Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:17.482989+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 12-0-0 | 1 | 25.37 | 19.17 | 12.87 | 11.96 | 0.04 |
| 2 | Wisconsin | Western | 9-0-0 | 1 | 24.25 | 34.67 | 5.11 | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | Michigan | Western | 11-0-0 | 1 | 24.1 | 50 | 3.05 | 11 | 0 |
| 4 | Yale | FBS Independents | 11-1-1 | 0.85 | 23.05 | 16.46 | 10.89 | 12.86 | -1.86 |
| 5 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 10-1-0 | 0.91 | 22.05 | 22.18 | 5.46 | 10.86 | -0.86 |
| 6 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 11-1-0 | 0.92 | 21.91 | 26.5 | 2.85 | 11.99 | -0.99 |
| 7 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 9-1-1 | 0.82 | 21.71 | 20.27 | 5.12 | 10.96 | -1.96 |
| 8 | Minnesota | Western | 9-1-1 | 0.82 | 21.15 | 15 | 3.21 | 10.96 | -1.96 |
| 9 | Army | FBS Independents | 5-1-2 | 0.62 | 21.02 | 9.5 | 13.36 | 7.77 | -2.77 |
| 10 | Massachusetts | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 20.48 | 6.67 | 3.69 | 8.41 | -0.41 |
| 11 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 8-1-1 | 0.8 | 20.27 | 12.6 | 0.11 | 9.92 | -1.92 |
| 12 | Grinnell | FBS Independents | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 20.22 | 13.78 | 0.7 | 8.85 | -1.85 |
| 13 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 20.05 | 9.22 | 1.23 | 8.35 | -1.35 |
| 14 | Illinois | Western | 8-2-0 | 0.8 | 19.63 | 20.4 | 5.6 | 9.87 | -1.87 |
| 15 | Northwestern | Western | 8-2-1 | 0.73 | 19.27 | 7.64 | 7.66 | 9.37 | -1.37 |
| 16 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.46 | 16.89 | 1.8 | 8.85 | -1.85 |
| 17 | Nebraska | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.3 | 13.22 | 1.86 | 8.49 | -1.49 |
| 18 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 9-3-0 | 0.75 | 17.24 | 12.17 | -0.62 | 10.83 | -1.83 |
| 19 | Indiana | Western | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.19 | 14.11 | 2.99 | 8.05 | -2.05 |
| 20 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 10-5-0 | 0.67 | 16.16 | 5.4 | 7.51 | 11.55 | -1.55 |
| 21 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 8-5-0 | 0.62 | 14.98 | 5.15 | 7.12 | 10.23 | -2.23 |
| 22 | Williams | FBS Independents | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 14.92 | 6.7 | 8.85 | 8.77 | -2.77 |
| 23 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 14.32 | 3.38 | 3.79 | 5.21 | -0.21 |
| 24 | Navy | FBS Independents | 6-4-1 | 0.55 | 14.16 | 2.91 | 6.8 | 7.56 | -1.56 |
| 25 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 13.93 | 9.9 | -1.42 | 9.38 | -3.38 |
| 26 | Iowa | Western | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 13.67 | -3.33 | 7.98 | 2.95 | 3.05 |
| 27 | Beloit | FBS Independents | 5-3-3 | 0.45 | 13.06 | -0.55 | 5.26 | 5.25 | -0.25 |
| 28 | Chicago | Western | 8-6-2 | 0.5 | 12.99 | 2.75 | 2.47 | 10.64 | -2.64 |
| 29 | Purdue | Western | 4-4-1 | 0.44 | 12.46 | 8 | 5.4 | 7.67 | -3.67 |
| 30 | Drake | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 12.42 | 9.88 | 3.62 | 7.56 | -3.56 |
| 31 | Tufts | FBS Independents | 6-6-1 | 0.46 | 10.72 | -0.31 | 6.61 | 6.21 | -0.21 |
| 32 | Bates | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.46 | -1.33 | 8.8 | 2.36 | 0.64 |
| 33 | Vermont | FBS Independents | 5-5-1 | 0.45 | 9.62 | -2.27 | 1.76 | 4.48 | 0.52 |
| 34 | Amherst | FBS Independents | 4-6-2 | 0.33 | 8.23 | -1.17 | 7.77 | 4.96 | -0.96 |
| 35 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 5-7-1 | 0.38 | 8.21 | -2.62 | 6.82 | 4.8 | 0.2 |
| 36 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 4-6-0 | 0.4 | 7.43 | -3 | 2.58 | 3.18 | 0.82 |
| 37 | Kansas | FBS Independents | 3-5-2 | 0.3 | 6.48 | -5.5 | -0.34 | 2.48 | 0.52 |
| 38 | Wesleyan (CT) | FBS Independents | 3-6-1 | 0.3 | 6.05 | -5.7 | 12.59 | 1.26 | 1.74 |
| 39 | Brown | FBS Independents | 4-7-1 | 0.33 | 6.03 | -11.83 | 8.7 | 0.81 | 3.19 |
| 40 | Iowa State | FBS Independents | 2-6-2 | 0.2 | 3.83 | -7.7 | 6.93 | 1.14 | 0.86 |
| 41 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 2-7-0 | 0.22 | 3.07 | -8.89 | 6.67 | 0.35 | 1.65 |
| 42 | Bowdoin | FBS Independents | 2-7-0 | 0.22 | 2.95 | -10.11 | 5.49 | 1.29 | 0.71 |
| 43 | Trinity (CT) | FBS Independents | 1-6-1 | 0.12 | 1.19 | -11.12 | 8.92 | 0.18 | 0.82 |
| 44 | Missouri | FBS Independents | 1-6-1 | 0.12 | 0.86 | -15.75 | -1.59 | 0.15 | 0.85 |
| 45 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 1-11-0 | 0.08 | -0.61 | -21 | 8.08 | 0.04 | 0.96 |