Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:22.144053+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 27.73 | 24.33 | 16.41 | 2.97 | 0.03 |
| 2 | North Carolina | Southern | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 27.36 | 18.8 | 15.39 | 4.8 | -0.8 |
| 3 | Ole Miss | SEC | 4-0-0 | 1 | 27 | 31 | 12.16 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | Michigan | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.99 | 39.33 | 10.54 | 2.97 | 0.03 |
| 5 | Tulane | SEC | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 26.89 | 5 | 18.24 | 3.35 | -0.35 |
| 6 | USC | Pacific | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 26.69 | 17.67 | 12.68 | 2.98 | -0.98 |
| 7 | Oklahoma | Big 6 | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 26.41 | 13.75 | 12.01 | 3.75 | -0.75 |
| 8 | Nebraska | Big 6 | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 26.31 | 7.25 | 14.81 | 3.74 | -0.74 |
| 9 | Utah | Mountain State | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 26.26 | 29.25 | 8.82 | 3.96 | -0.96 |
| 10 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 5-0-0 | 1 | 25.84 | 18 | 8.37 | 4.94 | 0.06 |
| 11 | Ohio State | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.78 | 11.67 | 9.83 | 2.75 | 0.25 |
| 12 | Kentucky | SEC | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.63 | 23.75 | 6.1 | 3.94 | 0.06 |
| 13 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.57 | 3.5 | 13.56 | 2.68 | 1.32 |
| 14 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.32 | 9 | 8.94 | 2.93 | 0.07 |
| 15 | Tennessee | SEC | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.08 | 25.5 | 3.84 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 24.74 | 18.5 | 2.84 | 3.94 | -0.94 |
| 17 | Duquesne | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.59 | 16.5 | 3.29 | 3.95 | 0.05 |
| 18 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 24.23 | 8 | 3.74 | 3.57 | -0.57 |
| 19 | Saint Mary's (CA) | FBS Independents | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 24 | 7.67 | 2.52 | 2.86 | -0.86 |
| 20 | UCLA | Pacific | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 23.76 | 6.25 | 2.44 | 3.25 | -0.25 |
| 21 | Arizona State | Border | 5-0-0 | 1 | 23.24 | 21.8 | -4.25 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | Richmond | Southern | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 22.99 | 18.2 | -5.44 | 4.99 | -0.99 |
| 23 | Oregon State | Pacific | 4-0-0 | 1 | 22.92 | 5.25 | -1.87 | 3.24 | 0.76 |
| 24 | Hardin-Simmons | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 22.68 | 15.25 | -6.29 | 3.91 | 0.09 |
| 25 | Mississippi State | SEC | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.24 | 21.6 | 8.47 | 4.99 | -0.99 |
| 26 | Wake Forest | Southern | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.23 | 24.5 | 4.01 | 5.83 | -0.83 |
| 27 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.88 | 8.5 | 14.3 | 3.24 | -0.24 |
| 28 | New Mexico | Border | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.49 | 10.4 | 4.56 | 4.41 | -0.41 |
| 29 | Duke | Southern | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.33 | 20.75 | 10.72 | 3.87 | -0.87 |
| 30 | Baylor | Southwest | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.25 | 9.75 | 10.05 | 3.57 | -0.57 |
| 31 | VMI | Southern | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.24 | 6.4 | 8.16 | 3.87 | 0.13 |
| 32 | Denver | Mountain State | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.97 | 9.25 | 12.7 | 3.82 | -0.82 |
| 33 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.97 | 10.5 | 12.2 | 3.63 | -0.63 |
| 34 | New York University | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.94 | 10.75 | 11.67 | 3.75 | -0.75 |
| 35 | LSU | SEC | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.76 | 9.75 | 10.84 | 3.69 | -0.69 |
| 36 | Navy | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 19.74 | 5 | 21.47 | 3.04 | -1.04 |
| 37 | Texas | Southwest | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.54 | 2.75 | 14.59 | 2.52 | 0.48 |
| 38 | Missouri | Big 6 | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.48 | 6.75 | 11.19 | 3.38 | -0.38 |
| 39 | Furman | Southern | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.4 | 12.25 | 6.4 | 3.75 | -0.75 |
| 40 | Clemson | Southern | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.37 | 15.75 | 6.08 | 3.94 | -0.94 |
| 41 | Kansas State | Big 6 | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.17 | 12 | 2.94 | 3.86 | -0.86 |
| 42 | Carnegie Mellon | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.99 | 14 | 1.21 | 3.98 | -0.98 |
| 43 | Washburn | Missouri Valley | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 18.86 | 8 | -3.67 | 3.96 | 0.04 |
| 44 | Alabama | SEC | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.82 | 5.25 | 3.77 | 3.19 | -0.19 |
| 45 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.79 | 4.75 | 7.79 | 3.58 | -0.58 |
| 46 | William & Mary | Southern | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 18.76 | 11.8 | 3.75 | 4.33 | -1.33 |
| 47 | Tulsa | Missouri Valley | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.67 | 7.5 | 4.74 | 3.23 | -0.23 |
| 48 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.53 | 22 | 6.61 | 2.89 | -0.89 |
| 49 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.44 | 17.75 | -0.19 | 3.95 | -0.95 |
| 50 | BYU | Mountain State | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.03 | 2.75 | 4.6 | 2.49 | 0.51 |
| 51 | Iowa | Western | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.77 | 8 | 10.34 | 2.1 | -0.1 |
| 52 | Oregon | Pacific | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 17.75 | 2.75 | 10.54 | 2.99 | -0.99 |
| 53 | SMU | Southwest | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 17.69 | 7.75 | 12.11 | 3.44 | -1.44 |
| 54 | Utah State | Mountain State | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.36 | 12 | 1.76 | 2.88 | -0.88 |
| 55 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.36 | 9.33 | 6.4 | 2.43 | -0.43 |
| 56 | Georgia Tech | SEC | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.26 | 13.33 | 7.22 | 2.75 | -0.75 |
| 57 | Detroit Mercy | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 17.07 | 10.25 | -6.45 | 3.6 | -0.6 |
| 58 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17 | 1.67 | 7.91 | 1.65 | 0.35 |
| 59 | Indiana | Western | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 16.93 | 3 | 11.88 | 2.55 | -0.55 |
| 60 | Washington and Lee | Southern | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 16.91 | 2.75 | 12.2 | 3.19 | -1.19 |
| 61 | Army | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 16.77 | 1.75 | 5.32 | 2.39 | -0.39 |
| 62 | Yale | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.68 | 0.67 | 15.86 | 1.62 | 0.38 |
| 63 | Arizona | Border | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 16.58 | -1.5 | 8.38 | 1.79 | 1.21 |
| 64 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.47 | 4.67 | 5.54 | 2.09 | -0.09 |
| 65 | Oklahoma State | Missouri Valley | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.4 | 6 | 16.53 | 3.64 | -0.64 |
| 66 | Texas Tech | Border | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.97 | 17 | 6.95 | 4.9 | -1.9 |
| 67 | New Mexico State | Border | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.23 | 4.6 | 4.08 | 3.55 | -0.55 |
| 68 | George Washington | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 15.08 | 6 | -5.44 | 2.46 | -0.46 |
| 69 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.67 | 6.5 | 17.05 | 3.12 | -1.12 |
| 70 | Florida | SEC | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.59 | 1.8 | 7.4 | 3.35 | -0.35 |
| 71 | Santa Clara | FBS Independents | 1-1-2 | 0.25 | 14.47 | 9.25 | 16.52 | 3.54 | -2.54 |
| 72 | Gonzaga | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.43 | -0.4 | 16.88 | 2.37 | 0.63 |
| 73 | Miami | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 14.17 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 0.5 |
| 74 | Saint Louis | Missouri Valley | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 13.82 | -5.5 | -0.87 | 0.59 | 1.41 |
| 75 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.2 | 5.5 | 4.94 | 3.17 | -1.17 |
| 76 | Maryland | Southern | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.73 | 4.75 | 0.53 | 2.91 | -0.91 |
| 77 | Purdue | Western | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 12.47 | 3.33 | 15.77 | 2.11 | -1.11 |
| 78 | Brown | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.32 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 2.48 | -0.48 |
| 79 | Kansas | Big 6 | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11.88 | -1.25 | 12.23 | 1.68 | 0.32 |
| 80 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11.86 | 0.75 | 10.9 | 2.16 | -0.16 |
| 81 | Auburn | SEC | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11.65 | -1.5 | 11 | 1.16 | 0.84 |
| 82 | Creighton | Missouri Valley | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11.53 | -1 | 5.98 | 1.84 | 0.16 |
| 83 | Washington State | Pacific | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11 | -3.5 | 10.46 | 1.19 | 0.81 |
| 84 | Montana | Pacific | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.92 | -1 | 1.79 | 1.69 | 0.31 |
| 85 | Minnesota | Western | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 10.86 | 13.25 | 15.9 | 3.49 | -2.49 |
| 86 | Manhattan | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.13 | -5.5 | 12.02 | 0.35 | 1.65 |
| 87 | California | Pacific | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 9.88 | 1.6 | 8.86 | 3.03 | -1.03 |
| 88 | Fordham | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 9.82 | 6.33 | 13.71 | 2.46 | -1.46 |
| 89 | Arkansas | Southwest | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 9.24 | -1 | 10.89 | 2.28 | -0.28 |
| 90 | UTEP | Border | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.17 | -2 | 8.35 | 1.63 | 0.37 |
| 91 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 7.41 | -0.25 | 6.25 | 1.94 | -0.94 |
| 92 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 6.84 | -7 | 15.1 | 0.83 | 0.17 |
| 93 | Rice | Southwest | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 6.39 | 1 | 3.3 | 2.3 | -1.3 |
| 94 | Rhodes College | FBS Independents | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 6.3 | -11.5 | 12.52 | 0.55 | 0.45 |
| 95 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 6.23 | 2 | 12.07 | 2.29 | -1.29 |
| 96 | Loyola Marymount | FBS Independents | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 5.66 | -13.25 | 2.01 | 0.27 | 0.73 |
| 97 | Northwestern | Western | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 5.56 | -10 | 19.81 | 0.17 | 0.83 |
| 98 | Georgia | SEC | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 5.19 | -3.5 | 16.99 | 1.19 | -0.19 |
| 99 | Bucknell | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 5.08 | -1.75 | 6.82 | 1.43 | -0.43 |
| 100 | Marquette | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.89 | -4.25 | 13.21 | 1.03 | -0.03 |
| 101 | Michigan State | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.89 | -3.25 | 6.1 | 1.47 | -0.47 |
| 102 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 4.82 | -4.4 | 11.46 | 1.59 | -0.59 |
| 103 | Sewanee | SEC | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 4.77 | -15.67 | 9.14 | 0.04 | 0.96 |
| 104 | Temple | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.7 | -6 | 15.82 | 0.38 | 0.62 |
| 105 | Wisconsin | Western | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.38 | -7.25 | 9.12 | 0.63 | 0.37 |
| 106 | San Francisco | FBS Independents | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 4.09 | -5 | -0.16 | 1.18 | -0.18 |
| 107 | Idaho | Pacific | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.06 | -13.5 | 12.73 | 0.08 | 0.92 |
| 108 | Iowa State | Big 6 | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 4.05 | -2.2 | 13.53 | 1.51 | -0.51 |
| 109 | Colorado | Mountain State | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.44 | -11.75 | 15.68 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
| 110 | Chicago | Western | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.14 | -35.5 | 8.16 | 0.01 | 0.99 |
| 111 | NC State | Southern | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.7 | -15 | 15.47 | 0.24 | 0.76 |
| 112 | Hampden-Sydney | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.62 | -14.6 | 13.83 | 0.37 | 0.63 |
| 113 | The Citadel | Southern | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.51 | -16.8 | 11.58 | 0.09 | 0.91 |
| 114 | South Carolina | Southern | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.41 | -16.8 | 8.96 | 0.05 | 0.95 |
| 115 | Northern Arizona | Border | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 2.36 | -17.17 | 3.29 | 0.36 | 0.64 |
| 116 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 0-2-1 | 0 | -1.24 | -3.33 | 16.72 | 0.83 | -0.83 |
| 117 | TCU | Southwest | 0-4-0 | 0 | -1.55 | -5.25 | 16.97 | 0.93 | -0.93 |
| 118 | Colorado State | Mountain State | 0-4-0 | 0 | -1.58 | -6.5 | 5.54 | 0.65 | -0.65 |
| 119 | Davidson | Southern | 0-4-0 | 0 | -1.86 | -8.25 | 11.37 | 0.36 | -0.36 |
| 120 | Illinois | Western | 0-2-1 | 0 | -1.9 | -9 | 9.84 | 0.05 | -0.05 |
| 121 | Stanford | Pacific | 0-2-1 | 0 | -1.95 | -7.33 | 24.1 | 0.29 | -0.29 |
| 122 | Washington | Pacific | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.18 | -10 | 22.15 | 0.28 | -0.28 |
| 123 | Centenary (LA) | FBS Independents | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.46 | -16.8 | 13.94 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 124 | Wyoming | Mountain State | 0-3-0 | 0 | -3.32 | -37.33 | 23.02 | 0.02 | -0.02 |