Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:20.162080+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | Southern | 6-0-0 | 1 | 26.26 | 26.17 | 11.82 | 5.99 | 0.01 |
| 2 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 26.04 | 14.33 | 13.08 | 5.73 | -0.73 |
| 3 | Minnesota | Western | 4-0-2 | 0.67 | 25.72 | 21.83 | 10.07 | 5.83 | -1.83 |
| 4 | Illinois | Western | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 25.26 | 17.67 | 8.49 | 5.94 | -0.94 |
| 5 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 6-0-1 | 0.86 | 24.96 | 27.86 | 5.51 | 6.96 | -0.96 |
| 6 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 6-0-1 | 0.86 | 24.6 | 32.14 | 3.29 | 7 | -1 |
| 7 | USC | Pacific | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 24.49 | 23 | 3.84 | 5.85 | -0.85 |
| 8 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 24.48 | 21.33 | 4.16 | 5.96 | 0.04 |
| 9 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 6-0-1 | 0.86 | 23.94 | 16.43 | 2.44 | 6.97 | -0.97 |
| 10 | Idaho | Pacific | 3-0-2 | 0.6 | 23.92 | 16.6 | 2 | 4.89 | -1.89 |
| 11 | Tennessee | Southern | 7-0-0 | 1 | 23.89 | 28.43 | 0.15 | 6.98 | 0.02 |
| 12 | New York University | FBS Independents | 6-0-1 | 0.86 | 23.32 | 29.71 | -2.53 | 6.96 | -0.96 |
| 13 | Yale | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 22.23 | 17.17 | 13.91 | 5.87 | -0.87 |
| 14 | NC State | Southern | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 22.08 | 13.14 | 10.24 | 6.44 | -0.44 |
| 15 | Michigan | Western | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.79 | 14.83 | 11.84 | 5.95 | -0.95 |
| 16 | Missouri | Missouri Valley | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.55 | 4.33 | 15.84 | 4.16 | 0.84 |
| 17 | Nebraska | Missouri Valley | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.52 | 23.6 | 12.67 | 4.95 | -0.95 |
| 18 | Furman | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.39 | 18 | 5.05 | 6.64 | -0.64 |
| 19 | Washington | Pacific | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.28 | 29.38 | -0.94 | 7.97 | -0.97 |
| 20 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.2 | 27 | 7.87 | 4.92 | -0.92 |
| 21 | Arkansas | Southwest | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.17 | 12.33 | 9.28 | 5.39 | -0.39 |
| 22 | Navy | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.01 | 16.83 | 6.71 | 5.75 | -0.75 |
| 23 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.94 | 38.71 | -0.48 | 6.99 | -0.99 |
| 24 | Texas | Southwest | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 20.88 | 11.14 | 7.75 | 6.54 | -1.54 |
| 25 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.84 | 25.86 | 0.48 | 6.84 | -0.84 |
| 26 | Alabama | Southern | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 20.84 | 15.57 | 6.11 | 6.86 | -1.86 |
| 27 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.79 | 14.8 | 10.39 | 4.99 | -0.99 |
| 28 | Stanford | Pacific | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 20.78 | 9.88 | 4.09 | 7.1 | -1.1 |
| 29 | Army | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.75 | 17.71 | 1.47 | 6.88 | -0.88 |
| 30 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.58 | 16 | 0.74 | 6.74 | -0.74 |
| 31 | California | Pacific | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.56 | 17 | 0.5 | 6.83 | -0.83 |
| 32 | Georgia Tech | Southern | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 20.54 | 3.5 | 14.62 | 4.61 | -0.61 |
| 33 | Vanderbilt | Southern | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 20.47 | 22.29 | 2.48 | 6.74 | -1.74 |
| 34 | TCU | Southwest | 4-1-2 | 0.57 | 19.91 | 7.29 | 6.02 | 6.42 | -2.42 |
| 35 | Creighton | FBS Independents | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 19.53 | 5.17 | 7.23 | 4.83 | -0.83 |
| 36 | Clemson | Southern | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 19.06 | 7 | -0.99 | 6.53 | -1.53 |
| 37 | Iowa State | Missouri Valley | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 19.04 | 5.2 | 11.88 | 4.04 | -1.04 |
| 38 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 4-1-2 | 0.57 | 18.75 | 14.43 | -2.28 | 6.9 | -2.9 |
| 39 | SMU | Southwest | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.37 | 18.57 | 5.63 | 6.41 | -1.41 |
| 40 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 3-1-2 | 0.5 | 18.23 | 16 | 0.58 | 5.77 | -2.77 |
| 41 | Purdue | Western | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.58 | 11.83 | 10.54 | 5.65 | -1.65 |
| 42 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.45 | 10 | 10.58 | 5 | -1 |
| 43 | LSU | Southern | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 17.33 | 10.71 | 7.08 | 6.34 | -2.34 |
| 44 | Wisconsin | Western | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.3 | 8.17 | 10.25 | 5.07 | -1.07 |
| 45 | Washington and Lee | Southern | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 17.22 | 6.14 | 9.1 | 5.76 | -1.76 |
| 46 | Detroit Mercy | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.1 | 20.67 | 4.1 | 5.8 | -1.8 |
| 47 | Oklahoma | Missouri Valley | 2-1-2 | 0.4 | 16.6 | 3.2 | 11.43 | 3.17 | -1.17 |
| 48 | Ole Miss | Southern | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 16.55 | 12.86 | 2.95 | 6.27 | -2.27 |
| 49 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 16.25 | 9.43 | 2.1 | 6.79 | -2.79 |
| 50 | Utah State | Rocky Mountain | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.19 | 18 | 7.64 | 4.92 | -1.92 |
| 51 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 16.09 | 5 | 3.05 | 5.5 | -1.5 |
| 52 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 15.88 | 2.14 | 3.93 | 4.4 | -0.4 |
| 53 | VMI | Southern | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.82 | 12.75 | 5.19 | 7.77 | -2.77 |
| 54 | Maryland | Southern | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 15.57 | 12 | 10.86 | 6.17 | -2.17 |
| 55 | Kansas State | Missouri Valley | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.52 | 5.8 | 10.28 | 3.79 | -0.79 |
| 56 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.24 | 1.6 | 14.41 | 2.93 | 0.07 |
| 57 | Washington State | Pacific | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 15.09 | 13.33 | 2.25 | 5.69 | -2.69 |
| 58 | Mississippi State | Southern | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.08 | 8 | 4.86 | 4.46 | -1.46 |
| 59 | Carnegie Mellon | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 15.01 | 12.14 | 6.48 | 6.08 | -2.08 |
| 60 | Florida | Southern | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.64 | 6.71 | 6.77 | 5.29 | -1.29 |
| 61 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.48 | 5.86 | 8.42 | 5.61 | -1.61 |
| 62 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.2 | 8.43 | 4.02 | 6.36 | -2.36 |
| 63 | Marquette | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.03 | 9.14 | 2.04 | 6.28 | -2.28 |
| 64 | Northwestern | Western | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 13.64 | 5 | 13.74 | 4.08 | -1.08 |
| 65 | Duke | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 13.46 | 12.83 | 7.68 | 5.09 | -2.09 |
| 66 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 3-2-2 | 0.43 | 13.07 | -0.57 | 3.13 | 3.23 | -0.23 |
| 67 | Iowa | Western | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.98 | 3.33 | 10.38 | 3.86 | -0.86 |
| 68 | Oregon State | Pacific | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.91 | 2.75 | 12.49 | 2.51 | -0.51 |
| 69 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 12.84 | 5.71 | 5.57 | 4.75 | -1.75 |
| 70 | Virginia | Southern | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 12.35 | -3.57 | 14.68 | 2.44 | 1.56 |
| 71 | Ohio State | Western | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 11.88 | -0.5 | 13.92 | 2.85 | 0.15 |
| 72 | Chicago | Western | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 11.65 | -1 | 13.91 | 2.58 | 0.42 |
| 73 | South Carolina | Southern | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 11.23 | -8.43 | 6.09 | 0.87 | 3.13 |
| 74 | Oregon | Pacific | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 11.16 | -0.6 | 8.97 | 2.28 | -0.28 |
| 75 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 10.94 | 2.6 | 15.07 | 3.07 | -1.07 |
| 76 | Montana State | Rocky Mountain | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.74 | -4.17 | 15.33 | 1.99 | 1.01 |
| 77 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.25 | -3.5 | 5.71 | 2.06 | 0.94 |
| 78 | Indiana | Western | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 9.5 | 0.17 | 15.25 | 3.04 | -1.04 |
| 79 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.04 | -2.6 | 10.73 | 2.18 | -0.18 |
| 80 | Oklahoma State | Missouri Valley | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.92 | -5.6 | 12.78 | 1.32 | 0.68 |
| 81 | Kansas | Missouri Valley | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 7.89 | -7.5 | 12.45 | 1.38 | 0.62 |
| 82 | Brown | FBS Independents | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 6.41 | 0 | 2.13 | 3.5 | -1.5 |
| 83 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.37 | -4 | 9.96 | 1.98 | 0.02 |
| 84 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.22 | -5.83 | 10.14 | 1.48 | 0.52 |
| 85 | Michigan State | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.84 | -6.17 | 2.11 | 1.55 | 0.45 |
| 86 | Montana | Pacific | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.51 | -16 | 10.66 | 0.39 | 1.61 |
| 87 | Baylor | Southwest | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 5.3 | -3.43 | 3.65 | 2.21 | -0.21 |
| 88 | BYU | Rocky Mountain | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 4.28 | -2.4 | 7.42 | 2.02 | -1.02 |
| 89 | Northern Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 4.23 | -16.57 | 2.92 | 0.4 | 1.6 |
| 90 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 1-4-2 | 0.14 | 2.99 | -9.14 | 15.56 | 0.81 | 0.19 |
| 91 | Tulane | Southern | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 2.79 | -10.83 | 16.05 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 92 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 1-4-2 | 0.14 | 2.45 | -15.43 | 8.12 | 0.33 | 0.67 |
| 93 | Sewanee | Southern | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 2.15 | -9.17 | 10.76 | 1.06 | -0.06 |
| 94 | Western Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 1.9 | -30.4 | 8.44 | 0.05 | 0.95 |
| 95 | Kentucky | Southern | 1-5-1 | 0.14 | 1.75 | -14.86 | 9.08 | 0.28 | 0.72 |
| 96 | Rice | Southwest | 1-5-1 | 0.14 | 1.73 | -12.71 | -1.18 | 0.49 | 0.51 |
| 97 | North Carolina | Southern | 1-6-0 | 0.14 | 1.47 | -9.57 | 16.83 | 0.35 | 0.65 |
| 98 | Auburn | Southern | 0-5-2 | 0 | -1.98 | -10.71 | 9.37 | 0.24 | -0.24 |
| 99 | Grinnell | Missouri Valley | 0-5-1 | 0 | -2.6 | -24.33 | 9.63 | 0.02 | -0.02 |