Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:18.179871+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota | Western | 6-0-0 | 1 | 24.33 | 29.83 | 2.96 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 7-0-1 | 0.88 | 24.3 | 17.62 | 4.8 | 8 | -1 |
| 3 | Illinois | Western | 6-0-0 | 1 | 24.28 | 14.33 | 5.44 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | Navy | FBS Independents | 6-0-1 | 0.86 | 23.73 | 12.43 | 3.3 | 7 | -1 |
| 5 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 4-0-2 | 0.67 | 23.64 | 28.5 | -0.18 | 6 | -2 |
| 6 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 8-0-0 | 1 | 23.53 | 18.75 | 0.65 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | NC State | FBS Independents | 2-0-2 | 0.5 | 23.39 | 21.5 | -0.49 | 3.99 | -1.99 |
| 8 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 23.23 | 33.71 | -2.59 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 6-0-0 | 1 | 23.21 | 14.83 | -0.09 | 5.84 | 0.16 |
| 10 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 5-0-0 | 1 | 23.21 | 19.8 | -1.02 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | Michigan | FBS Independents | 2-0-3 | 0.4 | 22.4 | 2.8 | 1.45 | 4.51 | -2.51 |
| 12 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 22.38 | 23.5 | 14.09 | 5.99 | -0.99 |
| 13 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 8-1-1 | 0.8 | 22 | 15.9 | 5.92 | 9.98 | -1.98 |
| 14 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 21.34 | 35.71 | 6.2 | 6.99 | -1.99 |
| 15 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.28 | 15 | 6.04 | 6.74 | -0.74 |
| 16 | Texas | FBS Independents | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 21.28 | 19.33 | 11.13 | 5.87 | -1.87 |
| 17 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 21.19 | 19.5 | 12.45 | 5.96 | -1.96 |
| 18 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.99 | 22.29 | 2.94 | 6.94 | -0.94 |
| 19 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 20.9 | 12 | 1.36 | 7.99 | -0.99 |
| 20 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.89 | 13.14 | 4.14 | 6.94 | -0.94 |
| 21 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 20.75 | 26.44 | -2.79 | 8.91 | -0.91 |
| 22 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.38 | 18.71 | -0.04 | 7 | -1 |
| 23 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.32 | 24.5 | 2 | 5.97 | -0.97 |
| 24 | Army | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.07 | 11.67 | 3.72 | 5.97 | -0.97 |
| 25 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 20.07 | 32.86 | -0.35 | 6.99 | -1.99 |
| 26 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 19.97 | 15 | -1.43 | 6.98 | -0.98 |
| 27 | Indiana | Western | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 19.67 | 15 | 0.23 | 5.99 | -0.99 |
| 28 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 19.31 | 7.57 | -2.77 | 6.76 | -0.76 |
| 29 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 19.28 | 18.14 | -2.52 | 6.85 | -1.85 |
| 30 | Yale | FBS Independents | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 18.64 | 5.67 | 9.33 | 7.91 | -1.91 |
| 31 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 18.27 | 19.67 | 11.58 | 5.79 | -1.79 |
| 32 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.89 | 22 | 4.08 | 6.87 | -1.87 |
| 33 | Brown | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 17.55 | 11.62 | 4.79 | 7.54 | -2.54 |
| 34 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 17.53 | 12.29 | 10.17 | 6.87 | -2.87 |
| 35 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 16.93 | 8.43 | 1.54 | 6.72 | -1.72 |
| 36 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 16.71 | 10.43 | -1.69 | 6.51 | -1.51 |
| 37 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 7-4-0 | 0.64 | 16.7 | 15.09 | 7.51 | 10.66 | -3.66 |
| 38 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 16.25 | 13.29 | 1.4 | 6.42 | -2.42 |
| 39 | Iowa | Western | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.25 | 6.83 | 4.75 | 5.75 | -1.75 |
| 40 | Chattanooga | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.08 | 13.67 | 1.04 | 5.79 | -1.79 |
| 41 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 15.7 | 8.57 | -0.45 | 6.9 | -2.9 |
| 42 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 15.31 | 1.14 | 2.87 | 4.02 | -0.02 |
| 43 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.15 | 4 | 12.03 | 3.54 | -0.54 |
| 44 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 13.77 | -2.67 | 2.15 | 2.19 | 1.81 |
| 45 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 13.35 | -7.5 | 7.5 | 0.91 | 3.09 |
| 46 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 13.16 | 1 | 4.02 | 4.87 | -0.87 |
| 47 | Mercer | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 12.46 | -0.43 | 6.11 | 3.33 | 0.67 |
| 48 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 9.82 | 2.83 | 3.07 | 4.4 | -2.4 |
| 49 | Southwestern University | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 9.53 | 5.33 | 16.12 | 2.25 | -1.25 |
| 50 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 9.48 | -4.17 | -0.89 | 2.02 | 0.98 |
| 51 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 8.34 | 2.5 | 8.36 | 3.62 | -1.62 |
| 52 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 8.2 | -4 | 2.54 | 1.63 | 1.37 |
| 53 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 8.09 | -7.14 | 6.26 | 0.76 | 2.24 |
| 54 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.82 | -4 | 11.4 | 0.99 | 1.01 |
| 55 | Chicago | Western | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.49 | -5.33 | 15.3 | 0.71 | 1.29 |
| 56 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 6.33 | -10.5 | 3.5 | 0.59 | 2.41 |
| 57 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.27 | -2.17 | -0.07 | 2.2 | -0.2 |
| 58 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.92 | -8.83 | 10.53 | 0.94 | 1.06 |
| 59 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 5.92 | -1.57 | 8.31 | 2.58 | -0.58 |
| 60 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 2-4-1 | 0.29 | 5.53 | -5 | 0.76 | 1.37 | 0.63 |
| 61 | Dickinson (PA) | FBS Independents | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 5.33 | -8.22 | -1.61 | 0.69 | 2.31 |
| 62 | TCU | FBS Independents | 2-4-1 | 0.29 | 5.05 | -15 | 6.18 | 0.34 | 1.66 |
| 63 | LSU | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.86 | -2.75 | 13.71 | 1.49 | -0.49 |
| 64 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 4.49 | -12 | 4.41 | 0.28 | 1.72 |
| 65 | Northwestern | Western | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 4.13 | -7 | 7.16 | 0.14 | 0.86 |
| 66 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.53 | -10.75 | 1.54 | 0.09 | 0.91 |
| 67 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 2.82 | -23.12 | -1.32 | 0.11 | 1.89 |
| 68 | Purdue | Western | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.65 | -6.2 | 5.38 | 0.46 | 0.54 |
| 69 | Carnegie Mellon | FBS Independents | 1-5-1 | 0.14 | 1.45 | -18.43 | -0.91 | 0.01 | 0.99 |
| 70 | Samford | FBS Independents | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 1.22 | -28.33 | 6.08 | 0.01 | 0.99 |
| 71 | Wisconsin | Western | 0-2-2 | 0 | -1.82 | -9.25 | 10.2 | 0.08 | -0.08 |
| 72 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 0-3-2 | 0 | -2.16 | -11 | 20.85 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 73 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.4 | -20.2 | 8.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.71 | -23.5 | 17.54 | 0.01 | -0.01 |