Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:25.680294+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio | Mid-American | 6-0-0 | 1 | 25.67 | 18.17 | 9.13 | 5.71 | 0.29 |
| 2 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 5-0-0 | 1 | 25.53 | 21.4 | 7.79 | 4.58 | 0.42 |
| 3 | Dartmouth | Ivy | 5-0-0 | 1 | 25.51 | 22 | 7.65 | 4.99 | 0.01 |
| 4 | Washington | AAWU | 4-0-2 | 0.67 | 25.51 | 12.83 | 9.79 | 5.44 | -1.44 |
| 5 | LSU | SEC | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 25.48 | 11.33 | 9.99 | 5.88 | -0.88 |
| 6 | USC | AAWU | 5-0-0 | 1 | 25.31 | 16.4 | 7.51 | 4.77 | 0.23 |
| 7 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 25.29 | 17.83 | 7.54 | 5.49 | -0.49 |
| 8 | Texas | Southwest | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 25.24 | 13.33 | 8.02 | 5.53 | -0.53 |
| 9 | Ole Miss | SEC | 5-0-0 | 1 | 25.21 | 23.4 | 5.79 | 4.98 | 0.02 |
| 10 | Missouri | Big 8 | 5-0-1 | 0.83 | 25.09 | 14.17 | 7.18 | 5.77 | -0.77 |
| 11 | Alabama | SEC | 6-0-0 | 1 | 24.93 | 23.83 | 4.68 | 5.91 | 0.09 |
| 12 | Auburn | SEC | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.33 | 13 | 3.82 | 4.24 | 0.76 |
| 13 | Nebraska | Big 8 | 6-0-0 | 1 | 24.11 | 21.5 | 1.06 | 5.62 | 0.38 |
| 14 | Arkansas | Southwest | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 22.39 | 21.33 | 12.42 | 5.53 | -0.53 |
| 15 | Miami | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.91 | 3.17 | 18.54 | 3.71 | 1.29 |
| 16 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.67 | 22 | 9.76 | 4.66 | -0.66 |
| 17 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 21.54 | 5.86 | 13.04 | 5.12 | -0.12 |
| 18 | West Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.47 | 23.71 | 1.58 | 6.7 | -0.7 |
| 19 | Washington State | AAWU | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 21.45 | 11.17 | 11.76 | 4.84 | -0.84 |
| 20 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.35 | 9.83 | 9.89 | 4.87 | 0.13 |
| 21 | Florida State | FBS Independents | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 21.33 | 20.17 | 10.9 | 5.97 | -1.97 |
| 22 | Duke | ACC | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.32 | 8.33 | 10.43 | 4.78 | 0.22 |
| 23 | Utah State | FBS Independents | 6-1-0 | 0.86 | 21.29 | 18 | 3.23 | 6.19 | -0.19 |
| 24 | Memphis | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.28 | 12 | 8.88 | 5.42 | -0.42 |
| 25 | Oregon | FBS Independents | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 21.11 | 10.5 | 12.34 | 4.72 | -0.72 |
| 26 | Arizona State | Western Athletic | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 20.99 | 18.17 | 9.43 | 5.48 | -1.48 |
| 27 | Army | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.98 | 8 | 8.77 | 4.97 | 0.03 |
| 28 | West Virginia | Southern | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.88 | 4.5 | 8.3 | 3.96 | 1.04 |
| 29 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.82 | 14 | 5.53 | 5.36 | -0.36 |
| 30 | New Mexico | Western Athletic | 5-1-1 | 0.71 | 20.69 | 5.14 | 8.7 | 4.62 | 0.38 |
| 31 | Virginia | ACC | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.67 | 11.6 | 9.91 | 4.28 | -0.28 |
| 32 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.44 | 19.8 | 5.97 | 4.78 | -0.78 |
| 33 | Maryland | ACC | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.31 | 7 | 5.29 | 4.67 | 0.33 |
| 34 | Purdue | Big Ten | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 20.28 | 15 | 13.61 | 4.81 | -1.81 |
| 35 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 19.83 | 8.6 | 13.59 | 4.37 | -1.37 |
| 36 | Oregon State | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 18.52 | 12.17 | 16.11 | 4.66 | -0.66 |
| 37 | Wyoming | Western Athletic | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 18.43 | 9.14 | 9.76 | 5.7 | -0.7 |
| 38 | Georgia Tech | SEC | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.99 | 12.5 | 11.73 | 5.42 | -1.42 |
| 39 | Navy | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.7 | 5.5 | 14.75 | 4.04 | -0.04 |
| 40 | Kansas | Big 8 | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.4 | 12 | 8.13 | 5.32 | -1.32 |
| 41 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.28 | 7 | 9.9 | 4.84 | -0.84 |
| 42 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.65 | 14.2 | 14.09 | 4.37 | -1.37 |
| 43 | Pacific | FBS Independents | 5-2-0 | 0.71 | 16.6 | 2 | 3.91 | 3.98 | 1.02 |
| 44 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.25 | 5.2 | 13.04 | 3.44 | -0.44 |
| 45 | Princeton | Ivy | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.19 | 10.4 | 8.83 | 3.99 | -0.99 |
| 46 | Yale | Ivy | 2-1-2 | 0.4 | 16.04 | 3.6 | 3.32 | 3.3 | -1.3 |
| 47 | Oklahoma | Big 8 | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.7 | 9.6 | 9.97 | 4.49 | -1.49 |
| 48 | Mississippi State | SEC | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.68 | 1 | 8.07 | 2.73 | 0.27 |
| 49 | TCU | Southwest | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.54 | 0.4 | 11.8 | 2.56 | 0.44 |
| 50 | Louisville | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 14.47 | -3.5 | 9.73 | 2.3 | 1.7 |
| 51 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.36 | 3.8 | 3.67 | 3.24 | -0.24 |
| 52 | Utah | Western Athletic | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 13.99 | -0.17 | 12.26 | 2.97 | 0.03 |
| 53 | Florida | SEC | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 13.84 | 5.67 | 13.76 | 4.09 | -1.09 |
| 54 | Tulsa | Missouri Valley | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 13.75 | 4 | 14.87 | 3.74 | -0.74 |
| 55 | UCLA | AAWU | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.33 | 4.5 | 8.55 | 2.84 | -0.84 |
| 56 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 13.21 | 6.83 | 9.99 | 4.75 | -1.75 |
| 57 | VMI | Southern | 4-3-0 | 0.57 | 13.07 | -1.14 | 14.75 | 3.08 | 0.92 |
| 58 | Air Force | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.63 | 1 | 11.1 | 3.2 | -0.2 |
| 59 | William & Mary | Southern | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 12.29 | 0.14 | 12.68 | 3.55 | -0.55 |
| 60 | Columbia | Ivy | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 11.99 | -8.4 | 8.8 | 1.26 | 1.74 |
| 61 | Xavier | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 11.32 | -1.5 | 11.65 | 2.64 | 0.36 |
| 62 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 11.01 | -4.17 | 14.49 | 2.14 | 0.86 |
| 63 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 10.61 | 2 | 18.12 | 2.98 | -0.98 |
| 64 | Stanford | AAWU | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.46 | -6.67 | 17.25 | 1.09 | 1.91 |
| 65 | Davidson | Southern | 3-3-1 | 0.43 | 10.4 | -2.71 | 3.76 | 2.53 | 0.47 |
| 66 | North Texas | Missouri Valley | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.37 | -6.33 | 10.11 | 1.71 | 1.29 |
| 67 | Harvard | Ivy | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 10.37 | 1.6 | 10.13 | 2.74 | -0.74 |
| 68 | Wichita State | Missouri Valley | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 10.25 | 1.86 | 4.98 | 4 | -1 |
| 69 | Georgia | SEC | 2-2-2 | 0.33 | 10.21 | -5.83 | 10.37 | 1.29 | 0.71 |
| 70 | Buffalo | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 9.65 | -11.17 | 7.49 | 1.16 | 1.84 |
| 71 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 9.47 | -3.71 | 17.02 | 2.2 | 0.8 |
| 72 | George Washington | Southern | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 9.36 | -2.43 | 11.57 | 2.76 | 0.24 |
| 73 | Richmond | Southern | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 9.25 | -6.5 | 2.15 | 1.65 | 1.35 |
| 74 | Cincinnati | Missouri Valley | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 9.12 | -0.4 | 7.34 | 2.42 | -0.42 |
| 75 | New Mexico State | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 8.93 | -4 | 15.27 | 2.78 | 0.22 |
| 76 | The Citadel | Southern | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 8.88 | -2.29 | 4.8 | 3 | 0 |
| 77 | Iowa | Big Ten | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.6 | -6.8 | 20 | 1.27 | 0.73 |
| 78 | Furman | Southern | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 8.53 | -2.14 | 4.05 | 3.04 | -0.04 |
| 79 | Kent State | Mid-American | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 8.52 | -6.29 | 13.25 | 2 | 1 |
| 80 | Oklahoma State | Big 8 | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.38 | -6.6 | 16.55 | 1.56 | 0.44 |
| 81 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 8.18 | -4.33 | 12.85 | 1.93 | 0.07 |
| 82 | Pennsylvania | Ivy | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.98 | -6 | 10.47 | 1.17 | 0.83 |
| 83 | Montana | FBS Independents | 3-4-0 | 0.43 | 7.94 | -5.29 | 2.94 | 2.22 | 0.78 |
| 84 | SMU | Southwest | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.84 | -4 | 11.53 | 1.58 | 0.42 |
| 85 | Indiana | Big Ten | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 7.48 | -1.83 | 15.73 | 2.57 | -0.57 |
| 86 | Iowa State | Big 8 | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 7.31 | -1.5 | 12.51 | 2.78 | -0.78 |
| 87 | Cornell | Ivy | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.2 | -13.4 | 14.59 | 0.83 | 1.17 |
| 88 | BYU | Western Athletic | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 6.95 | 0.14 | 9.43 | 3.53 | -1.53 |
| 89 | Clemson | ACC | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.81 | -3.33 | 12.36 | 2.13 | -0.13 |
| 90 | Houston | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.46 | -7 | 15.46 | 0.88 | 1.12 |
| 91 | Arizona | Western Athletic | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.16 | -7.67 | 18.75 | 1.54 | 0.46 |
| 92 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.62 | -9.83 | 11.13 | 0.55 | 1.45 |
| 93 | North Carolina | ACC | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.39 | -11.83 | 9.95 | 1.01 | 0.99 |
| 94 | Kentucky | SEC | 1-3-2 | 0.17 | 5.27 | -2 | 17.6 | 2.1 | -1.1 |
| 95 | Marshall | Mid-American | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 4.59 | -12.14 | 5.77 | 1.3 | 0.7 |
| 96 | Brown | Ivy | 1-3-2 | 0.17 | 4.19 | -7 | 10.1 | 1.31 | -0.31 |
| 97 | Tennessee | SEC | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 3.83 | -1 | 15.06 | 2.32 | -1.32 |
| 98 | South Carolina | ACC | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 3.8 | -2.67 | 12.93 | 2.41 | -1.41 |
| 99 | Baylor | Southwest | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 3.5 | -3.4 | 9.08 | 1.84 | -0.84 |
| 100 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.77 | -14.8 | 20.71 | 0.39 | 0.61 |
| 101 | Michigan | Big Ten | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.65 | -16.8 | 20.23 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
| 102 | Idaho | FBS Independents | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 2.62 | -10.5 | 2.64 | 1.21 | -0.21 |
| 103 | California | AAWU | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 2.57 | -6.33 | 17.67 | 1.84 | -0.84 |
| 104 | UTEP | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.51 | -19.2 | 19.45 | 0.21 | 0.79 |
| 105 | Boston University | FBS Independents | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 2.3 | -4.33 | 10.26 | 1.73 | -0.73 |
| 106 | Toledo | Mid-American | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 2.23 | -8.33 | 10.63 | 1.53 | -0.53 |
| 107 | NC State | ACC | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 2.16 | -9.33 | 11.07 | 0.69 | 0.31 |
| 108 | Colorado | Big 8 | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 1.59 | -20 | 11.74 | 0.57 | 0.43 |
| 109 | Dayton | FBS Independents | 1-6-0 | 0.14 | 1.07 | -10.57 | 13.72 | 0.87 | 0.13 |
| 110 | Hardin-Simmons | FBS Independents | 1-6-0 | 0.14 | 0.97 | -15.86 | 4.27 | 0.37 | 0.63 |
| 111 | Rice | Southwest | 0-3-2 | 0 | -1.9 | -7.6 | 19.54 | 0.97 | -0.97 |
| 112 | Detroit Mercy | FBS Independents | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.05 | -11.6 | 7.9 | 0.75 | -0.75 |
| 113 | Wake Forest | ACC | 0-6-0 | 0 | -2.28 | -14.33 | 12.58 | 0.58 | -0.58 |
| 114 | Texas Tech | Southwest | 0-6-0 | 0 | -2.38 | -16.5 | 12.68 | 0.41 | -0.41 |
| 115 | San José State | FBS Independents | 0-6-1 | 0 | -2.56 | -18.71 | 16.63 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 116 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 0-6-0 | 0 | -2.72 | -21.83 | 19.05 | 0.05 | -0.05 |
| 117 | Colorado State | FBS Independents | 0-6-0 | 0 | -2.86 | -26.67 | 16.88 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| 118 | Tulane | SEC | 0-6-0 | 0 | -2.86 | -24.67 | 20.16 | 0.12 | -0.12 |
| 119 | Kansas State | Big 8 | 0-6-0 | 0 | -2.88 | -27.83 | 16.86 | 0 | 0 |
| 120 | Illinois | Big Ten | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.96 | -26.2 | 22.09 | 0.14 | -0.14 |