Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:18.345636+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 26.64 | 20.83 | 15.45 | 5.91 | 0.09 |
| 2 | Wisconsin | Western | 6-0-0 | 1 | 25.73 | 33.17 | 9.44 | 5.98 | 0.02 |
| 3 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 5-0-2 | 0.71 | 24.85 | 28 | 5.74 | 6.96 | -1.96 |
| 4 | Yale | FBS Independents | 7-0-1 | 0.88 | 24.64 | 9.62 | 8.59 | 7.93 | -0.93 |
| 5 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 24.49 | 41.5 | 2.72 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 8-0-0 | 1 | 24.3 | 16.75 | 4.96 | 7.92 | 0.08 |
| 7 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 24.11 | 34.43 | 1.31 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 10-1-1 | 0.83 | 23.01 | 28.92 | 5.9 | 11.69 | -1.69 |
| 9 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 22.95 | 31.89 | 9.41 | 8.95 | -1.95 |
| 10 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 22.63 | 29.25 | 8.17 | 7.84 | -0.84 |
| 11 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 22.34 | 44.5 | 4.68 | 8 | -1 |
| 12 | Swarthmore | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.96 | 15.12 | 7.14 | 7.82 | -0.82 |
| 13 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.65 | 28.43 | 5.49 | 6.95 | -0.95 |
| 14 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.6 | 13.43 | 8.16 | 6.83 | -0.83 |
| 15 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.53 | 16.62 | 4.48 | 7.61 | -0.61 |
| 16 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 21.51 | 9.29 | 13.44 | 5.72 | -0.72 |
| 17 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.38 | 22.83 | 8.79 | 5.99 | -0.99 |
| 18 | Chicago | Western | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.19 | 5.83 | 13.52 | 4.8 | 0.2 |
| 19 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.7 | 29.33 | 3.45 | 5.91 | -0.91 |
| 20 | Texas | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 19.6 | 11 | 1.55 | 5.13 | -0.13 |
| 21 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.97 | 27.44 | -0.64 | 8.94 | -1.94 |
| 22 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.95 | 12.33 | 3.32 | 8.11 | -1.11 |
| 23 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.61 | 12.14 | 10.28 | 6.48 | -1.48 |
| 24 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.38 | 10.71 | 10.85 | 6.16 | -1.16 |
| 25 | Minnesota | Western | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 18.15 | 9.33 | 14.84 | 5.52 | -1.52 |
| 26 | Oklahoma | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.11 | 17.57 | 6.19 | 6.62 | -1.62 |
| 27 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 17.8 | 15.38 | 3.79 | 7.7 | -2.7 |
| 28 | Kansas State | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 17.69 | 10 | 0.72 | 6.55 | -0.55 |
| 29 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.66 | 21.14 | 1.01 | 6.74 | -1.74 |
| 30 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.32 | 12.29 | 1.62 | 6.53 | -1.53 |
| 31 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 17.19 | 19 | 6.1 | 6.74 | -2.74 |
| 32 | Michigan | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 16.8 | 13.29 | -0.99 | 6.24 | -1.24 |
| 33 | Utah State | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.63 | 19 | 2.24 | 5.83 | -1.83 |
| 34 | Army | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.42 | 6.5 | 5.82 | 4.86 | -0.86 |
| 35 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 16.31 | 6.14 | -0.81 | 5.76 | -0.76 |
| 36 | Illinois | Western | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 16.29 | 13.33 | 11.13 | 5.56 | -2.56 |
| 37 | Iowa | Western | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 15.81 | 1.67 | 8.22 | 3.31 | 0.69 |
| 38 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 15.77 | 13 | 5.77 | 8.47 | -3.47 |
| 39 | Mercer | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.72 | 9.25 | 5.84 | 6.13 | -1.13 |
| 40 | Florida | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.71 | 15.4 | 7.99 | 4.45 | -1.45 |
| 41 | Purdue | Western | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 15.44 | 13.17 | 8.27 | 5.24 | -2.24 |
| 42 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 15.42 | 11.75 | 12.07 | 7.31 | -3.31 |
| 43 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.36 | 13.25 | 1.35 | 7.53 | -2.53 |
| 44 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.33 | 16.38 | 1.09 | 7.42 | -2.42 |
| 45 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 15.24 | 10.71 | 11.92 | 5.5 | -1.5 |
| 46 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 15.16 | 8 | 7.13 | 7.94 | -1.94 |
| 47 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.04 | 3.25 | 5.66 | 5.14 | -0.14 |
| 48 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.83 | 3 | 13.65 | 4.5 | -0.5 |
| 49 | Brown | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 14.69 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 5.55 | -0.55 |
| 50 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.65 | 31.57 | -1.04 | 6.75 | -2.75 |
| 51 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.19 | 3.71 | 7.78 | 4.44 | -0.44 |
| 52 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.07 | 7.29 | 2.56 | 5.04 | -1.04 |
| 53 | Navy | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 13.97 | 2.86 | 9.81 | 4.63 | -0.63 |
| 54 | LSU | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 13.91 | 18.5 | 11.12 | 5.82 | -2.82 |
| 55 | NC State | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 13.39 | -7 | 4.45 | 1.08 | 2.92 |
| 56 | Southwestern University | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 13.3 | 3.8 | -2.73 | 3.31 | -0.31 |
| 57 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 13.25 | -1.12 | 15.05 | 3.48 | 0.52 |
| 58 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 11.65 | 10.57 | 6.64 | 6.42 | -3.42 |
| 59 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11.35 | -1.25 | 15.47 | 1.69 | 0.31 |
| 60 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 10.86 | -2.43 | 11.11 | 2.76 | 0.24 |
| 61 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 10.46 | 6.2 | 6.26 | 3.24 | -1.24 |
| 62 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 10.18 | -6.12 | 11.78 | 2.08 | 1.92 |
| 63 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 9.56 | 3.75 | 3.76 | 5.4 | -2.4 |
| 64 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 9.48 | 1.29 | -0.25 | 4 | -1 |
| 65 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 9.33 | 12.5 | 3.89 | 4.79 | -2.79 |
| 66 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 9.25 | 1.5 | 5.91 | 4.44 | -1.44 |
| 67 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 3-4-1 | 0.38 | 8.58 | -5.38 | 10.74 | 1.55 | 1.45 |
| 68 | Indiana | Western | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 7.97 | 1.17 | 6.15 | 3.36 | -1.36 |
| 69 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 7.39 | 3.86 | 5.6 | 4.73 | -2.73 |
| 70 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 6.41 | -25.4 | 10.26 | 0.19 | 1.81 |
| 71 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 5.91 | -7.56 | 9.05 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
| 72 | Mississippi College | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.79 | -7.33 | 7.71 | 1.35 | 0.65 |
| 73 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 3.91 | -25.43 | 10.81 | 0.12 | 1.88 |
| 74 | Northwestern | Western | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 3.73 | -12.2 | 10.99 | 0.27 | 0.73 |
| 75 | Samford | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 1.67 | -35.8 | 6.47 | 0 | 1 |
| 76 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 1-6-1 | 0.12 | 1.42 | -7.5 | 0.38 | 1.44 | -0.44 |