Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:20.590657+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USC | Pacific | 2-0-0 | 1 | 27.64 | 36 | 11.19 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 2 | Georgia Tech | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 27.59 | 45 | 24.77 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Kentucky | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 27.27 | 37 | 23.73 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Washington | Pacific | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.52 | 37.5 | 6.9 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Alabama | Southern | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.5 | 53.5 | 5.45 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.5 | 28 | 4.36 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.46 | 34 | 6.79 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | North Carolina | Southern | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.32 | 12 | 9.38 | 1.63 | 0.37 |
| 9 | Ohio State | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.24 | 41 | 5.01 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Kansas | Big 6 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.23 | 26 | 19.95 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Vanderbilt | Southern | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.17 | 32.5 | 5.58 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 12 | Yale | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.16 | 32.5 | 5.54 | 1.97 | 0.03 |
| 13 | Northwestern | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.06 | 14 | 21.56 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Nebraska | Big 6 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.92 | 13 | 21.08 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Washington State | Pacific | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.91 | 25.5 | 5.16 | 1.96 | 0.04 |
| 16 | Purdue | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.9 | 13 | 20.95 | 0.92 | 0.08 |
| 17 | Centenary (LA) | FBS Independents | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 25.75 | 13.5 | 7.2 | 2 | -1 |
| 18 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.66 | 16.5 | 2.33 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Marquette | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.6 | 16.5 | 5.29 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Florida | Southern | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.54 | 33 | 2.33 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 21 | Michigan State | FBS Independents | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 25.49 | 14 | 5.28 | 2 | -1 |
| 22 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.33 | 6 | 20.98 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 23 | Texas | Southwest | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 25.22 | 21.33 | 0.05 | 3 | -1 |
| 24 | Oklahoma State | Missouri Valley | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.15 | 9 | 5.42 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Montana State | Rocky Mountain | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.83 | 22.5 | -2.96 | 3.9 | 0.1 |
| 26 | Utah State | Rocky Mountain | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.61 | 16 | -1.01 | 1.97 | 0.03 |
| 27 | Michigan | Western | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 24.47 | 13.33 | 0.26 | 3 | -1 |
| 28 | LSU | Southern | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.13 | 77.33 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.04 | 42.5 | -5.75 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | Oregon | Pacific | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.84 | 21 | -7.4 | 3.99 | 0.01 |
| 31 | Fordham | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.66 | 72 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.57 | 68.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | TCU | Southwest | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 23.56 | 28.25 | -10 | 4 | -1 |
| 34 | Carnegie Mellon | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.52 | 59.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.49 | 56.5 | -10 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 36 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.48 | 54.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | Detroit Mercy | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.47 | 55 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.43 | 49.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.43 | 52 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | Army | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.33 | 46.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | Stanford | Pacific | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.3 | 23.33 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 42 | Tennessee | Southern | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.21 | 36 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | Clemson | Southern | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.19 | 19.67 | -10 | 2.94 | 0.06 |
| 44 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.18 | 36.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | Washington and Lee | Southern | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.17 | 20.33 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 46 | Georgia | Southern | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.16 | 38 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | New York University | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.14 | 35 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 48 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.12 | 34 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.04 | 33 | -10 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 50 | Rice | Southwest | 3-0-0 | 1 | 22.95 | 15.67 | -10 | 2.86 | 0.14 |
| 51 | Brown | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.92 | 30.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 52 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.79 | 22 | -10 | 1.93 | 0.07 |
| 53 | Saint Mary's (CA) | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.78 | 22.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 54 | BYU | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 22.7 | 3.5 | -5.75 | 1.37 | -0.37 |
| 55 | Temple | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.49 | 16.5 | -10 | 1.96 | 0.04 |
| 56 | VMI | Southern | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.25 | 9 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.23 | 9 | -10 | 1.8 | 0.2 |
| 58 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.73 | 9 | 0.46 | 1 | 0 |
| 59 | Illinois | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.51 | 7 | 0.01 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.94 | 63 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 61 | Oklahoma | Big 6 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.74 | 47 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.65 | 41 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | Wisconsin | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 20.6 | 37.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 64 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.29 | 23 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 | Navy | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.99 | 13 | -10 | 0.94 | 0.06 |
| 66 | Kansas State | Big 6 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.98 | 14 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 67 | Chicago | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 19.81 | 10 | -10 | 1.94 | 0.06 |
| 68 | Oregon State | Pacific | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.85 | 12.67 | 3.74 | 2.58 | -0.58 |
| 69 | Montana | Pacific | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.06 | 9.67 | 0.32 | 2.34 | -0.34 |
| 70 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.72 | 5.67 | 0.42 | 2.54 | -0.54 |
| 71 | Virginia | Southern | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.46 | 17.67 | -7.5 | 2.73 | -0.73 |
| 72 | Sewanee | Southern | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 15.94 | 0.67 | -6.5 | 1.59 | 0.41 |
| 73 | South Carolina | Southern | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 15.45 | -1.33 | -4.12 | 1.34 | 0.66 |
| 74 | Maryland | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15.07 | 13.5 | 5.52 | 1.5 | -0.5 |
| 75 | Minnesota | Western | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.94 | 11 | 5.52 | 1.54 | -0.54 |
| 76 | Iowa | Western | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.79 | 10 | 5.11 | 1.71 | -0.71 |
| 77 | Tulane | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.66 | 35 | -4.8 | 1.97 | -0.97 |
| 78 | Grinnell | Missouri Valley | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.51 | 6.5 | 5.38 | 1.88 | -0.88 |
| 79 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.06 | 15 | -4.76 | 1.89 | -0.89 |
| 80 | Baylor | Southwest | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.8 | 10 | -4.75 | 1.68 | -0.68 |
| 81 | SMU | Southwest | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.8 | 10 | -4.75 | 1.68 | -0.68 |
| 82 | Duke | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.35 | 5 | 24.55 | 1.42 | -0.42 |
| 83 | Ole Miss | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.1 | 0 | 5.54 | 1 | 0 |
| 84 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.01 | 8 | -10 | 1.98 | -0.98 |
| 85 | Arkansas | Southwest | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.68 | 3.5 | -10 | 1.28 | -0.28 |
| 86 | Idaho | Pacific | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.5 | 11.5 | 7.84 | 1.84 | -0.84 |
| 87 | California | Pacific | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.22 | -2 | 5.49 | 0.78 | 0.22 |
| 88 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.89 | 7 | 5.99 | 1.7 | -0.7 |
| 89 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.78 | -4.5 | 5.99 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 90 | Indiana | Western | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.75 | -4.5 | 5.6 | 0.47 | 0.53 |
| 91 | Creighton | Missouri Valley | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 10.73 | -6.5 | -4.82 | 0.32 | 0.68 |
| 92 | Auburn | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 9.84 | 3 | -10 | 1.63 | -0.63 |
| 93 | NC State | Southern | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 8.39 | -1.67 | 12.28 | 1.26 | -0.26 |
| 94 | Regis (CO) | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.53 | -13.33 | 17.02 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| 95 | Northern Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.54 | -1 | 22.7 | 0.42 | -0.42 |
| 97 | Iowa State | Big 6 | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.45 | -7 | 0.53 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Missouri | Big 6 | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.55 | -9 | 0.38 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Mississippi State | Southern | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.57 | -7.5 | -10 | 0.26 | -0.26 |
| 100 | Gonzaga | FBS Independents | 0-1-1 | 0 | -1.6 | -5 | 7.54 | 0.18 | -0.18 |
| 101 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.69 | -7 | 8.62 | 0.16 | -0.16 |
| 102 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.71 | -7 | 25.01 | 0.16 | -0.16 |
| 103 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.41 | -16 | 26.46 | 0 | 0 |
| 104 | Western Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 0-1-0 | 0 | -3.18 | -31 | 22.7 | 0 | 0 |
| 105 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 0-2-0 | 0 | -3.23 | -39.5 | 21.08 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 106 | UCLA | Pacific | 0-1-0 | 0 | -3.66 | -52 | 23.42 | 0 | 0 |