Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:17.893799+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 30.14 | 26 | 23.3 | 0.98 | 0.02 |
| 2 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 30.07 | 11.33 | -4.71 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 30 | 44 | -5.58 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Swarthmore | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.93 | 45.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.25 | 25 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 28.2 | 2 | -0.23 | 0.72 | 0.28 |
| 7 | Kansas | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 28.06 | 18 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 27.78 | 6.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.06 | 24 | -1.15 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Nebraska | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.68 | 56 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Iowa State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.55 | 81 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.54 | 34 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Colorado | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.27 | 22 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.18 | 30 | -10 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 15 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.12 | 24 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.96 | 17 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Brown | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.84 | 12 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.41 | 26 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Army | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.22 | 12 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Colorado College | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.83 | 1 | -10 | 0.63 | 0.37 |
| 21 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.18 | 30 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15.08 | -2.5 | 1.61 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| 23 | Williams | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.51 | -1 | 18.33 | 0.62 | 0.38 |
| 24 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 0-0-1 | 0 | 3.35 | 0 | -5 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 25 | Colorado School Of Mines | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Chicago | Western | 0-0-0 | 0 | 3.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Yale | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 3.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Navy | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 3.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Purdue | Western | 0-0-0 | 0 | 3.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 3.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Indiana | Western | 0-0-0 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Minnesota | Western | 0-0-0 | 0 | 3.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Michigan | Western | 0-0-0 | 0 | 3.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Wisconsin | Western | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Amherst | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Iowa | Western | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Utah | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 0-0-1 | 0 | 2.67 | 0 | 9.91 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 0-0-1 | 0 | 2.48 | 0 | 10.69 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Texas | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Missouri | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | TCU | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Drake | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 0-0-1 | 0 | 1.41 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Illinois | Western | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Denver | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | -0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 0-0-1 | 0 | -1.25 | 0 | 5.62 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | LSU | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | -1.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Maryville College (TN) | FBS Independents | 0-0-1 | 0 | -1.25 | 0 | 13.39 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 60 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | -1.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | -1.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Massachusetts | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.27 | -3.5 | 17.89 | 0.17 | -0.17 |
| 63 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.48 | -6 | -10 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.6 | -15 | 23.01 | 0 | 0 |