Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:19.160756+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 34.29 | 49.5 | 13.12 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | NC State | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 32.06 | 15 | 6.8 | 1.96 | 0.04 |
| 3 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 31.65 | 14 | 10.81 | 1.96 | -0.96 |
| 4 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 31.3 | 7 | 10.4 | 1.86 | -0.86 |
| 5 | Auburn | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 30.3 | 57.5 | -2.56 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Clemson | FBS Independents | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 30.14 | 15.33 | 0.19 | 2.92 | -0.92 |
| 7 | Texas | Southwest | 2-0-0 | 1 | 29.64 | 45 | -4.21 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Alabama | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 29.02 | 54 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Iowa | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 28.86 | 7 | 26.62 | 0.84 | 0.16 |
| 10 | VMI | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.84 | 95 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Baylor | Southwest | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.72 | 8 | -1.12 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 28.67 | 54 | 15.71 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.66 | 48.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | California | Pacific | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.44 | 54.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.36 | 21 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Tennessee | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.23 | 46 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.2 | 22 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | SMU | Southwest | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 28.11 | 35 | -10 | 2 | -1 |
| 19 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.1 | 28 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.04 | 16.5 | -10 | 1.97 | 0.03 |
| 21 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 2-0-0 | 1 | 27.93 | 60 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 27.69 | 14 | -10 | 1.96 | -0.96 |
| 23 | Furman | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 27.59 | 37 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Brown | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 27.06 | 19 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Georgia | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.45 | 40 | 3.92 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.03 | 46 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | Mississippi State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.68 | 27 | 2.69 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.16 | 13 | 2.28 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Washington and Lee | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.62 | 6 | 2.08 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Phillips | Southwest | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.25 | 27.5 | -10 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 31 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.19 | 110 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.99 | 79 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Centre College Kentucky | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.83 | 66 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Ohio State | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.66 | 55 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.58 | 41 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | LSU | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.57 | 57.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.45 | 10 | 9.59 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.42 | 47 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.38 | 39 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.31 | 31 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.31 | 47 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Minnesota | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.27 | 38 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | Wisconsin | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.27 | 60 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | Yale | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.25 | 44 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.91 | 38 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | Stanford | Pacific | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.82 | 41 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.8 | 20 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.71 | 21 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | North Carolina | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.35 | 6 | -0.04 | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.24 | 11 | -10 | 0.92 | 0.08 |
| 51 | Nebraska | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.57 | 14 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | Kentucky | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.21 | 62 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 53 | Grinnell | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.92 | 42 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 54 | Kansas State | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.92 | 14 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | Purdue | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.52 | 10 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | Northwestern | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.32 | 14 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 57 | TCU | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.24 | 20 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 58 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.14 | 7 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 59 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.13 | 20 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.9 | 7 | -10 | 0.86 | 0.14 |
| 61 | Mercer | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.6 | 59 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | Oglethorpe | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 19.14 | 5.5 | 12.91 | 1.21 | -0.21 |
| 63 | Chattanooga | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 18.96 | 21 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 64 | Maryland | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 18.95 | 24 | -1.61 | 1.99 | -0.99 |
| 65 | Indiana | Western | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 18.75 | 20 | -0.16 | 1.92 | -0.92 |
| 66 | Birmingham-Southern | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.92 | -3.5 | 0.5 | 0.84 | 0.16 |
| 67 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.16 | -0.5 | 8.78 | 0.91 | 0.09 |
| 68 | Oklahoma | Missouri Valley | 0-0-0 | 0 | 3.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 0-0-1 | 0 | 2.92 | 0 | -10 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Washington | Pacific | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Chicago | Western | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | Rice | Southwest | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Illinois | Western | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Utah State | Rocky Mountain | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Washington State | Pacific | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Presbyterian | FBS Independents | 0-0-1 | 0 | 2.58 | 0 | 32.66 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 77 | Oregon | Pacific | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Florida | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Oregon State | Pacific | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 0-1-0 | 0 | 1.53 | -6 | -10 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Michigan | Western | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | Navy | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.99 | -7 | 35.32 | 0.16 | -0.16 |
| 85 | Wofford | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.73 | -10 | -0.15 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | Arkansas | Southwest | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | Oklahoma State | Southwest | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.12 | -7 | 29.63 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 0-0-0 | 0 | -0.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.45 | -13 | 11.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Samford | FBS Independents | 0-1-1 | 0 | -1.68 | -44 | 10.97 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.77 | -14.5 | 23.41 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Mississippi College | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.87 | -27 | 11.37 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.88 | -40 | 12.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Southwestern University | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.56 | -27 | 31.26 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Newberry | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.65 | -20 | 32.66 | 0.03 | -0.03 |
| 96 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.67 | -25 | 19.93 | 0 | 0 |