Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:18.256787+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota | Western | 6-0-1 | 0.86 | 25.91 | 12.43 | 14.72 | 6.93 | -0.93 |
| 2 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.44 | 14.4 | 6.8 | 4.99 | 0.01 |
| 3 | Navy | FBS Independents | 6-0-3 | 0.67 | 24.33 | 11.67 | 7.16 | 8.97 | -2.97 |
| 4 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 7-0-1 | 0.88 | 24.15 | 22.62 | 3.76 | 7.98 | -0.98 |
| 5 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 6-0-1 | 0.86 | 24.06 | 9 | 6.59 | 7 | -1 |
| 6 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 8-0-2 | 0.8 | 23.93 | 16.4 | 3.83 | 9.97 | -1.97 |
| 7 | Florida | FBS Independents | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 23.15 | 9.8 | 1.73 | 4.86 | -0.86 |
| 8 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 22.53 | 14.88 | 11 | 7.85 | -0.85 |
| 9 | Chicago | Western | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 22.38 | 5.14 | 17.55 | 5.69 | 0.31 |
| 10 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 10-1-0 | 0.91 | 22.32 | 22.09 | 4.56 | 10.88 | -0.88 |
| 11 | Army | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 21.7 | 9.62 | 9.85 | 7.94 | -1.94 |
| 12 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.69 | 16.71 | 8.38 | 6.95 | -0.95 |
| 13 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 5-1-2 | 0.62 | 21.28 | 31 | 7.28 | 7.95 | -2.95 |
| 14 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.23 | 27.38 | 1.38 | 8 | -1 |
| 15 | Wisconsin | Western | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 21.04 | 13.86 | 8.29 | 6.95 | -1.95 |
| 16 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 20.85 | 25.12 | 1.93 | 7.95 | -1.95 |
| 17 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 20.81 | 27.67 | 8.85 | 5.98 | -1.98 |
| 18 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 20.78 | 8.5 | 6.21 | 7.77 | -1.77 |
| 19 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 5-1-2 | 0.62 | 20.21 | 15.12 | 4.06 | 7.56 | -2.56 |
| 20 | Michigan | FBS Independents | 5-1-2 | 0.62 | 20.16 | 6.5 | 7.38 | 7.08 | -2.08 |
| 21 | Yale | FBS Independents | 7-2-1 | 0.7 | 19.92 | 14.6 | 9.21 | 9.96 | -2.96 |
| 22 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 19.48 | 10.14 | 1.38 | 6.95 | -1.95 |
| 23 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 19.15 | 6.78 | 7.78 | 8.36 | -1.36 |
| 24 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.83 | 10 | 4.33 | 8.34 | -1.34 |
| 25 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 18.47 | 12.38 | 10.96 | 7.87 | -2.87 |
| 26 | Texas | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.35 | 6.71 | 11.95 | 6.65 | -1.65 |
| 27 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 18.25 | 20 | 7.09 | 7.91 | -2.91 |
| 28 | Brown | FBS Independents | 7-2-1 | 0.7 | 18.14 | 14 | -1.75 | 9.71 | -2.71 |
| 29 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.14 | 16.88 | 1.47 | 7.67 | -1.67 |
| 30 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.01 | 22.67 | -4.5 | 8.93 | -1.93 |
| 31 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 17.98 | 4.33 | 6.81 | 7.4 | -1.4 |
| 32 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 17.9 | 7 | 3.91 | 8.28 | -2.28 |
| 33 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.68 | 5.17 | 16.43 | 4.66 | -0.66 |
| 34 | NC State | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.67 | 7.57 | 7.95 | 6.4 | -1.4 |
| 35 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 4-2-2 | 0.5 | 17.57 | 14 | 9.49 | 7.86 | -3.86 |
| 36 | LSU | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.49 | 22.43 | 1.49 | 6.95 | -1.95 |
| 37 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.47 | 9.29 | 5.56 | 6.46 | -1.46 |
| 38 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 17.44 | 29.25 | 0.3 | 7.97 | -2.97 |
| 39 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 17.26 | 17 | 0.54 | 7.87 | -2.87 |
| 40 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 17.12 | 18.43 | 5.85 | 6.88 | -2.88 |
| 41 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.11 | 20.71 | -0.64 | 6.98 | -1.98 |
| 42 | Illinois | Western | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 16.63 | 4.29 | 8.74 | 5.25 | -1.25 |
| 43 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 4-2-2 | 0.5 | 16.21 | 8.62 | 2.25 | 7.37 | -3.37 |
| 44 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 16.04 | 6.57 | 3.31 | 6.43 | -2.43 |
| 45 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 15.82 | 5.67 | 2.78 | 8.04 | -2.04 |
| 46 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 15.43 | 3.33 | 1.88 | 4.44 | -0.44 |
| 47 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 4-2-2 | 0.5 | 15.34 | 4.62 | -0.31 | 6.48 | -2.48 |
| 48 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 14.49 | 3.6 | 6.13 | 7.19 | -1.19 |
| 49 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 14.23 | 8.7 | -0.28 | 9.25 | -3.25 |
| 50 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 13.65 | 0.44 | 3.42 | 4.89 | 0.11 |
| 51 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 5-4-1 | 0.5 | 13.19 | 3.4 | 2.18 | 7.61 | -2.61 |
| 52 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.92 | 3 | 13.67 | 3.86 | -0.86 |
| 53 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 12.73 | 8.43 | 5.16 | 5.98 | -2.98 |
| 54 | Indiana | Western | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 12.69 | 4 | 8.31 | 5.29 | -2.29 |
| 55 | Southwestern University | FBS Independents | 2-2-2 | 0.33 | 11.82 | 0.17 | 12.74 | 3.08 | -1.08 |
| 56 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 3-3-2 | 0.38 | 10.69 | 0.12 | 0.84 | 4.06 | -1.06 |
| 57 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 3-4-2 | 0.33 | 10.56 | 5.56 | 2.55 | 7.46 | -4.46 |
| 58 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 10.38 | 0.43 | 12.99 | 3.68 | -0.68 |
| 59 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 10.33 | 9.75 | 8.11 | 6.65 | -3.65 |
| 60 | Purdue | Western | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 9.95 | 1.43 | 4.63 | 4.27 | -1.27 |
| 61 | Northwestern | Western | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 9.22 | -1.43 | 9.57 | 2.87 | 0.13 |
| 62 | Iowa | Western | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 8.67 | -2.71 | 9.86 | 1.81 | 1.19 |
| 63 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 8.49 | 2.5 | 8.95 | 4.08 | -2.08 |
| 64 | Mercer | FBS Independents | 3-5-1 | 0.33 | 7.31 | -4 | 8.19 | 2.43 | 0.57 |
| 65 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 2-4-2 | 0.25 | 6.79 | -0.75 | 4.44 | 3.56 | -1.56 |
| 66 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 5.99 | -4.67 | 8.06 | 2.02 | 0.98 |
| 67 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 2.56 | -13.33 | 14.7 | 0.15 | 0.85 |
| 68 | Samford | FBS Independents | 1-5-1 | 0.14 | 1.54 | -17.71 | 9.39 | 0 | 1 |
| 69 | Mississippi College | FBS Independents | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 1.47 | -19.67 | 8.7 | 0.02 | 0.98 |
| 70 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 0-5-1 | 0 | -2.26 | -14.67 | 13.82 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 71 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.98 | -37.8 | 12.85 | 0 | 0 |