Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:17.820549+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.03 | 32 | 7.65 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 27.23 | 24.5 | 6.12 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 27 | 35 | 20.25 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.49 | 12 | 21.93 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.43 | 26 | -5.09 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Chicago | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.35 | 24.67 | -4.05 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Brown | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.64 | 25.67 | -3.95 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | Purdue | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.55 | 34.5 | -4.01 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Illinois | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.36 | 6 | 18.58 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.35 | 53 | -7.06 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.98 | 26 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Minnesota | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.82 | 56.67 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.47 | 42 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | Kansas | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.35 | 31 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Wisconsin | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.26 | 32.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Northwestern | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.23 | 28 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | Nebraska | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.21 | 25 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.1 | 28 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.72 | 41 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.69 | 30.67 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.54 | 10 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Indiana | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.5 | 18 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | Grinnell | FBS Independents | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 22.91 | 7.5 | -10 | 1.9 | -0.9 |
| 24 | Iowa State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.57 | 29 | -1.25 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Army | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.52 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.27 | 3 | 4.8 | 1.47 | 0.53 |
| 27 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.06 | 17 | -0.18 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Iowa | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 21.79 | 33.5 | -5.62 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.66 | 97 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.5 | 86 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Michigan | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.41 | 65 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Washington University (St. Louis) | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.9 | 59 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Colorado | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.86 | 28 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.83 | 26 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.83 | 44 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.73 | 22 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.73 | 23 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.66 | 23 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | Wesleyan (CT) | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.65 | 38 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | Maine | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.47 | 22 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | Washburn | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.38 | 39 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Drake | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.19 | 12 | -10 | 0.93 | 0.07 |
| 43 | Vermont | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.08 | 17 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.88 | 10 | -10 | 0.91 | 0.09 |
| 45 | Bowdoin | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.75 | 5 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | Bates | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.72 | 6 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | Denver | FBS Independents | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 19.7 | 8 | -10 | 1.68 | -0.68 |
| 48 | Missouri | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.52 | 6 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.77 | 15 | 1.54 | 2.79 | -0.79 |
| 50 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.01 | 16.67 | -5.61 | 2.67 | -0.67 |
| 51 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15.23 | 29 | -3.73 | 1.97 | -0.97 |
| 52 | Williams | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.76 | 7 | -3.42 | 1.72 | -0.72 |
| 53 | TCU | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.79 | -2 | 10.49 | 0.74 | 0.26 |
| 54 | Knox College | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.64 | 2.5 | -3.4 | 1.62 | -0.62 |
| 55 | Lawrence University | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.2 | 15 | 9.65 | 1.64 | -0.64 |
| 56 | New Hampshire | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 9.44 | -2.5 | 7.38 | 0.58 | 0.42 |
| 57 | Colorado School Of Mines | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | Navy | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | Yale | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Amherst | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | Swarthmore | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | Texas | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Colorado State | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | -0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Cumberland (TN) | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | -0.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | Oklahoma | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | -0.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Utah | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | -0.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Wyoming | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | -0.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Colorado College | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.99 | -6 | -10 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Beloit | FBS Independents | 0-1-1 | 0 | -1.83 | -18 | 6.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Wabash College | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.04 | -15 | 29.31 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Tufts | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.1 | -18 | 2.87 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.38 | -16.5 | 6.12 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 80 | Massachusetts | FBS Independents | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.48 | -19.67 | 18.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | Coe College | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.6 | -28 | 2.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -3.77 | -38 | 24.27 | 0 | 0 |