Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:26.517191+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Virginia | Southern | 3-0-0 | 1 | 28.54 | 24.33 | 6.42 | 2.96 | 0.04 |
| 2 | East Carolina | Southern | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.4 | 18 | 7.8 | 1.91 | 0.09 |
| 3 | NC State | ACC | 2-0-0 | 1 | 27.96 | 12 | 12.13 | 1.85 | 0.15 |
| 4 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 27.81 | 17 | 8.5 | 1.94 | 0.06 |
| 5 | Oregon State | AAWU | 2-0-0 | 1 | 27.58 | 6 | 11.81 | 1.4 | 0.6 |
| 6 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 27.52 | 33 | 22.94 | 0.98 | 0.02 |
| 7 | Missouri | Big 8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 27.03 | 21 | 23.69 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Houston | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.95 | 25 | 1.43 | 1.9 | 0.1 |
| 9 | BYU | Western Athletic | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.74 | 30 | 20.17 | 0.94 | 0.06 |
| 10 | USC | AAWU | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.54 | 26.5 | -0.02 | 1.96 | 0.04 |
| 11 | UCLA | AAWU | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.48 | 18 | 0.68 | 1.8 | 0.2 |
| 12 | Wyoming | Western Athletic | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.46 | 23 | -0.15 | 1.83 | 0.17 |
| 13 | Colorado | Big 8 | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.97 | 12 | -0.49 | 1.73 | 0.27 |
| 14 | Nebraska | Big 8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.93 | 10 | 0.01 | 0.89 | 0.11 |
| 15 | Ohio | Mid-American | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.75 | 20 | -1.1 | 1.78 | 0.22 |
| 16 | South Carolina | ACC | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.65 | 18.5 | -1.41 | 1.92 | 0.08 |
| 17 | Michigan | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.59 | 3 | 23.12 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 18 | Dayton | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.72 | 15 | -4.67 | 1.89 | 0.11 |
| 19 | Southern Miss | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.47 | 8 | -5.2 | 1.72 | 0.28 |
| 20 | UTEP | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.34 | 36 | -10 | 0.95 | 0.05 |
| 21 | Louisville | Missouri Valley | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.25 | 32.5 | -10 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 22 | Utah State | FBS Independents | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 23.92 | 8.5 | 11.11 | 1.49 | -0.49 |
| 23 | Georgia | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.88 | 30 | 0.16 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Army | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.65 | 19 | 1.11 | 0.96 | 0.04 |
| 25 | Texas Tech | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.61 | 52 | -1.58 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Memphis | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.53 | 10 | 2.78 | 0.75 | 0.25 |
| 27 | Florida | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.52 | 14 | 1.11 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Kansas State | Big 8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.06 | 10 | 2.25 | 0.89 | 0.11 |
| 29 | Oklahoma | Big 8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.05 | 21 | -2.43 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Iowa | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.94 | 15 | 0.09 | 0.91 | 0.09 |
| 31 | Clemson | ACC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.92 | 17 | -1.68 | 0.96 | 0.04 |
| 32 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.89 | 7 | -0.1 | 0.78 | 0.22 |
| 33 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.87 | 5 | 2.8 | 0.78 | 0.22 |
| 34 | LSU | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.77 | 6 | 0.65 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 35 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.75 | 7 | -0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Purdue | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.56 | 4 | 0 | 0.61 | 0.39 |
| 37 | Navy | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.92 | 1 | 1.25 | 0.53 | 0.47 |
| 38 | Indiana | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.87 | 2 | 0.48 | 0.61 | 0.39 |
| 39 | North Texas | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.87 | 31 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.84 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.55 | 0.45 |
| 41 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.82 | 3 | -1.34 | 0.57 | 0.43 |
| 42 | Oklahoma State | Big 8 | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 20.8 | 0.5 | 2.01 | 1.18 | -0.18 |
| 43 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.77 | 29 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | Auburn | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.61 | 34 | -10 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 45 | Furman | Southern | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.41 | 9.33 | -7.07 | 2.21 | -0.21 |
| 46 | VMI | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 16.71 | 6.5 | 14.53 | 1.31 | -0.31 |
| 47 | Buffalo | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 16.3 | 3 | 11.32 | 1.21 | -0.21 |
| 48 | Arizona State | Western Athletic | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15.9 | 2.5 | 11.53 | 1.13 | -0.13 |
| 49 | Duke | ACC | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15.37 | 7.5 | 0.32 | 1.53 | -0.53 |
| 50 | Pacific | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.44 | 16 | -10 | 1.7 | -0.7 |
| 51 | New Mexico State | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.97 | 5 | -10 | 1.43 | -0.43 |
| 52 | Toledo | Mid-American | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.34 | 5.5 | 21.45 | 1.38 | -0.38 |
| 53 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.18 | -1.5 | -4.45 | 0.89 | 0.11 |
| 54 | SMU | Southwest | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.41 | -9 | 0.88 | 0.36 | 0.64 |
| 55 | Washington | AAWU | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.3 | 3.5 | 12.92 | 1.39 | -0.39 |
| 56 | West Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.25 | -4 | -4.21 | 0.86 | 0.14 |
| 57 | California | AAWU | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.12 | -12.5 | 1.46 | 0.37 | 0.63 |
| 58 | Kent State | Mid-American | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.98 | 5.5 | 7.75 | 1.35 | -0.35 |
| 59 | New Mexico | Western Athletic | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.88 | -4.5 | -3.79 | 0.75 | 0.25 |
| 60 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.65 | 0.5 | 13.15 | 1.04 | -0.04 |
| 61 | The Citadel | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.63 | 3.5 | 6.76 | 1.39 | -0.39 |
| 62 | Xavier | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.43 | -7.5 | -5.23 | 0.52 | 0.48 |
| 63 | Davidson | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.36 | -1 | 24.55 | 0.96 | 0.04 |
| 64 | Stanford | AAWU | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 10.11 | -2.5 | 12.27 | 0.81 | 0.19 |
| 65 | William & Mary | Southern | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 9.16 | -4.33 | 14.7 | 1.11 | -0.11 |
| 66 | Alabama | SEC | 0-0-1 | 0 | 0.51 | 0 | -0.33 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 67 | Harvard | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | Dartmouth | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Princeton | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Cornell | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Tulsa | Missouri Valley | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | Yale | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Maryland | ACC | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Pennsylvania | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Columbia | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | Brown | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Wichita State | Missouri Valley | 0-0-1 | 0 | 0.01 | 0 | 1.58 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 81 | Arkansas | Southwest | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.02 | -1 | 0.96 | 0.41 | -0.41 |
| 82 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.28 | -1 | 1.27 | 0.47 | -0.47 |
| 83 | Utah | Western Athletic | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.3 | -1 | 0.97 | 0.45 | -0.45 |
| 84 | Kansas | Big 8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.41 | -1 | 0.03 | 0.47 | -0.47 |
| 85 | Kentucky | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.68 | -2 | 0.13 | 0.39 | -0.39 |
| 86 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.74 | -6 | -10 | 0.3 | -0.3 |
| 87 | Miami | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.79 | -5 | 0.64 | 0.22 | -0.22 |
| 88 | Texas | Southwest | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.97 | -4 | 25.45 | 0.35 | -0.35 |
| 89 | Tennessee | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.13 | -4 | 25.84 | 0.37 | -0.37 |
| 90 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.17 | -3.5 | 13.16 | 0.8 | -0.8 |
| 91 | Ole Miss | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.23 | -10 | 2.02 | 0.25 | -0.25 |
| 92 | Rice | Southwest | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.26 | -6 | 1.77 | 0.3 | -0.3 |
| 93 | Colorado State | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.29 | -10 | -0.17 | 0.11 | -0.11 |
| 94 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.5 | -7 | 2.77 | 0.22 | -0.22 |
| 95 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.53 | -11 | 1.1 | 0.03 | -0.03 |
| 96 | Oregon | AAWU | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.72 | -6 | 24.3 | 0.58 | -0.58 |
| 97 | Illinois | Big Ten | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.74 | -14 | 2.53 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Tampa | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.82 | -8 | 7.5 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 99 | North Carolina | ACC | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.83 | -6 | 23.16 | 0.44 | -0.44 |
| 100 | Air Force | FBS Independents | 0-1-1 | 0 | -1.87 | -13.5 | 13.32 | 0.09 | -0.09 |
| 101 | TCU | Southwest | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.91 | -15 | 0 | 0.09 | -0.09 |
| 102 | Virginia | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.93 | -19 | 2.1 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| 103 | Florida State | FBS Independents | 0-1-1 | 0 | -1.94 | -10 | 14.75 | 0.62 | -0.62 |
| 104 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.97 | -17 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 |
| 105 | Cincinnati | Missouri Valley | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.13 | -14 | 22.11 | 0.15 | -0.15 |
| 106 | Baylor | Southwest | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.17 | -13.5 | 14.05 | 0.05 | -0.05 |
| 107 | San José State | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.26 | -11 | 23.59 | 0.22 | -0.22 |
| 108 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.31 | -16 | 6.96 | 0.32 | -0.32 |
| 109 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.41 | -30 | 26.45 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 110 | Mississippi State | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.42 | -30 | 2.77 | 0 | 0 |
| 111 | Wake Forest | ACC | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.53 | -17.5 | 12.28 | 0.16 | -0.16 |
| 112 | Marshall | Mid-American | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.79 | -29 | 6.54 | 0.08 | -0.08 |
| 113 | Arizona | Western Athletic | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.81 | -19 | 25.67 | 0.14 | -0.14 |
| 114 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -3 | -32 | 25.84 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 115 | Richmond | Southern | 0-2-0 | 0 | -3.03 | -18.5 | 29.68 | 0.08 | -0.08 |
| 116 | Iowa State | Big 8 | 0-2-0 | 0 | -3.14 | -41.5 | 12.06 | 0 | 0 |
| 117 | Washington State | AAWU | 0-2-0 | 0 | -3.2 | -35 | 13.83 | 0 | 0 |