Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:17.822957+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yale | FBS Independents | 10-0-0 | 1 | 26.35 | 22.3 | 15.29 | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago | Western | 10-0-0 | 1 | 26.17 | 26.4 | 13.67 | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 25.09 | 28.33 | 8.16 | 5.96 | -0.96 |
| 4 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 11-0-1 | 0.92 | 25 | 18.75 | 9.27 | 11.94 | -0.94 |
| 5 | Colorado School Of Mines | FBS Independents | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 24.53 | 12.6 | 8.16 | 4.89 | -0.89 |
| 6 | Michigan | Western | 12-0-0 | 1 | 24.03 | 41.25 | 1.62 | 12 | 0 |
| 7 | Minnesota | Western | 10-1-0 | 0.91 | 22.98 | 47.27 | 5.78 | 10.99 | -0.99 |
| 8 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 22.7 | 40.86 | 10.8 | 6.99 | -0.99 |
| 9 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 7-1-2 | 0.7 | 22.63 | 11.6 | 13.36 | 9.71 | -2.71 |
| 10 | Swarthmore | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 22.53 | 19.5 | 10.67 | 7.94 | -0.94 |
| 11 | Navy | FBS Independents | 10-1-0 | 0.91 | 22.46 | 20 | 6.43 | 10.98 | -0.98 |
| 12 | Colorado | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 22.3 | 36.5 | 6.59 | 7.98 | -0.98 |
| 13 | Purdue | Western | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 22.26 | 18.38 | 11.94 | 7.88 | -1.88 |
| 14 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 21.76 | 27.44 | 3.17 | 8.97 | -0.97 |
| 15 | Indiana | Western | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 21.66 | 21.22 | 5.31 | 8.87 | -1.87 |
| 16 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 8-2-0 | 0.8 | 21.32 | 18.4 | 14.44 | 9.79 | -1.79 |
| 17 | Kansas | FBS Independents | 9-1-0 | 0.9 | 21.3 | 20 | 1.19 | 9.94 | -0.94 |
| 18 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 10-1-0 | 0.91 | 21.11 | 33.18 | -2.83 | 10.95 | -0.95 |
| 19 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 8-2-1 | 0.73 | 20.97 | 9.64 | 14.77 | 10.49 | -2.49 |
| 20 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 20.44 | 14.17 | 10.75 | 5.52 | -1.52 |
| 21 | Wisconsin | Western | 8-2-0 | 0.8 | 20.13 | 19.8 | 6.93 | 9.93 | -1.93 |
| 22 | Nebraska | FBS Independents | 8-2-0 | 0.8 | 19.81 | 21.5 | 4.69 | 9.59 | -1.59 |
| 23 | Iowa | Western | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 19.76 | 21.33 | 7.28 | 8.47 | -1.47 |
| 24 | Amherst | FBS Independents | 3-1-2 | 0.5 | 19.29 | 6.33 | 14.81 | 5.3 | -2.3 |
| 25 | Wesleyan (CT) | FBS Independents | 7-2-1 | 0.7 | 19.14 | 8.9 | 6.47 | 8.22 | -1.22 |
| 26 | Colorado College | FBS Independents | 4-1-2 | 0.57 | 19.11 | 11 | 3.34 | 6.99 | -2.99 |
| 27 | Oklahoma | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.8 | 19.33 | 1.71 | 8.7 | -1.7 |
| 28 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 18.68 | 5 | 11.09 | 3.68 | -0.68 |
| 29 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 18.55 | 23.44 | 3.19 | 8.79 | -2.79 |
| 30 | Northwestern | Western | 8-2-1 | 0.73 | 18.39 | 8.36 | -0.6 | 8.7 | -0.7 |
| 31 | Washburn | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.19 | 6.67 | 2.48 | 7.17 | -0.17 |
| 32 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.17 | 10.78 | -0.41 | 7.76 | -0.76 |
| 33 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 8-3-0 | 0.73 | 17.98 | 14.09 | 4.2 | 10.36 | -2.36 |
| 34 | Utah | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.92 | 23.14 | 4.94 | 6.58 | -1.58 |
| 35 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 9-4-0 | 0.69 | 17.5 | 17.15 | 6.08 | 12.73 | -3.73 |
| 36 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 8-3-0 | 0.73 | 17.38 | 17.64 | -0.69 | 10.7 | -2.7 |
| 37 | Brown | FBS Independents | 7-4-0 | 0.64 | 17.36 | 20.27 | 12.14 | 10.74 | -3.74 |
| 38 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 7-3-0 | 0.7 | 17.21 | 15.5 | 3.52 | 9.83 | -2.83 |
| 39 | Grinnell | FBS Independents | 7-2-1 | 0.7 | 17.13 | 3.2 | -0.89 | 6.55 | 0.45 |
| 40 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 17.1 | 12.78 | 8.23 | 8.45 | -2.45 |
| 41 | Lawrence University | FBS Independents | 7-3-0 | 0.7 | 16.7 | 11.9 | 1.31 | 8.46 | -1.46 |
| 42 | Iowa State | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.93 | 13.12 | 7.07 | 7.02 | -2.02 |
| 43 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.51 | 13.5 | 4.29 | 7.34 | -2.34 |
| 44 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.27 | 2.88 | 10.57 | 5.31 | -0.31 |
| 45 | Tufts | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 14.78 | 1.88 | 8.88 | 4.99 | 0.01 |
| 46 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 14.64 | 7 | 0.9 | 8.16 | -3.16 |
| 47 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 14.52 | 25.78 | 2.7 | 8.66 | -3.66 |
| 48 | Washington University (St. Louis) | FBS Independents | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 14.39 | 6.67 | -0.27 | 7.07 | -2.07 |
| 49 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 14.35 | 14.89 | 5.01 | 8.16 | -3.16 |
| 50 | Missouri | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 14.29 | 4.88 | 0.02 | 6.25 | -1.25 |
| 51 | Bates | FBS Independents | 3-2-2 | 0.43 | 14.04 | 2.29 | 5.12 | 4.83 | -1.83 |
| 52 | Texas | FBS Independents | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 13.76 | 3.22 | 9.78 | 6.27 | -1.27 |
| 53 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 13.74 | 4 | 6.72 | 5.92 | -0.92 |
| 54 | Drake | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 13.64 | 2.14 | 7.63 | 3.97 | 0.03 |
| 55 | Army | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 13.42 | 5.5 | 16.15 | 6.43 | -2.43 |
| 56 | Williams | FBS Independents | 6-5-0 | 0.55 | 13.31 | 2.64 | 7.16 | 7.21 | -1.21 |
| 57 | Vermont | FBS Independents | 6-4-1 | 0.55 | 13.15 | 0.55 | 2.3 | 5.87 | 0.13 |
| 58 | Maine | FBS Independents | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 13.09 | 0.5 | 7.97 | 4.27 | -0.27 |
| 59 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 12.78 | 6.43 | 8.02 | 4.79 | -1.79 |
| 60 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 12.7 | 6.25 | 7.38 | 6.22 | -2.22 |
| 61 | Illinois | Western | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 12.6 | -4.25 | 7.85 | 2.38 | 2.62 |
| 62 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 4-3-2 | 0.44 | 12.27 | -3.56 | 13.73 | 2.74 | 1.26 |
| 63 | Wabash College | FBS Independents | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 12.04 | 9.89 | 12.04 | 7.73 | -3.73 |
| 64 | TCU | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 11.56 | 1.5 | 4.3 | 4.79 | -0.79 |
| 65 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 11.51 | -1.67 | 5.86 | 3.88 | 1.12 |
| 66 | Colorado State | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.86 | -0.67 | 10.23 | 2.79 | 0.21 |
| 67 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 6-6-0 | 0.5 | 9.91 | -1.92 | 2.32 | 5.02 | 0.98 |
| 68 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 9.85 | -3.57 | 5.94 | 2.21 | 0.79 |
| 69 | Cumberland (TN) | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 9.56 | 0.14 | 5.7 | 3.56 | -0.56 |
| 70 | Denver | FBS Independents | 3-4-2 | 0.33 | 8.62 | -2.56 | 6.52 | 2.87 | 0.13 |
| 71 | Bowdoin | FBS Independents | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 8.36 | -4.11 | 4.57 | 1.61 | 2.39 |
| 72 | Knox College | FBS Independents | 4-5-1 | 0.4 | 7.87 | -5.3 | -1.3 | 2.41 | 1.59 |
| 73 | Beloit | FBS Independents | 3-6-1 | 0.3 | 5.94 | -4.5 | 7.47 | 3.25 | -0.25 |
| 74 | New Hampshire | FBS Independents | 2-4-2 | 0.25 | 5.91 | -5.38 | 7.28 | 0.38 | 1.62 |
| 75 | Wyoming | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.1 | -20.83 | 8.85 | 0.18 | 1.82 |
| 76 | Massachusetts | FBS Independents | 3-7-0 | 0.3 | 5.03 | -7.8 | 7.44 | 0.9 | 2.1 |
| 77 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 3-7-0 | 0.3 | 4.69 | -11.5 | 5.31 | 0.91 | 2.09 |
| 78 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 3.27 | -16.62 | 8.41 | 0.08 | 1.92 |
| 79 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.29 | -15.6 | 7.45 | 0.09 | 0.91 |
| 80 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 1.91 | -28.4 | 11.84 | 0.06 | 0.94 |
| 81 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 1-6-0 | 0.14 | 0.79 | -19.86 | 10.97 | 0.05 | 0.95 |
| 82 | Coe College | FBS Independents | 1-7-1 | 0.11 | 0.34 | -19.11 | 4.78 | 0.18 | 0.82 |