Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:17.822380+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago | Western | 9-0-0 | 1 | 26.37 | 24.44 | 13.76 | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | Yale | FBS Independents | 8-0-0 | 1 | 26.26 | 24.75 | 13.01 | 8 | 0 |
| 3 | Colorado School Of Mines | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.62 | 19 | 11.14 | 2.97 | 0.03 |
| 4 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 25.44 | 24.8 | 9.24 | 4.94 | -0.94 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 9-0-1 | 0.9 | 25.29 | 16 | 10.03 | 9.89 | -0.89 |
| 6 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 24.87 | 14 | 8.6 | 3.78 | -0.78 |
| 7 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 24.61 | 16.5 | 6.43 | 3.99 | -0.99 |
| 8 | Michigan | Western | 10-0-0 | 1 | 24.26 | 40.8 | 1.51 | 10 | 0 |
| 9 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 24.14 | 31.29 | 1.8 | 6.99 | 0.01 |
| 10 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 23.94 | 22.56 | 14.93 | 8.96 | -0.96 |
| 11 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 23.19 | 12.44 | 12.64 | 8.79 | -0.79 |
| 12 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 22.24 | 12.25 | 12.07 | 7.86 | -1.86 |
| 13 | Wisconsin | Western | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 22.11 | 23.33 | 4.97 | 8.98 | -0.98 |
| 14 | Minnesota | Western | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 22.09 | 46.56 | 2.05 | 9 | -1 |
| 15 | Purdue | Western | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 22.05 | 16.43 | 12.53 | 6.84 | -1.84 |
| 16 | Colorado | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.99 | 38.14 | 5.07 | 6.98 | -0.98 |
| 17 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.97 | 40.83 | 9.17 | 5.99 | -0.99 |
| 18 | Nebraska | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.88 | 26.5 | 4.57 | 7.91 | -0.91 |
| 19 | Swarthmore | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.77 | 13.67 | 13.29 | 5.92 | -0.92 |
| 20 | Navy | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 21.65 | 21.33 | 2.94 | 8.99 | -0.99 |
| 21 | Kansas | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 21.61 | 19.11 | 3.12 | 8.93 | -0.93 |
| 22 | Indiana | Western | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 21.32 | 18.88 | 5.34 | 7.83 | -1.83 |
| 23 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.22 | 29.38 | 0.59 | 7.92 | -0.92 |
| 24 | Wesleyan (CT) | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 20.86 | 14.38 | 3.64 | 7.58 | -1.58 |
| 25 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 8-2-0 | 0.8 | 20.65 | 22.4 | 8.25 | 9.89 | -1.89 |
| 26 | Northwestern | Western | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 20.25 | 14.67 | -2.15 | 8.74 | -1.74 |
| 27 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.02 | 16 | -2.73 | 6.58 | -0.58 |
| 28 | Washburn | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 19.89 | 11.29 | -1.72 | 6.38 | -0.38 |
| 29 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 19.35 | 12.22 | 6.01 | 8.43 | -1.43 |
| 30 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 19.27 | 15.12 | 7.67 | 7.7 | -1.7 |
| 31 | Colorado College | FBS Independents | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 18.81 | 12.83 | 0.04 | 5.99 | -1.99 |
| 32 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.64 | 20.78 | -1.54 | 8.83 | -1.83 |
| 33 | Iowa | Western | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.02 | 20 | 5.24 | 6.36 | -1.36 |
| 34 | Brown | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 18.01 | 20.56 | 10.2 | 8.89 | -2.89 |
| 35 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 17.79 | 19.75 | 2.51 | 7.69 | -2.69 |
| 36 | Utah | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.79 | 26.17 | 7.05 | 5.62 | -1.62 |
| 37 | Oklahoma | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.78 | 12.43 | 6.04 | 6.33 | -1.33 |
| 38 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.54 | 18.57 | 2.27 | 6.79 | -1.79 |
| 39 | Amherst | FBS Independents | 2-1-2 | 0.4 | 17.41 | 4.2 | 14.67 | 3.95 | -1.95 |
| 40 | Iowa State | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.13 | 15.17 | 6.98 | 5.31 | -1.31 |
| 41 | Drake | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.77 | 9.83 | 6.68 | 4.72 | -0.72 |
| 42 | Missouri | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 16.52 | 6.14 | -1.04 | 5.92 | -0.92 |
| 43 | Illinois | Western | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 16.51 | 1.43 | 5.87 | 4.06 | 0.94 |
| 44 | Williams | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.3 | 7.11 | 4.64 | 7.68 | -1.68 |
| 45 | Tufts | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.24 | 3.83 | 6.56 | 4.36 | -0.36 |
| 46 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.84 | 17.88 | 4.52 | 7.84 | -2.84 |
| 47 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.22 | 7.88 | 2.9 | 7.26 | -2.26 |
| 48 | Lawrence University | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.18 | 7.12 | 4.51 | 5.8 | -0.8 |
| 49 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 15 | 34.57 | 1.63 | 6.9 | -2.9 |
| 50 | Vermont | FBS Independents | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 14.53 | 5.11 | 1.57 | 7.51 | -2.51 |
| 51 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.41 | 8 | 6.91 | 5.68 | -1.68 |
| 52 | Bates | FBS Independents | 3-2-2 | 0.43 | 14.28 | 2.29 | 4.23 | 4.83 | -1.83 |
| 53 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 14.27 | 4.2 | 2.06 | 6.8 | -0.8 |
| 54 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.13 | 1.86 | 10.09 | 4.22 | -0.22 |
| 55 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.06 | 6 | 5.59 | 5.25 | -1.25 |
| 56 | Grinnell | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 13.9 | -6.12 | 1.14 | 1.42 | 3.58 |
| 57 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 13.58 | 16.5 | 7.18 | 7.42 | -3.42 |
| 58 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 3-2-2 | 0.43 | 13.15 | -2.14 | 12.1 | 2.66 | 0.34 |
| 59 | Wabash College | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 12.2 | 11 | 15.24 | 6.53 | -3.53 |
| 60 | Washington University (St. Louis) | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 12 | 5.57 | -1.17 | 5.25 | -2.25 |
| 61 | TCU | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 11.68 | 1.5 | 5.62 | 4.79 | -0.79 |
| 62 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 10.6 | 3.17 | 12.72 | 3.55 | -1.55 |
| 63 | Maine | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 10.39 | -2 | 8.91 | 2.57 | 0.43 |
| 64 | Bowdoin | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 9.99 | -2.38 | 4.71 | 2.31 | 1.69 |
| 65 | Colorado State | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 9.95 | -6.75 | 10.62 | 0.67 | 1.33 |
| 66 | Texas | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 9.37 | -0.71 | 6.8 | 3.13 | -0.13 |
| 67 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 8.35 | -5.86 | 7.71 | 1.98 | 1.02 |
| 68 | Knox College | FBS Independents | 3-4-1 | 0.38 | 8.34 | -2.62 | -0.4 | 2.79 | 0.21 |
| 69 | Denver | FBS Independents | 2-3-2 | 0.29 | 7.85 | -3.29 | 5.11 | 2.03 | -0.03 |
| 70 | Army | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 7.73 | -1.17 | 21.48 | 2.51 | -0.51 |
| 71 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 7.47 | -7 | 8.76 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
| 72 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 6.64 | -8.12 | 2.63 | 1.22 | 1.78 |
| 73 | Cumberland (TN) | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.57 | -2.83 | 8.46 | 2 | 0 |
| 74 | Beloit | FBS Independents | 2-5-1 | 0.25 | 4.8 | -10.12 | 9.66 | 1.25 | 0.75 |
| 75 | Massachusetts | FBS Independents | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 3.8 | -11.38 | 9.33 | 0.22 | 1.78 |
| 76 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.71 | -12 | 6.8 | 0.18 | 0.82 |
| 77 | Wyoming | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.21 | -26.5 | 14.92 | 0.06 | 0.94 |
| 78 | New Hampshire | FBS Independents | 1-4-2 | 0.14 | 2.95 | -7 | 9.85 | 0.12 | 0.88 |
| 79 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 2.82 | -24 | 9.01 | 0.1 | 0.9 |
| 80 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 1.5 | -20.17 | 11.77 | 0.01 | 0.99 |
| 81 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 1.46 | -21.17 | 8.9 | 0.03 | 0.97 |
| 82 | Coe College | FBS Independents | 1-6-1 | 0.12 | 0.83 | -18.75 | 3.06 | 0.15 | 0.85 |