Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:23.849917+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMU | Southwest | 5-0-0 | 1 | 27 | 24.6 | 14.32 | 4.66 | 0.34 |
| 2 | Army | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 26.12 | 33.2 | 9.15 | 4.99 | 0.01 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | Big 7 | 5-0-0 | 1 | 26.08 | 21.2 | 10.53 | 4.7 | 0.3 |
| 4 | Wyoming | Skyline | 6-0-0 | 1 | 25.91 | 34.33 | 7.87 | 5.95 | 0.05 |
| 5 | Clemson | Southern | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 25.84 | 23.4 | 9.35 | 4.91 | -0.91 |
| 6 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 25.51 | 27.8 | 7.37 | 4.85 | 0.15 |
| 7 | Georgia | SEC | 3-0-3 | 0.5 | 24.84 | 9.83 | 7.16 | 5.49 | -2.49 |
| 8 | Miami | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.76 | 17.6 | 4.49 | 4.78 | 0.22 |
| 9 | Loyola Marymount | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.61 | 24 | 2.96 | 4.65 | 0.35 |
| 10 | California | Pacific | 6-0-0 | 1 | 24.57 | 15.67 | 4.46 | 5.48 | 0.52 |
| 11 | Kentucky | SEC | 7-0-0 | 1 | 24.19 | 25.86 | 0.87 | 6.94 | 0.06 |
| 12 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.91 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 4.86 | 0.14 |
| 13 | Arizona State | Border | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.8 | 29.33 | 7.68 | 5.78 | -0.78 |
| 14 | Tennessee | SEC | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.68 | 20.5 | 8.85 | 5.77 | -0.77 |
| 15 | Ohio State | Western | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.45 | 30.2 | 10.07 | 4.67 | -0.67 |
| 16 | Washington | Pacific | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.42 | 13 | 9.23 | 5.09 | -0.09 |
| 17 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.41 | 16 | 8.02 | 5.2 | -0.2 |
| 18 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.38 | 16 | 12.28 | 4.48 | -0.48 |
| 19 | Yale | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.37 | 9.33 | 10.06 | 4.96 | 0.04 |
| 20 | Michigan State | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.34 | 9.17 | 10.3 | 4.37 | 0.63 |
| 21 | Wake Forest | Southern | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 21.31 | 16.83 | 9.43 | 5.78 | -1.78 |
| 22 | Illinois | Western | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.3 | 12 | 13.26 | 4.69 | -0.69 |
| 23 | Wisconsin | Western | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.28 | 5 | 16.98 | 3.6 | 0.4 |
| 24 | Florida | SEC | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21 | 8.33 | 8.75 | 4.64 | 0.36 |
| 25 | Texas | Southwest | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.99 | 10.8 | 12.08 | 3.92 | 0.08 |
| 26 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.95 | 9.4 | 9.81 | 4.3 | -0.3 |
| 27 | Wichita State | Missouri Valley | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.87 | 5.6 | 10.68 | 3.22 | 0.78 |
| 28 | West Texas A&M | Border | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 20.62 | 19.71 | -2.53 | 6.01 | -0.01 |
| 29 | Colorado State | Skyline | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.48 | 13.67 | 3.66 | 5.03 | -0.03 |
| 30 | Tulsa | Missouri Valley | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 20.48 | 16.67 | 7.26 | 5.36 | -1.36 |
| 31 | Northwestern | Western | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.27 | 8.6 | 6.33 | 3.97 | 0.03 |
| 32 | Fordham | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.82 | 5 | 8.29 | 3.26 | 0.74 |
| 33 | South Carolina | Southern | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 19.77 | 4.4 | 16.65 | 3.46 | -0.46 |
| 34 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.32 | 6.4 | 3.89 | 3.25 | 0.75 |
| 35 | Nebraska | Big 7 | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 18.97 | 4.6 | 11.2 | 3.1 | -0.1 |
| 36 | UCLA | Pacific | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 18.52 | 14.83 | 14.58 | 5.54 | -1.54 |
| 37 | Washington and Lee | Southern | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 18.44 | 13.83 | 12.16 | 5.09 | -1.09 |
| 38 | Kansas | Big 7 | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 18.4 | 12.83 | 12.24 | 4.75 | -0.75 |
| 39 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 18.34 | 18.17 | 9.97 | 4.98 | -0.98 |
| 40 | Temple | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 18.32 | 9.4 | 2.71 | 4.22 | -1.22 |
| 41 | Stanford | Pacific | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 18.15 | 10.17 | 11.69 | 4.7 | -0.7 |
| 42 | San Francisco | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 18.14 | 11.17 | 11.23 | 4.6 | -0.6 |
| 43 | Alabama | SEC | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.76 | 10.67 | 11.09 | 4.97 | -0.97 |
| 44 | Maryland | Southern | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.75 | 6.83 | 13.67 | 4.17 | -0.17 |
| 45 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.68 | 7.17 | 12.74 | 4.34 | -0.34 |
| 46 | Duke | Southern | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.67 | 7.17 | 10.29 | 4.57 | -0.57 |
| 47 | Marquette | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.49 | 11.33 | 8.62 | 4.69 | -0.69 |
| 48 | Baylor | Southwest | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.28 | 4.5 | 12.42 | 3.99 | 0.01 |
| 49 | Pacific | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.26 | 22.5 | 3.77 | 5.53 | -1.53 |
| 50 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 17.13 | 12.57 | 3.5 | 5.94 | -1.94 |
| 51 | Hardin-Simmons | Border | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.91 | 16.83 | 2.22 | 5.26 | -1.26 |
| 52 | Washington State | Pacific | 2-1-2 | 0.4 | 16.27 | 1 | 10.02 | 2.68 | -0.68 |
| 53 | Detroit Mercy | Missouri Valley | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 15.83 | 8.83 | 10.52 | 4.69 | -1.69 |
| 54 | Tulane | SEC | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.64 | 16.6 | 5.37 | 4.45 | -1.45 |
| 55 | Colorado | Big 7 | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 15.51 | 4.5 | 10.45 | 3.76 | -0.76 |
| 56 | UTEP | Border | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 14.63 | -1.17 | 3.08 | 2.83 | 1.17 |
| 57 | Rice | Southwest | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 13.85 | -1.4 | 10.87 | 2.31 | 0.69 |
| 58 | Ole Miss | SEC | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 13.53 | 9.67 | 10.38 | 4.61 | -1.61 |
| 59 | North Carolina | Southern | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 13.34 | 5.2 | 15.55 | 3.81 | -1.81 |
| 60 | George Washington | Southern | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.88 | 1 | 13.48 | 3.21 | -0.21 |
| 61 | Idaho | Pacific | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 12.85 | 2 | 12.24 | 2.79 | -0.79 |
| 62 | Montana | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.82 | 8.5 | 1.57 | 4.55 | -1.55 |
| 63 | Michigan | Western | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 12.56 | 1 | 12.6 | 2.71 | -0.71 |
| 64 | San José State | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.48 | 3.33 | 8.79 | 3.69 | -0.69 |
| 65 | Indiana | Western | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 11.99 | -1.2 | 15.76 | 2.27 | -0.27 |
| 66 | Georgia Tech | SEC | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 11.94 | -0.83 | 15.35 | 2.77 | 0.23 |
| 67 | Mississippi State | SEC | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 11.56 | 6.6 | 13.74 | 3.76 | -1.76 |
| 68 | TCU | Southwest | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 11.44 | -1.67 | 12.52 | 2.6 | 0.4 |
| 69 | Missouri | Big 7 | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 11.11 | -1.4 | 15.54 | 2.24 | -0.24 |
| 70 | NC State | Southern | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.73 | -1.33 | 9.4 | 2.58 | 0.42 |
| 71 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 10.59 | 1.8 | 12.23 | 2.72 | -0.72 |
| 72 | The Citadel | Southern | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 10.55 | 1.57 | 8.36 | 4.02 | -1.02 |
| 73 | Arkansas | Southwest | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 9.82 | 7.83 | 12.19 | 4.63 | -2.63 |
| 74 | Davidson | Southern | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 9.49 | 2.8 | 3.23 | 2.89 | -0.89 |
| 75 | West Virginia | Southern | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 9.4 | 4.5 | 11.71 | 3.7 | -1.7 |
| 76 | Iowa State | Big 7 | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 9.1 | -1.67 | 14 | 2.67 | -0.67 |
| 77 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.48 | -3.8 | 12.97 | 1.89 | 0.11 |
| 78 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.4 | -4.6 | 11.07 | 1.8 | 0.2 |
| 79 | Houston | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 7.93 | 2.17 | 4.96 | 3.39 | -1.39 |
| 80 | New York University | FBS Independents | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 7.86 | 1.5 | -4.19 | 2.22 | -1.22 |
| 81 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.73 | -7.2 | 15.3 | 1.51 | 0.49 |
| 82 | Oklahoma State | Missouri Valley | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 7.65 | -17.5 | 17.13 | 0.34 | 1.66 |
| 83 | Iowa | Western | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.54 | -14.2 | 12.35 | 0.92 | 1.08 |
| 84 | Duquesne | FBS Independents | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 7.32 | -3 | 0.23 | 2.49 | -0.49 |
| 85 | BYU | Skyline | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 6.97 | -13 | 5.13 | 1.22 | 0.78 |
| 86 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 6.69 | 1 | 11.8 | 2.62 | -1.62 |
| 87 | Arizona | Border | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.68 | -2.67 | 14.34 | 2.59 | -0.59 |
| 88 | New Mexico | Border | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.37 | -9.17 | 16.51 | 1.81 | 0.19 |
| 89 | Utah | Skyline | 1-2-3 | 0.17 | 6.29 | -5.67 | 11.45 | 2.14 | -1.14 |
| 90 | Bradley | Missouri Valley | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.28 | -4 | 1.01 | 2.43 | -0.43 |
| 91 | VMI | Southern | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.05 | -8.5 | 9.97 | 1.53 | 0.47 |
| 92 | William & Mary | Southern | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.05 | -7.5 | 8.14 | 1.87 | 0.13 |
| 93 | Furman | Southern | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 5.18 | -7.29 | 11.28 | 1.8 | 0.2 |
| 94 | LSU | SEC | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 4.82 | -4.6 | 20.08 | 1.48 | -0.48 |
| 95 | Northern Arizona | Border | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 4.66 | -27.17 | 6.7 | 0.47 | 1.53 |
| 96 | Utah State | Skyline | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 4.66 | -17.29 | 14.09 | 0.79 | 1.21 |
| 97 | Boston University | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.43 | -5.75 | 9.02 | 1.23 | -0.23 |
| 98 | USC | Pacific | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 4.3 | -3.2 | 11.71 | 2 | -1 |
| 99 | New Mexico State | Border | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 4.21 | -21.57 | 7.09 | 0.39 | 1.61 |
| 100 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 4.05 | -10.6 | 16.14 | 0.84 | 0.16 |
| 101 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 4.01 | -3.6 | 5.88 | 1.99 | -0.99 |
| 102 | Santa Clara | FBS Independents | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 3.78 | -0.67 | 14.64 | 2.87 | -1.87 |
| 103 | Purdue | Western | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 3.53 | -5.2 | 17.01 | 1.8 | -0.8 |
| 104 | Brown | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 3.11 | -7.4 | 12.72 | 1.74 | -0.74 |
| 105 | Navy | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.92 | -10.4 | 16.71 | 1.04 | -0.04 |
| 106 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.88 | -8.2 | 8.12 | 1.24 | -0.24 |
| 107 | Texas Tech | Border | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 2.52 | -3.83 | 19.41 | 2.38 | -1.38 |
| 108 | Saint Mary's (CA) | FBS Independents | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 2.39 | -20.67 | 19.27 | 0.36 | 0.64 |
| 109 | Oregon State | Pacific | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.24 | -15 | 20.67 | 0.46 | 0.54 |
| 110 | Denver | Skyline | 1-5-1 | 0.14 | 2.18 | -9.14 | 13.66 | 1.61 | -0.61 |
| 111 | Richmond | Southern | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.09 | -24.2 | 11.12 | 0.19 | 0.81 |
| 112 | Oregon | Pacific | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 2.02 | -11.5 | 12.01 | 0.87 | 0.13 |
| 113 | Kansas State | Big 7 | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 1.56 | -19.67 | 12.68 | 0.64 | 0.36 |
| 114 | Minnesota | Western | 0-4-1 | 0 | -2.44 | -15.2 | 18.92 | 0.53 | -0.53 |
| 115 | Auburn | SEC | 0-6-0 | 0 | -2.44 | -20 | 8.47 | 0.07 | -0.07 |
| 116 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.6 | -17.6 | 22.05 | 0.42 | -0.42 |
| 117 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 0-5-1 | 0 | -2.68 | -20.67 | 18.53 | 0.12 | -0.12 |
| 118 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.88 | -27.75 | 15.71 | 0.05 | -0.05 |
| 119 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.98 | -39.2 | 8.71 | 0.07 | -0.07 |
| 120 | Nevada | FBS Independents | 0-6-0 | 0 | -3.05 | -34.83 | 15.79 | 0.09 | -0.09 |