Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:18.106490+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota | Western | 5-0-0 | 1 | 26.19 | 22.4 | 11.08 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 26.02 | 8.75 | 13.56 | 3.96 | -0.96 |
| 3 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 6-0-1 | 0.86 | 25.54 | 14.71 | 9.4 | 6.95 | -0.95 |
| 4 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 25.43 | 9.4 | 10.71 | 5 | -1 |
| 5 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 2-0-2 | 0.5 | 25.26 | 19.25 | 6.91 | 3.97 | -1.97 |
| 6 | Wisconsin | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.14 | 11.67 | 8.63 | 2.85 | 0.15 |
| 7 | Yale | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 24.21 | 23 | 1.16 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Colorado College | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.96 | 31.5 | -0.46 | 3.99 | 0.01 |
| 9 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 6-0-0 | 1 | 23.7 | 22.83 | -1.37 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.61 | 25.25 | -1.92 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 23.46 | 36.4 | -3.56 | 5 | -1 |
| 12 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 23.23 | 11.17 | -0.71 | 5.98 | 0.02 |
| 13 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 22.96 | 23.6 | -4.79 | 4.96 | 0.04 |
| 14 | Michigan | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 22.91 | 18.75 | -3.65 | 3.97 | 0.03 |
| 15 | Denver | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 22.89 | 24.25 | -5.2 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 22.71 | 9.71 | 13.75 | 6.66 | -0.66 |
| 17 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 22.66 | 4.6 | -0.75 | 4.16 | -0.16 |
| 18 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 22.41 | 28.14 | -8 | 7 | 0 |
| 19 | NC State | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 21.83 | 22.75 | -10 | 3.99 | 0.01 |
| 20 | Colorado | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 21.78 | 21 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 5-0-0 | 1 | 21.77 | 20.8 | -10 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 21.04 | 21 | 16.81 | 3.96 | -0.96 |
| 23 | Chicago | Western | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.7 | 13.25 | 13.37 | 3.7 | -0.7 |
| 24 | LSU | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.53 | 21.5 | 10.04 | 3.96 | -0.96 |
| 25 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.46 | 17 | 14.3 | 3.82 | -0.82 |
| 26 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.41 | 17.57 | -1.67 | 6.98 | -0.98 |
| 27 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.41 | 21.83 | 1.32 | 5.99 | -0.99 |
| 28 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.64 | 9 | 4.66 | 4.99 | -0.99 |
| 29 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.46 | 6.2 | 2.7 | 3.98 | 0.02 |
| 30 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.42 | 9 | 0.43 | 4.82 | -0.82 |
| 31 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.37 | 22.8 | -1.09 | 4.9 | -0.9 |
| 32 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.33 | 14.5 | 6.81 | 3.82 | -0.82 |
| 33 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 19.18 | 11.38 | 11.85 | 7.06 | -2.06 |
| 34 | Texas | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.91 | 13.25 | 6.06 | 3.93 | -0.93 |
| 35 | Fordham | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.54 | 7.5 | 4.95 | 3.8 | -0.8 |
| 36 | TCU | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 18.42 | 6.75 | 13.15 | 3.43 | -1.43 |
| 37 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.32 | 12.25 | 1.09 | 3.94 | -0.94 |
| 38 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 18.16 | 7 | 3.66 | 4.34 | -1.34 |
| 39 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 17.91 | 8.2 | 1.11 | 4.59 | -1.59 |
| 40 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 17.57 | 3.25 | 2.9 | 3.76 | -0.76 |
| 41 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.54 | 9.29 | 3.23 | 6.09 | -1.09 |
| 42 | Brown | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.12 | 5.29 | 3.19 | 6.2 | -1.2 |
| 43 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 16.86 | 2.75 | -1.33 | 2.55 | 0.45 |
| 44 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.49 | 13.2 | 10.1 | 4.79 | -1.79 |
| 45 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 2-1-2 | 0.4 | 15.84 | 6.4 | 1.1 | 4.35 | -2.35 |
| 46 | Oklahoma | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.64 | 18.2 | 3.59 | 4.73 | -1.73 |
| 47 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.55 | 10.6 | 7.34 | 4.65 | -1.65 |
| 48 | Army | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.49 | 5 | 7.82 | 3.99 | -0.99 |
| 49 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.43 | 9.6 | 5.71 | 4.86 | -1.86 |
| 50 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.42 | 12.6 | 2.46 | 4.79 | -1.79 |
| 51 | Indiana | Western | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.13 | 10.2 | 4.13 | 4.43 | -1.43 |
| 52 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.11 | 6 | -4.24 | 4.36 | -1.36 |
| 53 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 13.34 | 1.17 | -0.14 | 3.45 | -0.45 |
| 54 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 12.98 | 11.2 | 2.36 | 4.28 | -2.28 |
| 55 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.55 | 2.33 | 6.42 | 3.61 | -0.61 |
| 56 | Samford | FBS Independents | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 12.54 | 1.8 | 9.91 | 3.25 | -1.25 |
| 57 | Illinois | Western | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.43 | 7.75 | 2.99 | 3.46 | -1.46 |
| 58 | Northwestern | Western | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 11.98 | -0.33 | 6.63 | 1.43 | -0.43 |
| 59 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 1-1-2 | 0.25 | 11.68 | -2.75 | 12.76 | 0.1 | 0.9 |
| 60 | Navy | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 10.03 | 1.4 | 7.26 | 3.11 | -1.11 |
| 61 | Chattanooga | FBS Independents | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 10.03 | -1 | -2.47 | 1.08 | -0.08 |
| 62 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 9.9 | -6 | 7.36 | 0.24 | 1.76 |
| 63 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 9.85 | -7.8 | 8.73 | 0.85 | 1.15 |
| 64 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 9.85 | 0.17 | 11.15 | 3.11 | -1.11 |
| 65 | Colorado School Of Mines | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 9.77 | -6 | 6.42 | 0.46 | 0.54 |
| 66 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.11 | -6.4 | 3.67 | 0.71 | 1.29 |
| 67 | Wyoming | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 6.96 | -13.8 | 3.22 | 0.74 | 1.26 |
| 68 | Iowa | Western | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 6.19 | -9.75 | 12.77 | 0.31 | 0.69 |
| 69 | Mercer | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.58 | -4 | 10.56 | 1.26 | -0.26 |
| 70 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 4.56 | -5 | 14.34 | 0.67 | 0.33 |
| 71 | Purdue | Western | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.75 | -16 | 11.9 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
| 72 | Richmond | FBS Independents | 1-3-2 | 0.17 | 3.7 | -13.17 | 4.46 | 0.05 | 0.95 |
| 73 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 2.88 | -16.5 | 2.14 | 0.09 | 0.91 |
| 74 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 0-4-1 | 0 | -1.91 | -10.4 | 7.9 | 0 | 0 |