Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:19.887864+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia Tech | Southern | 2-0-0 | 1 | 29.18 | 19.5 | 15.18 | 1.98 | 0.02 |
| 2 | Virginia | Southern | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.14 | 20.5 | 11.38 | 1.98 | 0.02 |
| 3 | Navy | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 27.94 | 25 | 28.02 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | NC State | Southern | 2-0-0 | 1 | 27.67 | 16.5 | 10.12 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 27.67 | 3 | 14.15 | 1.63 | -0.63 |
| 6 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 27.47 | 13.67 | 4.1 | 2.97 | -0.97 |
| 7 | Texas | Southwest | 2-0-0 | 1 | 27.24 | 29 | 5.47 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Wisconsin | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.94 | 30 | 22.34 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Michigan | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.71 | 39 | 18.8 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.41 | 55 | -5.11 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Chicago | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.16 | 9 | 21.33 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Washington | Pacific | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.9 | 74.33 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | Furman | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.79 | 11 | 0.23 | 1.63 | 0.37 |
| 14 | Tulane | Southern | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 25.79 | 38.5 | -3.67 | 2 | -1 |
| 15 | Presbyterian | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.93 | 24.5 | -5.51 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | USC | Pacific | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.82 | 62 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.7 | 53 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.7 | 46.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Alabama | Southern | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.69 | 48 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.67 | 53 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | Kansas State | Missouri Valley | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.65 | 17.5 | -4.84 | 1.97 | 0.03 |
| 22 | SMU | Southwest | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.64 | 46.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | Gonzaga | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.6 | 41 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | California | Pacific | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.55 | 41 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 24.5 | 6.67 | -7.98 | 2.98 | -0.98 |
| 26 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.46 | 44 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | Auburn | Southern | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.43 | 13 | -5.51 | 1.88 | 0.12 |
| 28 | Vanderbilt | Southern | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.37 | 34 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | Brown | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.3 | 33 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.29 | 29 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | LSU | Southern | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.21 | 32.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.2 | 39 | -10 | 1.98 | 0.02 |
| 33 | Sewanee | Southern | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.18 | 33.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.17 | 22.5 | -10 | 1.94 | 0.06 |
| 35 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 23.92 | 3 | -5.56 | 2 | -1 |
| 36 | Rice | Southwest | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.87 | 20 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | TCU | Southwest | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.81 | 21.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.74 | 13.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.74 | 13.5 | -10 | 1.82 | 0.18 |
| 40 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.71 | 12 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.66 | 17 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | Maryland | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.51 | 13 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | Iowa | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.28 | 25 | 2.9 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | Grinnell | Missouri Valley | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 23.05 | 7 | -10 | 1.63 | -0.63 |
| 45 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.81 | 14 | 2.98 | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | Florida | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.67 | 24 | -0.54 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.53 | 10 | 2.89 | 0.97 | 0.03 |
| 48 | Washington State | Pacific | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.23 | 9 | 2.01 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.2 | 13 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.74 | 5 | 0.4 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | Yale | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.37 | 53 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | Oregon State | Pacific | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.92 | 51 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 53 | Tennessee | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.86 | 51 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 54 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.85 | 34 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | Army | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.82 | 25 | -10 | 0.98 | 0.02 |
| 56 | Indiana | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.77 | 31 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 57 | Mississippi State | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.72 | 34 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 58 | Minnesota | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.61 | 25 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 59 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.6 | 20 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 | Carnegie Mellon | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.55 | 20 | -10 | 0.96 | 0.04 |
| 61 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.54 | 34 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | VMI | Southern | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 20.33 | 7.33 | 4.18 | 2.31 | -0.31 |
| 63 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.05 | 12 | -10 | 0.93 | 0.07 |
| 64 | Northwestern | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.91 | 7 | -10 | 0.84 | 0.16 |
| 65 | Ohio State | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.8 | 7 | -10 | 0.95 | 0.05 |
| 66 | Montana State | Rocky Mountain | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.74 | 29 | -5.91 | 2.93 | -0.93 |
| 67 | Centre College Kentucky | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.63 | 3 | -10 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 68 | Idaho | Pacific | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.42 | 2 | -10 | 0.58 | 0.42 |
| 69 | William & Mary | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.96 | 10.67 | -6.22 | 2.63 | -0.63 |
| 70 | Georgia | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 17.56 | 15.5 | 11.13 | 1.96 | -0.96 |
| 71 | Ole Miss | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 16.04 | 14 | 6.4 | 1.71 | -0.71 |
| 72 | Duke | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 16 | 10 | 6.2 | 1.8 | -0.8 |
| 73 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15.58 | 8.5 | -4.86 | 1.62 | -0.62 |
| 74 | South Carolina | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15.13 | 13 | -5.32 | 1.95 | -0.95 |
| 75 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.89 | 8.5 | 9.38 | 1.92 | -0.92 |
| 76 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.87 | -1 | -4.46 | 0.92 | 0.08 |
| 77 | Kentucky | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.79 | -1 | -3.42 | 0.83 | 0.17 |
| 78 | North Carolina | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.32 | 0.5 | 23.88 | 1.18 | -0.18 |
| 79 | Western Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.59 | 1.5 | 12.27 | 1.26 | -0.26 |
| 80 | Michigan State | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.11 | -11.5 | -3.69 | 0.22 | 0.78 |
| 81 | Stanford | Pacific | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 10.39 | 4 | -10 | 1.54 | -0.54 |
| 82 | Oglethorpe | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 9.87 | -2.5 | 7.46 | 0.65 | 0.35 |
| 83 | Wofford | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 9.61 | 21.67 | 16.14 | 2.94 | -1.94 |
| 84 | Baylor | Southwest | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 8.74 | -13.5 | 8.89 | 0.23 | 0.77 |
| 85 | Richmond | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 8.53 | -9 | 6.2 | 0.09 | 0.91 |
| 86 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 0-0-1 | 0 | 0.45 | 0 | 23.77 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 87 | Utah State | Rocky Mountain | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Oregon | Pacific | 0-0-1 | 0 | 0.42 | 0 | -10 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | BYU | Rocky Mountain | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Purdue | Western | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.82 | -6 | -10 | 0.19 | -0.19 |
| 92 | Oklahoma State | Missouri Valley | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.21 | -10 | 1.9 | 0.03 | -0.03 |
| 93 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.21 | -5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Montana | Pacific | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.29 | -9 | 1.48 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Illinois | Western | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.42 | -14 | 2.16 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.47 | -9 | -1.12 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
| 97 | Arkansas | Southwest | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.83 | -25 | 2.69 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Northern Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.83 | -13 | 1.97 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Newberry | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.04 | -15.5 | 7.06 | 0.07 | -0.07 |
| 100 | Clemson | Southern | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.2 | -10.5 | 22.2 | 0.06 | -0.06 |
| 101 | Oklahoma | Missouri Valley | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.28 | -16 | 21.32 | 0 | 0 |
| 102 | Washington and Lee | Southern | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.39 | -16.5 | 25.59 | 0.12 | -0.12 |
| 103 | Mercer | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.74 | -28 | 14.96 | 0 | 0 |
| 104 | Hampden-Sydney | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -3.42 | -25 | 25.14 | 0 | 0 |