1990 W8 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:31.087929+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Tennessee	SEC	4-0-2	0.67	27.04	29.83	15.22	5.69	-1.69
2	Auburn	SEC	4-0-1	0.8	26.24	17.4	13.23	4.33	-0.33
3	Georgia Tech	ACC	5-0-0	1	26.04	18.8	12.09	4.62	0.38
4	Nebraska	Big 8	6-0-0	1	25.9	37.33	8.85	5.9	0.1
5	Virginia	ACC	6-0-0	1	25.71	37	8.05	5.82	0.18
6	Houston	Southwest	5-0-0	1	25.44	13.4	10.42	3.76	1.24
7	Indiana	Big Ten	4-0-1	0.8	25.42	29	7.33	4.71	-0.71
8	Wyoming	Western Athletic	7-0-0	1	24.98	11	8.71	5.03	1.97
9	Toledo	Mid-American	6-0-0	1	24.4	9	6.65	4.41	1.59
10	Washington	Pac-10	5-1-0	0.83	22.4	13.83	15.8	5.04	-0.04
11	BYU	Western Athletic	5-1-0	0.83	22.11	16	13.58	4.64	0.36
12	Miami	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	21.88	18.2	15.88	4.15	-0.15
13	Colorado	Big 8	5-1-1	0.71	21.8	4.86	17.15	4.33	0.67
14	Oklahoma	Big 8	5-1-0	0.83	21.77	21.83	8.47	5.43	-0.43
15	Florida	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	21.61	11.33	10.41	4.67	0.33
16	USC	Pac-10	5-1-0	0.83	21.28	4.83	14	3.72	1.28
17	Louisville	FBS Independents	5-1-1	0.71	21.1	13.71	8.32	5.95	-0.95
18	Ole Miss	SEC	5-1-0	0.83	21.07	4	13.51	3.62	1.38
19	South Carolina	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	21.07	10.6	13.76	3.92	0.08
20	Central Michigan	Mid-American	5-1-1	0.71	20.89	17.29	6.16	6.59	-1.59
21	TCU	Southwest	5-1-0	0.83	20.86	8.67	8.77	4.1	0.9
22	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.77	11.2	11.55	3.58	0.42
23	Illinois	Big Ten	4-1-0	0.8	20.65	13.8	9.9	3.96	0.04
24	Iowa	Big Ten	4-1-0	0.8	20.58	12.2	10.02	3.7	0.3
25	Fresno State	Big West	5-1-1	0.71	20.44	11.57	4.77	5.25	-0.25
26	Florida State	FBS Independents	4-1-0	0.8	20.44	16.6	7.24	4.02	-0.02
27	Texas	Southwest	3-1-0	0.75	19.61	3.5	17.71	2.45	0.55
28	Clemson	ACC	5-2-0	0.71	19.38	20.43	11.73	6.55	-1.55
29	Oregon	Pac-10	4-2-0	0.67	18.14	14.67	11.22	4.66	-0.66
30	Texas A&M	Southwest	4-2-0	0.67	17.75	14.33	8.82	4.77	-0.77
31	San José State	Big West	4-2-1	0.57	17.72	9.57	12.63	4.98	-0.98
32	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	5-2-0	0.71	17.71	5.43	8.52	4.89	0.11
33	Arizona	Pac-10	4-2-0	0.67	17.11	3.33	11.01	3.51	0.49
34	North Carolina	ACC	4-2-0	0.67	17	7.67	7.89	4.29	-0.29
35	Kansas State	Big 8	4-2-0	0.67	16.91	10	6.58	4.32	-0.32
36	Michigan	Big Ten	3-2-0	0.6	16.58	16.8	10.57	4.12	-1.12
37	Penn State	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	16.39	12.6	14.07	4.14	-1.14
38	NC State	ACC	4-3-0	0.57	15.51	13	10.07	5.89	-1.89
39	LSU	SEC	3-2-0	0.6	15.42	2.6	13.64	2.91	0.09
40	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-2-1	0.5	15.27	3.83	12.53	3.53	-0.53
41	Memphis	FBS Independents	3-2-1	0.5	15.24	4	8.54	3.65	-0.65
42	California	Pac-10	4-2-0	0.67	15.09	-1.5	13.42	2.83	1.17
43	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	15.08	13	8.42	5.64	-1.64
44	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.89	5.14	13.33	4.26	-0.26
45	Colorado State	Western Athletic	4-3-0	0.57	13.78	0.86	8.43	3.63	0.37
46	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-2-1	0.4	13.35	3.8	16.99	3.05	-1.05
47	Syracuse	FBS Independents	2-2-2	0.33	13.2	3.5	11.23	3.54	-1.54
48	Boston College	FBS Independents	3-2-0	0.6	13.02	-1.4	10.2	2.31	0.69
49	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-2-1	0.4	12.96	1.6	15.8	2.7	-0.7
50	Maryland	ACC	4-3-0	0.57	12.79	-2.43	17.06	2.98	1.02
51	Akron	FBS Independents	3-3-1	0.43	12.79	8	3.11	5.02	-2.02
52	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-3-0	0.5	12.79	2.17	10.94	3.33	-0.33
53	West Virginia	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	12.61	3.67	8.99	3.6	-0.6
54	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-2-0	0.6	12.14	-7.2	10.81	1.65	1.35
55	UNLV	Big West	4-3-0	0.57	11.75	-1.71	4.4	3.23	0.77
56	Ball State	Mid-American	3-3-0	0.5	11.49	1.33	4.36	3.32	-0.32
57	Alabama	SEC	2-3-0	0.4	11.35	8.4	13.03	3.52	-1.52
58	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	11.07	-1.5	12.31	2.77	0.23
59	Baylor	Southwest	3-3-0	0.5	10.91	-0.83	10.04	2.85	0.15
60	UCLA	Pac-10	3-3-0	0.5	10.59	-4.17	15.78	2.48	0.52
61	Georgia	SEC	3-3-0	0.5	10.49	-7.67	15.58	1.55	1.45
62	Iowa State	Big 8	2-3-1	0.33	10.37	2.17	9.94	3.29	-1.29
63	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	2-3-0	0.4	10.13	2.4	6.75	2.92	-0.92
64	Duke	ACC	3-3-0	0.5	9.74	-9	12.12	1.68	1.32
65	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	3-3-1	0.43	9.61	-8.43	5.69	1.93	1.07
66	Arkansas	Southwest	2-3-0	0.4	9.56	-0.2	12.62	2.48	-0.48
67	Navy	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	9.38	-8.83	7.03	1.66	1.34
68	Stanford	Pac-10	2-4-0	0.33	8.99	2.17	13.83	3.29	-1.29
69	Air Force	Western Athletic	3-4-0	0.43	8.92	-4.29	11.67	2.76	0.24
70	Arizona State	Pac-10	2-3-0	0.4	8.32	-4.8	14.14	1.93	0.07
71	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-4-0	0.43	8.29	-7.43	13.15	1.98	1.02
72	Mississippi State	SEC	2-3-0	0.4	8.15	-6.2	14.83	1.6	0.4
73	Temple	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.77	-5.8	10.16	1.73	0.27
74	Long Beach State	Big West	3-4-0	0.43	7.76	-11.71	5.91	1.77	1.23
75	Army	FBS Independents	2-3-0	0.4	7.71	-3.8	1.6	2.05	-0.05
76	UTEP	Western Athletic	3-4-0	0.43	7.63	-14.57	10.2	1.26	1.74
77	Rice	Southwest	2-4-0	0.33	7.52	-1	14.17	2.84	-0.84
78	Wake Forest	ACC	2-4-0	0.33	7.25	-1.17	9.57	2.83	-0.83
79	San Diego State	Western Athletic	2-4-0	0.33	7.11	-2.67	16.14	2.75	-0.75
80	Washington State	Pac-10	2-4-0	0.33	6.63	-5	18.2	2.35	-0.35
81	Missouri	Big 8	2-4-0	0.33	6.55	-7.67	18.02	2.09	-0.09
82	Texas Tech	Southwest	2-4-0	0.33	6.33	-4.33	14.41	2.49	-0.49
83	Utah	Western Athletic	2-4-0	0.33	6.19	-7.33	14.86	1.69	0.31
84	Kentucky	SEC	2-4-0	0.33	6.13	-6.83	16.95	1.93	0.07
85	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-4-0	0.33	6.04	-9.33	13.2	1.6	0.4
86	Louisiana	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.83	-7.83	8.25	1.82	0.18
87	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-4-0	0.33	5.76	-9	6.43	1.56	0.44
88	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-5-0	0.29	5.75	-3.14	12.74	2.98	-0.98
89	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-4-0	0.33	5.68	-13.33	13.51	1.2	0.8
90	Pacific	Big West	2-4-0	0.33	5.54	-9	9.03	2.02	-0.02
91	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.51	-5.14	13.86	2.53	-0.53
92	East Carolina	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	5.42	-6.43	14.62	2.26	-0.26
93	Utah State	Big West	1-3-1	0.2	3.57	-17	13.62	0.64	0.36
94	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-4-1	0.17	3.25	-5.5	11.72	1.72	-0.72
95	Purdue	Big Ten	1-4-0	0.2	2.88	-10	12.22	1.13	-0.13
96	Ohio	Mid-American	1-4-1	0.17	2.81	-9	7.05	1.69	-0.69
97	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-4-0	0.2	2.79	-11	13.03	1.19	-0.19
98	Kansas	Big 8	1-4-1	0.17	2.71	-13.83	17.22	1.3	-0.3
99	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-4-0	0.2	2.71	-12.6	13.9	0.86	0.14
100	SMU	Southwest	1-4-0	0.2	2.57	-12.4	5.72	1.17	-0.17
101	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-4-0	0.2	2.04	-30	15.02	0.37	0.63
102	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-5-0	0.17	1.59	-18.33	9.67	0.78	0.22
103	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-5-0	0.17	1.36	-17	10.33	0.87	0.13
104	Tulsa	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	1.04	-15.86	12.76	1.04	-0.04
105	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	1-6-0	0.14	0.88	-19.43	10.86	1.13	-0.13
106	New Mexico State	Big West	0-6-0	0	-2.44	-18.67	11.29	0.8	-0.8
107	Kent State	Mid-American	0-6-0	0	-2.62	-23.67	11.92	0.39	-0.39