Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:20.027009+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | Southern | 9-0-0 | 1 | 24.86 | 24.67 | 9.09 | 8.98 | 0.02 |
| 2 | SMU | Southwest | 8-0-1 | 0.89 | 24.36 | 20.22 | 7.36 | 8.79 | -0.79 |
| 3 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 7-0-0 | 1 | 24.06 | 20.14 | 5.87 | 6.93 | 0.07 |
| 4 | Navy | FBS Independents | 9-0-1 | 0.9 | 23.92 | 14.8 | 6.26 | 9.12 | -0.12 |
| 5 | Michigan | Western | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 23.25 | 19.12 | 16.17 | 7.83 | -0.83 |
| 6 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 9-1-0 | 0.9 | 22.94 | 17.2 | 12.33 | 9.83 | -0.83 |
| 7 | Stanford | Pacific | 10-0-0 | 1 | 22.71 | 19.5 | -0.75 | 9.63 | 0.37 |
| 8 | Brown | FBS Independents | 9-0-1 | 0.9 | 22.69 | 18.7 | -0.72 | 9.87 | -0.87 |
| 9 | Vanderbilt | Southern | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 21.89 | 22.11 | 6.72 | 8.86 | -0.86 |
| 10 | Northwestern | Western | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.43 | 19.62 | 5.87 | 7.94 | -0.94 |
| 11 | Furman | FBS Independents | 8-1-1 | 0.8 | 21.32 | 12.3 | 5.87 | 9.56 | -1.56 |
| 12 | Ohio State | Western | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.26 | 19.12 | 5.01 | 7.79 | -0.79 |
| 13 | Tennessee | Southern | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 21.16 | 13 | 4.79 | 8.74 | -0.74 |
| 14 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 21.06 | 20.44 | 3.63 | 8.96 | -1.96 |
| 15 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 5-1-2 | 0.62 | 21.05 | 11.12 | 12.53 | 7.65 | -2.65 |
| 16 | Oregon State | Pacific | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 20.97 | 23.88 | 2.49 | 7.93 | -0.93 |
| 17 | Army | FBS Independents | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 20.91 | 18.78 | 3.12 | 8.52 | -1.52 |
| 18 | Washington State | Pacific | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.44 | 8.14 | 6.23 | 6.53 | -0.53 |
| 19 | USC | Pacific | 8-2-0 | 0.8 | 20.26 | 26.5 | 7.97 | 9.86 | -1.86 |
| 20 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 20.21 | 15.88 | 2.23 | 7.44 | -1.44 |
| 21 | Utah State | Rocky Mountain | 5-1-2 | 0.62 | 20.05 | 6.25 | 8.93 | 6.89 | -1.89 |
| 22 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 19.79 | 10.78 | -1.08 | 8.43 | -1.43 |
| 23 | TCU | Southwest | 6-1-2 | 0.67 | 19.61 | 4 | 4 | 6.47 | -0.47 |
| 24 | Grinnell | Missouri Valley | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 19.52 | 10.25 | -0.1 | 7.72 | -1.72 |
| 25 | Washington | Pacific | 8-2-0 | 0.8 | 19.28 | 15.3 | 4.44 | 9.53 | -1.53 |
| 26 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 19.14 | 5.14 | 4.11 | 5.39 | -0.39 |
| 27 | Presbyterian | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.84 | 13.22 | 5.03 | 8.81 | -1.81 |
| 28 | Carnegie Mellon | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.78 | 20.44 | 2.7 | 8.95 | -1.95 |
| 29 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.46 | 9.62 | 8.28 | 7.29 | -1.29 |
| 30 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 18.44 | 11.67 | 7.25 | 8.53 | -2.53 |
| 31 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 7-2-1 | 0.7 | 18.42 | 8.9 | 4.09 | 9.57 | -2.57 |
| 32 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 7-2-1 | 0.7 | 18.35 | 16.9 | 0.88 | 9.62 | -2.62 |
| 33 | Virginia | Southern | 6-2-2 | 0.6 | 18.21 | 10.8 | 6.07 | 9.33 | -3.33 |
| 34 | Illinois | Western | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.11 | 9.38 | 6.02 | 7.27 | -1.27 |
| 35 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.84 | 11.14 | 9.4 | 6.63 | -1.63 |
| 36 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 5-2-2 | 0.56 | 17.61 | 17.78 | 5.52 | 8.63 | -3.63 |
| 37 | Oklahoma | Missouri Valley | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 17.46 | 10.62 | 6.97 | 7.27 | -2.27 |
| 38 | Wisconsin | Western | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 17.35 | 6.25 | 8.76 | 6.22 | -1.22 |
| 39 | Purdue | Western | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 17.2 | 9.88 | 5.51 | 6.91 | -1.91 |
| 40 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 5-2-2 | 0.56 | 17.18 | 10.78 | 4.94 | 7.93 | -2.93 |
| 41 | LSU | Southern | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.84 | 9.22 | 9.63 | 8.3 | -2.3 |
| 42 | Minnesota | Western | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 16.27 | 25.62 | 8.17 | 7.74 | -2.74 |
| 43 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.17 | 7.89 | 5.45 | 7.5 | -1.5 |
| 44 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 7-3-0 | 0.7 | 15.9 | 4.8 | 1.09 | 8.28 | -1.28 |
| 45 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 15.63 | 13.89 | 6.67 | 8.43 | -3.43 |
| 46 | South Carolina | Southern | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 15.32 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.03 | -3.03 |
| 47 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 15.18 | 6 | 7.63 | 6.95 | -1.95 |
| 48 | Montana State | Rocky Mountain | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 15.16 | 1.29 | 5.58 | 4.28 | -0.28 |
| 49 | Kansas State | Missouri Valley | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.07 | 5.38 | 7.34 | 6.73 | -1.73 |
| 50 | Baylor | Southwest | 6-3-1 | 0.6 | 14.8 | 1 | 3.47 | 5.6 | 0.4 |
| 51 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 5-4-1 | 0.5 | 14.2 | 14 | 5.63 | 9.65 | -4.65 |
| 52 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 14.15 | 4.8 | 3.98 | 7.28 | -1.28 |
| 53 | Texas | Southwest | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 14.14 | 8.56 | 8.09 | 7.7 | -2.7 |
| 54 | Northern Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 14 | 6.2 | 1.41 | 7.9 | -1.9 |
| 55 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 13.87 | 13 | 3.31 | 8 | -3 |
| 56 | Georgia | Southern | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 13.84 | 2.22 | 12.96 | 5.34 | -0.34 |
| 57 | Maryland | Southern | 5-4-1 | 0.5 | 13.72 | 6.8 | 5.78 | 7.86 | -2.86 |
| 58 | Mississippi State | Southern | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 13.5 | 4 | 6.82 | 6.1 | -1.1 |
| 59 | Auburn | Southern | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 13.12 | 4.11 | 3.21 | 6.32 | -1.32 |
| 60 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 13.12 | 17.38 | 6.28 | 7.51 | -3.51 |
| 61 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 12.8 | 4.25 | 12.54 | 5.71 | -1.71 |
| 62 | Washington and Lee | Southern | 4-3-2 | 0.44 | 12.74 | -0.11 | 10.01 | 4.44 | -0.44 |
| 63 | Yale | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 12.62 | 3 | 12.89 | 5.22 | -1.22 |
| 64 | Arkansas | Southwest | 5-5-0 | 0.5 | 12.53 | 9.1 | 4.99 | 8.43 | -3.43 |
| 65 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 12.21 | -1.12 | 9.7 | 3.24 | 0.76 |
| 66 | Ole Miss | Southern | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 12.14 | 0.33 | 3.38 | 4.64 | 0.36 |
| 67 | Rice | Southwest | 4-4-1 | 0.44 | 10.75 | 0.33 | 2.13 | 4.69 | -0.69 |
| 68 | VMI | Southern | 5-5-0 | 0.5 | 10.17 | -1.8 | 6.69 | 3.82 | 1.18 |
| 69 | Georgia Tech | Southern | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 10.16 | 0 | 13.22 | 4.5 | -0.5 |
| 70 | Idaho | Pacific | 3-4-1 | 0.38 | 9.71 | 0 | 10.42 | 4 | -1 |
| 71 | North Carolina | Southern | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 9.44 | -1.67 | 14.13 | 3.32 | 0.68 |
| 72 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 9.35 | 4.38 | 3.47 | 5.31 | -2.31 |
| 73 | Tulane | Southern | 3-5-1 | 0.33 | 9.04 | 1.22 | 8.13 | 5.39 | -2.39 |
| 74 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 2-4-2 | 0.25 | 8.64 | 7.62 | 3.52 | 6.17 | -4.17 |
| 75 | Oklahoma State | Missouri Valley | 3-4-1 | 0.38 | 8.49 | -4.38 | 11.93 | 2.36 | 0.64 |
| 76 | Iowa | Western | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 8.31 | -0.5 | 11.09 | 3.84 | -0.84 |
| 77 | Duke | FBS Independents | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 7.9 | 2 | 4.29 | 5.33 | -2.33 |
| 78 | NC State | Southern | 4-6-0 | 0.4 | 7.68 | -3.6 | 7.98 | 2.63 | 1.37 |
| 79 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 3-5-1 | 0.33 | 7.57 | -2.89 | 11.33 | 3.01 | -0.01 |
| 80 | Michigan State | FBS Independents | 3-4-1 | 0.38 | 7.31 | -9.25 | 1.4 | 1.66 | 1.34 |
| 81 | Oregon | Pacific | 2-4-1 | 0.29 | 7.22 | -0.29 | 9.89 | 3.4 | -1.4 |
| 82 | Indiana | Western | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 7.12 | -7.12 | 13.66 | 1.75 | 1.25 |
| 83 | Montana | Pacific | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 7 | -4.88 | 7.1 | 2.79 | 0.21 |
| 84 | Sewanee | Southern | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 6.1 | 0.75 | 10.75 | 4.41 | -2.41 |
| 85 | California | Pacific | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 5.61 | -6.89 | 5.63 | 2.25 | 0.75 |
| 86 | Kentucky | Southern | 2-6-1 | 0.22 | 5.11 | -0.78 | 8.41 | 4.07 | -2.07 |
| 87 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 4.18 | -7.25 | 16.34 | 1.34 | 0.66 |
| 88 | Florida | Southern | 2-6-2 | 0.2 | 4.15 | -4.2 | 4.57 | 2.94 | -0.94 |
| 89 | Chicago | Western | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 4.07 | -8.62 | 16.83 | 0.84 | 1.16 |
| 90 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 3.67 | -12.62 | 12.93 | 0.29 | 1.71 |
| 91 | Clemson | Southern | 2-7-0 | 0.22 | 2.71 | -16.56 | 9.9 | 0.06 | 1.94 |
| 92 | Wofford | FBS Independents | 2-8-0 | 0.2 | 2.51 | -11.2 | 8.38 | 0.94 | 1.06 |
| 93 | BYU | Rocky Mountain | 1-5-1 | 0.14 | 2.01 | -9.43 | 11.34 | 0.82 | 0.18 |
| 94 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 1-6-0 | 0.14 | 0.69 | -21.86 | 8.32 | 0.06 | 0.94 |
| 95 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 1-7-0 | 0.12 | 0.59 | -13.88 | 9.68 | 0.33 | 0.67 |
| 96 | Western Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 0-8-0 | 0 | -2.62 | -28.75 | 8.28 | 0.02 | -0.02 |