Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:17.734227+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 9-0-0 | 1 | 25.99 | 16 | 11.25 | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 25.97 | 28 | 9.27 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.62 | 17.75 | 9.33 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 25.5 | 28.2 | 6.66 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 25.37 | 22.4 | 6.98 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Chicago | Western | 8-0-1 | 0.89 | 25.33 | 33.44 | 5.37 | 9 | -1 |
| 7 | Amherst | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 25.24 | 14 | 7.84 | 5.99 | 0.01 |
| 8 | Colorado | FBS Independents | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 25.17 | 12.4 | 8.44 | 4.93 | -0.93 |
| 9 | Minnesota | Western | 7-0-0 | 1 | 24.81 | 66.57 | 0.61 | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | Colorado School Of Mines | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.64 | 20.67 | 3.58 | 2.96 | 0.04 |
| 11 | Illinois | Western | 7-0-1 | 0.88 | 24.5 | 15.88 | 4.16 | 7.97 | -0.97 |
| 12 | Michigan | Western | 8-0-0 | 1 | 24.23 | 62.88 | -1.81 | 8 | 0 |
| 13 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 23.58 | 63.6 | -4.95 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 23.45 | 19.12 | 12.67 | 7.97 | -0.97 |
| 15 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 23.39 | 11.43 | 15.34 | 6.95 | -0.95 |
| 16 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.08 | 27.67 | -4.73 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 22.98 | 25.5 | -4.56 | 6 | -1 |
| 18 | Yale | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.98 | 19.25 | 4.37 | 7.95 | -0.95 |
| 19 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 21.9 | 10.5 | -6.41 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Wisconsin | Western | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.4 | 38 | 6.32 | 4.96 | -0.96 |
| 21 | Army | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.13 | 9.4 | 13.21 | 4.92 | -0.92 |
| 22 | Iowa | Western | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.04 | 17.71 | 2.03 | 6.63 | -0.63 |
| 23 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 20.85 | 25.75 | -2.98 | 8 | -1 |
| 24 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.76 | 26.5 | 0.85 | 5.98 | -0.98 |
| 25 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.75 | 18.43 | -1.02 | 6.77 | -0.77 |
| 26 | Northwestern | Western | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.74 | 24.43 | -1.13 | 6.91 | -0.91 |
| 27 | Navy | FBS Independents | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 20.74 | 15.83 | 6.2 | 5.92 | -1.92 |
| 28 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.62 | 36 | 0.02 | 5.99 | -0.99 |
| 29 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.65 | 6.2 | 5.55 | 4.39 | -0.39 |
| 30 | Colorado College | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 19.43 | 6.83 | -1.41 | 5.37 | -0.37 |
| 31 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.4 | 19.6 | -2.04 | 4.99 | -0.99 |
| 32 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.34 | 17.8 | 0.03 | 4.96 | -0.96 |
| 33 | Texas | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.34 | 20.75 | 6.06 | 4 | -1 |
| 34 | Kansas | FBS Independents | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 19.07 | 7.33 | 1.75 | 5.39 | -1.39 |
| 35 | Nebraska | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.92 | 28.38 | 0.51 | 7.97 | -1.97 |
| 36 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.25 | 8.5 | 2.63 | 3.7 | -0.7 |
| 37 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 18.09 | 2.4 | 0.03 | 2.98 | 1.02 |
| 38 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 18.07 | 14.88 | 4.97 | 7.82 | -2.82 |
| 39 | Ohio State | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.49 | 23 | -2.38 | 6.81 | -1.81 |
| 40 | NC State | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.43 | 20 | 4.51 | 2.99 | -0.99 |
| 41 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 17.14 | 5.11 | 8.53 | 7.1 | -1.1 |
| 42 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.64 | 16 | 1.25 | 5.81 | -1.81 |
| 43 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.54 | 19 | 3.56 | 2.38 | -0.38 |
| 44 | Massachusetts | FBS Independents | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 16.19 | 5.14 | 4.56 | 5.48 | -1.48 |
| 45 | Beloit | FBS Independents | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 16.18 | 14.29 | -2.31 | 6.45 | -2.45 |
| 46 | Brown | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 15.79 | 11 | 14.42 | 6.88 | -2.88 |
| 47 | Iowa State | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.73 | 18 | 3.03 | 4.69 | -1.69 |
| 48 | Swarthmore | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 15.3 | 9.86 | 10.88 | 6.77 | -2.77 |
| 49 | Drake | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.97 | 7.6 | 6.19 | 3.42 | -0.42 |
| 50 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.88 | 8.6 | 2.89 | 4.37 | -1.37 |
| 51 | Purdue | Western | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 14.63 | 1 | 7.21 | 4.58 | 0.42 |
| 52 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.56 | 4.25 | 20.86 | 3.39 | -1.39 |
| 53 | Maine | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 13.27 | -2.2 | 11.64 | 1.22 | 1.78 |
| 54 | Tennessee Medical College | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 13.06 | -10.67 | 4.3 | 0.39 | 1.61 |
| 55 | Missouri | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 12.82 | -1.2 | 1.79 | 2.17 | 0.83 |
| 56 | Bates | FBS Independents | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 12.37 | -3.67 | 5.88 | 0.79 | 2.21 |
| 57 | Indiana | Western | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 11.46 | -5.14 | 7.2 | 1.59 | 2.41 |
| 58 | Bowdoin | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 11.22 | 4.86 | 6.58 | 4.99 | -1.99 |
| 59 | Wabash College | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 9.87 | 3.2 | 6.95 | 3.43 | -1.43 |
| 60 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 9.65 | 13.33 | 1.95 | 2.91 | -1.91 |
| 61 | Washington University (St. Louis) | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 8.65 | -4.29 | 6.78 | 2.07 | 0.93 |
| 62 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 8.52 | 0.75 | 9.22 | 2.45 | -1.45 |
| 63 | VMI | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.26 | -2.5 | 5.58 | 1.87 | 0.13 |
| 64 | LSU | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.19 | -1.67 | -10 | 1.06 | -0.06 |
| 65 | Colby College | FBS Independents | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 6.09 | -8.5 | 8.78 | 0.42 | 0.58 |
| 66 | New Hampshire | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.95 | -5.33 | 2.09 | 0.64 | 1.36 |
| 67 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 5.71 | -2.5 | 2.14 | 1 | 0 |
| 68 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 1-3-2 | 0.17 | 5.2 | -2.67 | 14.74 | 1.91 | -0.91 |
| 69 | Denver | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 4.07 | -2 | 12.04 | 1.68 | -0.68 |
| 70 | Vermont | FBS Independents | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 3.84 | -15 | 3.46 | 0.08 | 0.92 |
| 71 | Grinnell | FBS Independents | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 2.75 | -50.8 | 7.21 | 0 | 1 |
| 72 | Nashville | FBS Independents | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 2.62 | -7.67 | 13.71 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 73 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 2.02 | -13.17 | 9.95 | 0.37 | 0.63 |
| 74 | Williams | FBS Independents | 1-6-1 | 0.12 | 1.59 | -8.38 | 13.91 | 0.44 | 0.56 |
| 75 | Tufts | FBS Independents | 1-6-1 | 0.12 | 1.19 | -8 | 7.25 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| 76 | Wesleyan (CT) | FBS Independents | 1-6-0 | 0.14 | 1.13 | -14.43 | 15.12 | 0.41 | 0.59 |
| 77 | TCU | FBS Independents | 0-4-1 | 0 | -2.32 | -18 | 5.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.72 | -22.25 | 17.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | Franklin & Marshall | FBS Independents | 0-6-0 | 0 | -2.79 | -28.83 | 11.04 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Colorado State | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -3.05 | -34.5 | 16.14 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | Florida | FBS Independents | 0-5-0 | 0 | -3.23 | -45 | 14.4 | 0 | 0 |