Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:18.613990+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 6-0-0 | 1 | 26.2 | 30.33 | 12.05 | 5.95 | 0.05 |
| 2 | Illinois | Western | 4-0-2 | 0.67 | 25.98 | 24.67 | 11.82 | 5.94 | -1.94 |
| 3 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 6-0-1 | 0.86 | 25.78 | 28.86 | 10.17 | 6.97 | -0.97 |
| 4 | Minnesota | Western | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 25.6 | 23.17 | 10.18 | 5.89 | -0.89 |
| 5 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 7-0-0 | 1 | 25.08 | 28.29 | 6.96 | 6.94 | 0.06 |
| 6 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 8-0-0 | 1 | 24.74 | 27.75 | 5.37 | 7.9 | 0.1 |
| 7 | Oklahoma | Southwest | 8-0-0 | 1 | 24.42 | 35.38 | 2.9 | 7.94 | 0.06 |
| 8 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 24.17 | 28.71 | 2.28 | 6.96 | 0.04 |
| 9 | Texas | Southwest | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 23.21 | 44 | 12.3 | 6.99 | -0.99 |
| 10 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 23.15 | 22.38 | 12.17 | 7.94 | -0.94 |
| 11 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 22.5 | 10.88 | 11.54 | 7.59 | -0.59 |
| 12 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 22.29 | 31.5 | 6.08 | 8 | -1 |
| 13 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 22.18 | 23.57 | 7.98 | 6.97 | -0.97 |
| 14 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 22.14 | 50.11 | 2.21 | 8.98 | -0.98 |
| 15 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.87 | 14.5 | 6.91 | 7.8 | -0.8 |
| 16 | Chicago | Western | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.8 | 7.17 | 14.65 | 5.1 | -0.1 |
| 17 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.76 | 31.29 | 4.54 | 6.93 | -0.93 |
| 18 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 21.56 | 23 | 8.09 | 6.92 | -1.92 |
| 19 | LSU | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.37 | 11.83 | 11.2 | 5.46 | -0.46 |
| 20 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 21.3 | 11.38 | 7.22 | 7.51 | -1.51 |
| 21 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 21.09 | 10.86 | 8.68 | 6.35 | -1.35 |
| 22 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.69 | 30.83 | 2.14 | 5.91 | -0.91 |
| 23 | Baylor | Southwest | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.47 | 13.5 | 5.68 | 5.85 | -0.85 |
| 24 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 20.25 | 19.25 | -3.24 | 7.81 | -0.81 |
| 25 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.16 | 19.83 | 2.07 | 5.94 | -0.94 |
| 26 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.09 | 23.67 | 0.8 | 5.92 | -0.92 |
| 27 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 19.77 | 12.88 | 11.46 | 7.73 | -1.73 |
| 28 | Kentucky | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 19.69 | 15 | 0.7 | 6.71 | -1.71 |
| 29 | VMI | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 19.52 | 2.38 | 2.78 | 5.05 | 0.95 |
| 30 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 19.06 | 20.86 | 10.44 | 6.73 | -1.73 |
| 31 | Ohio State | Western | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 19.03 | 5.33 | 5.03 | 4.83 | -0.83 |
| 32 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 18.93 | 26.2 | 4.47 | 4.96 | -1.96 |
| 33 | Wisconsin | Western | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 18.41 | 33 | 10.06 | 5.94 | -1.94 |
| 34 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.23 | 19.43 | 6.4 | 6.88 | -1.88 |
| 35 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 4-2-2 | 0.5 | 18.02 | 25.62 | 9.79 | 7.95 | -3.95 |
| 36 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 17.82 | 19.12 | -1.49 | 7.94 | -1.94 |
| 37 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.63 | 10.29 | 4.53 | 5.85 | -0.85 |
| 38 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 17.61 | 9.57 | 12.92 | 6.46 | -2.46 |
| 39 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 17.31 | 3 | 17.41 | 4.4 | -0.4 |
| 40 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.12 | 5.71 | 5.25 | 5.37 | -0.37 |
| 41 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 4-2-2 | 0.5 | 17.1 | 11.25 | 7.28 | 7.18 | -3.18 |
| 42 | Rice | Southwest | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.6 | 4.33 | 8.75 | 3.89 | 0.11 |
| 43 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.52 | 14 | 14 | 4.34 | -1.34 |
| 44 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.02 | 5 | 2.91 | 6.38 | -0.38 |
| 45 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 15.74 | 9.83 | -0.88 | 5.15 | -1.15 |
| 46 | Indiana | Western | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 15.43 | 8.17 | 9.55 | 5.31 | -2.31 |
| 47 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 15.08 | 35.86 | 1.78 | 6.89 | -2.89 |
| 48 | Mississippi College | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.92 | 13.14 | 8.36 | 5.95 | -1.95 |
| 49 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.91 | 8.8 | 4.04 | 4.1 | -1.1 |
| 50 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.79 | 15.29 | 4.33 | 6.41 | -2.41 |
| 51 | Arkansas | Southwest | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 14.59 | 3.33 | 5.02 | 4.06 | -1.06 |
| 52 | West Virginia Wesleyan | FBS Independents | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 14.58 | 12.25 | 4.04 | 7.12 | -3.12 |
| 53 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.28 | 0.4 | 13.22 | 2.62 | 0.38 |
| 54 | Brown | FBS Independents | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 14.15 | 12.25 | 0.64 | 7.77 | -3.77 |
| 55 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 13.74 | 7.4 | -4.31 | 4.01 | -1.01 |
| 56 | Michigan | FBS Independents | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 13.64 | 6.12 | 0.95 | 6.03 | -2.03 |
| 57 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 13.3 | 4.86 | 12.01 | 4.66 | -1.66 |
| 58 | TCU | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 13.18 | 1.71 | 4.89 | 3.9 | 0.1 |
| 59 | Yale | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 12.88 | 3.25 | 12.9 | 5.67 | -1.67 |
| 60 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.72 | 14.17 | 2.13 | 5.22 | -2.22 |
| 61 | NC State | FBS Independents | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 12.71 | -1.33 | 7.2 | 2.54 | 0.46 |
| 62 | Oklahoma State | Southwest | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 12.62 | 12.57 | 0.1 | 6.49 | -3.49 |
| 63 | Presbyterian | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 12.48 | -0.29 | 6.69 | 3.43 | 0.57 |
| 64 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 2-3-2 | 0.29 | 12.14 | 11.86 | 17.98 | 6.63 | -4.63 |
| 65 | Army | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 12.07 | 4.71 | 3.2 | 5.38 | -2.38 |
| 66 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 3-4-2 | 0.33 | 11.33 | 4 | 11.49 | 6.68 | -3.68 |
| 67 | Navy | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 11.11 | -0.29 | 9.62 | 3.41 | -0.41 |
| 68 | Furman | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 11.05 | -5.71 | 5.02 | 2.54 | 1.46 |
| 69 | Iowa | Western | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.52 | -2.17 | 6.92 | 2.5 | 0.5 |
| 70 | Kansas State | Missouri Valley | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 9.38 | -3.86 | 1.1 | 1.47 | 1.53 |
| 71 | Utah State | Rocky Mountain | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 9.29 | -4.83 | -1.61 | 1.63 | 1.37 |
| 72 | Florida | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 9.25 | 0 | 13.61 | 2.5 | -0.5 |
| 73 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 9.2 | -10.62 | 6.46 | 0.71 | 3.29 |
| 74 | Purdue | Western | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 8.73 | -1.17 | 9.87 | 2.58 | -0.58 |
| 75 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 8.31 | -5.14 | 6.39 | 1.8 | 1.2 |
| 76 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 3-4-2 | 0.33 | 7.68 | -7.89 | 4.76 | 1.48 | 1.52 |
| 77 | Wofford | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 7.42 | -10.57 | 3.55 | 0.6 | 2.4 |
| 78 | Northwestern | Western | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 7.09 | -1.5 | 11.93 | 2.57 | -0.57 |
| 79 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 2-4-1 | 0.29 | 6.26 | -4 | 12.89 | 2.11 | -0.11 |
| 80 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 2-5-3 | 0.2 | 4.81 | -4 | -0.02 | 1.45 | 0.55 |
| 81 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 4.4 | -13.57 | 4.51 | 1.38 | 0.62 |
| 82 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 4.23 | -21 | 10.66 | 0.23 | 1.77 |
| 83 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 3.8 | -32.86 | 5.97 | 0.12 | 1.88 |
| 84 | Southwestern University | Southwest | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.63 | -15.25 | 10.54 | 0.08 | 0.92 |
| 85 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.64 | -14 | 16.6 | 0.49 | 0.51 |
| 86 | Newberry | FBS Independents | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 1.72 | -15.67 | 10.89 | 0.81 | 0.19 |