Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:24.312643+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maryland | ACC | 10-0-0 | 1 | 26.03 | 26.7 | 12.45 | 9.95 | 0.05 |
| 2 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 7-0-1 | 0.88 | 25.71 | 14.75 | 13.02 | 6.78 | 0.22 |
| 3 | Texas Tech | Border | 9-1-0 | 0.9 | 23.31 | 24 | 10.8 | 9.13 | -0.13 |
| 4 | UCLA | Pacific | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 22.98 | 17.33 | 11.67 | 8.72 | -0.72 |
| 5 | Oklahoma | Big 7 | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 22.92 | 17.89 | 12.51 | 8.35 | -1.35 |
| 6 | Illinois | Big Ten | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 22.67 | 10.56 | 13.29 | 7.04 | -0.04 |
| 7 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 22.59 | 13.56 | 10.51 | 7.96 | 0.04 |
| 8 | West Virginia | Southern | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 22.53 | 19.78 | 8.63 | 8.15 | -0.15 |
| 9 | Auburn | SEC | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 22.19 | 13.56 | 9.64 | 7.47 | -0.47 |
| 10 | Army | FBS Independents | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 21.56 | 14.5 | 8.15 | 7.23 | -1.23 |
| 11 | Rice | Southwest | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 20.49 | 16.22 | 12.44 | 8.29 | -1.29 |
| 12 | Georgia Tech | SEC | 7-2-1 | 0.7 | 20.48 | 13.8 | 13.19 | 9.15 | -2.15 |
| 13 | Ole Miss | SEC | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 19.99 | 13.67 | 9.89 | 7.75 | -0.75 |
| 14 | South Carolina | ACC | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 19.96 | 11.89 | 10.62 | 7.97 | -0.97 |
| 15 | Oklahoma State | Missouri Valley | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 19.81 | 7.11 | 11.8 | 6.77 | 0.23 |
| 16 | Utah State | Skyline | 8-2-0 | 0.8 | 19.8 | 7.4 | 8.76 | 7.59 | 0.41 |
| 17 | Kentucky | SEC | 7-2-1 | 0.7 | 19.78 | 8.5 | 11 | 7.86 | -0.86 |
| 18 | Baylor | Southwest | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 19.68 | 8.33 | 10.47 | 6.78 | 0.22 |
| 19 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 19.68 | 7.67 | 15.11 | 6.84 | -0.84 |
| 20 | Duke | ACC | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 19.67 | 13.44 | 11.6 | 8.37 | -2.37 |
| 21 | Utah | Skyline | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 19.66 | 12.56 | 8.27 | 7.48 | -0.48 |
| 22 | USC | Pacific | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 19.19 | 8 | 10.92 | 6.87 | -0.87 |
| 23 | Mississippi State | SEC | 5-2-2 | 0.56 | 18.49 | 8.56 | 13.02 | 6.98 | -1.98 |
| 24 | UTEP | Border | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.39 | 8.75 | 6.14 | 5.95 | 0.05 |
| 25 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.27 | 8.5 | 5.79 | 6.52 | -0.52 |
| 26 | Furman | Southern | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.11 | 8.56 | 0.45 | 7.29 | -0.29 |
| 27 | Navy | FBS Independents | 4-2-2 | 0.5 | 17.84 | 12.5 | 13.03 | 6.99 | -2.99 |
| 28 | Stanford | Pacific | 6-3-1 | 0.6 | 17.65 | 9.8 | 12.95 | 7.69 | -1.69 |
| 29 | Alabama | SEC | 5-2-3 | 0.5 | 17.65 | 4.5 | 9.22 | 6.84 | -1.84 |
| 30 | Texas | Southwest | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 17.34 | 6.22 | 13.13 | 6.5 | -0.5 |
| 31 | Michigan | Big Ten | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 17.33 | 6.89 | 12.93 | 6.81 | -0.81 |
| 32 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 17.28 | 6.56 | 12.91 | 6.2 | -0.2 |
| 33 | Kansas State | Big 7 | 6-3-1 | 0.6 | 17.23 | 8.2 | 10.8 | 7.8 | -1.8 |
| 34 | Marquette | FBS Independents | 6-3-1 | 0.6 | 17.03 | 8.8 | 8.47 | 8.04 | -2.04 |
| 35 | Yale | FBS Independents | 5-2-2 | 0.56 | 17 | 3.78 | 5.43 | 6.15 | -1.15 |
| 36 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.7 | 2 | 12.78 | 5.05 | 0.95 |
| 37 | Iowa | Big Ten | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 16.6 | 10.67 | 13.49 | 7.62 | -2.62 |
| 38 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 16.34 | 10.89 | 10.43 | 7.53 | -2.53 |
| 39 | SMU | Southwest | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 16.14 | 4.75 | 13.52 | 5.79 | -0.79 |
| 40 | Tennessee | SEC | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 16.12 | 8.22 | 10.38 | 6.89 | -1.89 |
| 41 | New Mexico | Skyline | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 15.46 | 5.67 | 7.18 | 6.5 | -1.5 |
| 42 | Wyoming | Skyline | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 15.03 | 9.44 | 12.85 | 7.35 | -2.35 |
| 43 | Wichita State | Missouri Valley | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 14.68 | 10.25 | 7.54 | 6.67 | -2.67 |
| 44 | Missouri | Big 7 | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 14.57 | 1.4 | 11.6 | 5.67 | 0.33 |
| 45 | Richmond | Southern | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 14.51 | 1 | 6.75 | 4.9 | 0.1 |
| 46 | Detroit Mercy | Missouri Valley | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 14.35 | 9.67 | 7.64 | 7.09 | -2.09 |
| 47 | LSU | SEC | 4-3-3 | 0.4 | 14.29 | 1.6 | 14.89 | 5.61 | -1.61 |
| 48 | Hardin-Simmons | Border | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 14.24 | 2.2 | 6.88 | 5.74 | 0.26 |
| 49 | George Washington | Southern | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 14.14 | 4.67 | 10.41 | 6 | -1 |
| 50 | Boston University | FBS Independents | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 14.1 | 7.75 | 4.95 | 5.82 | -1.82 |
| 51 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 13.92 | 5.67 | 7.06 | 6.81 | -1.81 |
| 52 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 13.75 | 3.67 | 7.3 | 6.01 | -1.01 |
| 53 | California | Pacific | 4-4-2 | 0.4 | 13.3 | 5 | 14.08 | 6.48 | -2.48 |
| 54 | Fordham | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 13.13 | 6.88 | 9.6 | 5.81 | -1.81 |
| 55 | Colorado | Big 7 | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 13.08 | 0.11 | 11.68 | 4.53 | 0.47 |
| 56 | William & Mary | Southern | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 12.74 | -4.67 | 7.97 | 2.83 | 2.17 |
| 57 | Colorado State | Skyline | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 12.52 | 1.75 | 13.57 | 4.46 | -0.46 |
| 58 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 12.33 | -1 | 8.31 | 3.72 | 0.28 |
| 59 | Arizona State | Border | 4-4-1 | 0.44 | 12.32 | 4.33 | 5.47 | 5.59 | -1.59 |
| 60 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 12.27 | -3 | 13.32 | 3.16 | 0.84 |
| 61 | Florida | SEC | 3-4-2 | 0.33 | 11.97 | 10.11 | 12.07 | 7.42 | -4.42 |
| 62 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 4-4-1 | 0.44 | 11.37 | -1.11 | 15.84 | 4.16 | -0.16 |
| 63 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 11.18 | -6.67 | 8.79 | 2.74 | 2.26 |
| 64 | Oregon | Pacific | 4-5-1 | 0.4 | 10.63 | 0.6 | 10.97 | 5.4 | -1.4 |
| 65 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 4-4-1 | 0.44 | 10.31 | -5.44 | 14.16 | 2.72 | 1.28 |
| 66 | Pacific | FBS Independents | 3-4-2 | 0.33 | 10.3 | 1.44 | 6.93 | 4.92 | -1.92 |
| 67 | North Carolina | ACC | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 10.2 | 0.11 | 11.97 | 4.53 | -0.53 |
| 68 | Arizona | Border | 3-5-1 | 0.33 | 9.92 | 2 | 14.35 | 5 | -2 |
| 69 | Houston | Missouri Valley | 3-4-1 | 0.38 | 9.74 | -1.25 | 15.29 | 3.71 | -0.71 |
| 70 | Miami | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 9.71 | 1.75 | 12.78 | 4.49 | -1.49 |
| 71 | San José State | FBS Independents | 4-4-1 | 0.44 | 9.63 | -7.11 | 7.96 | 2.76 | 1.24 |
| 72 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 3-5-1 | 0.33 | 9.34 | 0.56 | 12.81 | 4.69 | -1.69 |
| 73 | North Texas | FBS Independents | 3-5-1 | 0.33 | 9.13 | 0.89 | 8.16 | 4.77 | -1.77 |
| 74 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 3-4-2 | 0.33 | 9.06 | -1.56 | 9.44 | 4.02 | -1.02 |
| 75 | Drake | FBS Independents | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 8.95 | -8 | 0.37 | 2.03 | 1.97 |
| 76 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 8.91 | -3.22 | 10.83 | 3.4 | 0.6 |
| 77 | Brown | FBS Independents | 3-5-1 | 0.33 | 8.81 | 0.78 | 5.16 | 4.79 | -1.79 |
| 78 | VMI | Southern | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 8.38 | -4.11 | 4.2 | 3.32 | 0.68 |
| 79 | Washington and Lee | Southern | 4-6-0 | 0.4 | 7.66 | -4.9 | 10.27 | 3.69 | 0.31 |
| 80 | Clemson | ACC | 3-5-1 | 0.33 | 7.65 | -3.67 | 11.61 | 3.39 | -0.39 |
| 81 | Denver | Skyline | 3-5-1 | 0.33 | 7.44 | -4 | 10.33 | 3.35 | -0.35 |
| 82 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 7.43 | -7 | 16.75 | 1.91 | 1.09 |
| 83 | Washington State | Pacific | 4-6-0 | 0.4 | 7.2 | -11 | 11.75 | 2.09 | 1.91 |
| 84 | Montana | Skyline | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 6.9 | -7.5 | 8.21 | 2.44 | 0.56 |
| 85 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 6.53 | -4.33 | 14.36 | 3.4 | -0.4 |
| 86 | Washington | Pacific | 3-6-1 | 0.3 | 6.26 | -6.3 | 14.63 | 3.07 | -0.07 |
| 87 | Nebraska | Big 7 | 3-6-1 | 0.3 | 6.16 | -6.5 | 12.9 | 2.63 | 0.37 |
| 88 | Tulsa | Missouri Valley | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 5.63 | -13.44 | 13.02 | 1.32 | 1.68 |
| 89 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 5.58 | -10 | 10.51 | 1.78 | 1.22 |
| 90 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 5.51 | -11.11 | 10.86 | 1.79 | 1.21 |
| 91 | Oregon State | Pacific | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 5.33 | -16.44 | 13.78 | 0.21 | 2.79 |
| 92 | Georgia | SEC | 3-7-0 | 0.3 | 5.21 | -7.9 | 10.66 | 2.61 | 0.39 |
| 93 | Wake Forest | ACC | 2-6-1 | 0.22 | 4.35 | -5.44 | 11.79 | 2.45 | -0.45 |
| 94 | BYU | Skyline | 2-6-1 | 0.22 | 4.21 | -6.11 | 11.17 | 2.82 | -0.82 |
| 95 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 3.76 | -11.25 | 9.15 | 1.74 | 0.26 |
| 96 | TCU | Southwest | 2-7-0 | 0.22 | 3.72 | -5.22 | 13.18 | 2.62 | -0.62 |
| 97 | Arkansas | Southwest | 2-7-0 | 0.22 | 3.56 | -7.22 | 15.9 | 1.93 | 0.07 |
| 98 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 2-7-0 | 0.22 | 3.33 | -7.44 | 14.56 | 2.67 | -0.67 |
| 99 | Purdue | Big Ten | 2-7-0 | 0.22 | 3.31 | -8.67 | 18.45 | 1.65 | 0.35 |
| 100 | Indiana | Big Ten | 2-7-0 | 0.22 | 3.15 | -12 | 14.71 | 1.6 | 0.4 |
| 101 | Iowa State | Big 7 | 2-7-0 | 0.22 | 3.11 | -10.11 | 9.42 | 1.87 | 0.13 |
| 102 | Kansas | Big 7 | 2-8-0 | 0.2 | 2.82 | -9.6 | 14.29 | 1.39 | 0.61 |
| 103 | The Citadel | Southern | 2-7-0 | 0.22 | 2.42 | -20.78 | 7.69 | 0.46 | 1.54 |
| 104 | New Mexico State | Border | 2-7-0 | 0.22 | 2.19 | -28.89 | 8.73 | 0.15 | 1.85 |
| 105 | Tulane | SEC | 1-7-1 | 0.11 | 0.96 | -8.89 | 14.27 | 2.02 | -1.02 |
| 106 | West Texas A&M | Border | 1-7-1 | 0.11 | 0.56 | -14.44 | 4.35 | 1.33 | -0.33 |
| 107 | Idaho | Pacific | 1-8-0 | 0.11 | 0.26 | -16.44 | 10.25 | 0.52 | 0.48 |
| 108 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 1-8-0 | 0.11 | 0.17 | -18.56 | 11.62 | 0.53 | 0.47 |
| 109 | NC State | ACC | 1-8-0 | 0.11 | 0.15 | -19.44 | 12.82 | 0.41 | 0.59 |
| 110 | Davidson | Southern | 0-9-0 | 0 | -2.63 | -27.11 | 8.96 | 0.14 | -0.14 |