Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:22.767443+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Army | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 29.07 | 34.5 | 16.32 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Purdue | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 27.89 | 16.67 | 10.7 | 2.69 | 0.31 |
| 3 | Michigan | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 27.78 | 30.33 | 9.71 | 2.98 | 0.02 |
| 4 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 27.49 | 41.5 | 10.08 | 1.98 | 0.02 |
| 5 | Navy | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 27.47 | 35 | 10.46 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.75 | 36 | 6.83 | 1.97 | 0.03 |
| 7 | USC | Pacific | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.73 | 13.5 | 10.46 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Duke | Southern | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.33 | 47.67 | 0.27 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | LSU | SEC | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.27 | 10 | 7.01 | 1.5 | 0.5 |
| 10 | Oklahoma | Big 6 | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.9 | 12.5 | 8.04 | 1.76 | 0.24 |
| 11 | TCU | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.87 | 13 | 20.87 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.35 | 27.5 | 2.03 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 13 | Minnesota | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.17 | 33.5 | -0.68 | 1.97 | 0.03 |
| 14 | Iowa Pre-Flight | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.01 | 16.33 | -1.44 | 2.56 | 0.44 |
| 15 | Del Monte Pre-Flight | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.6 | 26.5 | -2.05 | 1.95 | 0.05 |
| 16 | Tulsa | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.34 | 13 | -1.66 | 0.92 | 0.08 |
| 17 | Pacific | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.28 | 8.33 | -1.83 | 2.6 | 0.4 |
| 18 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.96 | 25 | -5.28 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Temple | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.66 | 17 | -6.07 | 1.98 | 0.02 |
| 20 | Denver | Mountain State | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.58 | 16 | -5 | 1.9 | 0.1 |
| 21 | March Field | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.07 | 36 | -10 | 1.98 | 0.02 |
| 22 | Colorado | Mountain State | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.96 | 25.5 | -10 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 23 | Colorado College | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.92 | 15.5 | -10 | 1.79 | 0.21 |
| 24 | Great Lakes Navy | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.38 | 11.25 | 9.58 | 3.3 | -0.3 |
| 25 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 20.09 | 3 | -4.84 | 1.63 | -0.63 |
| 26 | Georgia Pre-Flight | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.54 | 6 | -10 | 0.71 | 0.29 |
| 27 | Kansas State | Big 6 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.48 | 6 | -10 | 0.81 | 0.19 |
| 28 | Georgia | SEC | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.82 | 26 | 2.06 | 2.78 | -0.78 |
| 29 | Camp Grant | FBS Independents | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 16.7 | 0 | 9.97 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | California | Pacific | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15 | 4 | 10.74 | 1.39 | -0.39 |
| 31 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 14.85 | -8 | 1.12 | 0.75 | 1.25 |
| 32 | Richmond | Southern | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 14.55 | -2 | 2.88 | 1.33 | 0.67 |
| 33 | Oklahoma State | Missouri Valley | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.45 | -0.5 | 17.25 | 0.97 | 0.03 |
| 34 | Arkansas | Southwest | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.3 | 23 | -4.82 | 1.95 | -0.95 |
| 35 | Marquette | FBS Independents | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 14.19 | 1.67 | 15.19 | 1.74 | -0.74 |
| 36 | Fort Riley | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.03 | 19.5 | 3.96 | 1.67 | -0.67 |
| 37 | Texas | Southwest | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.88 | 26 | -10 | 1.91 | -0.91 |
| 38 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.64 | 8.5 | 21.19 | 1.98 | -0.98 |
| 39 | Brown | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.24 | 4.5 | -5.28 | 1.34 | -0.34 |
| 40 | NC State | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13 | 3 | -5.15 | 1.31 | -0.31 |
| 41 | Northwestern | Western | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.87 | -3 | 13.62 | 0.71 | 0.29 |
| 42 | North Carolina | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.85 | 3 | 21.56 | 1.3 | -0.3 |
| 43 | Saint Mary's (CA) Pre-Flight | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.78 | 21 | 7.3 | 1.94 | -0.94 |
| 44 | South Carolina | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.49 | 3 | -10 | 1.3 | -0.3 |
| 45 | Ohio State | Western | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.93 | 3 | 12.52 | 1.19 | -0.19 |
| 46 | Indiana | Western | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 11.91 | 14.67 | 0.69 | 2.81 | -1.81 |
| 47 | Clemson | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.77 | 5.5 | 5.12 | 1.48 | -0.48 |
| 48 | Georgia Tech | SEC | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.71 | -14.5 | 10.84 | 0.37 | 0.63 |
| 49 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.51 | -2 | 8.54 | 0.87 | 0.13 |
| 50 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.21 | -2.5 | -5.74 | 0.65 | 0.35 |
| 51 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.07 | -17.5 | 8.54 | 0.03 | 0.97 |
| 52 | Yale | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.61 | -5.25 | -1.7 | 1.24 | 0.76 |
| 53 | Maryland | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 9.43 | 0 | -5.29 | 1 | 0 |
| 54 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 8.92 | -9.5 | 11.68 | 0.53 | 0.47 |
| 55 | VMI | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 8.76 | -7 | 6.29 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| 56 | San Francisco | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 8.01 | -3.5 | -10 | 0.28 | 0.72 |
| 57 | Texas Tech | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 8 | -3 | 12.37 | 1.14 | -0.14 |
| 58 | Wisconsin | Western | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 5.19 | -9 | 10.63 | 0.37 | 0.63 |
| 59 | Wake Forest | Southern | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.26 | -5 | -5.44 | 0.64 | -0.64 |
| 60 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.31 | -6 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | Kansas | Big 6 | 0-1-1 | 0 | -1.47 | -6.5 | 5.29 | 0.12 | -0.12 |
| 62 | Rice | Southwest | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.84 | -9.5 | 8.09 | 0.09 | -0.09 |
| 63 | Iowa | Western | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.87 | -8 | 7.87 | 0.24 | -0.24 |
| 64 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.02 | -19 | -2.44 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| 65 | Tulane | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.23 | -34 | -10 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 66 | Missouri | Big 6 | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.36 | -17 | 10.45 | 0.16 | -0.16 |
| 67 | SMU | Southwest | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.4 | -13 | 22.6 | 0.08 | -0.08 |
| 68 | Utah | Mountain State | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.56 | -60 | -10 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Iowa State | Big 6 | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.6 | -20 | 26.41 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
| 70 | UCLA | Pacific | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.6 | -16 | 23.79 | 0.03 | -0.03 |
| 71 | Saint Mary's (CA) | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.73 | -20.5 | 22.13 | 0.12 | -0.12 |
| 72 | Alameda Coast Guard | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.74 | -17 | 23.1 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
| 73 | Illinois | Western | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.83 | -18.67 | 24.72 | 0.32 | -0.32 |
| 74 | North Carolina Pre-Flight | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -3.33 | -36.5 | 25.99 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Nebraska | Big 6 | 0-1-0 | 0 | -3.34 | -54 | 22.77 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -3.38 | -40.5 | 20.54 | 0 | 0 |