Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:26.176923+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tulsa | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 30.44 | 14 | 0.19 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Arizona | Western Athletic | 1-0-0 | 1 | 29.98 | 7 | 31.69 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| 3 | Utah State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 27.84 | 19 | -10 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| 4 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.27 | 42 | 3.56 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 5 | Purdue | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.27 | 38 | 9.38 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Ole Miss | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.18 | 20 | 8.64 | 0.89 | 0.11 |
| 7 | Michigan | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.78 | 7 | 7.7 | 0.65 | 0.35 |
| 8 | Arkansas | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.67 | 14 | 4.17 | 0.84 | 0.16 |
| 9 | Texas | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.58 | 31 | 1.65 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Cincinnati | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.44 | 28 | 2.53 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Wyoming | Western Athletic | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.35 | 17 | 3.75 | 0.87 | 0.13 |
| 12 | Nebraska | Big 8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.32 | 20 | 1.97 | 0.89 | 0.11 |
| 13 | Texas Tech | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.29 | 19 | 5.29 | 0.96 | 0.04 |
| 14 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.13 | 12 | 9.08 | 0.93 | 0.07 |
| 15 | BYU | Western Athletic | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.94 | 18 | 9.96 | 0.96 | 0.04 |
| 16 | Georgia | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.81 | 1 | 11.74 | 0.53 | 0.47 |
| 17 | Stanford | AAWU | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.8 | 20 | 5.5 | 0.97 | 0.03 |
| 18 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.59 | 8 | 3.47 | 0.88 | 0.12 |
| 19 | Florida | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.54 | 10 | 2.02 | 0.78 | 0.22 |
| 20 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.51 | 9 | 5.25 | 0.96 | 0.04 |
| 21 | Oregon | AAWU | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.36 | 2 | 5.96 | 0.57 | 0.43 |
| 22 | LSU | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.24 | 10 | 1.09 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Oregon State | AAWU | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.22 | 2 | 8.53 | 0.61 | 0.39 |
| 24 | West Virginia | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.21 | 56 | 2.19 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Duke | ACC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.2 | 14 | 3.5 | 0.93 | 0.07 |
| 26 | Kentucky | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.19 | 7 | 9.63 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Mississippi State | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.1 | 36 | 0.19 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Baylor | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.08 | 6 | 7.99 | 0.79 | 0.21 |
| 29 | Tennessee | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.73 | 21 | 3.94 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.39 | 10 | 2.3 | 0.97 | 0.03 |
| 31 | South Carolina | ACC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.36 | 10 | 5.62 | 0.97 | 0.03 |
| 32 | West Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.24 | 7 | 7.83 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Clemson | ACC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.21 | 14 | 2.6 | 0.93 | 0.07 |
| 34 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.2 | 40 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Toledo | Mid-American | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.09 | 2 | 10.75 | 0.64 | 0.36 |
| 36 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.04 | 21 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Washington State | AAWU | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.03 | 7 | 3.52 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Xavier | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.84 | 7 | 3.5 | 0.72 | 0.28 |
| 39 | William & Mary | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.74 | 11 | 1.5 | 0.73 | 0.27 |
| 40 | UTEP | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.69 | 46 | 0.93 | 0.97 | 0.03 |
| 41 | Indiana | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.66 | 12 | 0.42 | 0.91 | 0.09 |
| 42 | SMU | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.3 | 4 | 6.7 | 0.88 | 0.12 |
| 43 | Marshall | Mid-American | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.68 | 10 | -10 | 0.81 | 0.19 |
| 44 | Rice | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.56 | 14 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | Southern Miss | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.47 | 15 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | George Washington | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.43 | 8 | -10 | 0.76 | 0.24 |
| 47 | Washington | AAWU | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.3 | 5 | -10 | 0.74 | 0.26 |
| 48 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.3 | 4 | -0.27 | 0.65 | 0.35 |
| 49 | Colorado State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.15 | 48 | -10 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 50 | Davidson | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.97 | 35 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | New Mexico State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.96 | 17 | -10 | 0.91 | 0.09 |
| 52 | Furman | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.88 | 37 | -10 | 0.96 | 0.04 |
| 53 | Iowa State | Big 8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.39 | 21 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 54 | Utah | Western Athletic | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 19.06 | 4 | 0.17 | 1.28 | -0.28 |
| 55 | Florida State | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 3.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Princeton | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 3.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | New Mexico | Western Athletic | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Yale | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | Alabama | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | 2.42 | -1 | 8.89 | 0.47 | -0.47 |
| 61 | Dartmouth | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | USC | AAWU | 0-0-1 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 6.27 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 64 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 0-0-1 | 0 | 2.21 | 0 | 2.8 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 65 | Oklahoma | Big 8 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | Cornell | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 1.91 | -2 | 1.51 | 0.36 | -0.36 |
| 68 | Maryland | ACC | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Harvard | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 0-0-1 | 0 | 1.57 | 0 | 9.21 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 72 | Brown | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Illinois | Big Ten | 0-1-0 | 0 | 1.32 | -2 | 7.62 | 0.39 | -0.39 |
| 74 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Missouri | Big 8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.91 | -7 | 3.77 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Columbia | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 0-0-1 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 8.85 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 78 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.66 | -2 | 10.04 | 0.43 | -0.43 |
| 79 | Auburn | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.59 | -6 | 4.94 | 0.21 | -0.21 |
| 80 | Miami | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.56 | -4 | -0.24 | 0.12 | -0.12 |
| 81 | Colorado | Big 8 | 0-0-1 | 0 | 0.53 | 0 | 1.55 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Ohio | Mid-American | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.5 | -7 | 1.31 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Wichita State | Missouri Valley | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 0-0-1 | 0 | 0.39 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | Buffalo | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.39 | -12 | 6.49 | 0.07 | -0.07 |
| 86 | Arizona State | Western Athletic | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.37 | -18 | 3.91 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| 87 | North Carolina | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.33 | -7 | 11.55 | 0.35 | -0.35 |
| 88 | Memphis | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.13 | -20 | 9.59 | 0.11 | -0.11 |
| 89 | Lehigh | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | -0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Pennsylvania | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | -0.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | The Citadel | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.3 | -10 | 2.5 | 0.03 | -0.03 |
| 92 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.37 | -38 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Wake Forest | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.39 | -9 | 7.66 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| 94 | Iowa | Big Ten | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.61 | -7 | 3.71 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Kent State | Mid-American | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.61 | -7 | 2.97 | 0.28 | -0.28 |
| 96 | Navy | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.79 | -8 | 9.65 | 0.12 | -0.12 |
| 97 | San José State | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.86 | -20 | 6.5 | 0.03 | -0.03 |
| 98 | Kansas | Big 8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.92 | -19 | 8.73 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| 99 | Oklahoma State | Big 8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.04 | -14 | 11.98 | 0.16 | -0.16 |
| 100 | Virginia | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.12 | -14 | 6.6 | 0.07 | -0.07 |
| 101 | UCLA | AAWU | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.17 | -10 | 5.17 | 0.03 | -0.03 |
| 102 | Louisville | Missouri Valley | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.19 | -4 | 0.92 | 0.35 | -0.35 |
| 103 | Army | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.22 | -21 | 3.26 | 0 | 0 |
| 104 | East Carolina | Southern | 0-0-0 | 0 | -1.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 105 | Quantico Marines | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | -1.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 106 | Air Force | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.26 | -17 | 10.48 | 0.13 | -0.13 |
| 107 | NC State | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.29 | -14 | 3.32 | 0.07 | -0.07 |
| 108 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.31 | -10 | 9.96 | 0.22 | -0.22 |
| 109 | VMI | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.4 | -11 | 2.9 | 0.27 | -0.27 |
| 110 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.53 | -10 | 9.46 | 0 | 0 |
| 111 | Kansas State | Big 8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.73 | -12 | 3.19 | 0.09 | -0.09 |
| 112 | TCU | Southwest | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.83 | -20 | 11.31 | 0.11 | -0.11 |
| 113 | Dayton | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.92 | -28 | 10.44 | 0 | 0 |
| 114 | California | AAWU | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.99 | -42 | 11.79 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 115 | Tulane | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.24 | -31 | 11.38 | 0 | 0 |
| 116 | Richmond | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.36 | -56 | 3.85 | 0 | 0 |
| 117 | North Texas | Missouri Valley | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.43 | -46 | -0.66 | 0.03 | -0.03 |
| 118 | Pacific | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.54 | -40 | -10 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 119 | Houston | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.62 | -25 | 20.15 | 0 | 0 |