Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:17.964903+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yale | FBS Independents | 9-0-1 | 0.9 | 24.94 | 19.8 | 8.2 | 9.99 | -0.99 |
| 2 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 6-0-1 | 0.86 | 24.75 | 14.71 | 8.26 | 6.94 | -0.94 |
| 3 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 23.48 | 24.78 | 12.07 | 8.95 | -0.95 |
| 4 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 10-1-0 | 0.91 | 23.42 | 18.64 | 11.21 | 10.66 | -0.66 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 10-1-0 | 0.91 | 23.27 | 18.91 | 10.24 | 10.88 | -0.88 |
| 6 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 22.55 | 15.44 | 9.65 | 8.82 | -0.82 |
| 7 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 22.26 | 32 | 5.13 | 8.95 | -0.95 |
| 8 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 21.48 | 20.12 | 6.37 | 7.94 | -1.94 |
| 9 | Texas | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 21.45 | 13.71 | 11.73 | 6.53 | -1.53 |
| 10 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 21.35 | 29.43 | 8.17 | 6.92 | -1.92 |
| 11 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 21.31 | 17.44 | 3.54 | 8.98 | -1.98 |
| 12 | Chicago | Western | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.24 | 21 | 11.38 | 4.76 | -0.76 |
| 13 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 20.9 | 30.12 | -0.82 | 7.93 | -0.93 |
| 14 | Army | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 20.82 | 13.38 | 4.64 | 7.92 | -1.92 |
| 15 | Colorado School Of Mines | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.79 | 25.83 | 5.43 | 5.97 | -0.97 |
| 16 | Saint Louis | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.31 | 34.29 | -2.25 | 6.99 | -0.99 |
| 17 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 20.13 | 28.78 | 7.38 | 8.98 | -1.98 |
| 18 | Michigan | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 19.7 | 16.83 | 0.65 | 5.99 | -0.99 |
| 19 | Colorado College | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 19.6 | 12 | 1.38 | 5.8 | -0.8 |
| 20 | Navy | FBS Independents | 8-2-1 | 0.73 | 19.46 | 7.09 | 6.92 | 10.38 | -2.38 |
| 21 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 19.02 | 13 | 8.77 | 8.51 | -2.51 |
| 22 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 18.93 | 7.5 | 3.28 | 5.44 | -1.44 |
| 23 | Swarthmore | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.45 | 12.12 | 5.31 | 7.37 | -1.37 |
| 24 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 4-1-2 | 0.57 | 18.22 | 0.14 | 9.12 | 3.56 | 0.44 |
| 25 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 18.14 | 5.8 | 6.31 | 4.64 | -1.64 |
| 26 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.11 | 10.62 | 3.35 | 7.14 | -1.14 |
| 27 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.07 | 12.67 | -1.48 | 8.82 | -1.82 |
| 28 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.01 | 14.12 | 0.75 | 7.87 | -1.87 |
| 29 | Iowa State | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.69 | 13.29 | 5.74 | 6.73 | -1.73 |
| 30 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 17.23 | 21.44 | 5.84 | 8.73 | -2.73 |
| 31 | Wisconsin | Western | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 17.12 | -0.2 | 10.76 | 2.44 | 0.56 |
| 32 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 17.08 | 14.67 | -5.31 | 8.66 | -2.66 |
| 33 | Brown | FBS Independents | 7-3-0 | 0.7 | 16.53 | 11.8 | -0.35 | 9.46 | -2.46 |
| 34 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 7-3-0 | 0.7 | 16.47 | 5.1 | 2.32 | 7.83 | -0.83 |
| 35 | LSU | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 16.44 | 13.75 | 9.96 | 7.49 | -2.49 |
| 36 | Iowa | Western | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.35 | 8.4 | 15.1 | 4.08 | -1.08 |
| 37 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 6-3-1 | 0.6 | 16.23 | 10.5 | 1.61 | 9.09 | -3.09 |
| 38 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 16.22 | 4.86 | 6.73 | 5.26 | -1.26 |
| 39 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.79 | 14.75 | 5.39 | 7.2 | -2.2 |
| 40 | TCU | FBS Independents | 4-2-2 | 0.5 | 15.67 | 2.62 | 3.58 | 5.22 | -1.22 |
| 41 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 15.65 | 7.67 | 7.11 | 7.65 | -2.65 |
| 42 | Colorado | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.51 | 7.88 | 5.97 | 6.68 | -1.68 |
| 43 | Grinnell | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 15.23 | 3.11 | 1.09 | 5.79 | 0.21 |
| 44 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.93 | 7 | 11.85 | 5.11 | -1.11 |
| 45 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.76 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 3.78 | -0.78 |
| 46 | Utah | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 14.37 | 6.75 | -1.46 | 6.18 | -1.18 |
| 47 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 13.42 | 7.14 | -1 | 5.72 | -1.72 |
| 48 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 13.13 | 7.14 | 10.1 | 5.93 | -2.93 |
| 49 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 13.02 | 1.25 | 3.89 | 4.57 | -0.57 |
| 50 | Minnesota | Western | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 12.9 | 0.6 | 21.04 | 2.67 | -0.67 |
| 51 | Illinois | Western | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 12.89 | -3.4 | 14.53 | 1.82 | 1.18 |
| 52 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 4-4-1 | 0.44 | 11.87 | 4.11 | 1.44 | 6.57 | -2.57 |
| 53 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 11.02 | 3 | 10.8 | 5.12 | -2.12 |
| 54 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 4-4-1 | 0.44 | 10.23 | -3.56 | 10.75 | 2.94 | 1.06 |
| 55 | Indiana | Western | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 10.13 | 4.67 | 3.86 | 4.32 | -2.32 |
| 56 | Drake | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 10.09 | -1.14 | 1.21 | 2.92 | 0.08 |
| 57 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 3-5-1 | 0.33 | 6.09 | -15.22 | 4.38 | 0.19 | 2.81 |
| 58 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 3-7-0 | 0.3 | 4.96 | -11.9 | 12.19 | 1.03 | 1.97 |
| 59 | Samford | FBS Independents | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 4.42 | -12.29 | 5.86 | 0.38 | 1.62 |
| 60 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 2-5-1 | 0.25 | 4.07 | -15.75 | 0.7 | 0.18 | 1.82 |
| 61 | Denver | FBS Independents | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 3.18 | -18.62 | 8.05 | 0.11 | 1.89 |
| 62 | Drury | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.66 | -10.2 | 10.11 | 0.1 | 0.9 |
| 63 | Hamilton | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.26 | -18.4 | 12.05 | 0.05 | 0.95 |
| 64 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 1.66 | -13.5 | 2.37 | 0.51 | 0.49 |
| 65 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 1-5-1 | 0.14 | 1.65 | -16.43 | 12.78 | 0.29 | 0.71 |
| 66 | Purdue | Western | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.35 | -19.6 | 6.63 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 67 | Maryville College (TN) | FBS Independents | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.59 | -23.6 | 12.22 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.95 | -34.8 | 14.37 | 0 | 0 |