Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:18.511745+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago | Western | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 26.68 | 18 | 14 | 5 | -1 |
| 2 | Illinois | Western | 5-0-0 | 1 | 25.97 | 34.6 | 8.37 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | Texas | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 25.96 | 44.6 | 7.19 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 25.7 | 7.83 | 12.06 | 5.52 | -0.52 |
| 5 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.44 | 12 | 9.33 | 2.95 | 0.05 |
| 6 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 8-0-0 | 1 | 25.15 | 37 | 4.17 | 7.99 | 0.01 |
| 7 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 24.92 | 21.2 | 5.1 | 4.9 | -0.9 |
| 8 | Wisconsin | Western | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 24.9 | 15.4 | 6.22 | 4.95 | -0.95 |
| 9 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 24.88 | 17.17 | 5.79 | 5.85 | -0.85 |
| 10 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 24.65 | 24.67 | 3.19 | 5.95 | 0.05 |
| 11 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.54 | 33.2 | 1.65 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | Army | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.28 | 26.2 | 1.02 | 5 | 0 |
| 13 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 24.09 | 51.83 | -2.07 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 24.04 | 48.83 | -1.88 | 6 | 0 |
| 15 | Oklahoma State | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 23.84 | 59 | -3.47 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 23.61 | 14.83 | 0.17 | 5.9 | -0.9 |
| 17 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 23.25 | 15 | -1.69 | 4.94 | -0.94 |
| 18 | Yale | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 22.79 | 20.33 | 15.08 | 5.92 | -0.92 |
| 19 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.57 | 35.33 | 5.92 | 5.99 | -0.99 |
| 20 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.55 | 30.6 | 10.4 | 4.97 | -0.97 |
| 21 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.44 | 27.17 | 6.16 | 5.9 | -0.9 |
| 22 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.23 | 25.6 | 9.51 | 4.97 | -0.97 |
| 23 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.16 | 27.83 | 4.51 | 5.97 | -0.97 |
| 24 | Oklahoma | FBS Independents | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 20.75 | 35.33 | 4.73 | 5.87 | -1.87 |
| 25 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 20.69 | 18.6 | 12.03 | 4.86 | -1.86 |
| 26 | Minnesota | Western | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.68 | 12.4 | 7.22 | 4.61 | -0.61 |
| 27 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.24 | 35.6 | 2.32 | 4.93 | -0.93 |
| 28 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.02 | 12.5 | 13.38 | 3.77 | -0.77 |
| 29 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 19.79 | 30.83 | -3.86 | 5.96 | -0.96 |
| 30 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 19.56 | 12.33 | -1.37 | 5.44 | -0.44 |
| 31 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 19.42 | 23.2 | 6.26 | 4.95 | -1.95 |
| 32 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 19.08 | 8.67 | 1.52 | 5.68 | -1.68 |
| 33 | NC State | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.08 | 20.67 | 11.69 | 2.81 | -0.81 |
| 34 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.98 | 21.86 | 8.94 | 6.93 | -1.93 |
| 35 | VMI | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 18.48 | 11 | -3.87 | 4.52 | -0.52 |
| 36 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 18.31 | 11.6 | 1.52 | 4.37 | -1.37 |
| 37 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.3 | 18.5 | -2.51 | 3.43 | -0.43 |
| 38 | Newberry | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 18.28 | 11 | 2.69 | 4.43 | -1.43 |
| 39 | Michigan | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.24 | 21.29 | 2.79 | 6.85 | -1.85 |
| 40 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.19 | 24.75 | -4.44 | 3.88 | -0.88 |
| 41 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.09 | 24.33 | 4.79 | 2.94 | -0.94 |
| 42 | Brown | FBS Independents | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 17.91 | 7 | -5.23 | 5.15 | -1.15 |
| 43 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 17.76 | 9.6 | -4.14 | 4.86 | -1.86 |
| 44 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.7 | 8 | 14.51 | 2.16 | -0.16 |
| 45 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.24 | 9.17 | 6 | 4.75 | -0.75 |
| 46 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.8 | 19.5 | -0.53 | 5.84 | -1.84 |
| 47 | LSU | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.42 | 9 | 0.3 | 4.44 | -0.44 |
| 48 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.15 | 21.4 | 4.88 | 4.87 | -1.87 |
| 49 | Navy | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.98 | 9.8 | 11.56 | 4.35 | -1.35 |
| 50 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.46 | 23 | 2.27 | 4.82 | -1.82 |
| 51 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 15.41 | 6.5 | 12.51 | 4.58 | -1.58 |
| 52 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 14.93 | 9.33 | 0.42 | 5.61 | -2.61 |
| 53 | West Virginia Wesleyan | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.9 | 7 | 0.99 | 4.24 | -1.24 |
| 54 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.84 | 5.2 | 4.37 | 3.85 | -0.85 |
| 55 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.45 | 1.8 | 3.62 | 2.84 | 0.16 |
| 56 | Iowa | Western | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.36 | 32.5 | 7.91 | 3.98 | -1.98 |
| 57 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 14.3 | 17.67 | -5.24 | 5.49 | -2.49 |
| 58 | Rice | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 13.71 | -7.5 | 10.1 | 0.53 | 1.47 |
| 59 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 13.51 | 3.83 | 12.67 | 3.84 | -0.84 |
| 60 | Indiana | Western | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 13.12 | -1.2 | 7.31 | 2.3 | 0.7 |
| 61 | Purdue | Western | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.06 | 5.5 | 7.95 | 2.99 | -0.99 |
| 62 | Florida | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.92 | 12.25 | 6.02 | 3.39 | -1.39 |
| 63 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 2-2-2 | 0.33 | 12.77 | 3.17 | 6.3 | 4.23 | -2.23 |
| 64 | TCU | FBS Independents | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 12.38 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.41 | -1.41 |
| 65 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 11.62 | 12.2 | 9.42 | 4.22 | -2.22 |
| 66 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11.03 | -3 | 11.2 | 1.4 | 0.6 |
| 67 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 10.35 | 8 | 0.9 | 4.7 | -2.7 |
| 68 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 10.19 | 5.6 | 4.48 | 4.11 | -2.11 |
| 69 | Ohio State | Western | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10 | -5.75 | 7.63 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
| 70 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 7.76 | -4.75 | 12.51 | 1.52 | 1.48 |
| 71 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 6.66 | -12.8 | -3.28 | 0.59 | 1.41 |
| 72 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 6.42 | -28.8 | 11.26 | 0.09 | 1.91 |
| 73 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.32 | -8.67 | 18.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| 74 | Southwestern University | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 5.78 | -24.67 | 16.53 | 0.06 | 0.94 |
| 75 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.28 | -7.75 | 9.95 | 0.19 | 0.81 |
| 76 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 4.18 | -4.2 | 14.12 | 1.02 | -0.02 |
| 77 | Kansas State | Missouri Valley | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 3.92 | -10.8 | 7.01 | 0.18 | 0.82 |
| 78 | Northwestern | Western | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.49 | -20.25 | 13.97 | 0.01 | 0.99 |
| 79 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.41 | -18.75 | 8.87 | 0.17 | 0.83 |
| 80 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 1-3-2 | 0.17 | 3.2 | -19.17 | 1.66 | 0.01 | 0.99 |
| 81 | Wofford | FBS Independents | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 3.17 | -22.4 | 2.36 | 0.08 | 0.92 |
| 82 | Utah State | Rocky Mountain | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 2.71 | -30.25 | -10 | 0.05 | 0.95 |
| 83 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 2.43 | -18.33 | 13.47 | 0.42 | 0.58 |