Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:17.821794+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 27.16 | 28.43 | 14.57 | 6.99 | 0.01 |
| 2 | Amherst | FBS Independents | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 26.38 | 10 | 14.95 | 2.71 | -0.71 |
| 3 | Yale | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 26.36 | 22.33 | 11.75 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | Chicago | Western | 8-0-0 | 1 | 26.12 | 25.12 | 10.19 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | Colorado School Of Mines | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.68 | 17.5 | 10.21 | 1.94 | 0.06 |
| 6 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 25.59 | 15.14 | 9.39 | 6.99 | 0.01 |
| 7 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 25.59 | 20 | 9.09 | 2.99 | -0.99 |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 8-0-0 | 1 | 25.3 | 19.25 | 7.29 | 7.97 | 0.03 |
| 9 | Purdue | Western | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 25.1 | 22 | 5.97 | 4.98 | -0.98 |
| 10 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.91 | 18.67 | 5.67 | 2.99 | 0.01 |
| 11 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.88 | 26.33 | 4.12 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.79 | 38.6 | 2.09 | 4.99 | 0.01 |
| 13 | Minnesota | Western | 7-0-0 | 1 | 24.63 | 48.86 | 0.77 | 7 | 0 |
| 14 | Michigan | Western | 8-0-0 | 1 | 24.59 | 41.88 | 1.09 | 8 | 0 |
| 15 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 24.38 | 24.17 | 1.72 | 5.99 | 0.01 |
| 16 | Colorado | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 23.97 | 48.8 | -2 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | Utah | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.72 | 55 | -4.07 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 23.22 | 24.4 | -3.72 | 4.99 | 0.01 |
| 19 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 22.91 | 29.38 | 6.43 | 7.99 | -0.99 |
| 20 | Washburn | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 22.77 | 16.4 | -4.11 | 4.87 | 0.13 |
| 21 | Missouri | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 22.75 | 16.8 | -4.77 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | Grinnell | FBS Independents | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 22.1 | 5.17 | -4.17 | 5.45 | -0.45 |
| 23 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 22.09 | 38.2 | 12.44 | 4.99 | -0.99 |
| 24 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.34 | 15.33 | 6.12 | 5.88 | -0.88 |
| 25 | Wisconsin | Western | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.33 | 23.14 | 2.15 | 7 | -1 |
| 26 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.09 | 18 | 2.36 | 6.93 | -0.93 |
| 27 | Navy | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.04 | 21.71 | -0.43 | 7 | -1 |
| 28 | Kansas | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.83 | 20.57 | -1.06 | 6.97 | -0.97 |
| 29 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.47 | 26.43 | -2.68 | 6.94 | -0.94 |
| 30 | Nebraska | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.39 | 28.83 | -0.03 | 5.9 | -0.9 |
| 31 | Indiana | Western | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 20.37 | 15.5 | 6.19 | 5.83 | -1.83 |
| 32 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.34 | 28.5 | -0.18 | 5.89 | -0.89 |
| 33 | Wesleyan (CT) | FBS Independents | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 20.04 | 11.83 | 5.65 | 5.46 | -1.46 |
| 34 | Illinois | Western | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 19.78 | 7.17 | 2.14 | 5.22 | -0.22 |
| 35 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 19.78 | 30.83 | -3.77 | 5.97 | -0.97 |
| 36 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 3-1-2 | 0.5 | 19.67 | 6.33 | 10.45 | 5.33 | -2.33 |
| 37 | Tufts | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.66 | 9 | 4.62 | 4.76 | -0.76 |
| 38 | Northwestern | Western | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 19.59 | 10.43 | -1.95 | 6.57 | -1.57 |
| 39 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.55 | 17.2 | 0.77 | 4.83 | -0.83 |
| 40 | Swarthmore | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.5 | 10.25 | 10.86 | 3.81 | -0.81 |
| 41 | Brown | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.91 | 24.14 | 6.39 | 6.95 | -1.95 |
| 42 | Iowa State | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.51 | 19.5 | 0.56 | 3.69 | -0.69 |
| 43 | Bates | FBS Independents | 3-1-2 | 0.5 | 17.83 | 3.67 | 3.24 | 4.59 | -1.59 |
| 44 | Washington University (St. Louis) | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 17.38 | 12.2 | -3.95 | 4.52 | -1.52 |
| 45 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.98 | 12.67 | 4.81 | 5.82 | -1.82 |
| 46 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.84 | 9.33 | 5.05 | 5.67 | -1.67 |
| 47 | Colorado State | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.72 | 2 | 6.9 | 1.92 | 0.08 |
| 48 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.29 | 6.67 | 1.44 | 6.87 | -0.87 |
| 49 | Oklahoma | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.71 | 6 | 8.32 | 3.69 | -0.69 |
| 50 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.35 | 37.6 | -1.08 | 4.97 | -1.97 |
| 51 | Colorado College | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 15.32 | 8.5 | -5.72 | 3.96 | -1.96 |
| 52 | Iowa | Western | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.62 | 4.4 | 5.66 | 3.16 | -0.16 |
| 53 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.48 | 3 | 6.88 | 3.23 | -0.23 |
| 54 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 14.09 | 12.8 | 9.93 | 4.15 | -2.15 |
| 55 | Williams | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.08 | 6.71 | 5.18 | 5.62 | -1.62 |
| 56 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 13.97 | 16 | 10.92 | 5.55 | -2.55 |
| 57 | Lawrence University | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.9 | 3.17 | 8.28 | 3.55 | -0.55 |
| 58 | Vermont | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 12.57 | 3.43 | 6.83 | 5.09 | -2.09 |
| 59 | Knox College | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.43 | 6 | -0.08 | 5.08 | -2.08 |
| 60 | Texas | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.14 | -0.25 | 12.2 | 1.95 | 0.05 |
| 61 | TCU | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 11.85 | 1.33 | 2.62 | 3.62 | -0.62 |
| 62 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 10.68 | 2.8 | 9.92 | 3.06 | -1.06 |
| 63 | Drake | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.66 | -5 | 8.7 | 1.29 | 0.71 |
| 64 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.65 | -1.17 | 7.07 | 2.72 | 0.28 |
| 65 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 10.27 | 6 | -10 | 1.86 | -0.86 |
| 66 | Army | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 9.92 | -1.2 | 21.75 | 2.11 | -0.11 |
| 67 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.56 | -3 | 10.03 | 1.81 | 0.19 |
| 68 | Denver | FBS Independents | 1-2-2 | 0.2 | 6.61 | -2.8 | 8.71 | 1.61 | -0.61 |
| 69 | Bowdoin | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.21 | -5 | 6.85 | 0.97 | 1.03 |
| 70 | Massachusetts | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.78 | -8.17 | 12.02 | 0.45 | 1.55 |
| 71 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.58 | -14 | 8.72 | 0.2 | 1.8 |
| 72 | Cumberland (TN) | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 5.47 | -2.5 | 17.98 | 1.47 | -0.47 |
| 73 | New Hampshire | FBS Independents | 1-3-2 | 0.17 | 4.52 | -5.5 | 10.6 | 0.22 | 0.78 |
| 74 | Maine | FBS Independents | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 4.13 | -9.2 | 14.91 | 0.32 | 0.68 |
| 75 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.75 | -19.5 | 16.27 | 0.03 | 0.97 |
| 76 | Wabash College | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 3.28 | -6.6 | 21.2 | 0.04 | 0.96 |
| 77 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.48 | -17 | 12.3 | 0.02 | 0.98 |
| 78 | Beloit | FBS Independents | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 2.31 | -11 | 11.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| 79 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 1.81 | -22 | 11.93 | 0.03 | 0.97 |
| 80 | Coe College | FBS Independents | 0-5-1 | 0 | -2.24 | -15.17 | 8.27 | 0.15 | -0.15 |
| 81 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.99 | -32 | 16.83 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 82 | Wyoming | FBS Independents | 0-3-0 | 0 | -3.41 | -42.67 | 23.68 | 0 | 0 |