Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:22.769639+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purdue | Western | 9-0-0 | 1 | 24.68 | 17.67 | 8.35 | 8.65 | 0.35 |
| 2 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 9-1-0 | 0.9 | 24.3 | 27.1 | 16.13 | 9.78 | -0.78 |
| 3 | Tulsa | Missouri Valley | 6-0-1 | 0.86 | 24.07 | 31.29 | 3.35 | 6.95 | -0.95 |
| 4 | Navy | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 23.5 | 17.44 | 15.61 | 8.36 | -0.36 |
| 5 | Colorado College | FBS Independents | 7-0-0 | 1 | 23.41 | 24.57 | 0.9 | 6.94 | 0.06 |
| 6 | Duke | Southern | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 23.28 | 33.44 | 11.51 | 8.96 | -0.96 |
| 7 | Iowa Pre-Flight | FBS Independents | 9-1-0 | 0.9 | 22.88 | 17.9 | 10.81 | 9.21 | -0.21 |
| 8 | Michigan | Western | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 22.59 | 25.44 | 8.94 | 8.7 | -0.7 |
| 9 | Del Monte Pre-Flight | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.85 | 23.38 | 6.6 | 7.69 | -0.69 |
| 10 | Pacific | FBS Independents | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.73 | 11.12 | 8.82 | 7.4 | -0.4 |
| 11 | Texas | Southwest | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 21.64 | 27.88 | 4.75 | 7.88 | -0.88 |
| 12 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.45 | 20.86 | 7.14 | 6.83 | -0.83 |
| 13 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 21.17 | 13.78 | 4.22 | 8.61 | -1.61 |
| 14 | Great Lakes Navy | FBS Independents | 10-2-0 | 0.83 | 21.01 | 12.42 | 10.84 | 10.64 | -0.64 |
| 15 | Army | FBS Independents | 7-2-1 | 0.7 | 20.5 | 23.3 | 11.19 | 9.73 | -2.73 |
| 16 | March Field | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 20.32 | 24.22 | -3.24 | 8.8 | -0.8 |
| 17 | Richmond | Southern | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 19.99 | 15.86 | -0.03 | 6.16 | -0.16 |
| 18 | Northwestern | Western | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 19.81 | 15.62 | 13.7 | 7.43 | -1.43 |
| 19 | Georgia Pre-Flight | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 19.58 | 11.83 | 2.46 | 4.99 | 0.01 |
| 20 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 19.4 | 17.78 | 10.64 | 8.29 | -2.29 |
| 21 | Oklahoma | Big 6 | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 19.38 | 10.56 | 8.61 | 7.59 | -0.59 |
| 22 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.96 | 15.62 | 8.18 | 7.7 | -1.7 |
| 23 | USC | Pacific | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.94 | 7.56 | 7.18 | 7.77 | -0.77 |
| 24 | Georgia Tech | SEC | 7-3-0 | 0.7 | 18.7 | 15.6 | 14.38 | 8.73 | -1.73 |
| 25 | Fort Riley | FBS Independents | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 18.28 | 14.89 | 4.25 | 8.04 | -2.04 |
| 26 | North Carolina | Southern | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 17.44 | 8.89 | 13.62 | 7.32 | -1.32 |
| 27 | Colorado | Mountain State | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 16.95 | 12.43 | 1.63 | 6.46 | -1.46 |
| 28 | Alameda Coast Guard | FBS Independents | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 16.65 | 7.57 | 8.14 | 5.48 | -1.48 |
| 29 | South Carolina | Southern | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 16.27 | 8.86 | -1.13 | 5.98 | -0.98 |
| 30 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 15.78 | 7.89 | 9.88 | 7.94 | -2.94 |
| 31 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 14.84 | 4.11 | 6.32 | 6.23 | -1.23 |
| 32 | Georgia | SEC | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 14.56 | 11.1 | 1.29 | 7.85 | -1.85 |
| 33 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 14.45 | 6 | 0.76 | 5.53 | -0.53 |
| 34 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 14.43 | 2 | 8.95 | 5.8 | 0.2 |
| 35 | Brown | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 14.28 | 1.75 | 4.31 | 4.35 | 0.65 |
| 36 | LSU | SEC | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 14.06 | -0.12 | 10.63 | 3.97 | 1.03 |
| 37 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 13.54 | 6.43 | 1.59 | 5.21 | -1.21 |
| 38 | Indiana | Western | 4-4-2 | 0.4 | 12.93 | 8.7 | 8 | 8.05 | -4.05 |
| 39 | Iowa State | Big 6 | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 12.38 | 5.38 | 5.84 | 5.55 | -1.55 |
| 40 | Minnesota | Western | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 12.3 | -1.56 | 12.19 | 4.08 | 0.92 |
| 41 | Saint Mary's (CA) Pre-Flight | FBS Independents | 3-4-1 | 0.38 | 11.92 | 10.62 | 12.32 | 6.73 | -3.73 |
| 42 | Wake Forest | Southern | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 11.11 | 7.11 | 3.77 | 6.86 | -2.86 |
| 43 | Tulane | SEC | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.94 | -0.33 | 8 | 2.92 | 0.08 |
| 44 | Missouri | Big 6 | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 9.92 | 3.5 | 11.35 | 4.84 | -1.84 |
| 45 | Marquette | FBS Independents | 3-4-1 | 0.38 | 9.2 | -1.25 | 11.04 | 3.68 | -0.68 |
| 46 | Kansas | Big 6 | 4-5-1 | 0.4 | 9.01 | -1.1 | 3.79 | 4.36 | -0.36 |
| 47 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 3-4-1 | 0.38 | 8.61 | -3.38 | 7.93 | 2.95 | 0.05 |
| 48 | Yale | FBS Independents | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 8.42 | -3.78 | 5.24 | 3.31 | 0.69 |
| 49 | California | Pacific | 4-6-0 | 0.4 | 7.9 | -4.4 | 11.17 | 2.95 | 1.05 |
| 50 | Maryland | Southern | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 7.52 | -9.89 | 2.02 | 1.7 | 2.3 |
| 51 | Oklahoma State | Missouri Valley | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 7.46 | -12.57 | 7.74 | 0.83 | 2.17 |
| 52 | Texas Tech | FBS Independents | 4-6-0 | 0.4 | 7.21 | -4.9 | 2.39 | 3.17 | 0.83 |
| 53 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 6.86 | -7.5 | 8.55 | 2.15 | 0.85 |
| 54 | Ohio State | Western | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 6.5 | -4.22 | 16.2 | 3.32 | -0.32 |
| 55 | North Carolina Pre-Flight | FBS Independents | 2-4-1 | 0.29 | 5.38 | -10.71 | 9.23 | 1.16 | 0.84 |
| 56 | Saint Mary's (CA) | FBS Independents | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 5.06 | -4.71 | 9.6 | 2.29 | -0.29 |
| 57 | NC State | Southern | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 4.93 | -16.78 | 1.98 | 0.65 | 2.35 |
| 58 | Illinois | Western | 3-7-0 | 0.3 | 4.74 | -15.4 | 13.6 | 1.62 | 1.38 |
| 59 | Rice | Southwest | 3-7-0 | 0.3 | 4.67 | -12.3 | 6.7 | 0.66 | 2.34 |
| 60 | Camp Grant | FBS Independents | 2-6-2 | 0.2 | 4.37 | -5.6 | 15.5 | 2.19 | -0.19 |
| 61 | Denver | Mountain State | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 4.24 | -16.57 | 6.63 | 0.63 | 1.37 |
| 62 | TCU | Southwest | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 3.88 | -9.38 | 10.21 | 1.23 | 0.77 |
| 63 | Clemson | Southern | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 3.6 | -11.38 | 6.92 | 1.34 | 0.66 |
| 64 | Temple | FBS Independents | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 3.51 | -12.25 | 5.76 | 0.81 | 1.19 |
| 65 | SMU | Southwest | 2-7-0 | 0.22 | 3.46 | -5.11 | 10.12 | 2.07 | -0.07 |
| 66 | VMI | Southern | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 3.37 | -17.12 | 8.04 | 0.29 | 1.71 |
| 67 | Nebraska | Big 6 | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 3.22 | -22.75 | 10.21 | 0.44 | 1.56 |
| 68 | Arkansas | Southwest | 2-7-0 | 0.22 | 3.11 | -9.67 | 7.2 | 1.74 | 0.26 |
| 69 | Iowa | Western | 1-6-1 | 0.12 | 1.41 | -8.75 | 13.13 | 1.52 | -0.52 |
| 70 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 1-6-0 | 0.14 | 0.86 | -18.57 | 13.22 | 0.81 | 0.19 |
| 71 | Kansas State | Big 6 | 1-7-0 | 0.12 | 0.3 | -20.12 | 3.25 | 0.24 | 0.76 |
| 72 | UCLA | Pacific | 1-8-0 | 0.11 | 0.29 | -15.56 | 12.42 | 0.48 | 0.52 |
| 73 | San Francisco | FBS Independents | 1-7-0 | 0.12 | 0.21 | -23.25 | 7.52 | 0.01 | 0.99 |
| 74 | Wisconsin | Western | 1-9-0 | 0.1 | -0.28 | -24.1 | 14.23 | 0.1 | 0.9 |
| 75 | Utah | Mountain State | 0-7-0 | 0 | -2.85 | -37 | 9.09 | 0.05 | -0.05 |
| 76 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 0-8-0 | 0 | -2.95 | -35 | 15.6 | 0.04 | -0.04 |