Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:18.032271+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago | Western | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 26.57 | 19.2 | 15.48 | 4.94 | -0.94 |
| 2 | Yale | FBS Independents | 7-0-1 | 0.88 | 24.77 | 17.12 | 7.19 | 7.96 | -0.96 |
| 3 | LSU | FBS Independents | 8-0-0 | 1 | 24.5 | 47.25 | 2.23 | 8 | 0 |
| 4 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 10-0-1 | 0.91 | 24.44 | 15.82 | 5.83 | 10.93 | -0.93 |
| 5 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 23.96 | 10 | 5.19 | 5.95 | -0.95 |
| 6 | Denver | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 23.48 | 22.8 | -0.14 | 4.97 | 0.03 |
| 7 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 23.19 | 12.4 | 0.58 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 8-0-1 | 0.89 | 23.16 | 13.33 | -0.01 | 8.99 | -0.99 |
| 9 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 6-0-1 | 0.86 | 23.09 | 7.71 | 1.8 | 6.7 | -0.7 |
| 10 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 7-0-0 | 1 | 22.9 | 14.29 | -1.19 | 6.97 | 0.03 |
| 11 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 22.7 | 13.33 | 11.76 | 8.76 | -1.76 |
| 12 | Wisconsin | Western | 5-0-0 | 1 | 22.65 | 13.6 | -2.58 | 4.84 | 0.16 |
| 13 | Navy | FBS Independents | 8-1-1 | 0.8 | 22.34 | 17.1 | 7.39 | 9.91 | -1.91 |
| 14 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.32 | 22.43 | 5.01 | 6.88 | -0.88 |
| 15 | George Washington | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.24 | 26.5 | 1.08 | 7.97 | -0.97 |
| 16 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.16 | 8.29 | 7.5 | 6.47 | -0.47 |
| 17 | NC State | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.1 | 24 | 9.1 | 5 | -1 |
| 18 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 20.99 | 10.25 | 4.7 | 7.27 | -1.27 |
| 19 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 20.78 | 14.75 | -0.09 | 7.98 | -0.98 |
| 20 | Colorado College | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.77 | 11.17 | 8.27 | 5.79 | -0.79 |
| 21 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.74 | 20.83 | 5.11 | 5.99 | -0.99 |
| 22 | Saint Louis | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 20.22 | 12.5 | 0.55 | 7.9 | -1.9 |
| 23 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 4-1-2 | 0.57 | 19.89 | 10.57 | 7.42 | 6.91 | -2.91 |
| 24 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 19.73 | 12.14 | -2.71 | 6.9 | -0.9 |
| 25 | Illinois | Western | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 19.65 | 7.83 | 7.31 | 5.44 | -1.44 |
| 26 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 5-1-2 | 0.62 | 19.46 | 4.88 | 3.31 | 6.49 | -1.49 |
| 27 | Michigan | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 19.43 | 10.14 | -0.6 | 6.18 | -1.18 |
| 28 | Army | FBS Independents | 4-1-2 | 0.57 | 19.38 | 5.57 | 6.56 | 6.61 | -2.61 |
| 29 | Colorado | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.04 | 10 | 0.63 | 4.74 | -0.74 |
| 30 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 18.89 | 8 | 2.1 | 5.64 | -1.64 |
| 31 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 18.71 | 12 | -0.65 | 5.8 | -1.8 |
| 32 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.45 | 14.75 | 2.33 | 7.5 | -1.5 |
| 33 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 7-2-1 | 0.7 | 18.17 | 7.9 | 0.35 | 8.77 | -1.77 |
| 34 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.09 | 10.71 | 7.34 | 6.83 | -1.83 |
| 35 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 17.67 | 9.88 | 6.29 | 7.58 | -2.58 |
| 36 | TCU | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 17.62 | 12.75 | -1.11 | 7.54 | -1.54 |
| 37 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 5-2-3 | 0.5 | 17.55 | 5.9 | 6.41 | 9.46 | -4.46 |
| 38 | Purdue | Western | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.75 | 8.67 | 5.26 | 4.76 | -0.76 |
| 39 | Northwestern | Western | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.11 | 12.67 | -0.16 | 2.68 | -0.68 |
| 40 | Utah | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.81 | 15.4 | 9.3 | 4.52 | -1.52 |
| 41 | Brown | FBS Independents | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 15.69 | 8.56 | 7.28 | 8.34 | -3.34 |
| 42 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 15.42 | 12 | 3.38 | 8.69 | -3.69 |
| 43 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.26 | 16.25 | 0.57 | 7.7 | -2.7 |
| 44 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 14.93 | 9.17 | 3.95 | 4.88 | -1.88 |
| 45 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.74 | 5.57 | 9.61 | 5.32 | -1.32 |
| 46 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 3-2-3 | 0.38 | 14.58 | 2.75 | 8.69 | 5.91 | -2.91 |
| 47 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.27 | 7.57 | 5.93 | 6.56 | -2.56 |
| 48 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.05 | 7.57 | 3.99 | 5.33 | -1.33 |
| 49 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 13.76 | -1 | -1.19 | 3.05 | 0.95 |
| 50 | Texas | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 12.68 | -0.43 | 5.81 | 3.37 | 0.63 |
| 51 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 11.83 | 10.67 | 6.5 | 8.44 | -4.44 |
| 52 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 11.34 | 1.2 | 1.52 | 2.94 | -0.94 |
| 53 | Colorado School Of Mines | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11.11 | -0.5 | 5.88 | 1.89 | 0.11 |
| 54 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 10.96 | -3.57 | 1.02 | 1.68 | 2.32 |
| 55 | Minnesota | Western | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 10.62 | -4.6 | 15.66 | 0.74 | 1.26 |
| 56 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 10.16 | 1.71 | 2.42 | 4.07 | -1.07 |
| 57 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 9.84 | -1.83 | 0.08 | 2.04 | 0.96 |
| 58 | Iowa | Western | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 9.8 | 12 | 10.55 | 5.27 | -3.27 |
| 59 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 8.72 | -1.86 | 5.58 | 2.51 | 0.49 |
| 60 | Indiana | Western | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.93 | -5.5 | 6.35 | 0.97 | 1.03 |
| 61 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.84 | -7.17 | 5.8 | 1.37 | 0.63 |
| 62 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.84 | -9.5 | 10.07 | 0.49 | 1.51 |
| 63 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 2-5-1 | 0.25 | 5.48 | -3.25 | 7.49 | 2.45 | -0.45 |
| 64 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 4.18 | -1.2 | 15.96 | 2.17 | -1.17 |
| 65 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 2.19 | -9 | 14.88 | 0.26 | 0.74 |
| 66 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.03 | -27.4 | 12.31 | 0.04 | 0.96 |
| 67 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 1.55 | -22.83 | 17.84 | 0.04 | 0.96 |