Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:17.894732+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 27.03 | 45 | 10.75 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.74 | 18 | 24.35 | 0.98 | 0.02 |
| 3 | Iowa | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.56 | 22 | 22.58 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 4 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 26.22 | 20.86 | 9.74 | 6.99 | 0.01 |
| 5 | Chicago | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.2 | 32 | 9.65 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 6 | Yale | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 25.72 | 20.5 | 7.33 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.34 | 25.5 | 5.06 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.42 | 26.8 | 0.64 | 4.99 | 0.01 |
| 9 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 2-0-2 | 0.5 | 24.05 | 10 | 2.5 | 4 | -2 |
| 10 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 24.01 | 17.86 | -0.08 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 23.75 | 30.67 | -2.92 | 3 | -1 |
| 12 | Swarthmore | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 23.74 | 21.83 | -2.48 | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | Kansas | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 23.42 | 20.83 | -3.29 | 5.99 | 0.01 |
| 14 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 1-0-2 | 0.33 | 23.32 | 2 | 3.6 | 3 | -2 |
| 15 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 23.28 | 9.83 | -1.64 | 6 | -1 |
| 16 | Michigan | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 22.61 | 17.67 | -6.67 | 2.97 | 0.03 |
| 17 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.23 | 42 | -1.93 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 22.16 | 27.14 | 4.88 | 6.99 | -0.99 |
| 19 | Colorado School Of Mines | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.13 | 23 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Wisconsin | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 21.4 | 7.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 21.21 | 19.86 | 2.69 | 6.88 | -1.88 |
| 22 | Iowa State | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.47 | 31.33 | -3.44 | 5.97 | -0.97 |
| 23 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 3-1-2 | 0.5 | 20.28 | 6.83 | 11.65 | 5.69 | -2.69 |
| 24 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.12 | 22 | 2.3 | 5 | -1 |
| 25 | Army | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 20.11 | 9.6 | 9.2 | 4.98 | -1.98 |
| 26 | Navy | FBS Independents | 4-1-2 | 0.57 | 19.88 | 12 | 3.41 | 6.99 | -2.99 |
| 27 | Nebraska | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.76 | 16.2 | 1.1 | 4.95 | -0.95 |
| 28 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.49 | 33.2 | -3.66 | 4.97 | -0.97 |
| 29 | Brown | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 18.96 | 10.8 | -2.11 | 4.82 | -0.82 |
| 30 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 18.73 | 8.8 | 3.53 | 4.91 | -1.91 |
| 31 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 18.66 | 12.62 | 6.02 | 7.52 | -2.52 |
| 32 | Missouri | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 18.54 | 14.6 | -8 | 4.72 | -0.72 |
| 33 | Texas | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.51 | 6.5 | 1.25 | 2.99 | 0.01 |
| 34 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 18.47 | 3.4 | 7.31 | 3.98 | -0.98 |
| 35 | Amherst | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 17.55 | 1.25 | 0.96 | 2.43 | 0.57 |
| 36 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 17.04 | 5.25 | 3.01 | 3.95 | -1.95 |
| 37 | Colorado | FBS Independents | 2-1-2 | 0.4 | 15.87 | 2.4 | -1.87 | 3.95 | -1.95 |
| 38 | Williams | FBS Independents | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 15.67 | 6 | 8.41 | 5.39 | -2.39 |
| 39 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.38 | 8 | 4.42 | 3.82 | -0.82 |
| 40 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 15.33 | -3.33 | 15.31 | 0.93 | 1.07 |
| 41 | Colorado College | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 15.07 | 0.75 | -4.38 | 2.72 | -0.72 |
| 42 | Indiana | Western | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 14.96 | -0.67 | 0.86 | 1.4 | 0.6 |
| 43 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 14.73 | 9.67 | -10 | 2.8 | -0.8 |
| 44 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 13.68 | 3.33 | 7.57 | 2.51 | -1.51 |
| 45 | Utah | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.63 | 9 | 9.75 | 1.93 | -0.93 |
| 46 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 13.32 | -19.33 | 8.23 | 0.11 | 1.89 |
| 47 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 12.31 | 2.6 | 1.54 | 3.97 | -1.97 |
| 48 | Maryville College (TN) | FBS Independents | 2-2-2 | 0.33 | 11.31 | -0.5 | 11.13 | 2.65 | -0.65 |
| 49 | LSU | FBS Independents | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 11.13 | -1.33 | 9.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| 50 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 10.75 | -0.4 | 5.42 | 2.34 | -0.34 |
| 51 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 8.09 | -5 | 3.8 | 1.87 | 1.13 |
| 52 | Drake | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.32 | -0.33 | -0.22 | 1.38 | -0.38 |
| 53 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 7.3 | 0 | 7.09 | 3 | -1 |
| 54 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 1-2-2 | 0.2 | 6.83 | -4.2 | 16.43 | 0.69 | 0.31 |
| 55 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 6.17 | -1.75 | -5.56 | 1.15 | -0.15 |
| 56 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 6.1 | -10.25 | 14.92 | 0.17 | 0.83 |
| 57 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 0-0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -10 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Illinois | Western | 0-1-1 | 0 | -1.72 | -9.5 | 6.19 | 0.13 | -0.13 |
| 59 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 0-2-1 | 0 | -2 | -12.67 | 0.97 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 60 | Massachusetts | FBS Independents | 0-6-1 | 0 | -2.1 | -10.71 | 14.36 | 0.06 | -0.06 |
| 61 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.22 | -10.5 | 23.36 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | TCU | FBS Independents | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.24 | -18.5 | 0.79 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Denver | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.41 | -15 | 17.39 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Purdue | Western | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.6 | -25 | 6.29 | 0 | 0 |