Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:20.914563+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purdue | Western | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 26.9 | 14.33 | 17.24 | 5.7 | -0.7 |
| 2 | Michigan | Western | 6-0-0 | 1 | 26.6 | 15.83 | 15.3 | 5.96 | 0.04 |
| 3 | USC | Pacific | 6-0-0 | 1 | 26.2 | 17.33 | 13.19 | 5.99 | 0.01 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 6-0-1 | 0.86 | 25.51 | 20.57 | 9.26 | 6.93 | -0.93 |
| 5 | Tennessee | Southern | 7-0-0 | 1 | 24.89 | 22.43 | 5.85 | 6.95 | 0.05 |
| 6 | UCLA | Pacific | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.81 | 19 | 6.01 | 4.97 | 0.03 |
| 7 | Auburn | Southern | 7-0-0 | 1 | 24.77 | 28.43 | 4.16 | 6.97 | 0.03 |
| 8 | Centenary (LA) | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 24.56 | 19.5 | 4.53 | 5.94 | 0.06 |
| 9 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 24.35 | 24 | 2.9 | 6.95 | 0.05 |
| 10 | Vanderbilt | Southern | 6-0-1 | 0.86 | 24.32 | 14.57 | 4.81 | 6.84 | -0.84 |
| 11 | TCU | Southwest | 7-0-1 | 0.88 | 24.17 | 28.5 | 1.36 | 7.99 | -0.99 |
| 12 | Temple | FBS Independents | 4-0-2 | 0.67 | 23.97 | 9.67 | 4.05 | 5.48 | -1.48 |
| 13 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 23.44 | 32.43 | -2.58 | 7 | 0 |
| 14 | Alabama | Southern | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 22.82 | 18.43 | 12.88 | 6.73 | -0.73 |
| 15 | Oklahoma State | Missouri Valley | 6-0-2 | 0.75 | 22.7 | 11.12 | -2.62 | 7.82 | -1.82 |
| 16 | Brown | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 22.68 | 9.83 | -2.18 | 5.87 | 0.13 |
| 17 | Texas | Southwest | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 22.2 | 18.57 | 9.31 | 6.83 | -0.83 |
| 18 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 22.08 | 12.29 | 9.17 | 6.76 | -0.76 |
| 19 | LSU | Southern | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 21.78 | 22.86 | 10.05 | 6.98 | -1.98 |
| 20 | Michigan State | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.69 | 21.29 | 5.72 | 6.62 | -0.62 |
| 21 | Washington State | Pacific | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.65 | 14.14 | 7.48 | 6.81 | -0.81 |
| 22 | Oregon | Pacific | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 21.58 | 10.43 | 12.31 | 6.75 | -1.75 |
| 23 | Army | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.56 | 27.33 | 8.27 | 5.98 | -0.98 |
| 24 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.36 | 36.6 | 9.53 | 4.98 | -0.98 |
| 25 | BYU | Rocky Mountain | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.19 | 17.14 | 4.08 | 6.78 | -0.78 |
| 26 | Minnesota | Western | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.16 | 9 | 10.56 | 5.76 | -0.76 |
| 27 | Rice | Southwest | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.14 | 9.86 | 5.94 | 6.26 | -0.26 |
| 28 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 21.13 | 12 | 13.53 | 5.4 | -1.4 |
| 29 | Texas Tech | Border | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 21.09 | 33.67 | -2.85 | 8.99 | -0.99 |
| 30 | NC State | Southern | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 20.75 | 8.86 | 8.05 | 6.72 | -1.72 |
| 31 | Tulane | Southern | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 20.7 | 3.5 | 16.25 | 3.83 | 0.17 |
| 32 | Wisconsin | Western | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 20.7 | 14.17 | 10.03 | 5.79 | -1.79 |
| 33 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.69 | 22.17 | 2.49 | 5.88 | -0.88 |
| 34 | Washington | Pacific | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 20.59 | 9.17 | 11.39 | 5.18 | -1.18 |
| 35 | Nebraska | Big 6 | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.45 | 5.2 | 12.87 | 4.02 | -0.02 |
| 36 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.09 | 21.14 | -3.07 | 6.93 | -0.93 |
| 37 | Detroit Mercy | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 19.91 | 7.33 | 4.09 | 5.39 | -0.39 |
| 38 | Saint Mary's (CA) | FBS Independents | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 19.81 | 8.5 | 4.87 | 5.13 | -1.13 |
| 39 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 19.72 | 21 | 2.18 | 5.95 | -1.95 |
| 40 | Duke | Southern | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 19.66 | 14.14 | 16.9 | 6.73 | -1.73 |
| 41 | William & Mary | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.82 | 14.44 | 1.49 | 8.45 | -1.45 |
| 42 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.46 | 13.67 | 6.67 | 5.05 | -1.05 |
| 43 | Ohio State | Western | 2-1-3 | 0.33 | 17.46 | 4.5 | 15.94 | 4.61 | -2.61 |
| 44 | Utah State | Rocky Mountain | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.33 | 10.5 | 9.47 | 5.17 | -1.17 |
| 45 | Fordham | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.31 | 26 | 4.51 | 5.96 | -1.96 |
| 46 | New York University | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.07 | 10 | 7.52 | 5.11 | -1.11 |
| 47 | Carnegie Mellon | FBS Independents | 3-1-2 | 0.5 | 16.54 | -0.17 | 5.67 | 2.93 | 0.07 |
| 48 | George Washington | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 16.48 | 9.57 | -2.52 | 5.93 | -0.93 |
| 49 | Stanford | Pacific | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 16.25 | 7.62 | 9.87 | 6.93 | -1.93 |
| 50 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 16.07 | 8 | 10.98 | 5.46 | -2.46 |
| 51 | Kentucky | Southern | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 15.6 | 9.71 | 12.26 | 6.29 | -2.29 |
| 52 | California | Pacific | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 15.59 | 5 | 7.1 | 6.76 | -1.76 |
| 53 | Indiana | Western | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 15.28 | 3.17 | 9.87 | 4.48 | -1.48 |
| 54 | Gonzaga | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 15.21 | 12.71 | 8.85 | 6.02 | -2.02 |
| 55 | Chicago | Western | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 15.18 | 4 | 7.76 | 4.08 | -1.08 |
| 56 | Kansas State | Big 6 | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 15 | 14.14 | 7.45 | 6.35 | -2.35 |
| 57 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 14.92 | 1.17 | -1.26 | 3.35 | 0.65 |
| 58 | Creighton | Missouri Valley | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 14.72 | 2.17 | 11.21 | 3.7 | -0.7 |
| 59 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.67 | 17.14 | 3.38 | 6.85 | -2.85 |
| 60 | South Carolina | Southern | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.67 | 2.86 | 11.62 | 5.52 | -1.52 |
| 61 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 14.67 | 1.17 | 12.58 | 3.49 | -0.49 |
| 62 | Santa Clara | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.63 | 8.71 | 7.29 | 6.41 | -2.41 |
| 63 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 14.61 | 5.83 | 1.08 | 5.11 | -2.11 |
| 64 | Grinnell | Missouri Valley | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 14.17 | 3.33 | 2.11 | 4.32 | -1.32 |
| 65 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.09 | 8.75 | 13.21 | 3.49 | -1.49 |
| 66 | Virginia | Southern | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 13.79 | 4.86 | 1.4 | 5.49 | -1.49 |
| 67 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 13.52 | 8.14 | -1.67 | 5.47 | -1.47 |
| 68 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 2-2-2 | 0.33 | 13.13 | 9.17 | 9.57 | 5.44 | -3.44 |
| 69 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 12.95 | 5 | 7.55 | 5.71 | -2.71 |
| 70 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 12.94 | -2.8 | 12.94 | 1.9 | 1.1 |
| 71 | Arizona State | Border | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 12.58 | 12 | 2.3 | 4.22 | -2.22 |
| 72 | Oklahoma | Big 6 | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.46 | 1.17 | 10.2 | 3.41 | -0.41 |
| 73 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 3-3-2 | 0.38 | 12.42 | 1.38 | 10.88 | 4.93 | -1.93 |
| 74 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 12.26 | -0.57 | 4.82 | 3.29 | 0.71 |
| 75 | Saint Louis | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.23 | 3.5 | 0.86 | 2.83 | -0.83 |
| 76 | Illinois | Western | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 12.22 | -2 | 7.2 | 2.82 | 1.18 |
| 77 | Northern Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11.73 | 0.25 | 9.19 | 2.06 | -0.06 |
| 78 | Kansas | Big 6 | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 11.43 | -2.33 | 16.37 | 2.3 | 0.7 |
| 79 | Northwestern | Western | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 11.33 | 3.83 | 16.67 | 4.28 | -2.28 |
| 80 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 2-2-2 | 0.33 | 11.22 | -0.67 | 6.72 | 2.33 | -0.33 |
| 81 | Clemson | Southern | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 11.14 | -0.14 | 8.18 | 3.44 | -0.44 |
| 82 | Maryland | Southern | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 10.97 | 2 | 9.86 | 4.09 | -1.09 |
| 83 | Oregon State | Pacific | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 10.45 | 0.29 | 11.76 | 3.6 | -0.6 |
| 84 | Northern Arizona | Border | 1-1-2 | 0.25 | 10.39 | -1.25 | 3.91 | 1.26 | -0.26 |
| 85 | Arizona | Border | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.35 | -1.83 | 5.21 | 2.43 | 0.57 |
| 86 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 10.01 | 0.43 | 9.85 | 3.64 | -0.64 |
| 87 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 9.92 | -4.33 | 3.67 | 1.64 | 1.36 |
| 88 | Florida | Southern | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 9.77 | 0.4 | 9.78 | 2.58 | -0.58 |
| 89 | Richmond | FBS Independents | 2-2-2 | 0.33 | 9.5 | -3.83 | -0.01 | 0.79 | 1.21 |
| 90 | Georgia Tech | Southern | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 9.35 | 2.83 | 16.63 | 3.69 | -1.69 |
| 91 | New Mexico State | Border | 2-4-1 | 0.29 | 9.2 | 18.71 | -2.05 | 6.48 | -4.48 |
| 92 | Marquette | FBS Independents | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 9.06 | -0.17 | 6.02 | 2.93 | -0.93 |
| 93 | Baylor | Southwest | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 8.56 | -1.67 | 7.33 | 2.42 | -0.42 |
| 94 | Iowa State | Big 6 | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 8.36 | -1.67 | 4.3 | 2.45 | -0.45 |
| 95 | Idaho | Pacific | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 7.9 | -0.17 | 13.1 | 2.95 | -0.95 |
| 96 | North Carolina | Southern | 2-3-2 | 0.29 | 7.64 | -8 | 16.63 | 1.31 | 0.69 |
| 97 | Montana State | Rocky Mountain | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 7.55 | -3.17 | 5.06 | 1.52 | 0.48 |
| 98 | Butler | Missouri Valley | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 6.66 | -5.17 | -7.91 | 1.25 | 0.75 |
| 99 | Yale | FBS Independents | 1-2-2 | 0.2 | 6.53 | -3.8 | 13.17 | 0.63 | 0.37 |
| 100 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.35 | -4.5 | 8.97 | 1.64 | 0.36 |
| 101 | Ole Miss | Southern | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 6.18 | -2.14 | 14.12 | 2.93 | -0.93 |
| 102 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.84 | -5.33 | 7.2 | 1.74 | 0.26 |
| 103 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.7 | -7.17 | 1.94 | 1.04 | 0.96 |
| 104 | San Francisco | FBS Independents | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 5.66 | -0.86 | 2.56 | 3.19 | -1.19 |
| 105 | Mississippi State | Southern | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.39 | -19.17 | 11.19 | 0.12 | 1.88 |
| 106 | Georgia | Southern | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 4.86 | -0.17 | 16.93 | 2.96 | -1.96 |
| 107 | Sewanee | Southern | 2-5-1 | 0.25 | 4.72 | -9.62 | 5.39 | 0.35 | 1.65 |
| 108 | Montana | Pacific | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 4.67 | -11.29 | 7.2 | 1.12 | 0.88 |
| 109 | Navy | FBS Independents | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 4.51 | -0.33 | 10.34 | 2.82 | -1.82 |
| 110 | VMI | Southern | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 3.94 | -11.12 | 12.73 | 0.54 | 1.46 |
| 111 | New Mexico | Border | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 3.51 | -15.4 | 2.62 | 0.11 | 0.89 |
| 112 | SMU | Southwest | 1-4-2 | 0.14 | 3.48 | -4 | 14.94 | 1.17 | -0.17 |
| 113 | Western Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.36 | -21.5 | 9.06 | 0.07 | 0.93 |
| 114 | Arkansas | Southwest | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 3.31 | -4.67 | 9.89 | 1.69 | -0.69 |
| 115 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 2.52 | -13.17 | 10.96 | 0.39 | 0.61 |
| 116 | Iowa | Western | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 2.21 | -8.83 | 14.12 | 1.03 | -0.03 |
| 117 | Lafayette | FBS Independents | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 2.14 | -8.5 | 7.93 | 0.24 | 0.76 |
| 118 | Missouri | Big 6 | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 1.99 | -19.5 | 16.03 | 0.06 | 0.94 |
| 119 | Washington and Lee | Southern | 1-6-0 | 0.14 | 0.67 | -18.57 | 16.28 | 0.06 | 0.94 |
| 120 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.52 | -20.4 | 12.39 | 0.03 | -0.03 |