Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:19.888256+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 29.26 | 51 | 15.94 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Georgia Tech | Southern | 3-0-0 | 1 | 29.07 | 16 | 17.98 | 2.91 | 0.09 |
| 3 | Chicago | Western | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 27.48 | 4.5 | 16.3 | 1.93 | -0.93 |
| 4 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 27.43 | 18.33 | 9.93 | 2.98 | -0.98 |
| 5 | Virginia | Southern | 3-0-0 | 1 | 27.1 | 20 | 7.56 | 2.99 | 0.01 |
| 6 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.73 | 12 | 11.72 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Oregon State | Pacific | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.57 | 36.5 | 7.3 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Navy | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.54 | 22 | 4.48 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 26.35 | 19 | 4.32 | 3.99 | -0.99 |
| 10 | Minnesota | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.15 | 26.5 | 6.53 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 11 | Utah State | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.13 | 13 | 22.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Wisconsin | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.09 | 32.5 | 1.43 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | Furman | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.08 | 9.67 | 6.41 | 2.58 | 0.42 |
| 14 | Tulane | Southern | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 26.08 | 32 | 2.16 | 2.98 | -0.98 |
| 15 | Alabama | Southern | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.04 | 46 | 1.4 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | Yale | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.01 | 40.5 | 3.78 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Vanderbilt | Southern | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.79 | 25.33 | 2.41 | 2.99 | 0.01 |
| 18 | Auburn | Southern | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.77 | 15 | 4.1 | 2.93 | 0.07 |
| 19 | Sewanee | Southern | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 25.45 | 22.33 | 1.25 | 2.99 | -0.99 |
| 20 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.36 | 30.33 | -0.35 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.34 | 18 | 1.43 | 2.94 | 0.06 |
| 22 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.17 | 42 | -3.75 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 25.08 | 1.5 | 24.3 | 1.26 | -0.26 |
| 24 | Ohio State | Western | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 25.01 | 3.5 | 8.08 | 1.72 | -0.72 |
| 25 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.85 | 20.5 | 0.79 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 24.83 | 9 | 1.39 | 2.61 | -0.61 |
| 27 | Washington | Pacific | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.54 | 60.75 | -7.82 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | USC | Pacific | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.4 | 53 | -7.42 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | Iowa | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.2 | 33 | -5.92 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | SMU | Southwest | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.19 | 35.67 | -7.07 | 2.98 | 0.02 |
| 31 | Presbyterian | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.18 | 24.5 | -6.1 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | TCU | Southwest | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 24.15 | 14.33 | -3.75 | 2.97 | -0.97 |
| 33 | Washington State | Pacific | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.14 | 9 | -1.29 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.91 | 56.67 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.89 | 24 | -4.92 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 36 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.84 | 51.33 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.8 | 47.67 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 38 | Florida | Southern | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.78 | 16.33 | -5.39 | 2.98 | 0.02 |
| 39 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 23.75 | 5.33 | -2.8 | 3 | -1 |
| 40 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.74 | 45.67 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 41 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.59 | 37.33 | -10 | 2.97 | 0.03 |
| 42 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.29 | 14.5 | -6.2 | 1.97 | 0.03 |
| 43 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.11 | 40 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | Tennessee | Southern | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.08 | 32 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | Carnegie Mellon | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.93 | 27 | -10 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 46 | Maryland | Southern | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.93 | 14.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | Army | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.84 | 22 | -10 | 1.94 | 0.06 |
| 48 | Mississippi State | Southern | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 22.67 | 17 | -10 | 1.99 | -0.99 |
| 49 | Idaho | Pacific | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.66 | 4 | -4.79 | 1.49 | 0.51 |
| 50 | Northwestern | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.37 | 12 | -10 | 1.94 | 0.06 |
| 51 | NC State | Southern | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 20.31 | 10.67 | 13.22 | 2.95 | -0.95 |
| 52 | Texas | Southwest | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 20.17 | 16.67 | 10.14 | 2.92 | -0.92 |
| 53 | VMI | Southern | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.59 | 6.25 | 4.7 | 2.93 | 0.07 |
| 54 | North Carolina | Southern | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.44 | 14 | 19.6 | 2.98 | -0.98 |
| 55 | Montana State | Rocky Mountain | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.39 | 39.75 | -4.28 | 3.97 | -0.97 |
| 56 | Brown | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.71 | 19 | 1.39 | 2.97 | -0.97 |
| 57 | Gonzaga | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.63 | 20 | 0.31 | 2.87 | -0.87 |
| 58 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.21 | 9 | 1.93 | 2.93 | -0.93 |
| 59 | South Carolina | Southern | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.2 | 9 | 10 | 2.8 | -0.8 |
| 60 | Kansas State | Missouri Valley | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.17 | 5.33 | 3.15 | 2.27 | -0.27 |
| 61 | LSU | Southern | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.13 | 7.67 | 1.56 | 2.21 | -0.21 |
| 62 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.11 | 6 | 3.06 | 2.57 | -0.57 |
| 63 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.06 | 6 | 13.16 | 2.26 | -0.26 |
| 64 | Oglethorpe | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.54 | 5 | 12.94 | 2.4 | -0.4 |
| 65 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.46 | 5.33 | -1.47 | 2.54 | -0.54 |
| 66 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.39 | 8.33 | 3.77 | 2.48 | -0.48 |
| 67 | California | Pacific | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.29 | 22.33 | -10 | 2.95 | -0.95 |
| 68 | Rice | Southwest | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.67 | 9 | -10 | 2.8 | -0.8 |
| 69 | Kentucky | Southern | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.66 | 3.67 | 4.65 | 2.19 | -0.19 |
| 70 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 16.65 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 2.11 | -0.11 |
| 71 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.55 | 8.33 | -0.09 | 2.81 | -0.81 |
| 72 | Stanford | Pacific | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 15.15 | 12 | -10 | 2.89 | -0.89 |
| 73 | Wofford | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.15 | 23 | 6.95 | 3.96 | -1.96 |
| 74 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.1 | 5.5 | -0.48 | 1.74 | -0.74 |
| 75 | William & Mary | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.91 | -0.25 | 8.06 | 1.96 | 0.04 |
| 76 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.71 | 0 | -0.7 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.02 | -5 | 5.83 | 0.41 | 0.59 |
| 78 | Grinnell | Missouri Valley | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 11.69 | -4.67 | 0.2 | 0.94 | 0.06 |
| 79 | Indiana | Western | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.21 | -16 | 8.36 | 0.31 | 0.69 |
| 80 | Centre College Kentucky | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 10.88 | -8.5 | -0.07 | 0.17 | 0.83 |
| 81 | Purdue | Western | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 10.84 | 16.5 | -10 | 1.9 | -0.9 |
| 82 | Ole Miss | Southern | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 10.52 | 3 | 14.34 | 1.79 | -0.79 |
| 83 | Baylor | Southwest | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 10.48 | -9 | 13.41 | 0.49 | 0.51 |
| 84 | Georgia | Southern | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 10.24 | 1 | 15.59 | 1.62 | -0.62 |
| 85 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 9.34 | -2.5 | 4.88 | 0.61 | 0.39 |
| 86 | Illinois | Western | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 9.01 | -5.5 | 6.4 | 0.45 | 0.55 |
| 87 | Western Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 8.21 | -1.33 | 14.33 | 1.09 | -0.09 |
| 88 | Duke | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.61 | -7 | 10 | 0.71 | 0.29 |
| 89 | Richmond | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.51 | -12.33 | 15.27 | 0.04 | 0.96 |
| 90 | Michigan State | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.44 | -9.67 | 2.24 | 0.24 | 0.76 |
| 91 | Mercer | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 4.79 | -14 | 10.08 | 0.11 | 0.89 |
| 92 | Oregon | Pacific | 0-1-1 | 0 | -0.95 | -3 | 4.71 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Northern Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.94 | -8.5 | 10.37 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 94 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.12 | -9.5 | 23.19 | 0.07 | -0.07 |
| 95 | BYU | Rocky Mountain | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.2 | -14 | 20.85 | 0.07 | -0.07 |
| 96 | Oklahoma State | Missouri Valley | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.21 | -15.5 | 6.27 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 97 | Arkansas | Southwest | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.29 | -15.5 | 6.64 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Newberry | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.34 | -15.5 | 7.89 | 0.07 | -0.07 |
| 99 | Clemson | Southern | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.34 | -11.33 | 20.72 | 0.12 | -0.12 |
| 100 | Montana | Pacific | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.47 | -14.5 | 24.06 | 0.08 | -0.08 |
| 101 | Washington and Lee | Southern | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.52 | -14 | 20.66 | 0.21 | -0.21 |
| 102 | Oklahoma | Missouri Valley | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.68 | -16 | 24.65 | 0 | 0 |
| 103 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.75 | -26 | 24.82 | 0 | 0 |
| 104 | Hampden-Sydney | FBS Independents | 0-3-0 | 0 | -3.08 | -22 | 25.1 | 0.02 | -0.02 |