Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:18.106778+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota | Western | 5-0-0 | 1 | 25.8 | 22.4 | 10.18 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 25.72 | 11.6 | 12.27 | 4.98 | -0.98 |
| 3 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 6-0-2 | 0.75 | 25.58 | 12.88 | 11.27 | 7.89 | -1.89 |
| 4 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 3-0-2 | 0.6 | 25.1 | 22 | 6.91 | 4.98 | -1.98 |
| 5 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 24.71 | 9.4 | 7.9 | 5 | -1 |
| 6 | Wisconsin | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.42 | 11.67 | 5.7 | 2.85 | 0.15 |
| 7 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 24.3 | 20.2 | 3.65 | 4.99 | -0.99 |
| 8 | Yale | FBS Independents | 8-0-0 | 1 | 24.16 | 23 | 2.27 | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 7-0-0 | 1 | 23.84 | 20.43 | 1.19 | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 23.42 | 12.14 | 0.96 | 6.99 | 0.01 |
| 11 | Colorado College | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 23.37 | 30.2 | -2.65 | 4.98 | 0.02 |
| 12 | Denver | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 23.16 | 24.4 | -2.65 | 5 | 0 |
| 13 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 4-0-2 | 0.67 | 23.08 | 30.33 | -3.96 | 6 | -2 |
| 14 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 22.97 | 4.67 | 1.87 | 5.17 | -0.17 |
| 15 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 22.71 | 23.6 | -4.87 | 4.96 | 0.04 |
| 16 | NC State | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 22.65 | 18.8 | -4.11 | 4.99 | 0.01 |
| 17 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 7-0-1 | 0.88 | 22.61 | 24.62 | -5.36 | 8 | -1 |
| 18 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 22.01 | 8.5 | 11.15 | 7.47 | -1.47 |
| 19 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 6-0-0 | 1 | 21.99 | 17.83 | -7.3 | 5.96 | 0.04 |
| 20 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.99 | 19.8 | 16.19 | 4.96 | -0.96 |
| 21 | Colorado | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 21.77 | 29 | -10 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | Chicago | Western | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.51 | 17.4 | 13.9 | 4.83 | -0.83 |
| 23 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.06 | 18 | 0.78 | 7.98 | -0.98 |
| 24 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.81 | 26 | 0.26 | 6.99 | -0.99 |
| 25 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.79 | 21.2 | 8.52 | 4.9 | -0.9 |
| 26 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.53 | 13.4 | 9.38 | 4.82 | -0.82 |
| 27 | LSU | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.27 | 21.8 | 5.15 | 4.97 | -0.97 |
| 28 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 19.17 | 10.56 | 8.69 | 7.9 | -1.9 |
| 29 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 19.13 | 7.5 | 2.82 | 5.78 | -1.78 |
| 30 | TCU | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 18.91 | 8.4 | 8.28 | 4.51 | -1.51 |
| 31 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 18.88 | 7.83 | 1.48 | 5.3 | -1.3 |
| 32 | Fordham | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 18.52 | 6 | 7.03 | 4.76 | -1.76 |
| 33 | Michigan | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 18.43 | 13.4 | -5.49 | 4.82 | -0.82 |
| 34 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 3-1-2 | 0.5 | 18.14 | 6.83 | 4.14 | 5.51 | -2.51 |
| 35 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 18.05 | 3.8 | -0.95 | 4.84 | -0.84 |
| 36 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.34 | 9.29 | 3.06 | 6.09 | -1.09 |
| 37 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.11 | 17.5 | 3.46 | 5.77 | -1.77 |
| 38 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.75 | 5 | 6.84 | 5.47 | -1.47 |
| 39 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.71 | 9 | 5.65 | 5.86 | -1.86 |
| 40 | Oklahoma | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.67 | 20.83 | 1.11 | 5.74 | -1.74 |
| 41 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.62 | 4.67 | 6.22 | 4.6 | -0.6 |
| 42 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.89 | 13.2 | 8.4 | 4.79 | -1.79 |
| 43 | Texas | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.52 | 6 | 8.4 | 4.06 | -1.06 |
| 44 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.44 | 10.6 | 6.38 | 4.65 | -1.65 |
| 45 | Army | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.16 | 5 | 8.16 | 3.99 | -0.99 |
| 46 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 15.16 | 4.67 | 7.05 | 4.93 | -1.93 |
| 47 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 15.04 | 3.57 | -2.01 | 5.02 | -1.02 |
| 48 | Samford | FBS Independents | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 14.87 | 2.5 | 10.8 | 4.34 | -1.34 |
| 49 | Brown | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 14.83 | 1.75 | 5.75 | 5.14 | -0.14 |
| 50 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 14.66 | 12.83 | 0.22 | 5.41 | -2.41 |
| 51 | Illinois | Western | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.63 | 6.4 | 3.92 | 4.21 | -1.21 |
| 52 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.31 | 11.71 | 1.52 | 6.72 | -2.72 |
| 53 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 13.96 | 1.2 | 3.27 | 2.86 | 0.14 |
| 54 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 13.5 | 2.71 | 3.76 | 4.44 | -0.44 |
| 55 | Indiana | Western | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.97 | 8.33 | 4.71 | 5.17 | -2.17 |
| 56 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 2-2-2 | 0.33 | 12.58 | 4.33 | 4.35 | 4.82 | -2.82 |
| 57 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 11.67 | 2 | 0.29 | 3.87 | -0.87 |
| 58 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 1-1-2 | 0.25 | 10.83 | -2.75 | 12.88 | 0.1 | 0.9 |
| 59 | Navy | FBS Independents | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 9.92 | 1.17 | 10.18 | 3.73 | -1.73 |
| 60 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 9.48 | 0.17 | 10.66 | 3.11 | -1.11 |
| 61 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 9.38 | -4.33 | 1.32 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| 62 | Mercer | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.29 | -1.6 | 10.46 | 2.07 | -0.07 |
| 63 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.7 | -5.8 | 7.14 | 0.22 | 1.78 |
| 64 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 7.39 | -12 | 10.29 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 65 | Richmond | FBS Independents | 2-3-2 | 0.29 | 6.84 | -10.57 | 5.56 | 0.13 | 1.87 |
| 66 | Chattanooga | FBS Independents | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 6.27 | -2.75 | -0.72 | 0.76 | 0.24 |
| 67 | Northwestern | Western | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 6.2 | -8.75 | 9.9 | 0.45 | 0.55 |
| 68 | Colorado School Of Mines | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 5.93 | -12.33 | 12.28 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
| 69 | Wyoming | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.25 | -13 | 1.14 | 0.86 | 1.14 |
| 70 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 1-3-2 | 0.17 | 4.6 | -4.17 | 13.41 | 0.81 | 0.19 |
| 71 | Iowa | Western | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 4.29 | -8.4 | 15.29 | 0.67 | 0.33 |
| 72 | Purdue | Western | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.5 | -13 | 5.02 | 0.51 | 0.49 |
| 73 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.37 | -14.4 | 4.94 | 0.1 | 0.9 |
| 74 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 0-5-1 | 0 | -2.28 | -17.17 | 8.52 | 0 | 0 |