Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:18.510863+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.8 | 31 | 15.41 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 28.41 | 9 | 17.82 | 2.93 | 0.07 |
| 3 | Yale | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 27.67 | 19.33 | 11.19 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.27 | 31.67 | 3.11 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | Texas | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.18 | 43.5 | 4.7 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.99 | 8 | 8.24 | 2.62 | 0.38 |
| 7 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.94 | 20 | 19.58 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Minnesota | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.84 | 24 | 5.21 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 9 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.79 | 62.5 | 0.25 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.77 | 29.67 | 1.61 | 2.99 | 0.01 |
| 11 | Rice | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.67 | 5 | 23.95 | 0.78 | 0.22 |
| 12 | Illinois | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.39 | 44 | 0.63 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | Army | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.24 | 31 | 0.92 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.11 | 23 | -2.63 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | NC State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.07 | 51 | -2.86 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.01 | 4 | 20.76 | 0.93 | 0.07 |
| 17 | Michigan | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.83 | 41.75 | -2.26 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.78 | 51.75 | -3.09 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.61 | 56 | -6.57 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 1-0-2 | 0.33 | 24.45 | 13.67 | -2.14 | 2.97 | -1.97 |
| 21 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.38 | 39.67 | -6.53 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | Oklahoma | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.1 | 74.67 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.05 | 68.67 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | Oklahoma State | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.76 | 91 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | LSU | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.75 | 42.67 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.7 | 79.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 23.68 | 7 | 11.81 | 1.89 | -0.89 |
| 28 | Iowa | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.67 | 72 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.65 | 38.33 | -10 | 2.99 | 0.01 |
| 30 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.61 | 37 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.57 | 65.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.41 | 27.67 | -10 | 2.99 | 0.01 |
| 33 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.3 | 23.33 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | VMI | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.27 | 23.33 | -10 | 2.99 | 0.01 |
| 35 | Wisconsin | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.08 | 34.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.04 | 33.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.99 | 26.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | Brown | FBS Independents | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 22.96 | 14.67 | -10 | 3 | -1 |
| 39 | Purdue | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.92 | 25 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 22.89 | 14 | -10 | 2.98 | 0.02 |
| 41 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.65 | 17 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 22.63 | 16 | -10 | 2 | -1 |
| 43 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.61 | 16.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.55 | 15 | -10 | 1.93 | 0.07 |
| 45 | Ohio State | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.16 | 7.5 | -10 | 1.85 | 0.15 |
| 46 | Kansas State | Missouri Valley | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 22.13 | 7.5 | -10 | 2 | -1 |
| 47 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 21.71 | 3.5 | -10 | 1.68 | -0.68 |
| 48 | Utah State | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.15 | 20 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.46 | 3.33 | 12.84 | 2.05 | -0.05 |
| 50 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.37 | 37.67 | 2.51 | 2.99 | -0.99 |
| 51 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.35 | 43.33 | 1.53 | 2.99 | -0.99 |
| 52 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.07 | 26.67 | 2.45 | 2.93 | -0.93 |
| 53 | TCU | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.53 | 19.67 | 1.32 | 2.97 | -0.97 |
| 54 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.53 | 34 | -10 | 2.93 | -0.93 |
| 55 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.35 | 27.67 | -10 | 2.98 | -0.98 |
| 56 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15.87 | 29 | 7.96 | 1.99 | -0.99 |
| 57 | Navy | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.85 | 3 | 11.06 | 1.42 | -0.42 |
| 58 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.74 | 9.75 | 15.44 | 3.8 | -1.8 |
| 59 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.72 | 8 | 5.69 | 1.48 | -0.48 |
| 60 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.69 | -0.6 | 3.58 | 2.28 | 0.72 |
| 61 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.77 | 10 | -4.77 | 1.88 | -0.88 |
| 62 | Newberry | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.41 | 3 | -4.93 | 1.3 | -0.3 |
| 63 | Southwestern University | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.82 | -2 | 7.29 | 0.75 | 0.25 |
| 64 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 12.41 | 1.33 | 1.3 | 2.07 | -1.07 |
| 65 | West Virginia Wesleyan | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.26 | 14 | 5.59 | 1.97 | -0.97 |
| 66 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.11 | -2.5 | 5.34 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| 67 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.61 | 0 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 68 | Northwestern | Western | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.36 | -10.5 | 8.48 | 0.07 | 0.93 |
| 69 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 10.94 | 17.67 | 2.51 | 2.88 | -1.88 |
| 70 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 10.88 | 18.5 | -10 | 1.96 | -0.96 |
| 71 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 10.73 | -6 | -4.87 | 0.46 | 0.54 |
| 72 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 10.48 | -16 | 0.3 | 0.04 | 0.96 |
| 73 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 10.16 | -0.5 | 7.96 | 0.91 | 0.09 |
| 74 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 9.76 | 2.33 | 12.91 | 1.93 | -0.93 |
| 75 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.45 | -15 | 11.3 | 0.31 | 0.69 |
| 76 | Indiana | Western | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.2 | -26 | 12.65 | 0.03 | 0.97 |
| 77 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 4.27 | -30.33 | 11.41 | 0.02 | 0.98 |
| 78 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Wofford | FBS Independents | 0-1-1 | 0 | -0.98 | -3.5 | -10 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 81 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 0-1-1 | 0 | -1.62 | -6.5 | 6.31 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 0-1-1 | 0 | -2.03 | -13.5 | 12.53 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Florida | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.52 | -20 | 24.72 | 0 | 0 |