Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:18.613387+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 4-0-0 | 1 | 27.1 | 30.75 | 13.68 | 3.98 | 0.02 |
| 2 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 26.35 | 19.75 | 11.91 | 3.98 | -0.98 |
| 3 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 25.91 | 27.4 | 8.78 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 25.73 | 14.8 | 10.2 | 4.98 | -0.98 |
| 5 | Chicago | Western | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.72 | 5.25 | 13.85 | 3.38 | 0.62 |
| 6 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 25.69 | 18.83 | 8.86 | 5.98 | 0.02 |
| 7 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 25.57 | 36 | 6.5 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 25.54 | 37.6 | 6.09 | 4.99 | 0.01 |
| 9 | Illinois | Western | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 25.5 | 33.5 | 5.92 | 3.98 | -0.98 |
| 10 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 5-0-0 | 1 | 25.49 | 27 | 6.99 | 4.9 | 0.1 |
| 11 | Minnesota | Western | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.07 | 31.5 | 4.2 | 3.97 | 0.03 |
| 12 | Oklahoma | Southwest | 6-0-0 | 1 | 25.02 | 43 | 3.11 | 5.98 | 0.02 |
| 13 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.47 | 44.6 | 0.54 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 24.42 | 29.33 | 1.61 | 5.99 | 0.01 |
| 15 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.41 | 30.8 | 1.17 | 4.95 | 0.05 |
| 16 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.32 | 42 | 0.01 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 24.31 | 17.67 | 2.64 | 5.92 | -0.92 |
| 18 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 23.82 | 65.57 | -3.85 | 7 | 0 |
| 19 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 5-0-0 | 1 | 23.74 | 29.8 | -1.57 | 4.97 | 0.03 |
| 20 | Baylor | Southwest | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.29 | 22 | -2.94 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | Arkansas | Southwest | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 22.37 | 12.5 | -5.76 | 3.84 | -0.84 |
| 22 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.99 | 23.5 | 9.97 | 5.97 | -0.97 |
| 23 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.46 | 23.5 | 6.96 | 5.99 | -0.99 |
| 24 | Wisconsin | Western | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.45 | 42.4 | 6.13 | 4.99 | -0.99 |
| 25 | Texas | Southwest | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.39 | 53.4 | 6.76 | 5 | -1 |
| 26 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.33 | 12.33 | 8.98 | 5.81 | -0.81 |
| 27 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.8 | 13.17 | 3.81 | 5.76 | -0.76 |
| 28 | LSU | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.65 | 13 | 8.98 | 4.6 | -0.6 |
| 29 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.53 | 22.5 | 12.95 | 3.85 | -0.85 |
| 30 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.87 | 12.8 | 2.52 | 4.53 | -0.53 |
| 31 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 19.49 | 18.17 | -3.32 | 5.99 | -0.99 |
| 32 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 19.48 | 20.17 | -3.88 | 5.81 | -0.81 |
| 33 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 19.45 | 19.6 | 4.18 | 4.84 | -1.84 |
| 34 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 2-1-2 | 0.4 | 19.39 | 17.6 | 19.09 | 4.91 | -2.91 |
| 35 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19 | 17.75 | 4.21 | 3.89 | -0.89 |
| 36 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.83 | 15.5 | 1.56 | 3.72 | -0.72 |
| 37 | Kentucky | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 18.58 | 16.6 | 2.09 | 4.7 | -1.7 |
| 38 | VMI | FBS Independents | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 17.7 | 0.17 | -0.18 | 3.05 | 0.95 |
| 39 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.7 | 18 | 7.79 | 5.84 | -1.84 |
| 40 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.53 | 44.17 | 0.46 | 5.96 | -1.96 |
| 41 | Iowa | Western | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 17.5 | 2.25 | 2.67 | 2.31 | 0.69 |
| 42 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.43 | 8.29 | 3.92 | 5.72 | -0.72 |
| 43 | Indiana | Western | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 17.38 | 10.5 | 8.05 | 3.74 | -1.74 |
| 44 | West Virginia Wesleyan | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.1 | 17 | 4.04 | 5.62 | -1.62 |
| 45 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 16.81 | 28 | 8.23 | 5.95 | -2.95 |
| 46 | Ohio State | Western | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 16.24 | 1.5 | 8 | 2.43 | -0.43 |
| 47 | Michigan | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 15.88 | 12.67 | -4.86 | 5.44 | -1.44 |
| 48 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.69 | 13.6 | 5.62 | 4.38 | -1.38 |
| 49 | NC State | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 15.24 | 0 | 8.29 | 2 | 0 |
| 50 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.16 | 3.4 | 7.06 | 3.21 | -0.21 |
| 51 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.78 | 6 | 1 | 3.78 | -0.78 |
| 52 | Rice | Southwest | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.63 | 3.8 | 7.06 | 3.07 | -0.07 |
| 53 | Brown | FBS Independents | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 14.33 | 17.33 | -4.86 | 5.97 | -2.97 |
| 54 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 13.59 | 8.67 | 10.24 | 2.79 | -1.79 |
| 55 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 13.4 | 4.8 | 12.71 | 3.63 | -1.63 |
| 56 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 13.38 | 5.71 | 9.28 | 5.45 | -2.45 |
| 57 | Yale | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 13.37 | 3.83 | 11.58 | 4.32 | -1.32 |
| 58 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.07 | 19.5 | 2.43 | 3.69 | -1.69 |
| 59 | Mississippi College | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.8 | 4 | 9.94 | 3.91 | -0.91 |
| 60 | Army | FBS Independents | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 12.38 | 3.2 | 2.16 | 3.4 | -1.4 |
| 61 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.34 | 7.75 | -2.94 | 3.2 | -1.2 |
| 62 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 11.68 | -3.2 | 18.16 | 1.77 | 0.23 |
| 63 | Oklahoma State | Southwest | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 11.48 | 3.4 | -0.46 | 3.62 | -1.62 |
| 64 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 11.34 | -2.4 | 12.79 | 1.38 | 0.62 |
| 65 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.47 | -2.83 | 4.38 | 2.18 | 0.82 |
| 66 | Presbyterian | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.14 | -9.25 | 13.83 | 0.63 | 1.37 |
| 67 | Utah State | Rocky Mountain | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 9.81 | -6.5 | 2.65 | 1.03 | 0.97 |
| 68 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 9.58 | -10.67 | 6.39 | 0.38 | 2.62 |
| 69 | Furman | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 9.29 | -8.25 | 2.42 | 1.3 | 0.7 |
| 70 | Florida | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 9.12 | 10.33 | 13.44 | 2.82 | -1.82 |
| 71 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.12 | -1.8 | 8.86 | 2.25 | -0.25 |
| 72 | TCU | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.73 | -6.8 | 6.93 | 1.54 | 0.46 |
| 73 | Purdue | Western | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 6.91 | -1.5 | 7.98 | 1.64 | -0.64 |
| 74 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.86 | -7.67 | 16.66 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| 75 | Wofford | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 6.66 | -9.8 | 1.84 | 0.56 | 1.44 |
| 76 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 6.27 | -19.4 | 2.66 | 0.31 | 1.69 |
| 77 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.24 | -16.5 | 11.31 | 0.37 | 1.63 |
| 78 | Navy | FBS Independents | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 4.71 | -5.2 | 16.94 | 1.37 | -0.37 |
| 79 | Northwestern | Western | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.66 | -4.75 | 15.2 | 1.12 | -0.12 |
| 80 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 4.25 | -7.6 | 14.02 | 0.34 | 0.66 |
| 81 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.03 | -15.75 | 18.46 | 0.37 | 0.63 |
| 82 | Newberry | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4 | -10.5 | 10.08 | 1.04 | -0.04 |
| 83 | Kansas State | Missouri Valley | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 3.85 | -9.4 | 6.59 | 0.19 | 0.81 |
| 84 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 1-4-3 | 0.12 | 3.06 | -4.88 | -0.13 | 0.45 | 0.55 |
| 85 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 1-4-2 | 0.14 | 2.71 | -11.43 | 9.33 | 0.27 | 0.73 |
| 86 | Southwestern University | Southwest | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.93 | -27.5 | 22.32 | 0 | 0 |