Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:17.895680+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 9-0-1 | 0.9 | 26.01 | 19.6 | 13.43 | 9.99 | -0.99 |
| 2 | Yale | FBS Independents | 9-0-1 | 0.9 | 25.35 | 13.8 | 11.57 | 9.99 | -0.99 |
| 3 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 8-0-0 | 1 | 24.04 | 25.75 | 2.73 | 8 | 0 |
| 4 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 23.72 | 25.33 | 1.39 | 5.97 | 0.03 |
| 5 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 3-0-3 | 0.5 | 23.38 | 4 | 5.84 | 5.94 | -2.94 |
| 6 | Colorado School Of Mines | FBS Independents | 3-0-2 | 0.6 | 23.24 | 11.4 | 1.82 | 4.99 | -1.99 |
| 7 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 23.04 | 30.25 | 10.93 | 7.99 | -0.99 |
| 8 | Wisconsin | Western | 5-0-0 | 1 | 22.64 | 12.6 | -1.63 | 4.9 | 0.1 |
| 9 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 10-1-0 | 0.91 | 22.34 | 12.82 | 6.35 | 10.87 | -0.87 |
| 10 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 8-1-1 | 0.8 | 22.08 | 20 | 6.05 | 9.88 | -1.88 |
| 11 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 21.77 | 18.56 | 6 | 8.9 | -1.9 |
| 12 | Chicago | Western | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.02 | 31.6 | 9.88 | 4.98 | -0.98 |
| 13 | Iowa State | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 20.98 | 25.67 | -0.8 | 8.95 | -0.95 |
| 14 | Minnesota | Western | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.93 | 3.6 | 19.12 | 3.79 | 0.21 |
| 15 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 20.65 | 8.56 | 2.72 | 8.95 | -1.95 |
| 16 | Texas | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 20.32 | 13 | -1.9 | 8.36 | -0.36 |
| 17 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 7-2-2 | 0.64 | 19.53 | 11.64 | 7.98 | 10.35 | -3.35 |
| 18 | Navy | FBS Independents | 7-2-2 | 0.64 | 19.52 | 11.36 | 8.11 | 10.95 | -3.95 |
| 19 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 8-3-0 | 0.73 | 19.27 | 18.45 | 10.71 | 10.95 | -2.95 |
| 20 | Michigan | Western | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.12 | 8.4 | 3.84 | 4.44 | -0.44 |
| 21 | Swarthmore | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 19.08 | 13.67 | 4.22 | 8.73 | -1.73 |
| 22 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.94 | 16.78 | 2.78 | 8.94 | -1.94 |
| 23 | Utah | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.67 | 17.5 | 4.78 | 3.99 | -0.99 |
| 24 | Kansas | FBS Independents | 7-2-1 | 0.7 | 17.56 | 9.3 | -4.32 | 9.13 | -2.13 |
| 25 | Williams | FBS Independents | 5-2-2 | 0.56 | 17.25 | 6.33 | 5.83 | 7.9 | -2.9 |
| 26 | Colorado College | FBS Independents | 3-1-2 | 0.5 | 16.94 | 1.5 | 3.3 | 4.74 | -1.74 |
| 27 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 16.72 | 1.75 | 7.37 | 4.99 | 0.01 |
| 28 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.71 | 10.33 | 6.38 | 7.84 | -1.84 |
| 29 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 16.64 | 20 | 2.09 | 3.94 | -1.94 |
| 30 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 4-2-2 | 0.5 | 16.53 | 5.75 | 7.5 | 6.44 | -2.44 |
| 31 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.43 | 20 | 0.16 | 8.77 | -2.77 |
| 32 | Brown | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.42 | 8.89 | 5.17 | 8.56 | -2.56 |
| 33 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 16.42 | -7.2 | 8.3 | 1.01 | 2.99 |
| 34 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 4-2-2 | 0.5 | 16.39 | 6.62 | 4.77 | 7.78 | -3.78 |
| 35 | Missouri | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 16.09 | 10.29 | -4.36 | 6.36 | -1.36 |
| 36 | Indiana | Western | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.02 | 10.5 | 0.08 | 5.31 | -1.31 |
| 37 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 6-3-1 | 0.6 | 14.46 | -1.5 | 7.42 | 3.9 | 2.1 |
| 38 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 3-2-2 | 0.43 | 14.29 | 2.43 | 7.16 | 6.08 | -3.08 |
| 39 | Nebraska | FBS Independents | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 13.88 | 5.56 | 5.41 | 6.97 | -1.97 |
| 40 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 12.86 | -3.4 | 12.91 | 1.54 | 1.46 |
| 41 | Iowa | Western | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.84 | 2.25 | 12.48 | 2.52 | -0.52 |
| 42 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 3-3-2 | 0.38 | 11.81 | 3.12 | 3.65 | 6.34 | -3.34 |
| 43 | LSU | FBS Independents | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 11.52 | 0.6 | 6.68 | 2.77 | -0.77 |
| 44 | Army | FBS Independents | 3-4-1 | 0.38 | 11.5 | 4 | 13.15 | 6.92 | -3.92 |
| 45 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 10.37 | -1.29 | 5.08 | 2.81 | 0.19 |
| 46 | Amherst | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 10.26 | -2.86 | 8.57 | 1.61 | 1.39 |
| 47 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 5-5-1 | 0.45 | 9.73 | -3.82 | 3.2 | 3.46 | 1.54 |
| 48 | Colorado | FBS Independents | 2-3-4 | 0.22 | 8.48 | -0.44 | 4.66 | 3.79 | -1.79 |
| 49 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 3-4-1 | 0.38 | 8.08 | -6.38 | 5.82 | 0.91 | 2.09 |
| 50 | Maryville College (TN) | FBS Independents | 2-3-2 | 0.29 | 7.8 | -4.43 | 9.59 | 1.06 | 0.94 |
| 51 | Drake | FBS Independents | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 7.35 | -2.33 | -3.05 | 2 | 0 |
| 52 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 6.87 | 3.4 | 9.1 | 3.53 | -2.53 |
| 53 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 3-7-0 | 0.3 | 6.17 | -0.6 | 2.55 | 4.62 | -1.62 |
| 54 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 2-4-1 | 0.29 | 5.82 | -3.71 | 3.44 | 1.61 | 0.39 |
| 55 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 4.8 | -6.14 | 1.64 | 1.38 | 0.62 |
| 56 | Denver | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.98 | -7.75 | 9.95 | 0.14 | 0.86 |
| 57 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 3.77 | -2.17 | 13.31 | 1.58 | -0.58 |
| 58 | Illinois | Western | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 3.11 | -17.4 | 10 | 0.09 | 0.91 |
| 59 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 1-4-2 | 0.14 | 2.74 | -9.29 | 10.18 | 0.18 | 0.82 |
| 60 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 1-5-2 | 0.12 | 2.05 | -7.62 | 2.93 | 0.17 | 0.83 |
| 61 | TCU | FBS Independents | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 1.67 | -14.17 | 6.22 | 0.08 | 0.92 |
| 62 | Massachusetts | FBS Independents | 1-7-1 | 0.11 | 0.84 | -9.56 | 7.19 | 0.41 | 0.59 |
| 63 | Purdue | Western | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.16 | -16.2 | 4.06 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 64 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 0-4-1 | 0 | -2.37 | -18.4 | 10.74 | 0 | 0 |