Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:20.024657+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 26.01 | 24.14 | 11.94 | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Alabama | Southern | 8-0-0 | 1 | 25.65 | 24.38 | 10.05 | 7.99 | 0.01 |
| 3 | SMU | Southwest | 7-0-1 | 0.88 | 24.91 | 22.62 | 6.83 | 7.9 | -0.9 |
| 4 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.81 | 19.4 | 6.86 | 4.95 | 0.05 |
| 5 | Navy | FBS Independents | 8-0-0 | 1 | 24.65 | 15.75 | 6.65 | 7.56 | 0.44 |
| 6 | Utah State | Rocky Mountain | 5-0-2 | 0.71 | 24.49 | 12 | 6.9 | 6.97 | -1.97 |
| 7 | Michigan | Western | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 23.57 | 21.71 | 17.31 | 6.89 | -0.89 |
| 8 | Stanford | Pacific | 9-0-0 | 1 | 23.19 | 17.78 | -0.6 | 8.6 | 0.4 |
| 9 | Brown | FBS Independents | 8-0-0 | 1 | 23.17 | 19.88 | -1.13 | 7.98 | 0.02 |
| 10 | TCU | Southwest | 6-0-2 | 0.75 | 22.91 | 4.62 | 2.42 | 6.06 | -0.06 |
| 11 | Vanderbilt | Southern | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 22.25 | 23.25 | 7.1 | 7.86 | -0.86 |
| 12 | Tennessee | Southern | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.82 | 13.88 | 5.89 | 7.75 | -0.75 |
| 13 | USC | Pacific | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.68 | 26.14 | 6.04 | 6.92 | -0.92 |
| 14 | Ohio State | Western | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.52 | 21.71 | 4.68 | 6.86 | -0.86 |
| 15 | Northwestern | Western | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.51 | 21.43 | 5.75 | 6.97 | -0.97 |
| 16 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.47 | 23 | 2.89 | 7.99 | -0.99 |
| 17 | Army | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.15 | 23.29 | 2.41 | 6.89 | -0.89 |
| 18 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.08 | 12.17 | 9.62 | 5.71 | -0.71 |
| 19 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 4-1-2 | 0.57 | 21.02 | 10.57 | 14.11 | 6.59 | -2.59 |
| 20 | Washington State | Pacific | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.93 | 8.33 | 10.4 | 5.51 | -0.51 |
| 21 | Furman | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 20.88 | 10.75 | 5.15 | 7.39 | -1.39 |
| 22 | Illinois | Western | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.86 | 10.86 | 4.72 | 6.5 | -0.5 |
| 23 | Oregon State | Pacific | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.83 | 24.33 | 3.95 | 5.91 | -0.91 |
| 24 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.47 | 18.14 | 0.73 | 6.62 | -0.62 |
| 25 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 19.6 | 8 | -3.53 | 7.37 | -0.37 |
| 26 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 19.58 | 5.14 | 4.25 | 5.39 | -0.39 |
| 27 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 19.43 | 10.88 | -3.4 | 7.46 | -1.46 |
| 28 | Washington | Pacific | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 19.31 | 16.56 | 3.46 | 8.63 | -1.63 |
| 29 | Grinnell | Missouri Valley | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 19.19 | 9.86 | -2.03 | 6.67 | -1.67 |
| 30 | Montana State | Rocky Mountain | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 19.18 | 2.67 | 8.84 | 4.23 | -0.23 |
| 31 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.63 | 13.14 | 11.23 | 6.68 | -1.68 |
| 32 | Minnesota | Western | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.55 | 29.43 | 6.74 | 6.82 | -1.82 |
| 33 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.48 | 11 | 4.12 | 7.27 | -1.27 |
| 34 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 18.26 | 16.75 | 7.74 | 7.71 | -2.71 |
| 35 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 18.02 | 7.67 | 3.86 | 8.42 | -2.42 |
| 36 | Presbyterian | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.91 | 15 | 5.78 | 6.94 | -1.94 |
| 37 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 17.8 | 20 | 3.56 | 7.76 | -2.76 |
| 38 | Kansas State | Missouri Valley | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.71 | 6.29 | 7.23 | 6 | -1 |
| 39 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 17.52 | 9.75 | -0.59 | 7.02 | -1.02 |
| 40 | Oklahoma | Missouri Valley | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.44 | 6.33 | 11.38 | 5.03 | -1.03 |
| 41 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 17.34 | 18.25 | 0.79 | 7.7 | -2.7 |
| 42 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.19 | 6.5 | 11.82 | 5.18 | -1.18 |
| 43 | Carnegie Mellon | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 16.96 | 20.71 | -2.06 | 6.94 | -1.94 |
| 44 | Wisconsin | Western | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 16.87 | 6.14 | 9.55 | 5.38 | -1.38 |
| 45 | Baylor | Southwest | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 16.77 | 2.5 | 4.63 | 5.1 | -0.1 |
| 46 | Virginia | Southern | 4-2-2 | 0.5 | 16.69 | 6 | 7.79 | 6.57 | -2.57 |
| 47 | Purdue | Western | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 16.64 | 9.86 | 5.55 | 6.15 | -2.15 |
| 48 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 4-2-2 | 0.5 | 16.47 | 9.88 | 3.82 | 6.91 | -2.91 |
| 49 | LSU | Southern | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 16.32 | 9.5 | 11.63 | 7.3 | -2.3 |
| 50 | Georgia | Southern | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 16.02 | 5.88 | 12 | 5.96 | -0.96 |
| 51 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.46 | 16.88 | 1.8 | 7.55 | -2.55 |
| 52 | Mississippi State | Southern | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.32 | 4.62 | 6.24 | 5.53 | -0.53 |
| 53 | Auburn | Southern | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.1 | 6.25 | 2.81 | 6.36 | -1.36 |
| 54 | Northern Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.08 | 7.38 | 3.44 | 6.46 | -1.46 |
| 55 | South Carolina | Southern | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 14.98 | 10.11 | 10.72 | 8.33 | -3.33 |
| 56 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 14.89 | 10.5 | 7.14 | 7.51 | -3.51 |
| 57 | Maryland | Southern | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 14.68 | 8.5 | 7.93 | 6.56 | -2.56 |
| 58 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 14.55 | 5.88 | 7.69 | 6.12 | -2.12 |
| 59 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 13.6 | 17.38 | 6.96 | 7.51 | -3.51 |
| 60 | Arkansas | Southwest | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 13.26 | 9.5 | 7.81 | 6.77 | -2.77 |
| 61 | Texas | Southwest | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 13.14 | 8.5 | 9.02 | 6.78 | -2.78 |
| 62 | Rice | Southwest | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 12.65 | 0.62 | 0.55 | 4.32 | -0.32 |
| 63 | VMI | Southern | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 11.78 | -1.22 | 5.88 | 3.76 | 1.24 |
| 64 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 11.54 | 3.29 | 13.87 | 4.74 | -1.74 |
| 65 | Yale | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 11.45 | 2.71 | 14.38 | 4.45 | -1.45 |
| 66 | North Carolina | Southern | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 11.26 | -1.5 | 14.19 | 3.14 | 0.86 |
| 67 | Washington and Lee | Southern | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 11.13 | -0.57 | 11.41 | 3.3 | -0.3 |
| 68 | Ole Miss | Southern | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 11.12 | 0.25 | 2.96 | 4.09 | -0.09 |
| 69 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 10.83 | 5.71 | 2.45 | 4.9 | -1.9 |
| 70 | Tulane | Southern | 3-4-1 | 0.38 | 10.57 | 2.25 | 8.42 | 5.33 | -2.33 |
| 71 | Montana | Pacific | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 10.5 | 3.14 | 6.03 | 4.26 | -1.26 |
| 72 | Oklahoma State | Missouri Valley | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.48 | -2.17 | 10.76 | 2.34 | 0.66 |
| 73 | Iowa | Western | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 10.36 | 0.43 | 10.43 | 3.62 | -0.62 |
| 74 | Idaho | Pacific | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 10.28 | 1.67 | 13.41 | 3.67 | -1.67 |
| 75 | Oregon | Pacific | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 10.17 | 2.33 | 8.26 | 3.62 | -1.62 |
| 76 | Michigan State | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 9.4 | -5.86 | 2.87 | 2.04 | 0.96 |
| 77 | Indiana | Western | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 8.43 | -6.71 | 14.52 | 1.53 | 1.47 |
| 78 | Georgia Tech | Southern | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 8.27 | -1.62 | 13.26 | 3.17 | -0.17 |
| 79 | Kentucky | Southern | 2-4-1 | 0.29 | 8.16 | 0.86 | 9.3 | 3.81 | -1.81 |
| 80 | Sewanee | Southern | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 7.85 | 2.71 | 10.52 | 4.7 | -2.7 |
| 81 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 7.8 | -5 | 13.62 | 0.91 | 1.09 |
| 82 | California | Pacific | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 7.14 | -3.38 | 4.83 | 2.89 | 0.11 |
| 83 | NC State | Southern | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 7.1 | -4.25 | 6.71 | 1.67 | 1.33 |
| 84 | Duke | FBS Independents | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 6.76 | 0.57 | 3.75 | 3.69 | -1.69 |
| 85 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.64 | -4 | 14.34 | 1.86 | 0.14 |
| 86 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 2-4-1 | 0.29 | 6.53 | -3.43 | 10.93 | 2.1 | -0.1 |
| 87 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 1-3-2 | 0.17 | 6.26 | 0.83 | 7.65 | 3.25 | -2.25 |
| 88 | Chicago | Western | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 5.23 | -8.86 | 17.71 | 0.69 | 1.31 |
| 89 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 4.6 | -12.29 | 14.17 | 0.34 | 1.66 |
| 90 | Florida | Southern | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 4.32 | -5.25 | 6.85 | 2.26 | -0.26 |
| 91 | Wofford | FBS Independents | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 3.81 | -8.88 | 11.59 | 1.17 | 0.83 |
| 92 | Clemson | Southern | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 3.57 | -14.88 | 9.16 | 0.08 | 1.92 |
| 93 | BYU | Rocky Mountain | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 2.91 | -8.83 | 11.56 | 0.78 | 0.22 |
| 94 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 1.48 | -19 | 6.9 | 0.09 | 0.91 |
| 95 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 1-6-0 | 0.14 | 1.14 | -14 | 12.39 | 0.35 | 0.65 |
| 96 | Western Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 0-6-0 | 0 | -2.54 | -21.67 | 12.42 | 0.02 | -0.02 |