Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:17.646252+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 9-0-0 | 1 | 26.57 | 26.33 | 13.32 | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | Yale | FBS Independents | 9-0-0 | 1 | 25.46 | 27.22 | 8.02 | 8.99 | 0.01 |
| 3 | Nebraska | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 24.95 | 24.57 | 5.87 | 6.99 | 0.01 |
| 4 | Chicago | Western | 11-0-1 | 0.92 | 24.86 | 31.5 | 4.55 | 12 | -1 |
| 5 | Minnesota | Western | 10-0-1 | 0.91 | 24.53 | 45.45 | 1.68 | 11 | -1 |
| 6 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.42 | 30.2 | 2.84 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | Michigan | Western | 7-0-1 | 0.88 | 24.35 | 54.62 | 0.23 | 8 | -1 |
| 8 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.63 | 42 | -2.39 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | Northwestern | Western | 10-0-1 | 0.91 | 23.52 | 17.27 | 0.22 | 10.88 | -0.88 |
| 10 | Oklahoma | FBS Independents | 3-0-2 | 0.6 | 23.33 | 9 | 1.15 | 4.8 | -1.8 |
| 11 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 22.76 | 32 | 6.24 | 8.98 | -0.98 |
| 12 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 22.64 | 22.33 | -5.2 | 5.99 | 0.01 |
| 13 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 22.39 | 18.29 | 10.38 | 6.92 | -0.92 |
| 14 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 22.26 | 11.11 | 6.91 | 8.71 | -0.71 |
| 15 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 21.85 | 12.33 | 5.21 | 8.88 | -0.88 |
| 16 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.53 | 9.67 | 12.32 | 5.61 | -0.61 |
| 17 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.88 | 18.5 | 5.86 | 5.98 | -0.98 |
| 18 | Wisconsin | Western | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.7 | 36.5 | 0.62 | 5.97 | -0.97 |
| 19 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.45 | 27.67 | 1.9 | 5.98 | -0.98 |
| 20 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.44 | 26 | 5.97 | 5 | -1 |
| 21 | Illinois | Western | 8-2-0 | 0.8 | 20.36 | 31.2 | 3.45 | 9.94 | -1.94 |
| 22 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 19.89 | 9.14 | -1.97 | 6.26 | -0.26 |
| 23 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 19.68 | 15.83 | -0.79 | 5.99 | -0.99 |
| 24 | Texas | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 19.24 | 14.8 | 8.01 | 4.95 | -1.95 |
| 25 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 19.06 | 28.62 | 3.65 | 7.94 | -1.94 |
| 26 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.2 | 15.86 | 5.26 | 6.85 | -1.85 |
| 27 | Iowa State | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 18.16 | 8.4 | -3.11 | 4.03 | -0.03 |
| 28 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.88 | 3.86 | 11.57 | 4.8 | 0.2 |
| 29 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 17.86 | 5.4 | 3.36 | 4.91 | -1.91 |
| 30 | Colorado State | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.35 | 3 | 14.93 | 2.04 | -0.04 |
| 31 | Colorado | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.21 | 8.67 | 9.51 | 5.2 | -1.2 |
| 32 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.1 | 14.83 | 6.14 | 5.24 | -1.24 |
| 33 | Amherst | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 16.94 | 5.29 | 3.28 | 5.56 | -0.56 |
| 34 | Grinnell | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 16.5 | 1.14 | 6.13 | 3.91 | 1.09 |
| 35 | Kansas | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.32 | 11.33 | -0.52 | 5.69 | -1.69 |
| 36 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.32 | 10.83 | -0.1 | 5.36 | -1.36 |
| 37 | Iowa | Western | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 16.3 | -0.29 | 8.53 | 3.41 | 1.59 |
| 38 | Purdue | Western | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.23 | 6.5 | 3.12 | 4.82 | -0.82 |
| 39 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.07 | 9.67 | 0.01 | 2.66 | -0.66 |
| 40 | Denver | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.05 | 12 | -0.3 | 8.63 | -2.63 |
| 41 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 15.8 | -1.6 | 4.29 | 1.97 | 1.03 |
| 42 | Army | FBS Independents | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 15.57 | 7.33 | 10.8 | 5.59 | -2.59 |
| 43 | Drake | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.49 | 8.4 | 10 | 3.75 | -0.75 |
| 44 | Colorado College | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.54 | 7.6 | 1.12 | 3.95 | -0.95 |
| 45 | Massachusetts | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.2 | 8 | 4.32 | 6.34 | -2.34 |
| 46 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 13.29 | 0.2 | 1.69 | 2.55 | 0.45 |
| 47 | Cumberland (TN) | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.67 | 0 | 21.36 | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | Lombard | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.66 | 2.5 | 10.53 | 3.47 | -0.47 |
| 49 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.61 | 6.25 | 2.2 | 2.74 | -0.74 |
| 50 | Washington University (St. Louis) | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.47 | 5.25 | 4.02 | 3.03 | -1.03 |
| 51 | Navy | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 11.94 | -0.14 | 9.91 | 3.4 | -0.4 |
| 52 | Williams | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 11.04 | -1.5 | 9.82 | 3.21 | 0.79 |
| 53 | Swarthmore | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 10.75 | -0.62 | 6.32 | 3.6 | 0.4 |
| 54 | Colorado School Of Mines | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 10.43 | 27 | 7.86 | 2.89 | -1.89 |
| 55 | Brown | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.22 | -5.33 | 13.39 | 1.53 | 1.47 |
| 56 | Tufts | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 9.81 | 0.29 | 5.54 | 3.65 | -0.65 |
| 57 | Knox College | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 9.08 | -7 | 0.98 | 1.29 | 1.71 |
| 58 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 9.04 | 1 | 4.14 | 4.46 | -1.46 |
| 59 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.27 | -7.17 | 12.14 | 1.02 | 0.98 |
| 60 | Vermont | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.68 | -11.83 | 8.83 | 0.62 | 1.38 |
| 61 | Simpson College (IA) | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 5.68 | -16.67 | 11.3 | 0.13 | 0.87 |
| 62 | Beloit | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 4.6 | -36.67 | 11.45 | 0.02 | 1.98 |
| 63 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 4.39 | -24.67 | 6.67 | 0.21 | 0.79 |
| 64 | Wesleyan (CT) | FBS Independents | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 4.18 | -7.88 | 12.25 | 1.08 | 0.92 |
| 65 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.13 | -10.25 | 14.75 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| 66 | Missouri | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 3.9 | -2 | 9.73 | 1.93 | -0.93 |
| 67 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.83 | -13 | 12.23 | 0.15 | 0.85 |
| 68 | Indiana | Western | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.61 | -12.75 | 7.24 | 0.48 | 0.52 |
| 69 | Cornell College (IA) | FBS Independents | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 2 | -9.67 | 5.02 | 0.46 | 0.54 |
| 70 | TCU | FBS Independents | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.03 | -12.6 | 5.44 | 0.01 | -0.01 |