Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:19.296686+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanderbilt | FBS Independents | 7-0-1 | 0.88 | 26.01 | 17.5 | 13.91 | 7.94 | -0.94 |
| 2 | Centre College Kentucky | FBS Independents | 8-0-0 | 1 | 25.34 | 31.88 | 8.4 | 8 | 0 |
| 3 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 7-0-1 | 0.88 | 24.76 | 22.62 | 6.78 | 7.8 | -0.8 |
| 4 | Iowa | Western | 7-0-0 | 1 | 24.56 | 21.29 | 5.95 | 6.86 | 0.14 |
| 5 | California | Pacific | 9-0-0 | 1 | 23.91 | 31 | 1.64 | 8.96 | 0.04 |
| 6 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 23.79 | 47.14 | -0.53 | 6.99 | 0.01 |
| 7 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 9-0-0 | 1 | 23.59 | 27.56 | 0.47 | 8.97 | 0.03 |
| 8 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 9-0-0 | 1 | 23.05 | 19.56 | -1.14 | 8.89 | 0.11 |
| 9 | Georgia | Southern | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 22.96 | 13.62 | 16.65 | 7.86 | -1.86 |
| 10 | Georgia Tech | Southern | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 22.8 | 36.25 | 8.78 | 7.89 | -0.89 |
| 11 | Chicago | Western | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 22.27 | 14 | 12.63 | 6.96 | -0.96 |
| 12 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 22.13 | 29 | 8.67 | 7 | -1 |
| 13 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.88 | 13.14 | 10.41 | 6.68 | -0.68 |
| 14 | LSU | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 21.74 | 17.29 | 11.18 | 6.73 | -1.73 |
| 15 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 9-1-0 | 0.9 | 21.67 | 28.6 | 1.23 | 9.93 | -0.93 |
| 16 | Yale | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 21.64 | 19 | 3.24 | 8.9 | -0.9 |
| 17 | Mississippi College | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 21.31 | 26.62 | 4.29 | 7.93 | -1.93 |
| 18 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 5-1-2 | 0.62 | 21.27 | 11 | 11.89 | 7.73 | -2.73 |
| 19 | Texas | Southwest | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.22 | 34.43 | 2.74 | 6.97 | -0.97 |
| 20 | Wisconsin | Western | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 20.86 | 18.29 | 6.08 | 6.98 | -1.98 |
| 21 | Michigan | Western | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 20.63 | 23.71 | 4.87 | 6.96 | -1.96 |
| 22 | Navy | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.29 | 21.17 | 3.05 | 5.98 | -0.98 |
| 23 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 20.08 | 6.43 | 6.85 | 5.92 | -0.92 |
| 24 | Furman | FBS Independents | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 19.95 | 17.44 | 13.23 | 8.1 | -2.1 |
| 25 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 19.91 | 23.62 | 10.39 | 7.93 | -1.93 |
| 26 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 19.53 | 15 | 6.95 | 8.49 | -1.49 |
| 27 | Washington State | Pacific | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 19.4 | 10.8 | 11.78 | 4.52 | -1.52 |
| 28 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 7-2-1 | 0.7 | 19.23 | 4.7 | 10.18 | 8.15 | -1.15 |
| 29 | Tennessee | Southern | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 19.18 | 8.38 | 11.4 | 7.41 | -1.41 |
| 30 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 19.09 | 10.33 | 3.15 | 5.23 | -1.23 |
| 31 | Erskine | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.69 | 10.38 | 7.55 | 6.64 | -0.64 |
| 32 | Utah State | Rocky Mountain | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 18.67 | 8.29 | -6.17 | 5.51 | 0.49 |
| 33 | Auburn | Southern | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.51 | 17.86 | 9.33 | 6.78 | -1.78 |
| 34 | Ohio State | Western | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.95 | 13.71 | 6.08 | 6.95 | -1.95 |
| 35 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 17.78 | -0.2 | 16.54 | 2.45 | 0.55 |
| 36 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 17.56 | 7 | 6.67 | 5.89 | -0.89 |
| 37 | Arkansas | Southwest | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 17.52 | 12.62 | 4.82 | 7.78 | -2.78 |
| 38 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.49 | 15.57 | 3.53 | 6.7 | -1.7 |
| 39 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 17.49 | 2.2 | 5.84 | 3.19 | -0.19 |
| 40 | Florida | FBS Independents | 5-2-2 | 0.56 | 17.28 | 6.56 | 5.97 | 7.94 | -2.94 |
| 41 | Oregon State | Pacific | 4-2-2 | 0.5 | 16.93 | 24.5 | 3.1 | 7.91 | -3.91 |
| 42 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.48 | 13.56 | 3.35 | 8.64 | -2.64 |
| 43 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 16.48 | 10.38 | 12.65 | 7.28 | -2.28 |
| 44 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 4-2-2 | 0.5 | 16.32 | 8.75 | 3.89 | 6.31 | -2.31 |
| 45 | Baylor | Southwest | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.17 | 8.78 | 2.27 | 7.47 | -1.47 |
| 46 | Oregon | Pacific | 3-1-3 | 0.43 | 16.07 | -1 | 6.08 | 3.07 | -0.07 |
| 47 | Washington and Lee | Southern | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.39 | 11.38 | 3.11 | 6.96 | -1.96 |
| 48 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 15.34 | 9.89 | 3.34 | 7.89 | -2.89 |
| 49 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 15.21 | 6.57 | 14.49 | 5.89 | -1.89 |
| 50 | Virginia | Southern | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.06 | 2.75 | 8.39 | 5.17 | -0.17 |
| 51 | Kansas State | Missouri Valley | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 14.87 | 2.5 | 7.87 | 5.25 | -0.25 |
| 52 | Kentucky | Southern | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.67 | 9.71 | 7.78 | 5.55 | -1.55 |
| 53 | Idaho | FBS Independents | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 14.65 | 5.83 | 5.9 | 4.59 | -1.59 |
| 54 | Stanford | Pacific | 4-2-2 | 0.5 | 14.56 | 0.38 | 0.33 | 4.14 | -0.14 |
| 55 | Oglethorpe | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 14.48 | 1.25 | 6.93 | 4.48 | 0.52 |
| 56 | North Carolina | Southern | 3-2-2 | 0.43 | 14.16 | 0.29 | 11.9 | 3.63 | -0.63 |
| 57 | Brown | FBS Independents | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 14.1 | 2 | 2.52 | 5.47 | -0.47 |
| 58 | TCU | FBS Independents | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 14.07 | 5.78 | -3.9 | 7.31 | -2.31 |
| 59 | Spring Hill | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.06 | 7 | 4.54 | 4.81 | -0.81 |
| 60 | Rice | Southwest | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 14 | 5.38 | 6.1 | 5.59 | -1.59 |
| 61 | Alabama | Southern | 4-4-1 | 0.44 | 13.96 | 14.44 | 12.15 | 8.03 | -4.03 |
| 62 | Oklahoma | Missouri Valley | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 13.16 | -0.29 | 11.42 | 3.42 | 0.58 |
| 63 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 12.94 | 4.2 | 9.73 | 3.7 | -1.7 |
| 64 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 12.69 | 4.38 | 8.25 | 5.33 | -1.33 |
| 65 | Mississippi State | Southern | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 12.55 | -1.57 | 12.34 | 3.02 | 0.98 |
| 66 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 12.5 | 1.62 | 11.75 | 4.76 | -0.76 |
| 67 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 12.46 | 1.88 | 13.17 | 5.01 | -1.01 |
| 68 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 3-3-2 | 0.38 | 12.44 | 2.88 | 7.96 | 5.14 | -2.14 |
| 69 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 3-3-3 | 0.33 | 12.38 | 4.44 | 7.88 | 5.93 | -2.93 |
| 70 | Richmond | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 12.3 | 7.71 | 1.85 | 5.58 | -2.58 |
| 71 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 11.81 | -2.75 | 7.91 | 2.44 | 1.56 |
| 72 | Washington | Pacific | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 11.51 | -8 | 4.79 | 1.23 | 1.77 |
| 73 | Illinois | Western | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 11.47 | 5.29 | 13.06 | 5.49 | -2.49 |
| 74 | Phillips | FBS Independents | 3-3-2 | 0.38 | 11.17 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 4.24 | -1.24 |
| 75 | Oklahoma State | Southwest | 4-4-1 | 0.44 | 10.98 | -0.33 | 8.3 | 4.37 | -0.37 |
| 76 | Birmingham-Southern | FBS Independents | 4-4-1 | 0.44 | 10.97 | 0.33 | 1.47 | 4.65 | -0.65 |
| 77 | Chattanooga | FBS Independents | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 10.83 | 3 | 5.06 | 5.64 | -1.64 |
| 78 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.82 | -1.83 | 12.17 | 2.53 | 0.47 |
| 79 | VMI | FBS Independents | 3-4-1 | 0.38 | 10.65 | 3 | 6.52 | 5.26 | -2.26 |
| 80 | Newberry | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 10.46 | -1.86 | 9.66 | 3.04 | -0.04 |
| 81 | NC State | Southern | 3-3-2 | 0.38 | 10.04 | -4.62 | 11.07 | 1.82 | 1.18 |
| 82 | Ole Miss | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 9.97 | 7.5 | 3.75 | 5.8 | -2.8 |
| 83 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 3-4-2 | 0.33 | 9.72 | 0.67 | 2.37 | 4.84 | -1.84 |
| 84 | Indiana | Western | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 8.99 | -1.14 | 8.18 | 3.13 | -0.13 |
| 85 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 8.38 | -7.67 | 11.64 | 2 | 2 |
| 86 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 8.29 | -3.71 | 5.21 | 2.11 | 0.89 |
| 87 | Minnesota | Western | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 8.1 | -11.57 | 12.65 | 0.82 | 2.18 |
| 88 | Mercer | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 7.48 | -4.5 | 14.34 | 2.42 | 0.58 |
| 89 | Maryland | Southern | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 6.63 | -10.25 | 6.16 | 0.51 | 2.49 |
| 90 | Grinnell | Missouri Valley | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 5.62 | -1.71 | 3.87 | 2.93 | -0.93 |
| 91 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 4.52 | -7.43 | -0.83 | 1.56 | 0.44 |
| 92 | Samford | FBS Independents | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 3.79 | -8.12 | 8.92 | 1.79 | 0.21 |
| 93 | Wofford | FBS Independents | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 3.11 | -24.25 | 6.2 | 0.32 | 1.68 |
| 94 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 3.02 | -7.2 | 13.05 | 0.62 | 0.38 |
| 95 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 1-4-2 | 0.14 | 2.96 | -7.57 | 13.74 | 0.81 | 0.19 |
| 96 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 2-7-0 | 0.22 | 2.78 | -14.56 | 5.21 | 0.43 | 1.57 |
| 97 | SMU | Southwest | 1-5-1 | 0.14 | 2.17 | -7 | 6.2 | 0.22 | 0.78 |
| 98 | Clemson | Southern | 1-5-2 | 0.12 | 1.89 | -13.88 | 17.55 | 0.44 | 0.56 |
| 99 | Purdue | Western | 1-6-0 | 0.14 | 1.2 | -12.29 | 12.55 | 0.03 | 0.97 |
| 100 | Northwestern | Western | 1-6-0 | 0.14 | 1.17 | -12.29 | 8.95 | 0.34 | 0.66 |
| 101 | Presbyterian | FBS Independents | 1-7-0 | 0.12 | 0.54 | -15.12 | 8.41 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| 102 | Southwestern University | FBS Independents | 0-6-1 | 0 | -2.26 | -19 | 3.42 | 0.04 | -0.04 |