Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:20.744562+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tulane | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.97 | 31 | 20.76 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | NC State | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.96 | 11 | 22.14 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| 3 | Oregon State | Pacific | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.9 | 46 | -3.67 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | TCU | Southwest | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.88 | 23.33 | -5.76 | 2.99 | 0.01 |
| 5 | Rice | Southwest | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.28 | 34.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.26 | 47 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Stanford | Pacific | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 24.22 | 23 | -10 | 2 | -1 |
| 8 | Oklahoma State | Missouri Valley | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.16 | 25 | -10 | 1.98 | 0.02 |
| 9 | Oregon | Pacific | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.88 | 17.5 | -10 | 1.98 | 0.02 |
| 10 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.87 | 27 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Minnesota | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.86 | 18 | -10 | 1.97 | 0.03 |
| 12 | Sewanee | Southern | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.53 | 17.5 | -10 | 1.97 | 0.03 |
| 13 | North Carolina | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.37 | 37 | 2.22 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Gonzaga | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.34 | 15 | -10 | 0.95 | 0.05 |
| 15 | New Mexico State | Border | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.29 | 20 | -10 | 1.98 | 0.02 |
| 16 | Montana State | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 23.19 | 6.5 | -10 | 1.85 | -0.85 |
| 17 | Virginia | Southern | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 23.17 | 9 | -10 | 1.91 | -0.91 |
| 18 | Kansas | Big 6 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.73 | 21 | 0.77 | 0.97 | 0.03 |
| 19 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.56 | 26 | 0.22 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Saint Mary's (CA) | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.38 | 6 | 3.04 | 0.81 | 0.19 |
| 21 | South Carolina | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.24 | 7 | 3.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.88 | 11 | -0.3 | 0.97 | 0.03 |
| 23 | Michigan State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.5 | 74 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Washington | Pacific | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.46 | 1 | 3.11 | 0.59 | 0.41 |
| 25 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.38 | 68 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | New York University | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.38 | 65 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Army | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.37 | 60 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.34 | 61 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.26 | 50 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Vanderbilt | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.25 | 52 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.11 | 61 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Washington State | Pacific | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.11 | 41 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.1 | 40 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Alabama | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.08 | 36 | -10 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 35 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.08 | 40 | -10 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 36 | Texas | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.06 | 36 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Nebraska | Big 6 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21 | 38 | -10 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 38 | Tennessee | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.98 | 33 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | Temple | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.89 | 33 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | Utah State | Rocky Mountain | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.89 | 58 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | Fordham | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.87 | 28 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.78 | 27 | -10 | 0.98 | 0.02 |
| 43 | Carnegie Mellon | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.77 | 25 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.73 | 33 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | Arizona State | Border | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.71 | 66 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.71 | 32 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | Centenary (LA) | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.69 | 21 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | Brown | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.63 | 22 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.61 | 25 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | Washington and Lee | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.58 | 32 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | Grinnell | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.54 | 26 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | Idaho | Pacific | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.48 | 25 | -10 | 0.97 | 0.03 |
| 53 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.41 | 14 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 54 | SMU | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.37 | 13 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | Maryland | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.3 | 13 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | Auburn | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.24 | 18 | -10 | 0.96 | 0.04 |
| 57 | Creighton | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.14 | 19 | -10 | 0.96 | 0.04 |
| 58 | Northern Arizona | Border | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.08 | 24 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 59 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.9 | 8 | -10 | 0.88 | 0.12 |
| 60 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.89 | 6 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 61 | Arkansas | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.63 | 7 | -10 | 0.86 | 0.14 |
| 62 | Iowa State | Big 6 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.5 | 6 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | California | Pacific | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.35 | 4 | -10 | 0.93 | 0.07 |
| 64 | Mississippi State | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.13 | 3 | -10 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 65 | Indiana | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 18.72 | 1 | -10 | 0.59 | 0.41 |
| 66 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.26 | 0 | -4.91 | 1 | 0 |
| 67 | VMI | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.13 | -0.5 | -10 | 0.82 | 0.18 |
| 68 | Ole Miss | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.42 | -12 | -3.54 | 0.15 | 0.85 |
| 69 | BYU | Rocky Mountain | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.16 | -10.5 | -10 | 0.07 | 0.93 |
| 70 | Chicago | Western | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 9.95 | 2.5 | -10 | 1.56 | -0.56 |
| 71 | Michigan | Western | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Marquette | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Northwestern | Western | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Yale | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Wisconsin | Western | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Florida | Southern | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Georgia | Southern | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | Ohio State | Western | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Baylor | Southwest | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | Purdue | Western | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Kentucky | Southern | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Clemson | Southern | 0-0-1 | 0 | 0.43 | 0 | -10 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | Oklahoma | Big 6 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Kansas State | Big 6 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | Navy | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Iowa | Western | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Northern Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Illinois | Western | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | UCLA | Pacific | 0-0-1 | 0 | 0.11 | 0 | -10 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Georgia Tech | Southern | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Missouri | Big 6 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.03 | -1 | 2.54 | 0.41 | -0.41 |
| 98 | New Mexico | Border | 0-0-0 | 0 | -0.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Montana | Pacific | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.54 | -2 | -10 | 0 | 0 |
| 100 | LSU | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.75 | -3 | 28.69 | 0 | 0 |
| 101 | USC | Pacific | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.88 | -6 | 2.77 | 0.19 | -0.19 |
| 102 | Duke | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.93 | -7 | 1.14 | 0 | 0 |
| 103 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1 | -7 | -10 | 0 | 0 |
| 104 | Detroit Mercy | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.12 | -12 | -10 | 0 | 0 |
| 105 | Arizona | Border | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.6 | -8 | -10 | 0 | 0 |
| 106 | Western Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.8 | -11 | 1.28 | 0.03 | -0.03 |
| 107 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.93 | -16 | 23.74 | 0 | 0 |
| 108 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.07 | -21 | 2.59 | 0.03 | -0.03 |
| 109 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.21 | -37 | 2.44 | 0 | 0 |
| 110 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.28 | -26 | 1.36 | 0 | 0 |