Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:17.734501+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 10-0-0 | 1 | 25.89 | 16.6 | 11.8 | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 25.77 | 25.33 | 9.64 | 5.99 | 0.01 |
| 3 | Chicago | Western | 9-0-1 | 0.9 | 25.52 | 36.9 | 7.17 | 10 | -1 |
| 4 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 25.31 | 18.67 | 8.56 | 6 | -1 |
| 5 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.31 | 17.75 | 8.68 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 25.16 | 28.2 | 6.25 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | Colorado School Of Mines | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.97 | 16.25 | 7.57 | 3.85 | 0.15 |
| 8 | Amherst | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 24.87 | 16.86 | 6.72 | 6.98 | 0.02 |
| 9 | Illinois | Western | 8-0-1 | 0.89 | 24.85 | 19.22 | 6.38 | 8.98 | -0.98 |
| 10 | Michigan | Western | 9-0-0 | 1 | 24.23 | 59.44 | -0.68 | 9 | 0 |
| 11 | Minnesota | Western | 8-0-0 | 1 | 24.17 | 66.88 | -1.57 | 8 | 0 |
| 12 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 24.04 | 56.67 | -1.28 | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 23.5 | 17.67 | 12.67 | 8.94 | -0.94 |
| 14 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 23.04 | 10 | 16.45 | 7.95 | -1.95 |
| 15 | Yale | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 22.18 | 19.56 | 5.23 | 8.96 | -0.96 |
| 16 | Wisconsin | Western | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.97 | 37.67 | 8.91 | 5.97 | -0.97 |
| 17 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 21.62 | 10.33 | -7.57 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | Navy | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 21.21 | 15.14 | 8.53 | 6.84 | -1.84 |
| 19 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.02 | 21.75 | -0.3 | 7.81 | -0.81 |
| 20 | Northwestern | Western | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 20.95 | 33.5 | -2.31 | 7.96 | -0.96 |
| 21 | Colorado | FBS Independents | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 20.83 | 9.83 | 10.34 | 5.68 | -1.68 |
| 22 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.69 | 34.86 | -1.68 | 6.99 | -0.99 |
| 23 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 20.46 | 22.71 | 2.21 | 6.92 | -1.92 |
| 24 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.46 | 6 | 8.18 | 5.39 | -0.39 |
| 25 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.42 | 17.5 | 3.6 | 5.96 | -0.96 |
| 26 | Kansas | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 20.05 | 9 | 4.11 | 6.46 | -1.46 |
| 27 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 19.87 | 19.57 | -1.61 | 6.97 | -1.97 |
| 28 | Nebraska | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 19.5 | 26.44 | 2.64 | 8.96 | -1.96 |
| 29 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.38 | 9 | 4.18 | 4.64 | -0.64 |
| 30 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.2 | 17.75 | 4.84 | 3.92 | -0.92 |
| 31 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 19.12 | 20.44 | 0.53 | 8.93 | -1.93 |
| 32 | Iowa | Western | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.85 | 14.12 | 4.37 | 7.27 | -1.27 |
| 33 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 18.59 | 18.11 | 2.73 | 8.89 | -2.89 |
| 34 | Army | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 18.09 | 6.83 | 14.95 | 5.54 | -1.54 |
| 35 | Iowa State | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.97 | 21.67 | 3.1 | 5.79 | -1.79 |
| 36 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.9 | 15.5 | 2.54 | 5.97 | -1.97 |
| 37 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.86 | 5.11 | 8.85 | 7.1 | -1.1 |
| 38 | NC State | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 16.61 | 15 | 1.48 | 3.99 | -1.99 |
| 39 | Colorado College | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 16.53 | 5 | -0.96 | 5.66 | -0.66 |
| 40 | Massachusetts | FBS Independents | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 16.21 | 5.14 | 4.15 | 5.48 | -1.48 |
| 41 | Purdue | Western | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.14 | 4.11 | 5.41 | 6.68 | -0.68 |
| 42 | Ohio State | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.55 | 14.38 | 1.27 | 6.99 | -1.99 |
| 43 | Brown | FBS Independents | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 15.4 | 10.67 | 13.34 | 8.55 | -3.55 |
| 44 | Texas | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.24 | 3 | 9.43 | 3.05 | -0.05 |
| 45 | Swarthmore | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 15.1 | 9.86 | 9.53 | 6.77 | -2.77 |
| 46 | Bates | FBS Independents | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 14.84 | 0.14 | 4.84 | 3.6 | 0.4 |
| 47 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.77 | 8.6 | 2.27 | 4.37 | -1.37 |
| 48 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.7 | 12.14 | 4.1 | 6.39 | -2.39 |
| 49 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 14.37 | -1.17 | 3.39 | 2.72 | 1.28 |
| 50 | Beloit | FBS Independents | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 14.03 | 8 | 0.85 | 6.24 | -2.24 |
| 51 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 13.87 | 3.4 | 20.05 | 3.8 | -1.8 |
| 52 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.31 | 13 | 4.26 | 3.07 | -1.07 |
| 53 | Tennessee Medical College | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 13.14 | -10.67 | 6.2 | 0.39 | 1.61 |
| 54 | Bowdoin | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 12.76 | 6.38 | 6.72 | 6.14 | -2.14 |
| 55 | Indiana | Western | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 12.69 | -4 | 6.98 | 2.06 | 2.94 |
| 56 | Drake | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.17 | 1 | 8.24 | 3.15 | -0.15 |
| 57 | Maine | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.52 | -4.67 | 11.65 | 0.79 | 2.21 |
| 58 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 10.46 | 0.2 | -0.31 | 2.59 | -0.59 |
| 59 | Washington University (St. Louis) | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 10.31 | -2.5 | 8.01 | 2.94 | 1.06 |
| 60 | Missouri | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.15 | -2.67 | 3.13 | 2.05 | 0.95 |
| 61 | LSU | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.09 | 0 | -3.37 | 2 | 0 |
| 62 | Wabash College | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 8.5 | 2 | 8.11 | 3.82 | -1.82 |
| 63 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 7.35 | 7.25 | 4.9 | 3.37 | -2.37 |
| 64 | Denver | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 7.18 | -0.67 | 12.52 | 2.69 | -0.69 |
| 65 | VMI | FBS Independents | 2-4-1 | 0.29 | 6.33 | -2.14 | 2.55 | 2.45 | -0.45 |
| 66 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 4.87 | -3.8 | 12.59 | 0.72 | 0.28 |
| 67 | New Hampshire | FBS Independents | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 4.76 | -6.86 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 1.58 |
| 68 | Colby College | FBS Independents | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 3.89 | -11.4 | 8.96 | 0.25 | 0.75 |
| 69 | Wesleyan (CT) | FBS Independents | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 3.84 | -9.75 | 14.22 | 1.12 | 0.88 |
| 70 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 1-4-2 | 0.14 | 3.25 | -7.14 | 17.38 | 1.09 | -0.09 |
| 71 | Tufts | FBS Independents | 2-7-1 | 0.2 | 2.99 | -9.2 | 5.23 | 1.18 | 0.82 |
| 72 | Nashville | FBS Independents | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 2.94 | -7.67 | 12.47 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 73 | Vermont | FBS Independents | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 2.33 | -16.33 | 3.91 | 0.06 | 0.94 |
| 74 | Grinnell | FBS Independents | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 1.56 | -49 | 9.07 | 0 | 1 |
| 75 | Williams | FBS Independents | 1-7-1 | 0.11 | 1.05 | -8.11 | 10.94 | 0.43 | 0.57 |
| 76 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 1-6-0 | 0.14 | 0.97 | -17.71 | 11.94 | 0.26 | 0.74 |
| 77 | TCU | FBS Independents | 0-4-1 | 0 | -2.35 | -18 | 8.77 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Franklin & Marshall | FBS Independents | 0-7-0 | 0 | -2.67 | -28 | 7.42 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.74 | -22.25 | 20.07 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Colorado State | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.98 | -34.5 | 14.36 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | Florida | FBS Independents | 0-5-0 | 0 | -3.16 | -45 | 12.86 | 0 | 0 |