Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:18.427948+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 8-0-0 | 1 | 26.9 | 26.38 | 16.67 | 7.99 | 0.01 |
| 2 | Chicago | Western | 7-0-0 | 1 | 26.05 | 13.86 | 14.99 | 6.82 | 0.18 |
| 3 | Texas | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 24.62 | 31 | 5.05 | 6.97 | 0.03 |
| 4 | Navy | FBS Independents | 7-0-1 | 0.88 | 24.6 | 36 | 4.22 | 8 | -1 |
| 5 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 24.46 | 10 | 8.21 | 5.8 | -0.8 |
| 6 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 8-0-1 | 0.89 | 24.25 | 31 | 3.22 | 8.99 | -0.99 |
| 7 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 8-0-0 | 1 | 24.22 | 13.75 | 5.98 | 7.82 | 0.18 |
| 8 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 9-0-0 | 1 | 23.99 | 22.67 | 3.1 | 8.97 | 0.03 |
| 9 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 8-0-0 | 1 | 23.42 | 24.62 | -0.06 | 8 | 0 |
| 10 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 23.22 | 34 | -2.25 | 5.94 | 0.06 |
| 11 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 9-1-1 | 0.82 | 22.81 | 20 | 8.84 | 10.7 | -1.7 |
| 12 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 22.12 | 31.14 | 8.13 | 6.98 | -0.98 |
| 13 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.98 | 15.75 | 7.87 | 7.4 | -0.4 |
| 14 | LSU | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 21.55 | 21.38 | 6.77 | 7.95 | -1.95 |
| 15 | Michigan | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.22 | 22 | 4.57 | 6.95 | -0.95 |
| 16 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 20.91 | 17.38 | 1.3 | 7.34 | -0.34 |
| 17 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 20.84 | 16.38 | 3.63 | 7.89 | -1.89 |
| 18 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 20.59 | 14.38 | 0.33 | 7.5 | -0.5 |
| 19 | VMI | FBS Independents | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 20.53 | 15.89 | -0.41 | 8.67 | -1.67 |
| 20 | Army | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 20.5 | 22.88 | -1.91 | 7.81 | -0.81 |
| 21 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.47 | 7.6 | 12.63 | 4.15 | -0.15 |
| 22 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 20.41 | 14.57 | 5.42 | 6.57 | -1.57 |
| 23 | Purdue | Western | 4-1-2 | 0.57 | 20.33 | 21.57 | 7.58 | 6.96 | -2.96 |
| 24 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 20.21 | 23.5 | 12.33 | 7.77 | -1.77 |
| 25 | NC State | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.01 | 20.33 | 1.7 | 5.9 | -0.9 |
| 26 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 19.66 | 21.62 | 9.95 | 7.83 | -1.83 |
| 27 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.99 | 19.38 | 6.3 | 7.87 | -1.87 |
| 28 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 18.96 | 14.75 | 13.31 | 7.7 | -2.7 |
| 29 | Iowa | Western | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.84 | 37 | 7.21 | 6.9 | -1.9 |
| 30 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 18.75 | 12.11 | 6.82 | 8.29 | -2.29 |
| 31 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 18.43 | 20 | 8.29 | 7.95 | -2.95 |
| 32 | Minnesota | Western | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.35 | 12 | 10.65 | 6.68 | -1.68 |
| 33 | Oklahoma | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.15 | 38.29 | 3.45 | 6.94 | -1.94 |
| 34 | Yale | FBS Independents | 5-2-3 | 0.5 | 18.12 | 9.2 | 9.15 | 9.57 | -4.57 |
| 35 | Illinois | Western | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 17.54 | 7.71 | 12.29 | 5.87 | -1.87 |
| 36 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 17.45 | 10 | -0.65 | 7.39 | -1.39 |
| 37 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 17.17 | 20.57 | 5.62 | 6.87 | -2.87 |
| 38 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 16.23 | 14.75 | 9.32 | 6.91 | -1.91 |
| 39 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.12 | 8.67 | 2.85 | 6.9 | -0.9 |
| 40 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 16.1 | 10 | 9.17 | 7.45 | -2.45 |
| 41 | Ohio State | Western | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 15.89 | 18.14 | -1.96 | 6.89 | -2.89 |
| 42 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.83 | 30 | 1.83 | 7.96 | -2.96 |
| 43 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.26 | 4.25 | 8.02 | 6.19 | -1.19 |
| 44 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 15.19 | 6.86 | 14.24 | 5.53 | -1.53 |
| 45 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.08 | 6.5 | 4.85 | 5.84 | -0.84 |
| 46 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.81 | 5.86 | 10.63 | 4.66 | -0.66 |
| 47 | West Virginia Wesleyan | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.69 | 14.71 | 4.6 | 6.2 | -2.2 |
| 48 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 14.66 | 6.88 | 1.12 | 6.35 | -1.35 |
| 49 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 13.88 | 7.78 | 3.73 | 6.66 | -1.66 |
| 50 | Florida | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 13.61 | 18.33 | 8.26 | 5.18 | -2.18 |
| 51 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 13.58 | 5 | 1.26 | 6.08 | -2.08 |
| 52 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 3-3-2 | 0.38 | 12.79 | 15.62 | 1.8 | 7.24 | -4.24 |
| 53 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 4-4-1 | 0.44 | 12.69 | 2.44 | 12.63 | 5.65 | -1.65 |
| 54 | Wisconsin | Western | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 12.63 | 4.86 | 6.74 | 5.1 | -2.1 |
| 55 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.53 | 2.75 | 10.26 | 2.53 | -0.53 |
| 56 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 10.99 | -0.5 | 9.62 | 3.8 | 0.2 |
| 57 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 10.86 | -0.88 | 10.26 | 3.71 | 0.29 |
| 58 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 10.53 | 7.83 | 5.51 | 4.47 | -2.47 |
| 59 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 4-3-2 | 0.44 | 10.2 | -14.89 | 2.67 | 0.53 | 3.47 |
| 60 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 9.67 | -9.33 | 11.12 | 0.92 | 2.08 |
| 61 | Brown | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 9.58 | -3.5 | 1.71 | 2.48 | 1.52 |
| 62 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 3-5-1 | 0.33 | 8.72 | 0.44 | 5.09 | 4.77 | -1.77 |
| 63 | Kansas State | Missouri Valley | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 8.6 | -3.57 | 6.83 | 2.52 | 0.48 |
| 64 | Indiana | Western | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 8.22 | -10.29 | 13.26 | 1.39 | 1.61 |
| 65 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 3-4-1 | 0.38 | 8.15 | -2.88 | -0.91 | 2.21 | 0.79 |
| 66 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 7.49 | -12.29 | 3.99 | 0.74 | 2.26 |
| 67 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 2-4-2 | 0.25 | 6 | -4.38 | 5.47 | 2.66 | -0.66 |
| 68 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 5.91 | -2.14 | 13.72 | 2.73 | -0.73 |
| 69 | Mercer | FBS Independents | 2-4-1 | 0.29 | 5.52 | -9.71 | 6.44 | 1.46 | 0.54 |
| 70 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.28 | -8.5 | -0.47 | 0.75 | 1.25 |
| 71 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 2.85 | -2.83 | 11.01 | 1.83 | -0.83 |
| 72 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 1.6 | -16.17 | 7.39 | 0.62 | 0.38 |
| 73 | Northwestern | Western | 1-6-0 | 0.14 | 0.55 | -29.43 | 14.48 | 0.08 | 0.92 |
| 74 | Southwestern University | FBS Independents | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.48 | -28 | 0.68 | 0.08 | -0.08 |
| 75 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 0-7-0 | 0 | -2.52 | -23.43 | 9.1 | 0.08 | -0.08 |
| 76 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.9 | -30.5 | 17.11 | 0 | 0 |