Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:17.647033+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 11-0-0 | 1 | 26.45 | 23 | 15.65 | 11 | 0 |
| 2 | Nebraska | FBS Independents | 10-0-0 | 1 | 24.41 | 25.8 | 5.13 | 9.99 | 0.01 |
| 3 | Michigan | Western | 10-0-1 | 0.91 | 24.17 | 48.27 | 1.77 | 11 | -1 |
| 4 | Minnesota | Western | 13-0-1 | 0.93 | 23.97 | 42.07 | 1.26 | 14 | -1 |
| 5 | Yale | FBS Independents | 11-1-0 | 0.92 | 23.41 | 23.83 | 9.57 | 11.97 | -0.97 |
| 6 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 23.08 | 17.44 | 12.69 | 8.93 | -0.93 |
| 7 | Northwestern | Western | 10-0-3 | 0.77 | 22.97 | 14.62 | 0.1 | 12.81 | -2.81 |
| 8 | Chicago | Western | 12-1-1 | 0.86 | 22.93 | 27.14 | 6.41 | 13.96 | -1.96 |
| 9 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 9-1-0 | 0.9 | 22.09 | 10.5 | 8.02 | 9.49 | -0.49 |
| 10 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 22.07 | 22 | 10.19 | 7.98 | -1.98 |
| 11 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.7 | 21.12 | 5.04 | 7.99 | -0.99 |
| 12 | Colorado State | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.53 | 6.5 | 10.35 | 5.13 | -0.13 |
| 13 | Iowa State | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 20.44 | 15.88 | -0.17 | 7.51 | -0.51 |
| 14 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 20.31 | 17.67 | -1.39 | 8.96 | -1.96 |
| 15 | Texas | FBS Independents | 4-1-2 | 0.57 | 20.06 | 11.43 | 8.98 | 6.82 | -2.82 |
| 16 | Cumberland (TN) | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.05 | 22.6 | 6.11 | 5 | -1 |
| 17 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 8-2-1 | 0.73 | 20.03 | 25.45 | 5.41 | 10.92 | -2.92 |
| 18 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 7-2-1 | 0.7 | 19.94 | 14.3 | 10.08 | 9.66 | -2.66 |
| 19 | Colorado | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 19.81 | 11.67 | 10.4 | 8.35 | -1.35 |
| 20 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 8-2-0 | 0.8 | 19.69 | 10.5 | 7.28 | 9 | -1 |
| 21 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.5 | 29 | 1.61 | 4.99 | -0.99 |
| 22 | Iowa | Western | 8-2-0 | 0.8 | 19.44 | 5.9 | 8.14 | 7.5 | 0.5 |
| 23 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.39 | 12.2 | 4.91 | 4.81 | -0.81 |
| 24 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 8-3-0 | 0.73 | 19.13 | 24.64 | 9.51 | 10.83 | -2.83 |
| 25 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 9-3-0 | 0.75 | 18.91 | 7.58 | 10.29 | 10.82 | -1.82 |
| 26 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.91 | 9.25 | 9.83 | 7.27 | -1.27 |
| 27 | Wisconsin | Western | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 18.91 | 28.33 | 4.64 | 8.88 | -2.88 |
| 28 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.79 | 16.78 | 2.32 | 8.8 | -1.8 |
| 29 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.42 | 16.22 | -0.5 | 8.83 | -1.83 |
| 30 | Army | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 18.12 | 12 | 9.38 | 7.77 | -2.77 |
| 31 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.04 | 20.89 | -3.36 | 8.89 | -1.89 |
| 32 | Drake | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.87 | 13.29 | 7.19 | 6.07 | -1.07 |
| 33 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 17.7 | 6.56 | 3.37 | 7.49 | -1.49 |
| 34 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 17.48 | 5.11 | 2.37 | 8.34 | -2.34 |
| 35 | Illinois | Western | 8-5-0 | 0.62 | 16.13 | 19.31 | 6.7 | 12.36 | -4.36 |
| 36 | Purdue | Western | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 15.88 | 6.5 | 2.71 | 4.82 | -0.82 |
| 37 | Amherst | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 15.81 | 2.67 | 6.7 | 5.98 | 0.02 |
| 38 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 15.69 | 7 | 1.03 | 4.52 | -0.52 |
| 39 | Kansas | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.29 | 9.25 | 4.67 | 7.4 | -2.4 |
| 40 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 14.96 | 6.12 | 4.24 | 6.19 | -1.19 |
| 41 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.39 | 11.86 | 4.8 | 5.95 | -1.95 |
| 42 | Williams | FBS Independents | 6-4-1 | 0.55 | 14.16 | 2.09 | 6.54 | 7.07 | -1.07 |
| 43 | Massachusetts | FBS Independents | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 13.98 | 6.33 | 6.39 | 7.84 | -2.84 |
| 44 | Swarthmore | FBS Independents | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 13.95 | 3.2 | 2.82 | 7.16 | -1.16 |
| 45 | Lombard | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 13.88 | 3 | 8.1 | 4.24 | -0.24 |
| 46 | Brown | FBS Independents | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 13.73 | -0.11 | 7.16 | 4.45 | 0.55 |
| 47 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 6-5-0 | 0.55 | 12.84 | 3.91 | 1.91 | 8.13 | -2.13 |
| 48 | Denver | FBS Independents | 6-6-0 | 0.5 | 12.26 | 5 | 4.13 | 9.05 | -3.05 |
| 49 | Colorado College | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 12.19 | 5 | 3.9 | 5.64 | -1.64 |
| 50 | Colorado School Of Mines | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 11.76 | 18.2 | 12.25 | 4.54 | -2.54 |
| 51 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 11.71 | -2.88 | 6.84 | 2.21 | 1.79 |
| 52 | Oklahoma | FBS Independents | 3-3-3 | 0.33 | 11.6 | 1.67 | 2.83 | 5.63 | -2.63 |
| 53 | Grinnell | FBS Independents | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 10.94 | -6.56 | 7.45 | 2.11 | 2.89 |
| 54 | Indiana | Western | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 10.47 | 3.29 | 3.54 | 4.29 | -1.29 |
| 55 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 10.3 | -1.25 | 5.74 | 3.42 | 0.58 |
| 56 | Washington University (St. Louis) | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 10.2 | -1.14 | 4.44 | 3.1 | -0.1 |
| 57 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 9.8 | 0 | 5.88 | 4.5 | -0.5 |
| 58 | Vermont | FBS Independents | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 8.91 | -1.44 | 5.96 | 4.03 | -0.03 |
| 59 | Navy | FBS Independents | 4-6-1 | 0.36 | 8.19 | -1.64 | 6.85 | 4.08 | -0.08 |
| 60 | Tufts | FBS Independents | 4-6-0 | 0.4 | 7.88 | -3.1 | 6.9 | 2.86 | 1.14 |
| 61 | Wesleyan (CT) | FBS Independents | 3-6-1 | 0.3 | 7.14 | -0.7 | 10.63 | 4.68 | -1.68 |
| 62 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.91 | -7 | 10.66 | 1 | 1 |
| 63 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.43 | -13 | 10.01 | 0.37 | 1.63 |
| 64 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.33 | -12.17 | 4.95 | 0.77 | 1.23 |
| 65 | Beloit | FBS Independents | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 4.78 | -23.89 | 3.75 | 0.27 | 2.73 |
| 66 | Knox College | FBS Independents | 3-7-0 | 0.3 | 4.57 | -11.1 | 1.51 | 0.92 | 2.08 |
| 67 | Simpson College (IA) | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.29 | -18.4 | 14.13 | 0.11 | 0.89 |
| 68 | Missouri | FBS Independents | 1-6-1 | 0.12 | 1.91 | -4 | 7.17 | 1.78 | -0.78 |
| 69 | Cornell College (IA) | FBS Independents | 1-8-0 | 0.11 | 0.41 | -13.22 | 5.67 | 0.36 | 0.64 |
| 70 | TCU | FBS Independents | 0-6-0 | 0 | -2.06 | -13.17 | 7.74 | 0.01 | -0.01 |