Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:22.310702+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 27.86 | 35.33 | 15.25 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Northwestern | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 27.71 | 21 | 16.47 | 2.97 | 0.03 |
| 3 | Michigan | Western | 4-0-0 | 1 | 26.62 | 25.5 | 10.94 | 3.97 | 0.03 |
| 4 | USC | Pacific | 2-0-2 | 0.5 | 26.5 | 4.75 | 17.3 | 3.29 | -1.29 |
| 5 | Minnesota | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.38 | 5.67 | 16.09 | 2.26 | 0.74 |
| 6 | Stanford | Pacific | 4-0-0 | 1 | 26.35 | 13.25 | 11.93 | 3.82 | 0.18 |
| 7 | Texas | Southwest | 4-0-0 | 1 | 26.34 | 15.75 | 11.35 | 3.76 | 0.24 |
| 8 | Texas Tech | Border | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 26.28 | 8.25 | 13.21 | 3.15 | -0.15 |
| 9 | Ole Miss | SEC | 5-0-0 | 1 | 25.61 | 18.6 | 7.21 | 4.81 | 0.19 |
| 10 | Clemson | Southern | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.6 | 30.5 | 5.15 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | Navy | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.53 | 12.75 | 8.29 | 3.91 | 0.09 |
| 12 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.53 | 28.33 | 5.69 | 2.9 | 0.1 |
| 13 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.52 | 20.5 | 6.7 | 3.96 | 0.04 |
| 14 | Tennessee | SEC | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.39 | 32.5 | 4.42 | 3.99 | 0.01 |
| 15 | Kentucky | SEC | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 25.29 | 24.8 | 4.88 | 4.92 | -0.92 |
| 16 | Fordham | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.18 | 12.67 | 6.45 | 2.68 | 0.32 |
| 17 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.08 | 37.33 | 2.53 | 2.9 | 0.1 |
| 18 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.93 | 11.67 | 5.99 | 2.77 | 0.23 |
| 19 | Hardin-Simmons | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.84 | 21 | 2.62 | 3.97 | 0.03 |
| 20 | Mississippi State | SEC | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 24.75 | 18.5 | 2.77 | 3.89 | -0.89 |
| 21 | SMU | Southwest | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 24.41 | 5.75 | 6.04 | 3.11 | -0.11 |
| 22 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.63 | 34 | -4 | 3.98 | 0.02 |
| 23 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.55 | 33.25 | -4.48 | 3.94 | 0.06 |
| 24 | Detroit Mercy | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.54 | 25.25 | -3.19 | 3.99 | 0.01 |
| 25 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.33 | 15.67 | -3.15 | 2.92 | 0.08 |
| 26 | North Carolina | Southern | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.32 | 14.2 | 10.85 | 4.51 | -0.51 |
| 27 | Wake Forest | Southern | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.24 | 16.6 | 9.16 | 4.46 | -0.46 |
| 28 | Washington | Pacific | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.14 | 11.25 | 13.17 | 3.79 | -0.79 |
| 29 | Denver | Mountain State | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.11 | 8.25 | 14.4 | 3.18 | -0.18 |
| 30 | Arizona | Border | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.89 | 20.25 | 7.88 | 3.83 | -0.83 |
| 31 | Tulsa | Missouri Valley | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.86 | 10.25 | 11 | 3.18 | -0.18 |
| 32 | VMI | Southern | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.68 | 7.2 | 4.55 | 4.33 | -0.33 |
| 33 | Arizona State | Border | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.66 | 8 | 4.32 | 3.93 | 0.07 |
| 34 | Oklahoma State | Missouri Valley | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 19.37 | 15.6 | 6.51 | 4.4 | -1.4 |
| 35 | Baylor | Southwest | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.34 | 3.75 | 12.67 | 2.74 | 0.26 |
| 36 | Missouri | Big 6 | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.07 | 8.75 | 7.36 | 2.88 | 0.12 |
| 37 | Colorado | Mountain State | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.92 | 3.5 | 11.6 | 2.49 | 0.51 |
| 38 | Duke | Southern | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.82 | 7.67 | 20.46 | 2.75 | -0.75 |
| 39 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.77 | 10.75 | 0.67 | 3.62 | -0.62 |
| 40 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.74 | 6.75 | 6 | 3.12 | -0.12 |
| 41 | Alabama | SEC | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.65 | 15.5 | -1.25 | 3.78 | -0.78 |
| 42 | Santa Clara | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.32 | 7.67 | 14.18 | 2.45 | -0.45 |
| 43 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.21 | 20 | 4.77 | 2.88 | -0.88 |
| 44 | Oregon State | Pacific | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 18.15 | 12 | 7.4 | 3.81 | -1.81 |
| 45 | Rice | Southwest | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.15 | 13 | 5.65 | 2.86 | -0.86 |
| 46 | Washington State | Pacific | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 17.94 | 1 | 16.3 | 2.2 | -0.2 |
| 47 | Nebraska | Big 6 | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.92 | 17 | 11.95 | 2.83 | -0.83 |
| 48 | Oklahoma | Big 6 | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.89 | 4.33 | 17.05 | 1.93 | 0.07 |
| 49 | George Washington | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 17.86 | -0.75 | 9.24 | 1.87 | 1.13 |
| 50 | Georgia Tech | SEC | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.76 | 13.33 | 9.88 | 2.7 | -0.7 |
| 51 | Brown | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 17.75 | 11.75 | -2.99 | 3.41 | -0.41 |
| 52 | Iowa | Western | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.68 | 20 | 0.16 | 2.87 | -0.87 |
| 53 | Saint Mary's (CA) | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.62 | 8 | 11.79 | 2.69 | -0.69 |
| 54 | Auburn | SEC | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 17.6 | 3.25 | 9.21 | 2.5 | -0.5 |
| 55 | Duquesne | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.41 | 8 | 4.35 | 2.33 | -0.33 |
| 56 | Creighton | Missouri Valley | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 16.69 | 7.75 | 2.75 | 2.92 | -0.92 |
| 57 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.69 | 20.33 | -5.26 | 2.77 | -0.77 |
| 58 | William & Mary | Southern | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.3 | 12.4 | 11.58 | 4.39 | -1.39 |
| 59 | LSU | SEC | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.91 | 8.2 | 9.85 | 4.04 | -1.04 |
| 60 | Miami | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 15.83 | 14.67 | -10 | 2.82 | -0.82 |
| 61 | TCU | Southwest | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.93 | 8.5 | 17.27 | 3.12 | -1.12 |
| 62 | Richmond | Southern | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.74 | 9.6 | -3.74 | 4.51 | -1.51 |
| 63 | Ohio State | Western | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.61 | 4.25 | 18.5 | 2.79 | -0.79 |
| 64 | NC State | Southern | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.56 | 6.25 | 16.14 | 3.06 | -1.06 |
| 65 | Georgia | SEC | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.5 | 16 | 9.32 | 3.51 | -1.51 |
| 66 | Gonzaga | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.32 | 11.4 | -3.82 | 4.59 | -1.59 |
| 67 | UTEP | Border | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.32 | 2.2 | 3.96 | 3 | 0 |
| 68 | Manhattan | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.96 | 12.5 | 6.88 | 3.6 | -1.6 |
| 69 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.77 | 3.5 | 12.62 | 2.57 | -0.57 |
| 70 | Furman | Southern | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.63 | 10.25 | 3.89 | 3.35 | -1.35 |
| 71 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.59 | 15.5 | 7.32 | 3.65 | -1.65 |
| 72 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.43 | 8.5 | 4.6 | 3.15 | -1.15 |
| 73 | Arkansas | Southwest | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.13 | 0.75 | 13.39 | 2.15 | -0.15 |
| 74 | Utah | Mountain State | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.8 | 0.5 | 11.86 | 2.1 | -0.1 |
| 75 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.63 | 0 | 13.41 | 2 | 0 |
| 76 | Marquette | FBS Independents | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 12.63 | 0.67 | 14 | 1.54 | -0.54 |
| 77 | Hampden-Sydney | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 12.08 | -5 | -0.96 | 1.35 | 1.65 |
| 78 | Loyola Marymount | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11.99 | 0.25 | 5.22 | 2.06 | -0.06 |
| 79 | Florida | SEC | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.69 | -1.5 | 9.4 | 1.73 | 0.27 |
| 80 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 10.46 | -4.33 | 8.93 | 0.68 | 0.32 |
| 81 | Montana | Pacific | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.3 | -2.75 | 7.97 | 1.36 | 0.64 |
| 82 | California | Pacific | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.06 | -9.75 | 15.95 | 0.37 | 1.63 |
| 83 | Army | FBS Independents | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 9.64 | -14.67 | 9.85 | 0.26 | 0.74 |
| 84 | BYU | Mountain State | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 9.37 | 3.25 | 11.64 | 2.66 | -1.66 |
| 85 | Iowa State | Big 6 | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 9.23 | -1 | 9.96 | 2.32 | -0.32 |
| 86 | Purdue | Western | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 9.02 | 4 | 7.5 | 1.98 | -0.98 |
| 87 | Colorado State | Mountain State | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 8.97 | 1.25 | 8.73 | 2.24 | -1.24 |
| 88 | Michigan State | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 8.95 | 1.33 | 11.21 | 1.64 | -0.64 |
| 89 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 8.49 | -0.25 | 14.31 | 1.93 | -0.93 |
| 90 | Washington and Lee | Southern | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.19 | -6.2 | 20.01 | 1.29 | 0.71 |
| 91 | Illinois | Western | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.97 | -1 | 13.82 | 1.37 | -0.37 |
| 92 | Davidson | Southern | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.61 | -8.2 | 14.12 | 1.13 | 0.87 |
| 93 | New Mexico | Border | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 7.34 | 3.75 | 8.16 | 2.91 | -1.91 |
| 94 | The Citadel | Southern | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.25 | -1 | -0.45 | 1.4 | -0.4 |
| 95 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.17 | -7.67 | 21.66 | 0.77 | 0.23 |
| 96 | Wisconsin | Western | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.07 | -8 | 22.09 | 0.87 | 0.13 |
| 97 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 7.04 | -7.25 | 21.48 | 0.94 | 0.06 |
| 98 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 6.84 | 3.5 | 0.35 | 2.52 | -1.52 |
| 99 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.54 | -4.67 | 3.7 | 1.04 | -0.04 |
| 100 | Indiana | Western | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.53 | -3 | 20.98 | 0.94 | 0.06 |
| 101 | Washburn | Missouri Valley | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 6.49 | -12.6 | 0.1 | 0.57 | 1.43 |
| 102 | Wyoming | Mountain State | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 6.41 | -12 | 13.66 | 0.14 | 0.86 |
| 103 | Kansas | Big 6 | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.31 | -14.67 | 13.43 | 0.21 | 0.79 |
| 104 | Carnegie Mellon | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6 | -19.33 | 10.75 | 0.12 | 0.88 |
| 105 | Temple | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 5.72 | -8.33 | 19.95 | 0.73 | 0.27 |
| 106 | Yale | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 5.27 | -14 | 19.14 | 0.39 | 0.61 |
| 107 | Utah State | Mountain State | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 4.89 | -12.67 | 7.44 | 0.04 | 0.96 |
| 108 | Oregon | Pacific | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.66 | -6.5 | 14.82 | 0.24 | 0.76 |
| 109 | Kansas State | Big 6 | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.62 | -5.25 | 8.98 | 1.08 | -0.08 |
| 110 | New York University | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.57 | -4 | 3.72 | 1.45 | -0.45 |
| 111 | Tulane | SEC | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.07 | -7.5 | 24.92 | 0.89 | 0.11 |
| 112 | Centenary (LA) | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.8 | -17.5 | 15.68 | 0.23 | 0.77 |
| 113 | New Mexico State | Border | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.49 | -18.75 | 4.19 | 0.08 | 0.92 |
| 114 | Northern Arizona | Border | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.42 | -16 | 2.96 | 0.45 | 0.55 |
| 115 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 3.18 | -7.8 | 7.03 | 1.24 | -0.24 |
| 116 | UCLA | Pacific | 0-4-0 | 0 | -1.39 | -3.75 | 18.49 | 0.8 | -0.8 |
| 117 | Saint Louis | Missouri Valley | 0-3-1 | 0 | -1.93 | -10 | 7.73 | 0.62 | -0.62 |
| 118 | San Francisco | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.28 | -14 | 8.35 | 0.03 | -0.03 |
| 119 | South Carolina | Southern | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.67 | -18.5 | 20.82 | 0.19 | -0.19 |
| 120 | Maryland | Southern | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.72 | -21 | 17.91 | 0.03 | -0.03 |
| 121 | Idaho | Pacific | 0-4-0 | 0 | -3.2 | -36.75 | 19.41 | 0 | 0 |