Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:18.344012+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 27.37 | 56 | 20.78 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.89 | 59 | 19.53 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.86 | 45 | 0.75 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Swarthmore | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.79 | 28 | 6.36 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 5 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 26.76 | 37.6 | -2.93 | 5 | -1 |
| 6 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.71 | 13 | 23.11 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.57 | 19 | 20.63 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Chicago | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.52 | 13 | 22.22 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.7 | 7 | 22.56 | 0.95 | 0.05 |
| 10 | Yale | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.65 | 11.67 | 0.54 | 2.99 | 0.01 |
| 11 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.2 | 101 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.8 | 57 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.77 | 16.5 | -5.62 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 14 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.71 | 52.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.56 | 35 | -10 | 2.99 | 0.01 |
| 16 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.54 | 42.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.54 | 45 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.52 | 37.5 | -10 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 19 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.43 | 33 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.37 | 48 | -10 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 21 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.08 | 25.33 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.86 | 23 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.82 | 16 | -10 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 24 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.64 | 13 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.63 | 12 | -10 | 1.85 | 0.15 |
| 26 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.54 | 11.5 | -10 | 1.89 | 0.11 |
| 27 | Brown | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.34 | 8.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Kansas State | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.85 | 9.5 | -10 | 1.64 | 0.36 |
| 29 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.57 | 9 | 2.47 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.61 | 96 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.59 | 81 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | LSU | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.5 | 82 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Illinois | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.45 | 84 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.39 | 101 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.28 | 62 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.22 | 50 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.16 | 41 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.07 | 41 | -10 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 39 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.02 | 33 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | Michigan | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.99 | 34 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.94 | 34 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Army | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.88 | 27 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.81 | 34 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.68 | 1 | 1.44 | 0.54 | 0.46 |
| 45 | Texas | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.62 | 20 | -10 | 0.93 | 0.07 |
| 46 | NC State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.61 | 21 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 20.57 | 2 | -3.83 | 1.26 | -0.26 |
| 48 | Iowa | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.52 | 28 | -10 | 0.98 | 0.02 |
| 49 | Purdue | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.46 | 21 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | Wisconsin | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.43 | 13 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | Oklahoma | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.4 | 40 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | Navy | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.88 | 4 | -10 | 0.88 | 0.12 |
| 53 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.2 | 14.33 | 1.43 | 2.61 | -0.61 |
| 54 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 15.77 | 14 | 12.38 | 2.94 | -1.94 |
| 55 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15.31 | 13 | -3.62 | 1.86 | -0.86 |
| 56 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15.08 | 13 | -4.92 | 1.91 | -0.91 |
| 57 | Mississippi College | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.89 | 12.5 | -3.48 | 1.76 | -0.76 |
| 58 | Indiana | Western | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.39 | 3.5 | -3.67 | 1.47 | -0.47 |
| 59 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.99 | -3.5 | 4.18 | 0.53 | 0.47 |
| 60 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.29 | -2.5 | 4.62 | 0.74 | 0.26 |
| 61 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.91 | -4.5 | 6.34 | 0.42 | 0.58 |
| 62 | Mercer | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 10.94 | -25 | -3.76 | 0.01 | 0.99 |
| 63 | Samford | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 10.67 | -25.5 | -4.58 | 0.02 | 0.98 |
| 64 | Minnesota | Western | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 9.16 | -2.5 | -3.52 | 0.32 | 0.68 |
| 65 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 8.9 | -5.33 | 11.3 | 0.28 | 0.72 |
| 66 | Florida | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | Southwestern University | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Northwestern | Western | 0-0-1 | 0 | 0.18 | 0 | -10 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.31 | -2 | -10 | 0.34 | -0.34 |
| 71 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.76 | -4 | 3.03 | 0.37 | -0.37 |
| 72 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.77 | -5 | 1.87 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 0-2-1 | 0 | -0.85 | -4.33 | -6.79 | 0.49 | -0.49 |
| 74 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.23 | -9 | 3.01 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Utah State | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.41 | -13 | 23.2 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 76 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -3.69 | -65 | 28.77 | 0 | 0 |