Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:17.552337+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yale | FBS Independents | 8-0-0 | 1 | 26.08 | 25.38 | 9.96 | 8 | 0 |
| 2 | LSU | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.82 | 17.33 | 10.95 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Nebraska | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 24.85 | 20.5 | 4.8 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 24.79 | 13 | 7.85 | 2 | -1 |
| 5 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.59 | 24.33 | 3.29 | 2.98 | 0.02 |
| 6 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.45 | 22 | 3.29 | 3.91 | 0.09 |
| 7 | Michigan | Western | 6-0-0 | 1 | 24.44 | 69.67 | -1.58 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | Wisconsin | Western | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.28 | 33.2 | 0.69 | 4.99 | 0.01 |
| 9 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 8-0-0 | 1 | 24.27 | 14.62 | 3.18 | 7.94 | 0.06 |
| 10 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 24.21 | 17.6 | 2.1 | 5 | -1 |
| 11 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 24.14 | 5.5 | 5.57 | 2 | -1 |
| 12 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 23.96 | 20.57 | 0.91 | 7 | 0 |
| 13 | Chicago | Western | 11-0-0 | 1 | 23.94 | 19.82 | 0.61 | 10.99 | 0.01 |
| 14 | Illinois | Western | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 22.17 | 25.5 | 3.24 | 7.95 | -0.95 |
| 15 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 22.01 | 15.25 | -7.9 | 3.95 | 0.05 |
| 16 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 21.95 | 27 | -10 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | Colorado School Of Mines | FBS Independents | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 21.93 | 14 | -8.04 | 3.95 | -0.95 |
| 18 | Minnesota | Western | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 21.8 | 24.12 | 4.92 | 8 | -2 |
| 19 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 21.7 | 18.4 | -10 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.6 | 31.29 | -2.83 | 6.99 | -0.99 |
| 21 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.37 | 29 | -0.22 | 5.97 | -0.97 |
| 22 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.24 | 19.33 | -0.67 | 5.91 | -0.91 |
| 23 | Knox College | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.23 | 21.5 | 0.56 | 6 | -1 |
| 24 | Colorado | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.94 | 7.4 | 7.18 | 4.56 | -0.56 |
| 25 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 19.86 | 10.4 | 8.71 | 4.91 | -1.91 |
| 26 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 19.63 | 21.83 | -4.49 | 5.95 | -0.95 |
| 27 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.58 | 18.4 | 0.9 | 4.79 | -0.79 |
| 28 | Army | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.27 | 9 | 9.55 | 3.81 | -0.81 |
| 29 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 19.03 | 9.67 | 1.88 | 8.43 | -1.43 |
| 30 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.64 | 11 | 4.59 | 3.61 | -0.61 |
| 31 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 18.64 | 7.5 | 14.74 | 3.83 | -1.83 |
| 32 | Kansas | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 18.44 | 6.2 | -3.26 | 4.02 | -0.02 |
| 33 | Iowa | Western | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.44 | 2.25 | 6.54 | 2.48 | 0.52 |
| 34 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.22 | 12.5 | 1.51 | 3.85 | -0.85 |
| 35 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.49 | 38.33 | 1.9 | 2.96 | -0.96 |
| 36 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.9 | 13 | 0.94 | 2.91 | -0.91 |
| 37 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 16.85 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 2.75 | 0.25 |
| 38 | Northwestern | Western | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 16.79 | 5.86 | -0.97 | 6.13 | -1.13 |
| 39 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.77 | 18.83 | 1.19 | 5.87 | -1.87 |
| 40 | Texas | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 16.58 | 5.5 | 5.07 | 3.72 | -1.72 |
| 41 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.4 | 10 | 3.79 | 2.53 | -0.53 |
| 42 | Iowa State | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.14 | 18.4 | -2.12 | 4.8 | -1.8 |
| 43 | Purdue | Western | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.99 | 8.6 | 3.63 | 3.89 | -0.89 |
| 44 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 14.83 | 14.33 | 3.24 | 5.63 | -2.63 |
| 45 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.82 | 5.2 | 2.25 | 4.07 | -1.07 |
| 46 | Beloit | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.01 | 2.4 | 3.01 | 2.91 | 0.09 |
| 47 | Massachusetts | FBS Independents | 1-1-2 | 0.25 | 13.69 | 7.25 | 11.63 | 3.94 | -2.94 |
| 48 | Drake | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.92 | 7.25 | 2.57 | 3.49 | -1.49 |
| 49 | Brown | FBS Independents | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 12.58 | -0.4 | 18.55 | 2.22 | -0.22 |
| 50 | Amherst | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.57 | 0.33 | 18.67 | 3.13 | -0.13 |
| 51 | Colorado State | FBS Independents | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 12.14 | 4.67 | -0.3 | 2.45 | -1.45 |
| 52 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 10.84 | -0.33 | 4.52 | 1.35 | -0.35 |
| 53 | Vermont | FBS Independents | 2-3-2 | 0.29 | 10.68 | 3 | 9.62 | 4.71 | -2.71 |
| 54 | Furman | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 10.65 | -4 | 9.82 | 0.92 | 2.08 |
| 55 | Indiana | Western | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.1 | -5.25 | 5.62 | 1.27 | 0.73 |
| 56 | Wesleyan (CT) | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 9.85 | -6 | 8.63 | 1.34 | 1.66 |
| 57 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.97 | -2.4 | 3.88 | 1.5 | 0.5 |
| 58 | Colorado College | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.43 | -2.33 | -0.3 | 1.04 | -0.04 |
| 59 | Simpson College (IA) | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.06 | -4.67 | 17.04 | 0.41 | 0.59 |
| 60 | Washington University (St. Louis) | FBS Independents | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 6.04 | -6.75 | 5.2 | 0.89 | 0.11 |
| 61 | Missouri | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 5.95 | -15.67 | 14.12 | 0.06 | 0.94 |
| 62 | Tufts | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.59 | -8.33 | 8.07 | 0.53 | 1.47 |
| 63 | NC State | FBS Independents | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 4.91 | -0.8 | 10.2 | 2.03 | -1.03 |
| 64 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.43 | -5 | 4.72 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 | Navy | FBS Independents | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 4.43 | -3.4 | 16.4 | 0.71 | 0.29 |
| 66 | Grinnell | FBS Independents | 1-3-2 | 0.17 | 3.99 | -3.5 | 5.08 | 1.33 | -0.33 |
| 67 | Williams | FBS Independents | 1-5-1 | 0.14 | 1.93 | -13.14 | 11.88 | 0.08 | 0.92 |
| 68 | Denver | FBS Independents | 0-3-1 | 0 | -1.88 | -9.75 | 5.32 | 0.09 | -0.09 |
| 69 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.04 | -15 | 0.82 | 0.03 | -0.03 |
| 70 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.16 | -16.4 | 1.01 | 0.03 | -0.03 |
| 71 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 0-2-1 | 0 | -2.65 | -17 | 24.94 | 0.05 | -0.05 |
| 72 | Union (NY) | FBS Independents | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.8 | -32.5 | 6.99 | 0 | 0 |