Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:25.049606+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iowa State | Big 7 | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.42 | 23.5 | 10.33 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Oklahoma State | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.33 | 12 | 12.22 | 1.63 | 0.37 |
| 3 | Wake Forest | ACC | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.21 | 20.5 | 11.48 | 1.98 | 0.02 |
| 4 | Oklahoma | Big 7 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 28.04 | 33 | 25.92 | 0.95 | 0.05 |
| 5 | Army | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 27.94 | 37 | 25.32 | 0.98 | 0.02 |
| 6 | Baylor | Southwest | 2-0-0 | 1 | 27.91 | 9.5 | 11.96 | 1.91 | 0.09 |
| 7 | Pacific | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 27.79 | 11 | 11.39 | 1.51 | 0.49 |
| 8 | Ole Miss | SEC | 2-0-0 | 1 | 27.76 | 19 | 9.31 | 1.98 | 0.02 |
| 9 | Iowa | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 27.35 | 17 | 25.19 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Air Force | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 27.32 | 31 | 24.47 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 11 | VMI | Southern | 2-0-0 | 1 | 27.27 | 26.5 | 5.72 | 1.87 | 0.13 |
| 12 | Purdue | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 27.15 | 28 | 22.8 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | BYU | Skyline | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.95 | 14.5 | 7.31 | 1.87 | 0.13 |
| 14 | Oregon | Pacific | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.57 | 27 | -0.54 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.54 | 19 | 1.33 | 1.98 | 0.02 |
| 16 | Mississippi State | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.54 | 7 | 24.91 | 0.84 | 0.16 |
| 17 | Colorado | Big 7 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.49 | 10 | 23.2 | 0.97 | 0.03 |
| 18 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.37 | 10 | 22.73 | 0.78 | 0.22 |
| 19 | LSU | SEC | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.25 | 15 | 0.06 | 1.94 | 0.06 |
| 20 | Texas Tech | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.88 | 13 | 1.13 | 1.74 | 0.26 |
| 21 | Cincinnati | Missouri Valley | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 25.51 | 7 | -0.77 | 1.63 | -0.63 |
| 22 | Clemson | ACC | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.28 | 5 | -0.24 | 1.28 | 0.72 |
| 23 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.26 | 5.5 | -0.26 | 1.45 | 0.55 |
| 24 | Michigan | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.13 | 1 | 24.01 | 0.53 | 0.47 |
| 25 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.09 | 1 | 25.98 | 0.52 | 0.48 |
| 26 | Washington | Pacific | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.08 | 5.5 | 0.24 | 1.38 | 0.62 |
| 27 | Texas | Southwest | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.61 | 3 | -1.44 | 1.23 | 0.77 |
| 28 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.15 | 28 | 2.6 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Marquette | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.1 | 11 | -10 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| 30 | Houston | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.09 | 32 | 2.34 | 0.98 | 0.02 |
| 31 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.98 | 20 | 2.31 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Auburn | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.84 | 13 | 2.63 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Navy | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.6 | 14 | 0.97 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Brown | Ivy | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.46 | 22 | -0.12 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.45 | 20 | -0.8 | 0.91 | 0.09 |
| 36 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.38 | 18 | -0.22 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Colorado State | Skyline | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.16 | 21 | -0.19 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Cornell | Ivy | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.95 | 13 | 0.13 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.61 | 3 | 0.91 | 0.58 | 0.42 |
| 40 | Dartmouth | Ivy | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.65 | 20 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | Kentucky | SEC | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 20.64 | 14.33 | 4.26 | 2.72 | -0.72 |
| 42 | Boston University | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.3 | 14 | -10 | 0.84 | 0.16 |
| 43 | Yale | Ivy | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.41 | 2 | -10 | 0.66 | 0.34 |
| 44 | Florida State | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.15 | 12.33 | -4.49 | 2.61 | -0.61 |
| 45 | North Texas | Missouri Valley | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 16.75 | 5.5 | 12.51 | 1.36 | -0.36 |
| 46 | Arizona State | Border | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 16.37 | 11.5 | 6.69 | 1.49 | -0.49 |
| 47 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 16.37 | 4.5 | 11.53 | 1.35 | -0.35 |
| 48 | Washington State | Pacific | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 16.28 | 16.5 | -0.41 | 1.66 | -0.66 |
| 49 | Utah | Skyline | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 16.13 | 3.5 | 10.11 | 1.34 | -0.34 |
| 50 | Hardin-Simmons | Border | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 16.1 | 3.5 | 11.48 | 1.45 | -0.45 |
| 51 | TCU | Southwest | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 16.05 | 12.5 | 0.39 | 1.79 | -0.79 |
| 52 | USC | Pacific | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15.78 | 10 | 1.11 | 1.68 | -0.68 |
| 53 | West Virginia | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15.68 | 5.5 | 0.6 | 1.17 | -0.17 |
| 54 | Florida | SEC | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15.57 | 6.5 | 0.22 | 1.42 | -0.42 |
| 55 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15.47 | 19 | -3.81 | 1.81 | -0.81 |
| 56 | New Mexico | Skyline | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.74 | 0 | -0.99 | 1 | 0 |
| 57 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.39 | 18 | 11.91 | 1.91 | -0.91 |
| 58 | NC State | ACC | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.14 | -4 | -0.62 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 59 | Arizona | Border | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.02 | -6.5 | 12.54 | 0.15 | 0.85 |
| 60 | Kansas State | Big 7 | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.96 | -3.5 | 1.71 | 0.66 | 0.34 |
| 61 | Georgia Tech | SEC | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.71 | 0.5 | 27.95 | 1.07 | -0.07 |
| 62 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.67 | -6.5 | 6.56 | 0.63 | 0.37 |
| 63 | Detroit Mercy | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.51 | -8 | -0.52 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 64 | South Carolina | ACC | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.43 | -14.5 | 1.67 | 0.16 | 0.84 |
| 65 | Nebraska | Big 7 | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.2 | -10.5 | 1.33 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
| 66 | Wyoming | Skyline | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.93 | 2 | 10.79 | 1.14 | -0.14 |
| 67 | Rice | Southwest | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.81 | 1.5 | 12.67 | 1.1 | -0.1 |
| 68 | Missouri | Big 7 | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.07 | 0 | 11.77 | 1 | 0 |
| 69 | UTEP | Border | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 10.63 | -4.5 | 24.12 | 0.63 | 0.37 |
| 70 | Tulsa | Missouri Valley | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 10.55 | -0.5 | 11.96 | 0.96 | 0.04 |
| 71 | Virginia | ACC | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 10.47 | -1 | 12.63 | 0.92 | 0.08 |
| 72 | Denver | Skyline | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 10 | -2.5 | 12.64 | 0.84 | 0.16 |
| 73 | Maryland | ACC | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 9.93 | -9.5 | 24.49 | 0.36 | 0.64 |
| 74 | Oregon State | Pacific | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 9.68 | -4.5 | 10.91 | 0.42 | 0.58 |
| 75 | UCLA | Pacific | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 9.5 | -8.5 | 13.51 | 0.44 | 0.56 |
| 76 | Dayton | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 9.45 | -6.5 | 11.71 | 0.32 | 0.68 |
| 77 | New Mexico State | Border | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 5.12 | -5 | 0.99 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| 78 | Harvard | Ivy | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.82 | -3 | -10 | 0.16 | -0.16 |
| 79 | Illinois | Big Ten | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.82 | -4 | 0.38 | 0.36 | -0.36 |
| 80 | SMU | Southwest | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.84 | -3 | 2.89 | 0.42 | -0.42 |
| 81 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.9 | -3 | 22.42 | 0.42 | -0.42 |
| 82 | Davidson | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.02 | -5 | -10 | 0.35 | -0.35 |
| 83 | Wichita State | Missouri Valley | 0-1-1 | 0 | -1.26 | -3 | 7.62 | 0.79 | -0.79 |
| 84 | Duke | ACC | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.31 | -5.5 | 12.35 | 0.35 | -0.35 |
| 85 | Tennessee | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.44 | -13 | 3.05 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | San José State | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.49 | -5 | 6.21 | 0.38 | -0.38 |
| 87 | Utah State | Skyline | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.53 | -6.5 | 10.02 | 0.35 | -0.35 |
| 88 | North Carolina | ACC | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.63 | -6 | 25.16 | 0.66 | -0.66 |
| 89 | Georgia | SEC | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.76 | -6 | 23.76 | 0.53 | -0.53 |
| 90 | William & Mary | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.77 | -14 | 3.21 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Miami | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.78 | -20 | 2.49 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.81 | -16.5 | 12.08 | 0.19 | -0.19 |
| 93 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.82 | -13 | 0.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | The Citadel | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.91 | -16 | -10 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Princeton | Ivy | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.94 | -28 | 1.84 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Arkansas | Southwest | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.94 | -12.5 | 11.48 | 0.16 | -0.16 |
| 97 | Alabama | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.02 | -10 | 25.88 | 0.03 | -0.03 |
| 98 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.07 | -17 | 25.22 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Indiana | Big Ten | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.12 | -18 | 2.26 | 0 | 0 |
| 100 | California | Pacific | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.12 | -12 | 13.15 | 0.42 | -0.42 |
| 101 | Montana | Skyline | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.16 | -10.5 | 12.75 | 0.31 | -0.31 |
| 102 | Columbia | Ivy | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.23 | -22 | 1.81 | 0 | 0 |
| 103 | Drake | FBS Independents | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.24 | -20 | 5.13 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 104 | Idaho | Pacific | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.26 | -15.5 | 13.22 | 0.07 | -0.07 |
| 105 | Tulane | SEC | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.41 | -10.5 | 24.18 | 0.48 | -0.48 |
| 106 | Pennsylvania | Ivy | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.47 | -43 | 0.53 | 0 | 0 |
| 107 | West Texas A&M | Border | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.59 | -20.5 | 23.66 | 0.12 | -0.12 |
| 108 | George Washington | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.63 | -15 | 24.47 | 0.05 | -0.05 |
| 109 | Stanford | Pacific | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.71 | -28.5 | 12.96 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| 110 | Richmond | Southern | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.74 | -22.5 | 12.88 | 0.24 | -0.24 |
| 111 | Kansas | Big 7 | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.94 | -27 | 12.68 | 0 | 0 |
| 112 | Furman | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | -3.6 | -36 | 27.26 | 0.01 | -0.01 |