Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:18.256519+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota | Western | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 25.88 | 12.67 | 13.81 | 5.92 | -0.92 |
| 2 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.7 | 14.4 | 7.58 | 4.99 | 0.01 |
| 3 | Army | FBS Independents | 6-0-1 | 0.86 | 24.65 | 11.43 | 7.9 | 6.98 | -0.98 |
| 4 | Wisconsin | Western | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 24.6 | 17 | 6.47 | 5.98 | -0.98 |
| 5 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 7-0-1 | 0.88 | 24.37 | 22.62 | 4.28 | 7.98 | -0.98 |
| 6 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 6-0-1 | 0.86 | 24.31 | 9 | 7.23 | 7 | -1 |
| 7 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 8-0-2 | 0.8 | 24.1 | 16.4 | 4.01 | 9.97 | -1.97 |
| 8 | Navy | FBS Independents | 5-0-3 | 0.62 | 24.1 | 12.75 | 5 | 7.97 | -2.97 |
| 9 | Florida | FBS Independents | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 23.4 | 9.8 | 2.27 | 4.86 | -0.86 |
| 10 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 22.7 | 14.88 | 11.35 | 7.85 | -0.85 |
| 11 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 9-1-0 | 0.9 | 22.57 | 22 | 5.73 | 9.9 | -0.9 |
| 12 | Texas | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.9 | 8.33 | 16.18 | 5.86 | -0.86 |
| 13 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.65 | 15.5 | 11.77 | 5.93 | -0.93 |
| 14 | Chicago | Western | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.59 | 5.17 | 16.4 | 4.73 | 0.27 |
| 15 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.35 | 27.38 | 1.56 | 8 | -1 |
| 16 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 21.24 | 35.43 | 6.02 | 6.97 | -1.97 |
| 17 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 21.12 | 27.67 | 8.6 | 5.98 | -1.98 |
| 18 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 21.01 | 25.12 | 2.48 | 7.95 | -1.95 |
| 19 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 4-1-2 | 0.57 | 20.43 | 16.43 | 8.78 | 6.91 | -2.91 |
| 20 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 5-1-2 | 0.62 | 20.36 | 15.12 | 4.29 | 7.56 | -2.56 |
| 21 | Yale | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 20.06 | 16.22 | 8.18 | 8.97 | -1.97 |
| 22 | Michigan | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 20.04 | 7.43 | 5.56 | 6.35 | -1.35 |
| 23 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 20.01 | 8.86 | 4.65 | 6.76 | -1.76 |
| 24 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 19.74 | 10.14 | 2.58 | 6.95 | -1.95 |
| 25 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 19.49 | 20.29 | -1.87 | 6.94 | -1.94 |
| 26 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 19.36 | 6.78 | 7.65 | 8.36 | -1.36 |
| 27 | Illinois | Western | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 19.3 | 6.83 | 5.72 | 5.05 | -1.05 |
| 28 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 4-1-2 | 0.57 | 18.79 | 10.29 | 0.49 | 6.54 | -2.54 |
| 29 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 18.61 | 12.38 | 10.13 | 7.87 | -2.87 |
| 30 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 18.55 | 20 | 7.43 | 7.91 | -2.91 |
| 31 | Brown | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.5 | 15.56 | -0.46 | 8.81 | -1.81 |
| 32 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.31 | 16.88 | 1.1 | 7.67 | -1.67 |
| 33 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.21 | 22.67 | -4.45 | 8.93 | -1.93 |
| 34 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.15 | 9.88 | 3.21 | 7.3 | -1.3 |
| 35 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 18.08 | 5.17 | 17.25 | 4.66 | -0.66 |
| 36 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 17.81 | 7.88 | 2.17 | 7.36 | -1.36 |
| 37 | NC State | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.74 | 7.57 | 7.96 | 6.4 | -1.4 |
| 38 | LSU | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.73 | 22.43 | 1.4 | 6.95 | -1.95 |
| 39 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.61 | 9.29 | 5.22 | 6.46 | -1.46 |
| 40 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 17.38 | 18.43 | 5.91 | 6.88 | -2.88 |
| 41 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.21 | 20.71 | -0.31 | 6.98 | -1.98 |
| 42 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 17.09 | 4.5 | 5.53 | 6.47 | -1.47 |
| 43 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 16.5 | 33 | -3.11 | 6.98 | -2.98 |
| 44 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 16.13 | 6.57 | 4.1 | 6.43 | -2.43 |
| 45 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 15.51 | 5.29 | -1.47 | 5.75 | -1.75 |
| 46 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 15.46 | 3.33 | 2 | 4.44 | -0.44 |
| 47 | Indiana | Western | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 15.21 | 5.83 | 8.72 | 5.06 | -2.06 |
| 48 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 14.88 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 6.74 | -1.74 |
| 49 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 14.68 | 3.6 | 6.29 | 7.19 | -1.19 |
| 50 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 14.46 | 5 | 0.37 | 7.61 | -2.61 |
| 51 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 13.62 | 9.11 | -0.04 | 8.4 | -3.4 |
| 52 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.99 | 3 | 14.94 | 3.86 | -0.86 |
| 53 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 12.89 | 8.43 | 4.95 | 5.98 | -2.98 |
| 54 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 12.38 | -0.25 | 5.6 | 3.82 | 0.18 |
| 55 | Southwestern University | FBS Independents | 2-2-2 | 0.33 | 11.71 | 0.17 | 13.81 | 3.08 | -1.08 |
| 56 | Northwestern | Western | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 11.29 | -0.67 | 9.78 | 2.77 | 0.23 |
| 57 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 10.77 | 0.14 | 2.68 | 3.55 | -0.55 |
| 58 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 10.56 | 0.43 | 12.62 | 3.68 | -0.68 |
| 59 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 8.69 | 2.5 | 9.48 | 4.08 | -2.08 |
| 60 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 2-4-2 | 0.25 | 8.64 | 4.75 | 3.77 | 6.26 | -4.26 |
| 61 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 8.53 | 7.43 | 11.1 | 5.35 | -3.35 |
| 62 | Mercer | FBS Independents | 3-5-1 | 0.33 | 7.29 | -4 | 9.26 | 2.43 | 0.57 |
| 63 | Purdue | Western | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 7.22 | 0.5 | 2.79 | 3.24 | -1.24 |
| 64 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 2-4-1 | 0.29 | 6.8 | -0.86 | 2.63 | 3.09 | -1.09 |
| 65 | Iowa | Western | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.31 | -4.17 | 8.75 | 1.08 | 0.92 |
| 66 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 4.28 | -6 | 10.85 | 1.35 | 0.65 |
| 67 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 2.65 | -13.33 | 14.99 | 0.15 | 0.85 |
| 68 | Mississippi College | FBS Independents | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 1.5 | -19.67 | 10.22 | 0.02 | 0.98 |
| 69 | Samford | FBS Independents | 1-5-1 | 0.14 | 1.35 | -17.71 | 10.58 | 0 | 1 |
| 70 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 0-4-1 | 0 | -2.36 | -16.6 | 13.74 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 0-5-0 | 0 | -3.02 | -37.8 | 13.86 | 0 | 0 |