Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:17.895450+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 | 26.23 | 19.6 | 13.83 | 9.99 | -0.99 |
| 2 | Yale | FBS Independents | 8-0-1 | 0.89 | 25.23 | 14.67 | 9.95 | 8.99 | -0.99 |
| 3 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 8-0-0 | 1 | 24.41 | 25.75 | 3.9 | 8 | 0 |
| 4 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 10-0-0 | 1 | 24.09 | 14.7 | 4.38 | 9.94 | 0.06 |
| 5 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 3-0-3 | 0.5 | 23.7 | 4 | 6.81 | 5.94 | -2.94 |
| 6 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 23.48 | 25.2 | -0.31 | 4.98 | 0.02 |
| 7 | Colorado School Of Mines | FBS Independents | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 22.85 | 14.25 | -1.39 | 3.99 | -0.99 |
| 8 | Wisconsin | Western | 5-0-0 | 1 | 22.8 | 12.6 | -1.47 | 4.9 | 0.1 |
| 9 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 22.68 | 34 | 10.38 | 6.99 | -0.99 |
| 10 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 8-1-1 | 0.8 | 22.26 | 20 | 6.51 | 9.88 | -1.88 |
| 11 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 21.43 | 16.75 | 5.2 | 7.86 | -1.86 |
| 12 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 8-2-0 | 0.8 | 20.87 | 20.7 | 10.07 | 9.97 | -1.97 |
| 13 | Iowa State | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 20.78 | 28.62 | -1.88 | 7.95 | -0.95 |
| 14 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 20.59 | 8.38 | 4.43 | 7.94 | -1.94 |
| 15 | Minnesota | Western | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.39 | 4 | 19.44 | 3.11 | -0.11 |
| 16 | Texas | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 20.35 | 13.25 | -1.23 | 7.43 | -0.43 |
| 17 | Chicago | Western | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.07 | 31.25 | 10.46 | 3.99 | -0.99 |
| 18 | Kansas | FBS Independents | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 19.82 | 10.56 | -3.22 | 8.35 | -1.35 |
| 19 | Michigan | Western | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.42 | 8.4 | 3.66 | 4.44 | -0.44 |
| 20 | Swarthmore | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 19.3 | 13.67 | 4.18 | 8.73 | -1.73 |
| 21 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 4-1-2 | 0.57 | 19.17 | 8.29 | 3.96 | 6.93 | -2.93 |
| 22 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 6-2-2 | 0.6 | 19.08 | 11.8 | 8.87 | 9.53 | -3.53 |
| 23 | Navy | FBS Independents | 6-2-2 | 0.6 | 18.9 | 12 | 7.66 | 9.95 | -3.95 |
| 24 | Utah | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.54 | 17.5 | 3.88 | 3.99 | -0.99 |
| 25 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.28 | 18.38 | 1.55 | 7.95 | -1.95 |
| 26 | Indiana | Western | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 18.21 | 13 | -4.18 | 4.57 | -0.57 |
| 27 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 17.84 | 23 | -2.22 | 7.83 | -1.83 |
| 28 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 17.41 | 0.89 | 6.3 | 5.12 | 0.88 |
| 29 | Williams | FBS Independents | 5-2-2 | 0.56 | 17.35 | 6.33 | 5.85 | 7.9 | -2.9 |
| 30 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 17.14 | 1.75 | 8.48 | 4.99 | 0.01 |
| 31 | Colorado College | FBS Independents | 3-1-2 | 0.5 | 17.02 | 1.5 | 3.31 | 4.74 | -1.74 |
| 32 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 16.82 | 20 | 2.75 | 3.94 | -1.94 |
| 33 | Iowa | Western | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.74 | 3.67 | 10.58 | 1.98 | 0.02 |
| 34 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 4-2-2 | 0.5 | 16.65 | 5.75 | 7.7 | 6.44 | -2.44 |
| 35 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 16.56 | -7.2 | 9.17 | 1.01 | 2.99 |
| 36 | Missouri | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 16.32 | 10.29 | -4.4 | 6.36 | -1.36 |
| 37 | Nebraska | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.66 | 10.38 | 4.85 | 7.57 | -2.57 |
| 38 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.66 | 11.12 | 5.86 | 6.92 | -1.92 |
| 39 | Brown | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.04 | 7.12 | 3.18 | 7.35 | -2.35 |
| 40 | Army | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 13.28 | 5.14 | 12.83 | 6.32 | -3.32 |
| 41 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 13.08 | -3.4 | 14.24 | 1.54 | 1.46 |
| 42 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 2-2-2 | 0.33 | 12.66 | 1.83 | 10.71 | 4.79 | -2.79 |
| 43 | LSU | FBS Independents | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 11.79 | 0.6 | 6.64 | 2.77 | -0.77 |
| 44 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 5-4-1 | 0.5 | 11.44 | -0.9 | 1.41 | 4.53 | 0.47 |
| 45 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 10.43 | -1.29 | 5.01 | 2.81 | 0.19 |
| 46 | Amherst | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 10.35 | -2.86 | 8.9 | 1.61 | 1.39 |
| 47 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 10.06 | -4.86 | 7.74 | 1.23 | 1.77 |
| 48 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 2-3-2 | 0.29 | 9.51 | 1 | 5.1 | 4.57 | -2.57 |
| 49 | Colorado | FBS Independents | 2-3-3 | 0.25 | 8.42 | -0.5 | 1.29 | 3.37 | -1.37 |
| 50 | Maryville College (TN) | FBS Independents | 2-3-2 | 0.29 | 8.06 | -4.43 | 10.33 | 1.06 | 0.94 |
| 51 | Drake | FBS Independents | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 7.65 | -2.33 | -2.42 | 2 | 0 |
| 52 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 7.43 | 0.44 | 0.91 | 4.78 | -1.78 |
| 53 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 7.25 | 4.25 | 12.74 | 2.82 | -1.82 |
| 54 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.04 | -2.83 | -1.43 | 1.95 | 0.05 |
| 55 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 3.92 | -2.17 | 14.24 | 1.58 | -0.58 |
| 56 | Denver | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.67 | -7.75 | 9.97 | 0.14 | 0.86 |
| 57 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 1-4-2 | 0.14 | 2.86 | -9.29 | 10.78 | 0.18 | 0.82 |
| 58 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 2.71 | -8 | 4.68 | 0.24 | 0.76 |
| 59 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 1-5-1 | 0.14 | 2.02 | -8.71 | 2.81 | 0.15 | 0.85 |
| 60 | TCU | FBS Independents | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 1.46 | -14.17 | 5.98 | 0.08 | 0.92 |
| 61 | Massachusetts | FBS Independents | 1-7-1 | 0.11 | 0.69 | -9.56 | 7.45 | 0.41 | 0.59 |
| 62 | Purdue | Western | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.3 | -19 | 5.47 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 63 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 0-3-1 | 0 | -2.38 | -17.5 | 12.75 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Illinois | Western | 0-3-1 | 0 | -2.58 | -23 | 13.83 | 0.04 | -0.04 |