Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:17.733101+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 27.69 | 10.67 | 8.58 | 2.98 | 0.02 |
| 2 | Chicago | Western | 5-0-0 | 1 | 26.71 | 42 | -3.78 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.55 | 11 | 22.55 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Amherst | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.24 | 23 | 19.02 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Minnesota | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26 | 83 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | Colby College | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.95 | 23 | 20.32 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Illinois | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.59 | 14 | -0.4 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.58 | 52.5 | -5.62 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Nebraska | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.38 | 45 | -6.43 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.29 | 34.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.17 | 18 | -3.34 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.86 | 8 | 18.8 | 0.93 | 0.07 |
| 13 | NC State | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.6 | 32.5 | -5.62 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.51 | 40.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | Iowa | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.42 | 45.33 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | Northwestern | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.23 | 25.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.11 | 23.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Ohio State | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.03 | 57 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.01 | 28 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Kansas | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.85 | 20 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | Drake | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.85 | 18 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Colorado | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.78 | 16.5 | -10 | 1.98 | 0.02 |
| 23 | Washington University (St. Louis) | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.35 | 10.5 | -10 | 1.96 | 0.04 |
| 24 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.15 | 61 | -1.25 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Colorado College | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.12 | 6.5 | -10 | 1.91 | 0.09 |
| 26 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.07 | 24 | 1.96 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.97 | 17 | 2.33 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Denver | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.89 | 18 | 2.57 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.22 | 29 | -1.25 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Army | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.19 | 12 | -0.46 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Yale | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.09 | 32 | -4.38 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | Maine | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.29 | 6 | 0.78 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Wisconsin | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.17 | 45 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Michigan | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.02 | 33 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.79 | 29 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Iowa State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.69 | 22 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.55 | 18 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 20.49 | 20 | -10 | 1.98 | 0.02 |
| 39 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.21 | 17 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | Missouri | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.54 | 6 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.53 | 6 | -10 | 0.87 | 0.13 |
| 42 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.44 | 3 | 2.05 | 2.04 | -0.04 |
| 43 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.41 | 18.67 | -5.59 | 2.95 | -0.95 |
| 44 | Beloit | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.07 | 11.67 | -2.92 | 2.82 | -0.82 |
| 45 | Purdue | Western | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 17.97 | 7.25 | -2.55 | 3.65 | -0.65 |
| 46 | Indiana | Western | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 15.4 | -12.67 | 3.03 | 0.27 | 1.73 |
| 47 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15.11 | 8.5 | -4.01 | 1.62 | -0.62 |
| 48 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.84 | 6 | -3.39 | 1.73 | -0.73 |
| 49 | Swarthmore | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.46 | 9 | 24.93 | 1.93 | -0.93 |
| 50 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.18 | 22 | 8.07 | 1.99 | -0.99 |
| 51 | New Hampshire | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.69 | -9.5 | -0.85 | 0.03 | 0.97 |
| 52 | Massachusetts | FBS Independents | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 9.92 | -1.67 | 2.56 | 0.91 | 0.09 |
| 53 | Wabash College | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 8.75 | -4.33 | 3.82 | 0.75 | 0.25 |
| 54 | Bowdoin | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 8.41 | -3.67 | -6 | 0.85 | 0.15 |
| 55 | Texas | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 0-0-2 | 0 | 0.44 | 0 | 0.54 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Colorado School Of Mines | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | Vermont | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 0-0-1 | 0 | 0.17 | 0 | -0.24 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Navy | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | TCU | FBS Independents | 0-0-1 | 0 | -0.04 | 0 | 1.02 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | Bates | FBS Independents | 0-0-1 | 0 | -0.21 | 0 | 2.63 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | LSU | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | -0.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | Nashville | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | -0.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | -0.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | -0.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Brown | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.21 | -6 | -1.25 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | Williams | FBS Independents | 0-2-1 | 0 | -1.43 | -12 | -1.65 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Colorado State | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.66 | -18 | 2.12 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Tufts | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.76 | -8 | 11.64 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | VMI | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.79 | -6 | 19.6 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Wesleyan (CT) | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.11 | -19 | 12.84 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Franklin & Marshall | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.44 | -20 | 6.29 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Florida | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.58 | -29 | 0.61 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | Grinnell | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -3.12 | -46 | 23.99 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -3.16 | -61 | 3.17 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | Tennessee Medical College | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -3.63 | -58 | 23.58 | 0 | 0 |