Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:19.887449+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VMI | Southern | 2-0-0 | 1 | 29.49 | 27.5 | -5.81 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Washington | Pacific | 2-0-0 | 1 | 29.48 | 83.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.94 | 20.5 | -5.81 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Montana State | Rocky Mountain | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.75 | 53.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | William & Mary | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.02 | 28.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 27.79 | 41 | 10.66 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 27.47 | 5 | -10 | 2 | -1 |
| 8 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 27.05 | 28 | 11.34 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Georgia | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.69 | 32 | 8.43 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Georgia Tech | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.91 | 6 | 9.26 | 0.81 | 0.19 |
| 11 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.68 | 6 | 3.35 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Furman | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.12 | 17 | 8.82 | 0.91 | 0.09 |
| 13 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.03 | 59 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.88 | 6 | 1.34 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Gonzaga | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.88 | 37 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Alabama | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.82 | 53 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Tulane | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.77 | 77 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | SMU | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.65 | 48 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | USC | Pacific | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.63 | 53 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | California | Pacific | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.6 | 28 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.55 | 59 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.49 | 32 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.35 | 80 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.31 | 32 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Vanderbilt | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.17 | 27 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | South Carolina | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.07 | 33 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.01 | 18 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Brown | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.9 | 33 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Texas | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.81 | 33 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Virginia | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.81 | 40 | -5 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.78 | 14 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.78 | 10 | -10 | 0.84 | 0.16 |
| 33 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.75 | 28 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Presbyterian | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.49 | 14 | 3.38 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | LSU | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.41 | 27 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | NC State | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.39 | 20 | 0.57 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.34 | 28 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Duke | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.23 | 33 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | Rice | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.16 | 33 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | Sewanee | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.11 | 14 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | Auburn | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.92 | 19 | -10 | 0.97 | 0.03 |
| 42 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.64 | 6 | -10 | 0.71 | 0.29 |
| 43 | TCU | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.52 | 31 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | Maryland | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.5 | 13 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.49 | 7 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | Kentucky | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.33 | 7 | -10 | 0.86 | 0.14 |
| 47 | Kansas State | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.32 | 19 | -10 | 0.96 | 0.04 |
| 48 | Ole Miss | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.95 | 53 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | Grinnell | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.89 | 14 | -10 | 0.85 | 0.15 |
| 50 | Michigan State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 18.8 | 16 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | Yale | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 3.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Florida | Southern | 0-0-0 | 0 | 3.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Chicago | Western | 0-0-0 | 0 | 3.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Army | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 3.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Centre College Kentucky | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Illinois | Western | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | Arkansas | Southwest | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Oklahoma State | Missouri Valley | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Idaho | Pacific | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | Iowa | Western | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Michigan | Western | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Utah State | Rocky Mountain | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Oregon | Pacific | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | Purdue | Western | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 0-1-0 | 0 | 2.27 | -3 | -10 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Carnegie Mellon | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | Northwestern | Western | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Montana | Pacific | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Indiana | Western | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Minnesota | Western | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | Stanford | Pacific | 0-1-0 | 0 | 1.49 | -9 | -10 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Washington State | Pacific | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | Ohio State | Western | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Navy | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Mississippi State | Southern | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | Wisconsin | Western | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | Oregon State | Pacific | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | BYU | Rocky Mountain | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Oglethorpe | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.88 | -6 | 7.33 | 0.19 | -0.19 |
| 89 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Tennessee | Southern | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Oklahoma | Missouri Valley | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Washington and Lee | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.29 | -28 | 9.96 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Northern Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Newberry | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.17 | -17 | 1.64 | 0.09 | -0.09 |
| 97 | Baylor | Southwest | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.21 | -41 | 12.35 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Mercer | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.54 | -32 | 10.42 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | North Carolina | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.64 | -6 | 10.81 | 0 | 0 |
| 100 | Clemson | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.03 | -14 | -0.15 | 0 | 0 |
| 101 | Western Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.12 | -6 | 9.11 | 0 | 0 |
| 102 | Richmond | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.98 | -20 | 0.64 | 0 | 0 |
| 103 | Wofford | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.37 | -8 | 32.45 | 0 | 0 |
| 104 | Hampden-Sydney | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -3.94 | -40 | 4.88 | 0 | 0 |