Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:18.730148+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 7-0-1 | 0.88 | 25.77 | 46.88 | 9.57 | 8 | -1 |
| 2 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 25.66 | 18.17 | 12.6 | 5.84 | -0.84 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 24.55 | 28.43 | 5.54 | 6.96 | 0.04 |
| 4 | Ohio State | Western | 7-0-0 | 1 | 24.36 | 32.71 | 4.22 | 6.96 | 0.04 |
| 5 | Oregon | Pacific | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 24.11 | 31 | 3.08 | 5.98 | -0.98 |
| 6 | Washington | Pacific | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 24.03 | 27.67 | 3.06 | 5.99 | -0.99 |
| 7 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 8-0-0 | 1 | 23.58 | 18.62 | 2.27 | 7.95 | 0.05 |
| 8 | Yale | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 23.42 | 15.33 | 15.17 | 8.7 | -0.7 |
| 9 | Army | FBS Independents | 9-0-0 | 1 | 23.16 | 22.11 | -0.31 | 8.9 | 0.1 |
| 10 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 22.46 | 33.67 | 7.82 | 8.98 | -1.98 |
| 11 | LSU | FBS Independents | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 22.45 | 21.44 | 9.66 | 8.92 | -1.92 |
| 12 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.92 | 16.29 | 10.5 | 6.82 | -0.82 |
| 13 | Rice | Southwest | 5-1-2 | 0.62 | 21.79 | 31.62 | 10.76 | 7.91 | -2.91 |
| 14 | Brown | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 21.7 | 24.11 | 3.32 | 8.91 | -0.91 |
| 15 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.63 | 45.43 | 4.63 | 6.99 | -0.99 |
| 16 | Northwestern | Western | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.53 | 12.71 | 8.45 | 6.35 | -0.35 |
| 17 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 21.46 | 35.22 | 1.03 | 8.97 | -0.97 |
| 18 | Minnesota | Western | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.45 | 45.71 | 3.63 | 6.98 | -0.98 |
| 19 | Baylor | Southwest | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 21.41 | 30.11 | 1.37 | 8.99 | -0.99 |
| 20 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 21.35 | 20.89 | 2.65 | 8.92 | -0.92 |
| 21 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.22 | 24.43 | 4.67 | 6.96 | -0.96 |
| 22 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.21 | 38.83 | 6.46 | 5.97 | -0.97 |
| 23 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 21.02 | 11.14 | 10.76 | 6.83 | -1.83 |
| 24 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 20.83 | 14.71 | 8.41 | 6.75 | -1.75 |
| 25 | Kansas State | Missouri Valley | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 20.68 | 14.75 | 3.85 | 7.75 | -1.75 |
| 26 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 20.24 | 30.25 | -3.81 | 7.96 | -0.96 |
| 27 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.11 | 16 | 0.1 | 6.59 | -0.59 |
| 28 | Texas | Southwest | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 20.05 | 21.12 | 13.37 | 7.92 | -1.92 |
| 29 | TCU | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 19.53 | 18.75 | -3.63 | 7.68 | -1.68 |
| 30 | Kentucky | FBS Independents | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 19.48 | 16.83 | 3.7 | 5.58 | -1.58 |
| 31 | Newberry | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 19.29 | 14.83 | -0.57 | 5.8 | -0.8 |
| 32 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.91 | 14.88 | 7.6 | 7.95 | -1.95 |
| 33 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.83 | 17 | 6.45 | 7.72 | -1.72 |
| 34 | Michigan | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.82 | 21.89 | 1.16 | 8.75 | -1.75 |
| 35 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.81 | 16 | 2.64 | 8.14 | -1.14 |
| 36 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.78 | 20.75 | 5.12 | 3.89 | -0.89 |
| 37 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.73 | 12.12 | 7.35 | 7.27 | -1.27 |
| 38 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 18.65 | 6.33 | 10.15 | 8.02 | -2.02 |
| 39 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.51 | 15.5 | 4.9 | 7.65 | -1.65 |
| 40 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 5-2-2 | 0.56 | 18.5 | 29.44 | 7.46 | 8.96 | -3.96 |
| 41 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 3-1-2 | 0.5 | 18.05 | 9.5 | 4.58 | 5.35 | -2.35 |
| 42 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 7-3-0 | 0.7 | 17.79 | 15.3 | 6.96 | 9.83 | -2.83 |
| 43 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 5-2-2 | 0.56 | 17.79 | 17.67 | 5.24 | 8.74 | -3.74 |
| 44 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 4-2-2 | 0.5 | 17.76 | 19.62 | 10.64 | 7.72 | -3.72 |
| 45 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 17.67 | 1.8 | 8.43 | 2.85 | 0.15 |
| 46 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 17.46 | 14 | -1.17 | 8.64 | -2.64 |
| 47 | Navy | FBS Independents | 6-3-1 | 0.6 | 17.32 | 12.3 | 9.4 | 9.07 | -3.07 |
| 48 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 4-2-2 | 0.5 | 17 | 14.12 | 7.46 | 7.8 | -3.8 |
| 49 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.83 | 6.33 | 9.89 | 4.37 | -0.37 |
| 50 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 16.43 | 7.43 | 6.08 | 6.63 | -2.63 |
| 51 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 16.28 | 7.5 | 13.55 | 6.75 | -1.75 |
| 52 | Wisconsin | Western | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 16.24 | 3.71 | 8.04 | 4.65 | -0.65 |
| 53 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 15.81 | 1.29 | 9.12 | 4.08 | -0.08 |
| 54 | California | Pacific | 6-3-1 | 0.6 | 15.32 | 9.6 | -3.18 | 8.5 | -2.5 |
| 55 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 14.66 | 9.12 | 9.32 | 7.07 | -3.07 |
| 56 | Arkansas | Southwest | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.56 | 21.57 | 2.03 | 6.26 | -2.26 |
| 57 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 14.38 | 20.89 | 3.6 | 8.45 | -3.45 |
| 58 | Oklahoma State | Southwest | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.35 | 32.71 | -1.28 | 6.86 | -2.86 |
| 59 | Oklahoma | Southwest | 5-5-0 | 0.5 | 13.46 | 32.3 | 4.35 | 9.64 | -4.64 |
| 60 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 13.32 | 4.25 | 16.08 | 5.41 | -1.41 |
| 61 | Illinois | Western | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 12.99 | 2.29 | 16.54 | 4.48 | -1.48 |
| 62 | Mississippi College | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.96 | 8.17 | 8.24 | 4.51 | -1.51 |
| 63 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 12.53 | -1.33 | 5.36 | 2.62 | 0.38 |
| 64 | VMI | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 12.22 | 15.38 | -2.73 | 7.01 | -3.01 |
| 65 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.14 | 3.67 | 5.4 | 3.8 | -0.8 |
| 66 | Iowa | Western | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 11.67 | -5 | 9.89 | 2.48 | 1.52 |
| 67 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 3-4-1 | 0.38 | 11.09 | 6.38 | 6.72 | 6.65 | -3.65 |
| 68 | Presbyterian | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.39 | -1 | 2.55 | 2.84 | 0.16 |
| 69 | Furman | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 10.16 | -1.75 | 5.88 | 3.6 | 0.4 |
| 70 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 9.92 | -7.38 | 12.7 | 2.08 | 1.92 |
| 71 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 8.91 | -8.71 | 1.13 | 0.79 | 2.21 |
| 72 | Chicago | Western | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 8.43 | -6.43 | 10.91 | 1.56 | 1.44 |
| 73 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 7.67 | -10.29 | 6.54 | 0.9 | 2.1 |
| 74 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 7.56 | -4.12 | 15.34 | 2.46 | 0.54 |
| 75 | Oregon State | Pacific | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 7.08 | -3.62 | 2.47 | 2.54 | 0.46 |
| 76 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 6.95 | -4.75 | 4.39 | 2.69 | 0.31 |
| 77 | West Virginia Wesleyan | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 6.82 | -6.5 | 4.85 | 1.98 | 1.02 |
| 78 | Purdue | Western | 2-4-1 | 0.29 | 6.01 | -4.57 | 6.97 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 79 | Indiana | Western | 2-4-1 | 0.29 | 5.83 | -5.57 | 6.22 | 1.45 | 0.55 |
| 80 | Haskell | FBS Independents | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 5.39 | -7.44 | -0.51 | 1.37 | 1.63 |
| 81 | NC State | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.05 | -24.33 | 12.27 | 0.06 | 1.94 |
| 82 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 3.94 | -8.12 | 8.6 | 1.62 | 0.38 |
| 83 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 2-6-1 | 0.22 | 3.76 | -8.11 | 2.78 | 1.29 | 0.71 |
| 84 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.51 | -13 | 12.19 | 0.61 | 0.39 |
| 85 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 2.27 | -17.33 | 10.57 | 0.13 | 0.87 |
| 86 | Southwestern University | Southwest | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 1.88 | -13.17 | 15.09 | 0.59 | 0.41 |
| 87 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 2-9-0 | 0.18 | 1.67 | -19.09 | 3.64 | 0.61 | 1.39 |
| 88 | Utah State | Rocky Mountain | 1-5-1 | 0.14 | 1.56 | -15.57 | 1.09 | 0.67 | 0.33 |
| 89 | Wofford | FBS Independents | 1-7-0 | 0.12 | 0.34 | -20.12 | 8.01 | 0.29 | 0.71 |
| 90 | Florida | FBS Independents | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.49 | -18.4 | 17.27 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | SMU | FBS Independents | 0-8-1 | 0 | -3 | -47.56 | 6.72 | 0 | 0 |