Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:21.264083+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LSU | SEC | 3-0-2 | 0.6 | 27.27 | 11.8 | 18.75 | 4.66 | -1.66 |
| 2 | Minnesota | Western | 4-0-0 | 1 | 26.49 | 26.5 | 11.64 | 3.89 | 0.11 |
| 3 | Rice | Southwest | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 26.42 | 13.33 | 14.27 | 5.72 | -0.72 |
| 4 | Stanford | Pacific | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 26.13 | 17.33 | 11.42 | 5.99 | -0.99 |
| 5 | Temple | FBS Independents | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 25.9 | 21 | 9.5 | 4.85 | -0.85 |
| 6 | Washington | Pacific | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.9 | 9.67 | 12.76 | 2.82 | 0.18 |
| 7 | Navy | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 25.69 | 11.8 | 10.62 | 4.6 | 0.4 |
| 8 | Alabama | SEC | 5-0-0 | 1 | 25.51 | 24.2 | 7.4 | 4.96 | 0.04 |
| 9 | Utah State | Rocky Mountain | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.08 | 14.67 | 6.95 | 2.97 | 0.03 |
| 10 | Illinois | Western | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.06 | 10 | 8.26 | 3.47 | 0.53 |
| 11 | Tulane | SEC | 5-0-0 | 1 | 25 | 15.8 | 6.29 | 4.78 | 0.22 |
| 12 | Loyola Marymount | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.88 | 21.8 | 4.76 | 4.99 | 0.01 |
| 13 | Army | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.84 | 27.2 | 3.97 | 4.99 | 0.01 |
| 14 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.45 | 37.75 | 0.83 | 3.98 | 0.02 |
| 15 | Michigan State | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.05 | 20.25 | 0.98 | 3.92 | 0.08 |
| 16 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 23.88 | 27 | -0.61 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | Chicago | Western | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.85 | 20 | 0.11 | 3.99 | 0.01 |
| 18 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.79 | 24 | -0.59 | 3.96 | 0.04 |
| 19 | Santa Clara | FBS Independents | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 23.54 | 16.5 | -0.83 | 3.95 | -0.95 |
| 20 | New Mexico State | Border | 3-0-2 | 0.6 | 23.37 | 24.8 | -2.65 | 5 | -2 |
| 21 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 23.14 | 8 | -0.08 | 4 | -1 |
| 22 | New Mexico | Border | 5-0-0 | 1 | 22.97 | 25.4 | -5.13 | 4.78 | 0.22 |
| 23 | Tennessee | SEC | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.75 | 14.4 | 14.94 | 4.79 | -0.79 |
| 24 | Saint Louis | FBS Independents | 2-0-2 | 0.5 | 21.73 | 5 | -5.98 | 3.84 | -1.84 |
| 25 | Nebraska | Big 6 | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.65 | 7.6 | 17.34 | 4.17 | -0.17 |
| 26 | Oregon | Pacific | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.46 | 6.8 | 16.87 | 4.24 | -0.24 |
| 27 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.33 | 15.8 | 11.62 | 4.76 | -0.76 |
| 28 | Duquesne | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.27 | 37.33 | 4.08 | 5.99 | -0.99 |
| 29 | SMU | Southwest | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 21.23 | 18.33 | 10.94 | 5.78 | -1.78 |
| 30 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.14 | 22 | 7.17 | 4.97 | -0.97 |
| 31 | Northern Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.02 | 14.8 | 10.84 | 4.89 | -0.89 |
| 32 | Centenary (LA) | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.95 | 11.29 | 3.28 | 6.93 | -0.93 |
| 33 | Duke | Southern | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.85 | 18.4 | 6.28 | 4.92 | -0.92 |
| 34 | Washington State | Pacific | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.49 | 17.5 | 14.46 | 3.95 | -0.95 |
| 35 | Ohio State | Western | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.35 | 14.25 | 14.07 | 3.75 | -0.75 |
| 36 | Iowa State | Big 6 | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.34 | 15.4 | 4.21 | 4.86 | -0.86 |
| 37 | Gonzaga | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.3 | 19.17 | 1.13 | 5.78 | -0.78 |
| 38 | Arkansas | Southwest | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.13 | 7.4 | 8.04 | 4.45 | -0.45 |
| 39 | North Carolina | Southern | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 20.1 | 5.8 | 15.9 | 4.28 | -1.28 |
| 40 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.98 | 5.2 | 6.44 | 3.7 | 0.3 |
| 41 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.96 | 6.25 | 15.94 | 3.09 | -0.09 |
| 42 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.93 | 10.5 | 13.48 | 3.86 | -0.86 |
| 43 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.41 | 20.2 | -0.2 | 4.98 | -0.98 |
| 44 | George Washington | FBS Independents | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 19.4 | 12.33 | 1.91 | 5.97 | -1.97 |
| 45 | Detroit Mercy | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 19.11 | 10.8 | 4.67 | 4.66 | -1.66 |
| 46 | Saint Mary's (CA) | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.05 | 17.75 | 4.26 | 3.91 | -0.91 |
| 47 | Furman | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 18.55 | 3.2 | 1.65 | 4.09 | -0.09 |
| 48 | Arizona | Border | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 18.52 | 2.4 | 9.61 | 3.95 | -0.95 |
| 49 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.14 | 26 | -2.69 | 3.96 | -0.96 |
| 50 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.1 | 15.75 | -2.95 | 3.87 | -0.87 |
| 51 | Richmond | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 18.07 | 9.4 | -5.15 | 4.87 | -0.87 |
| 52 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 2-1-2 | 0.4 | 17.44 | 10.8 | 10.82 | 4.64 | -2.64 |
| 53 | California | Pacific | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.32 | 13 | 5.03 | 5.78 | -1.78 |
| 54 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 17.22 | 3.8 | 0.55 | 4.23 | -1.23 |
| 55 | San Francisco | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.2 | 4.33 | 10.65 | 2.94 | -0.94 |
| 56 | Washington and Lee | Southern | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.12 | 4.17 | 11.18 | 4.75 | -0.75 |
| 57 | TCU | Southwest | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.11 | 6.83 | 6.41 | 4.72 | -0.72 |
| 58 | Kentucky | SEC | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.7 | 9.33 | 4.2 | 5.89 | -1.89 |
| 59 | UCLA | Pacific | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.67 | 12.17 | 2.99 | 5.71 | -1.71 |
| 60 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.4 | 9.6 | 10.97 | 4.45 | -1.45 |
| 61 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.38 | 1.17 | 10.84 | 3.38 | 0.62 |
| 62 | Texas | Southwest | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.37 | 2.4 | 18.04 | 3.24 | -0.24 |
| 63 | Tulsa | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.77 | 8.4 | 10.46 | 4.58 | -1.58 |
| 64 | Texas Tech | Border | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.66 | 6.6 | 7.75 | 4.07 | -1.07 |
| 65 | Maryland | Southern | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.64 | 5.8 | 12.07 | 4.11 | -1.11 |
| 66 | New York University | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 15.42 | 4.75 | -1.82 | 3.09 | -1.09 |
| 67 | Loyola (LA) | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 15.14 | 4 | -2.67 | 4.4 | -0.4 |
| 68 | South Carolina | Southern | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.87 | 6 | 1.6 | 4.02 | -1.02 |
| 69 | Ole Miss | SEC | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.46 | 9.6 | -0.94 | 4.33 | -1.33 |
| 70 | Yale | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.28 | 7.75 | 14.83 | 3.22 | -1.22 |
| 71 | Florida | SEC | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 13.88 | -1 | 9.84 | 2.26 | 0.74 |
| 72 | Fordham | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.49 | 11.5 | 4.88 | 3.44 | -1.44 |
| 73 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 13.44 | 7.5 | 8.32 | 4.96 | -1.96 |
| 74 | Washington & Jefferson | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 13.42 | 0.6 | 3.13 | 2.72 | 0.28 |
| 75 | Purdue | Western | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.93 | 2.25 | 17.57 | 2.57 | -0.57 |
| 76 | Virginia | Southern | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 12.6 | -1.8 | 5.47 | 2.08 | 0.92 |
| 77 | NC State | Southern | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 12 | -0.4 | 15.75 | 2.32 | -0.32 |
| 78 | USC | Pacific | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 11.98 | 0.43 | 7.41 | 3.66 | -0.66 |
| 79 | Oklahoma State | Missouri Valley | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 11.89 | -5 | 0.28 | 1.09 | 1.91 |
| 80 | Oregon State | Pacific | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 11.79 | 0.14 | 6.84 | 3.55 | -0.55 |
| 81 | Georgia | SEC | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 11.13 | 2.4 | 16.1 | 3.13 | -1.13 |
| 82 | Kansas State | Big 6 | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 11.12 | -0.4 | 2.78 | 2.4 | -0.4 |
| 83 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.95 | -2 | 8.5 | 2.46 | 0.54 |
| 84 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.87 | -1.25 | 3.53 | 1.65 | 0.35 |
| 85 | Wisconsin | Western | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.85 | -2.25 | 6.52 | 1.41 | 0.59 |
| 86 | BYU | Rocky Mountain | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.82 | -1.17 | 9.63 | 2.77 | 0.23 |
| 87 | Baylor | Southwest | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 10.52 | 4.8 | 4.64 | 3.85 | -1.85 |
| 88 | Arizona State | Border | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.31 | -2.5 | 9.18 | 1.63 | 0.37 |
| 89 | Mississippi State | SEC | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 9.6 | -3.5 | 1.65 | 1.87 | 1.13 |
| 90 | Clemson | Southern | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.94 | -0.2 | 10.81 | 2.42 | -0.42 |
| 91 | Iowa | Western | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.87 | -3 | 13.72 | 2.02 | -0.02 |
| 92 | William & Mary | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.76 | -0.2 | 7.55 | 2.43 | -0.43 |
| 93 | Marquette | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.61 | -2.8 | 10.98 | 1.92 | 0.08 |
| 94 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 1-2-2 | 0.2 | 8.56 | 3 | 1.75 | 3.73 | -2.73 |
| 95 | Kansas | Big 6 | 1-2-2 | 0.2 | 7.88 | 0.4 | 7.83 | 2.65 | -1.65 |
| 96 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 7.69 | -4.83 | 10.07 | 1.66 | 0.34 |
| 97 | Carnegie Mellon | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.68 | -6.6 | 5.65 | 0.45 | 1.55 |
| 98 | Brown | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.47 | -10.4 | 7.48 | 0.44 | 1.56 |
| 99 | Oklahoma | Big 6 | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 6.78 | -4.5 | 17.62 | 0.49 | 0.51 |
| 100 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.62 | -4.17 | 11.66 | 1.77 | 0.23 |
| 101 | Indiana | Western | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 6.34 | -6.75 | 15.02 | 0.78 | 0.22 |
| 102 | Montana State | Rocky Mountain | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.28 | -5.33 | 7.92 | 1.14 | 0.86 |
| 103 | Montana | Pacific | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 5.48 | -0.5 | 5.36 | 1.91 | -0.91 |
| 104 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 5.47 | -23 | 16.99 | 0.08 | 0.92 |
| 105 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 5.34 | -20 | 11.11 | 0.04 | 0.96 |
| 106 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 4.49 | -3.8 | 20.85 | 0.68 | 0.32 |
| 107 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.46 | -4.5 | 6.13 | 1.16 | -0.16 |
| 108 | Michigan | Western | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.35 | -9.25 | 19.56 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
| 109 | Idaho | Pacific | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.33 | -4.25 | 18.47 | 1.19 | -0.19 |
| 110 | Northwestern | Western | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.21 | -11.5 | 17.96 | 0.47 | 0.53 |
| 111 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 4.1 | -8.2 | 11.2 | 0.89 | 0.11 |
| 112 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.09 | -12.5 | 13.79 | 0.21 | 0.79 |
| 113 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 3.88 | -8 | 4.25 | 0.75 | 0.25 |
| 114 | Western Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.87 | -12.25 | 5.81 | 0.57 | 0.43 |
| 115 | Georgia Tech | SEC | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 3.07 | -9 | 17 | 0.68 | 0.32 |
| 116 | Sewanee | SEC | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.91 | -8.6 | 8.61 | 0.61 | 0.39 |
| 117 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 2.69 | -12.17 | 11.96 | 0.08 | 0.92 |
| 118 | Auburn | SEC | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 2.66 | -4.83 | 12.13 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| 119 | Mercer | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.41 | -7.2 | 0.36 | 0.26 | 0.74 |
| 120 | Creighton | Missouri Valley | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.28 | -11.2 | 8.73 | 0.42 | 0.58 |
| 121 | Grinnell | Missouri Valley | 0-5-0 | 0 | -1.92 | -10.2 | 6.41 | 0.35 | -0.35 |
| 122 | Missouri | Big 6 | 0-3-1 | 0 | -1.95 | -8.25 | 20.79 | 0.05 | -0.05 |
| 123 | Northern Arizona | Border | 0-4-1 | 0 | -2.03 | -12.2 | 6.54 | 0.37 | -0.37 |
| 124 | VMI | Southern | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.62 | -19.2 | 18.06 | 0.12 | -0.12 |