Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:18.345356+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 27.17 | 20.83 | 17.09 | 5.91 | 0.09 |
| 2 | Wisconsin | Western | 5-0-0 | 1 | 25.66 | 37 | 7.74 | 4.98 | 0.02 |
| 3 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 24.93 | 32.67 | 4.82 | 5.98 | -0.98 |
| 4 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 10-0-1 | 0.91 | 24.92 | 32.27 | 4.81 | 10.88 | -0.88 |
| 5 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 24.66 | 34 | 3.27 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | Yale | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 24.64 | 11 | 7.3 | 6.99 | 0.01 |
| 7 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.24 | 43 | 0.73 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 24.23 | 18.71 | 3.48 | 6.93 | 0.07 |
| 9 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 22.86 | 35.88 | 7.35 | 7.97 | -0.97 |
| 10 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 22.72 | 47.57 | 7.06 | 7 | -1 |
| 11 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 22.21 | 33 | 6.88 | 6.91 | -0.91 |
| 12 | Swarthmore | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.74 | 17.14 | 5.97 | 6.94 | -0.94 |
| 13 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.34 | 15.5 | 9.32 | 5.78 | -0.78 |
| 14 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.26 | 14 | 9.32 | 5.82 | -0.82 |
| 15 | Minnesota | Western | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.13 | 14 | 12.22 | 4.9 | -0.9 |
| 16 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.96 | 14.57 | 3.52 | 6.49 | -0.49 |
| 17 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.95 | 31.33 | 3.84 | 5.96 | -0.96 |
| 18 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.93 | 26.83 | 2.98 | 5.89 | -0.89 |
| 19 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.77 | 29.33 | 3.27 | 5.91 | -0.91 |
| 20 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 20.66 | 31.25 | -3.52 | 7.96 | -0.96 |
| 21 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 20.62 | 7.5 | 12.6 | 4.53 | -0.53 |
| 22 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.4 | 18.8 | 5.09 | 4.98 | -0.98 |
| 23 | Chicago | Western | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.36 | 5 | 12.44 | 3.72 | 0.28 |
| 24 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 20.12 | 17.71 | 1.58 | 6.88 | -1.88 |
| 25 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 19.73 | 16.5 | -0.48 | 5.9 | -0.9 |
| 26 | Illinois | Western | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 19.73 | 18 | 9.49 | 4.8 | -1.8 |
| 27 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.81 | 13.38 | 5.63 | 7.22 | -1.22 |
| 28 | Texas | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 18.39 | 5.4 | -0.35 | 3.76 | 0.24 |
| 29 | Oklahoma | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.96 | 17.83 | 9.02 | 5.59 | -1.59 |
| 30 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.83 | 9.17 | 11.55 | 5.44 | -1.44 |
| 31 | Mercer | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.79 | 11.86 | 5.57 | 5.75 | -0.75 |
| 32 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.51 | 9.86 | 2.78 | 6.21 | -1.21 |
| 33 | NC State | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 17.46 | -0.2 | 3.52 | 2.44 | 1.56 |
| 34 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.25 | 7 | 10.95 | 4.72 | -0.72 |
| 35 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.2 | 38 | 0.21 | 5.86 | -1.86 |
| 36 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.06 | 15.57 | -1.24 | 6.8 | -1.8 |
| 37 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 16.93 | 1.57 | 13.11 | 4.13 | -0.13 |
| 38 | Kansas State | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 16.62 | 10.29 | -1.83 | 5.69 | -0.69 |
| 39 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.37 | 14 | 0.8 | 5.19 | -1.19 |
| 40 | Michigan | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.01 | 13.33 | -2.87 | 5.32 | -1.32 |
| 41 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 15.87 | 11.17 | 9.5 | 5.38 | -2.38 |
| 42 | Army | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.53 | 6 | 8.59 | 3.95 | -0.95 |
| 43 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.5 | 4.8 | 9.43 | 3.74 | -0.74 |
| 44 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 15.45 | 13.43 | 11.34 | 6.49 | -2.49 |
| 45 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 15.34 | 6 | -2.1 | 4.76 | -0.76 |
| 46 | Utah State | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.18 | 15.4 | 3.52 | 4.82 | -1.82 |
| 47 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 14.94 | 2.33 | 10.08 | 3.63 | -0.63 |
| 48 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 14.69 | 13 | 5.31 | 7.43 | -3.43 |
| 49 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.61 | 12.86 | 2.72 | 6.16 | -2.16 |
| 50 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 14.24 | 8 | 6.28 | 7.42 | -2.42 |
| 51 | Florida | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.2 | 15.25 | 13.37 | 3.51 | -1.51 |
| 52 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 13.77 | 11 | 9.89 | 4.72 | -1.72 |
| 53 | Brown | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 13.46 | 2 | 3.06 | 4.34 | -0.34 |
| 54 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 13.46 | 14.17 | 5.21 | 5.79 | -2.79 |
| 55 | Iowa | Western | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 12.96 | -0.6 | 6.23 | 2.41 | 0.59 |
| 56 | LSU | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 12.17 | 22 | 12.09 | 4.9 | -2.9 |
| 57 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 11.71 | -6 | 12.05 | 1.99 | 2.01 |
| 58 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11.4 | -1.25 | 14.73 | 1.69 | 0.31 |
| 59 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 11.36 | 18 | 6.68 | 4.34 | -2.34 |
| 60 | Purdue | Western | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 10.79 | -2.4 | 12.3 | 1.89 | 0.11 |
| 61 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 10.57 | 6.14 | 2.41 | 5.3 | -2.3 |
| 62 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 10.51 | 1.86 | 4.63 | 3.93 | -0.93 |
| 63 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 10.5 | -4.14 | 10.18 | 1.65 | 1.35 |
| 64 | Navy | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.37 | -3.5 | 8.05 | 1.61 | 1.39 |
| 65 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 10.27 | 6.2 | 7.15 | 3.24 | -1.24 |
| 66 | Southwestern University | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 9.36 | -3.25 | 0.04 | 1.42 | 0.58 |
| 67 | Indiana | Western | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 8.13 | 1.17 | 6.04 | 3.36 | -1.36 |
| 68 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 7.12 | -6.88 | 7.71 | 1.27 | 1.73 |
| 69 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.83 | -5.33 | 1.18 | 1.14 | 0.86 |
| 70 | Mississippi College | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.72 | -7.33 | 9.11 | 1.35 | 0.65 |
| 71 | Northwestern | Western | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 3.87 | -12.2 | 11.21 | 0.27 | 0.73 |
| 72 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.09 | -37.5 | 15.97 | 0.02 | 0.98 |
| 73 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 2.74 | -3.67 | 8.21 | 1.81 | -0.81 |
| 74 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 1-5-1 | 0.14 | 1.78 | -7.14 | -1.98 | 1.47 | -0.47 |
| 75 | Samford | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 1.69 | -35.8 | 6.64 | 0 | 1 |
| 76 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 0.85 | -33.83 | 14.69 | 0.01 | 0.99 |