Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:18.344821+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 27.76 | 24.5 | 16.51 | 3.95 | 0.05 |
| 2 | Chicago | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.63 | 13.33 | 12.68 | 2.88 | 0.12 |
| 3 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 26.31 | 40.5 | 7.69 | 5.99 | 0.01 |
| 4 | Illinois | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.76 | 34.33 | 5.52 | 2.99 | 0.01 |
| 5 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.62 | 30 | 6.05 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 25.55 | 65.2 | 2.73 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | Swarthmore | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 25.11 | 20.2 | 4.15 | 4.96 | 0.04 |
| 8 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 24.89 | 7.6 | 6.99 | 4.32 | -0.32 |
| 9 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 8-0-1 | 0.89 | 24.82 | 34.89 | 1.23 | 8.94 | -0.94 |
| 10 | Yale | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 24.63 | 11.17 | 4.3 | 5.98 | 0.02 |
| 11 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.61 | 29.75 | 0.44 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | Wisconsin | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.55 | 36.67 | -0.54 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.29 | 47.25 | -1.68 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.06 | 45 | -3.03 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.02 | 36 | -2.94 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.95 | 48.25 | -4.15 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 5-0-0 | 1 | 23.48 | 16.4 | -2.88 | 4.87 | 0.13 |
| 18 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 23.23 | 23 | -4.41 | 4.98 | 0.02 |
| 19 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.59 | 24 | 7.43 | 4.86 | -0.86 |
| 20 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.5 | 22.8 | 4.53 | 4.82 | -0.82 |
| 21 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.34 | 12.75 | 9.3 | 3.97 | -0.97 |
| 22 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.26 | 20.67 | -1.14 | 5.84 | -0.84 |
| 23 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.22 | 10.25 | 9.27 | 3.58 | -0.58 |
| 24 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.19 | 27.67 | -3.93 | 5.93 | -0.93 |
| 25 | Oklahoma | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.05 | 32 | 3.44 | 3.97 | -0.97 |
| 26 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20 | 25.5 | 7.43 | 3.8 | -0.8 |
| 27 | Minnesota | Western | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.91 | 14.25 | 11.12 | 3.88 | -0.88 |
| 28 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.9 | 22.8 | -2.09 | 4.94 | -0.94 |
| 29 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.6 | 24 | 5.61 | 3.98 | -0.98 |
| 30 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.58 | 33.25 | 3.44 | 3.97 | -0.97 |
| 31 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.31 | 43.5 | -1.71 | 3.95 | -0.95 |
| 32 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.24 | 15 | 2.28 | 3.88 | -0.88 |
| 33 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.22 | 6 | 9.74 | 2.81 | 0.19 |
| 34 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 19.21 | 20.33 | -7.14 | 5.95 | -0.95 |
| 35 | Army | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.11 | 12.75 | 5.5 | 3.91 | -0.91 |
| 36 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.07 | 6.8 | 1.16 | 3.92 | 0.08 |
| 37 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.01 | 11.5 | 5.66 | 3.5 | -0.5 |
| 38 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.93 | 16.25 | 3.38 | 3.89 | -0.89 |
| 39 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.7 | 21.75 | 0.82 | 3.9 | -0.9 |
| 40 | LSU | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.6 | 41.33 | 6.87 | 2.99 | -0.99 |
| 41 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.51 | 22.25 | -0.91 | 3.89 | -0.89 |
| 42 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.2 | 4.33 | 11.57 | 2.09 | -0.09 |
| 43 | Michigan | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.07 | 21.25 | -6.55 | 3.88 | -0.88 |
| 44 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.56 | 3 | 13.04 | 2.01 | -0.01 |
| 45 | Texas | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 17.3 | 3.75 | -1.2 | 2.75 | 0.25 |
| 46 | NC State | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 15.94 | -3.25 | 6.08 | 1.28 | 1.72 |
| 47 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.85 | 11.43 | 2.1 | 6.46 | -2.46 |
| 48 | Brown | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.82 | 3.8 | 2.01 | 3.5 | -0.5 |
| 49 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.6 | 36 | 5.16 | 3.97 | -1.97 |
| 50 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.04 | 1.8 | -0.84 | 3.01 | -0.01 |
| 51 | Mercer | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 13.53 | -0.2 | 7.15 | 2.46 | 0.54 |
| 52 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 13.3 | -1.2 | 9.72 | 2.07 | 0.93 |
| 53 | Kansas State | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 13.27 | -0.6 | 1.48 | 2.38 | 0.62 |
| 54 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.2 | 13 | 7.44 | 3.63 | -1.63 |
| 55 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 12.11 | 17.2 | 9.69 | 4.69 | -2.69 |
| 56 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 11.64 | 9 | 10.64 | 5.05 | -3.05 |
| 57 | Iowa | Western | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11.11 | -2.5 | 6.19 | 1.74 | 0.26 |
| 58 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 10.73 | 9 | 0.1 | 4.06 | -2.06 |
| 59 | Southwestern University | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 10.73 | 2.5 | -10 | 1.2 | -0.2 |
| 60 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.54 | -2.83 | 10.15 | 1.89 | 1.11 |
| 61 | Navy | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.31 | -4.5 | 12.06 | 0.89 | 1.11 |
| 62 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 9.14 | -3.25 | -4.15 | 1.08 | 0.92 |
| 63 | Northwestern | Western | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 8.46 | -14.33 | 8.22 | 0.19 | 0.81 |
| 64 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.34 | -3.6 | 7.26 | 1.61 | 0.39 |
| 65 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.18 | -18.6 | 17.85 | 0.17 | 1.83 |
| 66 | Florida | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.04 | -5.67 | 19.92 | 0.77 | 0.23 |
| 67 | Purdue | Western | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.57 | -9 | 14.64 | 0.37 | 0.63 |
| 68 | Utah State | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.16 | -2 | 10.19 | 1.05 | -0.05 |
| 69 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 6.1 | -0.25 | 10.25 | 1.94 | -0.94 |
| 70 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 5.4 | -2.25 | 12.97 | 1.79 | -0.79 |
| 71 | Indiana | Western | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 5.16 | -3 | 10.48 | 1.31 | -0.31 |
| 72 | Mississippi College | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.29 | -8.25 | 14.83 | 0.93 | 0.07 |
| 73 | Samford | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 1.85 | -35.8 | 6.84 | 0 | 1 |
| 74 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 0-4-1 | 0 | -2.31 | -18.4 | 2.65 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| 75 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 0-4-0 | 0 | -3.35 | -40.25 | 22.43 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -3.61 | -46 | 25.67 | 0 | 0 |