Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:17.646780+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 11-0-0 | 1 | 26.52 | 23 | 15.37 | 11 | 0 |
| 2 | Nebraska | FBS Independents | 9-0-0 | 1 | 24.82 | 22.89 | 7.08 | 8.98 | 0.02 |
| 3 | Michigan | Western | 9-0-1 | 0.9 | 24.44 | 48.9 | 2.63 | 10 | -1 |
| 4 | Minnesota | Western | 12-0-1 | 0.92 | 24.32 | 44.46 | 2.33 | 13 | -1 |
| 5 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 23.8 | 24.86 | 1.82 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | Yale | FBS Independents | 10-1-0 | 0.91 | 23.18 | 24.55 | 8.25 | 10.97 | -0.97 |
| 7 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 23.12 | 17.44 | 12.45 | 8.93 | -0.93 |
| 8 | Chicago | Western | 12-1-1 | 0.86 | 23.09 | 27.14 | 6.25 | 13.96 | -1.96 |
| 9 | Northwestern | Western | 10-0-2 | 0.83 | 22.97 | 15.83 | -0.85 | 11.87 | -1.87 |
| 10 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 9-1-0 | 0.9 | 22.24 | 10.5 | 8.38 | 9.49 | -0.49 |
| 11 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 21.28 | 24.43 | 8.54 | 6.99 | -1.99 |
| 12 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 9-2-0 | 0.82 | 20.56 | 9.73 | 8.85 | 10.46 | -1.46 |
| 13 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 20.22 | 19 | -2.73 | 7.94 | -0.94 |
| 14 | Texas | FBS Independents | 4-1-2 | 0.57 | 20.21 | 11.43 | 9.59 | 6.82 | -2.82 |
| 15 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 20.05 | 19.88 | -3.75 | 7.99 | -0.99 |
| 16 | Iowa State | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 19.99 | 12.29 | 0.09 | 6.26 | -0.26 |
| 17 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 19.88 | 15.89 | 8.89 | 8.76 | -1.76 |
| 18 | Colorado State | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.7 | 5.8 | 9.39 | 4.19 | -0.19 |
| 19 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 19.54 | 8.43 | 2.65 | 6.98 | -1.98 |
| 20 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 7-2-1 | 0.7 | 19.52 | 27.4 | 4.05 | 9.95 | -2.95 |
| 21 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.35 | 30.25 | 5.04 | 3.99 | -0.99 |
| 22 | Cumberland (TN) | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.34 | 21.25 | 10.32 | 3.99 | -0.99 |
| 23 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 8-3-0 | 0.73 | 19.26 | 24.64 | 9.23 | 10.83 | -2.83 |
| 24 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 19.11 | 8.11 | 7.01 | 7.62 | -0.62 |
| 25 | Colorado | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 19.08 | 10.88 | 10.01 | 7.35 | -1.35 |
| 26 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 19.08 | 9.25 | 10.53 | 7.27 | -1.27 |
| 27 | Wisconsin | Western | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.9 | 31.88 | 2.83 | 7.92 | -1.92 |
| 28 | Iowa | Western | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.89 | 5.22 | 7.49 | 6.42 | 0.58 |
| 29 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.42 | 15.25 | 3.9 | 7.74 | -1.74 |
| 30 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.23 | 12.5 | 3.43 | 3.79 | -0.79 |
| 31 | Army | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 18.15 | 12 | 9.39 | 7.77 | -2.77 |
| 32 | Drake | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.97 | 13.29 | 7.68 | 6.07 | -1.07 |
| 33 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 17.89 | 22.75 | -2.22 | 7.9 | -1.9 |
| 34 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 17.83 | 6.56 | 2.99 | 7.49 | -1.49 |
| 35 | Illinois | Western | 8-4-0 | 0.67 | 17.26 | 21.92 | 5.56 | 11.56 | -3.56 |
| 36 | Purdue | Western | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.05 | 6.5 | 3.4 | 4.82 | -0.82 |
| 37 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 15.66 | 7 | 1.56 | 4.52 | -0.52 |
| 38 | Kansas | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.49 | 9.25 | 4.93 | 7.4 | -2.4 |
| 39 | Massachusetts | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.24 | 7.75 | 4.67 | 7.34 | -2.34 |
| 40 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.07 | 6.12 | 5.08 | 6.19 | -1.19 |
| 41 | Amherst | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 14.64 | 2.38 | 5.66 | 5.16 | -0.16 |
| 42 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.64 | 11.86 | 5.4 | 5.95 | -1.95 |
| 43 | Oklahoma | FBS Independents | 3-2-3 | 0.38 | 14.42 | 3.38 | 4.41 | 5.88 | -2.88 |
| 44 | Williams | FBS Independents | 6-4-1 | 0.55 | 14.16 | 2.09 | 6.36 | 7.07 | -1.07 |
| 45 | Lombard | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.09 | 3 | 9.38 | 4.24 | -0.24 |
| 46 | Swarthmore | FBS Independents | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 13.95 | 3.2 | 2.66 | 7.16 | -1.16 |
| 47 | Brown | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 13.95 | -0.12 | 9.29 | 3.95 | 1.05 |
| 48 | Colorado School Of Mines | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.95 | 27.25 | 10.43 | 3.88 | -1.88 |
| 49 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 13.67 | -2.57 | 4.84 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| 50 | Denver | FBS Independents | 6-5-0 | 0.55 | 13.38 | 6.36 | 2.37 | 8.91 | -2.91 |
| 51 | Indiana | Western | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.34 | 6 | 6.25 | 4.14 | -1.14 |
| 52 | Colorado College | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 12.32 | 5 | 3.8 | 5.64 | -1.64 |
| 53 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 12.03 | 2 | 8.49 | 4.7 | -0.7 |
| 54 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 5-5-0 | 0.5 | 11.75 | 2.6 | 3.57 | 6.64 | -1.64 |
| 55 | Grinnell | FBS Independents | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 11.08 | -6.56 | 7.48 | 2.11 | 2.89 |
| 56 | Tufts | FBS Independents | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 9.71 | 0.11 | 5.44 | 4.58 | -0.58 |
| 57 | Navy | FBS Independents | 4-5-1 | 0.4 | 9.42 | -0.7 | 5.46 | 4.45 | -0.45 |
| 58 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 8.57 | -3 | 6.04 | 2.38 | 0.62 |
| 59 | Washington University (St. Louis) | FBS Independents | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 8.02 | -3.33 | 6.96 | 1.94 | 0.06 |
| 60 | Wesleyan (CT) | FBS Independents | 3-6-1 | 0.3 | 7.16 | -0.7 | 10.61 | 4.68 | -1.68 |
| 61 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 6.88 | -12.4 | 4.76 | 0.77 | 1.23 |
| 62 | Vermont | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 6.78 | -7.25 | 7.83 | 1.97 | 1.03 |
| 63 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.1 | -7 | 12.31 | 1 | 1 |
| 64 | Beloit | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 5.92 | -26.12 | 5.66 | 0.18 | 2.82 |
| 65 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.47 | -13 | 8.17 | 0.37 | 1.63 |
| 66 | Knox College | FBS Independents | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 5.34 | -11.11 | 3.16 | 0.94 | 2.06 |
| 67 | Missouri | FBS Independents | 1-5-1 | 0.14 | 2.72 | -3.71 | 10.35 | 1.8 | -0.8 |
| 68 | Simpson College (IA) | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.36 | -18.4 | 14.26 | 0.11 | 0.89 |
| 69 | Cornell College (IA) | FBS Independents | 1-7-0 | 0.12 | 0.84 | -9.75 | 4.1 | 0.61 | 0.39 |
| 70 | TCU | FBS Independents | 0-6-0 | 0 | -2.06 | -13.17 | 7.23 | 0.01 | -0.01 |