Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:17.820858+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 28.83 | 16.67 | 18.33 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 28.47 | 32.67 | 12.85 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 26.8 | 18.5 | 7.41 | 3.99 | 0.01 |
| 4 | Yale | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.53 | 21.5 | 22.17 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Chicago | Western | 5-0-0 | 1 | 26.49 | 30.8 | 4.02 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.02 | 24.5 | 1.89 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Army | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 6.57 | 1.97 | 0.03 |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.94 | 17.33 | 2.82 | 2.96 | 0.04 |
| 9 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.83 | 41 | 0.3 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.61 | 14.5 | 4.83 | 3.95 | 0.05 |
| 11 | Colorado State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.53 | 12 | 19.7 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Brown | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.09 | 36.75 | -3.26 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | Illinois | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.05 | 12 | 0.53 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.66 | 65.5 | -4.82 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | Wisconsin | Western | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.59 | 32 | -4.45 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 24.54 | 14.67 | 0.22 | 3 | -1 |
| 17 | Purdue | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.51 | 34.5 | -5.92 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Texas | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.4 | 11 | 13.79 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.39 | 49 | -5.11 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Iowa State | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.94 | 28.5 | -6.3 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | Minnesota | Western | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.89 | 53.75 | -10 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | Northwestern | Western | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.66 | 22.25 | -8.01 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.66 | 46.33 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | Colorado | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.55 | 68.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.51 | 31.33 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | Nebraska | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.43 | 28.67 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | Michigan | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.4 | 48.33 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | Kansas | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.32 | 23.25 | -10 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.31 | 57 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | Drake | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.22 | 14.5 | -6.3 | 1.77 | 0.23 |
| 31 | Indiana | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.17 | 21.67 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.14 | 36 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.13 | 35 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | Washington University (St. Louis) | FBS Independents | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 23.03 | 29.5 | -10 | 2 | -1 |
| 35 | Bates | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.02 | 16.67 | -7.49 | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | Washburn | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23 | 31 | -10 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 37 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.79 | 20.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.67 | 17 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | Missouri | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.49 | 16 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | Utah | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.34 | 31 | -0.21 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | Grinnell | FBS Independents | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 22.28 | 5.33 | -10 | 2.68 | -0.68 |
| 42 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.86 | 54 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | Navy | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.57 | 34 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | Oklahoma | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.36 | 28 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.83 | 16.4 | -2.6 | 4.7 | -0.7 |
| 46 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.55 | 25.5 | -0.49 | 3.93 | -0.93 |
| 47 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.55 | 6 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.94 | 19 | -7.37 | 3.94 | -0.94 |
| 49 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.63 | 13.67 | 1.78 | 2.93 | -0.93 |
| 50 | Iowa | Western | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.27 | 8.33 | 4.58 | 2.25 | -0.25 |
| 51 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.22 | 10.67 | 0.76 | 2.64 | -0.64 |
| 52 | Vermont | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.47 | 5.33 | 2.14 | 2.64 | -0.64 |
| 53 | Knox College | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.37 | 17.33 | 1.79 | 2.99 | -0.99 |
| 54 | Williams | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.1 | 8.67 | 2.16 | 2.82 | -0.82 |
| 55 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.96 | 3.5 | 11.97 | 1.41 | -0.41 |
| 56 | Wesleyan (CT) | FBS Independents | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 14.01 | 3.67 | 3.72 | 2.08 | -1.08 |
| 57 | Maine | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.28 | 0 | 8.24 | 1 | 0 |
| 58 | Cumberland (TN) | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.63 | 8.5 | 10.83 | 1.59 | -0.59 |
| 59 | Denver | FBS Independents | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 12.43 | 1.33 | -6.68 | 1.74 | -0.74 |
| 60 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.81 | -12 | 9.02 | 0.1 | 0.9 |
| 61 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 11.31 | 15.33 | 11.6 | 2.7 | -1.7 |
| 62 | Colorado College | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 10.76 | 15 | -10 | 1.97 | -0.97 |
| 63 | Tufts | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 10.14 | -2.5 | 15.98 | 0.63 | 0.37 |
| 64 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 8.91 | -8.5 | 5.83 | 0.32 | 0.68 |
| 65 | Lawrence University | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 8.25 | -1.33 | 13.54 | 1.39 | -0.39 |
| 66 | Bowdoin | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.69 | -7.33 | 2.16 | 0.05 | 0.95 |
| 67 | TCU | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.47 | -5 | 8.43 | 0.52 | 0.48 |
| 68 | New Hampshire | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.63 | -6 | 4.51 | 0.27 | 0.73 |
| 69 | Colorado School Of Mines | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Amherst | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Swarthmore | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.73 | -7 | 27 | 0.08 | -0.08 |
| 75 | Wabash College | FBS Independents | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.18 | -8.67 | 25.31 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.32 | -16.5 | 1.89 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 77 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.34 | -29 | -0.21 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| 78 | Wyoming | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.43 | -31 | -0.21 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | Beloit | FBS Independents | 0-2-1 | 0 | -2.76 | -24.67 | 13.97 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Massachusetts | FBS Independents | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.81 | -18.75 | 23.46 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | Coe College | FBS Independents | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.99 | -24.33 | 21.52 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| 82 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 0-3-0 | 0 | -3.09 | -27.33 | 14.46 | 0 | 0 |