Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:20.591068+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.48 | 15.5 | 20.45 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 27.7 | 15 | 16.89 | 1.85 | 0.15 |
| 3 | North Carolina | Southern | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.77 | 10.33 | 12.91 | 2.28 | 0.72 |
| 4 | Alabama | Southern | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.55 | 44 | 6.35 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | Washington State | Pacific | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.53 | 17.33 | 9.95 | 2.88 | 0.12 |
| 6 | Washington | Pacific | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.47 | 34 | 6.85 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Centenary (LA) | FBS Independents | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 26.22 | 11.33 | 10 | 2.88 | -0.88 |
| 8 | Vanderbilt | Southern | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.2 | 35 | 5.57 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | Oklahoma | Big 6 | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.02 | 30 | 7.96 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 10 | Kentucky | Southern | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.01 | 47 | 2.97 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Michigan | Western | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 25.62 | 10.25 | 7.85 | 3.87 | -0.87 |
| 12 | Carnegie Mellon | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.59 | 50 | 2.53 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.55 | 48.5 | 3.73 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 25.49 | 4.5 | 11.53 | 2 | -1 |
| 15 | Florida | Southern | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.33 | 24.33 | 2.74 | 2.99 | 0.01 |
| 16 | Utah State | Rocky Mountain | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 25.31 | 10.67 | 6 | 2.95 | -0.95 |
| 17 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.08 | 40 | -0.76 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | Georgia | Southern | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.02 | 26.67 | 2.05 | 2.94 | 0.06 |
| 19 | Kansas | Big 6 | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.99 | 26 | 0.37 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 20 | Michigan State | FBS Independents | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 24.95 | 20 | 1.49 | 3 | -1 |
| 21 | Oklahoma State | Missouri Valley | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 24.9 | 6 | 5.51 | 2.86 | -0.86 |
| 22 | Detroit Mercy | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.72 | 50.33 | -1.83 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | Marquette | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.66 | 15 | 0.93 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | Wisconsin | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.56 | 36.33 | -0.06 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | Brown | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.51 | 22.67 | 0.1 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | Texas | Southwest | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 24.51 | 22.5 | -1.06 | 4 | -1 |
| 27 | Montana State | Rocky Mountain | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.42 | 19.4 | -0.84 | 4.76 | 0.24 |
| 28 | Tennessee | Southern | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.32 | 33 | -2.3 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | New York University | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.2 | 28 | -2.33 | 2.98 | 0.02 |
| 30 | Temple | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.19 | 11.33 | 1.01 | 2.85 | 0.15 |
| 31 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.72 | 42.5 | -6.62 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | TCU | Southwest | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 23.69 | 30.6 | -5.46 | 5 | -1 |
| 33 | Stanford | Pacific | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 23.63 | 17.5 | -3.77 | 4 | -1 |
| 34 | Clemson | Southern | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.44 | 21.5 | -5.4 | 3.96 | 0.04 |
| 35 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.21 | 59.33 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.18 | 57.67 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.11 | 51.33 | -10 | 2.98 | 0.02 |
| 38 | Fordham | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.1 | 49 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 39 | Illinois | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.06 | 17 | -5.72 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | Oregon | Pacific | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23 | 21 | -7.93 | 3.99 | 0.01 |
| 41 | Army | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23 | 44 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 42 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23 | 43.67 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 43 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 22.93 | 40.33 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 22.89 | 36.33 | -10 | 3 | -1 |
| 45 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 22.82 | 36.33 | -10 | 2.98 | 0.02 |
| 46 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 22.77 | 31.67 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 47 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 22.52 | 24.33 | -10 | 2.89 | 0.11 |
| 48 | Rice | Southwest | 4-0-0 | 1 | 22.38 | 17 | -10 | 3.9 | 0.1 |
| 49 | BYU | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-2 | 0.33 | 22.3 | 2.33 | -4.4 | 1.93 | -0.93 |
| 50 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 22.26 | 20.5 | -10 | 2 | -1 |
| 51 | Kansas State | Big 6 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.97 | 14 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | USC | Pacific | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 20.26 | 23.67 | 13.7 | 2.96 | -0.96 |
| 53 | LSU | Southern | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.68 | 57.75 | -3.64 | 4 | -1 |
| 54 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.47 | 9.25 | 7.41 | 3.5 | -0.5 |
| 55 | Ohio State | Western | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.46 | 21.67 | 9.27 | 2.91 | -0.91 |
| 56 | Yale | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.42 | 20.33 | 9.41 | 2.79 | -0.79 |
| 57 | Oregon State | Pacific | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.01 | 14.5 | 1.51 | 3.67 | -0.67 |
| 58 | Duke | Southern | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.75 | 7.33 | 19.52 | 2.51 | -0.51 |
| 59 | Washington and Lee | Southern | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.55 | 10.25 | -3.07 | 3.49 | -0.49 |
| 60 | Tulane | Southern | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.55 | 26.67 | 10.04 | 2.92 | -0.92 |
| 61 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.13 | 16 | 0.81 | 2.9 | -0.9 |
| 62 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.99 | 21.67 | 0.83 | 2.96 | -0.96 |
| 63 | South Carolina | Southern | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 17.92 | -0.75 | 13.77 | 1.86 | 1.14 |
| 64 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.92 | 7 | 3.91 | 2.75 | -0.75 |
| 65 | Baylor | Southwest | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.3 | 24.67 | 1.97 | 2.93 | -0.93 |
| 66 | Saint Mary's (CA) | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.24 | 14.67 | -2.59 | 2.97 | -0.97 |
| 67 | Montana | Pacific | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.14 | 9.67 | 2.17 | 2.34 | -0.34 |
| 68 | SMU | Southwest | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.07 | 18 | 1.78 | 2.87 | -0.87 |
| 69 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.97 | 19.33 | 2.11 | 2.95 | -0.95 |
| 70 | Georgia Tech | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 16.15 | 7 | 19.48 | 1.41 | -0.41 |
| 71 | Purdue | Western | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15.84 | 6 | 19.13 | 1.49 | -0.49 |
| 72 | VMI | Southern | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 15.66 | 5.67 | -10 | 2.85 | -0.85 |
| 73 | California | Pacific | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 15.6 | -1 | 12.9 | 1.31 | 0.69 |
| 74 | Minnesota | Western | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 14.29 | 7.33 | 13.16 | 2.31 | -1.31 |
| 75 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.21 | 8 | 6.46 | 1.89 | -0.89 |
| 76 | Chicago | Western | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 14.2 | -4.67 | 0.2 | 0.79 | 1.21 |
| 77 | Nebraska | Big 6 | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.11 | 0 | 17.4 | 1 | 0 |
| 78 | Virginia | Southern | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.31 | 4.75 | 3.57 | 2.54 | -0.54 |
| 79 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.14 | 18.5 | 10.71 | 1.9 | -0.9 |
| 80 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.6 | 0.5 | 16.52 | 1.06 | -0.06 |
| 81 | Indiana | Western | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 11.3 | -3 | 13.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| 82 | Navy | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.28 | -5.5 | 7.66 | 0.54 | 0.46 |
| 83 | Sewanee | Southern | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.91 | -5.75 | 8.44 | 1 | 1 |
| 84 | Regis (CO) | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.83 | -1.5 | 9.91 | 1.8 | 0.2 |
| 85 | Maryland | Southern | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 10.52 | 6.67 | 14.16 | 1.91 | -0.91 |
| 86 | Creighton | Missouri Valley | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 10.28 | -6.5 | 8.12 | 0.32 | 0.68 |
| 87 | Iowa | Western | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 10.17 | 4.33 | 13.63 | 2.01 | -1.01 |
| 88 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 10.14 | 6.67 | 10.19 | 2.28 | -1.28 |
| 89 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 8.32 | 0.67 | 1.05 | 1.65 | -0.65 |
| 90 | UCLA | Pacific | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 8.31 | -15.5 | 8.82 | 0.21 | 0.79 |
| 91 | Idaho | Pacific | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.99 | -1.33 | 13.78 | 1.31 | -0.31 |
| 92 | Auburn | Southern | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.49 | -0.33 | 1.85 | 1.37 | -0.37 |
| 93 | Grinnell | Missouri Valley | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7 | -9.33 | 13.02 | 0.43 | 0.57 |
| 94 | Ole Miss | Southern | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.89 | -9 | 13.24 | 0.91 | 0.09 |
| 95 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.37 | -16.33 | 14.16 | 0.27 | 0.73 |
| 96 | Arkansas | Southwest | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.19 | -11 | 1.19 | 0.49 | 0.51 |
| 97 | NC State | Southern | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.8 | -8 | 16.1 | 0.69 | 0.31 |
| 98 | Northern Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 0-0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 99 | Gonzaga | FBS Independents | 0-2-1 | 0 | -1.23 | -3.67 | -0.38 | 0.73 | -0.73 |
| 100 | Mississippi State | Southern | 0-3-0 | 0 | -1.48 | -7 | -10 | 0.57 | -0.57 |
| 101 | Iowa State | Big 6 | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.86 | -7 | 21.51 | 0 | 0 |
| 102 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.16 | -9.5 | 24.72 | 0.09 | -0.09 |
| 103 | Missouri | Big 6 | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.16 | -14.5 | 5.87 | 0 | 0 |
| 104 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.67 | -16 | 26.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 105 | Western Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 0-2-0 | 0 | -3.06 | -34.5 | 12.04 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 106 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 0-3-0 | 0 | -3.17 | -28.67 | 23.86 | 0.09 | -0.09 |