Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:18.180140+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Illinois | Western | 7-0-0 | 1 | 24.24 | 12.71 | 6.33 | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 7-0-1 | 0.88 | 24.16 | 17.62 | 4.76 | 8 | -1 |
| 3 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 8-0-1 | 0.89 | 23.72 | 16.67 | 2.84 | 9 | -1 |
| 4 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 5-0-2 | 0.71 | 23.57 | 25.43 | 0.6 | 6.99 | -1.99 |
| 5 | NC State | FBS Independents | 3-0-2 | 0.6 | 23.56 | 22.2 | 1.06 | 4.99 | -1.99 |
| 6 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 6-0-0 | 1 | 23.35 | 14.83 | 1.43 | 5.84 | 0.16 |
| 7 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 5-0-0 | 1 | 23.3 | 19.8 | 0.16 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | Navy | FBS Independents | 7-0-1 | 0.88 | 23.28 | 12 | 1.62 | 8 | -1 |
| 9 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 8-0-0 | 1 | 23.2 | 33.88 | -2.19 | 8 | 0 |
| 10 | Michigan | FBS Independents | 3-0-3 | 0.5 | 23.04 | 3.33 | 4.92 | 5.65 | -2.65 |
| 11 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 22.03 | 23.5 | 12.71 | 5.99 | -0.99 |
| 12 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 22.01 | 31.88 | 7.66 | 7.97 | -1.97 |
| 13 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 8-1-1 | 0.8 | 21.88 | 15.9 | 5.9 | 9.98 | -1.98 |
| 14 | Minnesota | Western | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.56 | 24.71 | 5.21 | 7 | -1 |
| 15 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.45 | 20.25 | 3.9 | 7.94 | -0.94 |
| 16 | Texas | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 21.45 | 18.29 | 10.6 | 6.87 | -1.87 |
| 17 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 21.16 | 17.86 | 8.94 | 6.92 | -1.92 |
| 18 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.08 | 15 | 5.29 | 6.74 | -0.74 |
| 19 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 20.98 | 26.62 | 0.3 | 8 | -1 |
| 20 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.82 | 13.14 | 4.41 | 6.94 | -0.94 |
| 21 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 20.64 | 12 | 1.26 | 7.99 | -0.99 |
| 22 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 20.59 | 26.44 | -3.1 | 8.91 | -0.91 |
| 23 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.38 | 21.57 | -0 | 6.96 | -0.96 |
| 24 | Army | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.38 | 12.43 | 2.22 | 6.97 | -0.97 |
| 25 | Indiana | Western | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.15 | 15 | 0.23 | 6.99 | -0.99 |
| 26 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 19.95 | 32.86 | -0.6 | 6.99 | -1.99 |
| 27 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 19.83 | 15 | -1.74 | 6.98 | -0.98 |
| 28 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 19.18 | 7.57 | -2.93 | 6.76 | -0.76 |
| 29 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 19.15 | 18.14 | -2.85 | 6.85 | -1.85 |
| 30 | Yale | FBS Independents | 6-2-2 | 0.6 | 18.69 | 5.1 | 10.58 | 8.79 | -2.79 |
| 31 | Brown | FBS Independents | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 18.34 | 15.78 | 3.38 | 8.75 | -2.75 |
| 32 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.76 | 22 | 3.42 | 6.87 | -1.87 |
| 33 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 17.69 | 9.12 | 1.61 | 7.78 | -1.78 |
| 34 | Iowa | Western | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.52 | 11.29 | 5.46 | 6.91 | -1.91 |
| 35 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 17.3 | 12.29 | 9.24 | 6.87 | -2.87 |
| 36 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 16.49 | 10.43 | -1.73 | 6.51 | -1.51 |
| 37 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 16.24 | 13.29 | 1.34 | 6.42 | -2.42 |
| 38 | Chattanooga | FBS Independents | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 16.13 | 11.71 | 1.18 | 6.65 | -2.65 |
| 39 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 15.83 | 16.14 | 13.21 | 6.6 | -2.6 |
| 40 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 15.64 | 8.57 | -0.88 | 6.9 | -2.9 |
| 41 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 8-5-0 | 0.62 | 15.61 | 13.46 | 4.17 | 12.59 | -4.59 |
| 42 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.24 | 4 | 11.91 | 3.54 | -0.54 |
| 43 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 15.22 | 1.14 | 4.27 | 4.02 | -0.02 |
| 44 | Mercer | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 14.52 | 2.25 | 5.84 | 5.02 | -0.02 |
| 45 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 13.38 | -7.5 | 7.65 | 0.91 | 3.09 |
| 46 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 11.79 | 3.71 | 2.32 | 5.63 | -2.63 |
| 47 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 4-4-1 | 0.44 | 11.55 | 0.56 | 6.47 | 5.1 | -1.1 |
| 48 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 11.03 | -5.29 | 2.52 | 1.83 | 2.17 |
| 49 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 10.43 | 2.86 | 5.65 | 4.43 | -1.43 |
| 50 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 9.11 | 1.25 | 9.17 | 4.72 | -1.72 |
| 51 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 8.08 | -4 | 2.83 | 1.63 | 1.37 |
| 52 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.99 | -4 | 11.86 | 0.99 | 1.01 |
| 53 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 7.97 | -7.14 | 6.79 | 0.76 | 2.24 |
| 54 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 7.94 | -7.29 | 8.28 | 1.24 | 1.76 |
| 55 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 7.58 | -9 | 1.75 | 1.34 | 1.66 |
| 56 | Southwestern University | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 7.22 | 2.5 | 16.91 | 2.61 | -1.61 |
| 57 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 3-5-1 | 0.33 | 6.55 | -9.33 | 4.81 | 0.79 | 2.21 |
| 58 | Wisconsin | Western | 1-2-2 | 0.2 | 5.63 | -5.4 | 8.92 | 0.55 | 0.45 |
| 59 | Chicago | Western | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 5.29 | -6 | 13.22 | 0.58 | 1.42 |
| 60 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 5.24 | -8.22 | -1.87 | 0.69 | 2.31 |
| 61 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 4.91 | -5.43 | 2.37 | 1.52 | 0.48 |
| 62 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 2-5-1 | 0.25 | 4.82 | -6.12 | 2.77 | 1.13 | 0.87 |
| 63 | TCU | FBS Independents | 2-5-1 | 0.25 | 4.47 | -14 | 8.6 | 0.39 | 1.61 |
| 64 | Northwestern | Western | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 3.98 | -7 | 7.04 | 0.14 | 0.86 |
| 65 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 3.56 | -11.12 | 2.38 | 0.61 | 1.39 |
| 66 | LSU | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 3.42 | -4.6 | 15.34 | 1.37 | -0.37 |
| 67 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 2.88 | -23.12 | -1.88 | 0.11 | 1.89 |
| 68 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.41 | -12.8 | 3.25 | 0.05 | 0.95 |
| 69 | Purdue | Western | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 2.16 | -7.67 | 7.78 | 0.31 | 0.69 |
| 70 | Carnegie Mellon | FBS Independents | 1-6-1 | 0.12 | 0.75 | -20.5 | 2.33 | 0.01 | 0.99 |
| 71 | Samford | FBS Independents | 1-6-0 | 0.14 | 0.37 | -36 | 8.96 | 0 | 1 |
| 72 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 0-4-2 | 0 | -2.09 | -10.67 | 18.49 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 73 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 0-6-0 | 0 | -2.28 | -17.17 | 8.11 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 74 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.7 | -23.5 | 17.39 | 0.01 | -0.01 |