Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:18.612782+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.52 | 14.5 | 20.31 | 1.86 | 0.14 |
| 2 | Chicago | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 27.32 | 6.5 | 18.12 | 1.85 | 0.15 |
| 3 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 26.72 | 15.75 | 11.02 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | Texas | Southwest | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.35 | 74.33 | 4.33 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | Illinois | Western | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 26.35 | 34.67 | 6.29 | 2.99 | -0.99 |
| 6 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 26.08 | 18.5 | 7.31 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.98 | 35 | 3.92 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.94 | 33 | 5.38 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 25.44 | 8 | 7.53 | 3 | -1 |
| 10 | LSU | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.39 | 28 | 2.63 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | Wisconsin | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.27 | 64 | -0.01 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.16 | 37.67 | -0.42 | 2.99 | 0.01 |
| 13 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.15 | 17.75 | 3.28 | 3.95 | 0.05 |
| 14 | Minnesota | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.9 | 29.33 | -0.62 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.79 | 33.67 | -0.04 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 24.79 | 45.5 | -1.42 | 4 | -1 |
| 17 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.62 | 33 | -1.81 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.59 | 37.33 | -1.71 | 2.99 | 0.01 |
| 19 | Baylor | Southwest | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.48 | 26 | -1.75 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.39 | 50.33 | -3.5 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | Oklahoma | Southwest | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.38 | 62 | -4.55 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | Ohio State | Western | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 24.25 | 9 | 2.11 | 2.89 | -0.89 |
| 23 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 24.19 | 14.25 | -1.18 | 3.98 | -0.98 |
| 24 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.06 | 35 | -3.92 | 2.99 | 0.01 |
| 25 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.03 | 16 | -2.45 | 3.92 | 0.08 |
| 26 | Iowa | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.82 | 15.67 | -2.17 | 2.93 | 0.07 |
| 27 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.7 | 30.25 | -5.26 | 3.98 | 0.02 |
| 28 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.6 | 46.33 | -7.45 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.45 | 37 | -7.22 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 23.31 | 66.6 | -10 | 5 | 0 |
| 31 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.25 | 19 | 6.03 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.08 | 48.33 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 3-0-0 | 1 | 22.95 | 20.33 | -7.5 | 2.97 | 0.03 |
| 34 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 22.73 | 29.5 | -10 | 4 | 0 |
| 35 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.61 | 35.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | Arkansas | Southwest | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.54 | 22.5 | -10 | 1.97 | 0.03 |
| 37 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 22.49 | 20 | -10 | 2.95 | 0.05 |
| 38 | Michigan | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 22.42 | 26.75 | -10 | 3.99 | 0.01 |
| 39 | Utah State | Rocky Mountain | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.16 | 19.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | VMI | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 22.13 | 11.25 | -10 | 3.79 | 0.21 |
| 41 | NC State | FBS Independents | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 21.61 | 3.5 | 3.05 | 2 | -1 |
| 42 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.69 | 23.75 | 5.96 | 3.99 | -0.99 |
| 43 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.56 | 23 | 10.76 | 3.97 | -0.97 |
| 44 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 20.09 | 22 | 12.71 | 3.93 | -1.93 |
| 45 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.02 | 32 | 3.84 | 4 | -1 |
| 46 | Yale | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.59 | 11.75 | 6.27 | 3.85 | -0.85 |
| 47 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.58 | 49.75 | -0.55 | 4 | -1 |
| 48 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.11 | 15 | 1.63 | 3.98 | -0.98 |
| 49 | West Virginia Wesleyan | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.05 | 29 | -0.99 | 3.96 | -0.96 |
| 50 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.01 | 1.33 | 17.14 | 1.65 | 0.35 |
| 51 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.96 | 12 | -0.99 | 3.86 | -0.86 |
| 52 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 18.88 | 12.8 | 0.25 | 4.75 | -1.75 |
| 53 | Kentucky | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.07 | 20.67 | 1.66 | 2.85 | -0.85 |
| 54 | Indiana | Western | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.79 | 14 | 1.76 | 2.9 | -0.9 |
| 55 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.17 | 10 | 2.17 | 2.45 | -0.45 |
| 56 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 16.59 | 25.5 | 16.61 | 1.84 | -0.84 |
| 57 | Brown | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 15.39 | 16 | -10 | 3.98 | -1.98 |
| 58 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.59 | 6.5 | 16.61 | 1.49 | -0.49 |
| 59 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.52 | 13.5 | 8.31 | 3.36 | -1.36 |
| 60 | Presbyterian | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 14.25 | -7.67 | 11.6 | 0.71 | 1.29 |
| 61 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.34 | 1.5 | 0.91 | 1.24 | -0.24 |
| 62 | Army | FBS Independents | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 13.06 | 3 | 1.1 | 1.99 | -0.99 |
| 63 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 12.63 | 8.67 | 11.82 | 2.79 | -1.79 |
| 64 | Purdue | Western | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 12.31 | 0.33 | 1.25 | 1.55 | -0.55 |
| 65 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.65 | -9 | 7.92 | 0.53 | 1.47 |
| 66 | Oklahoma State | Southwest | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 10.58 | -0.33 | -2.73 | 1.36 | -0.36 |
| 67 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 10.5 | 12.67 | 6.43 | 2.46 | -1.46 |
| 68 | Northwestern | Western | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 9.87 | 3.67 | 12.71 | 2.17 | -1.17 |
| 69 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 9.31 | -14.25 | 7.89 | 0.07 | 1.93 |
| 70 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 8.53 | 2.75 | 19 | 2.49 | -1.49 |
| 71 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.98 | -10 | 20.13 | 0.17 | 0.83 |
| 72 | Rice | Southwest | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.8 | -13 | 13.37 | 0.57 | 0.43 |
| 73 | TCU | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.26 | -10.67 | 12.72 | 0.74 | 0.26 |
| 74 | Kansas State | Missouri Valley | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.06 | -11.67 | 2.36 | 0.07 | 0.93 |
| 75 | Furman | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 5.98 | -15.67 | 9.76 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 76 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 5.83 | -10.33 | 1.79 | 0.16 | 0.84 |
| 77 | Newberry | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 4.97 | -13 | 13.74 | 0.77 | 0.23 |
| 78 | Mississippi College | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.79 | -9.5 | 15.95 | 0.46 | 0.54 |
| 79 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 4.52 | -7.2 | 2.69 | 0.23 | 0.77 |
| 80 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 4.17 | -13.2 | 9.65 | 0.27 | 0.73 |
| 81 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.57 | -23.25 | 7.67 | 0.11 | 0.89 |
| 82 | Southwestern University | Southwest | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Florida | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.91 | -7 | 23.9 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | Wofford | FBS Independents | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.32 | -20.67 | -0.29 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| 85 | Navy | FBS Independents | 0-2-1 | 0 | -2.52 | -14.67 | 20.5 | 0.17 | -0.17 |
| 86 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.62 | -20.33 | 13.27 | 0.23 | -0.23 |