Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:19.889364+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan | Western | 5-0-0 | 1 | 27.11 | 36 | 13.61 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | Tulane | Southern | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 26.56 | 23.67 | 12.43 | 5.94 | -0.94 |
| 3 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 26.21 | 10.6 | 13.88 | 4.78 | -0.78 |
| 4 | Virginia | Southern | 5-0-0 | 1 | 26.19 | 14.8 | 12.53 | 4.92 | 0.08 |
| 5 | Alabama | Southern | 6-0-0 | 1 | 25.94 | 29.67 | 8.54 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 5-0-0 | 1 | 25.32 | 16.4 | 7.99 | 4.97 | 0.03 |
| 7 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.8 | 23 | 4.45 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 24.56 | 26.67 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | Washington | Pacific | 6-0-1 | 0.86 | 24.4 | 46.86 | 0.02 | 6.99 | -0.99 |
| 10 | Iowa | Western | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.27 | 20.8 | 1.7 | 4.95 | 0.05 |
| 11 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 24.2 | 20.67 | 1.57 | 5.93 | -0.93 |
| 12 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 23.9 | 39.33 | -1.82 | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 23.54 | 26.67 | -2.36 | 6 | -1 |
| 14 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 23.39 | 39.6 | -4.05 | 4.99 | 0.01 |
| 15 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 22.83 | 22.17 | -5.35 | 5.93 | -0.93 |
| 16 | Yale | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.98 | 22.4 | 14.51 | 4.82 | -0.82 |
| 17 | North Carolina | Southern | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.84 | 13 | 11.5 | 5.99 | -0.99 |
| 18 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.77 | 20.67 | 9.32 | 5.82 | -0.82 |
| 19 | Furman | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.64 | 6.5 | 13.89 | 4.8 | 0.2 |
| 20 | USC | Pacific | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.61 | 44 | 1.68 | 6.99 | -0.99 |
| 21 | Texas | Southwest | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 21.44 | 17.33 | 11.71 | 5.92 | -1.92 |
| 22 | Vanderbilt | Southern | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.3 | 15.17 | 7.73 | 5.67 | -0.67 |
| 23 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 21.17 | 13 | 7.44 | 6.94 | -1.94 |
| 24 | Florida | Southern | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.07 | 19.17 | 5.42 | 5.84 | -0.84 |
| 25 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.95 | 7 | 6.77 | 4.86 | 0.14 |
| 26 | Oregon State | Pacific | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.65 | 27.8 | 5.5 | 4.9 | -0.9 |
| 27 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.34 | 13.5 | 2.79 | 5.78 | -0.78 |
| 28 | Stanford | Pacific | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.3 | 13 | 2.85 | 5.51 | -0.51 |
| 29 | Wisconsin | Western | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 20.11 | 10.2 | 13.58 | 4.51 | -1.51 |
| 30 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 19.96 | 7.4 | 15.19 | 4.75 | -1.75 |
| 31 | Army | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.94 | 13.8 | 2.34 | 4.56 | -0.56 |
| 32 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.86 | 5 | 8.31 | 4.64 | -0.64 |
| 33 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 19.7 | 17.33 | -1.66 | 5.94 | -0.94 |
| 34 | Chicago | Western | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 19.6 | 2.8 | 16.61 | 4.44 | -1.44 |
| 35 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 19.44 | 11.8 | 8.86 | 4.63 | -1.63 |
| 36 | Navy | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 19.3 | 5.4 | 8.44 | 3.49 | -0.49 |
| 37 | Georgia Tech | Southern | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 19.09 | 7.33 | 19.81 | 5.09 | -1.09 |
| 38 | Minnesota | Western | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 19.07 | 13.4 | 5.6 | 4.51 | -1.51 |
| 39 | California | Pacific | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 18.9 | 21.33 | -7.25 | 5.97 | -0.97 |
| 40 | Tennessee | Southern | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 18.85 | 8.4 | 7.3 | 4.21 | -1.21 |
| 41 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 18.8 | 6.4 | 7.8 | 4.19 | -1.19 |
| 42 | South Carolina | Southern | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.66 | 12 | 8.6 | 6.79 | -1.79 |
| 43 | Ohio State | Western | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 18.55 | 3.6 | 8.78 | 4.06 | -1.06 |
| 44 | TCU | Southwest | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 18.21 | 8.67 | -4.13 | 4.99 | -0.99 |
| 45 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.14 | 3.75 | 7.56 | 2.8 | 0.2 |
| 46 | Utah State | Rocky Mountain | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.01 | 4.67 | 12.26 | 2.55 | -0.55 |
| 47 | VMI | Southern | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.89 | 10.14 | 5.55 | 5.87 | -0.87 |
| 48 | Montana State | Rocky Mountain | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.75 | 30.71 | -1.86 | 6.95 | -1.95 |
| 49 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.22 | 30.67 | 0.04 | 5.96 | -1.96 |
| 50 | Carnegie Mellon | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 17.16 | 10.5 | 5.91 | 3.76 | -1.76 |
| 51 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.97 | 10 | 4.55 | 5.45 | -1.45 |
| 52 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.57 | 5.17 | 4.16 | 5.09 | -1.09 |
| 53 | Kentucky | Southern | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.12 | 2.67 | 6.68 | 4.02 | -0.02 |
| 54 | SMU | Southwest | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 15.92 | 15.17 | 6.86 | 5.8 | -2.8 |
| 55 | Kansas State | Missouri Valley | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.54 | 4 | 11.23 | 3.7 | -0.7 |
| 56 | Auburn | Southern | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 15.52 | 0 | 6.55 | 3 | 1 |
| 57 | Oglethorpe | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 15.48 | 2.33 | 2.18 | 3.81 | 0.19 |
| 58 | Gonzaga | FBS Independents | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 15.45 | 11.33 | 2.8 | 5.32 | -2.32 |
| 59 | Rice | Southwest | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 15.36 | 4.83 | -2.01 | 4.5 | -0.5 |
| 60 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.28 | 3.6 | 7.82 | 3.2 | -0.2 |
| 61 | Sewanee | Southern | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 15.27 | 9 | 5.8 | 5.16 | -2.16 |
| 62 | William & Mary | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 15.03 | 12.43 | 5.18 | 6.07 | -2.07 |
| 63 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.01 | 12.6 | 2.18 | 4.34 | -1.34 |
| 64 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 14.92 | 7 | 4.91 | 5.59 | -2.59 |
| 65 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.84 | 6.2 | 4.71 | 4.3 | -1.3 |
| 66 | LSU | Southern | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 14.61 | 2.83 | 3.29 | 3.94 | -0.94 |
| 67 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 14.52 | -1.43 | 7.21 | 2.41 | 1.59 |
| 68 | Northwestern | Western | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.48 | 2 | 7.12 | 3.08 | -0.08 |
| 69 | Georgia | Southern | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 14.4 | 6.33 | 18.1 | 4.55 | -1.55 |
| 70 | Brown | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 13.67 | 13 | 6.67 | 5.52 | -2.52 |
| 71 | Western Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.87 | 1.75 | 13.43 | 2.55 | -0.55 |
| 72 | Mississippi State | Southern | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 12.84 | 2.4 | 8.68 | 3.36 | -1.36 |
| 73 | Idaho | Pacific | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 12.61 | -8.8 | 9.91 | 0.72 | 2.28 |
| 74 | Wofford | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 11.83 | 13.29 | 7.26 | 6.69 | -3.69 |
| 75 | Grinnell | Missouri Valley | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 11.82 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 3.1 | -1.1 |
| 76 | Oklahoma | Missouri Valley | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11.58 | -3 | 17.25 | 0.84 | 1.16 |
| 77 | Purdue | Western | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 10.92 | 12.8 | 1.87 | 4.75 | -2.75 |
| 78 | Northern Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 10.33 | 10.4 | 1.43 | 4.44 | -2.44 |
| 79 | Arkansas | Southwest | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 10.2 | 4.4 | 7.47 | 3.62 | -1.62 |
| 80 | Illinois | Western | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 10.18 | 1.2 | 17.17 | 2.88 | -0.88 |
| 81 | Maryland | Southern | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 9.96 | 0.8 | 8.19 | 2.94 | -0.94 |
| 82 | Newberry | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 9.12 | 0.8 | 6.33 | 2.66 | -0.66 |
| 83 | Presbyterian | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.74 | -1.4 | 6.59 | 2.17 | -0.17 |
| 84 | Indiana | Western | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.83 | -6.2 | 8.8 | 1.48 | 0.52 |
| 85 | Baylor | Southwest | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 7.76 | -5.17 | 5.56 | 1.45 | 0.55 |
| 86 | Centre College Kentucky | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.72 | -4.4 | 3.03 | 1.22 | 0.78 |
| 87 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.71 | -10 | 12.32 | 0.47 | 1.53 |
| 88 | Ole Miss | Southern | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 7.65 | -0.5 | 11.07 | 2.84 | -0.84 |
| 89 | Washington and Lee | Southern | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 7.21 | -3 | 17.34 | 2.17 | -0.17 |
| 90 | NC State | Southern | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 7.18 | -2.5 | 15.4 | 2.02 | -0.02 |
| 91 | Washington State | Pacific | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.1 | -5 | 16.87 | 0.49 | 0.51 |
| 92 | Duke | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.08 | -10.4 | 9.16 | 0.66 | 1.34 |
| 93 | Montana | Pacific | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 6.94 | 1.6 | 13.29 | 2.78 | -1.78 |
| 94 | Hampden-Sydney | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.15 | -4.83 | 5.03 | 1.55 | 0.45 |
| 95 | Michigan State | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.07 | -8 | 9.96 | 0.73 | 1.27 |
| 96 | Richmond | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.91 | -5.33 | 1.57 | 0.88 | 1.12 |
| 97 | BYU | Rocky Mountain | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.16 | -13.5 | 19.39 | 0.09 | 0.91 |
| 98 | Oregon | Pacific | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 4.11 | -8.6 | 7.29 | 0.45 | 0.55 |
| 99 | Oklahoma State | Missouri Valley | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 3.91 | -8.8 | 3.38 | 0.41 | 0.59 |
| 100 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 3.16 | -7.6 | 15.41 | 0.37 | 0.63 |
| 101 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.91 | -11.4 | 16.11 | 0.32 | 0.68 |
| 102 | Mercer | FBS Independents | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 1.87 | -13.5 | 9.68 | 0.14 | 0.86 |
| 103 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 0-3-1 | 0 | -1.9 | -8.5 | 14.79 | 0.32 | -0.32 |
| 104 | Clemson | Southern | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.41 | -16 | 15.28 | 0.04 | -0.04 |