1990 W9 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:31.088356+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Auburn	SEC	5-0-1	0.83	26.15	15	14.42	5.03	-0.03
2	Nebraska	Big 8	7-0-0	1	25.88	36	9.83	6.89	0.11
3	Georgia Tech	ACC	5-0-1	0.83	25.83	15.67	12.62	5.38	-0.38
4	Virginia	ACC	7-0-0	1	25.47	36.71	7.71	6.78	0.22
5	Houston	Southwest	6-0-0	1	25.19	15.67	9.47	4.71	1.29
6	Wyoming	Western Athletic	8-0-0	1	24.1	10.75	5.25	5.8	2.2
7	Washington	Pac-10	6-1-0	0.86	22.83	17	14.16	6.08	-0.08
8	Colorado	Big 8	6-1-1	0.75	22.37	8.12	14.79	5.53	0.47
9	Florida	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	22.15	18.14	10.11	6.15	-0.15
10	Tennessee	SEC	4-1-2	0.57	22.11	25.14	14.62	6.56	-2.56
11	BYU	Western Athletic	5-1-0	0.83	21.83	16	12.53	4.64	0.36
12	Ole Miss	SEC	6-1-0	0.86	21.8	7.57	11.83	4.79	1.21
13	Louisville	FBS Independents	6-1-1	0.75	21.7	12.88	9.04	6.63	-0.63
14	Central Michigan	Mid-American	6-1-1	0.75	21.69	15.25	8.33	7.38	-1.38
15	Toledo	Mid-American	6-1-0	0.86	21.62	7.57	9.61	4.99	1.01
16	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-1-0	0.83	21.41	10.83	12.1	4.29	0.71
17	Iowa	Big Ten	5-1-0	0.83	21.2	10.33	11.08	4.27	0.73
18	Illinois	Big Ten	5-1-0	0.83	21.08	11.83	9.68	4.65	0.35
19	Texas	Southwest	4-1-0	0.8	21.08	9.2	15.41	3.71	0.29
20	Fresno State	Big West	6-1-1	0.75	20.97	11.62	5.29	6.04	-0.04
21	Indiana	Big Ten	4-1-1	0.67	20.82	22.17	7.71	5.5	-1.5
22	TCU	Southwest	5-1-0	0.83	20.37	8.67	6.48	4.1	0.9
23	Clemson	ACC	6-2-0	0.75	19.98	18.75	12.25	7.34	-1.34
24	Oklahoma	Big 8	5-2-0	0.71	18.81	18.43	9.38	5.99	-0.99
25	Miami	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	18.75	13.67	16.95	4.61	-0.61
26	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	6-2-0	0.75	18.61	6.75	8.41	5.94	0.06
27	Oregon	Pac-10	5-2-0	0.71	18.58	15.43	10.09	5.62	-0.62
28	San José State	Big West	5-2-1	0.62	18.47	9.25	12.03	5.61	-0.61
29	USC	Pac-10	5-2-0	0.71	18.17	2.86	13.95	3.98	1.02
30	Arizona	Pac-10	5-2-0	0.71	18.07	4.14	13.27	4.2	0.8
31	Penn State	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.97	13.67	13.44	4.96	-0.96
32	Florida State	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.72	13.33	10.02	4.61	-0.61
33	South Carolina	FBS Independents	4-2-0	0.67	17.41	8.33	9.88	4.24	-0.24
34	Texas A&M	Southwest	4-2-1	0.57	17.4	12.29	9.15	5.37	-1.37
35	North Carolina	ACC	4-2-1	0.57	17.13	6.57	10.61	4.87	-0.87
36	LSU	SEC	4-2-0	0.67	16.75	3.83	11.05	3.69	0.31
37	California	Pac-10	5-2-0	0.71	16.35	-0.29	12.14	3.46	1.54
38	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	5-3-0	0.62	16.11	9.75	10.01	5.58	-0.58
39	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-2-1	0.5	16.01	8	14.93	4.17	-1.17
40	Syracuse	FBS Independents	3-2-2	0.43	15.72	9	11.69	5.05	-2.05
41	Colorado State	Western Athletic	5-3-0	0.62	15.37	5.75	7.31	5	0
42	Louisiana Tech	FBS Independents	4-3-0	0.57	14.91	13	7.28	5.64	-1.64
43	Kansas State	Big 8	4-3-0	0.57	14.39	5.57	6.67	4.41	-0.41
44	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-2-0	0.67	14.27	-4	12.26	2.34	1.66
45	Michigan	Big Ten	3-3-0	0.5	14.19	13.83	13.46	4.7	-1.7
46	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-3-0	0.57	13.99	2	10.53	3.88	0.12
47	Maryland	ACC	5-3-0	0.62	13.92	-1.75	14.77	3.57	1.43
48	NC State	ACC	4-4-0	0.5	13.69	10.5	11.02	6.31	-2.31
49	Alabama	SEC	3-3-0	0.5	13.54	7.5	14.12	4.23	-1.23
50	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	3-3-1	0.43	12.9	2.29	12.9	3.88	-0.88
51	West Virginia	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	12.73	3.67	9.87	3.6	-0.6
52	Iowa State	Big 8	3-3-1	0.43	12.47	2.14	11.68	3.82	-0.82
53	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	3-3-0	0.5	12.43	6	5.23	4.06	-1.06
54	Memphis	FBS Independents	3-3-1	0.43	12.24	1.14	9.43	3.73	-0.73
55	Georgia	SEC	4-3-0	0.57	11.91	-5	13.2	2.48	1.52
56	Army	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	11.8	6.17	0	3.84	-0.84
57	Baylor	Southwest	3-3-1	0.43	11.15	-0.71	10.9	3.35	-0.35
58	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-3-1	0.33	10.95	2.83	16.26	3.52	-1.52
59	Mississippi State	SEC	3-3-0	0.5	10.84	-1.67	13.15	2.72	0.28
60	Rice	Southwest	3-4-0	0.43	10.84	2.14	12.54	3.87	-0.87
61	Boston College	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	10.43	-4.33	11.24	2.34	0.66
62	Washington State	Pac-10	3-4-0	0.43	10.32	0.14	16.61	3.52	-0.52
63	Ball State	Mid-American	3-4-0	0.43	10.16	1	5.55	3.78	-0.78
64	Temple	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	10.02	-4.33	9.72	2.34	0.66
65	UNLV	Big West	4-4-0	0.5	9.97	-3	3.56	3.45	0.55
66	Akron	FBS Independents	3-4-1	0.38	9.48	-0.38	5.37	3.92	-0.92
67	Navy	FBS Independents	3-3-0	0.5	9.43	-8.83	6.74	1.66	1.34
68	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	9.34	-1.71	11.91	3.21	-0.21
69	Missouri	Big 8	3-4-0	0.43	9.07	-3.57	17.54	2.98	0.02
70	UCLA	Pac-10	3-4-0	0.43	8.86	-4.57	13.33	2.86	0.14
71	Air Force	Western Athletic	3-4-0	0.43	8.65	-4.29	10.88	2.76	0.24
72	Utah	Western Athletic	3-4-0	0.43	8.65	-4.29	13.24	2.64	0.36
73	Pacific	Big West	3-4-0	0.43	8.59	-2.29	7.53	3.22	-0.22
74	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-4-0	0.43	8.41	-7.43	13.37	1.98	1.02
75	Duke	ACC	3-4-0	0.43	8.3	-8.14	11.35	2.08	0.92
76	Louisiana	FBS Independents	3-4-0	0.43	8.1	-5	6.59	2.58	0.42
77	Arkansas State	FBS Independents	3-4-1	0.38	7.87	-11	7.66	1.82	1.18
78	East Carolina	FBS Independents	3-5-0	0.38	7.76	-2.62	12.91	3.48	-0.48
79	San Diego State	Western Athletic	2-4-0	0.33	6.86	-2.67	15.42	2.75	-0.75
80	Long Beach State	Big West	3-5-0	0.38	6.65	-11.75	7.67	1.99	1.01
81	UTEP	Western Athletic	3-5-0	0.38	6.57	-14.5	9.07	1.52	1.48
82	Arkansas	Southwest	2-4-0	0.33	6.47	-5.5	13.78	2.35	-0.35
83	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-4-1	0.29	6.31	-3.29	11.13	2.62	-0.62
84	Arizona State	Pac-10	2-4-0	0.33	6.24	-7.33	14.48	1.93	0.07
85	Stanford	Pac-10	2-5-0	0.29	5.98	-3.29	16.56	3.01	-1.01
86	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-4-0	0.33	5.81	-7.5	12.07	1.99	0.01
87	Kentucky	SEC	2-5-0	0.29	5.29	-7.29	16.24	2.2	-0.2
88	Wake Forest	ACC	2-5-0	0.29	5.27	-6	10.89	2.55	-0.55
89	Texas Tech	Southwest	2-5-0	0.29	5.22	-6.71	12.84	2.6	-0.6
90	Oklahoma State	Big 8	2-5-0	0.29	4.85	-12	14.01	1.43	0.57
91	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-5-0	0.29	4.68	-12.86	11.3	1.43	0.57
92	Rutgers	FBS Independents	2-5-0	0.29	4.58	-13.71	9.62	1.15	0.85
93	Tulane	FBS Independents	2-6-0	0.25	4.23	-7.12	12.32	2.54	-0.54
94	New Mexico	Western Athletic	2-6-0	0.25	4.21	-7.75	13.09	2.6	-0.6
95	Utah State	Big West	1-4-1	0.17	2.49	-15.33	12.8	1	0
96	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-5-0	0.17	1.93	-12.17	12.38	1.3	-0.3
97	Ohio	Mid-American	1-5-1	0.14	1.87	-11.86	6.32	1.62	-0.62
98	Purdue	Big Ten	1-5-0	0.17	1.8	-15	13.15	0.8	0.2
99	Kansas	Big 8	1-5-1	0.14	1.79	-16.29	17.71	1.24	-0.24
100	SMU	Southwest	1-5-0	0.17	1.74	-14.83	9.13	1.21	-0.21
101	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-5-0	0.17	1.33	-26.83	13.21	0.61	0.39
102	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	1-6-0	0.14	0.86	-19.14	9.77	1.02	-0.02
103	Oregon State	Pac-10	1-6-0	0.14	0.85	-19	9.01	0.98	0.02
104	Kent State	Mid-American	1-6-0	0.14	0.76	-16.14	10.71	1.12	-0.12
105	Tulsa	FBS Independents	1-7-0	0.12	0.56	-15.38	10.58	1.21	-0.21
106	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	1-7-0	0.12	0.36	-20	10.63	1.26	-0.26
107	New Mexico State	Big West	0-7-0	0	-2.5	-21.43	10.83	0.87	-0.87