Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:18.512055+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago | Western | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 26.37 | 18 | 13.79 | 5 | -1 |
| 2 | Texas | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 25.85 | 39.83 | 8.37 | 5.99 | 0.01 |
| 3 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.74 | 13.5 | 11.98 | 3.97 | 0.03 |
| 4 | Illinois | Western | 5-0-0 | 1 | 25.57 | 34.6 | 7.46 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 25.4 | 30 | 7.56 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 6-0-1 | 0.86 | 25.21 | 17.57 | 8.45 | 6.87 | -0.87 |
| 7 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 9-0-0 | 1 | 25.01 | 35.44 | 4.79 | 8.98 | 0.02 |
| 8 | Wisconsin | Western | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 24.64 | 15.4 | 5.95 | 4.95 | -0.95 |
| 9 | Army | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 24.48 | 24 | 3.72 | 5.98 | 0.02 |
| 10 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 24.4 | 44.71 | 1.18 | 6.99 | 0.01 |
| 11 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 24.04 | 18.67 | 2.16 | 5.77 | -0.77 |
| 12 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 23.73 | 43.29 | -2.07 | 7 | 0 |
| 13 | Yale | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 23.29 | 18.57 | 15.42 | 6.88 | -0.88 |
| 14 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 22.66 | 17 | -4.17 | 5.91 | -0.91 |
| 15 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 22.34 | 30.71 | 8.11 | 6.96 | -0.96 |
| 16 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 22.05 | 20.71 | 6.92 | 6.86 | -0.86 |
| 17 | Oklahoma | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 21.65 | 32.71 | 7.84 | 6.84 | -1.84 |
| 18 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.55 | 35.86 | 2.91 | 6.95 | -0.95 |
| 19 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 21.38 | 3.86 | 13.4 | 5.24 | -0.24 |
| 20 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.06 | 16.6 | 11.51 | 4.88 | -0.88 |
| 21 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 21.02 | 23.86 | 5.22 | 6.89 | -1.89 |
| 22 | Oklahoma State | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.79 | 46.33 | 0.1 | 5.98 | -0.98 |
| 23 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.56 | 12.43 | 2.02 | 6.36 | -0.36 |
| 24 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 20.48 | 23.5 | 6.55 | 5.93 | -1.93 |
| 25 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 20.34 | 18.6 | 13.26 | 4.86 | -1.86 |
| 26 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 20.19 | 10.86 | 2.46 | 6.5 | -1.5 |
| 27 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.1 | 36.14 | -4.9 | 6.98 | -0.98 |
| 28 | Minnesota | Western | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.07 | 12.4 | 6.27 | 4.61 | -0.61 |
| 29 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.56 | 21 | 8.51 | 3.84 | -0.84 |
| 30 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 19.27 | 22 | 5.99 | 7.92 | -1.92 |
| 31 | Michigan | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 19.02 | 22.5 | 4.59 | 7.86 | -1.86 |
| 32 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 18.67 | 10.5 | -0.88 | 5.8 | -1.8 |
| 33 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 18.62 | 23.17 | 12.14 | 5.88 | -1.88 |
| 34 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 18.14 | 18.33 | 10.02 | 5.8 | -1.8 |
| 35 | NC State | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 17.92 | 15.5 | 10.26 | 3.66 | -1.66 |
| 36 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.77 | 27.5 | 5.65 | 5.78 | -1.78 |
| 37 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.67 | 20.83 | 8.2 | 5.88 | -1.88 |
| 38 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.49 | 10.43 | 3.72 | 5.87 | -0.87 |
| 39 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 17.43 | 8.71 | 11.36 | 5.64 | -1.64 |
| 40 | Navy | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.2 | 11.67 | 7.83 | 5.5 | -1.5 |
| 41 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.71 | 30.17 | -0.33 | 5.91 | -1.91 |
| 42 | Iowa | Western | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.09 | 31.4 | 6.17 | 4.99 | -1.99 |
| 43 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 16.04 | 14.86 | -1.58 | 6.77 | -2.77 |
| 44 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.02 | 10.67 | 0.11 | 4.88 | -0.88 |
| 45 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 16 | 3 | 3.54 | 4.76 | -0.76 |
| 46 | VMI | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 15.98 | 5.33 | 1.12 | 4.33 | -0.33 |
| 47 | Florida | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.61 | 23 | 4.77 | 4.76 | -1.76 |
| 48 | Brown | FBS Independents | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 15.6 | 4.86 | -1.18 | 5.39 | -1.39 |
| 49 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.44 | 16.2 | 2.63 | 4.57 | -1.57 |
| 50 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.26 | 11.4 | 6.82 | 4.26 | -1.26 |
| 51 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.13 | 11.8 | 1.8 | 3.88 | -0.88 |
| 52 | Purdue | Western | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.07 | 11.2 | 4.32 | 4.37 | -1.37 |
| 53 | Newberry | FBS Independents | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 14.95 | 9 | 1.76 | 5.03 | -2.03 |
| 54 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 14.88 | 4.33 | 6.86 | 4.32 | -1.32 |
| 55 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 14.8 | 5.33 | 3.24 | 4.15 | -1.15 |
| 56 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.78 | 14.43 | 3.66 | 6.44 | -2.44 |
| 57 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 3-2-2 | 0.43 | 14.59 | 5.71 | 4.06 | 5.71 | -2.71 |
| 58 | West Virginia Wesleyan | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.54 | 7 | 1.37 | 4.24 | -1.24 |
| 59 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 14.28 | 17.67 | -5.28 | 5.49 | -2.49 |
| 60 | LSU | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 13.89 | 6.57 | 0.55 | 4.81 | -0.81 |
| 61 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.55 | 3.25 | 14.93 | 2.38 | -0.38 |
| 62 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.81 | 9 | 5.67 | 5.34 | -2.34 |
| 63 | Ohio State | Western | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 12.59 | -2.6 | 8.8 | 1.73 | 1.27 |
| 64 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 12.39 | 12.86 | -0.76 | 6.18 | -3.18 |
| 65 | Indiana | Western | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.53 | -2.67 | 7.69 | 2.43 | 0.57 |
| 66 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 10.49 | 0.14 | 12.56 | 3.53 | -0.53 |
| 67 | Rice | FBS Independents | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 9.91 | -11 | 10.71 | 0.43 | 1.57 |
| 68 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 9.81 | 9.83 | 11.49 | 4.79 | -2.79 |
| 69 | TCU | FBS Independents | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 9.47 | 0.83 | 3.69 | 3.22 | -1.22 |
| 70 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 8.8 | -9.33 | 0.04 | 1.16 | 1.84 |
| 71 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 3-4-1 | 0.38 | 8.07 | -7.38 | 12.68 | 2.09 | 0.91 |
| 72 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.59 | -6 | 11.58 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| 73 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 3-5-1 | 0.33 | 7.49 | -4.22 | 9.81 | 1.71 | 1.29 |
| 74 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 2-3-2 | 0.29 | 6.47 | -14.43 | 3.17 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
| 75 | Utah State | Rocky Mountain | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 5.68 | -20 | -7.32 | 0.31 | 1.69 |
| 76 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 4.97 | -28.33 | 8.45 | 0.08 | 1.92 |
| 77 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 1-3-2 | 0.17 | 4.73 | -3.5 | 14.77 | 1.45 | -0.45 |
| 78 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.93 | -14.75 | 16.74 | 0.32 | 0.68 |
| 79 | Kansas State | Missouri Valley | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 3.75 | -10.8 | 7.67 | 0.18 | 0.82 |
| 80 | Southwestern University | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.39 | -23.5 | 10.51 | 0.08 | 0.92 |
| 81 | Northwestern | Western | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.28 | -21.6 | 14.03 | 0.01 | 0.99 |
| 82 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.27 | -19.2 | 8.43 | 0.17 | 0.83 |
| 83 | Wofford | FBS Independents | 1-5-1 | 0.14 | 1.27 | -29 | 3.47 | 0.03 | 0.97 |