Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:17.480589+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yale | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 27.13 | 20.2 | 7.03 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 26.16 | 21 | 3.17 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | Michigan | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.06 | 46.67 | 1.46 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Wisconsin | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.02 | 42.67 | 1.66 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 25.99 | 13.4 | 4.5 | 4.99 | 0.01 |
| 6 | Grinnell | FBS Independents | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 25.56 | 5.75 | 4.96 | 3.78 | -0.78 |
| 7 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.43 | 27.33 | 2.43 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | Massachusetts | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.37 | 9.67 | 3.31 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | Purdue | Western | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 25.33 | 23 | 0.46 | 2.99 | -0.99 |
| 10 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.08 | 35.25 | -0.53 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | Iowa State | FBS Independents | 1-0-2 | 0.33 | 24.82 | 7.67 | 2.14 | 3 | -2 |
| 12 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.81 | 27.2 | -4.18 | 5 | 0 |
| 13 | Iowa | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.75 | 8.5 | 3.26 | 1.94 | 0.06 |
| 14 | Northwestern | Western | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.58 | 23.4 | -4.08 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | Minnesota | Western | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 24.52 | 19.4 | -3.03 | 5 | -1 |
| 16 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.93 | 35 | -8.18 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | Illinois | Western | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.58 | 33.75 | -10 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | Army | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.41 | 18.5 | -6.36 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 21.24 | 19 | 4.98 | 3.99 | -0.99 |
| 20 | Chicago | Western | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 21.07 | 13.33 | -6.19 | 8.94 | -1.94 |
| 21 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.39 | 9.2 | 0.93 | 4.55 | -0.55 |
| 22 | Nebraska | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.51 | 9.25 | -1.48 | 3.71 | -0.71 |
| 23 | Beloit | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.23 | 5.5 | -1.36 | 2.95 | 0.05 |
| 24 | Indiana | Western | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.52 | 13.67 | 1.56 | 2.54 | -0.54 |
| 25 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.9 | 11 | 2.39 | 2.68 | -0.68 |
| 26 | Vermont | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.94 | 29 | -10 | 2.98 | -0.98 |
| 27 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.55 | 4.33 | 0.37 | 2.41 | -0.41 |
| 28 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 15.68 | 2.33 | 1.6 | 1.97 | 0.03 |
| 29 | Kansas | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 14.92 | 8.67 | -10 | 2.41 | -0.41 |
| 30 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.96 | 2.75 | 6.9 | 3.06 | -1.06 |
| 31 | Brown | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 13.94 | -3.4 | 6.35 | 1.38 | 1.62 |
| 32 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 13.2 | 1.33 | 1.73 | 2.79 | -1.79 |
| 33 | Amherst | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.07 | 1 | 8.85 | 2.49 | -0.49 |
| 34 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.71 | 2.25 | 1.04 | 2.75 | -0.75 |
| 35 | Drake | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 11.15 | 9 | 12.34 | 2.83 | -1.83 |
| 36 | Navy | FBS Independents | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 10.68 | 0.67 | 3.06 | 1.63 | -0.63 |
| 37 | Bates | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 9.91 | -2 | 11.77 | 0.67 | 0.33 |
| 38 | Williams | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.92 | 2.67 | 10.17 | 2.05 | -1.05 |
| 39 | Tufts | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.23 | -13.67 | 20.22 | 0.06 | 0.94 |
| 40 | Wesleyan (CT) | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 5.13 | -8.25 | 14.31 | 0 | 1 |
| 41 | Missouri | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.95 | -13.5 | -10 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 42 | Bowdoin | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.13 | -12 | 8.11 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.6 | -20 | 7.89 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.72 | -21 | 12.7 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Trinity (CT) | FBS Independents | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.93 | -21 | 23.75 | 0 | 0 |