Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:18.848378+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Illinois | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 28.17 | 24.33 | 18.96 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.03 | 37.5 | 16.55 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 26.83 | 28.5 | 11.66 | 3.99 | 0.01 |
| 4 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.75 | 22 | 12.1 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.63 | 51.33 | 8.58 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 26.49 | 36.8 | 9.28 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | Kansas State | Missouri Valley | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.55 | 28.25 | 5.79 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.01 | 51 | 0.38 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Mare Island Marines | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.91 | 25.67 | 2.94 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.79 | 37.33 | 1.93 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.57 | 24.33 | 2.26 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.38 | 26 | 1.04 | 2.99 | 0.01 |
| 13 | Ohio State | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.38 | 47.33 | -2.05 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | Army | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.3 | 28.33 | -0.96 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | Rice | Southwest | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.25 | 30.33 | -1.38 | 2.95 | 0.05 |
| 16 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 24.23 | 26.33 | 1.13 | 2.99 | -0.99 |
| 17 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.94 | 14 | 10.76 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.69 | 14.67 | -0.39 | 2.96 | 0.04 |
| 19 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.69 | 23 | -2.1 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.63 | 21 | -1.96 | 2.96 | 0.04 |
| 21 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.47 | 15 | -1.7 | 3.93 | 0.07 |
| 22 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.27 | 61.33 | -7.64 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | Utah State | Rocky Mountain | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.09 | 35.67 | -6.67 | 2.99 | 0.01 |
| 24 | Oregon State | Pacific | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.05 | 27 | -5 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 25 | NC State | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.04 | 15.5 | -4.26 | 3.97 | 0.03 |
| 26 | Baylor | Southwest | 3-0-0 | 1 | 22.8 | 29.67 | -7.43 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | Washington State | Pacific | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 22.67 | 11.5 | 4.79 | 1.99 | -0.99 |
| 28 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 22.64 | 23.67 | -7.52 | 2.96 | 0.04 |
| 29 | Indiana | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 22.63 | 47 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.49 | 40 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | Michigan | Western | 5-0-0 | 1 | 22.32 | 30.4 | -10 | 4.98 | 0.02 |
| 32 | Arkansas | Southwest | 3-0-0 | 1 | 22.26 | 28.33 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.06 | 27 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 22.05 | 22 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | Brown | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 22 | 18.25 | -10 | 3.98 | 0.02 |
| 36 | Oklahoma | Southwest | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.18 | 58.2 | 4.07 | 4.94 | -0.94 |
| 37 | Minnesota | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.9 | 64 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Navy | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.71 | 34.5 | 11.04 | 3.99 | -0.99 |
| 39 | Presbyterian | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.23 | 12.5 | 13 | 3.82 | -0.82 |
| 40 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.98 | 34.25 | 6.41 | 3.97 | -0.97 |
| 41 | Washington | Pacific | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.64 | 8 | -10 | 0.88 | 0.12 |
| 42 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.63 | 14.67 | 15.56 | 2.97 | -0.97 |
| 43 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.31 | 45.5 | -1.9 | 4 | -1 |
| 44 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.93 | 11.5 | 5.38 | 3.21 | -0.21 |
| 45 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.87 | 14.75 | 0.21 | 3.98 | -0.98 |
| 46 | TCU | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.61 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 3.08 | -0.08 |
| 47 | LSU | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.79 | 18.67 | 2.76 | 2.92 | -0.92 |
| 48 | Texas | Southwest | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.65 | 16 | 2.39 | 2.91 | -0.91 |
| 49 | Purdue | Western | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.19 | 9.33 | 2.27 | 2.43 | -0.43 |
| 50 | Wofford | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.02 | 13.33 | -0.61 | 2.97 | -0.97 |
| 51 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.58 | 14.33 | 2.29 | 2.76 | -0.76 |
| 52 | VMI | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 16.57 | 5 | 3.93 | 2.64 | -0.64 |
| 53 | Kentucky | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 16.39 | 11.75 | -4.84 | 3.98 | -1.98 |
| 54 | SMU | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.18 | 4 | -1.38 | 2.1 | -0.1 |
| 55 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 15.69 | 5.33 | -0.61 | 2.38 | -0.38 |
| 56 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 15.53 | 16 | 13.74 | 2.98 | -1.98 |
| 57 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 15.5 | -1.25 | 6.15 | 1.67 | 0.33 |
| 58 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 15.42 | -0.67 | 13.07 | 1.42 | 0.58 |
| 59 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 15.16 | 0 | -0.58 | 1.5 | 0.5 |
| 60 | Wisconsin | Western | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 15.12 | 9 | 14.1 | 2.93 | -1.93 |
| 61 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.87 | 4.75 | 21.22 | 3.32 | -1.32 |
| 62 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.27 | 15 | 11.24 | 1.78 | -0.78 |
| 63 | Carlisle | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.58 | 9.75 | 4.33 | 2.85 | -0.85 |
| 64 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 13.49 | -14 | 1.62 | 0.38 | 1.62 |
| 65 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.11 | 1.5 | 7.85 | 1.06 | -0.06 |
| 66 | Northwestern | Western | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.01 | 4 | 7.54 | 1.21 | -0.21 |
| 67 | California | Pacific | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.16 | 4.83 | 1.55 | 4.22 | -1.22 |
| 68 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11.32 | -1 | 5.8 | 1.81 | 0.19 |
| 69 | Florida | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.22 | -22 | 18.27 | 0.13 | 0.87 |
| 70 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.05 | -9.75 | 7.18 | 0.41 | 1.59 |
| 71 | Oregon | Pacific | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 9.73 | -8 | -5 | 0.34 | 0.66 |
| 72 | Furman | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 9.68 | -12.25 | 13.68 | 0.32 | 1.68 |
| 73 | Maryland | FBS Independents | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 9.56 | -14 | 8.53 | 0.39 | 0.61 |
| 74 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.46 | -2.67 | 12.51 | 0.93 | 0.07 |
| 75 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 5.75 | -18.67 | 8.16 | 0.03 | 0.97 |
| 76 | Iowa | Western | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 5.57 | -16 | 2.03 | 0.18 | 0.82 |
| 77 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.9 | -2 | -0.84 | 1.48 | -0.48 |
| 78 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.44 | -6.25 | 11.13 | 0.81 | 0.19 |
| 79 | Tulsa | FBS Independents | 0-2-1 | 0 | -0.77 | -2 | -10 | 1.05 | -1.05 |
| 80 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 0-1-1 | 0 | -1.17 | -4.5 | -10 | 0.36 | -0.36 |
| 81 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 0-2-1 | 0 | -1.34 | -4 | 7.96 | 0.74 | -0.74 |
| 82 | Montana | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.31 | -15 | 22.79 | 0.05 | -0.05 |
| 83 | Oklahoma State | Southwest | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.34 | -15.33 | 12.47 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.42 | -13.25 | 22.38 | 0.27 | -0.27 |
| 85 | Idaho | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.5 | -20 | 20.51 | 0.03 | -0.03 |
| 86 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 0-1-1 | 0 | -2.51 | -22.5 | 6.7 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 87 | Newberry | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.75 | -25.5 | 10 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 88 | Southwestern University | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -3.05 | -27.5 | 23.31 | 0 | 0 |