Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:18.106214+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TCU | FBS Independents | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 26.49 | 17 | 12.38 | 3 | -1 |
| 2 | Chicago | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.38 | 22.33 | 10.25 | 2.99 | 0.01 |
| 3 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 26.24 | 10.67 | 13.08 | 3 | -1 |
| 4 | LSU | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.07 | 31.67 | 7.1 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | Minnesota | Western | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.85 | 24.5 | 7.21 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 2-0-2 | 0.5 | 25.72 | 19.25 | 7.87 | 3.97 | -1.97 |
| 7 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 25.54 | 13.33 | 8.14 | 5.98 | -0.98 |
| 8 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 24.81 | 8.25 | 6.54 | 4 | -1 |
| 9 | Yale | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 24.8 | 21.17 | 2.99 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.68 | 24 | 2.16 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.56 | 12.75 | 4.02 | 3.96 | 0.04 |
| 12 | Wisconsin | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.29 | 12.5 | 3.3 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 13 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.99 | 25.25 | -0.92 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.55 | 14.75 | -1.7 | 3.99 | 0.01 |
| 15 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.28 | 15.5 | -2.74 | 3.89 | 0.11 |
| 16 | Denver | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.28 | 24.25 | -5.11 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 23.04 | 37.75 | -7.5 | 4 | -1 |
| 18 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 22.85 | 11.6 | -3.99 | 4.98 | 0.02 |
| 19 | Colorado College | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 22.84 | 29 | -7.48 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 22.79 | 25.17 | -7.23 | 6 | 0 |
| 21 | Northwestern | Western | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 22.54 | 4.5 | -2.56 | 1.84 | -0.84 |
| 22 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 22.46 | 5.5 | -3.52 | 3.69 | -0.69 |
| 23 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 22.31 | 11 | 11.18 | 5.75 | -0.75 |
| 24 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 1-0-2 | 0.33 | 22.21 | 1 | 9.66 | 3 | -2 |
| 25 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 22.11 | 16.29 | 8.43 | 6.74 | -1.74 |
| 26 | NC State | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 22.05 | 20 | -10 | 2.99 | 0.01 |
| 27 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 4-0-0 | 1 | 21.98 | 18 | -10 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | Colorado | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 21.98 | 21 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | Michigan | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 21.62 | 10.33 | -10 | 2.88 | 0.12 |
| 30 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.43 | 15.17 | 1.34 | 5.97 | -0.97 |
| 31 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.99 | 17.25 | 7.31 | 3.93 | -0.93 |
| 32 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.84 | 14.5 | 6.02 | 3.82 | -0.82 |
| 33 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.83 | 22.8 | 0.32 | 4.98 | -0.98 |
| 34 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.15 | 12.25 | 2.18 | 3.94 | -0.94 |
| 35 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.12 | 18.67 | 17.43 | 2.98 | -0.98 |
| 36 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.82 | 21.25 | -1.9 | 3.87 | -0.87 |
| 37 | Fordham | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.78 | 7.5 | 5.76 | 3.8 | -0.8 |
| 38 | Army | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.73 | 8.5 | 5.12 | 3.58 | -0.58 |
| 39 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.56 | 19.67 | 13.23 | 2.89 | -0.89 |
| 40 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.46 | 5.75 | 4.84 | 3.98 | -0.98 |
| 41 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.34 | 16.25 | -0.74 | 3.86 | -0.86 |
| 42 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.77 | 10.33 | 5.18 | 5.35 | -1.35 |
| 43 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 17.49 | 8.25 | -3.12 | 3.61 | -0.61 |
| 44 | Brown | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.02 | 4.67 | 5.82 | 5.17 | -1.17 |
| 45 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 16.96 | 9.5 | 3.96 | 3.64 | -1.64 |
| 46 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 16.57 | 3 | 7.02 | 2.78 | -0.78 |
| 47 | Texas | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.39 | 9.67 | 1.35 | 2.85 | -0.85 |
| 48 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.22 | 3.67 | -2.14 | 2.77 | -0.77 |
| 49 | Oklahoma | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.05 | 18.2 | 3.31 | 4.73 | -1.73 |
| 50 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 15.74 | 0.67 | 1.43 | 1.59 | 0.41 |
| 51 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.49 | 9.6 | 5.35 | 4.86 | -1.86 |
| 52 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.4 | 11.6 | 4.14 | 4.66 | -1.66 |
| 53 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.96 | 14 | 6.23 | 3.42 | -1.42 |
| 54 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.54 | 8.5 | 14.46 | 3.49 | -1.49 |
| 55 | Indiana | Western | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.36 | 5.25 | 7.18 | 2.97 | -0.97 |
| 56 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 13.27 | 3.6 | 11.15 | 4.33 | -2.33 |
| 57 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 1-1-2 | 0.25 | 12.76 | 5 | 3.9 | 3.18 | -2.18 |
| 58 | Samford | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.58 | 2.25 | 11.51 | 2.6 | -0.6 |
| 59 | Navy | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.27 | 2.25 | 1.59 | 2.7 | -0.7 |
| 60 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 11.43 | 0 | 1.46 | 2.5 | -0.5 |
| 61 | Chattanooga | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 10.1 | -1.5 | -10 | 0.72 | 0.28 |
| 62 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 10.03 | -7.8 | 9.28 | 0.85 | 1.15 |
| 63 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 9.72 | -6 | 7.04 | 0.24 | 1.76 |
| 64 | Iowa | Western | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 9.67 | -12.67 | 9.98 | 0.06 | 0.94 |
| 65 | Wyoming | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 9.21 | -7.5 | -1.39 | 1.09 | 0.91 |
| 66 | Colorado School Of Mines | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 8.95 | -6 | 6.65 | 0.46 | 0.54 |
| 67 | Illinois | Western | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 8.68 | 4.33 | 2.15 | 2.3 | -1.3 |
| 68 | Richmond | FBS Independents | 1-2-2 | 0.2 | 5.89 | -11.4 | 1.99 | 0.08 | 0.92 |
| 69 | Purdue | Western | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 5.59 | -15.33 | 12.82 | 0.17 | 0.83 |
| 70 | Mercer | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.82 | -4 | 10.4 | 1.26 | -0.26 |
| 71 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 4.64 | -5 | 9.65 | 0.67 | 0.33 |
| 72 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4 | -11.5 | 7.19 | 0.12 | 0.88 |
| 73 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 0-3-1 | 0 | -1.44 | -5.75 | -0.68 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.59 | -24 | 6.59 | 0 | 0 |