Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:22.309541+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NC State | Southern | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.23 | 25 | 10.29 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Duke | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 28.08 | 23 | 27.66 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Wake Forest | Southern | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28 | 45.5 | 6.97 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Ole Miss | SEC | 2-0-0 | 1 | 27.29 | 25 | 5.87 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 5 | Tulsa | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.85 | 31 | 21.6 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 6 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.85 | 19 | 24.27 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Saint Mary's (CA) | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.68 | 16 | 22.85 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Denver | Mountain State | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.7 | 7 | 20.57 | 0.84 | 0.16 |
| 9 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.63 | 30 | -3.4 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 10 | UTEP | Border | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.86 | 17.5 | -6.19 | 1.91 | 0.09 |
| 11 | Oklahoma State | Missouri Valley | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 24.58 | 9.5 | -3.75 | 1.81 | -0.81 |
| 12 | Richmond | Southern | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.45 | 33 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | Kentucky | SEC | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.4 | 32.5 | -10 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 14 | Clemson | Southern | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.38 | 32 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | Loyola Marymount | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.37 | 15.5 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Santa Clara | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.33 | 21 | 3.22 | 0.91 | 0.09 |
| 17 | Arizona State | Border | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.32 | 7 | -10 | 1.47 | 0.53 |
| 18 | Michigan | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.17 | 41 | 0.67 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Oregon State | Pacific | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.1 | 41 | 0.15 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Ohio State | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.03 | 23 | 1.86 | 0.97 | 0.03 |
| 21 | Mississippi State | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.94 | 20 | 1.8 | 0.96 | 0.04 |
| 22 | Texas | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.91 | 32 | 1.47 | 0.98 | 0.02 |
| 23 | TCU | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.7 | 35 | 0.05 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 24 | Stanford | Pacific | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.67 | 27 | 1.75 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Missouri | Big 6 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.66 | 14 | 1.79 | 0.74 | 0.26 |
| 26 | Arizona | Border | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.35 | 41 | -2.38 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Navy | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.05 | 12 | 0.44 | 0.91 | 0.09 |
| 28 | SMU | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.05 | 3 | 3.57 | 0.72 | 0.28 |
| 29 | Minnesota | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.82 | 5 | 1.05 | 0.67 | 0.33 |
| 30 | Wyoming | Mountain State | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.5 | 4 | 2.34 | 0.88 | 0.12 |
| 31 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.44 | 66 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Tennessee | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.23 | 49 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Georgia | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.06 | 53 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Brown | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.02 | 41 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Furman | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.97 | 40 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.96 | 36 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.95 | 54 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Hardin-Simmons | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.95 | 33 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | Detroit Mercy | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.9 | 35 | -10 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 40 | Manhattan | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.86 | 45 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.86 | 26 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Duquesne | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.85 | 26 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.85 | 28 | -10 | 0.98 | 0.02 |
| 44 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.85 | 32 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.84 | 47 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | Arkansas | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.81 | 38 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.8 | 44 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | Alabama | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.75 | 26 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | Purdue | Western | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.68 | 28 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.67 | 33 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | New York University | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.64 | 26 | -10 | 0.98 | 0.02 |
| 52 | Creighton | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.45 | 20 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 53 | Colorado State | Mountain State | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.42 | 25 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 54 | Auburn | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.24 | 14 | -10 | 0.85 | 0.15 |
| 55 | George Washington | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.21 | 12 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | Oregon | Pacific | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.09 | 10 | -10 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 57 | Baylor | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.95 | 7 | -10 | 0.67 | 0.33 |
| 58 | Montana | Pacific | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.78 | 9 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 59 | Kansas State | Big 6 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.64 | 5 | -10 | 0.66 | 0.34 |
| 60 | North Carolina | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 16.8 | 19 | 6.85 | 1.87 | -0.87 |
| 61 | LSU | SEC | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15.93 | 9.5 | 6.65 | 1.57 | -0.57 |
| 62 | VMI | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15.51 | 5 | -3.51 | 1.4 | -0.4 |
| 63 | Washington and Lee | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15.03 | 3.5 | -0.63 | 1.36 | -0.36 |
| 64 | Gonzaga | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.89 | 7.5 | -4.04 | 1.65 | -0.65 |
| 65 | Iowa State | Big 6 | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.71 | 10 | -3.81 | 1.78 | -0.78 |
| 66 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.2 | 8 | -10 | 1.53 | -0.53 |
| 67 | New Mexico State | Border | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.98 | 1 | -10 | 1.21 | -0.21 |
| 68 | Washburn | Missouri Valley | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.38 | -2.5 | -4.39 | 0.83 | 0.17 |
| 69 | Davidson | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.13 | -11 | 6.89 | 0.28 | 0.72 |
| 70 | Hampden-Sydney | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 8.79 | -12.5 | 12.36 | 0.05 | 0.95 |
| 71 | USC | Pacific | 0-0-1 | 0 | 0.59 | 0 | 0.49 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 72 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Oklahoma | Big 6 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Georgia Tech | SEC | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Nebraska | Big 6 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Fordham | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | Texas Tech | Border | 0-0-1 | 0 | 0.42 | 0 | 21.93 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 80 | Iowa | Western | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | BYU | Mountain State | 0-0-1 | 0 | 0.35 | 0 | -10 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 86 | Miami | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | Michigan State | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Army | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | Carnegie Mellon | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Marquette | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Illinois | Western | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Northwestern | Western | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Indiana | Western | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Yale | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Washington State | Pacific | 0-0-1 | 0 | 0.08 | 0 | 3.55 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 98 | Temple | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Kansas | Big 6 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100 | Rice | Southwest | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 101 | The Citadel | Southern | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 102 | Wisconsin | Western | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 103 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 104 | South Carolina | Southern | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 105 | UCLA | Pacific | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.39 | -3 | 2.59 | 0.28 | -0.28 |
| 106 | Maryland | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.4 | -1 | -1.72 | 0.41 | -0.41 |
| 107 | New Mexico | Border | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.73 | -4 | -0.29 | 0.12 | -0.12 |
| 108 | Washington | Pacific | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.09 | -5 | 2.25 | 0.33 | -0.33 |
| 109 | Saint Louis | Missouri Valley | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.63 | -14 | 2.61 | 0.26 | -0.26 |
| 110 | Utah | Mountain State | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.67 | -21 | 3.35 | 0.09 | -0.09 |
| 111 | Utah State | Mountain State | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.68 | -19 | -10 | 0 | 0 |
| 112 | Florida | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.87 | -20 | 2.85 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| 113 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.95 | -23 | 2.75 | 0.03 | -0.03 |
| 114 | William & Mary | Southern | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.01 | -14 | 12.44 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| 115 | Tulane | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.02 | -20 | 23.46 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| 116 | San Francisco | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.03 | -27 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 |
| 117 | Colorado | Mountain State | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.21 | -32 | 1.18 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 118 | Centenary (LA) | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.51 | -35 | 1.23 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 119 | California | Pacific | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.55 | -41 | 2.64 | 0 | 0 |
| 120 | Idaho | Pacific | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.64 | -41 | 2.82 | 0 | 0 |
| 121 | Northern Arizona | Border | 0-2-0 | 0 | -3.07 | -31 | 12.72 | 0.01 | -0.01 |