Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:21.442997+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UCLA | Pacific | 4-0-0 | 1 | 27.75 | 20 | 16.79 | 3.92 | 0.08 |
| 2 | Ohio State | Western | 4-0-0 | 1 | 27.21 | 33.5 | 11.92 | 3.95 | 0.05 |
| 3 | North Carolina | Southern | 5-0-0 | 1 | 26.75 | 21 | 11.99 | 4.97 | 0.03 |
| 4 | Marquette | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 26.52 | 20 | 11.41 | 3.91 | 0.09 |
| 5 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 26.03 | 15.2 | 9.86 | 4.92 | 0.08 |
| 6 | Army | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.65 | 21.75 | 7.31 | 3.99 | 0.01 |
| 7 | Minnesota | Western | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.55 | 13.25 | 7.86 | 3.73 | 0.27 |
| 8 | Temple | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 25.38 | 17.67 | 6 | 5.91 | 0.09 |
| 9 | California | Pacific | 6-0-0 | 1 | 25.31 | 14.83 | 6.45 | 5.99 | 0.01 |
| 10 | Iowa | Western | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.02 | 24 | 3.77 | 3.99 | 0.01 |
| 11 | TCU | Southwest | 6-0-0 | 1 | 24.79 | 17 | 3.79 | 5.73 | 0.27 |
| 12 | SMU | Southwest | 6-0-0 | 1 | 24.47 | 27.33 | 0.13 | 5.99 | 0.01 |
| 13 | New York University | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.01 | 18.25 | -0.22 | 3.84 | 0.16 |
| 14 | Missouri | Big 6 | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 23.69 | 15 | -0.85 | 3.94 | -0.94 |
| 15 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 23.52 | 38.8 | -5.04 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.45 | 21.25 | -3.05 | 3.93 | 0.07 |
| 17 | Baylor | Southwest | 6-0-0 | 1 | 23.03 | 12.67 | -3.72 | 5.95 | 0.05 |
| 18 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 22.75 | 16.75 | -6.04 | 3.84 | 0.16 |
| 19 | Rice | Southwest | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 22.49 | 12.33 | 13.76 | 5.49 | -0.49 |
| 20 | Georgia | SEC | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 22.07 | 19.6 | 10.86 | 4.9 | -0.9 |
| 21 | Denver | Rocky Mountain | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.33 | 4 | 13.03 | 3.32 | 0.68 |
| 22 | Ole Miss | SEC | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.2 | 28.67 | 1.35 | 5.89 | -0.89 |
| 23 | Auburn | SEC | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.14 | 10.2 | 11.37 | 4.76 | -0.76 |
| 24 | LSU | SEC | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.1 | 10.4 | 11.09 | 4.67 | -0.67 |
| 25 | Mississippi State | SEC | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.08 | 13.17 | 5.7 | 5.76 | -0.76 |
| 26 | Michigan State | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.03 | 24.8 | 6.44 | 4.85 | -0.85 |
| 27 | New Mexico | Border | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.93 | 15.83 | 3.82 | 5.86 | -0.86 |
| 28 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.72 | 14.6 | 7.2 | 4.93 | -0.93 |
| 29 | Washington State | Pacific | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.69 | 13.6 | 7.45 | 4.46 | -0.46 |
| 30 | Clemson | Southern | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.68 | 12.8 | 7.83 | 4.27 | -0.27 |
| 31 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.66 | 22.17 | -0.7 | 5.96 | -0.96 |
| 32 | Purdue | Western | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.59 | 9.75 | 11.08 | 3.95 | -0.95 |
| 33 | Furman | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.57 | 21.8 | 4.8 | 4.86 | -0.86 |
| 34 | Washington | Pacific | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.54 | 9 | 11.57 | 3.86 | -0.86 |
| 35 | Stanford | Pacific | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.53 | 12.5 | 14.57 | 3.97 | -0.97 |
| 36 | Nebraska | Big 6 | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 20.4 | 9.6 | 15.02 | 4.61 | -1.61 |
| 37 | Yale | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.4 | 10 | 11.21 | 3.35 | -0.35 |
| 38 | NC State | Southern | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.37 | 8.6 | 7.02 | 4.55 | -0.55 |
| 39 | Alabama | SEC | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 20.32 | 12.2 | 13.61 | 4.6 | -1.6 |
| 40 | New Mexico State | Border | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.29 | 17.8 | 1.28 | 4.9 | -0.9 |
| 41 | Loyola Marymount | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.88 | 14.4 | 2.85 | 4.68 | -0.68 |
| 42 | Maryland | Southern | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.8 | 4.4 | 7.18 | 3.6 | 0.4 |
| 43 | Creighton | Missouri Valley | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 19.79 | 3.2 | 15.89 | 3.79 | -0.79 |
| 44 | Detroit Mercy | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.67 | 16.2 | 0.81 | 4.81 | -0.81 |
| 45 | Fordham | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.3 | 5.4 | 2.96 | 4 | 0 |
| 46 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.25 | 22 | 17.95 | 2.91 | -0.91 |
| 47 | Duke | Southern | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 19.17 | 17.5 | 13.71 | 5.81 | -1.81 |
| 48 | Saint Mary's (CA) | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.01 | 14 | 4.61 | 3.95 | -0.95 |
| 49 | Michigan | Western | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.45 | 2 | 10.27 | 2.39 | 0.61 |
| 50 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 17.86 | 6.25 | -2.44 | 3.64 | -0.64 |
| 51 | Oregon State | Pacific | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.81 | 10.67 | 7.22 | 5.1 | -1.1 |
| 52 | Northern Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 17.79 | 9.25 | -1.1 | 3.56 | -0.56 |
| 53 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 17.76 | 2.2 | -3.21 | 3.52 | 0.48 |
| 54 | Centenary (LA) | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.37 | 4 | 8.55 | 4.15 | -0.15 |
| 55 | Texas Tech | Border | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 17.34 | 4 | -4.32 | 3.88 | -0.88 |
| 56 | Saint Louis | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.29 | 19.83 | 2.98 | 5.71 | -1.71 |
| 57 | Navy | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 17.2 | 12.2 | 14.07 | 4.7 | -1.7 |
| 58 | Kentucky | SEC | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 17.02 | 11.4 | 14.96 | 4.22 | -1.22 |
| 59 | Georgia Tech | SEC | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.87 | 6.6 | 14.86 | 3.95 | -0.95 |
| 60 | Oklahoma | Big 6 | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.58 | 4 | 15.35 | 3.82 | -0.82 |
| 61 | Texas | Southwest | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.58 | 4.4 | 14.86 | 3.26 | -0.26 |
| 62 | Tulane | SEC | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.52 | 11.8 | 12.37 | 4.53 | -1.53 |
| 63 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 16.43 | -0.4 | 3.54 | 2.44 | 0.56 |
| 64 | Arizona | Border | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.24 | 12 | 10.37 | 4.6 | -1.6 |
| 65 | George Washington | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.01 | 4.33 | -1.1 | 4.32 | -0.32 |
| 66 | Oregon | Pacific | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.67 | 1 | 13.97 | 2.85 | 0.15 |
| 67 | The Citadel | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 15.37 | 1.5 | 0.16 | 2.34 | -0.34 |
| 68 | Chicago | Western | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.85 | 4.4 | 4.83 | 3.39 | -0.39 |
| 69 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.39 | 22.25 | 13.13 | 3.78 | -1.78 |
| 70 | Richmond | FBS Independents | 2-1-2 | 0.4 | 14.2 | 0.8 | -7.36 | 2.79 | -0.79 |
| 71 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.16 | 13.5 | 14.71 | 3.69 | -1.69 |
| 72 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 14.08 | 8.33 | 11 | 5.19 | -2.19 |
| 73 | Utah State | Rocky Mountain | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.67 | 8.5 | 14.83 | 2.98 | -0.98 |
| 74 | Santa Clara | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.5 | 6 | 13.87 | 3.3 | -1.3 |
| 75 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.47 | 2.25 | 11.77 | 2.45 | -0.45 |
| 76 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.37 | 18.25 | -1.36 | 3.94 | -1.94 |
| 77 | Illinois | Western | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.34 | 4 | 7.76 | 2.91 | -0.91 |
| 78 | Tennessee | SEC | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 13.29 | -2.4 | 12.22 | 2.04 | 0.96 |
| 79 | Xavier | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 13.03 | 12.83 | -0.28 | 5.64 | -2.64 |
| 80 | Northern Arizona | Border | 2-2-2 | 0.33 | 13.03 | 7.5 | 3.65 | 5.16 | -3.16 |
| 81 | BYU | Rocky Mountain | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13 | 3.75 | 11.85 | 2.91 | -0.91 |
| 82 | Grinnell | Missouri Valley | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 12.63 | -5 | 5.83 | 1.16 | 1.84 |
| 83 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.34 | 5.25 | -1.52 | 3.59 | -1.59 |
| 84 | William & Mary | FBS Independents | 2-2-2 | 0.33 | 11.69 | 1.17 | 6.28 | 3.45 | -1.45 |
| 85 | Davidson | FBS Independents | 2-2-2 | 0.33 | 11.4 | -1.17 | 11.45 | 2.35 | -0.35 |
| 86 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 11.08 | 5 | 8.35 | 3.82 | -1.82 |
| 87 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 10.81 | -1.2 | 10.08 | 1.95 | 0.05 |
| 88 | Arkansas | Southwest | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 10.77 | 7.6 | 9.59 | 4.05 | -2.05 |
| 89 | Colorado College | Rocky Mountain | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.75 | -6 | 15.92 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| 90 | Washington and Lee | Southern | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.62 | -4 | 6.01 | 1.11 | 0.89 |
| 91 | Kansas | Big 6 | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.38 | -3.5 | 11.18 | 1.5 | 0.5 |
| 92 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.33 | -5 | 4.52 | 1.09 | 0.91 |
| 93 | San Francisco | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 10.02 | 0.8 | 7.64 | 2.73 | -0.73 |
| 94 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 9.66 | 4.67 | 12.53 | 4.28 | -2.28 |
| 95 | USC | Pacific | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.72 | -3.6 | 12.72 | 1.5 | 0.5 |
| 96 | Tulsa | Missouri Valley | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.26 | -2.2 | 11.92 | 1.64 | 0.36 |
| 97 | Carnegie Mellon | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.06 | -6.6 | 18.91 | 0.51 | 1.49 |
| 98 | Duquesne | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.79 | -3.4 | 2.86 | 1.51 | 0.49 |
| 99 | Oklahoma State | Missouri Valley | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.78 | -5.6 | 4.28 | 0.75 | 1.25 |
| 100 | Iowa State | Big 6 | 1-2-2 | 0.2 | 7.11 | -1.2 | 8.47 | 2.11 | -1.11 |
| 101 | Montana State | Rocky Mountain | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 6.89 | -16.6 | 6.12 | 0.1 | 1.9 |
| 102 | Virginia | Southern | 1-2-3 | 0.17 | 6.83 | -1 | 3.74 | 2.4 | -1.4 |
| 103 | Washburn | Missouri Valley | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.39 | -2.83 | -1.26 | 2.16 | -0.16 |
| 104 | South Carolina | Southern | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.32 | -9 | 13.43 | 1.14 | 0.86 |
| 105 | Montana | Pacific | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 5.87 | -0.5 | 9.23 | 1.86 | -0.86 |
| 106 | Gonzaga | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.66 | -8.17 | 8.52 | 0.81 | 1.19 |
| 107 | Florida | SEC | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 5.16 | -3.25 | 11.98 | 1.49 | -0.49 |
| 108 | Kansas State | Big 6 | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 5.13 | -2.4 | 9.9 | 0.94 | 0.06 |
| 109 | Northwestern | Western | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.92 | -5.5 | 18.3 | 0.94 | 0.06 |
| 110 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 4.85 | -3.8 | 9.12 | 1.4 | -0.4 |
| 111 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.8 | -3.5 | 7.05 | 1.06 | -0.06 |
| 112 | Indiana | Western | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.69 | -5.5 | 9.79 | 0.59 | 0.41 |
| 113 | Arizona State | Border | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.12 | -4.25 | 13.78 | 0.85 | 0.15 |
| 114 | Western Colorado | Rocky Mountain | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 3.99 | -1.6 | 4.18 | 2.15 | -1.15 |
| 115 | Presbyterian | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.79 | -13.75 | 12.46 | 0.25 | 0.75 |
| 116 | Mercer | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.76 | -19 | 14.28 | 0.05 | 0.95 |
| 117 | Centre College Kentucky | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 3.44 | -4.8 | 10.22 | 1.47 | -0.47 |
| 118 | VMI | Southern | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 3.03 | -7.17 | 9.98 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 119 | Loyola (LA) | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.96 | -5.4 | -3.87 | 0.95 | 0.05 |
| 120 | Idaho | Pacific | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.74 | -5.8 | 9.8 | 0.53 | 0.47 |
| 121 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.74 | -13.6 | 12.33 | 0.65 | 0.35 |
| 122 | Sewanee | SEC | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.15 | -25.6 | 13.29 | 0.01 | 0.99 |
| 123 | Wake Forest | FBS Independents | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 1.83 | -10.33 | 21.5 | 0.34 | 0.66 |
| 124 | UTEP | Border | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.26 | -19.6 | -2.25 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 125 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.39 | -20.25 | 6.39 | 0.26 | -0.26 |
| 126 | Wisconsin | Western | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.44 | -16.2 | 14.31 | 0.16 | -0.16 |
| 127 | Brown | FBS Independents | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.49 | -21.5 | 6.61 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 128 | Colorado School Of Mines | Rocky Mountain | 0-4-0 | 0 | -3.16 | -42.5 | 12.24 | 0 | 0 |