Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:18.344549+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.3 | 16.5 | 18.31 | 1.89 | 0.11 |
| 2 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 27.6 | 30.33 | 12.78 | 2.95 | 0.05 |
| 3 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 26.41 | 45.6 | 5.18 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | Illinois | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.35 | 34.33 | 6.25 | 2.99 | 0.01 |
| 5 | Swarthmore | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 26.22 | 18.5 | 7.45 | 3.94 | 0.06 |
| 6 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.22 | 22.33 | 6.41 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.99 | 33.5 | 4.92 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.93 | 18.5 | 8.04 | 1.97 | 0.03 |
| 9 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.77 | 19.33 | 5.53 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.7 | 31.33 | 3.62 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | Wisconsin | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.61 | 36.67 | 3.45 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | Oklahoma | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.2 | 47.33 | 0.81 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 6-0-1 | 0.86 | 25.13 | 36.86 | 0.19 | 6.99 | -0.99 |
| 14 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.13 | 75.5 | -1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.13 | 38.67 | 1.11 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 24.98 | 7.75 | 5.25 | 3.48 | -0.48 |
| 17 | Yale | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.94 | 11.4 | 3.45 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.84 | 45.33 | -0.87 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.59 | 17.75 | 0.95 | 3.97 | 0.03 |
| 20 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.56 | 37.5 | -2.02 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.42 | 32 | -2.96 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.99 | 48.33 | -4.13 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.65 | 25 | -5.07 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.29 | 67 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.14 | 54 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 22.91 | 36.2 | -10 | 5 | 0 |
| 27 | Michigan | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 22.79 | 32 | -10 | 2.99 | 0.01 |
| 28 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 22.59 | 23.75 | -10 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.5 | 22.4 | 1.75 | 4.84 | -0.84 |
| 30 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.89 | 23 | -5.33 | 4.95 | -0.95 |
| 31 | LSU | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.58 | 41.33 | 6.91 | 2.99 | -0.99 |
| 32 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.2 | 21.33 | 7.65 | 2.84 | -0.84 |
| 33 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.19 | 30.67 | 5.16 | 2.95 | -0.95 |
| 34 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.94 | 22 | -0.71 | 3.78 | -0.78 |
| 35 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.71 | 3 | 13.46 | 2.01 | -0.01 |
| 36 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.34 | 50.33 | 2.63 | 2.99 | -0.99 |
| 37 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.23 | 27.67 | 1.17 | 2.99 | -0.99 |
| 38 | Brown | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 17.95 | 9.75 | -2.31 | 3.84 | -0.84 |
| 39 | Iowa | Western | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.88 | 13 | 2.63 | 2.49 | -0.49 |
| 40 | Army | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.77 | 13.33 | 1.77 | 2.98 | -0.98 |
| 41 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.72 | 6.67 | 3.9 | 2.11 | -0.11 |
| 42 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 17.6 | 3.5 | -1.09 | 2.6 | 0.4 |
| 43 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.53 | 27.33 | 2.16 | 2.94 | -0.94 |
| 44 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.44 | 14 | 0.59 | 5.67 | -1.67 |
| 45 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.42 | 13.67 | 7.77 | 2.91 | -0.91 |
| 46 | Kansas State | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 17.32 | 2.5 | -0.82 | 2.37 | 0.63 |
| 47 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 17.07 | 5 | -4.86 | 3.1 | -0.1 |
| 48 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.07 | 10.67 | -2.93 | 2.46 | -0.46 |
| 49 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.91 | 4 | 4.72 | 2.17 | -0.17 |
| 50 | Texas | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.69 | 2.67 | 1.15 | 1.9 | 0.1 |
| 51 | Minnesota | Western | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.45 | 2.67 | 9.32 | 2.4 | -0.4 |
| 52 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.92 | 22.5 | 7.74 | 3.88 | -1.88 |
| 53 | NC State | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 14.44 | -6.67 | 1.88 | 0.65 | 1.35 |
| 54 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 13.72 | 12.8 | 8.39 | 4.53 | -2.53 |
| 55 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.4 | 13 | -1.64 | 3.43 | -1.43 |
| 56 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11.52 | -2.75 | 7.87 | 1.47 | 0.53 |
| 57 | Purdue | Western | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.12 | -10 | 7.04 | 0.34 | 0.66 |
| 58 | Mercer | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11.01 | -6 | 11.96 | 1.11 | 0.89 |
| 59 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.52 | -2.5 | 8.13 | 1.36 | 0.64 |
| 60 | Florida | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 10.07 | -5 | 20.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| 61 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 9.8 | 6.33 | 10.42 | 2.51 | -1.51 |
| 62 | Southwestern University | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 9.73 | 2.5 | -10 | 1.2 | -0.2 |
| 63 | Indiana | Western | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 9.04 | 0.33 | 14.8 | 1.57 | -0.57 |
| 64 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 8.93 | 9.67 | 12.97 | 2.21 | -1.21 |
| 65 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.05 | -6.2 | 6.24 | 0.78 | 1.22 |
| 66 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.18 | -5.33 | 11.31 | 0.49 | 0.51 |
| 67 | Navy | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.76 | -8.33 | 12.5 | 0.22 | 0.78 |
| 68 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 5.68 | -6.67 | -10 | 0.44 | 0.56 |
| 69 | Mississippi College | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.69 | -8.25 | 15.78 | 0.93 | 0.07 |
| 70 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.81 | -26 | 17.04 | 0.02 | 0.98 |
| 71 | Samford | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.19 | -36 | 5.15 | 0 | 1 |
| 72 | Utah State | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.32 | -11.5 | 20.88 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 73 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 0-3-1 | 0 | -2.38 | -19.75 | 7.69 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| 74 | Northwestern | Western | 0-1-1 | 0 | -2.73 | -28 | 7.04 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 0-3-0 | 0 | -3.12 | -28.67 | 23.88 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -3.97 | -65 | 25.71 | 0 | 0 |