Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:17.895210+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 27.49 | 11 | 21.19 | 2.96 | 0.04 |
| 2 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 9-0-0 | 1 | 26.21 | 21.78 | 12.31 | 8.99 | 0.01 |
| 3 | Yale | FBS Independents | 8-0-0 | 1 | 25.31 | 16.5 | 8.95 | 8 | 0 |
| 4 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 24.63 | 25.43 | 4.13 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 6-0-1 | 0.86 | 24.39 | 20.29 | 3.76 | 6.96 | -0.96 |
| 6 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 9-0-0 | 1 | 24.07 | 14.89 | 3.37 | 8.98 | 0.02 |
| 7 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 2-0-3 | 0.4 | 23.84 | 1.6 | 9.43 | 4.66 | -2.66 |
| 8 | Michigan | Western | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.43 | 14.75 | 0.13 | 3.93 | 0.07 |
| 9 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 22.92 | 32.67 | -4.88 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | Wisconsin | Western | 4-0-0 | 1 | 22.8 | 9.75 | -1.72 | 3.91 | 0.09 |
| 11 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 22.07 | 34.5 | 9.52 | 6 | -1 |
| 12 | Colorado School Of Mines | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 22.03 | 19 | -7.44 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 21.84 | 19.11 | 4.69 | 8.85 | -1.85 |
| 14 | Swarthmore | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.58 | 18.88 | 2.36 | 7.99 | -0.99 |
| 15 | Iowa State | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.77 | 30 | -0.74 | 6.97 | -0.97 |
| 16 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 20.42 | 21.11 | 8.11 | 8.97 | -1.97 |
| 17 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 20.34 | 6.43 | 7.11 | 6.53 | -1.53 |
| 18 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 20.06 | 2.62 | 4.69 | 5.79 | 0.21 |
| 19 | Texas | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.02 | 9.43 | -0.04 | 6.08 | -0.08 |
| 20 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 19.99 | 8.71 | 3.61 | 6.93 | -1.93 |
| 21 | Kansas | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 19.16 | 11.62 | -6.29 | 7.51 | -1.51 |
| 22 | Chicago | Western | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.09 | 20.67 | 14.42 | 2.96 | -0.96 |
| 23 | Missouri | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 18.93 | 14 | -4.51 | 5.73 | -0.73 |
| 24 | Indiana | Western | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 18.49 | 13 | -2.9 | 4.57 | -0.57 |
| 25 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 3-1-2 | 0.5 | 18.19 | 8 | 1.34 | 5.91 | -2.91 |
| 26 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 5-2-2 | 0.56 | 18.17 | 11.22 | 7.84 | 8.46 | -3.46 |
| 27 | Navy | FBS Independents | 5-2-2 | 0.56 | 17.94 | 8.89 | 7.8 | 8.9 | -3.9 |
| 28 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.84 | 18.71 | 3.28 | 6.94 | -1.94 |
| 29 | Williams | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 17.48 | 7.12 | 5.44 | 7.02 | -2.02 |
| 30 | Nebraska | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.47 | 12.14 | 2.91 | 6.77 | -1.77 |
| 31 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.35 | 22.86 | -0.85 | 6.81 | -1.81 |
| 32 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 16.83 | 20 | 1.67 | 3.94 | -1.94 |
| 33 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 2-1-2 | 0.4 | 16.78 | 4.2 | 9.39 | 4.94 | -2.94 |
| 34 | Iowa | Western | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.77 | 3.67 | 10.8 | 1.98 | 0.02 |
| 35 | Utah | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.76 | 20 | 1.49 | 2.99 | -0.99 |
| 36 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 4-2-2 | 0.5 | 16.72 | 5.75 | 7.81 | 6.44 | -2.44 |
| 37 | Colorado College | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 16.72 | 1.8 | -0.34 | 4.28 | -1.28 |
| 38 | LSU | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 15.59 | 3.25 | 3.96 | 3.57 | -1.57 |
| 39 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 15.41 | -11.5 | 10.26 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 40 | Brown | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.4 | 6.43 | 5.11 | 6.22 | -2.22 |
| 41 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.37 | 11.57 | 3.42 | 6.01 | -2.01 |
| 42 | Army | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 13.53 | 5.14 | 12.72 | 6.32 | -3.32 |
| 43 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 13.43 | -3.4 | 13.57 | 1.54 | 1.46 |
| 44 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 12.58 | -4 | 11.43 | 1.41 | 1.59 |
| 45 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 2-2-2 | 0.33 | 11.76 | 2.17 | 2.18 | 4.76 | -2.76 |
| 46 | Drake | FBS Independents | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 11.42 | 1.8 | -0.24 | 3.43 | -1.43 |
| 47 | Maryville College (TN) | FBS Independents | 2-2-2 | 0.33 | 11.22 | -0.5 | 9.37 | 2.65 | -0.65 |
| 48 | Colorado | FBS Independents | 2-2-3 | 0.29 | 11.09 | 0.86 | -0.81 | 4.47 | -2.47 |
| 49 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 10.66 | -1.29 | 4.95 | 2.81 | 0.19 |
| 50 | Amherst | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.4 | -3.33 | 7.84 | 1.38 | 1.62 |
| 51 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 4-4-1 | 0.44 | 9.94 | -2.11 | 2.64 | 3.52 | 0.48 |
| 52 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 9.27 | 2.12 | 2.86 | 5.2 | -2.2 |
| 53 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.03 | -1.8 | 0.16 | 1.95 | 0.05 |
| 54 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 7.38 | 4.25 | 12.5 | 2.82 | -1.82 |
| 55 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 5.74 | -0.6 | 13.88 | 2.15 | -1.15 |
| 56 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 1-3-2 | 0.17 | 4.51 | -4.17 | 10.49 | 0.68 | 0.32 |
| 57 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 2.76 | -7.5 | -0.65 | 0.22 | 0.78 |
| 58 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 2.45 | -8 | 4.63 | 0.24 | 0.76 |
| 59 | Illinois | Western | 0-2-1 | 0 | -1.94 | -9.67 | 12.46 | 0.22 | -0.22 |
| 60 | Massachusetts | FBS Independents | 0-7-1 | 0 | -2.12 | -12.88 | 10.4 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| 61 | Purdue | Western | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.19 | -17.33 | 1.84 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Denver | FBS Independents | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.29 | -13.67 | 16.85 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 0-2-1 | 0 | -2.32 | -17.33 | 11.08 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | TCU | FBS Independents | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.4 | -19.2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |