Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:18.255477+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 27.1 | 25.5 | 11 | 2 | -1 |
| 2 | Chicago | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 27.04 | 16.33 | 12.7 | 2.96 | 0.04 |
| 3 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 26.93 | 26.5 | 10.19 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | Minnesota | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.82 | 9.33 | 9.25 | 2.99 | 0.01 |
| 5 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 4-0-2 | 0.67 | 25.7 | 22.67 | 4.74 | 6 | -2 |
| 6 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.65 | 8.67 | 8.12 | 2.99 | 0.01 |
| 7 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.62 | 23.67 | 5.07 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | Navy | FBS Independents | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 25.57 | 14.75 | 6.02 | 3.99 | -0.99 |
| 9 | Florida | FBS Independents | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 25.52 | 6 | 9.39 | 1.76 | -0.76 |
| 10 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.39 | 21.5 | 3.35 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 25.37 | 24.75 | 3.02 | 3.98 | -0.98 |
| 12 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 24.96 | 30.5 | 0.32 | 5.99 | 0.01 |
| 13 | Wisconsin | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.85 | 21.67 | 2.12 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.8 | 27.75 | -0.63 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.75 | 38 | -0.65 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | Army | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.44 | 12 | 2.1 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 24.25 | 5.67 | 2.28 | 3 | -1 |
| 18 | LSU | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.04 | 42.67 | -4.57 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | Brown | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.01 | 26.6 | -3.39 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | Northwestern | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.93 | 13.67 | -1.07 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.76 | 27.33 | -4.57 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 23.53 | 21.8 | -5.08 | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.35 | 68.33 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | Texas | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.28 | 9 | -2.39 | 0.98 | 0.02 |
| 25 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 22.99 | 41 | -10 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 3-0-0 | 1 | 22.85 | 37 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 22.84 | 32.67 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 3-0-0 | 1 | 22.42 | 19.33 | -10 | 2.95 | 0.05 |
| 29 | Michigan | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 22.4 | 18.33 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 22.22 | 13 | -10 | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 22.14 | 17.67 | -10 | 3 | -1 |
| 32 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.82 | 11 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Yale | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.69 | 17.2 | 6.61 | 4.99 | -0.99 |
| 34 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.77 | 10.8 | 6.42 | 4.96 | -0.96 |
| 35 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 19.97 | 8.83 | -3.26 | 5.76 | -0.76 |
| 36 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.59 | 9.5 | 2.99 | 3.96 | -0.96 |
| 37 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.4 | 11 | 11.45 | 2.8 | -0.8 |
| 38 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.24 | 36.75 | -1.25 | 3.95 | -0.95 |
| 39 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 19.17 | 10.4 | 4.21 | 4.88 | -1.88 |
| 40 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.77 | 8.33 | 9.03 | 2.3 | -0.3 |
| 41 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.76 | 52.67 | 1.5 | 2.98 | -0.98 |
| 42 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 18.65 | 28 | -10 | 4.99 | -0.99 |
| 43 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 18.6 | 10.4 | -2.71 | 4.91 | -1.91 |
| 44 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 18.51 | 14.5 | 9.58 | 3.82 | -1.82 |
| 45 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.93 | 7.67 | 12.58 | 2.88 | -0.88 |
| 46 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 17.74 | 14.75 | 7.32 | 3.73 | -1.73 |
| 47 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.53 | 9.33 | 1.67 | 2.73 | -0.73 |
| 48 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.32 | 13.67 | -2.02 | 2.98 | -0.98 |
| 49 | Illinois | Western | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.3 | 6 | 2.05 | 2.37 | -0.37 |
| 50 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.79 | 4.67 | 9.02 | 2.48 | -0.48 |
| 51 | NC State | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.58 | 9.33 | 1.74 | 2.95 | -0.95 |
| 52 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.45 | 6.67 | 1.93 | 2.33 | -0.33 |
| 53 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.78 | 23 | 7.2 | 3.86 | -1.86 |
| 54 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 14.54 | -1.67 | 2.1 | 1.21 | 0.79 |
| 55 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.21 | 10.5 | 2.21 | 1.96 | -0.96 |
| 56 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14 | 8 | 6.4 | 3.57 | -1.57 |
| 57 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.74 | 23.75 | -1.15 | 3.98 | -1.98 |
| 58 | Indiana | Western | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.72 | 5.75 | 7.2 | 3.09 | -1.09 |
| 59 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 12.09 | 18 | -10 | 2.97 | -1.97 |
| 60 | Iowa | Western | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.66 | 1.5 | -10 | 1.36 | -0.36 |
| 61 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.95 | -3.75 | 7.43 | 0.51 | 1.49 |
| 62 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 10.38 | -7.33 | 13.53 | 0.49 | 0.51 |
| 63 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 9.84 | -2.5 | 12.1 | 0.67 | 0.33 |
| 64 | Mercer | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.94 | -2.6 | 8.73 | 1.66 | 0.34 |
| 65 | Southwestern University | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 5.92 | -3.33 | 11.77 | 0.89 | 0.11 |
| 66 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.87 | -4.25 | 6.62 | 1 | 0 |
| 67 | Mississippi College | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.05 | -16.5 | 15.44 | 0.04 | 0.96 |
| 68 | Purdue | Western | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.54 | -5.5 | 8.07 | 0.05 | -0.05 |
| 69 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 0-3-0 | 0 | -3.03 | -23.67 | 24.91 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Samford | FBS Independents | 0-4-0 | 0 | -3.05 | -28.75 | 16.91 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 0-2-0 | 0 | -3.08 | -40 | 8.42 | 0 | 0 |