Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:17.645996+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 8-0-0 | 1 | 26.81 | 24.12 | 13.54 | 8 | 0 |
| 2 | Yale | FBS Independents | 8-0-0 | 1 | 25.18 | 27.5 | 5.37 | 7.99 | 0.01 |
| 3 | Nebraska | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 24.95 | 26.83 | 4.47 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | Chicago | Western | 10-0-1 | 0.91 | 24.79 | 33.55 | 2.84 | 11 | -1 |
| 5 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 8-0-0 | 1 | 24.66 | 15.62 | 5.03 | 7.99 | 0.01 |
| 6 | Minnesota | Western | 10-0-0 | 1 | 24.45 | 50 | -0.24 | 10 | 0 |
| 7 | Michigan | Western | 7-0-0 | 1 | 24.18 | 62.43 | -2.16 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Oklahoma | FBS Independents | 2-0-2 | 0.5 | 24.14 | 9.75 | 4.41 | 3.89 | -1.89 |
| 9 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.85 | 51 | -3.19 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Wisconsin | Western | 5-0-0 | 1 | 23.69 | 45.6 | -3.39 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.55 | 27 | -2.42 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | Northwestern | Western | 9-0-1 | 0.9 | 23.39 | 18.9 | -1.91 | 9.95 | -0.95 |
| 13 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 23.3 | 26.4 | -3.07 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 22.83 | 30.88 | 5.65 | 7.99 | -0.99 |
| 15 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 22.49 | 18 | -6.16 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | Illinois | Western | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 22.21 | 34.78 | 1.15 | 8.98 | -0.98 |
| 17 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 22.1 | 16.67 | 10.31 | 5.94 | -0.94 |
| 18 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.69 | 13.75 | 4.08 | 7.97 | -0.97 |
| 19 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.07 | 9.2 | 12.96 | 4.55 | -0.55 |
| 20 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.7 | 18.67 | 3.44 | 5.96 | -0.96 |
| 21 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.09 | 20.8 | 3.43 | 5 | -1 |
| 22 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.02 | 15.83 | 0.83 | 5.99 | -0.99 |
| 23 | Kansas | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.93 | 14.6 | 2.04 | 4.84 | -0.84 |
| 24 | Iowa | Western | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 19.67 | 1.5 | 7.61 | 3.37 | 1.63 |
| 25 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.54 | 13.2 | 1.72 | 4.56 | -0.56 |
| 26 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.29 | 28.4 | -2.55 | 4.98 | -0.98 |
| 27 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.16 | 24.25 | 4.14 | 4 | -1 |
| 28 | Navy | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 18.8 | 4.6 | 5.92 | 4.68 | -1.68 |
| 29 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.37 | 30.29 | 3.33 | 6.94 | -1.94 |
| 30 | Texas | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 18.22 | 14.75 | 14.5 | 3.94 | -1.94 |
| 31 | Colorado State | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.73 | 3 | 19.18 | 2.04 | -0.04 |
| 32 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 17.54 | 5.25 | 8.89 | 3.89 | -1.89 |
| 33 | Iowa State | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 17.26 | 4.75 | -1.32 | 2.72 | 0.28 |
| 34 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.58 | 0.83 | 15.08 | 3.27 | 0.73 |
| 35 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.43 | 9.67 | -0.49 | 2.66 | -0.66 |
| 36 | Purdue | Western | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.39 | 6.5 | 3.67 | 4.82 | -0.82 |
| 37 | Amherst | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.27 | 2.33 | 4.78 | 3.88 | 0.12 |
| 38 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.22 | 24 | -7.45 | 2.94 | -0.94 |
| 39 | Colorado | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.84 | 7 | 8.38 | 4.02 | -1.02 |
| 40 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 15.72 | 5 | -0.63 | 2.04 | -0.04 |
| 41 | Grinnell | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 15.64 | 0.5 | 4.98 | 3.16 | 0.84 |
| 42 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.35 | 14.4 | 4.18 | 4.2 | -1.2 |
| 43 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 14.83 | -3.25 | 6.42 | 1.28 | 0.72 |
| 44 | Colorado College | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.58 | 7.6 | 1.42 | 3.95 | -0.95 |
| 45 | Denver | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.53 | 11.57 | 1.56 | 6.54 | -2.54 |
| 46 | Colorado School Of Mines | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.42 | 49 | 1.68 | 1.99 | -0.99 |
| 47 | Williams | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 13.9 | 1.43 | 9.82 | 4.18 | -0.18 |
| 48 | Army | FBS Independents | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 13.11 | 2.4 | 10.5 | 3.69 | -1.69 |
| 49 | Washington University (St. Louis) | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.76 | 5.25 | 3.39 | 3.03 | -1.03 |
| 50 | Cumberland (TN) | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.75 | 0 | 21.03 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | Lombard | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.67 | 2.5 | 11.43 | 3.47 | -0.47 |
| 52 | Massachusetts | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.59 | 4.67 | 6.68 | 4.81 | -1.81 |
| 53 | Drake | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.02 | -0.25 | 10.43 | 1.97 | 0.03 |
| 54 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 10.62 | 3.57 | 4.01 | 4.85 | -1.85 |
| 55 | Simpson College (IA) | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 9.91 | -3.5 | 14.32 | 0.61 | 0.39 |
| 56 | Tufts | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 9.71 | 0.29 | 5.41 | 3.65 | -0.65 |
| 57 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 9.39 | -0.4 | 10.09 | 2.35 | -0.35 |
| 58 | Swarthmore | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 8.93 | -3.14 | 8.59 | 1.8 | 1.2 |
| 59 | Brown | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.78 | -10.8 | 13.22 | 0.48 | 1.52 |
| 60 | Vermont | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.63 | -7.8 | 8.2 | 0.98 | 1.02 |
| 61 | Knox College | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.21 | -10.4 | 3.56 | 0.75 | 1.25 |
| 62 | Missouri | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 6.24 | 0.5 | 6.15 | 2.11 | -1.11 |
| 63 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.16 | -2.67 | 13.24 | 1.17 | -0.17 |
| 64 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 5.23 | -9.67 | 10.21 | 0.28 | 0.72 |
| 65 | Wesleyan (CT) | FBS Independents | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 5.12 | -5 | 10.67 | 1.48 | 0.52 |
| 66 | Indiana | Western | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.66 | -12.75 | 7.23 | 0.48 | 0.52 |
| 67 | Cornell College (IA) | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.63 | -10.6 | 2.56 | 0.24 | 0.76 |
| 68 | Beloit | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 1.75 | -44.8 | 15.64 | 0 | 1 |
| 69 | TCU | FBS Independents | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.16 | -14.5 | 7.13 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 70 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -3.32 | -55.5 | 10.79 | 0 | 0 |