Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:26.012430+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 26.62 | 23.2 | 12.7 | 4.85 | 0.15 |
| 2 | Princeton | Ivy | 5-0-0 | 1 | 26.5 | 21.4 | 12.45 | 4.89 | 0.11 |
| 3 | Alabama | SEC | 6-0-0 | 1 | 26.22 | 19.5 | 11.57 | 5.86 | 0.14 |
| 4 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 5-0-0 | 1 | 26.12 | 19 | 11.18 | 4.92 | 0.08 |
| 5 | Arkansas | Southwest | 6-0-0 | 1 | 26.04 | 10.83 | 12.97 | 5.15 | 0.85 |
| 6 | Duke | ACC | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 25.46 | 15 | 8.85 | 4.77 | -0.77 |
| 7 | LSU | SEC | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 25.24 | 8.6 | 9.66 | 4.71 | -0.71 |
| 8 | Oregon | AAWU | 6-0-0 | 1 | 24.96 | 9.67 | 8 | 5.2 | 0.8 |
| 9 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 6-0-0 | 1 | 24.77 | 10.17 | 6.67 | 5.83 | 0.17 |
| 10 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 6-0-0 | 1 | 24.59 | 25 | 2.97 | 5.85 | 0.15 |
| 11 | Yale | Ivy | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 24.39 | 15.8 | 3.42 | 4.61 | -0.61 |
| 12 | Nebraska | Big 8 | 6-0-0 | 1 | 24.38 | 25.83 | 1.54 | 5.88 | 0.12 |
| 13 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 23.73 | 27.2 | -1.53 | 4.98 | 0.02 |
| 14 | Utah State | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 22.23 | 30.83 | 10.05 | 5.87 | -0.87 |
| 15 | Wyoming | Western Athletic | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.84 | 9.17 | 11.16 | 4.91 | 0.09 |
| 16 | Texas | Southwest | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.8 | 14.67 | 10.49 | 5.78 | -0.78 |
| 17 | Florida State | FBS Independents | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.68 | 16 | 7.82 | 5.69 | -0.69 |
| 18 | Florida | SEC | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.43 | 13.8 | 11.17 | 4.4 | -0.4 |
| 19 | Purdue | Big Ten | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.39 | 5 | 17.74 | 3.32 | 0.68 |
| 20 | Arizona State | Western Athletic | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.35 | 12.8 | 10.68 | 4.2 | -0.2 |
| 21 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 4-1-1 | 0.67 | 21.06 | 9.5 | 10.23 | 5.01 | -1.01 |
| 22 | Dartmouth | Ivy | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.05 | 18 | 10.12 | 4.52 | -0.52 |
| 23 | Michigan | Big Ten | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.89 | 10.2 | 11.11 | 4.21 | -0.21 |
| 24 | Illinois | Big Ten | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.88 | 4.8 | 15.15 | 3.54 | 0.46 |
| 25 | Cincinnati | Missouri Valley | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.83 | 10.6 | 10.98 | 4.25 | -0.25 |
| 26 | Oregon State | AAWU | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 20.6 | 5.5 | 8.53 | 4.67 | 0.33 |
| 27 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.27 | 4.4 | 5.26 | 3.36 | 0.64 |
| 28 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 18.24 | 13.17 | 11.22 | 5.02 | -1.02 |
| 29 | Utah | Western Athletic | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 18.06 | 7.17 | 15.71 | 5.03 | -1.03 |
| 30 | Auburn | SEC | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.43 | 6.17 | 11.45 | 4.81 | -0.81 |
| 31 | Missouri | Big 8 | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.26 | 5.67 | 10.99 | 4.77 | -0.77 |
| 32 | USC | AAWU | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 17.22 | 8.17 | 8.67 | 4.59 | -0.59 |
| 33 | Tulsa | Missouri Valley | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.74 | 21.6 | 9.3 | 4.34 | -1.34 |
| 34 | Kansas | Big 8 | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.55 | 1.17 | 12.71 | 3.26 | 0.74 |
| 35 | Arizona | Western Athletic | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.42 | 6.6 | 16.98 | 3.75 | -0.75 |
| 36 | New Mexico | Western Athletic | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.41 | 2 | 9.4 | 3.59 | 0.41 |
| 37 | Marshall | Mid-American | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 16.05 | 5.17 | 3.1 | 4.53 | -0.53 |
| 38 | Oklahoma State | Big 8 | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.83 | 3.4 | 12.52 | 3.23 | -0.23 |
| 39 | Ole Miss | SEC | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 15.76 | 5.83 | 10.91 | 4.19 | -1.19 |
| 40 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.6 | 3 | 14.75 | 3.19 | -0.19 |
| 41 | Texas Tech | Southwest | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 15.56 | 0.67 | 7.11 | 3.17 | 0.83 |
| 42 | Iowa | Big Ten | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.98 | 1.2 | 10.06 | 2.65 | 0.35 |
| 43 | Memphis | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.95 | 8.2 | 4.24 | 4.03 | -1.03 |
| 44 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.84 | 4 | 7.47 | 3.77 | -0.77 |
| 45 | NC State | ACC | 4-2-0 | 0.67 | 14.77 | -5.5 | 16.12 | 1.63 | 2.37 |
| 46 | Brown | Ivy | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.63 | 3.6 | 5.78 | 3.3 | -0.3 |
| 47 | Georgia | SEC | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 14.48 | 0.33 | 13.78 | 3.1 | -0.1 |
| 48 | Tennessee | SEC | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 13.85 | -1.17 | 13.89 | 2.55 | 0.45 |
| 49 | Ohio | Mid-American | 3-2-1 | 0.5 | 13.47 | -1.17 | 11.95 | 2.66 | 0.34 |
| 50 | Mississippi State | SEC | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 13.45 | 6.5 | 12.53 | 4.35 | -1.35 |
| 51 | Southern Miss | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 13.38 | -1.4 | 7.61 | 2.25 | 0.75 |
| 52 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 2-2-2 | 0.33 | 13.32 | 4.5 | 11.84 | 3.99 | -1.99 |
| 53 | North Carolina | ACC | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.98 | 4.67 | 10.06 | 4.2 | -1.2 |
| 54 | The Citadel | Southern | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.87 | 5 | 8.74 | 4.5 | -1.5 |
| 55 | California | AAWU | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.64 | 1 | 11.73 | 3.2 | -0.2 |
| 56 | Washington State | AAWU | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.57 | 1 | 10.37 | 3.17 | -0.17 |
| 57 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 12.37 | 2.17 | 9.12 | 3.41 | -0.41 |
| 58 | Harvard | Ivy | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 12.3 | -5.2 | 3.37 | 1.49 | 1.51 |
| 59 | Kentucky | SEC | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.77 | -7.17 | 16.43 | 1.59 | 1.41 |
| 60 | Virginia | ACC | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.68 | -4 | 11.08 | 2.32 | 0.68 |
| 61 | Wake Forest | ACC | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.61 | -2.33 | 10.42 | 2.53 | 0.47 |
| 62 | UCLA | AAWU | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.41 | -10.5 | 15.87 | 1.1 | 1.9 |
| 63 | Buffalo | FBS Independents | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 10.37 | 4.83 | 3.04 | 4.08 | -2.08 |
| 64 | West Virginia | Southern | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.23 | -6.67 | 9.42 | 1.34 | 1.66 |
| 65 | Indiana | Big Ten | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 10.07 | 2.2 | 11.49 | 2.85 | -0.85 |
| 66 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 10 | 1.6 | 12.53 | 2.79 | -0.79 |
| 67 | San José State | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 9.96 | 4.6 | 4.44 | 3.47 | -1.47 |
| 68 | Oklahoma | Big 8 | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 9.86 | 1.2 | 13.33 | 2.7 | -0.7 |
| 69 | West Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 9.83 | -5.33 | 7.2 | 1.84 | 1.16 |
| 70 | Richmond | Southern | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 9.79 | -4.5 | 5.5 | 2.02 | 0.98 |
| 71 | William & Mary | Southern | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 9.72 | -9.67 | 6.93 | 0.97 | 2.03 |
| 72 | New Mexico State | FBS Independents | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 9.38 | -16.5 | 8.05 | 0.35 | 2.65 |
| 73 | Rice | Southwest | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 9.12 | -1.6 | 15.29 | 1.98 | 0.02 |
| 74 | Clemson | ACC | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 8.97 | 2.5 | 11.14 | 3.8 | -1.8 |
| 75 | Navy | FBS Independents | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 8.96 | -1.67 | 15.12 | 2.6 | -0.6 |
| 76 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.91 | -3.4 | 17.93 | 1.94 | 0.06 |
| 77 | Washington | AAWU | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 8.79 | 1.17 | 14.34 | 3.38 | -1.38 |
| 78 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 8.33 | -4.33 | 15.35 | 1.18 | 0.82 |
| 79 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.16 | -10 | 19.29 | 1.03 | 0.97 |
| 80 | Baylor | Southwest | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.08 | -3.4 | 13.41 | 1.9 | 0.1 |
| 81 | Army | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 7.98 | -0.33 | 14.76 | 2.91 | -0.91 |
| 82 | George Washington | Southern | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.85 | -2.8 | 7.76 | 1.91 | 0.09 |
| 83 | Wichita State | Missouri Valley | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.76 | -10.2 | 13.4 | 0.86 | 1.14 |
| 84 | Xavier | FBS Independents | 2-3-1 | 0.33 | 7.76 | -6.83 | 7.74 | 1.49 | 0.51 |
| 85 | Maryland | ACC | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 7.56 | -0.5 | 10.14 | 2.88 | -0.88 |
| 86 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 7.51 | -0.33 | 15.45 | 2.92 | -0.92 |
| 87 | Stanford | AAWU | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 7.31 | -2 | 13.98 | 2.57 | -0.57 |
| 88 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.29 | -9.2 | 11.93 | 0.77 | 1.23 |
| 89 | Cornell | Ivy | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 7.16 | 2 | 14.3 | 2.98 | -1.98 |
| 90 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.74 | -4.67 | 14.45 | 1.96 | 0.04 |
| 91 | Idaho | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.55 | -3.83 | 16.8 | 2.03 | -0.03 |
| 92 | Houston | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.37 | -4.67 | 8.61 | 2.06 | -0.06 |
| 93 | Air Force | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.33 | -8.5 | 16 | 0.85 | 1.15 |
| 94 | Dayton | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.25 | -4.33 | 5.01 | 2.08 | -0.08 |
| 95 | Detroit Mercy | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.15 | -5 | 12.22 | 1.59 | 0.41 |
| 96 | Colorado State | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 6.03 | -10.5 | 12.9 | 0.63 | 1.37 |
| 97 | TCU | Southwest | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.99 | -7.17 | 14.81 | 1.06 | 0.94 |
| 98 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.71 | -11.5 | 8.32 | 0.66 | 1.34 |
| 99 | Columbia | Ivy | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 5.58 | -1.8 | 19.97 | 2.18 | -1.18 |
| 100 | Kent State | Mid-American | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 4.74 | -6.8 | 15.84 | 0.96 | 0.04 |
| 101 | Furman | Southern | 2-5-0 | 0.29 | 4.72 | -7.71 | 1.11 | 1.64 | 0.36 |
| 102 | VMI | Southern | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 3.86 | 0.33 | 12.15 | 3.07 | -2.07 |
| 103 | North Texas | Missouri Valley | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 3.55 | -3.17 | 5.63 | 1.94 | -0.94 |
| 104 | SMU | Southwest | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 3.2 | -6.8 | 13.24 | 0.86 | 0.14 |
| 105 | BYU | Western Athletic | 1-4-1 | 0.17 | 3.16 | -5.33 | 10.45 | 1.84 | -0.84 |
| 106 | Pennsylvania | Ivy | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.51 | -17.4 | 12.93 | 0.09 | 0.91 |
| 107 | Colorado | Big 8 | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 2.36 | -7.5 | 14.42 | 1.04 | -0.04 |
| 108 | Kansas State | Big 8 | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.31 | -21.2 | 11.76 | 0.08 | 0.92 |
| 109 | Iowa State | Big 8 | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 2.25 | -8.33 | 11.31 | 1.14 | -0.14 |
| 110 | Davidson | Southern | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.23 | -17.2 | -0.67 | 0.13 | 0.87 |
| 111 | Boston University | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.17 | -20.2 | 3.28 | 0.25 | 0.75 |
| 112 | Louisville | Missouri Valley | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 1.74 | -15.33 | 7.42 | 0.33 | 0.67 |
| 113 | Toledo | Mid-American | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 1.74 | -10.5 | 13.97 | 0.91 | 0.09 |
| 114 | Pacific | FBS Independents | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 1.56 | -17.5 | 2.07 | 0.37 | 0.63 |
| 115 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 0-6-0 | 0 | -1.85 | -8.33 | 11.64 | 0.97 | -0.97 |
| 116 | Miami | FBS Independents | 0-4-1 | 0 | -2.06 | -10 | 17.06 | 0.66 | -0.66 |
| 117 | UTEP | FBS Independents | 0-3-2 | 0 | -2.13 | -11.4 | 13.62 | 0.49 | -0.49 |
| 118 | South Carolina | ACC | 0-4-2 | 0 | -2.45 | -15.83 | 18.03 | 0.24 | -0.24 |
| 119 | Tulane | SEC | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.49 | -15.6 | 20.29 | 0.19 | -0.19 |
| 120 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.67 | -28.8 | 5.51 | 0.07 | -0.07 |