Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:25.845707+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia Tech | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 32.1 | 9 | 7.38 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Memphis | FBS Independents | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 29.98 | 10.5 | 2.26 | 1.93 | -0.93 |
| 3 | Buffalo | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.94 | 20.5 | 0.45 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Tennessee | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 28.88 | 28 | 24.04 | 0.98 | 0.02 |
| 5 | Furman | Southern | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.27 | 9 | 0.46 | 1.77 | 0.23 |
| 6 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.99 | 41 | 8.09 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.59 | 11 | 13.19 | 0.82 | 0.18 |
| 8 | Oklahoma | Big 8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.49 | 17 | 7.76 | 0.87 | 0.13 |
| 9 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.17 | 10 | 9.56 | 0.89 | 0.11 |
| 10 | Florida State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.13 | 24 | 4.91 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Navy | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.07 | 44 | 9.22 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 12 | Alabama | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.05 | 25 | 3.67 | 0.97 | 0.03 |
| 13 | New Mexico State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.03 | 21 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Utah State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.91 | 43 | 3.86 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.76 | 11 | 10.29 | 0.73 | 0.27 |
| 16 | Duke | ACC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.49 | 8 | 7.6 | 0.74 | 0.26 |
| 17 | Arkansas | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.42 | 21 | 2.55 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Wichita State | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.4 | 20 | 11.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| 19 | Oregon State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.39 | 15 | 4.57 | 0.85 | 0.15 |
| 20 | Texas | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.95 | 21 | -0.93 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | LSU | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.88 | 8 | 0.75 | 0.88 | 0.12 |
| 22 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.8 | 13 | 0.4 | 0.83 | 0.17 |
| 23 | Army | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.79 | 30 | 1.73 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | USC | AAWU | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.78 | 14 | -0.04 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Air Force | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.72 | 3 | 12.68 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 26 | TCU | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.69 | 4 | 10.27 | 0.77 | 0.23 |
| 27 | NC State | ACC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.62 | 22 | 7.94 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| 28 | Auburn | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.58 | 7 | 7.4 | 0.72 | 0.28 |
| 29 | Kentucky | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.37 | 19 | 5.59 | 0.88 | 0.12 |
| 30 | UTEP | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.94 | 27 | 5.29 | 0.98 | 0.02 |
| 31 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.84 | 20 | 4.12 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | VMI | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.44 | 8 | 2.28 | 0.88 | 0.12 |
| 33 | Nebraska | Big 8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.24 | 51 | -10 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 34 | Texas Tech | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.1 | 9 | 8.31 | 0.88 | 0.12 |
| 35 | Stanford | AAWU | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.01 | 16 | 1.11 | 0.87 | 0.13 |
| 36 | Kansas State | Big 8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.98 | 17 | 6.64 | 0.95 | 0.05 |
| 37 | California | AAWU | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.81 | 7 | 5.68 | 0.82 | 0.18 |
| 38 | Colorado State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.81 | 20 | 4.79 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | William & Mary | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.81 | 7 | 1.34 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | North Carolina | ACC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.76 | 4 | 6.81 | 0.74 | 0.26 |
| 41 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.38 | 12 | -10 | 0.88 | 0.12 |
| 42 | Wyoming | Western Athletic | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.23 | 35 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | West Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.15 | 5 | -10 | 0.65 | 0.35 |
| 44 | Dayton | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.73 | 3 | 3.04 | 0.59 | 0.41 |
| 45 | Tulsa | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.58 | 10 | -10 | 0.79 | 0.21 |
| 46 | Mississippi State | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.18 | 43 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | Cincinnati | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.98 | 28 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | Idaho | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.64 | 24 | -10 | 0.96 | 0.04 |
| 49 | Richmond | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.11 | -12.5 | -1.31 | 0.19 | 0.81 |
| 50 | Xavier | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.14 | 3.5 | -0.38 | 1.33 | -0.33 |
| 51 | Ole Miss | SEC | 0-0-1 | 0 | 3.02 | 0 | 31.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Dartmouth | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Purdue | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | Harvard | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | New Mexico | Western Athletic | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Washington | AAWU | 0-1-0 | 0 | 2.16 | -3 | 5.71 | 0.3 | -0.3 |
| 60 | Princeton | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Louisville | Missouri Valley | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Missouri | Big 8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | 1.43 | -11 | 9.44 | 0.18 | -0.18 |
| 64 | Kansas | Big 8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | 1.38 | -4 | 6.71 | 0.23 | -0.23 |
| 65 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | Yale | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | Baylor | Southwest | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Indiana | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Ohio | Mid-American | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.94 | -7 | 26.87 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Iowa | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Cornell | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Rice | Southwest | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.72 | -11 | 8.32 | 0.27 | -0.27 |
| 76 | Columbia | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Arizona State | Western Athletic | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.68 | -20 | 4.22 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
| 78 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.65 | -9 | 4.53 | 0.21 | -0.21 |
| 79 | SMU | Southwest | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Oregon | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.57 | -10 | 10.76 | 0.11 | -0.11 |
| 81 | Virginia | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.57 | -4 | 1.53 | 0.26 | -0.26 |
| 82 | Kent State | Mid-American | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Washington State | AAWU | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.48 | -9 | -0.28 | 0.12 | -0.12 |
| 84 | Brown | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | Pennsylvania | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | Houston | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.32 | -7 | 7 | 0.28 | -0.28 |
| 87 | South Carolina | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.24 | -8 | 10.12 | 0.26 | -0.26 |
| 88 | Illinois | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | Michigan | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Iowa State | Big 8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.04 | -7 | 1.19 | 0.18 | -0.18 |
| 91 | Toledo | Mid-American | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.21 | -3 | 0.82 | 0.41 | -0.41 |
| 92 | Florida | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.26 | -9 | 36.43 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Maryland | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.26 | -22 | 3.61 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
| 94 | Clemson | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.28 | -17 | 11.97 | 0.13 | -0.13 |
| 95 | BYU | Western Athletic | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.33 | -17 | -1.22 | 0.05 | -0.05 |
| 96 | West Virginia | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.49 | -44 | 6.4 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 97 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.69 | -1 | 26.35 | 0.46 | -0.46 |
| 98 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.77 | -19 | 4.82 | 0.12 | -0.12 |
| 99 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.83 | -41 | 11.16 | 0 | 0 |
| 100 | Pacific | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.9 | -20 | -0.93 | 0 | 0 |
| 101 | Utah | Western Athletic | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.96 | -15 | 10.35 | 0.15 | -0.15 |
| 102 | George Washington | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.04 | -8 | 5.92 | 0.12 | -0.12 |
| 103 | North Texas | Missouri Valley | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.04 | -27 | 2.35 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 104 | UCLA | AAWU | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.15 | -20 | 3.71 | 0 | 0 |
| 105 | The Citadel | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.17 | -7 | 4.44 | 0 | 0 |
| 106 | Marshall | Mid-American | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.22 | -13 | -10 | 0.06 | -0.06 |
| 107 | Miami | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.24 | -24 | 11.76 | 0 | 0 |
| 108 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | -1.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 109 | Davidson | Southern | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.49 | -10.5 | 8.18 | 0.2 | -0.2 |
| 110 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.51 | -8 | 12.85 | 0.12 | -0.12 |
| 111 | Georgia | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.59 | -25 | 12.29 | 0.03 | -0.03 |
| 112 | Oklahoma State | Big 8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.72 | -21 | 11.13 | 0 | 0 |
| 113 | San José State | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.75 | -16 | 3.32 | 0.13 | -0.13 |
| 114 | Wake Forest | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.76 | -10 | -10 | 0.16 | -0.16 |
| 115 | Arizona | Western Athletic | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.9 | -43 | 10.06 | 0 | 0 |
| 116 | Detroit Mercy | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.92 | -13 | 11.56 | 0.17 | -0.17 |
| 117 | Colorado | Big 8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.08 | -14 | 11.63 | 0 | 0 |
| 118 | Boston University | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.13 | -30 | 8.28 | 0 | 0 |
| 119 | Tulane | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.6 | -21 | 11.91 | 0 | 0 |
| 120 | Southern Miss | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -4.63 | -21 | 31.4 | 0.04 | -0.04 |