Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:17.964164+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 27.4 | 21 | 17.56 | 2.86 | 0.14 |
| 2 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 26.53 | 32.33 | 11.2 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 25.91 | 14.33 | 11.16 | 2.94 | -0.94 |
| 4 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 25.44 | 11.25 | 9.79 | 3.98 | -0.98 |
| 5 | Yale | FBS Independents | 6-0-1 | 0.86 | 24.72 | 23.14 | 3.85 | 7 | -1 |
| 6 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.22 | 12.5 | 4.05 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Saint Louis | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.18 | 44.8 | -1.03 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | Army | FBS Independents | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 23.75 | 14.2 | 0.86 | 5 | -1 |
| 9 | TCU | FBS Independents | 3-0-2 | 0.6 | 23.68 | 11 | 1.14 | 4.86 | -1.86 |
| 10 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 23.23 | 13.29 | -1.34 | 6.94 | 0.06 |
| 11 | Michigan | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 23.15 | 21.4 | -3.08 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 23.09 | 19.33 | 8.83 | 8.86 | -0.86 |
| 13 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 23.06 | 22.62 | 8.22 | 7.91 | -0.91 |
| 14 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 22.48 | 35.29 | 7.02 | 7 | -1 |
| 15 | Colorado College | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 22.4 | 19.25 | -6.8 | 3.99 | 0.01 |
| 16 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 22.25 | 20.33 | -7.7 | 5.98 | -0.98 |
| 17 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.96 | 16.71 | 7.46 | 6.9 | -0.9 |
| 18 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.92 | 21.67 | 9.92 | 5.9 | -0.9 |
| 19 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.54 | 16.33 | 8.9 | 5.93 | -0.93 |
| 20 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.38 | 31.86 | 1.54 | 6.97 | -0.97 |
| 21 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.19 | 23 | 5.28 | 6 | -1 |
| 22 | Texas | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 21.18 | 12.2 | 16.66 | 4.73 | -1.73 |
| 23 | Navy | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 21.04 | 10.25 | 3.94 | 7.94 | -1.94 |
| 24 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.96 | 24.2 | 7.95 | 4.94 | -0.94 |
| 25 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 20.74 | 12.86 | 3.69 | 6.56 | -1.56 |
| 26 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.68 | 25 | 2.55 | 5.91 | -0.91 |
| 27 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.36 | 22.83 | 0.77 | 5.8 | -0.8 |
| 28 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.67 | 13.8 | 2.64 | 4.95 | -0.95 |
| 29 | Utah | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 19.57 | 13.67 | -3.71 | 5.72 | -0.72 |
| 30 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.12 | 8.8 | -0.59 | 4.75 | -0.75 |
| 31 | Colorado | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19 | 12 | -1.17 | 4.5 | -0.5 |
| 32 | Swarthmore | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 18.84 | 13.2 | -1.97 | 4.69 | -0.69 |
| 33 | Iowa | Western | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.76 | 11.67 | 11.94 | 2.82 | -0.82 |
| 34 | Minnesota | Western | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.69 | 1.67 | 21.72 | 1.84 | 0.16 |
| 35 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 18.37 | 8.4 | 3.74 | 4.63 | -1.63 |
| 36 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 18.12 | 21.75 | 5.83 | 3.9 | -1.9 |
| 37 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 17.95 | 15.4 | -10 | 4.84 | -0.84 |
| 38 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.68 | 12.57 | 3.31 | 6.63 | -1.63 |
| 39 | Brown | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.32 | 12.29 | -0.54 | 6.76 | -1.76 |
| 40 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.25 | 11 | 5.17 | 5.44 | -1.44 |
| 41 | Colorado School Of Mines | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.14 | 35.33 | 1.27 | 2.98 | -0.98 |
| 42 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.81 | 8.67 | 3.4 | 4.94 | -0.94 |
| 43 | Grinnell | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.72 | 9.67 | 4.57 | 5.36 | -1.36 |
| 44 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 16.66 | -0.2 | 5.61 | 2.44 | 0.56 |
| 45 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 16.45 | 7 | 3.1 | 3.84 | -1.84 |
| 46 | Indiana | Western | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 16.05 | 8.75 | -1.04 | 3.33 | -1.33 |
| 47 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.62 | 6.6 | 8.49 | 4.49 | -1.49 |
| 48 | Iowa State | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.21 | 7.6 | 3.68 | 4.68 | -1.68 |
| 49 | LSU | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.25 | 18 | 11.34 | 3.87 | -1.87 |
| 50 | Drake | FBS Independents | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 13.99 | 0.33 | 4.72 | 3.17 | -0.17 |
| 51 | Illinois | Western | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 13.98 | -2.67 | 7.8 | 1.19 | 0.81 |
| 52 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 13.75 | 11.6 | 7.26 | 4.62 | -2.62 |
| 53 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 11.06 | -4.4 | 14.07 | 1.51 | 0.49 |
| 54 | Wisconsin | Western | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 10.05 | -5 | 18.54 | 0.32 | 0.68 |
| 55 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 9.76 | 0.17 | 10.22 | 3.06 | -1.06 |
| 56 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 2-4-1 | 0.29 | 8.41 | 2.57 | 3.57 | 4.54 | -2.54 |
| 57 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 7.29 | -9.5 | 6.48 | 0.36 | 1.64 |
| 58 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 4.75 | -14.57 | 12.95 | 0.18 | 1.82 |
| 59 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.87 | -12.75 | 2.43 | 0.48 | 0.52 |
| 60 | Drury | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 3.06 | -10.2 | 16.79 | 0.1 | 0.9 |
| 61 | Hamilton | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 2.95 | -20.5 | 12.04 | 0.01 | 0.99 |
| 62 | Denver | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.62 | -11.6 | 9.22 | 0.27 | 0.73 |
| 63 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 2.39 | -18.5 | 10.66 | 0.02 | 0.98 |
| 64 | Samford | FBS Independents | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 1.71 | -16.67 | 9.71 | 0.05 | 0.95 |
| 65 | Purdue | Western | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.68 | -9.5 | -0.57 | 0.03 | -0.03 |
| 66 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.81 | -30.33 | 10.42 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.9 | -23.8 | 22.77 | 0.03 | -0.03 |
| 68 | Maryville College (TN) | FBS Independents | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.95 | -28.75 | 18.55 | 0 | 0 |