	15	15.75	11.18	3.51	-1.51
47	Mississippi State	SEC	2-1-0	0.67	14.89	-5.33	17.24	1	1
48	TCU	Southwest	2-1-0	0.67	14.86	-2.33	11.76	1.28	0.72
49	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	13.56	16.25	5.53	3.36	-1.36
50	Air Force	Western Athletic	2-2-0	0.5	13.54	3.25	8.49	2.4	-0.4
51	Navy	FBS Independents	2-1-0	0.67	13.19	-9.67	3.05	0.88	1.12
52	Michigan	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	13.06	9.5	15.08	1.41	-0.41
53	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	12.86	-0.75	17	1.91	0.09
54	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	12.85	2.75	2.27	2.43	-0.43
55	Temple	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	12.51	2.25	10.09	2.27	-0.27
56	Purdue	Big Ten	1-1-0	0.5	12.28	11	6.93	1.54	-0.54
57	SMU	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	12.27	0.5	7.24	1.02	-0.02
58	Texas	Southwest	1-1-0	0.5	12.25	-1.5	6.33	0.91	0.09
59	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	12.15	-3.25	17.51	1.66	0.34
60	East Carolina	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	12.03	-0.5	17.81	1.95	0.05
61	Utah	Western Athletic	2-2-0	0.5	11.78	-2.75	10.94	1.65	0.35
62	Washington State	Pac-10	2-2-0	0.5	11.63	-1.75	18.83	1.86	0.14
63	Louisiana	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	11.5	-3.5	10.93	1.68	0.32
64	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-1-2	0.25	11.38	-2	12.98	1.77	-0.77
65	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-1-1	0.33	11.24	2.33	4.96	1.66	-0.66
66	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-2-0	0.5	10.45	-9	8.39	1.1	0.9
67	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-2-0	0.5	10.31	-8.75	6.95	1.12	0.88
68	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	2-2-0	0.5	10.26	-9.25	16.44	1.28	0.72
69	Iowa State	Big 8	1-2-0	0.33	9.76	5	7.83	1.83	-0.83
70	West Virginia	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	9.6	1.67	13.99	1.68	-0.68
71	Penn State	FBS Independents	1-2-0	0.33	9.58	6.33	25.02	2.2	-1.2
72	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-1-0	0.5	8.98	-17	18.89	0.29	0.71
73	Stanford	Pac-10	1-2-0	0.33	8.64	9.67	6.92	2.19	-1.19
74	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	7.62	-1.67	9.88	1.34	-0.34
75	Missouri	Big 8	1-2-0	0.33	7.21	-5.67	13.66	1.13	-0.13
76	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	6.96	-5.67	9.91	0.92	0.08
77	California	Pac-10	1-2-0	0.33	6.76	-7.33	11.33	1.09	-0.09
78	Ball State	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	6.73	-6.33	8.99	0.8	0.2
79	Wake Forest	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	6.65	-3.33	7.42	1.21	-0.21
80	San Diego State	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	6.59	-10.33	15.85	1.01	-0.01
81	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	1-2-1	0.25	6.57	-8.75	6.7	1.2	-0.2
82	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-2-0	0.33	6.41	-19.33	19.67	0.41	0.59
83	Duke	ACC	1-2-0	0.33	6.25	-22.33	18.67	0.24	0.76
84	Kansas	Big 8	1-2-0	0.33	6.23	-11.67	17.25	0.79	0.21
85	UCLA	Pac-10	1-2-0	0.33	5.96	-14	8.49	0.67	0.33
86	Texas Tech	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	5.8	-7	19.26	1.09	-0.09
87	Utah State	Big West	1-2-0	0.33	5.77	-13.33	9.4	0.45	0.55
88	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	1-2-0	0.33	5.65	-9	21.13	0.62	0.38
89	New Mexico	Western Athletic	1-3-0	0.25	5.65	-1.75	12.54	1.82	-0.82
90	Baylor	Southwest	1-2-0	0.33	5.29	-10	14.64	0.42	0.58
91	Ohio	Mid-American	1-2-0	0.33	5.1	-8.33	7.46	0.94	0.06
92	Kentucky	SEC	1-3-0	0.25	4.69	-9.25	20.63	1.02	-0.02
93	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	1-3-0	0.25	4.22	-13	13.24	0.98	0.02
94	Tulsa	FBS Independents	1-3-0	0.25	4.11	-15.25	14.13	0.61	0.39
95	UNLV	Big West	1-3-0	0.25	4	-11	6.26	1.13	-0.13
96	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-3-0	0.25	3.84	-22.75	17.69	0.38	0.62
97	Pacific	Big West	1-3-0	0.25	3.68	-18.75	6.85	0.6	0.4
98	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-3-0	0.25	3.17	-16	16.08	0.34	0.66
99	Long Beach State	Big West	1-3-0	0.25	2.95	-17.5	10.48	0.56	0.44
100	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-1-1	0	-0.32	-0.5	16.11	0.97	-0.97
101	Alabama	SEC	0-3-0	0	-1.18	-2.67	18.3	1.25	-1.25
102	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-2-0	0	-1.96	-10	12.37	0.54	-0.54
103	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-4-0	0	-2.45	-23	0.26	0.31	-0.31
104	Kent State	Mid-American	0-3-0	0	-2.78	-22	16.91	0.31	-0.31
105	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	0-4-0	0	-2.83	-26.25	11.5	0.2	-0.2
106	Boston College	FBS Independents	0-2-0	0	-2.88	-22	21.44	0.08	-0.08
107	New Mexico State	Big West	0-4-0	0	-2.9	-26	16.92	0.23	-0.23