Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:24.607453+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Virginia | Southern | 7-0-0 | 1 | 25.47 | 26.71 | 8.07 | 6.82 | 0.18 |
| 2 | Maryland | ACC | 8-0-0 | 1 | 25.45 | 15.25 | 9.86 | 7.66 | 0.34 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | Big 7 | 7-0-0 | 1 | 25.28 | 23.57 | 7.36 | 6.76 | 0.24 |
| 4 | UCLA | Pacific | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 23.72 | 27 | 13.45 | 7.93 | -0.93 |
| 5 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 23.15 | 15.14 | 15.57 | 6.49 | -0.49 |
| 6 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 22.63 | 9.75 | 14.44 | 7.1 | -1.1 |
| 7 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 22.61 | 13.86 | 12.85 | 6.51 | -0.51 |
| 8 | Ole Miss | SEC | 7-1-0 | 0.88 | 22.53 | 14 | 9.62 | 7.03 | -0.03 |
| 9 | TCU | Southwest | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 22.47 | 19 | 10.51 | 6.61 | -0.61 |
| 10 | Georgia Tech | SEC | 6-1-1 | 0.75 | 22.46 | 11.75 | 12.42 | 7.55 | -1.55 |
| 11 | Michigan | Big Ten | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 22.08 | 10.29 | 9.73 | 5.79 | 0.21 |
| 12 | Wyoming | Skyline | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.81 | 10.86 | 9.15 | 5.66 | 0.34 |
| 13 | Navy | FBS Independents | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 21.49 | 13.29 | 10.43 | 6.59 | -1.59 |
| 14 | Colorado State | Skyline | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.46 | 6.14 | 9.68 | 5.13 | 0.87 |
| 15 | Clemson | ACC | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.41 | 10.86 | 7.13 | 5.84 | 0.16 |
| 16 | Yale | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.41 | 13.71 | 6.22 | 6.36 | -0.36 |
| 17 | Auburn | SEC | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 21.26 | 9 | 11.04 | 5.52 | -0.52 |
| 18 | UTEP | Border | 4-1-2 | 0.57 | 20.78 | 16 | 7.76 | 6.28 | -2.28 |
| 19 | Arizona State | Border | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 20.74 | 25.29 | 3.74 | 6.63 | -1.63 |
| 20 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 19.71 | 3.57 | 1.37 | 4.33 | 1.67 |
| 21 | Mississippi State | SEC | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 19.49 | 10.5 | 9.82 | 6.73 | -0.73 |
| 22 | Denver | Skyline | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 19.35 | 23.12 | 6.42 | 7.56 | -1.56 |
| 23 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.46 | 11 | 10.2 | 5.73 | -0.73 |
| 24 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.22 | 5.57 | 11.87 | 5.02 | -0.02 |
| 25 | Colorado | Big 7 | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.04 | 5.86 | 10.73 | 4.83 | 0.17 |
| 26 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.02 | 8.14 | 7.09 | 5.75 | -0.75 |
| 27 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.95 | 17.14 | 4.85 | 6.75 | -1.75 |
| 28 | Duke | ACC | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 17.89 | 6.71 | 15.03 | 5.14 | -1.14 |
| 29 | Oregon State | Pacific | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.84 | 4.57 | 10.34 | 4.85 | 0.15 |
| 30 | George Washington | Southern | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.82 | 5.57 | 7.75 | 5.36 | -0.36 |
| 31 | San José State | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 17.58 | 7.29 | 6 | 5.31 | -0.31 |
| 32 | Wichita State | Missouri Valley | 5-2-1 | 0.62 | 17.18 | 1.62 | 9.94 | 4.46 | 0.54 |
| 33 | Tennessee | SEC | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 17.1 | 13.29 | 5.97 | 6.39 | -2.39 |
| 34 | Davidson | Southern | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 16.83 | 11.71 | -2.5 | 6.24 | -1.24 |
| 35 | Texas Tech | Border | 4-2-1 | 0.57 | 16.56 | 1.14 | 14.65 | 3.77 | 0.23 |
| 36 | USC | Pacific | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 16.55 | 11.88 | 9.53 | 6.38 | -1.38 |
| 37 | Army | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 16.19 | 19.43 | 13.09 | 6.54 | -2.54 |
| 38 | Oregon | Pacific | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.97 | 6.88 | 10.09 | 5.74 | -0.74 |
| 39 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.92 | 3.38 | 13.22 | 5.03 | -0.03 |
| 40 | Tulane | SEC | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.77 | 5 | 10.24 | 5.48 | -0.48 |
| 41 | Pacific | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 15.57 | 2.12 | 10.85 | 4.69 | 0.31 |
| 42 | Florida | SEC | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 15.09 | 3 | 17.31 | 4.46 | -0.46 |
| 43 | Illinois | Big Ten | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.83 | 4.57 | 13.01 | 4.68 | -0.68 |
| 44 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 14.8 | 8.33 | 0.92 | 4.85 | -1.85 |
| 45 | The Citadel | Southern | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 14.77 | -0.14 | -1.82 | 3.46 | 1.54 |
| 46 | Houston | Missouri Valley | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.76 | 4.14 | 10.32 | 4.68 | -0.68 |
| 47 | Washington | Pacific | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 14.73 | 3.75 | 10.44 | 5.65 | -1.65 |
| 48 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 14.66 | 8.5 | 2.62 | 4.59 | -1.59 |
| 49 | Utah | Skyline | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.65 | 3.43 | 10.42 | 4.26 | -0.26 |
| 50 | Stanford | Pacific | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 14.58 | 0.88 | 19.09 | 4.25 | -0.25 |
| 51 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.48 | 3.43 | 11.79 | 4.2 | -0.2 |
| 52 | West Texas A&M | Border | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 14.45 | 11 | 2.39 | 6.55 | -2.55 |
| 53 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 14.31 | 3 | 8.29 | 5.05 | -1.05 |
| 54 | Arkansas | Southwest | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 14.2 | 1.5 | 13.27 | 4.53 | -0.53 |
| 55 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 14.15 | 1.71 | 12.06 | 3.9 | 0.1 |
| 56 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 13.95 | 6 | 15.8 | 4.06 | -1.06 |
| 57 | Miami | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 13.66 | 5.17 | 17.21 | 4.32 | -1.32 |
| 58 | Kentucky | SEC | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 13.22 | -1.25 | 13.68 | 3.6 | 0.4 |
| 59 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 13.01 | 0 | 9.46 | 3.5 | 0.5 |
| 60 | Georgia | SEC | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 12.95 | 3 | 11.22 | 4.78 | -0.78 |
| 61 | Richmond | Southern | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 12.94 | 6 | 9.26 | 5.18 | -2.18 |
| 62 | Utah State | Skyline | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 12.79 | 4.75 | 9.26 | 5.26 | -1.26 |
| 63 | Baylor | Southwest | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 12.71 | 0.88 | 14.72 | 4.26 | -0.26 |
| 64 | Wake Forest | ACC | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 12.66 | -1.75 | 13.48 | 3.47 | 0.53 |
| 65 | Drake | FBS Independents | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 12.61 | 1.57 | -2.18 | 3.82 | 0.18 |
| 66 | Detroit Mercy | Missouri Valley | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 12.41 | 3.71 | 7.18 | 5.13 | -2.13 |
| 67 | NC State | ACC | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 12.3 | 4.86 | 5.02 | 4.57 | -1.57 |
| 68 | Iowa | Big Ten | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 12.24 | 0.86 | 13.8 | 3.68 | -0.68 |
| 69 | Texas | Southwest | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 11.25 | -1.38 | 15.28 | 3.66 | 0.34 |
| 70 | Purdue | Big Ten | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 10.86 | -4.29 | 14.75 | 1.96 | 1.04 |
| 71 | SMU | Southwest | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 10.72 | 0.57 | 12.72 | 3.68 | -0.68 |
| 72 | Nebraska | Big 7 | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 10.1 | -3.12 | 7.06 | 2.87 | 1.13 |
| 73 | Indiana | Big Ten | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 8.7 | -3.86 | 8.65 | 2.42 | 0.58 |
| 74 | Hardin-Simmons | Border | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 8.04 | -10.57 | 12.77 | 1.87 | 1.13 |
| 75 | Kansas State | Big 7 | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 7.74 | -2.38 | 11.18 | 3.42 | -0.42 |
| 76 | Rice | Southwest | 2-4-1 | 0.29 | 6.8 | -2.57 | 10.57 | 2.76 | -0.76 |
| 77 | Arizona | Border | 2-4-1 | 0.29 | 6.59 | -5.14 | 15.13 | 2.45 | -0.45 |
| 78 | Montana | Skyline | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 6.52 | -14 | 10.37 | 1.26 | 1.74 |
| 79 | Tulsa | Missouri Valley | 2-4-1 | 0.29 | 6.32 | -3 | 9.43 | 2.75 | -0.75 |
| 80 | North Texas | FBS Independents | 2-4-1 | 0.29 | 6.04 | -6 | 6.52 | 2.01 | -0.01 |
| 81 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.33 | -8.83 | -2.73 | 1.25 | 0.75 |
| 82 | Florida State | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.3 | -15.83 | 12.69 | 0.53 | 1.47 |
| 83 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 5.28 | -7 | 13.63 | 1.63 | 0.37 |
| 84 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 5.13 | -4.57 | 9.31 | 2.2 | -0.2 |
| 85 | South Carolina | ACC | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 4.96 | -8.86 | 9.84 | 1.59 | 0.41 |
| 86 | North Carolina | ACC | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 4.66 | -12.43 | 15.76 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
| 87 | California | Pacific | 2-5-1 | 0.25 | 4.64 | -11 | 12.7 | 1.37 | 0.63 |
| 88 | New Mexico State | Border | 2-6-0 | 0.25 | 3.38 | -10.62 | 1.14 | 1.63 | 0.37 |
| 89 | Cincinnati | FBS Independents | 1-4-2 | 0.14 | 2.82 | -7.86 | 4.37 | 1.53 | -0.53 |
| 90 | LSU | SEC | 1-5-1 | 0.14 | 2.59 | -6.14 | 19.06 | 1.84 | -0.84 |
| 91 | Iowa State | Big 7 | 1-5-1 | 0.14 | 2.18 | -8.14 | 8.73 | 1.35 | -0.35 |
| 92 | Boston University | FBS Independents | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 2.1 | -9.67 | 10.11 | 1.24 | -0.24 |
| 93 | Marquette | FBS Independents | 1-5-1 | 0.14 | 1.85 | -13.71 | 11.18 | 0.64 | 0.36 |
| 94 | Brown | FBS Independents | 1-6-0 | 0.14 | 1.81 | -5.14 | 7.66 | 1.94 | -0.94 |
| 95 | Oklahoma State | Missouri Valley | 1-6-0 | 0.14 | 1.57 | -7.71 | 13.47 | 1.11 | -0.11 |
| 96 | Virginia | ACC | 1-6-0 | 0.14 | 1.31 | -11.43 | 14.27 | 0.84 | 0.16 |
| 97 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 1-6-0 | 0.14 | 1.18 | -12.57 | 11.82 | 0.81 | 0.19 |
| 98 | William & Mary | Southern | 1-6-0 | 0.14 | 1.16 | -13.57 | 15.86 | 0.58 | 0.42 |
| 99 | BYU | Skyline | 1-6-0 | 0.14 | 1.02 | -16.14 | 11.46 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| 100 | Missouri | Big 7 | 1-7-0 | 0.12 | 0.99 | -9.12 | 16.96 | 1.5 | -0.5 |
| 101 | Kansas | Big 7 | 1-6-1 | 0.12 | 0.97 | -17.5 | 12.05 | 0.53 | 0.47 |
| 102 | New Mexico | Skyline | 1-6-0 | 0.14 | 0.97 | -16.57 | 14.13 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
| 103 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 1-6-0 | 0.14 | 0.95 | -17.71 | 12.65 | 0.55 | 0.45 |
| 104 | Washington State | Pacific | 1-6-1 | 0.12 | 0.81 | -21.25 | 11.66 | 0.21 | 0.79 |
| 105 | Idaho | Pacific | 0-7-0 | 0 | -2.4 | -17.14 | 13.56 | 0.34 | -0.34 |
| 106 | VMI | Southern | 0-8-0 | 0 | -2.44 | -19.38 | 10.46 | 0.35 | -0.35 |
| 107 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 0-7-0 | 0 | -2.45 | -19.57 | 10.91 | 0.3 | -0.3 |
| 108 | Alabama | SEC | 0-7-0 | 0 | -2.56 | -19.43 | 16.59 | 0.15 | -0.15 |
| 109 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 0-7-0 | 0 | -2.71 | -23.43 | 16.62 | 0.07 | -0.07 |
| 110 | Furman | Southern | 0-7-0 | 0 | -2.74 | -31.29 | 6.99 | 0.05 | -0.05 |