Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:26.347184+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baylor | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 31.24 | 23 | 6.96 | 0.93 | 0.07 |
| 2 | North Texas | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.9 | 4 | 29.14 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| 3 | Missouri | Big 8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.6 | 24 | 7.71 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.47 | 18 | 7.29 | 0.92 | 0.08 |
| 5 | Miami | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.33 | 21 | 10.1 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 6 | USC | AAWU | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.72 | 4 | 8.65 | 0.77 | 0.23 |
| 7 | Ole Miss | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.66 | 13 | 8.09 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Navy | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.54 | 20 | 9.29 | 0.96 | 0.04 |
| 9 | UCLA | AAWU | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.54 | 43 | 1.5 | 0.97 | 0.03 |
| 10 | Florida | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.39 | 36 | 2.74 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 11 | Duke | ACC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.38 | 19 | 6.51 | 0.87 | 0.13 |
| 12 | LSU | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.29 | 16 | 4.83 | 0.88 | 0.12 |
| 13 | Purdue | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.17 | 39 | -0.32 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Nebraska | Big 8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.14 | 4 | 6.25 | 0.69 | 0.31 |
| 15 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.1 | 35 | 1.18 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Buffalo | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.07 | 4 | 8.1 | 0.59 | 0.41 |
| 17 | Michigan | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25 | 41 | 3.68 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | SMU | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.94 | 19 | 9.91 | 0.96 | 0.04 |
| 19 | Toledo | Mid-American | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.79 | 9 | 8.56 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Wyoming | Western Athletic | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.71 | 13 | 6.12 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Arkansas | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.61 | 4 | 3.17 | 0.69 | 0.31 |
| 22 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.43 | 10 | 1.6 | 0.84 | 0.16 |
| 23 | Kentucky | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.27 | 10 | 3.29 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Texas Tech | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.24 | 16 | 1.32 | 0.94 | 0.06 |
| 25 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.21 | 8 | 3.69 | 0.86 | 0.14 |
| 26 | Davidson | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.2 | 4 | 7.25 | 0.71 | 0.29 |
| 27 | Tulsa | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.2 | 46 | -5 | 0.98 | 0.02 |
| 28 | Arizona State | Western Athletic | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.16 | 4 | 9.29 | 0.58 | 0.42 |
| 29 | California | AAWU | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.15 | 15 | 7.88 | 0.95 | 0.05 |
| 30 | Georgia | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.05 | 3 | 6.79 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| 31 | Houston | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.94 | 8 | 6.13 | 0.76 | 0.24 |
| 32 | New Mexico | Western Athletic | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.87 | 9 | 9.86 | 0.86 | 0.14 |
| 33 | Stanford | AAWU | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.62 | 4 | 4.91 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| 34 | Oklahoma | Big 8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.61 | 17 | 4.7 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.35 | 13 | 8.29 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Virginia | ACC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.15 | 14 | 0.82 | 0.89 | 0.11 |
| 37 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.1 | 10 | 7.62 | 0.84 | 0.16 |
| 38 | Army | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.96 | 15 | -1.21 | 0.95 | 0.05 |
| 39 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.71 | 24 | 0.97 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.41 | 34 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | Southern Miss | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.37 | 14 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | West Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.33 | 32 | -10 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 43 | Iowa | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.08 | 11 | 0.97 | 0.74 | 0.26 |
| 44 | Dayton | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.84 | 23 | -1.16 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | Washington | AAWU | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.54 | 12 | -10 | 0.91 | 0.09 |
| 46 | Auburn | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.48 | 14 | -10 | 0.95 | 0.05 |
| 47 | VMI | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.08 | 1 | 0.62 | 0.54 | 0.46 |
| 48 | Marshall | Mid-American | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.71 | 7 | -10 | 0.67 | 0.33 |
| 49 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.69 | 2 | -10 | 0.58 | 0.42 |
| 50 | Pacific | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.19 | 23 | -10 | 0.97 | 0.03 |
| 51 | New Mexico State | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 18.63 | 12 | -4.2 | 1.58 | -0.58 |
| 52 | Tennessee | SEC | 0-0-0 | 0 | 3.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Alabama | SEC | 0-0-0 | 0 | 3.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Dartmouth | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Princeton | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | East Carolina | Southern | 0-0-1 | 0 | 2.69 | 0 | 7.43 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 58 | Harvard | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Cornell | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | Louisville | Missouri Valley | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | BYU | Western Athletic | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | William & Mary | Southern | 0-0-1 | 0 | 1.86 | 0 | 10.75 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 65 | Utah | Western Athletic | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | Colorado State | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | Cincinnati | Missouri Valley | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | UTEP | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 1.15 | -4 | 5.31 | 0.42 | -0.42 |
| 69 | Clemson | ACC | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Pennsylvania | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Texas | Southwest | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.93 | -4 | 12 | 0.23 | -0.23 |
| 72 | Utah State | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.84 | -9 | 1.63 | 0.14 | -0.14 |
| 73 | Kent State | Mid-American | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.81 | -4 | 9.81 | 0.41 | -0.41 |
| 74 | Brown | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Mississippi State | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.67 | -3 | 7.35 | 0.4 | -0.4 |
| 76 | George Washington | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.63 | -4 | 6.97 | 0.29 | -0.29 |
| 77 | Yale | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Xavier | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.45 | -9 | 6.28 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Illinois | Big Ten | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.33 | -19 | 3.77 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| 81 | TCU | Southwest | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.33 | -4 | 11.45 | 0.31 | -0.31 |
| 82 | Iowa State | Big 8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.24 | -10 | -0.04 | 0.16 | -0.16 |
| 83 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.24 | -13 | -0.28 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | Rice | Southwest | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | Colorado | Big 8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.21 | -21 | 8.92 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 86 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.09 | -20 | 6.51 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| 88 | Columbia | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | San José State | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.05 | -4 | 6.38 | 0.4 | -0.4 |
| 90 | Memphis | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.04 | -13 | 9.12 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Washington State | AAWU | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0 | -15 | 2.83 | 0.05 | -0.05 |
| 92 | Florida State | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.06 | -8 | 5.03 | 0.24 | -0.24 |
| 93 | Furman | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.31 | -14 | -10 | 0.05 | -0.05 |
| 94 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.33 | -1 | 1.95 | 0.46 | -0.46 |
| 95 | Air Force | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.41 | -13 | 6.83 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | NC State | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.44 | -18 | 12.07 | 0.08 | -0.08 |
| 97 | Oklahoma State | Big 8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.44 | -4 | 11.61 | 0.31 | -0.31 |
| 98 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.53 | -24 | 11.46 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | West Virginia | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.6 | -19 | 8.16 | 0.13 | -0.13 |
| 100 | Maryland | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.71 | -8 | 7.96 | 0.14 | -0.14 |
| 101 | Oregon | AAWU | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.88 | -17 | 2.78 | 0 | 0 |
| 102 | South Carolina | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.93 | -16 | 9.57 | 0.12 | -0.12 |
| 103 | Wichita State | Missouri Valley | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.93 | -10 | -10 | 0.11 | -0.11 |
| 104 | North Carolina | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.96 | -10 | 7.91 | 0 | 0 |
| 105 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.06 | -23 | 30.72 | 0.07 | -0.07 |
| 106 | Indiana | Big Ten | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.41 | -10 | 9.83 | 0.16 | -0.16 |
| 107 | Arizona | Western Athletic | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.49 | -11 | 0.68 | 0.26 | -0.26 |
| 108 | Wake Forest | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.75 | -14 | 4.46 | 0.11 | -0.11 |
| 109 | Kansas | Big 8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.78 | -16 | 8.07 | 0.06 | -0.06 |
| 110 | Oregon State | AAWU | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.83 | -41 | 6.69 | 0 | 0 |
| 111 | The Citadel | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.02 | -24 | 1.12 | 0 | 0 |
| 112 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.03 | -36 | 9.36 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 113 | Kansas State | Big 8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.31 | -15 | 5.07 | 0.05 | -0.05 |
| 114 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.4 | -35 | 9.53 | 0 | 0 |
| 115 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.49 | -43 | 10.44 | 0.03 | -0.03 |
| 116 | Richmond | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.49 | -23 | -0.56 | 0 | 0 |
| 117 | Ohio | Mid-American | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.88 | -39 | 10.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 118 | Tampa | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -4.16 | -46 | 10.06 | 0.02 | -0.02 |