Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:18.512356+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Illinois | Western | 6-0-0 | 1 | 25.85 | 31.17 | 10.31 | 5.99 | 0.01 |
| 2 | Texas | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 25.53 | 39.83 | 7.7 | 5.99 | 0.01 |
| 3 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 25.34 | 26.57 | 8.31 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.33 | 13.5 | 10.67 | 3.97 | 0.03 |
| 5 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 6-0-2 | 0.75 | 24.99 | 15.38 | 8.57 | 7.86 | -1.86 |
| 6 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 10-0-0 | 1 | 24.7 | 32.4 | 4.46 | 9.97 | 0.03 |
| 7 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 8-0-0 | 1 | 24.5 | 40 | 2.88 | 7.97 | 0.03 |
| 8 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 8-0-0 | 1 | 23.91 | 38.12 | 0.22 | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | Army | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 23.89 | 24.57 | 1.45 | 6.98 | 0.02 |
| 10 | Yale | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 23.61 | 16.88 | 15.84 | 7.73 | -0.73 |
| 11 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 6-0-1 | 0.86 | 23.45 | 19.57 | 0.44 | 6.94 | -0.94 |
| 12 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 22.86 | 33.5 | 8.89 | 7.96 | -0.96 |
| 13 | Oklahoma | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 22.1 | 33.88 | 7.16 | 7.82 | -1.82 |
| 14 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.82 | 19.88 | 5.13 | 7.86 | -0.86 |
| 15 | Chicago | Western | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 21.73 | 12.67 | 15.7 | 5.84 | -1.84 |
| 16 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.59 | 37.25 | 1.46 | 7.96 | -0.96 |
| 17 | Minnesota | Western | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.16 | 12.17 | 10.26 | 5.58 | -0.58 |
| 18 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 21.07 | 16.5 | 12.39 | 5.77 | -1.77 |
| 19 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 5-1-2 | 0.62 | 20.94 | 20.88 | 6.28 | 7.88 | -2.88 |
| 20 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.83 | 27.6 | 8.8 | 4.88 | -0.88 |
| 21 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.82 | 16.6 | 10.56 | 4.88 | -0.88 |
| 22 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 20.74 | 36.75 | -2.83 | 7.98 | -0.98 |
| 23 | Oklahoma State | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 20.73 | 39.71 | 2.4 | 6.94 | -1.94 |
| 24 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 20.55 | 12.12 | 0.12 | 7.37 | -0.37 |
| 25 | Wisconsin | Western | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 20.49 | 11 | 9.02 | 5.7 | -1.7 |
| 26 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 20.41 | 11 | 4.69 | 5.91 | -0.91 |
| 27 | Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 20.1 | 23.5 | 4.67 | 5.93 | -1.93 |
| 28 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 19.93 | 21.22 | 7.12 | 8.85 | -1.85 |
| 29 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 19.24 | 9.86 | -0.31 | 6.67 | -1.67 |
| 30 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 19.13 | 20.86 | 12.25 | 6.87 | -1.87 |
| 31 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 18.46 | 8.12 | 12.78 | 6.17 | -1.17 |
| 32 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.41 | 24.71 | 6.55 | 6.9 | -1.9 |
| 33 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.39 | 29.57 | 5.72 | 6.8 | -1.8 |
| 34 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 18.32 | 2.75 | 15.19 | 5.33 | -0.33 |
| 35 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.84 | 34.57 | 1.57 | 6.94 | -1.94 |
| 36 | Iowa | Western | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.68 | 29.5 | 7.33 | 5.97 | -1.97 |
| 37 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 17.61 | 9.12 | 6.01 | 6.7 | -1.7 |
| 38 | Navy | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.52 | 11.43 | 4.39 | 6.16 | -1.16 |
| 39 | Michigan | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 17.29 | 18.33 | 5.7 | 8.54 | -2.54 |
| 40 | Florida | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.12 | 20.33 | 5.32 | 5.73 | -1.73 |
| 41 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 17.11 | 9.12 | 1.29 | 7.26 | -2.26 |
| 42 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 17.05 | 13.38 | 0.77 | 7.75 | -2.75 |
| 43 | Purdue | Western | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.64 | 14 | 3.88 | 5.47 | -1.47 |
| 44 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 4-2-2 | 0.5 | 15.97 | 9.5 | 0.95 | 7.15 | -3.15 |
| 45 | Newberry | FBS Independents | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 15.95 | 8.71 | 1.04 | 5.88 | -1.88 |
| 46 | Ohio State | Western | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 15.91 | 4.33 | 5.12 | 4.29 | -0.29 |
| 47 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.91 | 9.4 | 12.8 | 3.75 | -0.75 |
| 48 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.81 | 16.5 | 4.75 | 7.57 | -2.57 |
| 49 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 15.79 | 6.14 | 1.59 | 5.12 | -1.12 |
| 50 | Brown | FBS Independents | 4-2-2 | 0.5 | 15.7 | 4.25 | 2.22 | 6.16 | -2.16 |
| 51 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 15.51 | 16.86 | 9.61 | 6.7 | -2.7 |
| 52 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 14.7 | 4.33 | 6.15 | 4.32 | -1.32 |
| 53 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.65 | 11 | 7.11 | 6.47 | -2.47 |
| 54 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.27 | 8.86 | 3.43 | 5.54 | -1.54 |
| 55 | NC State | FBS Independents | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 13.98 | 11.8 | 11.79 | 4.49 | -2.49 |
| 56 | VMI | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 13.74 | 4 | 3.01 | 4.57 | -0.57 |
| 57 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 13.71 | 14.38 | -2.42 | 7.32 | -3.32 |
| 58 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 13.07 | 6.17 | 8.61 | 4.29 | -1.29 |
| 59 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.51 | 4.5 | 4.81 | 3.78 | -0.78 |
| 60 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 12.24 | 11.86 | -3.2 | 5.81 | -2.81 |
| 61 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 11.98 | -2.5 | 6.05 | 2.93 | 1.07 |
| 62 | LSU | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 11.77 | 1.88 | 2.84 | 4.46 | -0.46 |
| 63 | TCU | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 11.55 | 2.57 | 1.46 | 4.34 | -1.34 |
| 64 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.98 | -0.33 | 3.92 | 2.95 | 0.05 |
| 65 | Indiana | Western | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.3 | -2.67 | 7.8 | 2.43 | 0.57 |
| 66 | West Virginia Wesleyan | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.25 | -3 | 5.1 | 2.24 | 0.76 |
| 67 | Rice | FBS Independents | 2-2-2 | 0.33 | 9.79 | -9.17 | 11.66 | 0.79 | 1.21 |
| 68 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 8.71 | 7.57 | 13.63 | 5.37 | -3.37 |
| 69 | Baylor | FBS Independents | 3-3-2 | 0.38 | 8.7 | -10.88 | 0.76 | 0.69 | 2.31 |
| 70 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 8.7 | -0.75 | 14.32 | 3.77 | -0.77 |
| 71 | Arkansas | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 7.62 | -8.86 | 1.91 | 1.35 | 1.65 |
| 72 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.37 | -7.8 | 11.73 | 1.26 | 0.74 |
| 73 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 3-5-1 | 0.33 | 7.26 | -7.22 | 12.68 | 2.3 | 0.7 |
| 74 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.18 | -6.17 | 11.47 | 0.66 | 1.34 |
| 75 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 3-6-1 | 0.3 | 5.94 | -8 | 10.12 | 0.97 | 2.03 |
| 76 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 1-3-2 | 0.17 | 4.71 | -3.5 | 14.24 | 1.45 | -0.45 |
| 77 | Utah State | Rocky Mountain | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 4.57 | -22.33 | -4.03 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
| 78 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 4.16 | -25 | 11.39 | 0.12 | 1.88 |
| 79 | Southwestern University | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.18 | -23.5 | 8.81 | 0.08 | 0.92 |
| 80 | Kansas State | Missouri Valley | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 2.42 | -16 | 10.19 | 0.17 | 0.83 |
| 81 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.17 | -19.2 | 7.78 | 0.17 | 0.83 |
| 82 | Northwestern | Western | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 1.47 | -22.67 | 13.94 | 0.02 | 0.98 |
| 83 | Wofford | FBS Independents | 1-5-1 | 0.14 | 1.14 | -29 | 4.14 | 0.03 | 0.97 |