Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:21.973189+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 27.28 | 18.75 | 14.82 | 3.96 | 0.04 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 27.13 | 23 | 13.48 | 4.95 | 0.05 |
| 3 | Tennessee | SEC | 5-0-0 | 1 | 27.01 | 20 | 13.51 | 4.98 | 0.02 |
| 4 | TCU | Southwest | 5-0-0 | 1 | 26.96 | 18.2 | 13.46 | 4.86 | 0.14 |
| 5 | Northwestern | Western | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 26.9 | 16.75 | 13.71 | 4 | -1 |
| 6 | Utah | Mountain State | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 26.46 | 22.33 | 10.93 | 2.99 | -0.99 |
| 7 | Santa Clara | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 26.31 | 17.75 | 10.7 | 3.99 | 0.01 |
| 8 | Duke | Southern | 5-0-0 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 10.33 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | Texas Tech | Border | 6-0-0 | 1 | 25.78 | 24.67 | 7.02 | 5.93 | 0.07 |
| 10 | Minnesota | Western | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.35 | 8 | 8.74 | 3.8 | 0.2 |
| 11 | Fordham | FBS Independents | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 25.22 | 31.5 | 3.79 | 4 | -1 |
| 12 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 25.05 | 29.2 | 2.63 | 4.97 | 0.03 |
| 13 | Baylor | Southwest | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 25.04 | 12.5 | 6 | 3.84 | -0.84 |
| 14 | Georgia | SEC | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.7 | 12.25 | 4.27 | 3.42 | 0.58 |
| 15 | California | Pacific | 6-0-0 | 1 | 24.56 | 22.67 | 1.31 | 5.93 | 0.07 |
| 16 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 24.25 | 16.75 | 1.15 | 3.6 | -0.6 |
| 17 | Iowa State | Big 6 | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.2 | 10 | 2.84 | 4.34 | 0.66 |
| 18 | Oklahoma | Big 6 | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.14 | 11.75 | 1.53 | 3.98 | 0.02 |
| 19 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.05 | 28 | -1.24 | 3.96 | 0.04 |
| 20 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.44 | 28.25 | -4.16 | 3.96 | 0.04 |
| 21 | George Washington | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.05 | 16.75 | -4.85 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | North Carolina | Southern | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.82 | 13.4 | 14.22 | 4.81 | -0.81 |
| 23 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.43 | 7.6 | 11.39 | 4.6 | -0.6 |
| 24 | Alabama | SEC | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.33 | 15.8 | 10.3 | 4.89 | -0.89 |
| 25 | Ole Miss | SEC | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.99 | 14.8 | 8.99 | 4.6 | -0.6 |
| 26 | Navy | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 20.74 | 16.6 | 13.32 | 4.88 | -1.88 |
| 27 | USC | Pacific | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.65 | 5.2 | 11.72 | 3.97 | 0.03 |
| 28 | Michigan State | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.48 | 13 | 6.59 | 4.66 | -0.66 |
| 29 | New Mexico | Border | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.39 | 25 | 2.87 | 5 | -1 |
| 30 | LSU | SEC | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.34 | 11.6 | 6.47 | 4.71 | -0.71 |
| 31 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.33 | 18.75 | 7.62 | 3.74 | -0.74 |
| 32 | Michigan | Western | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.32 | 13.25 | 12.26 | 3.72 | -0.72 |
| 33 | Tulsa | Missouri Valley | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.26 | 11 | 5.88 | 4.66 | -0.66 |
| 34 | Mississippi State | SEC | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.06 | 16 | 2.97 | 4.82 | -0.82 |
| 35 | Carnegie Mellon | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.06 | 15.5 | 7.01 | 3.79 | -0.79 |
| 36 | Saint Mary's (CA) | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.06 | 11.75 | 12.17 | 3.7 | -0.7 |
| 37 | Army | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20 | 22.4 | 0.89 | 4.82 | -0.82 |
| 38 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.98 | 10.5 | 12.05 | 3.54 | -0.54 |
| 39 | Clemson | Southern | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 19.94 | 7.6 | 13.61 | 3.98 | -0.98 |
| 40 | Purdue | Western | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 19.91 | 5.4 | 14.64 | 4.05 | -1.05 |
| 41 | UTEP | Border | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.84 | 13 | 6.47 | 3.82 | -0.82 |
| 42 | BYU | Mountain State | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 19.76 | 9.4 | 6.81 | 4.6 | -1.6 |
| 43 | Tulane | SEC | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 19.53 | 12 | 9.01 | 4.42 | -1.42 |
| 44 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.34 | 18.25 | 4.19 | 3.84 | -0.84 |
| 45 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.33 | 5.8 | 2.41 | 3.81 | 0.19 |
| 46 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.22 | 9.25 | 7.81 | 3.44 | -0.44 |
| 47 | VMI | Southern | 3-1-2 | 0.5 | 19.2 | 3.5 | 12.28 | 4.05 | -1.05 |
| 48 | San Francisco | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 18.97 | 11.6 | 1.26 | 4.91 | -1.91 |
| 49 | Miami | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.89 | 16.5 | -0.47 | 3.75 | -0.75 |
| 50 | Idaho | Pacific | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 18.86 | 4.2 | 4.67 | 3.39 | -0.39 |
| 51 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 18.2 | 7.5 | 13.71 | 3.25 | -1.25 |
| 52 | Brown | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 17.93 | 6.25 | 0.93 | 2.71 | 0.29 |
| 53 | Washington and Lee | Southern | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 17.85 | 0.4 | 10.07 | 2.73 | 0.27 |
| 54 | Kansas State | Big 6 | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 17.6 | 0 | 10.04 | 2 | 1 |
| 55 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 17.57 | -0.8 | 13.19 | 2.33 | 0.67 |
| 56 | Creighton | Missouri Valley | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 17.42 | 7 | 3.94 | 3.22 | -1.22 |
| 57 | Ohio State | Western | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 17.38 | 8.5 | 10.64 | 3.63 | -1.63 |
| 58 | New Mexico State | Border | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 16.77 | 4.25 | -4.61 | 2.84 | 0.16 |
| 59 | UCLA | Pacific | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.59 | 11 | 13.97 | 4.48 | -1.48 |
| 60 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 16.19 | 9.83 | 11.51 | 4.84 | -1.84 |
| 61 | Richmond | Southern | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.1 | 4.83 | -1.15 | 4.57 | -0.57 |
| 62 | Loyola Marymount | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.26 | 16.4 | -2.58 | 4.89 | -1.89 |
| 63 | Centenary (LA) | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 14.95 | -2 | 6.12 | 2.42 | 1.58 |
| 64 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 14.53 | 7.4 | 17.75 | 3.99 | -1.99 |
| 65 | Oregon State | Pacific | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.26 | 1.4 | 5.9 | 3.08 | -0.08 |
| 66 | Wake Forest | Southern | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 14.26 | 9.33 | 12.13 | 4.88 | -1.88 |
| 67 | Wisconsin | Western | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.22 | 4.75 | 14.52 | 2.71 | -0.71 |
| 68 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.18 | 14.25 | 7.68 | 3.55 | -1.55 |
| 69 | South Carolina | Southern | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 13.85 | 10 | 8 | 5.01 | -2.01 |
| 70 | Auburn | SEC | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 13.85 | 4 | 12.73 | 4.19 | -2.19 |
| 71 | Utah State | Mountain State | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.09 | 4.5 | 4.92 | 2.75 | -0.75 |
| 72 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.06 | 2.5 | 16.77 | 2.83 | -0.83 |
| 73 | SMU | Southwest | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.03 | 3.75 | 5.47 | 2.56 | -0.56 |
| 74 | Georgia Tech | SEC | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.9 | 1.5 | 15.58 | 2.48 | -0.48 |
| 75 | Montana | Pacific | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 12.87 | 3 | 4.03 | 3.57 | -1.57 |
| 76 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.85 | 0.5 | 12.67 | 2.08 | -0.08 |
| 77 | New York University | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.71 | 7.5 | -2.28 | 3.59 | -1.59 |
| 78 | Missouri | Big 6 | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.66 | 2.25 | 12.58 | 2.43 | -0.43 |
| 79 | Washburn | Missouri Valley | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 12.34 | -1.2 | -5.71 | 2.32 | 0.68 |
| 80 | Arkansas | Southwest | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 11.9 | 6.2 | 16.21 | 3.59 | -1.59 |
| 81 | Temple | FBS Independents | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 11.51 | -2.4 | 17.86 | 2.04 | -0.04 |
| 82 | Stanford | Pacific | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11.45 | -3.5 | 15.05 | 1.27 | 0.73 |
| 83 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 11.36 | -1.2 | 15.43 | 2.24 | -0.24 |
| 84 | Kentucky | SEC | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 11.31 | 14.2 | 2.32 | 4.39 | -2.39 |
| 85 | NC State | Southern | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 11.27 | -2.2 | 14.02 | 1.87 | 0.13 |
| 86 | Denver | Mountain State | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 11.12 | -2.8 | 19.2 | 1.11 | 0.89 |
| 87 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 11.06 | 3.4 | 11.51 | 3.16 | -1.16 |
| 88 | Oregon | Pacific | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.95 | -6.75 | 13.08 | 0.91 | 1.09 |
| 89 | Illinois | Western | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 10.76 | 4 | 6.73 | 3.58 | -1.58 |
| 90 | Colorado State | Mountain State | 1-1-2 | 0.25 | 10.69 | -4.75 | 0.07 | 0.61 | 0.39 |
| 91 | Detroit Mercy | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 10.62 | 2.2 | 9.11 | 3.19 | -1.19 |
| 92 | Duquesne | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 10.47 | 1.4 | 10.6 | 2.86 | -0.86 |
| 93 | Manhattan | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 10.24 | 3.4 | 2.68 | 3.38 | -1.38 |
| 94 | Saint Louis | Missouri Valley | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 10.04 | -0.2 | -4.1 | 2.43 | -0.43 |
| 95 | Florida | SEC | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.86 | 0.2 | 5.29 | 2.55 | -0.55 |
| 96 | Gonzaga | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 8.64 | 1.33 | 10.91 | 1.65 | -0.65 |
| 97 | Kansas | Big 6 | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.47 | -8 | 18.37 | 1.42 | 0.58 |
| 98 | William & Mary | Southern | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 7.95 | 0.67 | 2.98 | 3.18 | -1.18 |
| 99 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 7.33 | -1.83 | 12.84 | 2.46 | -0.46 |
| 100 | Davidson | Southern | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.17 | -9.83 | 12.13 | 0.85 | 1.15 |
| 101 | The Citadel | Southern | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.93 | -12.33 | 11.78 | 0.45 | 1.55 |
| 102 | Rice | Southwest | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.8 | -1.5 | 14.59 | 1.64 | -0.64 |
| 103 | Yale | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.49 | -8.5 | 19 | 0.69 | 0.31 |
| 104 | Wyoming | Mountain State | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 4.39 | -8.6 | 14.12 | 0.61 | 0.39 |
| 105 | Marquette | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.35 | -11.75 | 19.73 | 0.03 | 0.97 |
| 106 | Colorado | Mountain State | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.33 | -3.75 | 17.91 | 1.25 | -0.25 |
| 107 | Northern Arizona | Border | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 4.22 | -6.8 | 5.96 | 1.13 | -0.13 |
| 108 | Iowa | Western | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4 | -10.75 | 9.52 | 0.65 | 0.35 |
| 109 | Arizona | Border | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.55 | -12 | 19.45 | 0.33 | 0.67 |
| 110 | Arizona State | Border | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 3.15 | -5.4 | 4.15 | 1.24 | -0.24 |
| 111 | Oklahoma State | Missouri Valley | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 3.07 | -9 | 14.75 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| 112 | Furman | Southern | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 2.9 | -9.33 | 12.94 | 0.65 | 0.35 |
| 113 | Sewanee | SEC | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.6 | -12.4 | 6.52 | 0.69 | 0.31 |
| 114 | Hampden-Sydney | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.35 | -18 | 7.63 | 0.14 | 0.86 |
| 115 | Maryland | Southern | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.33 | -20.2 | 13.66 | 0.23 | 0.77 |
| 116 | Indiana | Western | 0-3-1 | 0 | -1.57 | -5.75 | 9.9 | 0.16 | -0.16 |
| 117 | Nebraska | Big 6 | 0-3-1 | 0 | -1.68 | -6 | 18.36 | 0.34 | -0.34 |
| 118 | Washington | Pacific | 0-4-1 | 0 | -2.01 | -8.4 | 20.46 | 0.44 | -0.44 |
| 119 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.07 | -9 | 20.35 | 0.67 | -0.67 |
| 120 | Washington State | Pacific | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.18 | -10.8 | 17.8 | 0.16 | -0.16 |
| 121 | Texas | Southwest | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.39 | -15.4 | 13.65 | 0.23 | -0.23 |
| 122 | Chicago | Western | 0-3-1 | 0 | -2.49 | -21.5 | 6.88 | 0.14 | -0.14 |