Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:20.161734+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | Southern | 5-0-0 | 1 | 26.52 | 25.8 | 11.83 | 4.98 | 0.02 |
| 2 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 26.13 | 17.2 | 11.71 | 4.85 | 0.15 |
| 3 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 4-0-0 | 1 | 26.05 | 34 | 8.59 | 3.96 | 0.04 |
| 4 | Minnesota | Western | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 25.51 | 26.2 | 7.06 | 4.9 | -0.9 |
| 5 | Illinois | Western | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 25.42 | 18.4 | 8.13 | 4.93 | -0.93 |
| 6 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 24.75 | 28.17 | 2.95 | 5.99 | -0.99 |
| 7 | USC | Pacific | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 24.65 | 23 | 3.58 | 5.85 | -0.85 |
| 8 | Idaho | Pacific | 3-0-2 | 0.6 | 24.65 | 16.6 | 4.09 | 4.89 | -1.89 |
| 9 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 24.42 | 37.5 | 0.41 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | TCU | Southwest | 4-0-2 | 0.67 | 24.3 | 9.67 | 4.79 | 5.79 | -1.79 |
| 11 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.29 | 21.6 | 1.68 | 4.96 | 0.04 |
| 12 | Tennessee | Southern | 6-0-0 | 1 | 24.12 | 29.83 | 0.23 | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 23.69 | 19.17 | -0.76 | 5.98 | 0.02 |
| 14 | Washington | Pacific | 7-0-0 | 1 | 23.55 | 34.43 | -3.33 | 6.99 | 0.01 |
| 15 | New York University | FBS Independents | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 22.91 | 32.33 | -5.75 | 5.98 | -0.98 |
| 16 | Michigan | Western | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.71 | 15 | 12.08 | 4.94 | -0.94 |
| 17 | Yale | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.67 | 15.8 | 14.26 | 4.89 | -0.89 |
| 18 | NC State | Southern | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.35 | 12.17 | 9.02 | 5.45 | -0.45 |
| 19 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.16 | 2.6 | 19.52 | 3.05 | 0.95 |
| 20 | Georgia Tech | Southern | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.05 | 4.2 | 13.49 | 3.84 | 0.16 |
| 21 | Navy | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21 | 15 | 10.53 | 4.66 | -0.66 |
| 22 | Texas | Southwest | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 20.89 | 12.83 | 8.04 | 5.78 | -1.78 |
| 23 | SMU | Southwest | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.83 | 26 | 3.08 | 5.89 | -0.89 |
| 24 | Alabama | Southern | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 20.82 | 15.67 | 9.21 | 5.9 | -1.9 |
| 25 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.67 | 16.5 | 4.13 | 5.73 | -0.73 |
| 26 | Furman | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.66 | 12.17 | 4.92 | 5.33 | -0.33 |
| 27 | LSU | Southern | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 20.56 | 13.33 | 5.91 | 5.66 | -1.66 |
| 28 | Vanderbilt | Southern | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.43 | 26 | 0.67 | 5.78 | -0.78 |
| 29 | Washington and Lee | Southern | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 20.43 | 8.17 | 9.77 | 5.35 | -1.35 |
| 30 | Arkansas | Southwest | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.39 | 13.4 | 7.69 | 4.47 | -0.47 |
| 31 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.38 | 28.17 | -1.47 | 5.89 | -0.89 |
| 32 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.37 | 21 | 12.54 | 3.99 | -0.99 |
| 33 | Army | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.3 | 13.17 | 2.48 | 5.76 | -0.76 |
| 34 | California | Pacific | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.3 | 16.5 | 0.24 | 5.92 | -0.92 |
| 35 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.28 | 41 | -2.23 | 5.99 | -0.99 |
| 36 | Stanford | Pacific | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 19.89 | 10.43 | 1.5 | 6.26 | -1.26 |
| 37 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.88 | 17 | 10.78 | 3.99 | -0.99 |
| 38 | Utah State | Rocky Mountain | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.26 | 24 | 4.77 | 3.97 | -0.97 |
| 39 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 19.22 | 16.83 | -0.93 | 5.97 | -1.97 |
| 40 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 19.15 | 5.67 | 0.99 | 5 | -1 |
| 41 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 18.87 | 19.2 | 2.86 | 4.87 | -1.87 |
| 42 | Creighton | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 18.76 | 4.4 | 5.35 | 3.9 | -0.9 |
| 43 | Clemson | Southern | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 18.68 | 6 | 0.25 | 5.39 | -1.39 |
| 44 | Maryland | Southern | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 18.21 | 18 | 9.12 | 5.81 | -1.81 |
| 45 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 17.29 | 4.75 | 13.46 | 3.03 | -1.03 |
| 46 | Carnegie Mellon | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.13 | 16.5 | 4.39 | 5.58 | -1.58 |
| 47 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 3-1-2 | 0.5 | 17.06 | 2 | 0.07 | 3.9 | -0.9 |
| 48 | Florida | Southern | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.94 | 12.5 | 4.35 | 5.4 | -1.4 |
| 49 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.79 | 5.83 | 4.83 | 4.85 | -0.85 |
| 50 | Northwestern | Western | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.64 | 8.4 | 13.45 | 3.87 | -0.87 |
| 51 | Wisconsin | Western | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.26 | 6.2 | 12.62 | 3.88 | -0.88 |
| 52 | Purdue | Western | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.14 | 11.8 | 11.32 | 4.72 | -1.72 |
| 53 | Detroit Mercy | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.01 | 18.6 | 7.6 | 4.8 | -1.8 |
| 54 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.86 | 11.8 | 8.9 | 4.23 | -1.23 |
| 55 | Kansas State | Missouri Valley | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.77 | 5.8 | 8.74 | 3.79 | -0.79 |
| 56 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.69 | 1.6 | 14.43 | 2.93 | 0.07 |
| 57 | Ohio State | Western | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.64 | 3.4 | 14.17 | 3.3 | -0.3 |
| 58 | Mississippi State | Southern | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.61 | 8 | 5.95 | 4.46 | -1.46 |
| 59 | Chicago | Western | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.57 | 1.6 | 13.15 | 3.04 | -0.04 |
| 60 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 15.51 | 10.83 | 3.48 | 4.81 | -1.81 |
| 61 | Washington State | Pacific | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 15.44 | 13.33 | 1.79 | 5.69 | -2.69 |
| 62 | Iowa | Western | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.31 | 6.8 | 7.95 | 3.76 | -0.76 |
| 63 | VMI | Southern | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 15.18 | 13.57 | 8.1 | 6.77 | -2.77 |
| 64 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 15.14 | 7.67 | 4.54 | 5.67 | -2.67 |
| 65 | Ole Miss | Southern | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 14.87 | 14.17 | 0.53 | 5.42 | -2.42 |
| 66 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.11 | 5.5 | 14.79 | 2.89 | -0.89 |
| 67 | South Carolina | Southern | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 13.88 | -4 | 6.34 | 1.62 | 2.38 |
| 68 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 13.64 | 0.6 | 5.14 | 2.64 | 0.36 |
| 69 | Duke | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 13.44 | 12.83 | 7.69 | 5.09 | -2.09 |
| 70 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.85 | 2.83 | 8.4 | 3.98 | -0.98 |
| 71 | Oregon State | Pacific | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.82 | 2.75 | 13.16 | 2.51 | -0.51 |
| 72 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.6 | 4 | 3.72 | 4.62 | -1.62 |
| 73 | Marquette | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.58 | 6.33 | 4.62 | 4.91 | -1.91 |
| 74 | Oklahoma | Missouri Valley | 1-1-2 | 0.25 | 12.23 | 0 | 13.98 | 2 | -1 |
| 75 | Oregon | Pacific | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 11.71 | -0.6 | 9.73 | 2.28 | -0.28 |
| 76 | Montana State | Rocky Mountain | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 11.15 | -4.17 | 14.86 | 1.99 | 1.01 |
| 77 | Virginia | Southern | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.89 | -5.17 | 13.82 | 1.77 | 1.23 |
| 78 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 10.73 | -2.2 | 12.95 | 1.97 | 0.03 |
| 79 | Michigan State | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.15 | -2.2 | 2.09 | 2 | 0 |
| 80 | Brown | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 8.06 | 2 | -0.65 | 3.71 | -1.71 |
| 81 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.84 | -5.6 | 7.91 | 1.41 | 0.59 |
| 82 | Oklahoma State | Missouri Valley | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.8 | -5.6 | 13.93 | 1.32 | 0.68 |
| 83 | Montana | Pacific | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.13 | -15.2 | 9.93 | 0.28 | 1.72 |
| 84 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.64 | -4 | 11.74 | 1.98 | 0.02 |
| 85 | Baylor | Southwest | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.09 | -3.83 | 0.51 | 1.74 | 0.26 |
| 86 | Northern Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.17 | -15.17 | 1.13 | 0.33 | 1.67 |
| 87 | Indiana | Western | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 4.91 | -5 | 17.3 | 1.33 | -0.33 |
| 88 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 1-3-2 | 0.17 | 4.36 | -8.5 | 15.07 | 0.89 | 0.11 |
| 89 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.19 | -9.5 | 12.51 | 1.1 | -0.1 |
| 90 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 1-3-2 | 0.17 | 4.01 | -9.17 | 6.53 | 0.73 | 0.27 |
| 91 | Sewanee | Southern | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 3.05 | -7 | 7.64 | 1.07 | -0.07 |
| 92 | Tulane | Southern | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.91 | -13 | 21.09 | 0.32 | 0.68 |
| 93 | Western Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 2.8 | -24.75 | 11.3 | 0.05 | 0.95 |
| 94 | Rice | Southwest | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 2.59 | -10.5 | 0.89 | 0.54 | 0.46 |
| 95 | Kentucky | Southern | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 2.49 | -14.83 | 7.31 | 0.23 | 0.77 |
| 96 | North Carolina | Southern | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 2.24 | -10 | 18.57 | 0.35 | 0.65 |
| 97 | Auburn | Southern | 0-5-1 | 0 | -2.15 | -12.5 | 11.05 | 0.12 | -0.12 |
| 98 | BYU | Rocky Mountain | 0-3-1 | 0 | -2.27 | -16.25 | 8.11 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 99 | Grinnell | Missouri Valley | 0-4-1 | 0 | -2.61 | -25.6 | 7.14 | 0.01 | -0.01 |