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| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Mexico | Western Athletic | 2-0-0 | 1 | 33.5 | 7.5 | 21.32 | 1.38 | 0.62 |
| 2 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 32.04 | 24.5 | 10.87 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 3 | Utah State | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 31.6 | 24.5 | 1.46 | 1.86 | 0.14 |
| 4 | Ole Miss | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 30.77 | 14 | 30.49 | 0.93 | 0.07 |
| 5 | Florida State | FBS Independents | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 30.14 | 24.5 | 4.28 | 2 | -1 |
| 6 | Miami | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 29.76 | 9 | 0.78 | 0.76 | 0.24 |
| 7 | West Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.84 | 32 | -4.33 | 1.89 | 0.11 |
| 8 | Oregon State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 27.73 | 4 | 26.17 | 0.56 | 0.44 |
| 9 | Louisville | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 27.65 | 3.5 | 11.21 | 1.18 | 0.82 |
| 10 | Tulsa | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 27.47 | 39 | -3.9 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Furman | Southern | 2-0-0 | 1 | 27.31 | 23.5 | -10 | 1.83 | 0.17 |
| 12 | LSU | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.9 | 21 | 8.78 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.74 | 34 | 8.86 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 14 | Virginia | ACC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.74 | 12 | 22.71 | 0.91 | 0.09 |
| 15 | Georgia Tech | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.31 | 17 | 8.63 | 0.93 | 0.07 |
| 16 | Texas | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.26 | 12 | 7.64 | 0.82 | 0.18 |
| 17 | Utah | Western Athletic | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.9 | 16 | 10.01 | 0.79 | 0.21 |
| 18 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.87 | 12.5 | -3.08 | 1.84 | 0.16 |
| 19 | Alabama | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.85 | 35 | 1.15 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Arkansas | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.74 | 27 | 4.75 | 0.98 | 0.02 |
| 21 | Arizona State | Western Athletic | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.49 | 11 | 7.04 | 0.85 | 0.15 |
| 22 | Houston | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.23 | 19 | 7.54 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Army | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.21 | 26 | 2.6 | 0.92 | 0.08 |
| 24 | Missouri | Big 8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.55 | 11 | 0.38 | 0.85 | 0.15 |
| 25 | USC | AAWU | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.44 | 7 | 9.55 | 0.84 | 0.16 |
| 26 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.35 | 42 | 15.12 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 27 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.3 | 17 | 2.79 | 0.81 | 0.19 |
| 28 | Oklahoma | Big 8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.2 | 4 | 10.46 | 0.88 | 0.12 |
| 29 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.13 | 27 | 6.28 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Washington State | AAWU | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.05 | 41 | 3.39 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 31 | Arizona | Western Athletic | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.91 | 6 | -1.74 | 0.64 | 0.36 |
| 32 | TCU | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.86 | 3 | 11.93 | 0.84 | 0.16 |
| 33 | West Virginia | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.56 | 26 | 0.55 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Maryland | ACC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.4 | 7 | 1.14 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Florida | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.28 | 10 | 4.27 | 0.85 | 0.15 |
| 36 | North Texas | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.23 | 13 | 1.91 | 0.94 | 0.06 |
| 37 | Air Force | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.65 | 34 | -0.7 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Indiana | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.52 | 21 | -0.31 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | NC State | ACC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.35 | 1 | 4.52 | 0.59 | 0.41 |
| 40 | Cincinnati | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.18 | 13 | -1.52 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | Nebraska | Big 8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.9 | 53 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Brown | Ivy | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.58 | 4 | 4.14 | 0.93 | 0.07 |
| 43 | Stanford | AAWU | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.56 | 3 | -0.22 | 0.84 | 0.16 |
| 44 | Wyoming | Western Athletic | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 21.5 | 4.5 | 15.93 | 1.35 | -0.35 |
| 45 | Buffalo | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.42 | 4 | 2.98 | 0.59 | 0.41 |
| 46 | Ohio | Mid-American | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.87 | 31 | -6.58 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | VMI | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 18.17 | -4 | 17.36 | 0.65 | 0.35 |
| 48 | Iowa State | Big 8 | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 17.05 | 1.5 | -1.44 | 1.07 | -0.07 |
| 49 | Pacific | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 16.66 | -1.5 | 2.94 | 0.89 | 0.11 |
| 50 | Memphis | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 16.59 | -4 | 1.1 | 0.61 | 0.39 |
| 51 | Davidson | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 16.19 | 1 | -4.05 | 1.12 | -0.12 |
| 52 | New Mexico State | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 16.18 | 5.5 | 30.12 | 1.32 | -0.32 |
| 53 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15.99 | 11 | 4.08 | 1.61 | -0.61 |
| 54 | Kent State | Mid-American | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15.82 | 7 | 1.16 | 1.63 | -0.63 |
| 55 | William & Mary | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.71 | -4.5 | 2.76 | 0.36 | 0.64 |
| 56 | Richmond | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.13 | -10 | -10 | 0.51 | 0.49 |
| 57 | Marshall | Mid-American | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.46 | -12 | -7.5 | 0.54 | 0.46 |
| 58 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.38 | -1 | 13.38 | 0.85 | 0.15 |
| 59 | Xavier | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.22 | -4 | 17.81 | 0.66 | 0.34 |
| 60 | The Citadel | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 10.4 | -15 | 26.27 | 0.19 | 0.81 |
| 61 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | 3.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | Columbia | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | Dartmouth | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | Purdue | Big Ten | 0-0-1 | 0 | 2.28 | 0 | 7.61 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 68 | Harvard | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Tennessee | SEC | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Michigan | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | Iowa | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Kansas | Big 8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 2.82 | 0.16 | -0.16 |
| 74 | Princeton | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | UCLA | AAWU | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Auburn | SEC | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Washington | AAWU | 0-0-1 | 0 | 1.9 | 0 | 9.11 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 78 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | Rice | Southwest | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Kentucky | SEC | 0-0-1 | 0 | 1.67 | 0 | 28.23 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 1.45 | -4 | 4.61 | 0.12 | -0.12 |
| 82 | Cornell | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | Yale | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | Duke | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.88 | -7 | 4.82 | 0.16 | -0.16 |
| 86 | North Carolina | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.63 | -1 | 4.24 | 0.41 | -0.41 |
| 87 | Colorado | Big 8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.4 | -16 | 8.03 | 0.21 | -0.21 |
| 88 | Wichita State | Missouri Valley | 0-2-0 | 0 | 0.24 | -6 | 13.94 | 0.62 | -0.62 |
| 89 | Clemson | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.04 | -17 | 10.55 | 0.07 | -0.07 |
| 90 | Pennsylvania | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | -0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Oregon | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.06 | -12 | 12.09 | 0.18 | -0.18 |
| 92 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.07 | -4 | -1.22 | 0.07 | -0.07 |
| 93 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.18 | -21 | 12.22 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Illinois | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | -0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Baylor | Southwest | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.32 | -19 | 6.75 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Boston University | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.32 | -4 | -5 | 0.41 | -0.41 |
| 97 | Navy | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.47 | -34 | 10.1 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 98 | Mississippi State | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.65 | -10 | 3.21 | 0.15 | -0.15 |
| 99 | Detroit Mercy | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.79 | -27 | 2.36 | 0 | 0 |
| 100 | George Washington | Southern | 0-2-0 | 0 | -0.79 | -8.5 | 17.38 | 0.38 | -0.38 |
| 101 | Texas Tech | Southwest | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.87 | -3 | 29.03 | 0.44 | -0.44 |
| 102 | Tulane | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.04 | -3 | 2.53 | 0.16 | -0.16 |
| 103 | SMU | Southwest | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.25 | -7 | 6.97 | 0 | 0 |
| 104 | Oklahoma State | Big 8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.33 | -27 | 10 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 105 | UTEP | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.42 | -13 | 4.14 | 0.06 | -0.06 |
| 106 | South Carolina | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.43 | -17 | 7.03 | 0.19 | -0.19 |
| 107 | California | AAWU | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.8 | -11 | 11.01 | 0.15 | -0.15 |
| 108 | Wake Forest | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.83 | -26 | 9.64 | 0.08 | -0.08 |
| 109 | San José State | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.84 | -26 | 19.7 | 0.14 | -0.14 |
| 110 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.85 | -9 | 32.04 | 0.24 | -0.24 |
| 111 | Montana | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.86 | -9.5 | 12.52 | 0.11 | -0.11 |
| 112 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.25 | -26 | 4.66 | 0 | 0 |
| 113 | Kansas State | Big 8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.26 | -21 | 1.71 | 0 | 0 |
| 114 | Dayton | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.42 | -14 | 9.78 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| 115 | Georgia | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.48 | -35 | 12.52 | 0 | 0 |
| 116 | BYU | Western Athletic | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.56 | -12.5 | 19.88 | 0.36 | -0.36 |
| 117 | Colorado State | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.67 | -34 | 1.27 | 0 | 0 |
| 118 | Hardin-Simmons | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -3.23 | -20.5 | 6.35 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 119 | Idaho | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -3.47 | -38 | 36.26 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 120 | Toledo | Mid-American | 0-2-0 | 0 | -3.65 | -21 | -7.5 | 0.07 | -0.07 |