Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:17.480392+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yale | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 29.17 | 17.67 | 14.39 | 2.99 | 0.01 |
| 2 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 27.29 | 27 | 1.18 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 27.16 | 17 | 4.52 | 2.99 | 0.01 |
| 4 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.48 | 24.33 | 2.26 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | Grinnell | FBS Independents | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 26.43 | 5.67 | 4.4 | 2.91 | -0.91 |
| 6 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.21 | 12.67 | 0.2 | 2.97 | 0.03 |
| 7 | Northwestern | Western | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.19 | 28.75 | -10 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | Beloit | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.97 | 20.67 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | Nebraska | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.83 | 18.67 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | Massachusetts | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.8 | 11.5 | -5.54 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Michigan | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.69 | 53.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Illinois | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.62 | 45.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | Wisconsin | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.56 | 44 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.41 | 35 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | Indiana | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.39 | 37 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Purdue | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.27 | 34.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Minnesota | Western | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 24.09 | 19.5 | -10 | 4 | -1 |
| 18 | Iowa State | FBS Independents | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 23.3 | 11.5 | 7.87 | 2 | -1 |
| 19 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 21.51 | 37 | -5.72 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Chicago | Western | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.39 | 14 | -10 | 6.97 | -0.97 |
| 21 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 21.1 | 11.25 | -2.04 | 3.72 | -0.72 |
| 22 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 21.06 | 38.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | Iowa | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.6 | 16 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Army | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.58 | 20 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Vermont | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.44 | 43 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.69 | 11 | 1.9 | 2.68 | -0.68 |
| 27 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 19.6 | 3 | -10 | 2 | -1 |
| 28 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.1 | 4 | 0.93 | 2.56 | -0.56 |
| 29 | Brown | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.86 | 2.67 | 5.08 | 2.07 | -0.07 |
| 30 | Drake | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 16.52 | 14 | 7.87 | 1.97 | -0.97 |
| 31 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15.55 | 3.5 | 8.96 | 1.41 | -0.41 |
| 32 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 14.31 | 9 | -6.94 | 2.96 | -0.96 |
| 33 | Amherst | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.21 | 0 | 8.1 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Tufts | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.27 | -9.5 | 13.29 | 0.15 | 0.85 |
| 35 | Kansas | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 10.01 | 7.5 | -10 | 1.49 | -0.49 |
| 36 | Wesleyan (CT) | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 9.98 | -1.5 | 6.79 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
| 37 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 9.94 | -1 | 7.3 | 0.85 | 0.15 |
| 38 | Navy | FBS Independents | 0-0-1 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | -10 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Bowdoin | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.74 | -12 | 26.11 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Missouri | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.04 | -17 | -10 | 0.03 | -0.03 |
| 41 | Williams | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.04 | -10.5 | 13.71 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Bates | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.26 | -10 | 26.11 | 0.09 | -0.09 |
| 43 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.68 | -12 | 23.53 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Trinity (CT) | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.71 | -23 | 13.44 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.72 | -22 | 7.85 | 0 | 0 |