Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:18.510579+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 27.53 | 11 | 9.74 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 27.36 | 13.5 | 9.67 | 1.97 | 0.03 |
| 3 | Yale | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 27.35 | 20.5 | 6.8 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 27.34 | 22 | 6.33 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Chicago | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.97 | 34 | 20.22 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.91 | 47 | -3.85 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.92 | 70.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Oklahoma | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.88 | 67 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | LSU | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.84 | 57 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.84 | 65.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.84 | 68.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.72 | 49.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.68 | 59 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.6 | 44 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.54 | 48.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.46 | 37 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.37 | 60.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.23 | 35 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.19 | 24 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.97 | 44.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | VMI | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.95 | 16 | -10 | 1.97 | 0.03 |
| 22 | Southwestern University | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.95 | 1 | 19.36 | 0.56 | 0.44 |
| 23 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 23.91 | 20.5 | -10 | 1.98 | -0.98 |
| 24 | Brown | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.73 | 22 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.4 | 14.5 | -10 | 1.97 | 0.03 |
| 26 | Newberry | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.34 | 20 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.26 | 8.5 | 6.33 | 1.76 | 0.24 |
| 28 | NC State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.16 | 51 | -0.28 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.82 | 20 | 1.15 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Navy | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.62 | 13 | 1.32 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Iowa | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.6 | 95 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Michigan | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 21.37 | 63.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.3 | 56 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.28 | 54 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Army | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.19 | 49 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 21.17 | 4.5 | 0.65 | 3.25 | -0.25 |
| 37 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.17 | 59 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Oklahoma State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.15 | 134 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.11 | 46 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 21.08 | 53 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | Illinois | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.98 | 37 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.95 | 36 | -10 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 43 | Texas | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.91 | 30 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | Purdue | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.82 | 24 | -10 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 45 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.76 | 24 | -10 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 46 | Minnesota | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.68 | 22 | -10 | 0.97 | 0.03 |
| 47 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.63 | 32 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.57 | 20 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | Wisconsin | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.55 | 21 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.43 | 21 | -10 | 0.97 | 0.03 |
| 51 | Ohio State | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.4 | 14 | -10 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 52 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.38 | 13 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 53 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.37 | 26 | -10 | 0.98 | 0.02 |
| 54 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.36 | 20 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | Kansas State | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.18 | 15 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.06 | 7 | -10 | 0.84 | 0.16 |
| 57 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.91 | 6 | -10 | 0.81 | 0.19 |
| 58 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.58 | 8 | -10 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| 59 | Northwestern | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.55 | 7 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 19.39 | 4.5 | -10 | 2 | -1 |
| 61 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 16.94 | 31 | 6.87 | 1.98 | -0.98 |
| 62 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 16.22 | 9 | 6.71 | 1.63 | -0.63 |
| 63 | TCU | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.8 | 19.5 | -5 | 1.95 | -0.95 |
| 64 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.59 | 2 | -10 | 1.38 | -0.38 |
| 65 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 12.11 | 6 | 5.53 | 2.57 | -1.57 |
| 66 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.83 | 10 | 6.87 | 1.82 | -0.82 |
| 67 | Indiana | Western | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.27 | -13.5 | -3.42 | 0.13 | 0.87 |
| 68 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 10.5 | 1.5 | -3.54 | 1.12 | -0.12 |
| 69 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Florida | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 0-0-1 | 0 | 0.29 | 0 | 0.86 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 0-0-1 | 0 | 0.14 | 0 | 1.72 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Rice | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | -0.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Utah State | Rocky Mountain | 0-0-0 | 0 | -0.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Wofford | FBS Independents | 0-0-1 | 0 | -0.21 | 0 | -10 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.99 | -9 | -10 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 0-1-1 | 0 | -1.14 | -6.5 | -3.41 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | West Virginia Wesleyan | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.59 | -6 | 29.34 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.84 | -13 | 23.91 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.86 | -51 | 2.82 | 0 | 0 |