Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:17.648973+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 11-0-0 | 1 | 25.78 | 23 | 14.49 | 11 | 0 |
| 2 | Nebraska | FBS Independents | 11-0-0 | 1 | 24.15 | 24.91 | 6.04 | 10.99 | 0.01 |
| 3 | Michigan | Western | 11-0-1 | 0.92 | 23.94 | 46.58 | 2.76 | 12 | -1 |
| 4 | Minnesota | Western | 14-0-1 | 0.93 | 23.69 | 40.4 | 2.05 | 15 | -1 |
| 5 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 9-1-0 | 0.9 | 23.05 | 21.9 | 12.41 | 9.96 | -0.96 |
| 6 | Yale | FBS Independents | 11-1-0 | 0.92 | 22.99 | 23.83 | 9.31 | 11.97 | -0.97 |
| 7 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 21.88 | 22 | 10.96 | 7.98 | -1.98 |
| 8 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 9-1-0 | 0.9 | 21.68 | 10.5 | 7.82 | 9.49 | -0.49 |
| 9 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.28 | 21.12 | 5.19 | 7.99 | -0.99 |
| 10 | Chicago | Western | 12-2-1 | 0.8 | 21.26 | 23.47 | 7.13 | 14.84 | -2.84 |
| 11 | Northwestern | Western | 10-1-3 | 0.71 | 20.82 | 11.57 | 1.39 | 13.28 | -3.28 |
| 12 | Iowa State | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 20.62 | 15.89 | 1.41 | 8.54 | -0.54 |
| 13 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 11-2-1 | 0.79 | 20.54 | 15.86 | 5.92 | 13.73 | -2.73 |
| 14 | Texas | FBS Independents | 5-1-2 | 0.62 | 20.51 | 12.88 | 9.18 | 7.8 | -2.8 |
| 15 | Colorado State | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.34 | 7.14 | 6.62 | 6.11 | -0.11 |
| 16 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 9-2-1 | 0.75 | 20.19 | 23.83 | 5.93 | 11.89 | -2.89 |
| 17 | Cumberland (TN) | FBS Independents | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 20 | 18.83 | 8.47 | 5.95 | -1.95 |
| 18 | Colorado | FBS Independents | 8-2-0 | 0.8 | 19.72 | 14.3 | 7.97 | 9.56 | -1.56 |
| 19 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 19.59 | 24.17 | 4.82 | 5.95 | -1.95 |
| 20 | Iowa | Western | 9-2-0 | 0.82 | 19.54 | 6.27 | 7.65 | 8.5 | 0.5 |
| 21 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 19.37 | 14.5 | 1.81 | 5.88 | -0.88 |
| 22 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 9-3-0 | 0.75 | 19.32 | 26.08 | 9.61 | 11.86 | -2.86 |
| 23 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 8-2-0 | 0.8 | 19.29 | 10.5 | 6.61 | 9 | -1 |
| 24 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 19.19 | 9 | 9.47 | 8.17 | -1.17 |
| 25 | Army | FBS Independents | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 18.75 | 14.56 | 8.75 | 8.8 | -2.8 |
| 26 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 9-3-0 | 0.75 | 18.51 | 7.58 | 10.21 | 10.82 | -1.82 |
| 27 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 8-2-0 | 0.8 | 18.31 | 20.4 | -2.28 | 9.9 | -1.9 |
| 28 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 7-2-1 | 0.7 | 18.07 | 14.3 | 0.26 | 9.8 | -2.8 |
| 29 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 7-3-0 | 0.7 | 16.95 | 14.5 | 3.92 | 9.62 | -2.62 |
| 30 | Wisconsin | Western | 6-3-1 | 0.6 | 16.95 | 23.8 | 5.98 | 9.73 | -3.73 |
| 31 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 7-3-0 | 0.7 | 16.3 | 11.1 | 0.65 | 9.07 | -2.07 |
| 32 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.1 | 7.22 | 5.83 | 7.39 | -1.39 |
| 33 | Amherst | FBS Independents | 7-3-0 | 0.7 | 16.04 | 3 | 4.64 | 6.95 | 0.05 |
| 34 | Kansas | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16 | 8.78 | 4.13 | 8.39 | -2.39 |
| 35 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 7-3-1 | 0.64 | 15.77 | 2.82 | 2.83 | 8.04 | -1.04 |
| 36 | Drake | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.56 | 9.62 | 8.62 | 6.45 | -1.45 |
| 37 | Purdue | Western | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 15.47 | 6.5 | 1.68 | 4.82 | -0.82 |
| 38 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 6-3-1 | 0.6 | 15.11 | 1.7 | 4.67 | 5.9 | 0.1 |
| 39 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.04 | 13.12 | 2.85 | 7.08 | -2.08 |
| 40 | Lombard | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 14.94 | 6.88 | 5.49 | 5.83 | -0.83 |
| 41 | Illinois | Western | 8-6-0 | 0.57 | 14.73 | 16.79 | 7.68 | 13.04 | -5.04 |
| 42 | Williams | FBS Independents | 6-4-1 | 0.55 | 13.82 | 2.09 | 5.6 | 7.07 | -1.07 |
| 43 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 7-5-0 | 0.58 | 13.75 | 6.5 | 3.03 | 10.05 | -3.05 |
| 44 | Swarthmore | FBS Independents | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 13.72 | 3.2 | 2.82 | 7.16 | -1.16 |
| 45 | Massachusetts | FBS Independents | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 13.69 | 6.33 | 6.42 | 7.84 | -2.84 |
| 46 | Colorado School Of Mines | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 13.67 | 17 | 11.94 | 5.47 | -2.47 |
| 47 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 13.19 | 4.71 | 1.71 | 4.72 | -0.72 |
| 48 | Oklahoma | FBS Independents | 5-4-3 | 0.42 | 12.54 | 3.42 | -0.59 | 8.61 | -3.61 |
| 49 | Indiana | Western | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 11.42 | 3 | 1.26 | 4.83 | -0.83 |
| 50 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 11.29 | -2.88 | 5.5 | 2.21 | 1.79 |
| 51 | Denver | FBS Independents | 6-7-0 | 0.46 | 11.13 | 4.08 | 5.25 | 9.31 | -3.31 |
| 52 | Washington University (St. Louis) | FBS Independents | 4-4-1 | 0.44 | 11.07 | 0.67 | 4.3 | 4.8 | -0.8 |
| 53 | Brown | FBS Independents | 5-4-1 | 0.5 | 10.88 | -6.3 | 8.65 | 2.36 | 2.64 |
| 54 | Grinnell | FBS Independents | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 10.72 | -6.56 | 7.07 | 2.11 | 2.89 |
| 55 | Colorado College | FBS Independents | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 10.53 | 3.22 | 4.91 | 5.76 | -1.76 |
| 56 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 9.48 | 0 | 5.26 | 4.5 | -0.5 |
| 57 | Vermont | FBS Independents | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 8.83 | -1.44 | 5.51 | 4.03 | -0.03 |
| 58 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 8.35 | -3.78 | 5.8 | 2.65 | 1.35 |
| 59 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 8.33 | -4.71 | 10.83 | 1.92 | 1.08 |
| 60 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 7.9 | -7.71 | 9.27 | 1.26 | 1.74 |
| 61 | Wesleyan (CT) | FBS Independents | 3-6-1 | 0.3 | 6.98 | -0.7 | 10.05 | 4.68 | -1.68 |
| 62 | Navy | FBS Independents | 4-7-1 | 0.33 | 6.61 | -4.42 | 7.33 | 2.69 | 1.31 |
| 63 | Tufts | FBS Independents | 5-9-0 | 0.36 | 6.55 | -2.93 | 2 | 4.05 | 0.95 |
| 64 | Knox College | FBS Independents | 4-7-0 | 0.36 | 5.92 | -8 | 1.36 | 1.84 | 2.16 |
| 65 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 4.35 | -12.71 | 6.84 | 0.71 | 1.29 |
| 66 | Beloit | FBS Independents | 3-7-0 | 0.3 | 4.01 | -23.8 | 3.62 | 0.25 | 2.75 |
| 67 | Simpson College (IA) | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.24 | -18.4 | 13.59 | 0.11 | 0.89 |
| 68 | Missouri | FBS Independents | 1-7-1 | 0.11 | 1.4 | -4.11 | 8.28 | 1.78 | -0.78 |
| 69 | Cornell College (IA) | FBS Independents | 1-8-0 | 0.11 | 0.38 | -13.22 | 5.32 | 0.36 | 0.64 |
| 70 | TCU | FBS Independents | 0-7-0 | 0 | -1.98 | -12.43 | 7.15 | 0.04 | -0.04 |