Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:17.821194+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 27.92 | 33.8 | 13.26 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 26.9 | 18 | 10.22 | 4.99 | 0.01 |
| 3 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.83 | 36 | 9.54 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Yale | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 26.78 | 25.5 | 9.48 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Colorado State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.7 | 12 | 12.43 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Chicago | Western | 6-0-0 | 1 | 26.11 | 27.5 | 5.79 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.69 | 18.5 | 4.91 | 3.99 | 0.01 |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 25.44 | 21.4 | 3.53 | 4.99 | 0.01 |
| 9 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 25.35 | 34.17 | 1.51 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | Oklahoma | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.27 | 17 | 6.34 | 1.92 | 0.08 |
| 11 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.92 | 14.5 | 2.38 | 3.95 | 0.05 |
| 12 | Brown | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.91 | 36.2 | -0.58 | 5 | 0 |
| 13 | Wisconsin | Western | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.9 | 29.8 | 0.28 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 24.79 | 12.5 | 2.78 | 3.99 | -0.99 |
| 15 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.68 | 30.33 | -1.62 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | Minnesota | Western | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.5 | 51.4 | -3.21 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | Navy | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.47 | 23 | 1.04 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | Michigan | Western | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.27 | 37.2 | -3.07 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | Nebraska | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24 | 25.5 | -3.16 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | Illinois | Western | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.97 | 10.5 | -1.2 | 3.97 | 0.03 |
| 21 | Purdue | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.79 | 27 | -4.98 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | Amherst | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.61 | 20 | 7.69 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 23 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 23.57 | 38 | -6.65 | 2.99 | -0.99 |
| 24 | Utah | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.53 | 36.5 | -6.21 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Northwestern | Western | 5-0-0 | 1 | 23.16 | 21 | -6.99 | 5 | 0 |
| 26 | Colorado | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.14 | 53.33 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.07 | 46.75 | -10 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | Drake | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.98 | 14.5 | -6.5 | 1.77 | 0.23 |
| 29 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.88 | 54 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 22.73 | 31 | -10 | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | Kansas | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 22.65 | 25 | -10 | 5 | 0 |
| 32 | Washburn | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 22.57 | 23 | -10 | 2.97 | 0.03 |
| 33 | Washington University (St. Louis) | FBS Independents | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 22.53 | 21.67 | -10 | 3 | -1 |
| 34 | Missouri | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 22.43 | 20 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | Colorado School Of Mines | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.87 | 28 | -2.43 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Grinnell | FBS Independents | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 21.85 | 4.25 | -8.25 | 3.43 | -0.43 |
| 37 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.64 | 42 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.93 | 11.5 | 6.19 | 3.81 | -0.81 |
| 39 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.92 | 28 | -2.31 | 4.95 | -0.95 |
| 40 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.6 | 20.6 | -2.69 | 4.96 | -0.96 |
| 41 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.44 | 37.67 | 7.44 | 2.97 | -0.97 |
| 42 | Army | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.4 | 6.67 | 15.28 | 2.47 | -0.47 |
| 43 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.33 | 20.5 | -1.04 | 3.94 | -0.94 |
| 44 | Indiana | Western | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.05 | 13.5 | -0.88 | 3.88 | -0.88 |
| 45 | Bates | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 18.83 | 4.4 | 2.53 | 3.83 | -0.83 |
| 46 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.62 | 14.75 | -1.04 | 3.95 | -0.95 |
| 47 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.93 | 17 | 1.53 | 2.85 | -0.85 |
| 48 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.9 | 21.33 | 0.19 | 2.99 | -0.99 |
| 49 | Wesleyan (CT) | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 17.89 | 4.75 | 14.63 | 2.89 | -0.89 |
| 50 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.84 | 8.57 | 0.63 | 5.67 | -0.67 |
| 51 | Iowa State | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.5 | 5 | 3.63 | 2.02 | -0.02 |
| 52 | Iowa | Western | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.37 | 8.33 | 4.5 | 2.25 | -0.25 |
| 53 | Tufts | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.9 | 7.67 | 7.54 | 2.63 | -0.63 |
| 54 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 15.81 | 5.67 | 1.55 | 2.17 | -0.17 |
| 55 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.21 | 24 | 7.9 | 3.87 | -1.87 |
| 56 | Knox College | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.06 | 9 | 7.12 | 3.63 | -1.63 |
| 57 | Cumberland (TN) | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.94 | 8.5 | 11.03 | 1.59 | -0.59 |
| 58 | Williams | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.78 | 5 | 8.34 | 3.26 | -1.26 |
| 59 | Lawrence University | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.48 | 13.25 | 7.77 | 3.2 | -1.2 |
| 60 | Vermont | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13 | 2 | 5.2 | 2.53 | -0.53 |
| 61 | Texas | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.58 | -3.5 | 15.07 | 0.47 | 0.53 |
| 62 | Colorado College | FBS Independents | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 12.49 | 10 | -2.52 | 2.96 | -1.96 |
| 63 | TCU | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.27 | 1.5 | 9.53 | 2.41 | -0.41 |
| 64 | Denver | FBS Independents | 1-1-2 | 0.25 | 12.1 | 1 | 4.07 | 2.31 | -1.31 |
| 65 | Swarthmore | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.97 | 6 | 7.97 | 1.7 | -0.7 |
| 66 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11.37 | -4 | 8.52 | 1.42 | 0.58 |
| 67 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.26 | -5.5 | 7.97 | 0.16 | 0.84 |
| 68 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.35 | -7.67 | 16.84 | 0.49 | 0.51 |
| 69 | Maine | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.8 | -11.33 | 14.64 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| 70 | New Hampshire | FBS Independents | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 6.65 | -4.5 | 12.06 | 0.37 | 0.63 |
| 71 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.34 | -10 | 5.13 | 0.11 | 0.89 |
| 72 | Bowdoin | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.14 | -10.5 | 2.22 | 0.05 | 0.95 |
| 73 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 2.97 | -19 | 14.03 | 0.01 | 0.99 |
| 74 | Massachusetts | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.2 | -12.8 | 15.97 | 0.05 | 0.95 |
| 75 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 0-0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.31 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 77 | Wabash College | FBS Independents | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.21 | -9.5 | 24.93 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.65 | -25 | 7.83 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | Coe College | FBS Independents | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.76 | -18.5 | 21.93 | 0.09 | -0.09 |
| 80 | Beloit | FBS Independents | 0-3-1 | 0 | -2.78 | -22.5 | 16.16 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | Wyoming | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.85 | -29.5 | 11.21 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.86 | -29 | 12.63 | 0.04 | -0.04 |