Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:17.735355+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 12-0-0 | 1 | 25.59 | 18.17 | 12.31 | 12 | 0 |
| 2 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 7-0-1 | 0.88 | 25.39 | 16.25 | 11.71 | 7.97 | -0.97 |
| 3 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 24.99 | 17.67 | 9.38 | 5.98 | 0.02 |
| 4 | Colorado School Of Mines | FBS Independents | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 24.72 | 13 | 9.2 | 4.76 | -0.76 |
| 5 | Minnesota | Western | 12-0-0 | 1 | 24.46 | 55.5 | 2.72 | 12 | 0 |
| 6 | Michigan | Western | 10-0-0 | 1 | 24.1 | 54.5 | 1.04 | 10 | 0 |
| 7 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 9-0-0 | 1 | 24.05 | 52.22 | 1.11 | 9 | 0 |
| 8 | Chicago | Western | 10-1-1 | 0.83 | 23.3 | 30.5 | 9.2 | 11.94 | -1.94 |
| 9 | Yale | FBS Independents | 10-1-0 | 0.91 | 22.75 | 18.18 | 8.22 | 10.96 | -0.96 |
| 10 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 22.63 | 17.88 | 10.69 | 7.82 | -0.82 |
| 11 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 22.19 | 19.56 | 6.79 | 8.75 | -0.75 |
| 12 | Amherst | FBS Independents | 9-1-0 | 0.9 | 21.98 | 15.2 | 5.96 | 9.89 | -0.89 |
| 13 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 8-1-1 | 0.8 | 21.28 | 25.3 | 1.34 | 9.94 | -1.94 |
| 14 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.15 | 22.38 | 2.27 | 7.98 | -0.98 |
| 15 | Kansas | FBS Independents | 8-1-1 | 0.8 | 21.08 | 14.1 | 2.58 | 9.75 | -1.75 |
| 16 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 8-2-0 | 0.8 | 21 | 14.7 | 13.55 | 9.81 | -1.81 |
| 17 | Illinois | Western | 9-2-1 | 0.75 | 20.89 | 15.83 | 9.31 | 11.79 | -2.79 |
| 18 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 7-2-1 | 0.7 | 20.6 | 9.1 | 16.26 | 9.69 | -2.69 |
| 19 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 9-2-0 | 0.82 | 20.53 | 26.45 | 5.62 | 10.91 | -1.91 |
| 20 | Navy | FBS Independents | 7-2-1 | 0.7 | 20.02 | 11.1 | 11.06 | 9.62 | -2.62 |
| 21 | Army | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 19.83 | 12.11 | 10.35 | 8.81 | -1.81 |
| 22 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 19.8 | 6.67 | 5.98 | 5.65 | -0.65 |
| 23 | Northwestern | Western | 8-2-0 | 0.8 | 19.53 | 25.7 | 2.22 | 9.84 | -1.84 |
| 24 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 8-2-0 | 0.8 | 19.09 | 21.8 | 0.41 | 9.92 | -1.92 |
| 25 | Texas | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.87 | 16.38 | 7.3 | 7.17 | -1.17 |
| 26 | Colorado | FBS Independents | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 18.76 | 14.33 | 5.9 | 8.47 | -2.47 |
| 27 | Iowa State | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.73 | 22.22 | 0.83 | 8.82 | -1.82 |
| 28 | Nebraska | FBS Independents | 9-3-0 | 0.75 | 18.7 | 23.92 | 4.27 | 11.86 | -2.86 |
| 29 | NC State | FBS Independents | 3-1-2 | 0.5 | 18.59 | 13 | 6.77 | 5.96 | -2.96 |
| 30 | Purdue | Western | 9-3-0 | 0.75 | 18.06 | 9.17 | 4.51 | 10.93 | -1.93 |
| 31 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 7-3-0 | 0.7 | 17.51 | 5.2 | 10.79 | 7.93 | -0.93 |
| 32 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 8-3-1 | 0.67 | 17.45 | 13.83 | 1.4 | 11.6 | -3.6 |
| 33 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 5-2-2 | 0.56 | 17.3 | 15.11 | 1.97 | 8.81 | -3.81 |
| 34 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 7-3-0 | 0.7 | 17.18 | 13.4 | 3.43 | 8.94 | -1.94 |
| 35 | Wisconsin | Western | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 17 | 23.88 | 11.77 | 7.63 | -2.63 |
| 36 | Massachusetts | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 16.99 | 5.88 | 4.98 | 6.62 | -1.62 |
| 37 | Swarthmore | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.98 | 17.67 | 5.76 | 8.9 | -2.9 |
| 38 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.81 | 8.83 | 6.96 | 5.06 | -1.06 |
| 39 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.51 | 2.67 | 12.04 | 6.35 | -0.35 |
| 40 | Iowa | Western | 7-4-0 | 0.64 | 16.38 | 12.91 | 7.43 | 9.66 | -2.66 |
| 41 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.41 | 11.75 | 4.71 | 7.78 | -2.78 |
| 42 | Brown | FBS Independents | 6-5-0 | 0.55 | 15.01 | 11.82 | 13.83 | 10.48 | -4.48 |
| 43 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 14.89 | 12.3 | 2.78 | 9.14 | -3.14 |
| 44 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.76 | 11.29 | 7.3 | 5.52 | -1.52 |
| 45 | Colorado College | FBS Independents | 6-3-1 | 0.6 | 13.99 | -0.4 | 0.36 | 4.73 | 1.27 |
| 46 | Bowdoin | FBS Independents | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 13.92 | 6.33 | 6.31 | 6.96 | -1.96 |
| 47 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 13.75 | 2.29 | 7.31 | 4.5 | -0.5 |
| 48 | Drake | FBS Independents | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 13.64 | 5.33 | 4.33 | 5.82 | -0.82 |
| 49 | Ohio State | FBS Independents | 6-5-0 | 0.55 | 13.28 | 8.73 | 0.81 | 8.77 | -2.77 |
| 50 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 12.59 | 0.71 | 16.49 | 3.93 | -0.93 |
| 51 | Wabash College | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 12.53 | 9.25 | 3.44 | 7.27 | -3.27 |
| 52 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 12.33 | -4.12 | 3.69 | 2.63 | 2.37 |
| 53 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.32 | 5.17 | 4.98 | 4.63 | -1.63 |
| 54 | Bates | FBS Independents | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 12.11 | -0.62 | 5.13 | 3.52 | 0.48 |
| 55 | Indiana | Western | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 12.1 | -3.2 | 5.68 | 3.18 | 2.82 |
| 56 | Beloit | FBS Independents | 4-4-1 | 0.44 | 11.78 | 5.33 | -0.45 | 6.36 | -2.36 |
| 57 | LSU | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 11.34 | 1.83 | 1.02 | 4.15 | -1.15 |
| 58 | Maine | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 11.26 | -0.12 | 9.46 | 3.92 | 0.08 |
| 59 | VMI | FBS Independents | 3-5-1 | 0.33 | 8.18 | 0 | 2.1 | 4.5 | -1.5 |
| 60 | Williams | FBS Independents | 3-7-1 | 0.27 | 7.32 | 1 | 8.95 | 6.1 | -3.1 |
| 61 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 3-5-1 | 0.33 | 7.24 | -3.56 | 8.08 | 1.97 | 1.03 |
| 62 | Washington University (St. Louis) | FBS Independents | 4-7-0 | 0.36 | 6.5 | -7.27 | 8.14 | 1.85 | 2.15 |
| 63 | Missouri | FBS Independents | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 5.41 | -8.89 | 2.26 | 0.85 | 2.15 |
| 64 | Colby College | FBS Independents | 2-4-1 | 0.29 | 5.37 | -13.86 | 9.92 | 0.29 | 1.71 |
| 65 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 5.2 | -3.57 | 8.61 | 2.6 | -0.6 |
| 66 | Wesleyan (CT) | FBS Independents | 3-7-0 | 0.3 | 5.18 | -7.5 | 10.76 | 2.1 | 0.9 |
| 67 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 2-5-2 | 0.22 | 5.07 | -7.78 | 14.82 | 1.35 | 0.65 |
| 68 | Denver | FBS Independents | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 4.94 | -8.71 | 13.28 | 0.79 | 1.21 |
| 69 | Tennessee Medical College | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 4.73 | -32 | 9.39 | 0.04 | 1.96 |
| 70 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 2-5-1 | 0.25 | 4.59 | -9 | 3.83 | 0.51 | 1.49 |
| 71 | New Hampshire | FBS Independents | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 4.58 | -6.86 | 0.1 | 0.42 | 1.58 |
| 72 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 4.09 | 0.17 | 10.94 | 3.05 | -2.05 |
| 73 | TCU | FBS Independents | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 2.14 | -14.17 | 7.38 | 0.01 | 0.99 |
| 74 | Tufts | FBS Independents | 2-10-1 | 0.15 | 1.83 | -10.92 | 4.8 | 0.95 | 1.05 |
| 75 | Vermont | FBS Independents | 1-5-1 | 0.14 | 1.31 | -22.71 | 4.99 | 0.07 | 0.93 |
| 76 | Nashville | FBS Independents | 1-7-1 | 0.11 | 0.47 | -16.67 | 12 | 0.21 | 0.79 |
| 77 | Grinnell | FBS Independents | 1-6-1 | 0.12 | 0.14 | -46.12 | 7.93 | 0 | 1 |
| 78 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 1-8-0 | 0.11 | 0.09 | -20.44 | 9.81 | 0.24 | 0.76 |
| 79 | Colorado State | FBS Independents | 0-4-1 | 0 | -2.59 | -23.8 | 11.75 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Franklin & Marshall | FBS Independents | 0-10-0 | 0 | -2.59 | -29.2 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | Florida | FBS Independents | 0-5-0 | 0 | -3.07 | -45 | 11.69 | 0 | 0 |