Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:24.901351+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iowa | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 28.6 | 56 | 26.65 | 0.98 | 0.02 |
| 2 | Baylor | Southwest | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.35 | 7.5 | 13.58 | 1.9 | 0.1 |
| 3 | UTEP | Border | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.16 | 4.5 | 15.2 | 1.35 | 0.65 |
| 4 | Georgia Tech | SEC | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 27.86 | 6.5 | 11.15 | 2 | -1 |
| 5 | SMU | Southwest | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 27.16 | 3.5 | 12.76 | 1.72 | -0.72 |
| 6 | Navy | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.78 | 33.5 | -1.23 | 1.98 | 0.02 |
| 7 | Oklahoma | Big 7 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.75 | 26 | -0.28 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Duke | ACC | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.72 | 26 | 0.41 | 1.95 | 0.05 |
| 9 | Oregon State | Pacific | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.68 | 24 | 0.49 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 10 | Stanford | Pacific | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.35 | 29.5 | -0.41 | 1.97 | 0.03 |
| 11 | Arizona State | Border | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.2 | 20 | -0.97 | 1.98 | 0.02 |
| 12 | Hardin-Simmons | Border | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.19 | 14 | 0.87 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Arkansas | Southwest | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.13 | 19.5 | 0.03 | 1.92 | 0.08 |
| 14 | UCLA | Pacific | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.99 | 28.5 | -1.56 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 15 | New Mexico | Skyline | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.8 | 20.5 | -0.87 | 1.92 | 0.08 |
| 16 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.68 | 14.5 | -1.88 | 1.88 | 0.12 |
| 17 | Texas | Southwest | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.62 | 16.5 | -0.41 | 1.9 | 0.1 |
| 18 | NC State | ACC | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.59 | 21 | -1.29 | 1.94 | 0.06 |
| 19 | Wyoming | Skyline | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.55 | 12.5 | -1.55 | 1.95 | 0.05 |
| 20 | Washington State | Pacific | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.53 | 14 | -1.2 | 1.79 | 0.21 |
| 21 | Iowa State | Big 7 | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 25.34 | 5 | 1.38 | 1.78 | -0.78 |
| 22 | Ole Miss | SEC | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.26 | 29.5 | -5.15 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | Detroit Mercy | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.13 | 14 | -2.15 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Rice | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.97 | 6 | -1.04 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 25 | Pacific | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.08 | 24 | -10 | 1.91 | 0.09 |
| 26 | West Virginia | Southern | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 24.08 | 7 | 12.42 | 1.89 | -0.89 |
| 27 | Colorado | Big 7 | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 23.79 | 3 | 12.88 | 1.21 | -0.21 |
| 28 | Davidson | Southern | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.75 | 16 | -10 | 1.9 | 0.1 |
| 29 | VMI | Southern | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 23.7 | 3.5 | -4.06 | 1.33 | -0.33 |
| 30 | Drake | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.64 | 20 | -10 | 1.87 | 0.13 |
| 31 | Dayton | FBS Independents | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 23.55 | 2.5 | 14.13 | 1.26 | -0.26 |
| 32 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.36 | 39 | 1.71 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 33 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.3 | 54 | 0.32 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Florida | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.97 | 27 | 1.25 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Army | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.66 | 42 | -1.69 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | The Citadel | Southern | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 22.53 | 3.5 | 7.05 | 1.72 | -0.72 |
| 37 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.48 | 54 | -2.15 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Auburn | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.37 | 7 | 2.92 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | Missouri | Big 7 | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 22.3 | 11 | 1.58 | 1.71 | -0.71 |
| 40 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.15 | 12 | 1.8 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | Michigan | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.13 | 10 | 0.14 | 0.91 | 0.09 |
| 42 | Princeton | Ivy | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.89 | 7 | 0.22 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.8 | 5 | 0.38 | 0.67 | 0.33 |
| 44 | TCU | Southwest | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 21.5 | 2 | 1.65 | 1.16 | -0.16 |
| 45 | Columbia | Ivy | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.34 | 3 | 1.89 | 0.58 | 0.42 |
| 46 | Cincinnati | Missouri Valley | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 21.08 | 3 | -0.74 | 1.24 | -0.24 |
| 47 | Boston University | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.93 | 60 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 20.93 | 1.5 | -0.07 | 1.24 | -0.24 |
| 49 | Yale | Ivy | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.82 | 27 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | Dartmouth | Ivy | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.72 | 27 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.7 | 1 | 0.13 | 0.54 | 0.46 |
| 52 | West Texas A&M | Border | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 20.27 | 8 | 4.23 | 2.46 | -0.46 |
| 53 | Mississippi State | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.48 | 4 | -10 | 0.77 | 0.23 |
| 54 | Richmond | Southern | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.17 | 22.67 | -6.47 | 2.92 | -0.92 |
| 55 | Florida State | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 16.35 | 3.5 | 6.33 | 1.27 | -0.27 |
| 56 | Clemson | ACC | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15.46 | 20 | -5.54 | 1.8 | -0.8 |
| 57 | Utah | Skyline | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15.44 | 6.5 | 0.33 | 1.3 | -0.3 |
| 58 | Houston | Missouri Valley | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15.31 | -0.5 | 13.71 | 0.91 | 0.09 |
| 59 | George Washington | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.99 | 0 | -0.28 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 | Oregon | Pacific | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.98 | 0 | -0.09 | 1 | 0 |
| 61 | North Carolina | ACC | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.78 | 9.5 | 22.88 | 1.91 | -0.91 |
| 62 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.46 | 6.5 | 19.66 | 1.85 | -0.85 |
| 63 | Kansas State | Big 7 | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.89 | 12 | 12.36 | 1.75 | -0.75 |
| 64 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.78 | -6.5 | 1.42 | 0.35 | 0.65 |
| 65 | LSU | SEC | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.74 | 11 | 11.52 | 1.71 | -0.71 |
| 66 | South Carolina | ACC | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.32 | 7 | 8.04 | 1.47 | -0.47 |
| 67 | Utah State | Skyline | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.05 | -21 | -3.59 | 0.31 | 0.69 |
| 68 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 10.04 | -11.5 | 25.52 | 0.05 | 0.95 |
| 69 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 9.99 | -13.5 | 27.76 | 0.31 | 0.69 |
| 70 | Oklahoma State | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 9.92 | -3 | 12.9 | 0.75 | 0.25 |
| 71 | San José State | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 8.52 | -16 | 12.25 | 0.34 | 0.66 |
| 72 | Air Force | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 8.43 | -6.5 | 6.82 | 0.68 | 0.32 |
| 73 | Furman | Southern | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.36 | -11.33 | 6.25 | 0.26 | 0.74 |
| 74 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 0-0-1 | 0 | 0.43 | 0 | 23.06 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 75 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 0-0-1 | 0 | 0.31 | 0 | 20.39 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 76 | Harvard | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Cornell | Ivy | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.47 | -1 | 1.2 | 0.46 | -0.46 |
| 78 | Brown | Ivy | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.65 | -3 | 0.2 | 0.42 | -0.42 |
| 79 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.74 | -4 | 2.62 | 0.36 | -0.36 |
| 80 | North Texas | Missouri Valley | 0-2-0 | 0 | -0.88 | -3.5 | 12.06 | 0.77 | -0.77 |
| 81 | Tennessee | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.99 | -7 | 2.24 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Pennsylvania | Ivy | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.21 | -5 | 2.93 | 0.33 | -0.33 |
| 83 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.44 | -7 | 2.44 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | Purdue | Big Ten | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.48 | -12 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | Arizona | Border | 0-1-1 | 0 | -1.52 | -11 | 1.08 | 0.39 | -0.39 |
| 86 | Miami | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.53 | -7 | 26.56 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | Tulane | SEC | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.63 | -7.5 | 23.36 | 0.4 | -0.4 |
| 88 | Denver | Skyline | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.68 | -8.5 | 10.4 | 0.38 | -0.38 |
| 89 | Idaho | Pacific | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.79 | -7.5 | 24.8 | 0.28 | -0.28 |
| 90 | California | Pacific | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.8 | -6.5 | 22.94 | 0.32 | -0.32 |
| 91 | BYU | Skyline | 0-1-1 | 0 | -1.82 | -14.5 | 0.17 | 0.23 | -0.23 |
| 92 | Illinois | Big Ten | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.85 | -10 | 23.64 | 0.09 | -0.09 |
| 93 | Washington | Pacific | 0-1-1 | 0 | -1.86 | -19.5 | 2.76 | 0.07 | -0.07 |
| 94 | Kansas | Big 7 | 0-1-1 | 0 | -1.98 | -14 | 14.36 | 0.21 | -0.21 |
| 95 | New Mexico State | Border | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.09 | -10 | 6.52 | 0.24 | -0.24 |
| 96 | USC | Pacific | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.15 | -15 | 14.36 | 0.03 | -0.03 |
| 97 | Wake Forest | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.16 | -27 | 2.47 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Georgia | SEC | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.21 | -11 | 12.07 | 0.17 | -0.17 |
| 99 | Alabama | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.29 | -28 | -1.04 | 0 | 0 |
| 100 | Virginia | ACC | 0-1-1 | 0 | -2.31 | -20 | 13.97 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 101 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.33 | -20 | 24.35 | 0.03 | -0.03 |
| 102 | Kentucky | SEC | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.34 | -14 | 24.79 | 0 | 0 |
| 103 | Tulsa | Missouri Valley | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.44 | -20.5 | 24.52 | 0.08 | -0.08 |
| 104 | Wichita State | Missouri Valley | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.59 | -17 | 13.59 | 0.09 | -0.09 |
| 105 | Colorado State | Skyline | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.61 | -23 | 23.04 | 0.03 | -0.03 |
| 106 | William & Mary | Southern | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.74 | -17 | 25.73 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 107 | Indiana | Big Ten | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.8 | -54 | 2.72 | 0 | 0 |
| 108 | Maryland | ACC | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.86 | -21.5 | 23.48 | 0.18 | -0.18 |
| 109 | Montana | Skyline | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.9 | -19.5 | 24.13 | 0.07 | -0.07 |
| 110 | Nebraska | Big 7 | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.98 | -32 | 12.78 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 111 | Texas Tech | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.99 | -20 | 26.77 | 0 | 0 |
| 112 | Marquette | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -3.07 | -34 | 11.34 | 0.01 | -0.01 |