Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:19.596497+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yale | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 29.98 | 46.5 | 18.91 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 27.59 | 38 | 8.33 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Idaho | Pacific | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.56 | 61.5 | 5.08 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Furman | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.34 | 10 | 7.81 | 2.77 | 0.23 |
| 5 | Georgia Tech | Southern | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 26.31 | 6 | 7.72 | 2.31 | -0.31 |
| 6 | Chicago | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.3 | 22 | 3.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Michigan | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.29 | 19.5 | 8.03 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.2 | 13 | 7.16 | 1.95 | 0.05 |
| 9 | Auburn | Southern | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 26.16 | 16.67 | 7.73 | 3 | -1 |
| 10 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.11 | 46 | 0.55 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.03 | 33.67 | 2.46 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | Maryland | Southern | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26 | 26.33 | 1.58 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | Iowa | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.99 | 22.67 | 2.89 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | Centre College Kentucky | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.96 | 17 | 7.29 | 1.97 | 0.03 |
| 15 | Texas | Southwest | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.93 | 38.33 | 1.59 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | Washington and Lee | Southern | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 25.63 | 6 | 7.12 | 1.65 | -0.65 |
| 17 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.53 | 16 | 2.32 | 2.91 | 0.09 |
| 18 | Ohio State | Western | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 25.53 | 8.5 | 7.62 | 1.49 | -0.49 |
| 19 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.52 | 17.33 | 2.35 | 2.96 | 0.04 |
| 20 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.39 | 31.33 | -2.41 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.37 | 27 | 0.17 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | Arkansas | Southwest | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.32 | 27 | -0.03 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | Kentucky | Southern | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 25.32 | 18.33 | 1.2 | 2.99 | -0.99 |
| 24 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.17 | 25.25 | -1.2 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | Grinnell | Missouri Valley | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.07 | 10.5 | 4.79 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 26 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 25.01 | 27.75 | -2.44 | 3.94 | -0.94 |
| 27 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.92 | 47.5 | -2.79 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Gonzaga | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.78 | 7 | 5.09 | 1.56 | 0.44 |
| 29 | Navy | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.73 | 18 | -4.09 | 2.83 | 0.17 |
| 30 | Wofford | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.56 | 13 | 1.07 | 1.86 | 0.14 |
| 31 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.47 | 7.67 | 0.23 | 2.73 | 0.27 |
| 32 | Minnesota | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.22 | 2 | 1.89 | 1.15 | 0.85 |
| 33 | Washington | Pacific | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.08 | 35.25 | -8.05 | 4 | 0 |
| 34 | Stanford | Pacific | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.83 | 52.67 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.8 | 47 | -10 | 2.99 | 0.01 |
| 36 | Illinois | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.68 | 15.5 | -5.75 | 1.88 | 0.12 |
| 37 | Oregon | Pacific | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.57 | 34 | -10 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 38 | California | Pacific | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.55 | 29 | -10 | 4 | 0 |
| 39 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.54 | 14.33 | -6.74 | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | SMU | Southwest | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.42 | 27 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 41 | LSU | Southern | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.29 | 25.67 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 42 | Carnegie Mellon | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.25 | 21.67 | -10 | 2.96 | 0.04 |
| 43 | USC | Pacific | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.15 | 20 | -10 | 2.94 | 0.06 |
| 44 | Baylor | Southwest | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.11 | 18 | -10 | 2.94 | 0.06 |
| 45 | TCU | Southwest | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23 | 8.5 | -5.97 | 1.92 | 0.08 |
| 46 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.84 | 7.5 | -5.97 | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 22.72 | 17.5 | -10 | 1.98 | -0.98 |
| 48 | Kansas State | Missouri Valley | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.63 | 15.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | Oregon State | Pacific | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 22.54 | 8.33 | -10 | 3 | -1 |
| 50 | Mississippi State | Southern | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.51 | 14 | -10 | 1.97 | 0.03 |
| 51 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.45 | 13 | -10 | 1.95 | 0.05 |
| 52 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 22.39 | 6.33 | -10 | 2.9 | -0.9 |
| 53 | Wisconsin | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.37 | 12.5 | -10 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 54 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.74 | 5.5 | 13.65 | 3.87 | -0.87 |
| 55 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.24 | 20 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | Alabama | Southern | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 20.02 | 15 | 9.6 | 2.79 | -0.79 |
| 57 | Army | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.69 | 16 | 6.73 | 2.93 | -0.93 |
| 58 | Northern Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.68 | 9 | -10 | 0.72 | 0.28 |
| 59 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.58 | 7.33 | 10.26 | 2.74 | -0.74 |
| 60 | VMI | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.33 | 14.25 | -0.47 | 3.89 | -0.89 |
| 61 | Brown | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.76 | 20.67 | 1.32 | 2.96 | -0.96 |
| 62 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.76 | 10.33 | 11.76 | 2.78 | -0.78 |
| 63 | Duke | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.69 | 38 | -2.56 | 2.98 | -0.98 |
| 64 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.57 | 10.67 | -0.01 | 2.7 | -0.7 |
| 65 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.4 | 16.67 | -0.01 | 2.98 | -0.98 |
| 66 | Sewanee | Southern | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 18.26 | 5.25 | 3.42 | 3.52 | -1.52 |
| 67 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.64 | 15.33 | 2.32 | 2.98 | -0.98 |
| 68 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.41 | 2.33 | 11.65 | 1.91 | 0.09 |
| 69 | Virginia | Southern | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.28 | 10.33 | 4.78 | 2.71 | -0.71 |
| 70 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.11 | 6.67 | 2.38 | 2.7 | -0.7 |
| 71 | Tulane | Southern | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.98 | 0 | 4.1 | 1.5 | 0.5 |
| 72 | Vanderbilt | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 16.57 | 12 | 14.84 | 1.99 | -0.99 |
| 73 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.48 | 14.67 | -2.56 | 2.79 | -0.79 |
| 74 | Georgia | Southern | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.32 | -6.33 | 10.58 | 0.66 | 1.34 |
| 75 | Clemson | Southern | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 15.89 | 3.67 | 17.99 | 2.06 | -1.06 |
| 76 | NC State | Southern | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 15.75 | -1 | 10.94 | 1.14 | 0.86 |
| 77 | North Carolina | Southern | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 15.7 | -7.67 | 21.75 | 0.71 | 1.29 |
| 78 | Purdue | Western | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15.37 | 16 | 7.93 | 1.97 | -0.97 |
| 79 | Utah State | Rocky Mountain | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.9 | 9.5 | 6.71 | 1.77 | -0.77 |
| 80 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.67 | 6.5 | 7.1 | 1.61 | -0.61 |
| 81 | Washington State | Pacific | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.92 | 3 | 4.54 | 1.23 | -0.23 |
| 82 | Ole Miss | Southern | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 13.85 | -5 | 2.42 | 1.02 | 0.98 |
| 83 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.81 | 4 | 1.89 | 1.96 | -0.96 |
| 84 | Montana State | Rocky Mountain | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.72 | 20 | 0.55 | 1.9 | -0.9 |
| 85 | Northwestern | Western | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.44 | 7 | -5.43 | 1.7 | -0.7 |
| 86 | William & Mary | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.55 | 2 | 8.76 | 2.18 | -0.18 |
| 87 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.37 | -2 | 7.19 | 0.79 | 0.21 |
| 88 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.96 | 3.5 | 11.4 | 1.29 | -0.29 |
| 89 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.78 | -3.5 | 4.86 | 0.41 | 0.59 |
| 90 | Rice | Southwest | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.62 | -6.5 | 7.03 | 0.24 | 0.76 |
| 91 | Montana | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.55 | -6.5 | 5.68 | 0.57 | 0.43 |
| 92 | Mississippi College | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.19 | 2 | 7.38 | 1.23 | -0.23 |
| 93 | South Carolina | Southern | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 10.4 | 8 | 5.21 | 2.74 | -1.74 |
| 94 | Chattanooga | FBS Independents | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 10.12 | -1.33 | -10 | 1.39 | -0.39 |
| 95 | Indiana | Western | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 9.84 | -1 | 5.16 | 0.71 | 0.29 |
| 96 | Tennessee | Southern | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 8.14 | -11.33 | 2.46 | 0.38 | 0.62 |
| 97 | Presbyterian | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.74 | -6.33 | 20.24 | 0.13 | 0.87 |
| 98 | Newberry | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.55 | -4 | 11.58 | 1.04 | -0.04 |
| 99 | BYU | Rocky Mountain | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.78 | -16 | 18.65 | 0.18 | 0.82 |
| 100 | Oglethorpe | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.41 | -7.67 | 14.54 | 0.53 | 0.47 |
| 101 | Mercer | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.21 | -2.33 | 13.67 | 0.79 | 0.21 |
| 102 | Samford | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.88 | -9.75 | 15.67 | 0.31 | 0.69 |
| 103 | Oklahoma | Missouri Valley | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.19 | -24 | -1.51 | 0 | 0 |
| 104 | Oklahoma State | Southwest | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.23 | -10 | 22.06 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| 105 | Florida | Southern | 0-1-1 | 0 | -2.34 | -10 | 27.74 | 0.08 | -0.08 |
| 106 | Richmond | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.46 | -16 | 19.83 | 0 | 0 |
| 107 | Boston University | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.72 | -24 | 23.44 | 0 | 0 |
| 108 | Whitman | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.73 | -17.5 | 23.75 | 0 | 0 |
| 109 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 0-3-0 | 0 | -3.6 | -46.33 | 21.19 | 0 | 0 |