Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:18.428517+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 8-0-0 | 1 | 26.61 | 26.38 | 16.4 | 7.99 | 0.01 |
| 2 | Chicago | Western | 7-0-0 | 1 | 25.55 | 13.86 | 13.62 | 6.82 | 0.18 |
| 3 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 10-0-1 | 0.91 | 23.97 | 31.45 | 2.73 | 11 | -1 |
| 4 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 8-0-0 | 1 | 23.87 | 13.75 | 5.23 | 7.82 | 0.18 |
| 5 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 9-0-0 | 1 | 23.71 | 22.67 | 2.65 | 8.97 | 0.03 |
| 6 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 23.66 | 32.43 | 1.17 | 6.92 | 0.08 |
| 7 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 10-1-1 | 0.83 | 22.82 | 19.42 | 8.83 | 11.7 | -1.7 |
| 8 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 22.52 | 29.62 | 9.15 | 7.96 | -0.96 |
| 9 | Navy | FBS Independents | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 22.01 | 30.56 | 6.2 | 8.97 | -1.97 |
| 10 | Texas | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.97 | 24.25 | 6.97 | 7.78 | -0.78 |
| 11 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.71 | 15.75 | 7.28 | 7.4 | -0.4 |
| 12 | LSU | FBS Independents | 6-1-2 | 0.67 | 21.28 | 19 | 6.59 | 8.91 | -2.91 |
| 13 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 21.25 | 21.22 | 2.34 | 8.99 | -0.99 |
| 14 | Michigan | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.04 | 22 | 4.59 | 6.95 | -0.95 |
| 15 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.04 | 13.33 | 10.56 | 5.48 | -0.48 |
| 16 | NC State | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.01 | 18.29 | 5.2 | 6.89 | -0.89 |
| 17 | Army | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 20.98 | 21.78 | 0.74 | 8.74 | -0.74 |
| 18 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 20.98 | 13.62 | 6.24 | 7.56 | -1.56 |
| 19 | VMI | FBS Independents | 7-1-2 | 0.7 | 20.7 | 14.3 | 1.97 | 9.56 | -2.56 |
| 20 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 20.69 | 12.78 | 2.33 | 8.34 | -1.34 |
| 21 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 20.66 | 17.38 | 0.99 | 7.34 | -0.34 |
| 22 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 20.64 | 16.38 | 3.52 | 7.89 | -1.89 |
| 23 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 20.46 | 7 | 9.84 | 6.27 | -1.27 |
| 24 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 20.12 | 23 | 9.42 | 8.86 | -1.86 |
| 25 | Purdue | Western | 4-1-2 | 0.57 | 20 | 21.57 | 6.29 | 6.96 | -2.96 |
| 26 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 19.81 | 23.5 | 11.63 | 7.77 | -1.77 |
| 27 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 19.48 | 13.22 | 12.35 | 8.58 | -2.58 |
| 28 | Oklahoma | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 19.06 | 34.88 | 5.05 | 7.93 | -1.93 |
| 29 | Iowa | Western | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.53 | 37 | 7.02 | 6.9 | -1.9 |
| 30 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 18.17 | 20 | 7.69 | 7.95 | -2.95 |
| 31 | Minnesota | Western | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.15 | 12 | 10.05 | 6.68 | -1.68 |
| 32 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.08 | 10.44 | 0.2 | 8.46 | -1.46 |
| 33 | Yale | FBS Independents | 5-2-3 | 0.5 | 17.81 | 9.2 | 9.04 | 9.57 | -4.57 |
| 34 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 17.57 | 24.12 | 2.69 | 7.92 | -2.92 |
| 35 | Illinois | Western | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 17.2 | 7.71 | 12.06 | 5.87 | -1.87 |
| 36 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 17.02 | 16.44 | 6.82 | 8.78 | -2.78 |
| 37 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 6-3-1 | 0.6 | 16.64 | 8.8 | 7.25 | 8.51 | -2.51 |
| 38 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.47 | 27.33 | 0.41 | 8.93 | -2.93 |
| 39 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 16.11 | 14.75 | 8.94 | 6.91 | -1.91 |
| 40 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.78 | 10 | 8.54 | 7.45 | -2.45 |
| 41 | Ohio State | Western | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 15.75 | 18.14 | -2.7 | 6.89 | -2.89 |
| 42 | West Virginia Wesleyan | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.36 | 14.5 | 3.29 | 7.21 | -2.21 |
| 43 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.35 | 14.4 | 6.62 | 4.56 | -1.56 |
| 44 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 6-3-1 | 0.6 | 15.27 | 6.1 | -1.03 | 7.95 | -1.95 |
| 45 | Florida | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 15.03 | 19.14 | 7.78 | 6.24 | -2.24 |
| 46 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 14.92 | 6.5 | 4.13 | 5.84 | -0.84 |
| 47 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 14.8 | 14.5 | 2.29 | 8.6 | -2.6 |
| 48 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.5 | 5.86 | 10.31 | 4.66 | -0.66 |
| 49 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 5-4-1 | 0.5 | 14.35 | 4.3 | 12.89 | 7.18 | -2.18 |
| 50 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 14.03 | 2.6 | 4.87 | 5.83 | 0.17 |
| 51 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 13.45 | 1.67 | 9.71 | 5.45 | -0.45 |
| 52 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 13.34 | 5 | 1.26 | 6.08 | -2.08 |
| 53 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 12.61 | 1.75 | 14.66 | 4.63 | -0.63 |
| 54 | Wisconsin | Western | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 12.45 | 4.86 | 7.12 | 5.1 | -2.1 |
| 55 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 11.8 | -3.86 | 11.18 | 2.49 | 1.51 |
| 56 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 3-4-2 | 0.33 | 11.01 | 10.67 | 2.7 | 7.2 | -4.2 |
| 57 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 10.96 | -0.5 | 9.26 | 3.8 | 0.2 |
| 58 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 10.83 | -0.88 | 9.71 | 3.71 | 0.29 |
| 59 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 4-5-1 | 0.4 | 10 | 1.1 | 3.35 | 5.79 | -1.79 |
| 60 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 4-4-2 | 0.4 | 8.62 | -14.1 | 2.09 | 0.64 | 3.36 |
| 61 | Kansas State | Missouri Valley | 3-4-1 | 0.38 | 8.21 | -3.12 | 3.76 | 2.94 | 0.06 |
| 62 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 2-4-1 | 0.29 | 8.21 | 3.71 | 2.79 | 4.41 | -2.41 |
| 63 | Brown | FBS Independents | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 8.19 | -4.56 | 3.49 | 2.26 | 1.74 |
| 64 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 3-4-2 | 0.33 | 8.18 | -3.11 | 3.4 | 3.31 | -0.31 |
| 65 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 3-4-2 | 0.33 | 8.13 | -2.56 | 1.05 | 2.69 | 0.31 |
| 66 | Indiana | Western | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 8.01 | -10.29 | 12.58 | 1.39 | 1.61 |
| 67 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 6.37 | -12.5 | 6.12 | 0.7 | 2.3 |
| 68 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 5.79 | -1.57 | 9.02 | 2.65 | -0.65 |
| 69 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 4.96 | -2 | 13.81 | 3.13 | -1.13 |
| 70 | Mercer | FBS Independents | 2-5-1 | 0.25 | 4.48 | -11.5 | 6.99 | 1.27 | 0.73 |
| 71 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 4.24 | -13.29 | 3.04 | 0.49 | 1.51 |
| 72 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 1.58 | -16.17 | 6.99 | 0.62 | 0.38 |
| 73 | Southwestern University | FBS Independents | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 1.28 | -22.17 | 1.21 | 0.21 | 0.79 |
| 74 | Northwestern | Western | 1-6-0 | 0.14 | 0.5 | -29.43 | 13.66 | 0.08 | 0.92 |
| 75 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 0-8-0 | 0 | -2.41 | -21.25 | 8.37 | 0.09 | -0.09 |
| 76 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.99 | -36.6 | 15.84 | 0 | 0 |