Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:17.895948+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 | 25.72 | 19.6 | 12.58 | 9.99 | -0.99 |
| 2 | Yale | FBS Independents | 9-0-1 | 0.9 | 25.21 | 13.8 | 11.43 | 9.99 | -0.99 |
| 3 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 4-0-3 | 0.57 | 23.62 | 4.86 | 7.16 | 6.97 | -2.97 |
| 4 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 23.34 | 29.11 | 12.08 | 8.99 | -0.99 |
| 5 | Colorado School Of Mines | FBS Independents | 3-0-2 | 0.6 | 23.16 | 11.4 | 1.88 | 4.99 | -1.99 |
| 6 | Wisconsin | Western | 5-0-0 | 1 | 22.61 | 12.6 | -1.24 | 4.9 | 0.1 |
| 7 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 10-1-0 | 0.91 | 22.08 | 12.82 | 5.92 | 10.87 | -0.87 |
| 8 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 8-1-2 | 0.73 | 22.06 | 18.18 | 6.91 | 10.87 | -2.87 |
| 9 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 8-1-1 | 0.8 | 22.01 | 18.7 | 6.6 | 9.87 | -1.87 |
| 10 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 21.88 | 20.67 | 4.87 | 8.94 | -0.94 |
| 11 | Iowa State | FBS Independents | 9-1-0 | 0.9 | 21.1 | 23.8 | -0.5 | 9.94 | -0.94 |
| 12 | Chicago | Western | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.05 | 31.6 | 10.36 | 4.98 | -0.98 |
| 13 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 8-1-1 | 0.8 | 21.01 | 8.3 | 4.24 | 9.95 | -1.95 |
| 14 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21 | 18.29 | 3.94 | 6.75 | -0.75 |
| 15 | Texas | FBS Independents | 9-1-0 | 0.9 | 20.97 | 14.1 | 0.9 | 9.46 | -0.46 |
| 16 | Minnesota | Western | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.73 | 3.6 | 18.23 | 3.79 | 0.21 |
| 17 | Navy | FBS Independents | 8-2-2 | 0.67 | 19.87 | 11.25 | 8 | 11.96 | -3.96 |
| 18 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 7-2-3 | 0.58 | 19.54 | 10.67 | 8.87 | 11.29 | -4.29 |
| 19 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 19.32 | 2.5 | 7.22 | 3.59 | 1.41 |
| 20 | Utah | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.29 | 21 | 1.88 | 5 | -1 |
| 21 | Michigan | Western | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.22 | 8.4 | 5.14 | 4.44 | -0.44 |
| 22 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 9-3-0 | 0.75 | 19.2 | 17 | 8.82 | 11.84 | -2.84 |
| 23 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 8-2-0 | 0.8 | 19.14 | 17.4 | 1.6 | 9.92 | -1.92 |
| 24 | Swarthmore | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.97 | 13.67 | 4.17 | 8.73 | -1.73 |
| 25 | Kansas | FBS Independents | 7-2-2 | 0.64 | 17.61 | 8.45 | -2.34 | 10.04 | -3.04 |
| 26 | Williams | FBS Independents | 5-2-2 | 0.56 | 17.06 | 6.33 | 5.1 | 7.9 | -2.9 |
| 27 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 5-2-2 | 0.56 | 16.77 | 6.56 | 3.11 | 8.8 | -3.8 |
| 28 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.64 | 10.33 | 6.05 | 7.84 | -1.84 |
| 29 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 4-2-2 | 0.5 | 16.43 | 5.75 | 7.41 | 6.44 | -2.44 |
| 30 | Brown | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.36 | 8.89 | 4.72 | 8.56 | -2.56 |
| 31 | Missouri | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 16.29 | 9 | -1.72 | 7.27 | -2.27 |
| 32 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.16 | 1.17 | 13.45 | 3.37 | 0.63 |
| 33 | Indiana | Western | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 15.87 | 10.5 | 0.32 | 5.31 | -1.31 |
| 34 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 15.03 | 17.4 | 2.09 | 9.67 | -3.67 |
| 35 | Nebraska | FBS Independents | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 14.69 | 9.1 | 3.78 | 8.72 | -2.72 |
| 36 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 14.44 | 0.44 | 9.24 | 4.8 | 0.2 |
| 37 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 3-2-2 | 0.43 | 14.25 | 2.43 | 6.59 | 6.08 | -3.08 |
| 38 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 6-3-1 | 0.6 | 14.24 | -1.5 | 7.35 | 3.9 | 2.1 |
| 39 | Colorado College | FBS Independents | 3-2-2 | 0.43 | 13.68 | 1.14 | 3.48 | 4.88 | -1.88 |
| 40 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 12.92 | 11.2 | 4.16 | 4.36 | -2.36 |
| 41 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 12.15 | 0 | 2.84 | 4 | 0 |
| 42 | LSU | FBS Independents | 2-2-2 | 0.33 | 11.39 | 0.5 | 6.51 | 3.28 | -1.28 |
| 43 | Amherst | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 10.17 | -2.86 | 8.14 | 1.61 | 1.39 |
| 44 | Army | FBS Independents | 3-5-1 | 0.33 | 10 | 2.44 | 13.75 | 6.76 | -3.76 |
| 45 | Maryville College (TN) | FBS Independents | 3-3-2 | 0.38 | 9.94 | -3 | 6.98 | 2.16 | 0.84 |
| 46 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 3-4-2 | 0.33 | 9.88 | 0.56 | 5.62 | 4.93 | -1.93 |
| 47 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 5-5-1 | 0.45 | 9.62 | -3.82 | 3.51 | 3.46 | 1.54 |
| 48 | Colorado | FBS Independents | 2-3-4 | 0.22 | 8.43 | -0.44 | 4.49 | 3.79 | -1.79 |
| 49 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 3-4-1 | 0.38 | 7.93 | -6.38 | 5.5 | 0.91 | 2.09 |
| 50 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 2-4-1 | 0.29 | 7.85 | 1.29 | 5.74 | 4.18 | -2.18 |
| 51 | Iowa | Western | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.69 | -6 | 7.94 | 1.15 | 0.85 |
| 52 | Denver | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.5 | -6 | 11.47 | 0.41 | 1.59 |
| 53 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 3-7-0 | 0.3 | 6.07 | -0.6 | 2.39 | 4.62 | -1.62 |
| 54 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 2-4-2 | 0.25 | 6.06 | -3.25 | 4.14 | 2.03 | -0.03 |
| 55 | Drake | FBS Independents | 2-4-1 | 0.29 | 5.97 | -3 | -0.05 | 1.91 | 0.09 |
| 56 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 4.72 | -6.14 | 1.63 | 1.38 | 0.62 |
| 57 | TCU | FBS Independents | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 4.25 | -11.71 | 3.97 | 0.23 | 1.77 |
| 58 | Illinois | Western | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 3.38 | -17.4 | 10.12 | 0.09 | 0.91 |
| 59 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 1-5-1 | 0.14 | 2.99 | -2.43 | 12.18 | 1.54 | -0.54 |
| 60 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 1-4-2 | 0.14 | 2.72 | -9.29 | 10.21 | 0.18 | 0.82 |
| 61 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 1-6-2 | 0.11 | 1.12 | -12.44 | 4.28 | 0.06 | 0.94 |
| 62 | Massachusetts | FBS Independents | 1-7-1 | 0.11 | 0.85 | -9.56 | 6.79 | 0.41 | 0.59 |
| 63 | Purdue | Western | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.17 | -16.2 | 5.35 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 64 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 0-4-1 | 0 | -2.37 | -18.4 | 11.29 | 0 | 0 |