Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:21.974353+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 26.4 | 17.29 | 15.13 | 6.94 | 0.06 |
| 2 | Tennessee | SEC | 8-0-0 | 1 | 25.84 | 20.88 | 11.66 | 7.98 | 0.02 |
| 3 | Duke | Southern | 7-0-0 | 1 | 25.65 | 14.29 | 12.18 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | TCU | Southwest | 8-0-0 | 1 | 25.49 | 20.75 | 9.74 | 7.85 | 0.15 |
| 5 | Oklahoma | Big 6 | 7-0-0 | 1 | 25.15 | 16.57 | 9.21 | 6.97 | 0.03 |
| 6 | Utah | Mountain State | 4-0-2 | 0.67 | 24.83 | 16.83 | 7.4 | 5.99 | -1.99 |
| 7 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 24.44 | 21.71 | 4.67 | 6.96 | 0.04 |
| 8 | Iowa State | Big 6 | 7-0-1 | 0.88 | 24.22 | 8.88 | 6.75 | 7.04 | -0.04 |
| 9 | Texas Tech | Border | 8-0-0 | 1 | 24 | 26.25 | 1.81 | 7.96 | 0.04 |
| 10 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 6-0-1 | 0.86 | 23.7 | 19.86 | 1.4 | 6.77 | -0.77 |
| 11 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 23.21 | 16.88 | 13.46 | 7.63 | -0.63 |
| 12 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 6-0-1 | 0.86 | 23.08 | 17.29 | -1.31 | 6.55 | -0.55 |
| 13 | Clemson | Southern | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 22.31 | 10.75 | 13.19 | 7.34 | -1.34 |
| 14 | California | Pacific | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 22.3 | 17.33 | 7.19 | 8.76 | -0.76 |
| 15 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 22.29 | 19 | 8.08 | 7.77 | -0.77 |
| 16 | Santa Clara | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 22.27 | 10.29 | 11.84 | 6.83 | -0.83 |
| 17 | Ole Miss | SEC | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 22.22 | 17.5 | 7.98 | 7.64 | -0.64 |
| 18 | Alabama | SEC | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 22.02 | 12.75 | 10.56 | 7.62 | -1.62 |
| 19 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.88 | 24.38 | 4.01 | 7.85 | -0.85 |
| 20 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.71 | 10.83 | 13.98 | 5.36 | -0.36 |
| 21 | New Mexico | Border | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.62 | 17.88 | 4.71 | 7.93 | -0.93 |
| 22 | Michigan | Western | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 21.57 | 10.43 | 12.94 | 6.45 | -1.45 |
| 23 | Carnegie Mellon | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.56 | 15.29 | 7.5 | 6.58 | -0.58 |
| 24 | Northwestern | Western | 4-1-2 | 0.57 | 21.24 | 9 | 15.74 | 6.71 | -2.71 |
| 25 | VMI | Southern | 5-1-3 | 0.56 | 20.79 | 7.44 | 9.97 | 7.21 | -2.21 |
| 26 | Fordham | FBS Independents | 4-1-2 | 0.57 | 20.74 | 16.86 | 10.07 | 6.84 | -2.84 |
| 27 | Baylor | Southwest | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 20.42 | 8.86 | 7.18 | 5.87 | -0.87 |
| 28 | Purdue | Western | 4-1-2 | 0.57 | 20.15 | 5.57 | 11.38 | 6.08 | -2.08 |
| 29 | USC | Pacific | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 19.36 | 6.88 | 11.72 | 6.7 | -0.7 |
| 30 | Creighton | Missouri Valley | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 19.28 | 14.43 | -1.68 | 6.66 | -1.66 |
| 31 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 19.15 | 5.5 | 11.57 | 6.76 | -0.76 |
| 32 | Tulane | SEC | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 18.95 | 13.25 | 13.49 | 7.45 | -2.45 |
| 33 | North Carolina | Southern | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 18.68 | 7.5 | 14.21 | 7.26 | -2.26 |
| 34 | Minnesota | Western | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.6 | 5.43 | 14.17 | 5.87 | -0.87 |
| 35 | Saint Mary's (CA) | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.53 | 8.29 | 12.99 | 6.54 | -1.54 |
| 36 | Army | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.27 | 16.12 | 2.11 | 7.24 | -1.24 |
| 37 | Wisconsin | Western | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.17 | 5.57 | 12.53 | 5.15 | -0.15 |
| 38 | Navy | FBS Independents | 4-2-2 | 0.5 | 17.82 | 9.12 | 14.32 | 7.24 | -3.24 |
| 39 | Ohio State | Western | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 17.6 | 10.29 | 12.15 | 6.3 | -2.3 |
| 40 | Georgia | SEC | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.41 | 2.43 | 9.27 | 4.11 | 0.89 |
| 41 | New Mexico State | Border | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.19 | 11.86 | 1.11 | 6.37 | -1.37 |
| 42 | SMU | Southwest | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.09 | 4.57 | 6 | 4.91 | 0.09 |
| 43 | George Washington | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 16.85 | 2.43 | 6.77 | 4.52 | 0.48 |
| 44 | Miami | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 16.7 | 17.43 | -4.27 | 6.78 | -1.78 |
| 45 | UTEP | Border | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.34 | 9.5 | 3.55 | 5.21 | -1.21 |
| 46 | UCLA | Pacific | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 16.27 | 9.38 | 9.97 | 7.16 | -2.16 |
| 47 | LSU | SEC | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 16.24 | 6.62 | 11.47 | 6.24 | -1.24 |
| 48 | San Francisco | FBS Independents | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 16.09 | 8.43 | 2.21 | 6.6 | -2.6 |
| 49 | Centenary (LA) | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.06 | 5 | 4.61 | 6.43 | -0.43 |
| 50 | South Carolina | Southern | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 16.02 | 9.78 | 9.28 | 7.8 | -2.8 |
| 51 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 15.96 | 8.89 | 9.3 | 7.24 | -2.24 |
| 52 | Michigan State | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.94 | 8 | 9.56 | 6.81 | -1.81 |
| 53 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 15.81 | 2.67 | 4.89 | 3.83 | 0.17 |
| 54 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 15.32 | 8.38 | 14.13 | 6.76 | -2.76 |
| 55 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.29 | 7.5 | 4.89 | 6.11 | -1.11 |
| 56 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 3-2-2 | 0.43 | 15.21 | 4.43 | 10.18 | 5.14 | -2.14 |
| 57 | Washburn | Missouri Valley | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 15.02 | 2 | -5.67 | 4.04 | 0.96 |
| 58 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.75 | 4.86 | 10.51 | 4.77 | -0.77 |
| 59 | Richmond | Southern | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 14.56 | 3.22 | 2.85 | 6.67 | -1.67 |
| 60 | Brown | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.43 | 9.29 | 4.43 | 5.34 | -1.34 |
| 61 | Utah State | Mountain State | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 13.87 | 1.71 | 7.94 | 4.12 | -0.12 |
| 62 | Washington and Lee | Southern | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 13.58 | 2 | 7.59 | 5.58 | -1.58 |
| 63 | New York University | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 13.55 | 7 | 0.31 | 5.65 | -1.65 |
| 64 | Manhattan | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 13.52 | 4.29 | 1.89 | 5.27 | -1.27 |
| 65 | Missouri | Big 6 | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 13.52 | -0.43 | 14.61 | 3.33 | 0.67 |
| 66 | Idaho | Pacific | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 13.49 | 1.12 | 6.29 | 4.43 | -0.43 |
| 67 | Oregon State | Pacific | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 13.45 | 1 | 8.83 | 4.09 | -0.09 |
| 68 | Montana | Pacific | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 13.29 | 3 | 2.49 | 5.71 | -1.71 |
| 69 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 13.23 | 11 | 7.31 | 6.12 | -3.12 |
| 70 | BYU | Mountain State | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 12.92 | 5.14 | 8.07 | 5.83 | -2.83 |
| 71 | Detroit Mercy | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 12.56 | 5.25 | 6.88 | 6.21 | -2.21 |
| 72 | Colorado | Mountain State | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 12.31 | 1 | 14.2 | 3.96 | -0.96 |
| 73 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 12.25 | 3.14 | 7.35 | 4.4 | -1.4 |
| 74 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 12.05 | -4.5 | 10.93 | 2.73 | 1.27 |
| 75 | Georgia Tech | SEC | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 12.04 | 0.14 | 14.53 | 3.56 | -0.56 |
| 76 | Mississippi State | SEC | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 11.95 | 1.12 | 6.89 | 4.39 | -0.39 |
| 77 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 11.8 | 6.29 | 15.23 | 4.86 | -1.86 |
| 78 | The Citadel | Southern | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 11.45 | -2.56 | 6.41 | 3.4 | 1.6 |
| 79 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 11.45 | 2.86 | 14.18 | 4.28 | -1.28 |
| 80 | Tulsa | Missouri Valley | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 11.33 | -1 | 12.15 | 3.62 | 0.38 |
| 81 | Loyola Marymount | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 11.01 | 6 | 4.01 | 5.39 | -2.39 |
| 82 | Auburn | SEC | 3-4-1 | 0.38 | 10.93 | 1.88 | 14.42 | 4.96 | -1.96 |
| 83 | Wake Forest | Southern | 3-5-1 | 0.33 | 10.31 | 4.67 | 10.92 | 6.3 | -3.3 |
| 84 | Kansas State | Big 6 | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 10.22 | -6.57 | 14.04 | 1.44 | 1.56 |
| 85 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 3-4-1 | 0.38 | 9.4 | -0.88 | 7.9 | 3.65 | -0.65 |
| 86 | Rice | Southwest | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 9.34 | -2.29 | 12.76 | 2.44 | 0.56 |
| 87 | Saint Louis | Missouri Valley | 3-4-1 | 0.38 | 8.93 | -0.12 | -2.93 | 3.94 | -0.94 |
| 88 | Denver | Mountain State | 3-4-1 | 0.38 | 8.76 | -3.5 | 12.71 | 1.96 | 1.04 |
| 89 | Davidson | Southern | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 8.75 | -4.67 | 9.02 | 2.73 | 1.27 |
| 90 | Oregon | Pacific | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 8.57 | -8.29 | 15.44 | 1.28 | 1.72 |
| 91 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 3-5-1 | 0.33 | 8.25 | -1.22 | 11.94 | 3.76 | -0.76 |
| 92 | Duquesne | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 8.2 | -1.62 | 11.11 | 3.24 | -0.24 |
| 93 | Kansas | Big 6 | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 7.84 | -3.88 | 14.73 | 2.97 | 0.03 |
| 94 | Florida | SEC | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 7.22 | -3.88 | 7.57 | 2.66 | 0.34 |
| 95 | Kentucky | SEC | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 7.04 | 4.5 | 7.36 | 5.26 | -3.26 |
| 96 | Arkansas | Southwest | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 6.66 | 1.12 | 14.15 | 4.41 | -2.41 |
| 97 | Washington | Pacific | 2-4-1 | 0.29 | 6.26 | -5.43 | 16.99 | 1.25 | 0.75 |
| 98 | William & Mary | Southern | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 6 | -5.11 | 5.16 | 2.58 | 0.42 |
| 99 | Illinois | Western | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 5.97 | -1.71 | 9.23 | 2.9 | -0.9 |
| 100 | Wyoming | Mountain State | 2-4-1 | 0.29 | 5.85 | -6 | 9.81 | 1.66 | 0.34 |
| 101 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 5.83 | -3.43 | 16.2 | 1.7 | 0.3 |
| 102 | NC State | Southern | 2-5-1 | 0.25 | 5.66 | -3.5 | 12.6 | 1.93 | 0.07 |
| 103 | Stanford | Pacific | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 5.57 | -4.14 | 13.24 | 1.62 | 0.38 |
| 104 | Temple | FBS Independents | 2-5-1 | 0.25 | 5.26 | -8.88 | 18.71 | 1.4 | 0.6 |
| 105 | Yale | FBS Independents | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 5.21 | -8.43 | 16.82 | 1.31 | 0.69 |
| 106 | Arizona State | Border | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 5.14 | -3.14 | 0.84 | 2.29 | -0.29 |
| 107 | Arizona | Border | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 5.09 | -10.29 | 17.84 | 0.85 | 1.15 |
| 108 | Northern Arizona | Border | 2-5-1 | 0.25 | 4.89 | -5.75 | 2.62 | 2.34 | -0.34 |
| 109 | Colorado State | Mountain State | 1-3-2 | 0.17 | 4.22 | -6.33 | 8.47 | 0.38 | 0.62 |
| 110 | Washington State | Pacific | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 4.01 | -7.62 | 13.98 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| 111 | Furman | Southern | 2-6-1 | 0.22 | 3.98 | -8.11 | 8.25 | 1.5 | 0.5 |
| 112 | Oklahoma State | Missouri Valley | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 3.69 | -9.5 | 8.76 | 1.17 | 0.83 |
| 113 | Hampden-Sydney | FBS Independents | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 3.63 | -10.38 | 2.22 | 0.91 | 1.09 |
| 114 | Gonzaga | FBS Independents | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 3.02 | -2.33 | 10.27 | 2.3 | -1.3 |
| 115 | Nebraska | Big 6 | 1-5-1 | 0.14 | 2.62 | -5.29 | 16.91 | 1.22 | -0.22 |
| 116 | Indiana | Western | 1-5-1 | 0.14 | 2.21 | -5.57 | 11.71 | 0.32 | 0.68 |
| 117 | Marquette | FBS Independents | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 2.17 | -10 | 18.27 | 0.24 | 0.76 |
| 118 | Iowa | Western | 1-5-1 | 0.14 | 2.02 | -10.71 | 12.12 | 0.64 | 0.36 |
| 119 | Chicago | Western | 1-5-1 | 0.14 | 1.48 | -18.86 | 2.8 | 0.58 | 0.42 |
| 120 | Maryland | Southern | 1-6-0 | 0.14 | 0.79 | -21.14 | 10.92 | 0.35 | 0.65 |
| 121 | Sewanee | SEC | 1-7-0 | 0.12 | 0.6 | -14.5 | 8.37 | 0.57 | 0.43 |
| 122 | Texas | Southwest | 0-8-0 | 0 | -2.28 | -13.88 | 16.95 | 0.4 | -0.4 |