Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:17.733381+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 27.77 | 18 | 11.75 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.87 | 21.33 | 9.42 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 26.43 | 19.25 | 5.29 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.39 | 18 | 22.22 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Army | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.3 | 15 | 8.32 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.17 | 27 | 5.05 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.76 | 32.67 | 1.28 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | Chicago | Western | 6-0-0 | 1 | 25.67 | 38.33 | -1.11 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | Illinois | Western | 5-0-0 | 1 | 25.39 | 19.8 | 0.42 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | Amherst | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.33 | 23 | -0.79 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.3 | 32 | -1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | Iowa | Western | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.3 | 38.25 | -1.54 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.28 | 26 | -0.62 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | Yale | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.17 | 27.75 | 0.38 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | Colorado | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.15 | 13 | 1.79 | 2.97 | 0.03 |
| 16 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.61 | 52.5 | -6.81 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.55 | 19.2 | -3.55 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.47 | 63.5 | -6.58 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Colorado College | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.42 | 6 | 0.96 | 2.92 | 0.08 |
| 20 | NC State | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.36 | 32.5 | -5.89 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | Minnesota | Western | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.21 | 71 | -10 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | Ohio State | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.7 | 46 | -10 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | Northwestern | Western | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.48 | 31 | -10 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | Michigan | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.47 | 58.67 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.44 | 30 | -10 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | Wisconsin | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.24 | 39 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 22.87 | 24.5 | -10 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.78 | 21 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | Iowa State | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.75 | 19.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.64 | 20.5 | -10 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 31 | Texas | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.64 | 40 | -0.04 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.61 | 17 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 22.59 | 14.5 | -10 | 2 | -1 |
| 34 | Colorado School Of Mines | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.46 | 51 | -1.66 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.26 | 52 | -2.58 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.17 | 44 | -2.58 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Missouri | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 21.97 | 6.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | Navy | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.45 | 12 | -1.79 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.78 | 49 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | Nebraska | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.63 | 32.25 | 0.17 | 4 | -1 |
| 41 | Beloit | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.14 | 28 | -3.01 | 3.97 | -0.97 |
| 42 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.63 | 16.67 | 1.76 | 2.96 | -0.96 |
| 43 | Swarthmore | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.42 | 11.67 | 10.93 | 2.97 | -0.97 |
| 44 | Kansas | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.08 | 7.67 | 1.5 | 2.51 | -0.51 |
| 45 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.99 | 3 | 2.56 | 2.04 | -0.04 |
| 46 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.49 | 11.2 | 3.75 | 4.62 | -1.62 |
| 47 | Washington University (St. Louis) | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 15.5 | -3.33 | 1.86 | 0.95 | 1.05 |
| 48 | Denver | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15.33 | 6.5 | 10.73 | 1.91 | -0.91 |
| 49 | Purdue | Western | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.29 | 1.8 | 2.96 | 3.13 | -0.13 |
| 50 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.03 | 6 | 8.28 | 1.73 | -0.73 |
| 51 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.97 | 5.5 | -1.05 | 1.51 | -0.51 |
| 52 | Drake | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.91 | 0.5 | 7.21 | 1.07 | -0.07 |
| 53 | Brown | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.14 | 10.5 | 15.61 | 1.94 | -0.94 |
| 54 | Colby College | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.05 | -14.5 | 10.05 | 0.25 | 0.75 |
| 55 | Maine | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.9 | -8.5 | 10.93 | 0.08 | 0.92 |
| 56 | Bowdoin | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 11.16 | 4.8 | 11.05 | 3.57 | -1.57 |
| 57 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 10.59 | 6.67 | 13.26 | 2.31 | -1.31 |
| 58 | Indiana | Western | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.06 | -12.5 | -0.82 | 0.24 | 1.76 |
| 59 | Bates | FBS Independents | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 8.53 | -7.67 | 0.71 | 0.07 | 0.93 |
| 60 | Tennessee Medical College | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 8.36 | -18.5 | 12.68 | 0.17 | 0.83 |
| 61 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 8.19 | -2.33 | 10.72 | 1.2 | -0.2 |
| 62 | Grinnell | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 8.01 | -20.5 | 7.69 | 0.01 | 0.99 |
| 63 | Wabash College | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.17 | -4.33 | 13.48 | 0.75 | 0.25 |
| 64 | VMI | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.03 | 0.67 | 4.9 | 1.64 | -0.64 |
| 65 | New Hampshire | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.86 | -8.33 | 7.99 | 0.03 | 0.97 |
| 66 | Massachusetts | FBS Independents | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 6.54 | -8 | 5.19 | 0.18 | 0.82 |
| 67 | LSU | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | -0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | -0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | -0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 0-1-2 | 0 | -1.58 | -7.67 | 10.6 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 0-1-1 | 0 | -1.63 | -11 | -5.02 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | Nashville | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.11 | -21 | -3.63 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | TCU | FBS Independents | 0-1-1 | 0 | -2.13 | -20 | 0.35 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Williams | FBS Independents | 0-3-1 | 0 | -2.13 | -11.75 | 12.04 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Tufts | FBS Independents | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.4 | -16 | 12.26 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Franklin & Marshall | FBS Independents | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.62 | -21.25 | 8.21 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Colorado State | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.94 | -34.5 | 11.63 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Vermont | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -3.01 | -37 | 22.97 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | Wesleyan (CT) | FBS Independents | 0-3-0 | 0 | -3.04 | -25.67 | 24.6 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Florida | FBS Independents | 0-3-0 | 0 | -3.1 | -41.67 | 7.55 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -3.84 | -61 | 23.15 | 0 | 0 |