Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:26.010429+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UCLA | AAWU | 1-0-0 | 1 | 29.38 | 5 | 9.14 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 2 | Clemson | ACC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 29.36 | 28 | 25.37 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Auburn | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 29.31 | 30 | 22.89 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Ole Miss | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 28.21 | 30 | 12.65 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Arizona State | Western Athletic | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.79 | 16 | 11.13 | 0.93 | 0.07 |
| 6 | Navy | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.15 | 13 | 8.79 | 0.91 | 0.09 |
| 7 | Alabama | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.04 | 28 | 4.83 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Army | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.51 | 34 | 3.04 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.51 | 7 | 10.97 | 0.72 | 0.28 |
| 10 | Texas | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.29 | 31 | -0.47 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Texas Tech | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.16 | 14 | 11.76 | 0.93 | 0.07 |
| 12 | Utah | Western Athletic | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.96 | 16 | 7.39 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Florida State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.71 | 14 | 2.48 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | NC State | ACC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.71 | 1 | 10.07 | 0.54 | 0.46 |
| 15 | Oklahoma | Big 8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.71 | 10 | 2.93 | 0.97 | 0.03 |
| 16 | USC | AAWU | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.65 | 21 | 0.39 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Buffalo | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.56 | 35 | -0.12 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Florida | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.56 | 16 | 3.73 | 0.93 | 0.07 |
| 19 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.51 | 12 | 1.07 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 20 | California | AAWU | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.49 | 7 | 9.51 | 0.72 | 0.28 |
| 21 | Air Force | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.27 | 1 | 7.96 | 0.72 | 0.28 |
| 22 | Wyoming | Western Athletic | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.22 | 24 | 0.45 | 0.97 | 0.03 |
| 23 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.21 | 4 | 6.03 | 0.88 | 0.12 |
| 24 | Kansas | Big 8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.13 | 4 | 4.13 | 0.88 | 0.12 |
| 25 | Oregon | AAWU | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.98 | 7 | 0.38 | 0.74 | 0.26 |
| 26 | Ohio | Mid-American | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.94 | 2 | 7 | 0.58 | 0.42 |
| 27 | Idaho | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.73 | 3 | 5.15 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.6 | 10 | 0.52 | 0.89 | 0.11 |
| 29 | Nebraska | Big 8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.56 | 56 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Arkansas | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.46 | 4 | 0.09 | 0.69 | 0.31 |
| 31 | LSU | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.28 | 3 | 1.92 | 0.72 | 0.28 |
| 32 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.22 | 16 | 2.1 | 0.96 | 0.04 |
| 33 | William & Mary | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.01 | 2 | 6.36 | 0.59 | 0.41 |
| 34 | West Virginia | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.93 | 10 | 2.08 | 0.84 | 0.16 |
| 35 | Kentucky | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.76 | 7 | 1.45 | 0.86 | 0.14 |
| 36 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.62 | 23 | -10 | 0.93 | 0.07 |
| 37 | Washington State | AAWU | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.53 | 6 | 3.19 | 0.63 | 0.37 |
| 38 | Wichita State | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.52 | 15 | -10 | 0.95 | 0.05 |
| 39 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.64 | 4 | -10 | 0.64 | 0.36 |
| 40 | Wake Forest | ACC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.6 | 10 | 0.98 | 0.72 | 0.28 |
| 41 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.57 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 42 | Iowa State | Big 8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.45 | 25 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | Tennessee | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.26 | 4 | -10 | 0.77 | 0.23 |
| 44 | Dayton | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.95 | 41 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | Pacific | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.05 | 16 | -10 | 0.94 | 0.06 |
| 46 | New Mexico State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.94 | 3 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | Houston | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15.08 | -1.5 | -0.11 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| 48 | Furman | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.47 | -12.5 | -0.88 | 0.15 | 0.85 |
| 49 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Princeton | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Illinois | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Harvard | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Dartmouth | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Baylor | Southwest | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Southern Miss | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Yale | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | Cincinnati | Missouri Valley | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Xavier | FBS Independents | 0-0-1 | 0 | 2.17 | 0 | 8.3 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 59 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 0-0-1 | 0 | 2.08 | 0 | 8.68 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 60 | North Carolina | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | 1.99 | -1 | 9.71 | 0.46 | -0.46 |
| 61 | Rice | Southwest | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Duke | ACC | 0-0-1 | 0 | 1.92 | 0 | 1.66 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 63 | Iowa | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Columbia | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | Michigan | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | Washington | AAWU | 0-1-0 | 0 | 1.47 | -1 | 9.46 | 0.28 | -0.28 |
| 68 | Cornell | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 1.2 | -7 | 8.02 | 0.28 | -0.28 |
| 70 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Kent State | Mid-American | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | Brown | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Tulsa | Missouri Valley | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Purdue | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Arizona | Western Athletic | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Mississippi State | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.99 | -14 | 4.11 | 0.07 | -0.07 |
| 77 | West Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.94 | -2 | 7.64 | 0.42 | -0.42 |
| 78 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | Indiana | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Missouri | Big 8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.87 | -7 | 5.05 | 0.28 | -0.28 |
| 81 | VMI | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.8 | -2 | 4.37 | 0.41 | -0.41 |
| 82 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.76 | -5 | 25.73 | 0.3 | -0.3 |
| 83 | George Washington | Southern | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | UTEP | FBS Independents | 0-0-1 | 0 | 0.67 | 0 | 1.69 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | Utah State | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.63 | -16 | 10.71 | 0.07 | -0.07 |
| 86 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Memphis | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.5 | -30 | 13.38 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | North Texas | Missouri Valley | 0-0-1 | 0 | 0.42 | 0 | 2.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | South Carolina | ACC | 0-0-1 | 0 | 0.41 | 0 | 7.67 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 91 | Pennsylvania | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Oregon State | AAWU | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.31 | -4 | 7.91 | 0.12 | -0.12 |
| 94 | Marshall | Mid-American | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.29 | -6 | -10 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Davidson | Southern | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | San José State | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.26 | -3 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.19 | -13 | 10.53 | 0.09 | -0.09 |
| 98 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | TCU | Southwest | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.17 | -4 | 9.01 | 0.12 | -0.12 |
| 100 | New Mexico | Western Athletic | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.23 | -16 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 101 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.55 | -3 | 7.84 | 0.28 | -0.28 |
| 102 | Stanford | AAWU | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.58 | -6 | 2.31 | 0.37 | -0.37 |
| 103 | Louisville | Missouri Valley | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.6 | -3 | 1.32 | 0.3 | -0.3 |
| 104 | Maryland | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.08 | -10 | 9.94 | 0.03 | -0.03 |
| 105 | Detroit Mercy | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.14 | -7 | 4.17 | 0.14 | -0.14 |
| 106 | SMU | Southwest | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.17 | -16 | 7.5 | 0.07 | -0.07 |
| 107 | Oklahoma State | Big 8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.19 | -4 | 9.3 | 0.31 | -0.31 |
| 108 | Richmond | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.2 | -10 | 3.48 | 0.16 | -0.16 |
| 109 | Georgia | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.36 | -28 | 11.01 | 0 | 0 |
| 110 | Virginia | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.41 | -10 | -1.02 | 0.28 | -0.28 |
| 111 | Miami | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.42 | -14 | 9.43 | 0 | 0 |
| 112 | BYU | Western Athletic | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.47 | -7 | 9.85 | 0.26 | -0.26 |
| 113 | Toledo | Mid-American | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.5 | -16 | 3.38 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| 114 | Kansas State | Big 8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.64 | -10 | 7.34 | 0.11 | -0.11 |
| 115 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.67 | -12 | 10.1 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 116 | The Citadel | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.92 | -34 | 9.75 | 0 | 0 |
| 117 | Colorado | Big 8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.23 | -21 | 9.69 | 0 | 0 |
| 118 | Colorado State | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.27 | -24 | 7.58 | 0.03 | -0.03 |
| 119 | Boston University | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.7 | -35 | 8.36 | 0 | 0 |
| 120 | Tulane | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.78 | -31 | 11.89 | 0 | 0 |