Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:17.964404+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 8-0-0 | 1 | 26.48 | 28.5 | 12.65 | 8 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago | Western | 4-0-0 | 1 | 26.4 | 29.75 | 11.76 | 3.94 | 0.06 |
| 3 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 25.65 | 14.4 | 11.28 | 4.97 | -0.97 |
| 4 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 25.58 | 11.75 | 11.51 | 3.85 | -0.85 |
| 5 | Yale | FBS Independents | 7-0-1 | 0.88 | 24.79 | 23 | 5.33 | 8 | -1 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 9-1-0 | 0.9 | 23.14 | 20.2 | 8.95 | 9.89 | -0.89 |
| 7 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 23.13 | 21 | 9.97 | 8.8 | -0.8 |
| 8 | Colorado College | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 23.1 | 17.4 | -1.68 | 4.99 | 0.01 |
| 9 | Michigan | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 22.76 | 21.4 | -4.38 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 22.57 | 15.12 | 9.76 | 7.8 | -0.8 |
| 11 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 22.32 | 20 | 9.65 | 6.85 | -0.85 |
| 12 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 22.19 | 32.62 | 4.21 | 8 | -1 |
| 13 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 6-0-1 | 0.86 | 21.98 | 22.29 | -8.23 | 6.99 | -0.99 |
| 14 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.77 | 23 | 5.98 | 6.97 | -0.97 |
| 15 | Texas | FBS Independents | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 21.67 | 12.83 | 16.18 | 5.61 | -1.61 |
| 16 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21 | 10.62 | 1.43 | 7.55 | -0.55 |
| 17 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.64 | 30.57 | -1.44 | 6.93 | -0.93 |
| 18 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 20.44 | 19.71 | 2.48 | 7 | -2 |
| 19 | Iowa | Western | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.11 | 12 | 14.68 | 3.66 | -0.66 |
| 20 | Swarthmore | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 19.96 | 14 | 1.87 | 5.74 | -0.74 |
| 21 | Saint Louis | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 19.94 | 37.17 | -4.18 | 5.99 | -0.99 |
| 22 | Army | FBS Independents | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 19.87 | 11.17 | 4.18 | 5.91 | -1.91 |
| 23 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 19.83 | 15.17 | 0.39 | 5.96 | -0.96 |
| 24 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 19.51 | 10 | -3.33 | 6.84 | -0.84 |
| 25 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 19.16 | 24.38 | 3.81 | 7.81 | -1.81 |
| 26 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 19.16 | 29.4 | 4.28 | 4.95 | -1.95 |
| 27 | Colorado School Of Mines | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.64 | 34.75 | 0.55 | 3.98 | -0.98 |
| 28 | TCU | FBS Independents | 3-1-2 | 0.5 | 18.45 | 4.67 | 5.36 | 4.49 | -1.49 |
| 29 | Navy | FBS Independents | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 18.41 | 7.11 | 4.43 | 8.44 | -2.44 |
| 30 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.38 | 9.75 | 1.46 | 3.59 | -0.59 |
| 31 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 18.22 | 5.8 | 6.03 | 4.64 | -1.64 |
| 32 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 18.14 | 17.17 | 10.5 | 5.72 | -1.72 |
| 33 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.98 | 14.29 | 5.75 | 6.64 | -1.64 |
| 34 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 17.9 | 11.12 | 4.83 | 7.39 | -2.39 |
| 35 | Minnesota | Western | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.9 | 1.67 | 21.51 | 1.84 | 0.16 |
| 36 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.83 | 17.86 | 2.22 | 6.48 | -1.48 |
| 37 | LSU | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.77 | 14.83 | 11.62 | 5.57 | -1.57 |
| 38 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.63 | 12.57 | 3.64 | 6.63 | -1.63 |
| 39 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.18 | 11.14 | 1.37 | 6.2 | -1.2 |
| 40 | Iowa State | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.87 | 14.5 | 4.56 | 5.91 | -1.91 |
| 41 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 16.55 | -0.2 | 4.9 | 2.44 | 0.56 |
| 42 | Colorado | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.51 | 8.33 | 2.82 | 5.05 | -1.05 |
| 43 | Utah | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 16.47 | 9.71 | -4.32 | 6.08 | -1.08 |
| 44 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 15.64 | 11.17 | -4.68 | 5.47 | -1.47 |
| 45 | Brown | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.33 | 8 | 2.63 | 7.01 | -2.01 |
| 46 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 15.05 | 4.33 | 6.42 | 4.4 | -1.4 |
| 47 | Wisconsin | Western | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 14.98 | -2.33 | 16.26 | 1.01 | 0.99 |
| 48 | Grinnell | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 13.55 | 1.29 | 5.02 | 3.9 | 0.1 |
| 49 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 13.48 | 7.14 | 11.57 | 5.93 | -2.93 |
| 50 | Drake | FBS Independents | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 13.47 | 0.33 | 3.7 | 3.17 | -0.17 |
| 51 | Indiana | Western | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 12.54 | 6.4 | 1.49 | 3.87 | -1.87 |
| 52 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 11.74 | 1.14 | 6.56 | 3.97 | -0.97 |
| 53 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 11.49 | 3 | 11.31 | 5.12 | -2.12 |
| 54 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 10.8 | -3.14 | 13.89 | 2.53 | 0.47 |
| 55 | Illinois | Western | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.64 | -5.25 | 13.63 | 1.26 | 0.74 |
| 56 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 3-4-1 | 0.38 | 10.44 | 3.5 | 3.24 | 5.5 | -2.5 |
| 57 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 2-4-1 | 0.29 | 5.17 | -16.43 | 2.53 | 0.18 | 1.82 |
| 58 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 2-4-1 | 0.29 | 5.11 | -15.29 | 7.35 | 0.06 | 1.94 |
| 59 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 3.62 | -17 | 12.84 | 0.12 | 1.88 |
| 60 | Drury | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.8 | -10.2 | 14.11 | 0.1 | 0.9 |
| 61 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.52 | -10.8 | -0.55 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 62 | Hamilton | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.31 | -18.4 | 11.06 | 0.05 | 0.95 |
| 63 | Denver | FBS Independents | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 1.75 | -15.17 | 9.69 | 0.15 | 0.85 |
| 64 | Samford | FBS Independents | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 1.64 | -16.67 | 10.06 | 0.05 | 0.95 |
| 65 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 1.33 | -19.17 | 17.03 | 0.14 | 0.86 |
| 66 | Purdue | Western | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.58 | -25 | 10.46 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | Maryville College (TN) | FBS Independents | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.66 | -23.6 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 0-4-0 | 0 | -3 | -37.75 | 12.83 | 0 | 0 |