Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:23.682611+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | Pacific | 5-0-0 | 1 | 27.37 | 19.6 | 15.36 | 4.71 | 0.29 |
| 2 | Minnesota | Western | 4-0-0 | 1 | 27.2 | 22.75 | 14.01 | 3.83 | 0.17 |
| 3 | Kentucky | SEC | 5-0-0 | 1 | 26.67 | 39.8 | 9.29 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | Oklahoma | Big 7 | 4-0-0 | 1 | 26.27 | 23.5 | 8.96 | 3.67 | 0.33 |
| 5 | Boston University | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.25 | 21 | 9.71 | 2.52 | 0.48 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.16 | 14 | 11.57 | 2.81 | 0.19 |
| 7 | Army | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.92 | 32.25 | 6.59 | 3.9 | 0.1 |
| 8 | Iowa State | Big 7 | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 25.78 | 17.6 | 8.8 | 4.55 | -0.55 |
| 9 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.66 | 31.25 | 5.9 | 3.91 | 0.09 |
| 10 | Baylor | Southwest | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.44 | 16.25 | 6.82 | 3.73 | 0.27 |
| 11 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.43 | 9.25 | 8.01 | 3.19 | 0.81 |
| 12 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.34 | 23 | 5.49 | 3.65 | 0.35 |
| 13 | Wyoming | Skyline | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.98 | 31 | 2.33 | 4.95 | 0.05 |
| 14 | North Carolina | Southern | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.79 | 14 | 4.1 | 3.46 | 0.54 |
| 15 | UTEP | Border | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.07 | 25.8 | -1.08 | 4.92 | 0.08 |
| 16 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 23.53 | 15.75 | -1.93 | 3.64 | 0.36 |
| 17 | Texas | Southwest | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 22.85 | 30.6 | 16.06 | 4.88 | -0.88 |
| 18 | Fordham | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.08 | 27.5 | -10 | 1.9 | 0.1 |
| 19 | UCLA | Pacific | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 22 | 7.8 | 14.41 | 3.54 | 0.46 |
| 20 | Oregon | Pacific | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.75 | 19.8 | 11.71 | 4.59 | -0.59 |
| 21 | Michigan State | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 21.39 | 18.25 | 18.21 | 3.75 | -0.75 |
| 22 | Rice | Southwest | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 21.21 | 22 | 16.3 | 3.69 | -0.69 |
| 23 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.99 | 17.8 | 4.95 | 4.55 | -0.55 |
| 24 | USC | Pacific | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 20.28 | 11 | 21.14 | 3.19 | -1.19 |
| 25 | Duke | Southern | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.26 | 17 | 10.7 | 3.56 | -0.56 |
| 26 | Santa Clara | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.17 | 13.4 | 4.99 | 4.45 | -0.45 |
| 27 | Tulane | SEC | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.16 | 8.25 | 10.59 | 2.95 | 0.05 |
| 28 | Hardin-Simmons | Border | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.1 | 16.6 | 3.23 | 4.5 | -0.5 |
| 29 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.08 | 21.2 | -0.67 | 4.77 | -0.77 |
| 30 | Georgia Tech | SEC | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.8 | 9.25 | 11.36 | 3.21 | -0.21 |
| 31 | Colorado State | Skyline | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.78 | 7 | 4.68 | 3.95 | 0.05 |
| 32 | Wisconsin | Western | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 19.45 | 15.25 | 21.1 | 3.35 | -1.35 |
| 33 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.4 | 2 | 16.57 | 2.28 | 0.72 |
| 34 | TCU | Southwest | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 19.03 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 3.64 | -0.64 |
| 35 | Arizona State | Border | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.95 | 20.75 | 2.5 | 3.42 | -0.42 |
| 36 | Houston | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.79 | 10.25 | 4.93 | 3.37 | -0.37 |
| 37 | San Francisco | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 18.68 | 11.6 | -3.75 | 3.99 | 0.01 |
| 38 | Ohio State | Western | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 18.51 | 3.25 | 15.48 | 2.35 | -0.35 |
| 39 | Oklahoma State | Missouri Valley | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 18.48 | 15 | 14.1 | 3.4 | -1.4 |
| 40 | Maryland | Southern | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.33 | 15.33 | 10.43 | 2.73 | -0.73 |
| 41 | Yale | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.24 | 6 | 10.36 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 42 | Florida | SEC | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 18.11 | 10.25 | 6.94 | 3.32 | -1.32 |
| 43 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 17.6 | 0.5 | 8.23 | 2.08 | 0.92 |
| 44 | Brown | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.17 | 18.33 | -1.8 | 2.73 | -0.73 |
| 45 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.01 | 5.67 | 10.47 | 2.08 | -0.08 |
| 46 | Tennessee | SEC | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 16.82 | 7 | 4.25 | 3.2 | -1.2 |
| 47 | William & Mary | Southern | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.81 | 8 | 13.3 | 3.55 | -0.55 |
| 48 | Clemson | Southern | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 16.59 | 9.25 | 1.29 | 3.11 | -1.11 |
| 49 | Stanford | Pacific | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.35 | 21.2 | 7.66 | 4.77 | -1.77 |
| 50 | Miami | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.27 | 17 | -7.51 | 2.78 | -0.78 |
| 51 | Georgia | SEC | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.2 | 7.2 | 12.92 | 3.88 | -0.88 |
| 52 | Saint Louis | Missouri Valley | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 15.91 | 5.33 | 2.72 | 1.82 | 0.18 |
| 53 | SMU | Southwest | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 15.86 | -2.33 | 11.48 | 1.33 | 0.67 |
| 54 | Marquette | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.8 | 9.8 | 8.42 | 3.53 | -0.53 |
| 55 | Temple | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 15.69 | -8.25 | 8.88 | 1.06 | 1.94 |
| 56 | Washington State | Pacific | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.61 | 2.4 | 15.19 | 2.93 | 0.07 |
| 57 | Oregon State | Pacific | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.39 | 2 | 16.02 | 2.78 | 0.22 |
| 58 | Kansas State | Big 7 | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.51 | 14.5 | 9.88 | 3.43 | -1.43 |
| 59 | Missouri | Big 7 | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.2 | 4.75 | 22.47 | 2.45 | -0.45 |
| 60 | LSU | SEC | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.16 | 3.75 | 16.19 | 2.83 | -0.83 |
| 61 | Michigan | Western | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.07 | 2.25 | 17.18 | 2.37 | -0.37 |
| 62 | Bradley | Missouri Valley | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 13.71 | 2 | -0.12 | 2.93 | 0.07 |
| 63 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.41 | 16.75 | 0.21 | 3.34 | -1.34 |
| 64 | Nevada | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 13.31 | 2.4 | -4.09 | 2.78 | 0.22 |
| 65 | Illinois | Western | 1-1-2 | 0.25 | 13.1 | -0.25 | 14.13 | 1.97 | -0.97 |
| 66 | Iowa | Western | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.91 | 4.5 | 11.53 | 2.49 | -0.49 |
| 67 | Ole Miss | SEC | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 12.9 | 3.6 | 7.28 | 2.93 | -0.93 |
| 68 | Arkansas | Southwest | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.57 | -0.25 | 13.88 | 1.97 | 0.03 |
| 69 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.27 | 0.75 | 14.21 | 2.1 | -0.1 |
| 70 | Nebraska | Big 7 | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11.97 | -0.75 | 10.4 | 1.88 | 0.12 |
| 71 | Navy | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11.59 | -5.5 | 17.68 | 1.49 | 0.51 |
| 72 | Northwestern | Western | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11.36 | -2 | 17.98 | 1.68 | 0.32 |
| 73 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.88 | -1.5 | 11.91 | 1.82 | 0.18 |
| 74 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.87 | -4.75 | 9.42 | 1.32 | 0.68 |
| 75 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.56 | -5.75 | 19 | 1.33 | 0.67 |
| 76 | Texas Tech | Border | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.44 | -5.33 | 8.42 | 1.91 | 1.09 |
| 77 | New Mexico State | Border | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 10.28 | 6 | -2.22 | 3.14 | -1.14 |
| 78 | Alabama | SEC | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 9.64 | 4.75 | 15.92 | 2.66 | -1.66 |
| 79 | Duquesne | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 9.23 | -5.25 | 0.63 | 1.39 | 0.61 |
| 80 | VMI | Southern | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 9.11 | -10.25 | 4.42 | 0.65 | 1.35 |
| 81 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.79 | -2.4 | 8.25 | 2.18 | -0.18 |
| 82 | Saint Mary's (CA) | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.13 | -5.6 | 18.15 | 1.66 | 0.34 |
| 83 | Denver | Skyline | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.95 | -2 | 4.5 | 2.21 | -0.21 |
| 84 | Montana | Pacific | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.87 | -9.4 | 7.7 | 1.27 | 0.73 |
| 85 | Tulsa | Missouri Valley | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.34 | -10.2 | 12.2 | 1.06 | 0.94 |
| 86 | Richmond | Southern | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.22 | -9.8 | 1.9 | 0.87 | 1.13 |
| 87 | Arizona | Border | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 6.92 | -7.5 | 16.09 | 1.01 | -0.01 |
| 88 | New York University | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.87 | -1 | -1.78 | 1.39 | -0.39 |
| 89 | Utah | Skyline | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 6.68 | 1.8 | 6.01 | 2.84 | -1.84 |
| 90 | The Citadel | Southern | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 5.95 | -18.33 | 14.14 | 0.07 | 0.93 |
| 91 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 5.72 | -14.5 | 13.19 | 0.58 | 0.42 |
| 92 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 5.21 | -3.25 | 13.21 | 1.69 | -0.69 |
| 93 | Idaho | Pacific | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.39 | -8.25 | 11.58 | 1.34 | -0.34 |
| 94 | Colorado | Big 7 | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.29 | -12 | 17.1 | 0.62 | 0.38 |
| 95 | Washington and Lee | Southern | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.28 | -11 | 14.79 | 0.78 | 0.22 |
| 96 | Detroit Mercy | Missouri Valley | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.11 | -13.75 | 15.46 | 0.65 | 0.35 |
| 97 | Utah State | Skyline | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.1 | -11 | 10.21 | 0.57 | 0.43 |
| 98 | Wichita State | Missouri Valley | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.93 | -10.5 | 7.31 | 0.62 | 0.38 |
| 99 | George Washington | Southern | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.9 | -4.5 | 7.41 | 1.38 | -0.38 |
| 100 | Wake Forest | Southern | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 3.87 | -3.4 | 15.18 | 1.74 | -0.74 |
| 101 | Loyola Marymount | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.72 | -10.25 | 0.63 | 1.07 | -0.07 |
| 102 | Purdue | Western | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.64 | -9.25 | 15.69 | 0.68 | 0.32 |
| 103 | New Mexico | Border | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.63 | -27 | 19.22 | 0.14 | 0.86 |
| 104 | Davidson | Southern | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.39 | -20.75 | 6.2 | 0.32 | 0.68 |
| 105 | West Texas A&M | Border | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 3.02 | -7.4 | 6.72 | 1.51 | -0.51 |
| 106 | Kansas | Big 7 | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.84 | -11.4 | 14.96 | 0.92 | 0.08 |
| 107 | Furman | Southern | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.65 | -11.4 | 3.71 | 0.44 | 0.56 |
| 108 | Washington | Pacific | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.65 | -17 | 17.09 | 0.36 | 0.64 |
| 109 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.63 | -18.4 | 20.44 | 0.33 | 0.67 |
| 110 | Northern Arizona | Border | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.21 | -16.6 | -4.55 | 0.74 | 0.26 |
| 111 | NC State | Southern | 0-4-0 | 0 | -1.82 | -7 | 16.68 | 0.87 | -0.87 |
| 112 | Mississippi State | SEC | 0-3-1 | 0 | -1.94 | -9.25 | 12.42 | 0.16 | -0.16 |
| 113 | South Carolina | Southern | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.26 | -12 | 18.41 | 0.34 | -0.34 |
| 114 | Auburn | SEC | 0-2-1 | 0 | -2.51 | -15.67 | 19.13 | 0.43 | -0.43 |
| 115 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.56 | -19.75 | 13.74 | 0.28 | -0.28 |
| 116 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.59 | -21.6 | 10.17 | 0.29 | -0.29 |
| 117 | BYU | Skyline | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.68 | -28 | 5.82 | 0.28 | -0.28 |
| 118 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.99 | -27.5 | 20.58 | 0.13 | -0.13 |
| 119 | Indiana | Western | 0-4-0 | 0 | -3.01 | -28.75 | 18.86 | 0.08 | -0.08 |