Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:21.974741+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 8-0-0 | 1 | 26.22 | 15.38 | 15.42 | 7.87 | 0.13 |
| 2 | Tennessee | SEC | 8-0-0 | 1 | 25.68 | 20.88 | 11.59 | 7.98 | 0.02 |
| 3 | TCU | Southwest | 9-0-0 | 1 | 25.23 | 20.89 | 9.36 | 8.81 | 0.19 |
| 4 | Duke | Southern | 8-0-0 | 1 | 25.15 | 13.38 | 10.53 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | Oklahoma | Big 6 | 8-0-0 | 1 | 25.06 | 15.75 | 9.6 | 7.98 | 0.02 |
| 6 | Utah | Mountain State | 5-0-2 | 0.71 | 24.68 | 20 | 6.85 | 6.99 | -1.99 |
| 7 | Texas Tech | Border | 9-0-0 | 1 | 24.28 | 24.44 | 4.26 | 8.93 | 0.07 |
| 8 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 8-0-0 | 1 | 24.02 | 19.88 | 3.55 | 7.92 | 0.08 |
| 9 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 7-0-1 | 0.88 | 23.46 | 21.5 | 0.6 | 7.77 | -0.77 |
| 10 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 23.24 | 17.89 | 12.92 | 8.69 | -0.69 |
| 11 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 6-0-2 | 0.75 | 22.78 | 15.12 | -1.59 | 7.48 | -1.48 |
| 12 | California | Pacific | 9-1-0 | 0.9 | 22.35 | 16.2 | 7.2 | 9.75 | -0.75 |
| 13 | Clemson | Southern | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 22.21 | 10.75 | 13.22 | 7.34 | -1.34 |
| 14 | Ole Miss | SEC | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 22.13 | 16.22 | 7.17 | 8.45 | -0.45 |
| 15 | Michigan | Western | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 22.12 | 11.38 | 12.66 | 7.55 | -1.55 |
| 16 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 22.04 | 19 | 7.25 | 7.77 | -0.77 |
| 17 | Santa Clara | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.96 | 10.29 | 11.89 | 6.83 | -0.83 |
| 18 | Alabama | SEC | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 21.78 | 12.75 | 9.94 | 7.62 | -1.62 |
| 19 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.71 | 24.38 | 4.42 | 7.85 | -0.85 |
| 20 | Iowa State | Big 6 | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 21.65 | 6.78 | 8.47 | 7.47 | -0.47 |
| 21 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.51 | 10.83 | 13.16 | 5.36 | -0.36 |
| 22 | Carnegie Mellon | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.42 | 15.29 | 7.16 | 6.58 | -0.58 |
| 23 | Fordham | FBS Independents | 5-1-2 | 0.62 | 21.35 | 16.38 | 10.64 | 7.85 | -2.85 |
| 24 | VMI | Southern | 6-1-3 | 0.6 | 20.9 | 7.3 | 7.26 | 8.15 | -2.15 |
| 25 | Purdue | Western | 5-1-2 | 0.62 | 20.54 | 5.75 | 10.24 | 6.94 | -1.94 |
| 26 | Creighton | Missouri Valley | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 19.75 | 17.38 | -2.62 | 7.78 | -1.78 |
| 27 | New Mexico | Border | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 19.64 | 14.78 | 6.82 | 8.74 | -1.74 |
| 28 | Tulane | SEC | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 19.62 | 16 | 11.47 | 8.62 | -2.62 |
| 29 | Minnesota | Western | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 19.54 | 7.38 | 14.8 | 7.22 | -1.22 |
| 30 | USC | Pacific | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 19.19 | 6.88 | 12.47 | 6.7 | -0.7 |
| 31 | Army | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.98 | 15.67 | 3.35 | 8.15 | -1.15 |
| 32 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.85 | 5.5 | 11.16 | 6.76 | -0.76 |
| 33 | North Carolina | Southern | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 18.54 | 7.5 | 13.98 | 7.26 | -2.26 |
| 34 | Saint Mary's (CA) | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.36 | 8.29 | 12.2 | 6.54 | -1.54 |
| 35 | SMU | Southwest | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.28 | 5.88 | 7.57 | 6 | 0 |
| 36 | Northwestern | Western | 4-2-2 | 0.5 | 18.15 | 7.62 | 16.81 | 7.41 | -3.41 |
| 37 | Baylor | Southwest | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 17.7 | 5.88 | 8.37 | 5.95 | -0.95 |
| 38 | Navy | FBS Independents | 4-2-2 | 0.5 | 17.69 | 9.12 | 13.67 | 7.24 | -3.24 |
| 39 | Miami | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 17.5 | 17 | -2.33 | 7.72 | -1.72 |
| 40 | UTEP | Border | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.15 | 9.29 | 3.69 | 6.09 | -1.09 |
| 41 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.03 | 4.57 | 6.25 | 5.15 | -0.15 |
| 42 | LSU | SEC | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.97 | 9.44 | 8.57 | 7.72 | -1.72 |
| 43 | New Mexico State | Border | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 16.97 | 11.86 | 0.96 | 6.37 | -1.37 |
| 44 | San Francisco | FBS Independents | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 16.85 | 8.38 | 2.14 | 7.63 | -2.63 |
| 45 | Michigan State | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.74 | 8.22 | 7.66 | 7.86 | -1.86 |
| 46 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.51 | 16.44 | 2.63 | 8.13 | -2.13 |
| 47 | UCLA | Pacific | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 16.07 | 9.38 | 10.05 | 7.16 | -2.16 |
| 48 | Centenary (LA) | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 15.96 | 5 | 3.97 | 6.43 | -0.43 |
| 49 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 15.85 | 8.89 | 8.67 | 7.24 | -2.24 |
| 50 | Missouri | Big 6 | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.69 | 2.88 | 14.33 | 5.23 | -0.23 |
| 51 | Wisconsin | Western | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.66 | 2.25 | 13.23 | 4.83 | 0.17 |
| 52 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.56 | 4.38 | 10.57 | 5.34 | -0.34 |
| 53 | Ohio State | Western | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 15.18 | 6.75 | 13.19 | 6.46 | -2.46 |
| 54 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 15.17 | 8.38 | 12.82 | 6.76 | -2.76 |
| 55 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 3-2-2 | 0.43 | 15.11 | 4.43 | 10.22 | 5.14 | -2.14 |
| 56 | Georgia | SEC | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 14.89 | 1 | 10.11 | 4.28 | 0.72 |
| 57 | Idaho | Pacific | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 14.84 | 2.56 | 7.64 | 5.64 | -0.64 |
| 58 | Manhattan | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 14.69 | 5.38 | 2.72 | 6.51 | -1.51 |
| 59 | South Carolina | Southern | 5-4-1 | 0.5 | 14.55 | 7.5 | 9.54 | 8.15 | -3.15 |
| 60 | Richmond | Southern | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 14.5 | 3.22 | 3.17 | 6.67 | -1.67 |
| 61 | BYU | Mountain State | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 14.25 | 5.5 | 8.09 | 6.56 | -2.56 |
| 62 | Brown | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.25 | 9.29 | 4.45 | 5.34 | -1.34 |
| 63 | George Washington | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 14.2 | 0.12 | 8.06 | 4.06 | 0.94 |
| 64 | Detroit Mercy | FBS Independents | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 14.08 | 7.44 | 6.9 | 7.38 | -2.38 |
| 65 | New York University | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 13.56 | 7 | 0.3 | 5.65 | -1.65 |
| 66 | Washington and Lee | Southern | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 13.52 | 2 | 6.37 | 5.58 | -1.58 |
| 67 | Oregon State | Pacific | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 13.46 | 1 | 8.71 | 4.09 | -0.09 |
| 68 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 13.31 | 6.38 | 13.41 | 5.74 | -1.74 |
| 69 | Montana | Pacific | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 13.25 | 3 | 2.08 | 5.71 | -1.71 |
| 70 | The Citadel | Southern | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 12.81 | -0.3 | 4.08 | 4.87 | 1.13 |
| 71 | Auburn | SEC | 4-4-1 | 0.44 | 12.78 | 2.67 | 13.94 | 5.87 | -1.87 |
| 72 | Kansas State | Big 6 | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 12.35 | -2.38 | 13.92 | 3.19 | 0.81 |
| 73 | Colorado | Mountain State | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 12.3 | 1 | 13.15 | 3.96 | -0.96 |
| 74 | Washburn | Missouri Valley | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 12.12 | -1.62 | -3.53 | 3.54 | 1.46 |
| 75 | Georgia Tech | SEC | 3-3-2 | 0.38 | 11.88 | 0.12 | 13.55 | 4.07 | -1.07 |
| 76 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 11.83 | -4.5 | 11.31 | 2.73 | 1.27 |
| 77 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 3-4-1 | 0.38 | 11.43 | 6.38 | 8.94 | 5.99 | -2.99 |
| 78 | Utah State | Mountain State | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 11.32 | -0.25 | 9.05 | 3.89 | 0.11 |
| 79 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 3-4-1 | 0.38 | 10.48 | 1.25 | 8.77 | 4.42 | -1.42 |
| 80 | Wake Forest | Southern | 3-5-1 | 0.33 | 10.18 | 4.67 | 11.17 | 6.3 | -3.3 |
| 81 | Mississippi State | SEC | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 10.13 | 0.56 | 5.29 | 4.73 | -0.73 |
| 82 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 10.04 | 2.38 | 13.86 | 4.76 | -1.76 |
| 83 | Oregon | Pacific | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 10.01 | -6.88 | 13.5 | 1.6 | 2.4 |
| 84 | Illinois | Western | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 9.47 | 2.75 | 8.81 | 5.03 | -2.03 |
| 85 | Loyola Marymount | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 9.28 | 2.88 | 2.51 | 5.14 | -2.14 |
| 86 | Tulsa | Missouri Valley | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 9.14 | -3.67 | 12.49 | 3.13 | 0.87 |
| 87 | Denver | Mountain State | 3-4-1 | 0.38 | 8.8 | -3.5 | 12.19 | 1.96 | 1.04 |
| 88 | Davidson | Southern | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 8.64 | -4.67 | 9.14 | 2.73 | 1.27 |
| 89 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 3-5-1 | 0.33 | 8.17 | -1.22 | 11.61 | 3.76 | -0.76 |
| 90 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 3-5-1 | 0.33 | 7.78 | -2.22 | 8.89 | 3.46 | -0.46 |
| 91 | Kansas | Big 6 | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 7.73 | -3.88 | 14.78 | 2.97 | 0.03 |
| 92 | Rice | Southwest | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 7.66 | -4.75 | 14.56 | 1.91 | 1.09 |
| 93 | Florida | SEC | 3-5-1 | 0.33 | 7.32 | -3.44 | 6.95 | 3 | 0 |
| 94 | Arizona | Border | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 7.15 | -8 | 15.47 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 95 | Saint Louis | Missouri Valley | 3-5-1 | 0.33 | 7 | -3 | -1.44 | 2.91 | 0.09 |
| 96 | Kentucky | SEC | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 6.94 | 4.5 | 7.39 | 5.26 | -3.26 |
| 97 | Duquesne | FBS Independents | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 6.63 | -3 | 11.78 | 3.02 | -0.02 |
| 98 | William & Mary | Southern | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 5.88 | -5.11 | 5.12 | 2.58 | 0.42 |
| 99 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 5.72 | -3.43 | 15.92 | 1.7 | 0.3 |
| 100 | Nebraska | Big 6 | 2-5-1 | 0.25 | 5.61 | -2.88 | 14.6 | 2.41 | -0.41 |
| 101 | Arkansas | Southwest | 2-7-0 | 0.22 | 5.53 | 0.33 | 14.84 | 4.63 | -2.63 |
| 102 | Washington | Pacific | 2-5-1 | 0.25 | 5.44 | -5.12 | 14.7 | 1.33 | 0.67 |
| 103 | Wyoming | Mountain State | 2-5-1 | 0.25 | 4.83 | -10.12 | 11.36 | 1.04 | 0.96 |
| 104 | Northern Arizona | Border | 2-5-1 | 0.25 | 4.8 | -5.75 | 2.11 | 2.34 | -0.34 |
| 105 | NC State | Southern | 2-6-1 | 0.22 | 4.65 | -3.89 | 13.75 | 1.83 | 0.17 |
| 106 | Stanford | Pacific | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 4.58 | -4.38 | 14.06 | 1.6 | 0.4 |
| 107 | Arizona State | Border | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 4.26 | -3.75 | 2.51 | 2.37 | -0.37 |
| 108 | Temple | FBS Independents | 2-6-1 | 0.22 | 4.2 | -9 | 18.22 | 1.39 | 0.61 |
| 109 | Yale | FBS Independents | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 4.19 | -8.25 | 15.8 | 1.35 | 0.65 |
| 110 | Washington State | Pacific | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 4.09 | -7.62 | 12.75 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| 111 | Furman | Southern | 2-6-1 | 0.22 | 3.91 | -8.11 | 7.99 | 1.5 | 0.5 |
| 112 | Hampden-Sydney | FBS Independents | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 3.56 | -10.38 | 2.32 | 0.91 | 1.09 |
| 113 | Oklahoma State | Missouri Valley | 2-7-0 | 0.22 | 3.12 | -9.33 | 6.44 | 1.3 | 0.7 |
| 114 | Colorado State | Mountain State | 1-4-2 | 0.14 | 3.03 | -6.57 | 9.79 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 115 | Gonzaga | FBS Independents | 1-6-0 | 0.14 | 2.14 | -3.14 | 11.34 | 2.31 | -1.31 |
| 116 | Indiana | Western | 1-6-1 | 0.12 | 1.74 | -5.75 | 12.48 | 0.48 | 0.52 |
| 117 | Marquette | FBS Independents | 1-6-0 | 0.14 | 1.43 | -9.71 | 16.6 | 0.46 | 0.54 |
| 118 | Iowa | Western | 1-6-1 | 0.12 | 1.27 | -11.12 | 10.67 | 0.58 | 0.42 |
| 119 | Chicago | Western | 1-6-1 | 0.12 | 0.75 | -20.75 | 3.62 | 0.47 | 0.53 |
| 120 | Maryland | Southern | 1-7-0 | 0.12 | 0.38 | -19.38 | 12.13 | 0.44 | 0.56 |
| 121 | Sewanee | SEC | 1-8-0 | 0.11 | 0.23 | -17.11 | 9.49 | 0.41 | 0.59 |
| 122 | Texas | Southwest | 0-8-0 | 0 | -2.25 | -13.88 | 16.03 | 0.4 | -0.4 |