Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:17.734792+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 11-0-0 | 1 | 25.77 | 16.73 | 12.15 | 11 | 0 |
| 2 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 25.71 | 24.29 | 10.43 | 6.99 | 0.01 |
| 3 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 25.55 | 19 | 10.7 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 6-0-1 | 0.86 | 25.49 | 17.57 | 10.66 | 6.99 | -0.99 |
| 5 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 25.12 | 24.83 | 7.49 | 5.99 | 0.01 |
| 6 | Colorado School Of Mines | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.91 | 16.25 | 8.05 | 3.85 | 0.15 |
| 7 | Minnesota | Western | 9-0-0 | 1 | 24.45 | 62.56 | 1.11 | 9 | 0 |
| 8 | Michigan | Western | 10-0-0 | 1 | 24.44 | 54.5 | 1.52 | 10 | 0 |
| 9 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 23.86 | 60.14 | -1.66 | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | Chicago | Western | 9-1-1 | 0.82 | 23.37 | 32.64 | 8.45 | 10.97 | -1.97 |
| 11 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 23.12 | 11.44 | 14.71 | 8.92 | -1.92 |
| 12 | Illinois | Western | 8-1-1 | 0.8 | 22.56 | 16.7 | 7.97 | 9.91 | -1.91 |
| 13 | Yale | FBS Independents | 9-1-0 | 0.9 | 22.46 | 18.8 | 6.56 | 9.96 | -0.96 |
| 14 | Amherst | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 22.29 | 13.38 | 8.56 | 7.82 | -0.82 |
| 15 | Navy | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 21.9 | 13.88 | 9.84 | 7.84 | -1.84 |
| 16 | Northwestern | Western | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 21.45 | 30.44 | 0.49 | 8.94 | -0.94 |
| 17 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 8-2-0 | 0.8 | 21.34 | 14.7 | 13.54 | 9.81 | -1.81 |
| 18 | Colorado | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 21.33 | 16.57 | 9.75 | 6.89 | -1.89 |
| 19 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.08 | 16.71 | 4.48 | 6.97 | -0.97 |
| 20 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 20.9 | 22 | 2.28 | 7.89 | -1.89 |
| 21 | Kansas | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 20.57 | 9.38 | 3.83 | 7.52 | -1.52 |
| 22 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.12 | 16.2 | 6.87 | 4.92 | -0.92 |
| 23 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 19.63 | 26 | 3.8 | 8.91 | -1.91 |
| 24 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 19.51 | 19.57 | -1.81 | 6.97 | -1.97 |
| 25 | Iowa | Western | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 19.39 | 20.22 | 3.97 | 8.6 | -1.6 |
| 26 | Wisconsin | Western | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 19.19 | 28.29 | 9.85 | 6.81 | -1.81 |
| 27 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 19.07 | 18.67 | 1.49 | 8.66 | -1.66 |
| 28 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.87 | 20.44 | 0.5 | 8.93 | -1.93 |
| 29 | Army | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.59 | 11.71 | 11.62 | 6.83 | -1.83 |
| 30 | Nebraska | FBS Independents | 7-3-0 | 0.7 | 17.87 | 23 | 4.06 | 9.88 | -2.88 |
| 31 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 7-3-0 | 0.7 | 17.6 | 5.2 | 10.43 | 7.93 | -0.93 |
| 32 | Iowa State | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.38 | 20.86 | 0.65 | 6.8 | -1.8 |
| 33 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 17.31 | 3.25 | 0.76 | 3.14 | -0.14 |
| 34 | Purdue | Western | 7-3-0 | 0.7 | 17.04 | 6.4 | 5.57 | 8.33 | -1.33 |
| 35 | Colorado College | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 17.01 | 4.88 | -0.97 | 6.61 | -0.61 |
| 36 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 6-3-1 | 0.6 | 16.85 | 15.2 | 3.58 | 9.75 | -3.75 |
| 37 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.58 | 15.5 | 2.21 | 5.97 | -1.97 |
| 38 | NC State | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 16.48 | 15 | 1.7 | 3.99 | -1.99 |
| 39 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.44 | 3.5 | 7.26 | 4.14 | -0.14 |
| 40 | Brown | FBS Independents | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 16.25 | 13.7 | 12.55 | 9.73 | -3.73 |
| 41 | Swarthmore | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 16.22 | 17.25 | 7.67 | 7.93 | -2.93 |
| 42 | Massachusetts | FBS Independents | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 16.09 | 5.14 | 4.12 | 5.48 | -1.48 |
| 43 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 15.83 | 3.83 | 17.19 | 4.87 | -1.87 |
| 44 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.76 | 2.88 | 10.95 | 5.87 | -0.87 |
| 45 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.74 | 12 | 5.98 | 7.42 | -2.42 |
| 46 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.66 | 18.8 | 6.91 | 4.33 | -1.33 |
| 47 | Texas | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.91 | 3 | 9.73 | 3.05 | -0.05 |
| 48 | Drake | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.08 | 6.71 | 5.23 | 4.66 | -0.66 |
| 49 | Bowdoin | FBS Independents | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 14.06 | 6.33 | 6.95 | 6.96 | -1.96 |
| 50 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 14.05 | -1.17 | 3.42 | 2.72 | 1.28 |
| 51 | Ohio State | FBS Independents | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 13.9 | 12.56 | 0.2 | 7.78 | -2.78 |
| 52 | LSU | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 13.25 | 3.2 | -2.75 | 3.93 | -0.93 |
| 53 | Maine | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 13.08 | 0 | 10.97 | 3.5 | 0.5 |
| 54 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.61 | 5.17 | 5.36 | 4.63 | -1.63 |
| 55 | Bates | FBS Independents | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 12.35 | -0.62 | 4.78 | 3.52 | 0.48 |
| 56 | Beloit | FBS Independents | 4-4-1 | 0.44 | 12.05 | 5.33 | -0.1 | 6.36 | -2.36 |
| 57 | Indiana | Western | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 11.17 | -6.56 | 7.87 | 1.41 | 3.59 |
| 58 | Wabash College | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 10.54 | 3.29 | 5.44 | 5.09 | -2.09 |
| 59 | VMI | FBS Independents | 3-4-1 | 0.38 | 9.67 | 1.5 | 1.04 | 4.79 | -1.79 |
| 60 | Washington University (St. Louis) | FBS Independents | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 8.91 | -3.56 | 8.75 | 2.76 | 1.24 |
| 61 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 8.09 | -1.5 | 2.28 | 2.19 | -0.19 |
| 62 | Missouri | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 8.06 | -4.71 | 1.66 | 1.62 | 1.38 |
| 63 | Tennessee Medical College | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 6.72 | -26.6 | 5.86 | 0.07 | 1.93 |
| 64 | Wesleyan (CT) | FBS Independents | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 6.01 | -5.78 | 11.31 | 2.43 | 0.57 |
| 65 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 5.6 | 2.4 | 8.11 | 3.11 | -2.11 |
| 66 | Denver | FBS Independents | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 5.1 | -8.71 | 12.98 | 0.79 | 1.21 |
| 67 | New Hampshire | FBS Independents | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 4.64 | -6.86 | 0.32 | 0.42 | 1.58 |
| 68 | Williams | FBS Independents | 2-7-1 | 0.2 | 4.24 | -1.2 | 9.67 | 4.34 | -2.34 |
| 69 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 3.45 | -4.17 | 12.85 | 0.63 | 0.37 |
| 70 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.92 | -6 | 18.3 | 1.43 | -0.43 |
| 71 | Tufts | FBS Independents | 2-8-1 | 0.18 | 2.54 | -10.91 | 4.7 | 0.92 | 1.08 |
| 72 | Colby College | FBS Independents | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 2.42 | -16.33 | 10.44 | 0.12 | 0.88 |
| 73 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 1-5-2 | 0.12 | 2.27 | -9.12 | 18.73 | 0.91 | 0.09 |
| 74 | Vermont | FBS Independents | 1-5-1 | 0.14 | 1.37 | -22.71 | 4.08 | 0.07 | 0.93 |
| 75 | Nashville | FBS Independents | 1-6-1 | 0.12 | 1.01 | -17.88 | 12.97 | 0.16 | 0.84 |
| 76 | Grinnell | FBS Independents | 1-5-1 | 0.14 | 0.79 | -51.86 | 10.24 | 0 | 1 |
| 77 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 1-7-0 | 0.12 | 0.41 | -18.75 | 9.26 | 0.25 | 0.75 |
| 78 | TCU | FBS Independents | 0-4-1 | 0 | -2.34 | -18 | 9.07 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | Colorado State | FBS Independents | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.73 | -24.33 | 16.23 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Franklin & Marshall | FBS Independents | 0-8-0 | 0 | -2.78 | -33.12 | 8.43 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | Florida | FBS Independents | 0-5-0 | 0 | -3.13 | -45 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 |