Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:18.346712+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wisconsin | Western | 7-0-0 | 1 | 25.39 | 31 | 10.21 | 6.96 | 0.04 |
| 2 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 9-0-0 | 1 | 24.21 | 17.11 | 6.54 | 8.94 | 0.06 |
| 3 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 8-0-0 | 1 | 24.01 | 34.88 | 3.04 | 8 | 0 |
| 4 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 22.8 | 14.88 | 16.7 | 7.64 | -1.64 |
| 5 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 8-1-1 | 0.8 | 22.64 | 37.2 | 8.06 | 9.99 | -1.99 |
| 6 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 12-1-1 | 0.86 | 22.61 | 27.5 | 5.59 | 13.55 | -1.55 |
| 7 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 22.38 | 31.89 | 8.48 | 8.95 | -1.95 |
| 8 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 22.26 | 28.33 | 7.08 | 8.83 | -0.83 |
| 9 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 22.15 | 37.78 | 5.36 | 8.98 | -0.98 |
| 10 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 21.88 | 8.88 | 13.63 | 6.55 | -0.55 |
| 11 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 9-1-0 | 0.9 | 21.83 | 15.4 | 5.96 | 9.82 | -0.82 |
| 12 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.74 | 25.38 | 5.9 | 7.91 | -0.91 |
| 13 | Chicago | Western | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.61 | 6 | 13.72 | 5.81 | 0.19 |
| 14 | Yale | FBS Independents | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 21.48 | 6.33 | 10.04 | 8.27 | -1.27 |
| 15 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 21.41 | 15.89 | 4.76 | 8.54 | -0.54 |
| 16 | Swarthmore | FBS Independents | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 21.33 | 13.44 | 6.17 | 8.8 | -1.8 |
| 17 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 21.03 | 19.57 | 9.3 | 6.97 | -1.97 |
| 18 | Texas | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 20.93 | 17.38 | 2.93 | 7.54 | -0.54 |
| 19 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 5-1-2 | 0.62 | 20.81 | 22.5 | 7.38 | 7.86 | -2.86 |
| 20 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 9-2-0 | 0.82 | 19.47 | 13.64 | 2.87 | 10.29 | -1.29 |
| 21 | Kansas State | FBS Independents | 8-2-0 | 0.8 | 18.61 | 10.1 | 1.43 | 8.35 | -0.35 |
| 22 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.5 | 27.44 | -0.9 | 8.94 | -1.94 |
| 23 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 17.88 | 13.25 | 2.31 | 7.57 | -1.57 |
| 24 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 17.84 | 19.62 | 5.94 | 7.76 | -2.76 |
| 25 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 8-3-1 | 0.67 | 17.83 | 19.5 | 3.06 | 11.73 | -3.73 |
| 26 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 17.18 | 7.33 | 12.63 | 7.24 | -1.24 |
| 27 | Purdue | Western | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 17.01 | 15.14 | 7.61 | 6.29 | -2.29 |
| 28 | Utah State | FBS Independents | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 16.65 | 16.29 | 4.67 | 6.72 | -2.72 |
| 29 | Michigan | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 16.47 | 13.29 | -1.52 | 6.24 | -1.24 |
| 30 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.44 | 19.11 | 2.33 | 8.76 | -2.76 |
| 31 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 6-3-1 | 0.6 | 16.41 | 14.3 | 3.62 | 9.42 | -3.42 |
| 32 | Navy | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.37 | 7.22 | 6.73 | 7.63 | -1.63 |
| 33 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 16.07 | 11.22 | 10.6 | 8.3 | -3.3 |
| 34 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 15.96 | 6.14 | -1.6 | 5.76 | -0.76 |
| 35 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.81 | 14.62 | 7.11 | 6.91 | -1.91 |
| 36 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 7-4-0 | 0.64 | 15.73 | 7.73 | 6.54 | 8.82 | -1.82 |
| 37 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.69 | 8.25 | 9.34 | 6.65 | -1.65 |
| 38 | Florida | FBS Independents | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 15.46 | 12.83 | 8.56 | 5.35 | -2.35 |
| 39 | LSU | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 15.29 | 18.43 | 10.48 | 6.82 | -2.82 |
| 40 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.26 | 5.6 | 11.68 | 3.89 | -0.89 |
| 41 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.25 | 16 | 2.33 | 7.33 | -2.33 |
| 42 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 15.21 | 1.56 | 13.75 | 5.3 | -0.3 |
| 43 | Mercer | FBS Independents | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 15.21 | 8.22 | 5.57 | 6.89 | -1.89 |
| 44 | Army | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.18 | 6.12 | 6.89 | 6.46 | -1.46 |
| 45 | Minnesota | Western | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 15.07 | 7 | 14.64 | 6.14 | -2.14 |
| 46 | Oklahoma | FBS Independents | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 14.62 | 13 | 9 | 8.05 | -3.05 |
| 47 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.32 | 3 | 12.97 | 4.5 | -0.5 |
| 48 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.01 | 3.71 | 9.07 | 4.44 | -0.44 |
| 49 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 13.84 | 12.22 | 2.7 | 7.79 | -2.79 |
| 50 | Brown | FBS Independents | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 13.47 | 1 | 4.29 | 5.53 | 0.47 |
| 51 | Illinois | Western | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 13.22 | 10.57 | 9.81 | 6.31 | -3.31 |
| 52 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 13.05 | 6.5 | 11.47 | 5.55 | -1.55 |
| 53 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 12.91 | 10.38 | 7.03 | 7.38 | -3.38 |
| 54 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 12.84 | 26.75 | 0.29 | 7.65 | -3.65 |
| 55 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 12.76 | 1 | 5.78 | 4.91 | 0.09 |
| 56 | Iowa | Western | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 12.23 | -1.14 | 9.38 | 3.25 | 0.75 |
| 57 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 11.93 | 5.62 | 1.53 | 5.47 | -1.47 |
| 58 | NC State | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 11.06 | -7.43 | 8.25 | 1.16 | 2.84 |
| 59 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 11.01 | 11.57 | 2.44 | 5.6 | -2.6 |
| 60 | Southwestern University | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 9.98 | -1 | 0.94 | 2.74 | 0.26 |
| 61 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 8.73 | -18 | 6.36 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 62 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 4-5-1 | 0.4 | 8.49 | -4.7 | 8.67 | 2.31 | 1.69 |
| 63 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 8.4 | -7.22 | 11.45 | 2.03 | 1.97 |
| 64 | Mississippi College | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 8.26 | -3.43 | 5.73 | 2.49 | 0.51 |
| 65 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 3-4-1 | 0.38 | 7.97 | -10.38 | 12.45 | 1.33 | 1.67 |
| 66 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 7.95 | 1.17 | 8.05 | 3.18 | -1.18 |
| 67 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 4-6-0 | 0.4 | 7.85 | -3 | 8.29 | 3.93 | 0.07 |
| 68 | Northwestern | Western | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 7.35 | -9.17 | 12.16 | 0.51 | 1.49 |
| 69 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 6.76 | -0.89 | 6.4 | 4.14 | -1.14 |
| 70 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 6.7 | -5.5 | 2.65 | 2.07 | 0.93 |
| 71 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 6.4 | 2.62 | 4.95 | 5 | -3 |
| 72 | Indiana | Western | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 5.38 | -2.86 | 7.39 | 2.6 | -0.6 |
| 73 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 3-7-0 | 0.3 | 5.1 | -7.3 | 9.54 | 1.39 | 1.61 |
| 74 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 2-6-1 | 0.22 | 4.01 | -4.78 | 2.35 | 2.51 | -0.51 |
| 75 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 2-7-0 | 0.22 | 2.38 | -25.22 | 8.35 | 0.24 | 1.76 |
| 76 | Samford | FBS Independents | 1-6-0 | 0.14 | 0.46 | -29.43 | 3.22 | 0.01 | 0.99 |