Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:18.178984+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 27.53 | 33.67 | 14.09 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.91 | 39.25 | 6.01 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | Army | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.61 | 19.33 | 7.31 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.5 | 16.67 | 7.52 | 2.89 | 0.11 |
| 5 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.13 | 58 | 0.84 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | Minnesota | Western | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.11 | 31.75 | 2.78 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.66 | 15 | 3.63 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | Texas | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.51 | 37.67 | -0.24 | 2.99 | 0.01 |
| 9 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.03 | 28.25 | -1.07 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 23.83 | 17.8 | -0.83 | 5 | -1 |
| 11 | Navy | FBS Independents | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 23.59 | 8.5 | 0.74 | 4 | -1 |
| 12 | Illinois | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.49 | 15 | -2.01 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 23.16 | 20.8 | -4.44 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.13 | 14.67 | -3.32 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 22.87 | 33 | -6.37 | 4 | -1 |
| 16 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 22.83 | 34.5 | -8.09 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | Indiana | Western | 4-0-0 | 1 | 22.81 | 15 | -5.39 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | NC State | FBS Independents | 1-0-2 | 0.33 | 22.57 | 11 | 4.42 | 2.96 | -1.96 |
| 19 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 4-0-0 | 1 | 22.38 | 10.5 | -6.11 | 3.98 | 0.02 |
| 20 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 22.32 | 30.25 | -10 | 4 | -1 |
| 21 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 22.17 | 13 | -8.09 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 22.02 | 19.25 | -10 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 21.94 | 18.33 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.17 | 18.43 | 1.28 | 6.99 | -0.99 |
| 25 | Michigan | FBS Independents | 1-0-2 | 0.33 | 20.26 | 1 | -10 | 1.99 | -0.99 |
| 26 | Yale | FBS Independents | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 20.13 | 8.5 | 5.83 | 5.83 | -1.83 |
| 27 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.6 | 17.25 | 7.34 | 3.71 | -0.71 |
| 28 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.47 | 9.5 | 5.56 | 3.92 | -0.92 |
| 29 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.45 | 38.5 | -0.57 | 3.99 | -0.99 |
| 30 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 19.37 | 20.88 | 2.74 | 7.95 | -1.95 |
| 31 | Mercer | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.3 | 4.8 | 3.17 | 3.65 | 0.35 |
| 32 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 18.91 | 13 | -3.12 | 5 | -1 |
| 33 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.81 | 6.75 | 7.05 | 3.93 | -0.93 |
| 34 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 18.66 | 22.5 | 6.73 | 3.95 | -1.95 |
| 35 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 18.4 | 34.6 | -10 | 4.97 | -0.97 |
| 36 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 17.94 | 23 | -4.4 | 3.95 | -0.95 |
| 37 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 17.84 | 4.2 | 2.36 | 4.35 | -1.35 |
| 38 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.9 | 3.67 | 4.39 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 39 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 16.52 | 26.5 | -3.05 | 3.93 | -1.93 |
| 40 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.43 | 12.4 | 7.96 | 4.83 | -1.83 |
| 41 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 16.38 | 3.25 | 0.5 | 3.76 | -1.76 |
| 42 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.22 | 16 | 5.02 | 4.78 | -1.78 |
| 43 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 15.75 | -4.75 | 7.16 | 1.05 | 1.95 |
| 44 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 15.62 | 2.67 | -4.47 | 1.84 | 0.16 |
| 45 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 15.51 | -6.75 | 6.34 | 0.86 | 2.14 |
| 46 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 15.03 | -1.25 | 1.97 | 1.62 | 0.38 |
| 47 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 14.46 | 7.67 | -10 | 2.65 | -0.65 |
| 48 | LSU | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.13 | 18.5 | 3.27 | 2 | -1 |
| 49 | Brown | FBS Independents | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 12.58 | 0.8 | 7.55 | 2.85 | -0.85 |
| 50 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.5 | 6.5 | 5.55 | 3.6 | -1.6 |
| 51 | Iowa | Western | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.49 | 4.5 | 5.92 | 3.47 | -1.47 |
| 52 | Chattanooga | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.8 | 5 | 7.93 | 1.48 | -0.48 |
| 53 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11.39 | -1.75 | 7.84 | 1.7 | 0.3 |
| 54 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 10.32 | -1 | 11.26 | 0.79 | 0.21 |
| 55 | Southwestern University | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 9.8 | 5.33 | 12.86 | 2.25 | -1.25 |
| 56 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 9.26 | -6.75 | 2.3 | 0.49 | 1.51 |
| 57 | Chicago | Western | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.82 | 0.33 | 19.36 | 1.69 | -0.69 |
| 58 | Northwestern | Western | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.62 | -2.67 | -0.95 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| 59 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 6.32 | -0.25 | 15.18 | 1.96 | -0.96 |
| 60 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 6.21 | -5.75 | -1.2 | 0.22 | 0.78 |
| 61 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.96 | -6.5 | 3.04 | 0.49 | 1.51 |
| 62 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.64 | -3.5 | 6.38 | 1.08 | -0.08 |
| 63 | Carnegie Mellon | FBS Independents | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 4.31 | -17.25 | -1.56 | 0.02 | 0.98 |
| 64 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.8 | -14 | 7.24 | 0.09 | 0.91 |
| 65 | Samford | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.4 | -24.25 | 6.9 | 0.01 | 0.99 |
| 66 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 2.36 | -36.25 | 6.06 | 0.01 | 0.99 |
| 67 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.1 | -4 | -1.58 | 0.23 | -0.23 |
| 68 | Wisconsin | Western | 0-1-1 | 0 | -1.25 | -4.5 | 6.47 | 0.32 | -0.32 |
| 69 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 0-2-1 | 0 | -1.48 | -6 | 0.87 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Purdue | Western | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.71 | -9.5 | -0.64 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 0-2-1 | 0 | -2.34 | -14 | 15.4 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 72 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.49 | -21.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.55 | -16 | 22.56 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | TCU | FBS Independents | 0-3-1 | 0 | -2.75 | -27.25 | 11.44 | 0.01 | -0.01 |