Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:18.344283+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 27.9 | 13 | 14.39 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 27.89 | 10 | 15.2 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 3 | Swarthmore | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 27.22 | 19.67 | 9.12 | 2.98 | 0.02 |
| 4 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 27.14 | 41.5 | 5.93 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 27.04 | 35 | 5.72 | 1.98 | 0.02 |
| 6 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.74 | 52.5 | 6.43 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.58 | 11 | 11.96 | 1.83 | 0.17 |
| 8 | Illinois | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.49 | 48.5 | 5.54 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.08 | 25.5 | 2.45 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | LSU | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.07 | 63.5 | 2.45 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.05 | 42.5 | 0.33 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.75 | 32 | 1.27 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 25.71 | 36.83 | -0.83 | 6 | -1 |
| 14 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.71 | 35.5 | 2.88 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.65 | 28.67 | 1.21 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.34 | 33.5 | -1.08 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | Yale | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.32 | 12.75 | 1.55 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 24.89 | 7 | 4.68 | 2.56 | -0.56 |
| 19 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.23 | 85.33 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.19 | 9 | -1.23 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Wisconsin | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.07 | 34.5 | -4.91 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.02 | 33 | -5.38 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.78 | 16.5 | -6.21 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.68 | 40 | -10 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.67 | 19.33 | -7.08 | 2.97 | 0.03 |
| 26 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.62 | 69.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.53 | 67.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.5 | 55 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.48 | 30.5 | -10 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 30 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.45 | 54.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | Oklahoma | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.44 | 63.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.33 | 44.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Michigan | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.24 | 41 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.12 | 34 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.01 | 16.33 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | Iowa | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.98 | 29.5 | -10 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 37 | Army | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.88 | 23 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | Purdue | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.77 | 21 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | NC State | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.54 | 14 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | Texas | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.43 | 11.5 | -10 | 1.89 | 0.11 |
| 41 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 20.97 | 66 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.75 | 21.4 | -2.64 | 5 | -1 |
| 43 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.28 | 14.25 | 6.68 | 3.63 | -0.63 |
| 44 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.96 | 32.33 | 0.19 | 2.96 | -0.96 |
| 45 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.68 | 14.67 | 2.29 | 2.58 | -0.58 |
| 46 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.37 | 50.33 | 2.24 | 2.99 | -0.99 |
| 47 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.15 | 8.67 | 1.51 | 2.88 | -0.88 |
| 48 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.97 | 4 | 2.76 | 2.17 | -0.17 |
| 49 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.39 | 26.33 | -10 | 2.94 | -0.94 |
| 50 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.12 | 1.33 | 1.48 | 1.7 | 0.3 |
| 51 | Brown | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.32 | 5.33 | -10 | 2.83 | -0.83 |
| 52 | Kansas State | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 15.63 | -1.67 | 0.53 | 1.32 | 0.68 |
| 53 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 15.18 | 1 | -3.7 | 1.73 | 0.27 |
| 54 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15.11 | 14 | 5.72 | 1.78 | -0.78 |
| 55 | Mercer | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 14.56 | -4.67 | 9.35 | 1.01 | 0.99 |
| 56 | Indiana | Western | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.64 | 3.5 | 8.26 | 1.47 | -0.47 |
| 57 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.36 | -6 | 19.89 | 0.27 | 0.73 |
| 58 | Navy | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.59 | -5 | 4.6 | 0.22 | 0.78 |
| 59 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.21 | 6 | -0.42 | 1.68 | -0.68 |
| 60 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 10.86 | 6.33 | 14.14 | 2.51 | -1.51 |
| 61 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.55 | -2 | 2.44 | 1.34 | 0.66 |
| 62 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 10.31 | 3 | 11.71 | 2.6 | -1.6 |
| 63 | Minnesota | Western | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 9.84 | -2.5 | -5.38 | 0.32 | 0.68 |
| 64 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 9.53 | 1 | -10 | 1.14 | -0.14 |
| 65 | Mississippi College | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.62 | -6.67 | 12.69 | 0.87 | 0.13 |
| 66 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.45 | -7 | 14.15 | 0.46 | 0.54 |
| 67 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.92 | -14 | 14.14 | 0.08 | 0.92 |
| 68 | Samford | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 5.91 | -29 | 9.28 | 0.01 | 0.99 |
| 69 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 0-2-1 | 0 | -1.27 | -4.33 | 0.23 | 0.49 | -0.49 |
| 70 | Southwestern University | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.9 | -20 | -10 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Florida | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.27 | -14 | 27.37 | 0.15 | -0.15 |
| 72 | Northwestern | Western | 0-1-1 | 0 | -2.42 | -28 | 5.21 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Utah State | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.43 | -11.5 | 24.31 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 74 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.53 | -18.5 | 20.8 | 0.11 | -0.11 |
| 75 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.77 | -22 | 23.05 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -4.05 | -65 | 26.76 | 0 | 0 |