Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:18.428229+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 8-0-0 | 1 | 26.75 | 26.38 | 16.55 | 7.99 | 0.01 |
| 2 | Chicago | Western | 7-0-0 | 1 | 25.7 | 13.86 | 13.78 | 6.82 | 0.18 |
| 3 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 9-0-1 | 0.9 | 24.34 | 33.1 | 3.98 | 10 | -1 |
| 4 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 8-0-0 | 1 | 23.99 | 13.75 | 5.34 | 7.82 | 0.18 |
| 5 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 9-0-0 | 1 | 23.82 | 22.67 | 2.75 | 8.97 | 0.03 |
| 6 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 23.8 | 32.43 | 1.58 | 6.92 | 0.08 |
| 7 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 10-1-1 | 0.83 | 22.89 | 19.42 | 8.79 | 11.7 | -1.7 |
| 8 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 22.58 | 29.62 | 9.11 | 7.96 | -0.96 |
| 9 | Navy | FBS Independents | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 22.24 | 30.56 | 6.4 | 8.97 | -1.97 |
| 10 | Texas | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 22.1 | 24.25 | 6.56 | 7.78 | -0.78 |
| 11 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.79 | 15.75 | 7.23 | 7.4 | -0.4 |
| 12 | LSU | FBS Independents | 6-1-2 | 0.67 | 21.4 | 19 | 6.73 | 8.91 | -2.91 |
| 13 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 21.39 | 21.22 | 2.15 | 8.99 | -0.99 |
| 14 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.19 | 13.33 | 11.18 | 5.48 | -0.48 |
| 15 | Michigan | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.11 | 22 | 4.51 | 6.95 | -0.95 |
| 16 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 21.1 | 13.62 | 6.63 | 7.56 | -1.56 |
| 17 | Army | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 21.07 | 21.78 | 0.96 | 8.74 | -0.74 |
| 18 | NC State | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.01 | 18.29 | 5.04 | 6.89 | -0.89 |
| 19 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 20.81 | 12.78 | 2.65 | 8.34 | -1.34 |
| 20 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 20.79 | 17.38 | 1.25 | 7.34 | -0.34 |
| 21 | VMI | FBS Independents | 7-1-2 | 0.7 | 20.73 | 14.3 | 1.74 | 9.56 | -2.56 |
| 22 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 20.66 | 16.38 | 3.15 | 7.89 | -1.89 |
| 23 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 20.64 | 7 | 9.42 | 6.27 | -1.27 |
| 24 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 20.24 | 23 | 9.89 | 8.86 | -1.86 |
| 25 | Purdue | Western | 4-1-2 | 0.57 | 20.11 | 21.57 | 6.43 | 6.96 | -2.96 |
| 26 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 19.99 | 23.5 | 12.27 | 7.77 | -1.77 |
| 27 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 19.52 | 13.22 | 12.34 | 8.58 | -2.58 |
| 28 | Oklahoma | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 19.22 | 34.88 | 5.9 | 7.93 | -1.93 |
| 29 | Iowa | Western | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.63 | 37 | 7.13 | 6.9 | -1.9 |
| 30 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 18.28 | 20 | 7.88 | 7.95 | -2.95 |
| 31 | Minnesota | Western | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.24 | 12 | 10.19 | 6.68 | -1.68 |
| 32 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.15 | 10.44 | 0.43 | 8.46 | -1.46 |
| 33 | Yale | FBS Independents | 5-2-3 | 0.5 | 17.89 | 9.2 | 9.09 | 9.57 | -4.57 |
| 34 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 17.72 | 24.12 | 3.48 | 7.92 | -2.92 |
| 35 | Illinois | Western | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 17.29 | 7.71 | 12.21 | 5.87 | -1.87 |
| 36 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 17.21 | 16.44 | 7.1 | 8.78 | -2.78 |
| 37 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 6-3-1 | 0.6 | 16.78 | 8.8 | 7.18 | 8.51 | -2.51 |
| 38 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.49 | 27.33 | 0.32 | 8.93 | -2.93 |
| 39 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 16.16 | 14.75 | 8.86 | 6.91 | -1.91 |
| 40 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.85 | 10 | 8.52 | 7.45 | -2.45 |
| 41 | Ohio State | Western | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 15.81 | 18.14 | -2.66 | 6.89 | -2.89 |
| 42 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.38 | 14.4 | 7.46 | 4.56 | -1.56 |
| 43 | West Virginia Wesleyan | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.35 | 14.5 | 3.01 | 7.21 | -2.21 |
| 44 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 6-3-1 | 0.6 | 15.28 | 6.1 | -1.14 | 7.95 | -1.95 |
| 45 | Florida | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 15.02 | 19.14 | 7.79 | 6.24 | -2.24 |
| 46 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15 | 6.5 | 4.28 | 5.84 | -0.84 |
| 47 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 14.82 | 14.5 | 2.33 | 8.6 | -2.6 |
| 48 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.61 | 5.86 | 10.76 | 4.66 | -0.66 |
| 49 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 5-4-1 | 0.5 | 14.36 | 4.3 | 13.14 | 7.18 | -2.18 |
| 50 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 14.17 | 2.6 | 4.89 | 5.83 | 0.17 |
| 51 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 13.54 | 1.67 | 9.31 | 5.45 | -0.45 |
| 52 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 13.41 | 5 | 1.32 | 6.08 | -2.08 |
| 53 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 12.76 | 1.75 | 14.57 | 4.63 | -0.63 |
| 54 | Wisconsin | Western | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 12.51 | 4.86 | 7.23 | 5.1 | -2.1 |
| 55 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 11.76 | -3.86 | 11.33 | 2.49 | 1.51 |
| 56 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 3-4-2 | 0.33 | 11.13 | 10.67 | 2.63 | 7.2 | -4.2 |
| 57 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 11.01 | -0.5 | 9.28 | 3.8 | 0.2 |
| 58 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 10.88 | -0.88 | 9.82 | 3.71 | 0.29 |
| 59 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 4-5-1 | 0.4 | 9.99 | 1.1 | 3.36 | 5.79 | -1.79 |
| 60 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 4-4-2 | 0.4 | 8.71 | -14.1 | 1.93 | 0.64 | 3.36 |
| 61 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 2-4-1 | 0.29 | 8.37 | 3.71 | 3.16 | 4.41 | -2.41 |
| 62 | Brown | FBS Independents | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 8.29 | -4.56 | 3.74 | 2.26 | 1.74 |
| 63 | Kansas State | Missouri Valley | 3-4-1 | 0.38 | 8.28 | -3.12 | 4.14 | 2.94 | 0.06 |
| 64 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 3-4-2 | 0.33 | 8.17 | -2.56 | 1.2 | 2.69 | 0.31 |
| 65 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 3-4-2 | 0.33 | 8.12 | -3.11 | 3.48 | 3.31 | -0.31 |
| 66 | Indiana | Western | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 8.06 | -10.29 | 12.74 | 1.39 | 1.61 |
| 67 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 6.42 | -12.5 | 5.74 | 0.7 | 2.3 |
| 68 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 5.68 | -1.57 | 9.06 | 2.65 | -0.65 |
| 69 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 5.03 | -2 | 14.22 | 3.13 | -1.13 |
| 70 | Mercer | FBS Independents | 2-5-1 | 0.25 | 4.55 | -11.5 | 7.27 | 1.27 | 0.73 |
| 71 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 4.28 | -13.29 | 2.47 | 0.49 | 1.51 |
| 72 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 1.59 | -16.17 | 7.09 | 0.62 | 0.38 |
| 73 | Southwestern University | FBS Independents | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 1.13 | -22.17 | 2.05 | 0.21 | 0.79 |
| 74 | Northwestern | Western | 1-6-0 | 0.14 | 0.5 | -29.43 | 13.84 | 0.08 | 0.92 |
| 75 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 0-8-0 | 0 | -2.43 | -21.25 | 8.31 | 0.09 | -0.09 |
| 76 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 0-5-0 | 0 | -3 | -36.6 | 15.98 | 0 | 0 |