Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:25.049243+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kentucky | SEC | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.63 | 32 | -1.51 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Florida State | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 27.26 | 25.5 | -4.88 | 1.96 | 0.04 |
| 3 | Oregon | Pacific | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.17 | 27 | 7.87 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Washington State | Pacific | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.98 | 34 | 8.41 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 5 | West Virginia | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.92 | 44 | 4.23 | 0.93 | 0.07 |
| 6 | LSU | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.88 | 20 | 8.88 | 0.97 | 0.03 |
| 7 | NC State | ACC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.84 | 7 | 6.91 | 0.72 | 0.28 |
| 8 | Oklahoma State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.32 | 17 | 5.42 | 0.87 | 0.13 |
| 9 | South Carolina | ACC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.32 | 8 | 9.66 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | North Texas | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.25 | 18 | 7.5 | 0.94 | 0.06 |
| 11 | Cincinnati | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.24 | 14 | 7.4 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.22 | 21 | 10.41 | 0.97 | 0.03 |
| 13 | TCU | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.19 | 42 | 2.46 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Iowa State | Big 7 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.11 | 33 | 7.43 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Florida | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.91 | 20 | 0.8 | 0.89 | 0.11 |
| 16 | Utah | Skyline | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.63 | 14 | 1.65 | 0.95 | 0.05 |
| 17 | Clemson | ACC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.49 | 5 | 2.98 | 0.66 | 0.34 |
| 18 | Detroit Mercy | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.47 | 15 | 1.36 | 0.95 | 0.05 |
| 19 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.34 | 16 | 7.79 | 0.88 | 0.12 |
| 20 | Baylor | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.07 | 12 | 8.4 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.07 | 4 | 5.82 | 0.72 | 0.28 |
| 22 | USC | Pacific | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.01 | 21 | 9.27 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Hardin-Simmons | Border | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.65 | 14 | 3.4 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Arizona State | Border | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.59 | 41 | -10 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 25 | Texas | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.44 | 5 | 2.21 | 0.76 | 0.24 |
| 26 | Pacific | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.37 | 4 | 1.59 | 0.61 | 0.39 |
| 27 | Ole Miss | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.29 | 17 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Kansas State | Big 7 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.2 | 3 | 7.49 | 0.61 | 0.39 |
| 29 | Wake Forest | ACC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.14 | 34 | 4.32 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | VMI | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.12 | 26 | -10 | 0.88 | 0.12 |
| 31 | New Mexico | Skyline | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.98 | 9 | 0.71 | 0.88 | 0.12 |
| 32 | Texas Tech | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.98 | 1 | 11.3 | 0.54 | 0.46 |
| 33 | Nebraska | Big 7 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.8 | 7 | 7.87 | 0.84 | 0.16 |
| 34 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.73 | 48 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Washington | Pacific | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.42 | 8 | 2 | 0.88 | 0.12 |
| 36 | BYU | Skyline | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.85 | 22 | -10 | 0.97 | 0.03 |
| 37 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.44 | 14 | -10 | 0.84 | 0.16 |
| 38 | Arizona | Border | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.85 | 1 | 1.78 | 0.59 | 0.41 |
| 39 | Marquette | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.65 | 11 | -10 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| 40 | Navy | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 3.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Auburn | SEC | 0-0-0 | 0 | 3.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Oklahoma | Big 7 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 3.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Iowa | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Dartmouth | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Yale | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Tennessee | SEC | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Princeton | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Army | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Colorado | Big 7 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Mississippi State | SEC | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 0-1-0 | 0 | 2.34 | -1 | 1.91 | 0.46 | -0.46 |
| 56 | Miami | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Purdue | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | Michigan | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | Boston University | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Brown | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Illinois | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | Houston | Missouri Valley | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | Pennsylvania | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | William & Mary | Southern | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | SMU | Southwest | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Wyoming | Skyline | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.88 | -3 | 3.44 | 0.39 | -0.39 |
| 71 | Duke | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.78 | -8 | 7.9 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | Air Force | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Davidson | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.68 | -5 | -10 | 0.35 | -0.35 |
| 74 | Cornell | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.53 | -7 | -0.5 | 0.16 | -0.16 |
| 76 | UCLA | Pacific | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.38 | -21 | 4.22 | 0.03 | -0.03 |
| 77 | Harvard | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Arkansas | Southwest | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.28 | -12 | 2.73 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | Colorado State | Skyline | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Missouri | Big 7 | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.26 | -4 | 7.5 | 0.28 | -0.28 |
| 81 | Alabama | SEC | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Oregon State | Pacific | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.16 | -21 | 0.26 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | North Carolina | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.13 | -7 | 12.41 | 0.28 | -0.28 |
| 85 | Utah State | Skyline | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.04 | -1 | 0.2 | 0.41 | -0.41 |
| 86 | Rice | Southwest | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.05 | -20 | 8.19 | 0.03 | -0.03 |
| 87 | West Texas A&M | Border | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.08 | -16 | 3.48 | 0.12 | -0.12 |
| 88 | Columbia | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | -0.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | Dayton | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.16 | -14 | 7.76 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Drake | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -0.19 | -19.5 | -2.59 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 91 | Indiana | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | -0.22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | -0.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | UTEP | Border | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.3 | -18 | 7.03 | 0.06 | -0.06 |
| 94 | Georgia Tech | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.51 | -13 | 25.97 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Stanford | Pacific | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.53 | -34 | 7.42 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 96 | Idaho | Pacific | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.54 | -27 | 9.27 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Virginia | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.62 | -5 | 10.77 | 0.34 | -0.34 |
| 98 | The Citadel | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.66 | -16 | -10 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Georgia | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.77 | -5 | 7.12 | 0.24 | -0.24 |
| 100 | California | Pacific | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.8 | -4 | 7.83 | 0.39 | -0.39 |
| 101 | Denver | Skyline | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.81 | -17 | 9.08 | 0.13 | -0.13 |
| 102 | San José State | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.05 | -8 | 2.06 | 0.12 | -0.12 |
| 103 | Tulsa | Missouri Valley | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.1 | -14 | 4.45 | 0 | 0 |
| 104 | Maryland | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.37 | -34 | -0.73 | 0 | 0 |
| 105 | Wichita State | Missouri Valley | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.37 | -6 | -10 | 0.3 | -0.3 |
| 106 | Montana | Skyline | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.63 | -14 | 9.74 | 0.05 | -0.05 |
| 107 | New Mexico State | Border | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.69 | -14.5 | -2.5 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| 108 | George Washington | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.74 | -15 | 9.12 | 0.05 | -0.05 |
| 109 | Richmond | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.81 | -44 | 9.73 | 0.07 | -0.07 |
| 110 | Tulane | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.11 | -20 | 10.56 | 0.11 | -0.11 |
| 111 | Kansas | Big 7 | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.19 | -42 | 8.36 | 0 | 0 |
| 112 | Furman | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.97 | -36 | 23.75 | 0.01 | -0.01 |