Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:19.598424+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yale | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 26.32 | 25.57 | 13.13 | 6.89 | 0.11 |
| 2 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 7-0-0 | 1 | 25.89 | 33.29 | 10.08 | 6.98 | 0.02 |
| 3 | Illinois | Western | 7-0-0 | 1 | 25.88 | 15.29 | 13.08 | 6.91 | 0.09 |
| 4 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 5-0-2 | 0.71 | 25.41 | 17 | 10.42 | 7 | -2 |
| 5 | Furman | FBS Independents | 9-0-0 | 1 | 25.37 | 19.44 | 9.53 | 8.84 | 0.16 |
| 6 | Texas | Southwest | 7-0-1 | 0.88 | 24.7 | 26.75 | 5.29 | 7.97 | -0.97 |
| 7 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 7-0-1 | 0.88 | 24.64 | 32.62 | 4.02 | 7.95 | -0.95 |
| 8 | Michigan | Western | 7-0-0 | 1 | 24.48 | 18.29 | 5.59 | 6.98 | 0.02 |
| 9 | Minnesota | Western | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 24.3 | 10.67 | 6.6 | 5.25 | -0.25 |
| 10 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 24.17 | 40 | 1.1 | 6.98 | 0.02 |
| 11 | SMU | Southwest | 8-0-0 | 1 | 23.86 | 22.75 | 1.62 | 7.99 | 0.01 |
| 12 | Baylor | Southwest | 5-0-2 | 0.71 | 23.7 | 11.57 | 3.22 | 6.81 | -1.81 |
| 13 | California | Pacific | 8-0-1 | 0.89 | 23.51 | 18.44 | 0.81 | 9 | -1 |
| 14 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 22.88 | 26.38 | 9 | 7.98 | -0.98 |
| 15 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 22.33 | 16.25 | 11.59 | 7.89 | -1.89 |
| 16 | Alabama | Southern | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 22.01 | 18.25 | 9.24 | 7.85 | -1.85 |
| 17 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.96 | 24.88 | 4.91 | 7.9 | -0.9 |
| 18 | Centre College Kentucky | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.96 | 11.43 | 10.98 | 6.57 | -0.57 |
| 19 | Chicago | Western | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.96 | 15 | 9.83 | 6.94 | -0.94 |
| 20 | Idaho | Pacific | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 21.82 | 21 | 9.99 | 6.97 | -1.97 |
| 21 | Washington | Pacific | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 21.63 | 22.67 | 1.77 | 8.93 | -0.93 |
| 22 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 21.55 | 12.71 | 12.17 | 6.76 | -1.76 |
| 23 | VMI | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 21.48 | 21.67 | 1.84 | 8.96 | -0.96 |
| 24 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 21.44 | 22.75 | 5.13 | 7.89 | -1.89 |
| 25 | Stanford | Pacific | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.33 | 30.88 | 1.02 | 7.94 | -0.94 |
| 26 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 21.15 | 9 | 11.38 | 6.35 | -1.35 |
| 27 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.14 | 15.38 | 2.56 | 7.62 | -0.62 |
| 28 | Navy | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 20.67 | 15.14 | 6.02 | 6.58 | -1.58 |
| 29 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 20.38 | 9.57 | 4.99 | 6.53 | -1.53 |
| 30 | Florida | Southern | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 20.37 | 15.57 | 4.38 | 6.69 | -1.69 |
| 31 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 5-1-2 | 0.62 | 20.29 | 14.25 | 4.3 | 7.87 | -2.87 |
| 32 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 3-1-2 | 0.5 | 19.9 | 4.33 | 19.42 | 4.34 | -1.34 |
| 33 | Mississippi College | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 19.54 | 4.57 | 4.62 | 6.3 | -1.3 |
| 34 | Army | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 19.47 | 22.62 | 7.99 | 7.75 | -1.75 |
| 35 | Maryland | Southern | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 19.29 | 15.5 | 8.77 | 7.68 | -1.68 |
| 36 | Washington and Lee | Southern | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 19.04 | 0.29 | 8.47 | 3.6 | 1.4 |
| 37 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 18.92 | 8.29 | -1.4 | 6.44 | -1.44 |
| 38 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.63 | 8.38 | 7.43 | 7.08 | -1.08 |
| 39 | Kansas State | Missouri Valley | 3-1-2 | 0.5 | 18.63 | 9.33 | 6.58 | 5.8 | -2.8 |
| 40 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 18.61 | 17.78 | 4.03 | 8.46 | -2.46 |
| 41 | Vanderbilt | Southern | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 18.43 | 13.86 | 16.7 | 6.74 | -2.74 |
| 42 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 18.22 | 14.75 | 6.59 | 7.94 | -2.94 |
| 43 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.84 | 33.5 | 6.09 | 5.96 | -1.96 |
| 44 | USC | Pacific | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.6 | 14.57 | 3.95 | 6.37 | -1.37 |
| 45 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.07 | 7.71 | 3.2 | 5.95 | -0.95 |
| 46 | Utah State | Rocky Mountain | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.99 | 13.33 | 6.46 | 5.5 | -1.5 |
| 47 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.98 | 18.83 | 3.03 | 5.86 | -1.86 |
| 48 | Clemson | Southern | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 16.9 | 3.57 | 12.97 | 4.89 | -0.89 |
| 49 | Arkansas | Southwest | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 16.76 | 10.43 | 5.46 | 6.45 | -2.45 |
| 50 | Kentucky | Southern | 4-2-2 | 0.5 | 16.74 | 12.5 | 4.43 | 7.69 | -3.69 |
| 51 | Carnegie Mellon | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.65 | 10.17 | 3.85 | 5.48 | -1.48 |
| 52 | Gonzaga | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.48 | 10.17 | 3.7 | 5.19 | -1.19 |
| 53 | Georgia | Southern | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 16.4 | -1.43 | 13.85 | 2.96 | 2.04 |
| 54 | Wofford | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 16.23 | 2.38 | -2.76 | 4.84 | 1.16 |
| 55 | William & Mary | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.02 | 9.78 | -0.23 | 7.22 | -1.22 |
| 56 | Wisconsin | Western | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 16.02 | 10.67 | 10.21 | 5.82 | -2.82 |
| 57 | Brown | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.92 | 11 | 7.79 | 7.18 | -2.18 |
| 58 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.87 | 4.88 | 10.28 | 6.4 | -1.4 |
| 59 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 15.83 | 4.71 | 1.52 | 5.59 | -1.59 |
| 60 | Mississippi State | Southern | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 15.57 | 1.43 | 4.25 | 4.3 | -0.3 |
| 61 | Iowa | Western | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 15.45 | 9.43 | 12.54 | 6.35 | -2.35 |
| 62 | Sewanee | Southern | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 15.4 | 6.56 | 6.56 | 7.97 | -2.97 |
| 63 | Oregon | Pacific | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 15.3 | 12 | 5.38 | 5.62 | -2.62 |
| 64 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 14.97 | 1.25 | 9.14 | 4.52 | 0.48 |
| 65 | North Carolina | Southern | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 14.2 | -1 | 14.93 | 3.53 | 1.47 |
| 66 | Georgia Tech | Southern | 3-2-3 | 0.38 | 13.88 | -0.88 | 15.16 | 3.58 | -0.58 |
| 67 | Oklahoma | Missouri Valley | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 13.8 | 6.67 | 14.84 | 4.56 | -1.56 |
| 68 | Presbyterian | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 13.36 | 6.57 | 10.68 | 5.87 | -2.87 |
| 69 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 13.03 | 3 | 12.38 | 4.38 | -1.38 |
| 70 | Auburn | Southern | 3-3-2 | 0.38 | 12.99 | 4.75 | 9.39 | 6.14 | -3.14 |
| 71 | Ohio State | Western | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 12.97 | 4.86 | 9.12 | 4.77 | -1.77 |
| 72 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 12.84 | 2.62 | 14.04 | 5.79 | -1.79 |
| 73 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 12.69 | 5.14 | 6 | 5.35 | -2.35 |
| 74 | Tulane | Southern | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 12.64 | -0.38 | 9.04 | 3.82 | 0.18 |
| 75 | Montana | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 12.52 | -0.43 | 8.01 | 3.39 | 0.61 |
| 76 | LSU | Southern | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 12.03 | 1.29 | 6.87 | 3.91 | -0.91 |
| 77 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 11.56 | 0 | 8.33 | 3.5 | -0.5 |
| 78 | Duke | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 11.44 | 12.71 | 4.13 | 5.93 | -2.93 |
| 79 | Montana State | Rocky Mountain | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 11.3 | 19 | -0.88 | 6.62 | -3.62 |
| 80 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 11.02 | -1.75 | -2.12 | 3.05 | 0.95 |
| 81 | Virginia | Southern | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 9.59 | 0.75 | 13.98 | 4.34 | -1.34 |
| 82 | Chattanooga | FBS Independents | 3-3-2 | 0.38 | 9.41 | -2.88 | -2.04 | 2.94 | 0.06 |
| 83 | Oglethorpe | FBS Independents | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 9.05 | -2.78 | 11.23 | 3.34 | 0.66 |
| 84 | Samford | FBS Independents | 3-4-2 | 0.33 | 8.91 | -0.89 | 3.78 | 3.88 | -0.88 |
| 85 | Northern Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 8.72 | -8.6 | -2.77 | 0.88 | 1.12 |
| 86 | South Carolina | Southern | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 8.61 | 2.22 | 11.8 | 5.8 | -2.8 |
| 87 | Washington State | Pacific | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 8.6 | -1.83 | 13.2 | 2.29 | -0.29 |
| 88 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 2-3-2 | 0.29 | 8.55 | -1.29 | 7.65 | 2.38 | -0.38 |
| 89 | Mercer | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 8.34 | -1 | 10.21 | 3.37 | -0.37 |
| 90 | Oregon State | Pacific | 2-3-2 | 0.29 | 7.91 | -3.14 | 7.35 | 1.41 | 0.59 |
| 91 | Tennessee | Southern | 3-4-1 | 0.38 | 7.89 | -14.12 | 10.9 | 0.52 | 2.48 |
| 92 | Rice | Southwest | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 7.74 | -7.57 | 5.43 | 0.71 | 2.29 |
| 93 | TCU | Southwest | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 7.56 | -6.29 | -2.91 | 1.79 | 1.21 |
| 94 | Richmond | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 7.49 | -12.71 | 6.69 | 0.3 | 2.7 |
| 95 | NC State | Southern | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 7.3 | -7 | 12.31 | 1 | 2 |
| 96 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 7.03 | -25.71 | 7.95 | 0.13 | 2.87 |
| 97 | Ole Miss | Southern | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 6.68 | -8.25 | 3.63 | 1.22 | 1.78 |
| 98 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 6.43 | -4.78 | 13.09 | 1.28 | 1.72 |
| 99 | Purdue | Western | 2-4-1 | 0.29 | 5.9 | -5.43 | 9.01 | 1.76 | 0.24 |
| 100 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.73 | -11.83 | 11.75 | 0.49 | 1.51 |
| 101 | BYU | Rocky Mountain | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.63 | -14 | 14.38 | 0.4 | 1.6 |
| 102 | Northwestern | Western | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 5.62 | -2.71 | 8.79 | 2.6 | -0.6 |
| 103 | Grinnell | Missouri Valley | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.37 | -11 | 2.23 | 0.63 | 1.37 |
| 104 | Indiana | Western | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.34 | -12 | 2.88 | 0.56 | 1.44 |
| 105 | Oklahoma State | Southwest | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 4.5 | -4.12 | 9.74 | 1.48 | 0.52 |
| 106 | Newberry | FBS Independents | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 3.78 | -9.75 | 5.87 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
| 107 | Whitman | FBS Independents | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 1.4 | -17 | 12.83 | 0.11 | 0.89 |
| 108 | Boston University | FBS Independents | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 1.35 | -25.5 | 10.36 | 0.04 | 0.96 |
| 109 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 0-7-0 | 0 | -2.91 | -33.14 | 13.25 | 0.01 | -0.01 |