Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:18.851151+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 9-0-0 | 1 | 26.11 | 52.67 | 12.41 | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 8-0-0 | 1 | 24.76 | 33.75 | 7.45 | 8 | 0 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 10-0-0 | 1 | 24.36 | 22.9 | 6.9 | 9.94 | 0.06 |
| 4 | Ohio State | Western | 8-0-1 | 0.89 | 24.32 | 31.78 | 5.54 | 9 | -1 |
| 5 | Washington State | Pacific | 6-0-1 | 0.86 | 23.41 | 15.57 | 3.5 | 7 | -1 |
| 6 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 9-0-0 | 1 | 23.3 | 20.11 | 2.09 | 8.81 | 0.19 |
| 7 | Utah State | Rocky Mountain | 7-0-1 | 0.88 | 23.19 | 30.12 | 0.14 | 7.97 | -0.97 |
| 8 | Mare Island Marines | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 22.93 | 25.43 | -0.55 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | Navy | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 22.01 | 52.5 | 5.08 | 7.99 | -0.99 |
| 10 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 8-1-1 | 0.8 | 21.5 | 13.6 | 6.49 | 9.41 | -1.41 |
| 11 | Rice | Southwest | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.42 | 21.62 | 5.42 | 7.73 | -0.73 |
| 12 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 20.95 | 14.88 | 4.28 | 7.54 | -0.54 |
| 13 | Minnesota | Western | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.93 | 27.8 | 11.8 | 4.94 | -0.94 |
| 14 | Presbyterian | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 20.81 | 12.11 | 3.07 | 8.62 | -0.62 |
| 15 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 20.58 | 16.5 | 4.18 | 7.99 | -1.99 |
| 16 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 20.36 | 29.67 | -1.69 | 8.97 | -1.97 |
| 17 | Army | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 20.21 | 22.38 | -1.47 | 7.95 | -0.95 |
| 18 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 9-2-0 | 0.82 | 20.16 | 15.82 | 6.99 | 10.45 | -1.45 |
| 19 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.15 | 17.71 | 1.41 | 6.77 | -0.77 |
| 20 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 19.46 | 14.88 | 12.73 | 7.39 | -1.39 |
| 21 | Arkansas | Southwest | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 19.22 | 13 | 0.86 | 6.79 | -1.79 |
| 22 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 19.04 | 10.78 | 11.58 | 7.47 | -1.47 |
| 23 | Michigan | Western | 8-2-0 | 0.8 | 18.93 | 25.1 | 0.2 | 9.84 | -1.84 |
| 24 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.91 | 27.86 | 12.02 | 6.93 | -1.93 |
| 25 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.69 | 10 | 9.57 | 7.33 | -1.33 |
| 26 | Baylor | Southwest | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 18.58 | 20 | 5.63 | 8.84 | -2.84 |
| 27 | Illinois | Western | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 18.53 | 11.75 | 13.91 | 7.57 | -2.57 |
| 28 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 18.51 | 16.11 | 6.19 | 8.35 | -2.35 |
| 29 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.48 | 16.56 | 1.76 | 8.32 | -1.32 |
| 30 | Kansas State | Missouri Valley | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.47 | 23.75 | 4.16 | 7.95 | -1.95 |
| 31 | TCU | FBS Independents | 8-2-0 | 0.8 | 18.43 | 14.2 | -0.49 | 9.48 | -1.48 |
| 32 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.11 | 7.25 | 7.2 | 6.75 | -0.75 |
| 33 | Brown | FBS Independents | 8-2-0 | 0.8 | 17.98 | 9.8 | -1.78 | 9.04 | -1.04 |
| 34 | NC State | FBS Independents | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 17.91 | 4.56 | 7.88 | 6.72 | -0.72 |
| 35 | Northwestern | Western | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.42 | 8.57 | 7.75 | 5.46 | -0.46 |
| 36 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.32 | 15.57 | 4.18 | 6.92 | -1.92 |
| 37 | Wisconsin | Western | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 17.3 | 7.86 | 13.86 | 6.45 | -2.45 |
| 38 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 6-3-1 | 0.6 | 17.29 | 11.1 | 11.97 | 9.41 | -3.41 |
| 39 | Indiana | Western | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.29 | 23.71 | 1.99 | 6.72 | -1.72 |
| 40 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 7-3-0 | 0.7 | 16.81 | 10.1 | 4.19 | 9.6 | -2.6 |
| 41 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 16.79 | 17.38 | 0.04 | 7.88 | -2.88 |
| 42 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.48 | 13 | 5.25 | 5.57 | -1.57 |
| 43 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 16.31 | 13.7 | 15.65 | 8.64 | -2.64 |
| 44 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 4-2-2 | 0.5 | 16.17 | 14.12 | 2.56 | 7.44 | -3.44 |
| 45 | Oregon State | Pacific | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 16.16 | 7.14 | 5.87 | 6.29 | -2.29 |
| 46 | Chicago | Western | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 15.64 | 5.17 | 15.97 | 4.53 | -1.53 |
| 47 | Oklahoma | Southwest | 6-4-1 | 0.55 | 15.45 | 31.64 | 4.04 | 10.68 | -4.68 |
| 48 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.19 | 6.75 | 7.08 | 5.82 | -0.82 |
| 49 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.17 | 12.62 | 3.64 | 6.49 | -1.49 |
| 50 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 15 | 23.14 | 7.43 | 6.31 | -2.31 |
| 51 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 14.47 | 22.89 | 4.94 | 8.74 | -3.74 |
| 52 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 14.03 | 1.88 | 3.76 | 4.93 | 0.07 |
| 53 | Wofford | FBS Independents | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 13.28 | 4.22 | 4.51 | 5.98 | -0.98 |
| 54 | SMU | FBS Independents | 3-2-3 | 0.38 | 13.27 | 3.12 | -1.4 | 5.81 | -2.81 |
| 55 | Texas | Southwest | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 13.05 | 6.12 | 12.6 | 6.95 | -2.95 |
| 56 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 12.82 | -3.5 | 10.44 | 3.16 | 1.84 |
| 57 | Oregon | Pacific | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 12.6 | -0.14 | 8.85 | 3.44 | 0.56 |
| 58 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.34 | 4 | 8.35 | 4.11 | -1.11 |
| 59 | VMI | FBS Independents | 4-4-1 | 0.44 | 12.21 | 5.67 | 4.86 | 6.39 | -2.39 |
| 60 | California | Pacific | 5-5-1 | 0.45 | 11.7 | 4.09 | 1.87 | 7.71 | -2.71 |
| 61 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.88 | 0.17 | 4.58 | 3.05 | -0.05 |
| 62 | Maryland | FBS Independents | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 10.57 | -8.75 | 4.7 | 1.61 | 2.39 |
| 63 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 10.35 | -4.57 | -2.31 | 2.13 | 1.87 |
| 64 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 9.8 | 5.12 | 7.92 | 5.59 | -2.59 |
| 65 | Kentucky | FBS Independents | 3-5-1 | 0.33 | 9.46 | 5.33 | 3.42 | 7.31 | -4.31 |
| 66 | LSU | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 9.45 | 2.25 | 9.7 | 4.82 | -1.82 |
| 67 | Oklahoma State | Southwest | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 9.24 | -0.11 | 2.63 | 4.44 | -0.44 |
| 68 | Purdue | Western | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 8.5 | -2 | 5.59 | 2.93 | 0.07 |
| 69 | Idaho | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.51 | -5.2 | 8.94 | 1.08 | 0.92 |
| 70 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 7.47 | -3.25 | 10.92 | 2.91 | 0.09 |
| 71 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 7.22 | -16.57 | 6.45 | 0.11 | 2.89 |
| 72 | Furman | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 6.77 | -11 | 13.02 | 0.82 | 2.18 |
| 73 | Iowa | Western | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 6.66 | -6.25 | 3.89 | 2.09 | 0.91 |
| 74 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 3-5-1 | 0.33 | 6.55 | -7 | 3.22 | 1.46 | 1.54 |
| 75 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 5.9 | -15.62 | 1.15 | 0.79 | 2.21 |
| 76 | Washington | Pacific | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 5.7 | -8.25 | 10.35 | 0.21 | 0.79 |
| 77 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.38 | -11.33 | 8.16 | 0.66 | 1.34 |
| 78 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 5.35 | -7.56 | 1.37 | 1.66 | 1.34 |
| 79 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 5.34 | -12.78 | 9.18 | 1.72 | 1.28 |
| 80 | Florida | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 4.68 | -33.33 | 10.53 | 0.12 | 1.88 |
| 81 | Montana | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.4 | -12.6 | 6.85 | 0.18 | 0.82 |
| 82 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 1.79 | -29.5 | 7.12 | 0.16 | 0.84 |
| 83 | Southwestern University | FBS Independents | 1-5-1 | 0.14 | 1.69 | -15.57 | 14.26 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
| 84 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 1-6-1 | 0.12 | 0.79 | -19.5 | 9.56 | 0.36 | 0.64 |
| 85 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 0-7-1 | 0 | -2.04 | -12.12 | 11.88 | 0.59 | -0.59 |
| 86 | Tulsa | FBS Independents | 0-8-1 | 0 | -2.14 | -17.78 | 1.95 | 0.41 | -0.41 |
| 87 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 0-5-2 | 0 | -2.19 | -20.43 | -0.68 | 0.07 | -0.07 |
| 88 | Newberry | FBS Independents | 0-6-0 | 0 | -2.73 | -33 | 8.62 | 0.01 | -0.01 |