Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:17.482177+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 12-0-0 | 1 | 25.69 | 19.17 | 13.08 | 11.96 | 0.04 |
| 2 | Michigan | Western | 10-0-0 | 1 | 24.67 | 50.1 | 4.52 | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | Wisconsin | Western | 9-0-0 | 1 | 24.54 | 34.67 | 5.24 | 9 | 0 |
| 4 | Yale | FBS Independents | 11-1-1 | 0.85 | 23.34 | 16.46 | 11.08 | 12.86 | -1.86 |
| 5 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 10-1-0 | 0.91 | 22.31 | 22.18 | 5.58 | 10.86 | -0.86 |
| 6 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 11-1-0 | 0.92 | 22.17 | 26.5 | 2.96 | 11.99 | -0.99 |
| 7 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 9-1-1 | 0.82 | 21.97 | 20.27 | 5.26 | 10.96 | -1.96 |
| 8 | Minnesota | Western | 9-1-1 | 0.82 | 21.41 | 15 | 3.37 | 10.96 | -1.96 |
| 9 | Army | FBS Independents | 5-1-2 | 0.62 | 21.29 | 9.5 | 13.59 | 7.77 | -2.77 |
| 10 | Massachusetts | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 20.72 | 6.67 | 3.8 | 8.41 | -0.41 |
| 11 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 8-1-1 | 0.8 | 20.51 | 12.6 | 0.21 | 9.92 | -1.92 |
| 12 | Grinnell | FBS Independents | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 20.47 | 13.78 | 0.81 | 8.85 | -1.85 |
| 13 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 20.29 | 9.22 | 1.33 | 8.35 | -1.35 |
| 14 | Illinois | Western | 8-2-0 | 0.8 | 19.88 | 20.4 | 5.78 | 9.87 | -1.87 |
| 15 | Northwestern | Western | 8-2-1 | 0.73 | 19.52 | 7.64 | 7.85 | 9.37 | -1.37 |
| 16 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.68 | 16.89 | 1.9 | 8.85 | -1.85 |
| 17 | Nebraska | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.51 | 13.22 | 1.94 | 8.49 | -1.49 |
| 18 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 9-3-0 | 0.75 | 17.44 | 12.17 | -0.54 | 10.83 | -1.83 |
| 19 | Indiana | Western | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.39 | 14.11 | 3.14 | 8.05 | -2.05 |
| 20 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 10-5-0 | 0.67 | 16.37 | 5.4 | 7.69 | 11.55 | -1.55 |
| 21 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 8-5-0 | 0.62 | 15.17 | 5.15 | 7.3 | 10.23 | -2.23 |
| 22 | Williams | FBS Independents | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 15.11 | 6.7 | 9.03 | 8.77 | -2.77 |
| 23 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 14.5 | 3.38 | 3.94 | 5.21 | -0.21 |
| 24 | Navy | FBS Independents | 6-4-1 | 0.55 | 14.34 | 2.91 | 6.97 | 7.56 | -1.56 |
| 25 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 14.09 | 9.9 | -1.34 | 9.38 | -3.38 |
| 26 | Iowa | Western | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 13.86 | -3.33 | 8.19 | 2.95 | 3.05 |
| 27 | Beloit | FBS Independents | 5-3-3 | 0.45 | 13.22 | -0.55 | 5.42 | 5.25 | -0.25 |
| 28 | Chicago | Western | 8-6-2 | 0.5 | 13.15 | 2.75 | 2.61 | 10.64 | -2.64 |
| 29 | Purdue | Western | 4-4-1 | 0.44 | 12.62 | 8 | 5.56 | 7.67 | -3.67 |
| 30 | Drake | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 12.57 | 9.88 | 3.76 | 7.56 | -3.56 |
| 31 | Tufts | FBS Independents | 6-6-1 | 0.46 | 10.85 | -0.31 | 6.76 | 6.21 | -0.21 |
| 32 | Bates | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.6 | -1.33 | 8.98 | 2.36 | 0.64 |
| 33 | Vermont | FBS Independents | 5-5-1 | 0.45 | 9.73 | -2.27 | 1.87 | 4.48 | 0.52 |
| 34 | Amherst | FBS Independents | 4-6-2 | 0.33 | 8.33 | -1.17 | 7.92 | 4.96 | -0.96 |
| 35 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 5-7-1 | 0.38 | 8.32 | -2.62 | 7 | 4.8 | 0.2 |
| 36 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 4-6-0 | 0.4 | 7.52 | -3 | 2.72 | 3.18 | 0.82 |
| 37 | Kansas | FBS Independents | 3-5-2 | 0.3 | 6.56 | -5.5 | -0.28 | 2.48 | 0.52 |
| 38 | Wesleyan (CT) | FBS Independents | 3-6-1 | 0.3 | 6.13 | -5.7 | 12.8 | 1.26 | 1.74 |
| 39 | Brown | FBS Independents | 4-7-1 | 0.33 | 6.11 | -11.83 | 8.89 | 0.81 | 3.19 |
| 40 | Iowa State | FBS Independents | 2-6-2 | 0.2 | 3.88 | -7.7 | 7.12 | 1.14 | 0.86 |
| 41 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 2-7-0 | 0.22 | 3.11 | -8.89 | 6.83 | 0.35 | 1.65 |
| 42 | Bowdoin | FBS Independents | 2-7-0 | 0.22 | 2.99 | -10.11 | 5.65 | 1.29 | 0.71 |
| 43 | Trinity (CT) | FBS Independents | 1-6-1 | 0.12 | 1.2 | -11.12 | 9.1 | 0.18 | 0.82 |
| 44 | Missouri | FBS Independents | 1-6-1 | 0.12 | 0.86 | -15.75 | -1.53 | 0.15 | 0.85 |
| 45 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 1-11-0 | 0.08 | -0.61 | -21 | 8.27 | 0.04 | 0.96 |