Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:18.345907+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 6-0-1 | 0.86 | 26.43 | 17.86 | 15.86 | 6.83 | -0.83 |
| 2 | Wisconsin | Western | 7-0-0 | 1 | 25.75 | 31 | 10.51 | 6.96 | 0.04 |
| 3 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 9-0-0 | 1 | 24.59 | 17.11 | 7.07 | 8.94 | 0.06 |
| 4 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 5-0-2 | 0.71 | 24.56 | 28 | 4.98 | 6.96 | -1.96 |
| 5 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 24.06 | 34.43 | 1.89 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 11-1-1 | 0.85 | 22.78 | 27.15 | 5.01 | 12.52 | -1.52 |
| 7 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 22.78 | 31.89 | 9.15 | 8.95 | -1.95 |
| 8 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 22.51 | 39.56 | 6.89 | 8.99 | -1.99 |
| 9 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 22.44 | 35.88 | 6.32 | 7.98 | -0.98 |
| 10 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 22.28 | 29.25 | 6.77 | 7.84 | -0.84 |
| 11 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 22.25 | 14.38 | 9.79 | 7.84 | -0.84 |
| 12 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 22.13 | 25.38 | 6.75 | 7.91 | -0.91 |
| 13 | Chicago | Western | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 22 | 6 | 14.73 | 5.81 | 0.19 |
| 14 | Yale | FBS Independents | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 21.93 | 6.33 | 10.32 | 8.27 | -1.27 |
| 15 | Swarthmore | FBS Independents | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 21.52 | 13.44 | 5.65 | 8.8 | -1.8 |
| 16 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.43 | 16.62 | 4.44 | 7.61 | -0.61 |
| 17 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 21.38 | 9.29 | 13.08 | 5.72 | -0.72 |
| 18 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.26 | 22.83 | 8.43 | 5.99 | -0.99 |
| 19 | Texas | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.61 | 13 | 3.58 | 6.26 | -0.26 |
| 20 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 8-2-0 | 0.8 | 19.37 | 12.1 | 4.05 | 9.12 | -1.12 |
| 21 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.76 | 27.44 | -0.76 | 8.94 | -1.94 |
| 22 | Kansas State | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.54 | 9.22 | 2.93 | 7.27 | -0.27 |
| 23 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.26 | 13.25 | 3.75 | 7.57 | -1.57 |
| 24 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 18.25 | 17.56 | 2.22 | 8.78 | -2.78 |
| 25 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.19 | 19.29 | 6.03 | 6.41 | -1.41 |
| 26 | Army | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.4 | 7.86 | 6.31 | 5.91 | -0.91 |
| 27 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 17.2 | 19 | 6.37 | 6.74 | -2.74 |
| 28 | Purdue | Western | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 17.16 | 15.14 | 7.84 | 6.29 | -2.29 |
| 29 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 6-3-1 | 0.6 | 16.75 | 18.4 | 3.72 | 9.72 | -3.72 |
| 30 | Michigan | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 16.71 | 13.29 | -1.25 | 6.24 | -1.24 |
| 31 | Utah State | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.63 | 19 | 2.35 | 5.83 | -1.83 |
| 32 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 16.34 | 8 | 12.2 | 6.61 | -1.61 |
| 33 | Oklahoma | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 16.26 | 14.88 | 8.22 | 7.36 | -2.36 |
| 34 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 16.24 | 6.14 | -1.07 | 5.76 | -0.76 |
| 35 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 16.09 | 8.25 | 10.06 | 6.65 | -1.65 |
| 36 | Brown | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 15.66 | 4.67 | 2.52 | 6.67 | -0.67 |
| 37 | Florida | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.63 | 15.4 | 7.42 | 4.45 | -1.45 |
| 38 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.59 | 16 | 2.68 | 7.33 | -2.33 |
| 39 | Minnesota | Western | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 15.49 | 7 | 15.43 | 6.14 | -2.14 |
| 40 | Mercer | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.44 | 9.25 | 5.18 | 6.13 | -1.13 |
| 41 | Navy | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.36 | 7.38 | 6.46 | 6.66 | -1.66 |
| 42 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.23 | 16.38 | 0.67 | 7.42 | -2.42 |
| 43 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 15.23 | 11.75 | 11.17 | 7.31 | -3.31 |
| 44 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 15.23 | 10.71 | 11.88 | 5.5 | -1.5 |
| 45 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.2 | 13.25 | 1.52 | 7.53 | -2.53 |
| 46 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 15.1 | 8 | 6.92 | 7.94 | -1.94 |
| 47 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 14.84 | 3.25 | 5.86 | 5.14 | -0.14 |
| 48 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.6 | 3 | 13.85 | 4.5 | -0.5 |
| 49 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.39 | 31.57 | -1.35 | 6.75 | -2.75 |
| 50 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.08 | 3.71 | 8.15 | 4.44 | -0.44 |
| 51 | LSU | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 13.83 | 18.5 | 10.12 | 5.82 | -2.82 |
| 52 | Illinois | Western | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 13.55 | 10.57 | 10.08 | 6.31 | -3.31 |
| 53 | NC State | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 13.2 | -7 | 5.55 | 1.08 | 2.92 |
| 54 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 13.08 | 10.38 | 7.94 | 7.38 | -3.38 |
| 55 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 12.97 | -1.12 | 15.04 | 3.48 | 0.52 |
| 56 | Iowa | Western | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 12.62 | -1.14 | 10.05 | 3.25 | 0.75 |
| 57 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 12.28 | 5.62 | 2.7 | 5.47 | -1.47 |
| 58 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11.17 | -1.25 | 14.17 | 1.69 | 0.31 |
| 59 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 10.69 | 2 | 7.89 | 5.18 | -1.18 |
| 60 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 10.64 | -2.43 | 11.91 | 2.76 | 0.24 |
| 61 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 10.39 | 6.2 | 6 | 3.24 | -1.24 |
| 62 | Southwestern University | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.3 | -1 | 1.39 | 2.74 | 0.26 |
| 63 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 9.67 | 1.29 | 0.31 | 4 | -1 |
| 64 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 9.45 | 3.75 | 3.82 | 5.4 | -2.4 |
| 65 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 9.07 | 12.5 | 2.63 | 4.79 | -2.79 |
| 66 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 8.62 | -7.22 | 12.08 | 2.03 | 1.97 |
| 67 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 7.55 | 3.86 | 4.71 | 4.73 | -2.73 |
| 68 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 3-5-1 | 0.33 | 7.32 | -5.89 | 11.49 | 1.43 | 1.57 |
| 69 | Northwestern | Western | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 7.29 | -9.17 | 12.77 | 0.51 | 1.49 |
| 70 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 6.54 | -25.4 | 9.82 | 0.19 | 1.81 |
| 71 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 5.8 | -7.56 | 8.86 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
| 72 | Mississippi College | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.74 | -7.33 | 7.27 | 1.35 | 0.65 |
| 73 | Indiana | Western | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 5.58 | -2.86 | 7.49 | 2.6 | -0.6 |
| 74 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 3.14 | -24.25 | 7.91 | 0.28 | 1.72 |
| 75 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 1-6-1 | 0.12 | 1.39 | -7.5 | 0.54 | 1.44 | -0.44 |
| 76 | Samford | FBS Independents | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 1.11 | -31 | 3.61 | 0.01 | 0.99 |