Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:20.025090+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 8-0-0 | 1 | 25.72 | 23.75 | 11.25 | 8 | 0 |
| 2 | Alabama | Southern | 8-0-0 | 1 | 25.29 | 24.38 | 9.06 | 7.99 | 0.01 |
| 3 | SMU | Southwest | 7-0-1 | 0.88 | 24.7 | 22.62 | 6.48 | 7.9 | -0.9 |
| 4 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.48 | 19.4 | 5.92 | 4.95 | 0.05 |
| 5 | Utah State | Rocky Mountain | 5-0-2 | 0.71 | 24.2 | 12 | 6.28 | 6.97 | -1.97 |
| 6 | Navy | FBS Independents | 9-0-0 | 1 | 24.16 | 16.44 | 4.91 | 8.47 | 0.53 |
| 7 | Michigan | Western | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 23.9 | 19.12 | 17.61 | 7.83 | -0.83 |
| 8 | Stanford | Pacific | 10-0-0 | 1 | 23.23 | 19.5 | -0.17 | 9.63 | 0.37 |
| 9 | Brown | FBS Independents | 9-0-0 | 1 | 22.78 | 20.78 | -2.68 | 8.94 | 0.06 |
| 10 | TCU | Southwest | 6-0-2 | 0.75 | 22.78 | 4.62 | 2.35 | 6.06 | -0.06 |
| 11 | Vanderbilt | Southern | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 22.31 | 22.11 | 6.97 | 8.86 | -0.86 |
| 12 | USC | Pacific | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 22.1 | 25.62 | 6.55 | 7.9 | -0.9 |
| 13 | Northwestern | Western | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.97 | 19.62 | 6.89 | 7.94 | -0.94 |
| 14 | Ohio State | Western | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.81 | 19.12 | 6.06 | 7.79 | -0.79 |
| 15 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 5-1-2 | 0.62 | 21.49 | 11.12 | 13.13 | 7.65 | -2.65 |
| 16 | Tennessee | Southern | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.48 | 13.88 | 5.38 | 7.75 | -0.75 |
| 17 | Furman | FBS Independents | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 21.46 | 10.33 | 6.72 | 8.39 | -1.39 |
| 18 | Oregon State | Pacific | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.42 | 23.14 | 5.68 | 6.92 | -0.92 |
| 19 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.32 | 23 | 2.5 | 7.99 | -0.99 |
| 20 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.17 | 11.57 | 6.99 | 6.6 | -0.6 |
| 21 | Army | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 20.91 | 21.12 | 0.6 | 7.77 | -0.77 |
| 22 | Washington State | Pacific | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.84 | 8.33 | 10.32 | 5.51 | -0.51 |
| 23 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.31 | 18.14 | 0.21 | 6.62 | -0.62 |
| 24 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 19.47 | 5.14 | 4.01 | 5.39 | -0.39 |
| 25 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 19.34 | 10.88 | -3.32 | 7.46 | -1.46 |
| 26 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 19.23 | 13.12 | 9.87 | 7.62 | -1.62 |
| 27 | Washington | Pacific | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 19.1 | 16.56 | 3.52 | 8.63 | -1.63 |
| 28 | Grinnell | Missouri Valley | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 19.08 | 9.86 | -0.85 | 6.67 | -1.67 |
| 29 | Illinois | Western | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.62 | 9.38 | 6.52 | 7.27 | -1.27 |
| 30 | Presbyterian | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.34 | 13.75 | 3.9 | 7.81 | -1.81 |
| 31 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.2 | 11 | 3.78 | 7.27 | -1.27 |
| 32 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 18.09 | 16.75 | 6.89 | 7.71 | -2.71 |
| 33 | Carnegie Mellon | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.05 | 20.62 | 0.43 | 7.95 | -1.95 |
| 34 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 17.99 | 7.67 | 4.08 | 8.42 | -2.42 |
| 35 | Oklahoma | Missouri Valley | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.95 | 12.14 | 7.77 | 6.59 | -1.59 |
| 36 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 17.85 | 6.33 | -0.75 | 7.96 | -0.96 |
| 37 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 17.78 | 16.89 | -0.62 | 8.62 | -2.62 |
| 38 | Wisconsin | Western | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 17.74 | 6.25 | 9.67 | 6.22 | -1.22 |
| 39 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 17.7 | 20 | 3.48 | 7.76 | -2.76 |
| 40 | Virginia | Southern | 5-2-2 | 0.56 | 17.62 | 11.67 | 5.9 | 8.37 | -3.37 |
| 41 | Purdue | Western | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 17.5 | 9.88 | 5.84 | 6.91 | -1.91 |
| 42 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.06 | 6.5 | 10.82 | 5.18 | -1.18 |
| 43 | Minnesota | Western | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 16.74 | 25.62 | 8.8 | 7.74 | -2.74 |
| 44 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 4-2-2 | 0.5 | 16.4 | 9.88 | 3.96 | 6.91 | -2.91 |
| 45 | LSU | Southern | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 16.11 | 9.5 | 10.28 | 7.3 | -2.3 |
| 46 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 15.89 | 6.44 | 1.73 | 7.06 | -1.06 |
| 47 | Georgia | Southern | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.88 | 5.88 | 11.12 | 5.96 | -0.96 |
| 48 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 15.79 | 16 | 5.4 | 8.78 | -3.78 |
| 49 | Montana State | Rocky Mountain | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 15.66 | 1.29 | 5.94 | 4.28 | -0.28 |
| 50 | South Carolina | Southern | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 15.61 | 9.7 | 10.21 | 9.03 | -3.03 |
| 51 | Kansas State | Missouri Valley | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.43 | 5.38 | 7.17 | 6.73 | -1.73 |
| 52 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.41 | 16.88 | 1.85 | 7.55 | -2.55 |
| 53 | Mississippi State | Southern | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.15 | 4.62 | 6.6 | 5.53 | -0.53 |
| 54 | Auburn | Southern | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 14.9 | 6.25 | 3.04 | 6.36 | -1.36 |
| 55 | Arkansas | Southwest | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 14.41 | 10.89 | 7.33 | 7.93 | -2.93 |
| 56 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 14.29 | 5.88 | 7.41 | 6.12 | -2.12 |
| 57 | Baylor | Southwest | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 14.05 | 0.89 | 3.25 | 4.97 | 0.03 |
| 58 | Northern Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 13.62 | 5.56 | 3.27 | 6.78 | -1.78 |
| 59 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 13.37 | 17.38 | 6.31 | 7.51 | -3.51 |
| 60 | Texas | Southwest | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 13.03 | 8.5 | 8.04 | 6.78 | -2.78 |
| 61 | Washington and Lee | Southern | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 12.98 | -0.12 | 11.18 | 3.95 | 0.05 |
| 62 | Maryland | Southern | 4-4-1 | 0.44 | 12.93 | 7.22 | 7.25 | 7.25 | -3.25 |
| 63 | Yale | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 12.84 | 3 | 13.63 | 5.22 | -1.22 |
| 64 | Rice | Southwest | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 12.45 | 0.62 | 0.79 | 4.32 | -0.32 |
| 65 | VMI | Southern | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 11.79 | -1.22 | 5.92 | 3.76 | 1.24 |
| 66 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 11.38 | 3.29 | 14.16 | 4.74 | -1.74 |
| 67 | North Carolina | Southern | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 11.05 | -1.5 | 13.75 | 3.14 | 0.86 |
| 68 | Ole Miss | Southern | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 10.95 | 0.25 | 2.64 | 4.09 | -0.09 |
| 69 | Montana | Pacific | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 10.61 | 3.14 | 5.89 | 4.26 | -1.26 |
| 70 | Tulane | Southern | 3-4-1 | 0.38 | 10.55 | 2.25 | 7.33 | 5.33 | -2.33 |
| 71 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 10.33 | -4.14 | 13.89 | 1.21 | 1.79 |
| 72 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 9.58 | 4.38 | 3.47 | 5.31 | -2.31 |
| 73 | Duke | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 9.4 | 4.75 | 3.19 | 5.63 | -2.63 |
| 74 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 3-4-1 | 0.38 | 8.99 | -1.88 | 11.58 | 3.07 | -0.07 |
| 75 | Oklahoma State | Missouri Valley | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 8.59 | -5 | 11.12 | 1.85 | 1.15 |
| 76 | Iowa | Western | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 8.59 | -0.5 | 11.8 | 3.84 | -0.84 |
| 77 | Georgia Tech | Southern | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 8.2 | -1.62 | 14.18 | 3.17 | -0.17 |
| 78 | Michigan State | FBS Independents | 3-4-1 | 0.38 | 7.54 | -9.25 | 1.48 | 1.66 | 1.34 |
| 79 | Oregon | Pacific | 2-4-1 | 0.29 | 7.51 | -0.29 | 10.2 | 3.4 | -1.4 |
| 80 | Indiana | Western | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 7.35 | -7.12 | 14.5 | 1.75 | 1.25 |
| 81 | Idaho | Pacific | 2-4-1 | 0.29 | 7.18 | -1.71 | 14.63 | 2.79 | -0.79 |
| 82 | Kentucky | Southern | 2-5-1 | 0.25 | 6.48 | -0.12 | 6.98 | 3.94 | -1.94 |
| 83 | Sewanee | Southern | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 6.33 | 0.75 | 11.71 | 4.41 | -2.41 |
| 84 | NC State | Southern | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 6.13 | -4.44 | 7.47 | 2.04 | 0.96 |
| 85 | California | Pacific | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 5.8 | -6.89 | 6.13 | 2.25 | 0.75 |
| 86 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 5.36 | -6.43 | 16.1 | 1.47 | 0.53 |
| 87 | Chicago | Western | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 4.2 | -8.62 | 17.23 | 0.84 | 1.16 |
| 88 | Florida | Southern | 2-6-1 | 0.22 | 4.16 | -4.67 | 4.42 | 2.54 | -0.54 |
| 89 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 1-4-2 | 0.14 | 3.85 | -1.43 | 5.34 | 3.02 | -2.02 |
| 90 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 3.8 | -12.62 | 13.74 | 0.29 | 1.71 |
| 91 | Clemson | Southern | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 3.5 | -14.88 | 9.1 | 0.08 | 1.92 |
| 92 | Wofford | FBS Independents | 2-7-0 | 0.22 | 3.08 | -11.67 | 10.83 | 0.82 | 1.18 |
| 93 | BYU | Rocky Mountain | 1-5-1 | 0.14 | 2.11 | -9.43 | 12.81 | 0.82 | 0.18 |
| 94 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 1.47 | -19 | 6.54 | 0.09 | 0.91 |
| 95 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 1-7-0 | 0.12 | 0.63 | -13.88 | 9.63 | 0.33 | 0.67 |
| 96 | Western Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 0-7-0 | 0 | -2.5 | -22.71 | 8.96 | 0.03 | -0.03 |