Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:26.014079+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | SEC | 9-0-0 | 1 | 25.73 | 17.67 | 13.05 | 8.68 | 0.32 |
| 2 | Princeton | Ivy | 9-0-0 | 1 | 25.71 | 18.11 | 12.84 | 8.69 | 0.31 |
| 3 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 9-0-0 | 1 | 25.3 | 23.67 | 9.83 | 8.78 | 0.22 |
| 4 | Arkansas | Southwest | 10-0-0 | 1 | 25.13 | 16.4 | 10.44 | 9.61 | 0.39 |
| 5 | Michigan | Big Ten | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 22.89 | 13.89 | 12.67 | 8.18 | -0.18 |
| 6 | Florida State | FBS Independents | 8-1-1 | 0.8 | 22.79 | 16.1 | 11.5 | 9.49 | -1.49 |
| 7 | Texas | Southwest | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 22.43 | 12.89 | 10.4 | 8.4 | -0.4 |
| 8 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 9-1-0 | 0.9 | 22.4 | 18.8 | 7.46 | 9.39 | -0.39 |
| 9 | Nebraska | Big 8 | 9-1-0 | 0.9 | 22.4 | 17.4 | 7.21 | 9.45 | -0.45 |
| 10 | Arizona State | Western Athletic | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 22.13 | 14.33 | 8.3 | 7.96 | 0.04 |
| 11 | LSU | SEC | 7-1-1 | 0.78 | 21.67 | 5.56 | 10.83 | 7.3 | -0.3 |
| 12 | Utah | Western Athletic | 8-2-0 | 0.8 | 20.69 | 14 | 12.08 | 9.43 | -1.43 |
| 13 | Tulsa | Missouri Valley | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 20.06 | 26.33 | 8.11 | 8.32 | -1.32 |
| 14 | Cincinnati | Missouri Valley | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 19.75 | 10.89 | 10.35 | 7.62 | -0.62 |
| 15 | Oregon State | AAWU | 8-2-0 | 0.8 | 19.72 | 5.2 | 10.44 | 7.47 | 0.53 |
| 16 | Oregon | AAWU | 7-2-1 | 0.7 | 19.69 | 6.3 | 11.6 | 7.5 | -0.5 |
| 17 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 19.64 | 7.78 | 10.28 | 7.42 | -0.42 |
| 18 | New Mexico | Western Athletic | 8-2-0 | 0.8 | 19.62 | 9.3 | 7.26 | 8.56 | -0.56 |
| 19 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 19.48 | 5.44 | 11.46 | 6.96 | 0.04 |
| 20 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 19.1 | 9.22 | 7.06 | 8.15 | -1.15 |
| 21 | Wyoming | Western Athletic | 6-2-2 | 0.6 | 18.9 | 6.4 | 11.78 | 7.38 | -1.38 |
| 22 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.75 | 18.25 | 5.6 | 7.73 | -1.73 |
| 23 | Yale | Ivy | 6-2-1 | 0.67 | 18.73 | 8.33 | 8.33 | 6.84 | -0.84 |
| 24 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 7-3-0 | 0.7 | 18.41 | 11 | 12.78 | 7.93 | -0.93 |
| 25 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 6-3-1 | 0.6 | 17.11 | 6.8 | 10.93 | 7.17 | -1.17 |
| 26 | Dartmouth | Ivy | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 17.05 | 11.11 | 8.92 | 7.09 | -1.09 |
| 27 | USC | AAWU | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.98 | 8.22 | 10.03 | 6.91 | -0.91 |
| 28 | Illinois | Big Ten | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.94 | 4.67 | 12.66 | 6.27 | -0.27 |
| 29 | Missouri | Big 8 | 6-3-1 | 0.6 | 16.79 | 5.4 | 10.87 | 7.57 | -1.57 |
| 30 | Texas Tech | Southwest | 6-3-1 | 0.6 | 16.78 | 5.3 | 9.78 | 7.13 | -1.13 |
| 31 | Purdue | Big Ten | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.7 | 2.44 | 13.8 | 5.24 | 0.76 |
| 32 | Auburn | SEC | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.64 | 4.33 | 10.27 | 6.67 | -0.67 |
| 33 | Marshall | Mid-American | 7-3-0 | 0.7 | 16.5 | 2.7 | 6.73 | 6.47 | 0.53 |
| 34 | Florida | SEC | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 16.5 | 8.38 | 13.89 | 6.44 | -1.44 |
| 35 | Ole Miss | SEC | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 15.98 | 11.11 | 9.06 | 7.65 | -2.65 |
| 36 | Oklahoma | Big 8 | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 15.82 | 5.44 | 12.28 | 6.25 | -1.25 |
| 37 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 15.69 | 7.8 | 12.85 | 7.79 | -1.79 |
| 38 | Arizona | Western Athletic | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 15.65 | 5.22 | 10.55 | 6.94 | -1.94 |
| 39 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 15.56 | 3.78 | 2.28 | 5.84 | 0.16 |
| 40 | Harvard | Ivy | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 15.45 | 0.89 | 8 | 4.84 | 1.16 |
| 41 | Georgia | SEC | 5-3-1 | 0.56 | 15.43 | 2 | 13.53 | 5.39 | -0.39 |
| 42 | Utah State | FBS Independents | 5-4-1 | 0.5 | 15.21 | 15.8 | 11.2 | 8.61 | -3.61 |
| 43 | West Virginia | Southern | 7-3-0 | 0.7 | 15.1 | -2.3 | 11.12 | 4.19 | 2.81 |
| 44 | Washington | AAWU | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 14.9 | 2.9 | 11.71 | 6.35 | -0.35 |
| 45 | Southern Miss | FBS Independents | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 14.64 | -0.11 | 6.07 | 4.46 | 1.54 |
| 46 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 5-3-0 | 0.62 | 14.41 | 0 | 13.04 | 4 | 1 |
| 47 | Memphis | FBS Independents | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 14.15 | 7.78 | 6.65 | 6.96 | -1.96 |
| 48 | Ohio | Mid-American | 5-4-1 | 0.5 | 13.91 | 2.3 | 11.15 | 6.21 | -1.21 |
| 49 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 13.87 | 2.67 | 10.69 | 5.22 | -0.22 |
| 50 | George Washington | Southern | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 13.67 | 2.56 | 10.35 | 5.4 | -0.4 |
| 51 | Kansas | Big 8 | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 13.42 | -1 | 11.62 | 4.58 | 1.42 |
| 52 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 13.42 | 0.56 | 12.07 | 4.7 | 0.3 |
| 53 | North Carolina | ACC | 5-5-0 | 0.5 | 12.85 | 4.3 | 11.93 | 6.58 | -1.58 |
| 54 | Duke | ACC | 4-4-1 | 0.44 | 12.68 | 3.33 | 10.42 | 5.68 | -1.68 |
| 55 | Brown | Ivy | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 12.67 | 0.22 | 8.33 | 4.59 | 0.41 |
| 56 | Buffalo | FBS Independents | 4-4-1 | 0.44 | 12.66 | 8.89 | 4.77 | 7.26 | -3.26 |
| 57 | Maryland | ACC | 5-5-0 | 0.5 | 12.63 | 3.8 | 10.65 | 6.51 | -1.51 |
| 58 | Rice | Southwest | 4-4-1 | 0.44 | 12.28 | 1.44 | 13.42 | 5.26 | -1.26 |
| 59 | Stanford | AAWU | 5-5-0 | 0.5 | 12.23 | 1.2 | 13.37 | 5.49 | -0.49 |
| 60 | Miami | FBS Independents | 4-4-1 | 0.44 | 12.13 | 1.78 | 10.46 | 5.16 | -1.16 |
| 61 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 11.85 | -0.56 | 5.17 | 4.31 | 0.69 |
| 62 | New Mexico State | FBS Independents | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 11.64 | -4 | 2.82 | 3.47 | 2.53 |
| 63 | Wake Forest | ACC | 5-5-0 | 0.5 | 11 | -0.6 | 10.69 | 4.8 | 0.2 |
| 64 | Cornell | Ivy | 3-5-1 | 0.33 | 10.61 | 6.33 | 13.92 | 6.24 | -3.24 |
| 65 | Tennessee | SEC | 4-4-1 | 0.44 | 10.53 | -3.78 | 13.41 | 2.71 | 1.29 |
| 66 | Kentucky | SEC | 5-5-0 | 0.5 | 10.31 | -4.4 | 13.92 | 3.52 | 1.48 |
| 67 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 10.07 | -0.56 | 13.54 | 4.31 | -0.31 |
| 68 | NC State | ACC | 5-5-0 | 0.5 | 10.03 | -7.5 | 13.22 | 2.39 | 2.61 |
| 69 | Virginia | ACC | 5-5-0 | 0.5 | 9.97 | -5.1 | 9.23 | 3.44 | 1.56 |
| 70 | Idaho | FBS Independents | 4-6-0 | 0.4 | 9.54 | 0.1 | 13.71 | 5.04 | -1.04 |
| 71 | Oklahoma State | Big 8 | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 9.31 | -2.44 | 12.52 | 3.77 | 0.23 |
| 72 | Baylor | Southwest | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 9.23 | -2.33 | 13.03 | 3.74 | 0.26 |
| 73 | The Citadel | Southern | 4-6-0 | 0.4 | 9.18 | 0.6 | 5.01 | 5.28 | -1.28 |
| 74 | Air Force | FBS Independents | 4-5-1 | 0.4 | 9.1 | -4 | 13.96 | 3.19 | 0.81 |
| 75 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 3-5-2 | 0.3 | 8.86 | -0.2 | 13.45 | 4.92 | -1.92 |
| 76 | Mississippi State | SEC | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 8.41 | 1 | 15.15 | 4.87 | -1.87 |
| 77 | Xavier | FBS Independents | 4-5-1 | 0.4 | 8.39 | -7.1 | 9.34 | 2.73 | 1.27 |
| 78 | Wichita State | Missouri Valley | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 8.27 | -7.89 | 10.48 | 2.04 | 1.96 |
| 79 | UCLA | AAWU | 4-6-0 | 0.4 | 7.59 | -9.1 | 14.43 | 2.4 | 1.6 |
| 80 | Navy | FBS Independents | 3-5-1 | 0.33 | 7.55 | -4.67 | 14.64 | 3.08 | -0.08 |
| 81 | Kent State | Mid-American | 3-5-1 | 0.33 | 7.51 | -3.78 | 10.52 | 2.83 | 0.17 |
| 82 | San José State | FBS Independents | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 7.19 | 0.11 | 4.96 | 4.54 | -1.54 |
| 83 | West Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 4-6-0 | 0.4 | 7 | -11.3 | 6.88 | 1.61 | 2.39 |
| 84 | South Carolina | ACC | 3-5-2 | 0.3 | 7 | -8.1 | 13.43 | 1.88 | 1.12 |
| 85 | Army | FBS Independents | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 6.57 | -3.11 | 13.22 | 3.29 | -0.29 |
| 86 | Iowa | Big Ten | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 6.53 | -4.33 | 14.96 | 3.42 | -0.42 |
| 87 | BYU | Western Athletic | 3-6-1 | 0.3 | 6.46 | -3.7 | 12.08 | 3.87 | -0.87 |
| 88 | Washington State | AAWU | 3-6-1 | 0.3 | 6.43 | -4.3 | 13.34 | 3.66 | -0.66 |
| 89 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 6.05 | -7.67 | 15.01 | 1.94 | 1.06 |
| 90 | TCU | Southwest | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 5.92 | -9.56 | 14.37 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
| 91 | California | AAWU | 3-7-0 | 0.3 | 5.84 | -3.5 | 13.21 | 3.8 | -0.8 |
| 92 | Clemson | ACC | 3-7-0 | 0.3 | 5.81 | -3 | 10.72 | 3.55 | -0.55 |
| 93 | Richmond | Southern | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 5.8 | -6.33 | 7 | 2.71 | 0.29 |
| 94 | Detroit Mercy | FBS Independents | 3-7-0 | 0.3 | 5.73 | -3.1 | 9.4 | 3.73 | -0.73 |
| 95 | William & Mary | Southern | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 5.72 | -8.44 | 9.48 | 1.94 | 1.06 |
| 96 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 5.69 | -10.22 | 13.86 | 1.55 | 1.45 |
| 97 | Colorado State | FBS Independents | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 5.55 | -13.56 | 13.31 | 0.65 | 2.35 |
| 98 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 5.46 | -12 | 9.17 | 1 | 2 |
| 99 | Kansas State | Big 8 | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 5.41 | -13.33 | 12.1 | 0.57 | 2.43 |
| 100 | Davidson | Southern | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 5.38 | -6.78 | -1.97 | 2.06 | 0.94 |
| 101 | Dayton | FBS Independents | 3-7-0 | 0.3 | 5.16 | -5.7 | 8.12 | 2.96 | 0.04 |
| 102 | Houston | FBS Independents | 2-5-1 | 0.25 | 5.16 | -5.62 | 11.14 | 2.45 | -0.45 |
| 103 | Furman | Southern | 3-7-0 | 0.3 | 4.58 | -9.7 | 0.64 | 1.9 | 1.1 |
| 104 | Columbia | Ivy | 2-6-1 | 0.22 | 4.44 | -5.44 | 15.14 | 3.01 | -1.01 |
| 105 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 2-6-1 | 0.22 | 4.38 | -5.56 | 13.35 | 2 | 0 |
| 106 | Indiana | Big Ten | 2-7-0 | 0.22 | 3.95 | -3.78 | 14.54 | 3.46 | -1.46 |
| 107 | Tulane | SEC | 2-7-0 | 0.22 | 3.3 | -9.44 | 14.5 | 1.03 | 0.97 |
| 108 | North Texas | Missouri Valley | 2-7-1 | 0.2 | 3.1 | -9.4 | 6.47 | 1.33 | 0.67 |
| 109 | Colorado | Big 8 | 2-8-0 | 0.2 | 3.05 | -5.5 | 13.13 | 2.63 | -0.63 |
| 110 | Toledo | Mid-American | 2-8-0 | 0.2 | 2.8 | -9.1 | 12.18 | 2.17 | -0.17 |
| 111 | Boston University | FBS Independents | 2-7-0 | 0.22 | 2.55 | -15.11 | 3.05 | 0.74 | 1.26 |
| 112 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 1-8-0 | 0.11 | 0.97 | -6.11 | 12.35 | 2.04 | -1.04 |
| 113 | VMI | Southern | 1-8-0 | 0.11 | 0.95 | -6.11 | 9.14 | 2.49 | -1.49 |
| 114 | Iowa State | Big 8 | 1-8-1 | 0.1 | 0.74 | -8.3 | 9.82 | 1.4 | -0.4 |
| 115 | SMU | Southwest | 1-8-0 | 0.11 | 0.48 | -12.33 | 12.72 | 0.51 | 0.49 |
| 116 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 1-7-1 | 0.11 | 0.28 | -20.56 | 2.63 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
| 117 | Pennsylvania | Ivy | 1-8-0 | 0.11 | 0.14 | -19.33 | 13.69 | 0.23 | 0.77 |
| 118 | Louisville | Missouri Valley | 1-9-0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -14.7 | 5.91 | 0.64 | 0.36 |
| 119 | Pacific | FBS Independents | 1-9-0 | 0.1 | -0.22 | -23.6 | -1.26 | 0.28 | 0.72 |
| 120 | UTEP | FBS Independents | 0-7-2 | 0 | -2.22 | -14 | 13.99 | 0.52 | -0.52 |