Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:17.822080+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yale | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 26.53 | 26.71 | 13.17 | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago | Western | 8-0-0 | 1 | 25.95 | 25.12 | 10.55 | 8 | 0 |
| 3 | Purdue | Western | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 25.65 | 22.33 | 9.75 | 5.99 | -0.99 |
| 4 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 8-0-0 | 1 | 25.53 | 14.75 | 10.5 | 7.94 | 0.06 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 8-0-1 | 0.89 | 25.12 | 17.11 | 7.9 | 8.94 | -0.94 |
| 6 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 24.98 | 20 | 6.55 | 2.99 | -0.99 |
| 7 | Colorado School Of Mines | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.91 | 17.5 | 6.65 | 1.94 | 0.06 |
| 8 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.85 | 31 | 4.53 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | Michigan | Western | 9-0-0 | 1 | 24.64 | 40.89 | 2.55 | 9 | 0 |
| 10 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 24.63 | 34 | 3.12 | 5.99 | 0.01 |
| 11 | Colorado | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 24.56 | 47.5 | 1.86 | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.24 | 18.67 | 3.19 | 2.99 | 0.01 |
| 13 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 24.06 | 24.12 | 14.53 | 7.98 | -0.98 |
| 14 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 23.5 | 22.5 | -0.75 | 5.94 | 0.06 |
| 15 | Minnesota | Western | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 22.36 | 42.25 | 3.42 | 7.99 | -0.99 |
| 16 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 22.28 | 14 | 11.15 | 6.88 | -0.88 |
| 17 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 22.24 | 40.83 | 9.94 | 5.99 | -0.99 |
| 18 | Washburn | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 22.23 | 14.33 | -5.71 | 5.78 | 0.22 |
| 19 | Wisconsin | Western | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.92 | 20.75 | 4.88 | 7.97 | -0.97 |
| 20 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.62 | 18.71 | 4.92 | 6.91 | -0.91 |
| 21 | Navy | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.26 | 19.75 | 1.36 | 7.99 | -0.99 |
| 22 | Kansas | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.19 | 20.62 | 0.88 | 7.98 | -0.98 |
| 23 | Nebraska | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.19 | 27.71 | 2.22 | 6.91 | -0.91 |
| 24 | Swarthmore | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.91 | 11 | 12.64 | 4.86 | -0.86 |
| 25 | Wesleyan (CT) | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 20.81 | 13.29 | 6.89 | 6.49 | -1.49 |
| 26 | Indiana | Western | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 20.63 | 19.14 | 4.09 | 6.85 | -1.85 |
| 27 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 20.57 | 24.78 | 8.19 | 8.93 | -1.93 |
| 28 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.54 | 32 | -2.13 | 6.92 | -0.92 |
| 29 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 20.48 | 24.75 | -3.79 | 7.92 | -0.92 |
| 30 | Utah | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.22 | 35.8 | 1.43 | 4.86 | -0.86 |
| 31 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 20.2 | 26.43 | 0.35 | 6.94 | -1.94 |
| 32 | Northwestern | Western | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 19.84 | 12.25 | -2.29 | 7.61 | -1.61 |
| 33 | Missouri | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 19.74 | 10 | 0.32 | 5.71 | -0.71 |
| 34 | Brown | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 19.68 | 24.5 | 8.3 | 7.96 | -1.96 |
| 35 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.77 | 12.38 | 4.44 | 7.47 | -1.47 |
| 36 | Amherst | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 18.02 | 5.25 | 13.23 | 3.16 | -1.16 |
| 37 | Bates | FBS Independents | 3-1-2 | 0.5 | 17.65 | 3.67 | 3.34 | 4.59 | -1.59 |
| 38 | Colorado College | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 17.61 | 13.4 | -1.33 | 4.99 | -1.99 |
| 39 | Iowa | Western | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.18 | 11.33 | 8.44 | 4.79 | -0.79 |
| 40 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.1 | 9.57 | 1.51 | 6.61 | -1.61 |
| 41 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.06 | 12.5 | 4.73 | 5.56 | -1.56 |
| 42 | Grinnell | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 16.85 | -2.14 | -2.42 | 2.45 | 2.55 |
| 43 | Oklahoma | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.79 | 5.33 | 8.76 | 4.49 | -0.49 |
| 44 | Illinois | Western | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 16.71 | 1.43 | 5.06 | 4.06 | 0.94 |
| 45 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.69 | 4 | 9.98 | 4.26 | -0.26 |
| 46 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.63 | 43.17 | -2.57 | 5.98 | -1.98 |
| 47 | Tufts | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.46 | 3.83 | 5.8 | 4.36 | -0.36 |
| 48 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.03 | 6.67 | 1.51 | 6.87 | -0.87 |
| 49 | Iowa State | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.45 | 11.4 | 4.56 | 4.11 | -1.11 |
| 50 | Williams | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.25 | 7.38 | 4.05 | 6.73 | -1.73 |
| 51 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 15.16 | 19.57 | 6.68 | 6.57 | -2.57 |
| 52 | Drake | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.98 | 11 | 4.89 | 3.94 | -0.94 |
| 53 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.88 | 10 | 6.56 | 6.54 | -2.54 |
| 54 | Washington University (St. Louis) | FBS Independents | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 14.53 | 6.67 | 0.2 | 4.62 | -1.62 |
| 55 | Lawrence University | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 13.93 | 3.43 | 6.34 | 4.29 | -0.29 |
| 56 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 3-2-2 | 0.43 | 13.75 | -2.14 | 13.43 | 2.66 | 0.34 |
| 57 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.62 | 6.33 | 5.71 | 4.48 | -1.48 |
| 58 | Vermont | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 12.4 | 3.43 | 6.04 | 5.09 | -2.09 |
| 59 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.38 | 3.5 | 8.26 | 3.89 | -0.89 |
| 60 | Knox College | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 11.9 | 5.14 | -1.4 | 5.93 | -2.93 |
| 61 | Texas | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 11.73 | 0.17 | 9.72 | 3.07 | -0.07 |
| 62 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 10.89 | 3.17 | 12.91 | 3.55 | -1.55 |
| 63 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.7 | -1.17 | 6.85 | 2.72 | 0.28 |
| 64 | Colorado State | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.33 | -6.75 | 9.4 | 0.67 | 1.33 |
| 65 | Denver | FBS Independents | 2-2-2 | 0.33 | 9.96 | -2.17 | 4.29 | 2.2 | -0.2 |
| 66 | Army | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 9.51 | -1.2 | 22.07 | 2.11 | -0.11 |
| 67 | TCU | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 9.4 | -0.71 | 6.03 | 3.17 | -0.17 |
| 68 | Wabash College | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 8.89 | 3.33 | 15.99 | 4.39 | -2.39 |
| 69 | Cumberland (TN) | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.67 | -1 | 12.32 | 2.22 | -0.22 |
| 70 | Bowdoin | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 8.23 | -3.57 | 4.52 | 1.53 | 1.47 |
| 71 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 7.78 | -7.86 | 5.65 | 1.25 | 1.75 |
| 72 | Maine | FBS Independents | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 7.77 | -5 | 12.75 | 1.21 | 0.79 |
| 73 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.39 | -8.4 | 12.72 | 0.92 | 1.08 |
| 74 | Beloit | FBS Independents | 2-4-1 | 0.29 | 5.82 | -5.29 | 7.67 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 75 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 5.39 | -14 | 0.7 | 0.16 | 0.84 |
| 76 | Massachusetts | FBS Independents | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 5.01 | -8.71 | 11.59 | 0.38 | 1.62 |
| 77 | New Hampshire | FBS Independents | 1-4-2 | 0.14 | 3.06 | -7 | 9.84 | 0.12 | 0.88 |
| 78 | Wyoming | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 2.86 | -26.5 | 15.84 | 0.06 | 0.94 |
| 79 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.09 | -22 | 9.81 | 0.03 | 0.97 |
| 80 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 1.56 | -20.17 | 11.08 | 0.01 | 0.99 |
| 81 | Coe College | FBS Independents | 1-5-1 | 0.14 | 1.5 | -12.86 | 5.13 | 0.27 | 0.73 |
| 82 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.93 | -33.33 | 13.21 | 0.01 | -0.01 |