Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:26.855016+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 4-0-0 | 1 | 27.75 | 17.5 | 15.2 | 3.68 | 0.32 |
| 2 | Toledo | Mid-American | 4-0-0 | 1 | 27.36 | 19.5 | 12.41 | 3.46 | 0.54 |
| 3 | Texas | Southwest | 4-0-0 | 1 | 27.29 | 27 | 11.39 | 3.82 | 0.18 |
| 4 | USC | Pac-8 | 4-0-0 | 1 | 27.16 | 19.5 | 12.03 | 3.53 | 0.47 |
| 5 | Missouri | Big 8 | 4-0-0 | 1 | 26.87 | 16.5 | 10.87 | 3.56 | 0.44 |
| 6 | Tennessee | SEC | 4-0-0 | 1 | 26.71 | 28.5 | 8.4 | 3.82 | 0.18 |
| 7 | LSU | SEC | 4-0-0 | 1 | 26.46 | 36.5 | 6.32 | 3.99 | 0.01 |
| 8 | Wyoming | Western Athletic | 4-0-0 | 1 | 26.42 | 20.5 | 8.22 | 3.69 | 0.31 |
| 9 | Florida | SEC | 4-0-0 | 1 | 26.22 | 13.25 | 8.13 | 2.98 | 1.02 |
| 10 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.86 | 40.67 | 3.9 | 2.92 | 0.08 |
| 11 | UCLA | Pac-8 | 5-0-0 | 1 | 25.72 | 30 | 3.62 | 4.85 | 0.15 |
| 12 | Arkansas | Southwest | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.63 | 37.33 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | San Diego State | PCAA | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.56 | 31 | 3.46 | 2.87 | 0.13 |
| 14 | Dartmouth | Ivy | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.15 | 34.67 | 1.82 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | Davidson | Southern | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.13 | 26.75 | 1.59 | 3.79 | 0.21 |
| 16 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.52 | 17.5 | -0.39 | 3.63 | 0.37 |
| 17 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.08 | 5.5 | -3 | 1.29 | 0.71 |
| 18 | Pacific | PCAA | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 22.35 | 21.4 | 12.43 | 4.8 | -0.8 |
| 19 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 22.01 | 20 | 8.22 | 4.6 | -0.6 |
| 20 | Louisville | Missouri Valley | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 21.95 | 3.67 | -7.45 | 1.82 | 0.18 |
| 21 | Auburn | SEC | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 21.75 | 30.75 | 15.1 | 3.81 | -0.81 |
| 22 | Georgia | SEC | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 21.5 | 20.5 | 10.25 | 3.72 | -0.72 |
| 23 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 21.19 | 17.5 | 15.01 | 3.39 | -0.39 |
| 24 | Michigan | Big Ten | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.66 | 13.5 | 12.42 | 3.08 | -0.08 |
| 25 | Purdue | Big Ten | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.65 | 2.75 | 14.14 | 2.22 | 0.78 |
| 26 | Utah | Western Athletic | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.33 | 10.75 | 12.05 | 3.09 | -0.09 |
| 27 | Colorado | Big 8 | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.29 | 8.5 | 13.01 | 3.12 | -0.12 |
| 28 | Alabama | SEC | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.02 | 12.5 | 3.26 | 3.1 | -0.1 |
| 29 | Kansas State | Big 8 | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.79 | 11.5 | 7.35 | 2.98 | 0.02 |
| 30 | California | Pac-8 | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.64 | 6.75 | 10.96 | 2.78 | 0.22 |
| 31 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.32 | 8.75 | 6.85 | 3.23 | -0.23 |
| 32 | Oklahoma | Big 8 | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.14 | 15.33 | 9.72 | 2.42 | -0.42 |
| 33 | Virginia | ACC | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.91 | 8.5 | 4.42 | 3.15 | -0.15 |
| 34 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.84 | 13.75 | -3.22 | 3.46 | -0.46 |
| 35 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.68 | 13 | -0.33 | 2.92 | 0.08 |
| 36 | The Citadel | Southern | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.45 | 10 | -3.92 | 3.08 | -0.08 |
| 37 | Florida State | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.37 | 3.67 | 15.34 | 1.97 | 0.03 |
| 38 | Fresno State | PCAA | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 17.99 | 8.25 | -1.97 | 2.77 | 0.23 |
| 39 | Ohio | Mid-American | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 17.94 | 8.75 | 10.43 | 2.85 | -0.85 |
| 40 | South Carolina | ACC | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 17.58 | -1.25 | 11.84 | 1.85 | 1.15 |
| 41 | New Mexico State | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 17.21 | 7.75 | -6.36 | 3.25 | -0.25 |
| 42 | Yale | Ivy | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.56 | 9.67 | 2.88 | 2.21 | -0.21 |
| 43 | Pennsylvania | Ivy | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 15.93 | -3 | 8.67 | 1.21 | 0.79 |
| 44 | Stanford | Pac-8 | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 15.85 | 16.75 | 16.8 | 3.21 | -1.21 |
| 45 | Harvard | Ivy | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 15.81 | 20.33 | -7.33 | 2.95 | -0.95 |
| 46 | Oklahoma State | Big 8 | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 14.72 | -8.67 | 14.25 | 0.71 | 1.29 |
| 47 | Buffalo | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.69 | 8.4 | -1.34 | 4.37 | -1.37 |
| 48 | Nebraska | Big 8 | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.49 | 5.5 | 14.52 | 2.69 | -0.69 |
| 49 | Ole Miss | SEC | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.35 | 7.75 | 17.09 | 2.88 | -0.88 |
| 50 | Princeton | Ivy | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 14.15 | -2.67 | 6.84 | 1.21 | 0.79 |
| 51 | Iowa State | Big 8 | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.11 | 5.75 | 10.07 | 2.87 | -0.87 |
| 52 | Houston | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.08 | 15 | 11.57 | 3.01 | -1.01 |
| 53 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.96 | 5.5 | 9.59 | 2.73 | -0.73 |
| 54 | Arizona State | Western Athletic | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.69 | 3.5 | 9.07 | 2.35 | -0.35 |
| 55 | West Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.39 | 3.5 | 7.12 | 2.45 | -0.45 |
| 56 | Kent State | Mid-American | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 13.27 | -4 | 5.92 | 1.83 | 1.17 |
| 57 | Air Force | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.21 | 2.5 | 15.14 | 2.28 | -0.28 |
| 58 | Indiana | Big Ten | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.85 | 3 | 9.61 | 2.31 | -0.31 |
| 59 | Iowa | Big Ten | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.5 | 1 | 3.57 | 2.08 | -0.08 |
| 60 | Oregon State | Pac-8 | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.2 | -2.5 | 22.07 | 1.72 | 0.28 |
| 61 | North Texas | Missouri Valley | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.19 | 12.5 | -5.88 | 3.22 | -1.22 |
| 62 | BYU | Western Athletic | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.12 | 0.5 | 12.36 | 2.07 | -0.07 |
| 63 | UTEP | Western Athletic | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11.78 | -6.75 | 18.33 | 1.06 | 0.94 |
| 64 | Richmond | Southern | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11.6 | -1.5 | 6.63 | 1.77 | 0.23 |
| 65 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11.24 | -5.75 | 9.84 | 1.51 | 0.49 |
| 66 | Oregon | Pac-8 | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11.2 | -4.5 | 10.71 | 1.56 | 0.44 |
| 67 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11.19 | -4.75 | 9.63 | 1.36 | 0.64 |
| 68 | Colorado State | Western Athletic | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11.18 | -1.25 | 11.27 | 1.89 | 0.11 |
| 69 | Clemson | ACC | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11.12 | -15.75 | 20.61 | 0.41 | 1.59 |
| 70 | Long Beach State | PCAA | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.92 | 1.25 | -3.87 | 2.14 | -0.14 |
| 71 | Army | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.91 | -6.25 | 6.92 | 1.22 | 0.78 |
| 72 | NC State | ACC | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 10.81 | 1.6 | 10.6 | 2.8 | -0.8 |
| 73 | Memphis | Missouri Valley | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.74 | -4 | 15.61 | 1.6 | 0.4 |
| 74 | William & Mary | Southern | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.52 | -3.25 | 11.16 | 1.55 | 0.45 |
| 75 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 10.34 | 1.6 | 14.63 | 2.78 | -0.78 |
| 76 | Texas Tech | Southwest | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.28 | -7.25 | 13.61 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
| 77 | California-Santa Barbara | PCAA | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.01 | -9.25 | 2.31 | 0.95 | 1.05 |
| 78 | Cincinnati | Missouri Valley | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 9.91 | -20.25 | 9.06 | 0.47 | 1.53 |
| 79 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 9.76 | -8.5 | 11.61 | 1.18 | 0.82 |
| 80 | Mississippi State | SEC | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 9.69 | -17.25 | 15.2 | 0.79 | 1.21 |
| 81 | Kentucky | SEC | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 9.32 | -16.75 | 9.9 | 0.47 | 1.53 |
| 82 | Rice | Southwest | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 8.9 | 1 | 13.35 | 1.57 | -0.57 |
| 83 | Miami | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.77 | -4 | 19.98 | 1.02 | -0.02 |
| 84 | Wake Forest | ACC | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.65 | -12.4 | 7.15 | 0.93 | 1.07 |
| 85 | Northern Illinois | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.44 | -5.4 | -3.15 | 1.7 | 0.3 |
| 86 | Brown | Ivy | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.11 | -4.67 | 8.93 | 0.94 | 0.06 |
| 87 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 5.39 | -11.67 | -0.21 | 0.65 | 0.35 |
| 88 | North Carolina | ACC | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 5.25 | -2.25 | 9.06 | 1.66 | -0.66 |
| 89 | Furman | Southern | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 5.21 | -25.75 | -1.23 | 0.31 | 0.69 |
| 90 | Kansas | Big 8 | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 5.03 | -4 | 12.49 | 1.48 | -0.48 |
| 91 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.38 | -10 | 17.35 | 0.56 | 0.44 |
| 92 | Utah State | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.36 | -9.75 | 12.97 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| 93 | Duke | ACC | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.29 | -3 | 12.2 | 1.57 | -0.57 |
| 94 | Maryland | ACC | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.24 | -11.75 | 16.86 | 0.58 | 0.42 |
| 95 | SMU | Southwest | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.18 | -3.25 | 10.15 | 1.63 | -0.63 |
| 96 | Washington State | Pac-8 | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.16 | -14.5 | 14.03 | 0.96 | 0.04 |
| 97 | New Mexico | Western Athletic | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.13 | -12.25 | 12.62 | 0.67 | 0.33 |
| 98 | Southern Miss | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.73 | -16.25 | 3.45 | 0.69 | 0.31 |
| 99 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.43 | -12.5 | 18 | 0.72 | 0.28 |
| 100 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.24 | -17 | 21.41 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 101 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 2.82 | -24.75 | 17.52 | 0.09 | 0.91 |
| 102 | Wichita State | Missouri Valley | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.82 | -14 | 13.36 | 0.66 | 0.34 |
| 103 | San José State | PCAA | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 2.81 | -27.25 | 19.97 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 104 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 0-4-0 | 0 | -1.51 | -4.5 | 15.29 | 1.16 | -1.16 |
| 105 | Cornell | Ivy | 0-3-0 | 0 | -1.92 | -8.33 | 13.07 | 0.81 | -0.81 |
| 106 | East Carolina | Southern | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.13 | -14.33 | 1.17 | 0.17 | -0.17 |
| 107 | Cal State Los Angeles | PCAA | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.37 | -18.67 | 1.59 | 0.2 | -0.2 |
| 108 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 0-3-1 | 0 | -2.44 | -15 | 15.2 | 0.86 | -0.86 |
| 109 | Illinois | Big Ten | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.46 | -16 | 12.29 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 110 | Marshall | Mid-American | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.46 | -16.75 | 13.38 | 0.48 | -0.48 |
| 111 | Dayton | FBS Independents | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.48 | -14.8 | 19.29 | 0.48 | -0.48 |
| 112 | Arizona | Western Athletic | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.49 | -15 | 18.24 | 0.75 | -0.75 |
| 113 | Columbia | Ivy | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.58 | -26.33 | 3.97 | 0.13 | -0.13 |
| 114 | Xavier | FBS Independents | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.61 | -17.8 | 17.39 | 0.23 | -0.23 |
| 115 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.64 | -14.5 | 26.46 | 0.65 | -0.65 |
| 116 | TCU | Southwest | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.88 | -22.25 | 19.24 | 0.4 | -0.4 |
| 117 | Navy | FBS Independents | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.95 | -24 | 20.91 | 0.47 | -0.47 |
| 118 | Tulsa | Missouri Valley | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.99 | -31 | 11.45 | 0.09 | -0.09 |
| 119 | Washington | Pac-8 | 0-4-0 | 0 | -3.07 | -28 | 19.8 | 0.2 | -0.2 |
| 120 | VMI | Southern | 0-4-0 | 0 | -3.11 | -31.25 | 17.44 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 121 | Baylor | Southwest | 0-3-0 | 0 | -3.17 | -30.67 | 21.05 | 0.12 | -0.12 |