Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:24.606368+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maryland | ACC | 5-0-0 | 1 | 26.96 | 12.2 | 12.24 | 4.63 | 0.37 |
| 2 | Navy | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 26.74 | 18.5 | 10.09 | 3.95 | 0.05 |
| 3 | Michigan | Big Ten | 4-0-0 | 1 | 26.67 | 19.5 | 8.9 | 3.93 | 0.07 |
| 4 | Oklahoma | Big 7 | 4-0-0 | 1 | 26.47 | 19.25 | 8.16 | 3.85 | 0.15 |
| 5 | UTEP | Border | 2-0-2 | 0.5 | 26.39 | 15.75 | 9.46 | 3.69 | -1.69 |
| 6 | West Virginia | Southern | 4-0-0 | 1 | 26.37 | 32 | 5.35 | 3.89 | 0.11 |
| 7 | Colorado | Big 7 | 4-0-0 | 1 | 26.33 | 13.5 | 8.9 | 3.84 | 0.16 |
| 8 | Auburn | SEC | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 26.29 | 6 | 12.56 | 3.16 | -0.16 |
| 9 | Duke | ACC | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.68 | 23.25 | 4.86 | 3.88 | 0.12 |
| 10 | Yale | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.68 | 20.25 | 5.31 | 3.73 | 0.27 |
| 11 | San José State | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.46 | 17 | 4.32 | 3.88 | 0.12 |
| 12 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.38 | 21.33 | -0.85 | 2.95 | 0.05 |
| 13 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.33 | 12.75 | -0.51 | 3.47 | 0.53 |
| 14 | West Texas A&M | Border | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 24.18 | 22.4 | -2.52 | 4.91 | -0.91 |
| 15 | UCLA | Pacific | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 23.03 | 23 | 15.92 | 4.95 | -0.95 |
| 16 | TCU | Southwest | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 22.8 | 21.8 | 11.27 | 4.85 | -0.85 |
| 17 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 22.45 | 11 | 16.57 | 4.43 | -0.43 |
| 18 | USC | Pacific | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 22.21 | 16.4 | 12.67 | 4.4 | -0.4 |
| 19 | Georgia Tech | SEC | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 22.08 | 6.6 | 13.04 | 4.17 | -0.17 |
| 20 | Washington | Pacific | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.96 | 10 | 10.34 | 4.61 | -0.61 |
| 21 | Baylor | Southwest | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.94 | 8.4 | 14.73 | 3.95 | 0.05 |
| 22 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 21.75 | 8.5 | 15.95 | 2.96 | 0.04 |
| 23 | Ole Miss | SEC | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.47 | 13.2 | 9.99 | 4.44 | -0.44 |
| 24 | Wyoming | Skyline | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.11 | 11.6 | 8.12 | 4.01 | -0.01 |
| 25 | Mississippi State | SEC | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.97 | 10.6 | 8.5 | 4.39 | -0.39 |
| 26 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.88 | 9.5 | 16.25 | 3.2 | -0.2 |
| 27 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.74 | 6 | 16.96 | 2.91 | 0.09 |
| 28 | Utah | Skyline | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.55 | 12.8 | 5.1 | 4.28 | -0.28 |
| 29 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.55 | 11.25 | 8.2 | 3.61 | -0.61 |
| 30 | Colorado State | Skyline | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.47 | 3.5 | 16.45 | 2.55 | 0.45 |
| 31 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.4 | 9 | 8.27 | 3.66 | -0.66 |
| 32 | Clemson | ACC | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.89 | 12.75 | 6.59 | 3.58 | -0.58 |
| 33 | Houston | Missouri Valley | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.74 | 9.75 | 8.25 | 3.24 | -0.24 |
| 34 | Illinois | Big Ten | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.64 | 10 | 7.27 | 3.17 | -0.17 |
| 35 | Arizona State | Border | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 19.38 | 20.4 | 2.21 | 4.63 | -1.63 |
| 36 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 19.18 | 6.2 | 5.71 | 3.84 | -0.84 |
| 37 | Davidson | Southern | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.41 | 18.75 | -3.12 | 3.92 | -0.92 |
| 38 | The Citadel | Southern | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.4 | 3 | 4.93 | 2.46 | 0.54 |
| 39 | George Washington | Southern | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.28 | 5.75 | 1.55 | 2.98 | 0.02 |
| 40 | Rice | Southwest | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 18.2 | 3.5 | 7.94 | 2.6 | -0.6 |
| 41 | Wichita State | Missouri Valley | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 17.87 | 2.2 | 4.18 | 2.9 | 0.1 |
| 42 | Iowa | Big Ten | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 17.61 | 3 | 12.01 | 2.37 | -0.37 |
| 43 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.6 | 18.33 | 4.83 | 2.73 | -0.73 |
| 44 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.3 | 6 | 10.85 | 2.2 | -0.2 |
| 45 | Denver | Skyline | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 17.2 | 13 | 10.51 | 4.08 | -1.08 |
| 46 | Purdue | Big Ten | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 16.86 | -0.25 | 16.06 | 1.94 | 0.06 |
| 47 | Florida | SEC | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.75 | 3.6 | 19.51 | 3.31 | -0.31 |
| 48 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.92 | 2.2 | 15.75 | 2.91 | 0.09 |
| 49 | Texas Tech | Border | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 15.88 | -2 | 14.39 | 1.75 | 0.25 |
| 50 | Georgia | SEC | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.83 | 4.6 | 12.89 | 3.18 | -0.18 |
| 51 | Arkansas | Southwest | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.66 | 2.4 | 12.04 | 2.92 | 0.08 |
| 52 | Army | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 15.65 | 18.25 | 13.78 | 3.63 | -1.63 |
| 53 | Pacific | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.21 | 2.8 | 9.14 | 3.05 | -0.05 |
| 54 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.3 | 2.75 | 15.52 | 2.41 | -0.41 |
| 55 | Kentucky | SEC | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 14.29 | 3.4 | 14.23 | 3.15 | -1.15 |
| 56 | Arizona | Border | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 14.06 | 0.6 | 19.43 | 2.6 | -0.6 |
| 57 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 14.04 | -3.67 | 7.62 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
| 58 | Richmond | Southern | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 13.76 | 5 | 10.67 | 3.48 | -1.48 |
| 59 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.39 | 1.25 | 10.94 | 2.15 | -0.15 |
| 60 | Oregon State | Pacific | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.96 | -0.25 | 13.21 | 1.95 | 0.05 |
| 61 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.35 | 3.25 | 4.83 | 2.75 | -0.75 |
| 62 | Tennessee | SEC | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11.94 | 1.5 | 7.98 | 2.38 | -0.38 |
| 63 | SMU | Southwest | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11.81 | -0.75 | 19.47 | 1.83 | 0.17 |
| 64 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11.38 | -5.5 | 12.45 | 1.13 | 0.87 |
| 65 | South Carolina | ACC | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11.32 | -0.75 | 6.71 | 1.89 | 0.11 |
| 66 | Wake Forest | ACC | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 11.02 | -7.8 | 17.23 | 1.26 | 0.74 |
| 67 | Miami | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 10.18 | 4 | 19.91 | 2.1 | -1.1 |
| 68 | Utah State | Skyline | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 9.83 | 0.8 | 13.97 | 2.69 | -0.69 |
| 69 | Stanford | Pacific | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 9.41 | -3.4 | 18.59 | 1.84 | 0.16 |
| 70 | Tulane | SEC | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 9.2 | -1.6 | 8.12 | 2.2 | -0.2 |
| 71 | Oregon | Pacific | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.51 | -4.8 | 20.7 | 1.59 | 0.41 |
| 72 | Drake | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.66 | -5.6 | -2.27 | 1.67 | 0.33 |
| 73 | Detroit Mercy | Missouri Valley | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 7.26 | 1.5 | 11.92 | 2.31 | -1.31 |
| 74 | Brown | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 5.59 | -1 | 9.9 | 1.82 | -0.82 |
| 75 | Tulsa | Missouri Valley | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 5.32 | -2.5 | 12.19 | 1.67 | -0.67 |
| 76 | LSU | SEC | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 5.21 | -5.4 | 21.86 | 1.37 | -0.37 |
| 77 | Iowa State | Big 7 | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 5.04 | -11.5 | 11.08 | 0.47 | 0.53 |
| 78 | North Texas | FBS Independents | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 5.02 | -12 | 10.87 | 0.49 | 0.51 |
| 79 | California | Pacific | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 4.62 | -5.6 | 6.37 | 1.52 | -0.52 |
| 80 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.6 | -7 | 15.36 | 0.83 | 0.17 |
| 81 | Hardin-Simmons | Border | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.56 | -5.5 | 5.96 | 1.46 | -0.46 |
| 82 | North Carolina | ACC | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.53 | -9.75 | 16.34 | 0.74 | 0.26 |
| 83 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.31 | -14.25 | 18.26 | 0.46 | 0.54 |
| 84 | Kansas | Big 7 | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 4.2 | -14 | 15.66 | 0.42 | 0.58 |
| 85 | Marquette | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.2 | -11 | 9.6 | 0.57 | 0.43 |
| 86 | Florida State | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.99 | -16 | 10.01 | 0.39 | 0.61 |
| 87 | BYU | Skyline | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.92 | -11.5 | 8.21 | 0.77 | 0.23 |
| 88 | Boston University | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.69 | -5.75 | 7.67 | 1.17 | -0.17 |
| 89 | Indiana | Big Ten | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.66 | -8.25 | 14.81 | 0.65 | 0.35 |
| 90 | Texas | Southwest | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 3.62 | -6.2 | 18.97 | 1.54 | -0.54 |
| 91 | Virginia | ACC | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.5 | -9.5 | 13.38 | 0.58 | 0.42 |
| 92 | Kansas State | Big 7 | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 3.34 | -6.8 | 15.45 | 1.53 | -0.53 |
| 93 | Nebraska | Big 7 | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 3.17 | -7.8 | 9.62 | 0.89 | 0.11 |
| 94 | Cincinnati | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 2.97 | -12.75 | -0.24 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 95 | Washington State | Pacific | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 2.89 | -19.4 | 11.28 | 0.27 | 0.73 |
| 96 | New Mexico | Skyline | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.67 | -16.8 | 15.02 | 0.05 | 0.95 |
| 97 | Montana | Skyline | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.29 | -26.2 | 13.84 | 0.33 | 0.67 |
| 98 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 0-4-0 | 0 | -1.64 | -6 | 10.6 | 1.18 | -1.18 |
| 99 | NC State | ACC | 0-3-1 | 0 | -2.1 | -10 | 12.91 | 0.62 | -0.62 |
| 100 | Missouri | Big 7 | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.21 | -11 | 15.78 | 0.78 | -0.78 |
| 101 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.24 | -13.75 | 9.38 | 0.21 | -0.21 |
| 102 | Oklahoma State | Missouri Valley | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.38 | -13.5 | 16.22 | 0.26 | -0.26 |
| 103 | New Mexico State | Border | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.41 | -20.2 | 3.12 | 0.21 | -0.21 |
| 104 | Idaho | Pacific | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.45 | -15.2 | 15.08 | 0.29 | -0.29 |
| 105 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.54 | -16.5 | 15.38 | 0.16 | -0.16 |
| 106 | VMI | Southern | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.64 | -19 | 14.33 | 0.24 | -0.24 |
| 107 | Alabama | SEC | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.68 | -19 | 17.59 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 108 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.71 | -19.75 | 17.63 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| 109 | Furman | Southern | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.76 | -28.2 | 6.08 | 0.06 | -0.06 |
| 110 | William & Mary | Southern | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.86 | -20 | 25.32 | 0.15 | -0.15 |