Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:18.107904+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 5-0-2 | 0.71 | 24.89 | 22.14 | 8.56 | 6.99 | -1.99 |
| 2 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 7-0-1 | 0.88 | 24.79 | 14.5 | 9.61 | 7.96 | -0.96 |
| 3 | Yale | FBS Independents | 10-0-0 | 1 | 24.29 | 20.9 | 5.84 | 10 | 0 |
| 4 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 7-0-1 | 0.88 | 23.75 | 21.25 | 3.12 | 8 | -1 |
| 5 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 7-0-1 | 0.88 | 23.28 | 6.25 | 4.96 | 7.1 | -0.1 |
| 6 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 23.26 | 23.71 | 0.3 | 6.97 | 0.03 |
| 7 | Colorado | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 22.7 | 23.5 | -2.45 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 7-1-2 | 0.7 | 22.25 | 10.8 | 11.85 | 9.6 | -2.6 |
| 9 | Minnesota | Western | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 22.15 | 18.71 | 11.53 | 6.9 | -0.9 |
| 10 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 22.14 | 17.29 | 11.81 | 6.88 | -0.88 |
| 11 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.87 | 16.86 | 10.45 | 6.72 | -0.72 |
| 12 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 21.17 | 16.67 | 2.77 | 8.93 | -0.93 |
| 13 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 8-1-1 | 0.8 | 20.73 | 19.6 | -0.25 | 9.93 | -1.93 |
| 14 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 20.72 | 18 | 1.19 | 7.98 | -0.98 |
| 15 | Chicago | Western | 4-1-2 | 0.57 | 20.66 | 12.43 | 12.79 | 6.57 | -2.57 |
| 16 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 20.59 | 9.56 | 1.72 | 8.88 | -0.88 |
| 17 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 5-1-2 | 0.62 | 20.34 | 6.38 | 9.47 | 7.71 | -2.71 |
| 18 | Michigan | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.17 | 11.71 | 2.16 | 6.64 | -0.64 |
| 19 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 20.12 | 12.75 | -0.85 | 7.68 | -0.68 |
| 20 | NC State | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 19.49 | 12.29 | -1.98 | 6.82 | -0.82 |
| 21 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 19.4 | 19.11 | 5.87 | 8.79 | -1.79 |
| 22 | Fordham | FBS Independents | 5-1-2 | 0.62 | 19.2 | 8 | 1.72 | 7.7 | -2.7 |
| 23 | LSU | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 19.07 | 18.88 | 7.98 | 7.83 | -1.83 |
| 24 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 19.04 | 5.67 | 13.46 | 7.57 | -1.57 |
| 25 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.74 | 8.78 | 5.16 | 7.86 | -0.86 |
| 26 | Denver | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.73 | 16.22 | 2.49 | 8.86 | -1.86 |
| 27 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.23 | 11.14 | 11.02 | 6.52 | -1.52 |
| 28 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 17.97 | 7.56 | 5.03 | 8.59 | -2.59 |
| 29 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 8-3-1 | 0.67 | 17.93 | 12.42 | 5.43 | 10.86 | -2.86 |
| 30 | Wisconsin | Western | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 17.75 | 1.4 | 10.21 | 2.86 | 0.14 |
| 31 | Colorado College | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.46 | 17 | 3.62 | 6.59 | -1.59 |
| 32 | TCU | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 17.42 | 7.75 | 7.17 | 7.4 | -2.4 |
| 33 | Illinois | Western | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.31 | 10.86 | 4.78 | 6.5 | -1.5 |
| 34 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.22 | 5.14 | 7.69 | 6.52 | -1.52 |
| 35 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 7-3-0 | 0.7 | 17.2 | 17.8 | 3.17 | 9.89 | -2.89 |
| 36 | Samford | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 16.96 | 6.5 | 4.79 | 7.32 | -2.32 |
| 37 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 16.8 | 13.75 | 0.17 | 7.36 | -2.36 |
| 38 | Brown | FBS Independents | 7-3-0 | 0.7 | 16.56 | 4.4 | 5.24 | 7.92 | -0.92 |
| 39 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.42 | 5.56 | 7.92 | 7.75 | -1.75 |
| 40 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.67 | 8.88 | 8.32 | 7.32 | -2.32 |
| 41 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.08 | 10.6 | 6.26 | 4.65 | -1.65 |
| 42 | Texas | FBS Independents | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 14.8 | 6.88 | 11.97 | 6.82 | -2.82 |
| 43 | Army | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.73 | 5 | 7.47 | 3.99 | -0.99 |
| 44 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 14.66 | 4.67 | 7.26 | 4.93 | -1.93 |
| 45 | Oklahoma | FBS Independents | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 14.55 | 9.6 | 2.48 | 8.2 | -2.2 |
| 46 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 4-2-2 | 0.5 | 14.44 | 0.12 | 2.95 | 4.12 | -0.12 |
| 47 | Indiana | Western | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.27 | 11.86 | 4.35 | 6.44 | -2.44 |
| 48 | Navy | FBS Independents | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 14.21 | 7.12 | 6.78 | 7.07 | -3.07 |
| 49 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 13.98 | 12.11 | 3.55 | 8.55 | -3.55 |
| 50 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 4-3-2 | 0.44 | 13.85 | 5.56 | 5.09 | 7.57 | -3.57 |
| 51 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 13.79 | 3.14 | 7.61 | 4.95 | -0.95 |
| 52 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 4-3-2 | 0.44 | 13.77 | 4.11 | 5.99 | 6.38 | -2.38 |
| 53 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 4-3-2 | 0.44 | 13.72 | 16.33 | -2.03 | 8.66 | -4.66 |
| 54 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 13.26 | 2.5 | 4.05 | 5.28 | -1.28 |
| 55 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 4-3-2 | 0.44 | 12.16 | 0.44 | -0.06 | 4.76 | -0.76 |
| 56 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 3-3-2 | 0.38 | 11.94 | 2 | 7.18 | 5.21 | -2.21 |
| 57 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 4-4-1 | 0.44 | 11.16 | 0.89 | 2.74 | 5.02 | -1.02 |
| 58 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 4-5-1 | 0.4 | 10.29 | 0.9 | 7.62 | 5.5 | -1.5 |
| 59 | Colorado School Of Mines | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 9.89 | -3.33 | 7.56 | 1.97 | 1.03 |
| 60 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 3-4-1 | 0.38 | 9.49 | 0.12 | 5.41 | 4.07 | -1.07 |
| 61 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 3-4-2 | 0.33 | 8.38 | -3.56 | 7.35 | 2.49 | 0.51 |
| 62 | Mercer | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 8.26 | -5.86 | 10.36 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 63 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 8.16 | -5.43 | 7.94 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 64 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 3-4-2 | 0.33 | 7.52 | -10.56 | 5.14 | 0.84 | 2.16 |
| 65 | Chattanooga | FBS Independents | 2-3-2 | 0.29 | 7.27 | -4 | 1.47 | 1.52 | 0.48 |
| 66 | Iowa | Western | 2-4-1 | 0.29 | 6.24 | -5.57 | 14.72 | 1.6 | 0.4 |
| 67 | Wyoming | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 6.18 | -9.62 | -0.77 | 1.55 | 1.45 |
| 68 | Richmond | FBS Independents | 3-5-2 | 0.3 | 6.14 | -10.9 | 0 | 0.2 | 2.8 |
| 69 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.68 | -5.67 | 3.46 | 0.21 | 1.79 |
| 70 | Purdue | Western | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 4.41 | -10.71 | 3.72 | 1.09 | 0.91 |
| 71 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 3.57 | -11.5 | 6.51 | 0.38 | 1.62 |
| 72 | Northwestern | Western | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 3.54 | -14 | 10.09 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
| 73 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 1-4-2 | 0.14 | 3.25 | -4.86 | 14.01 | 0.36 | 0.64 |
| 74 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 1-6-2 | 0.11 | 1.15 | -11.33 | 6.11 | 0.04 | 0.96 |