Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:26.855483+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 5-0-0 | 1 | 27.21 | 14.2 | 15.69 | 4.41 | 0.59 |
| 2 | Texas | Southwest | 4-0-0 | 1 | 26.84 | 27 | 11.53 | 3.82 | 0.18 |
| 3 | USC | Pac-8 | 4-0-1 | 0.8 | 26.77 | 15.6 | 13.31 | 4.25 | -0.25 |
| 4 | Toledo | Mid-American | 5-0-0 | 1 | 26.68 | 20.6 | 11.69 | 4.39 | 0.61 |
| 5 | Tennessee | SEC | 5-0-0 | 1 | 26.67 | 28.2 | 10.74 | 4.75 | 0.25 |
| 6 | Missouri | Big 8 | 5-0-0 | 1 | 26.5 | 15.2 | 12.12 | 4.28 | 0.72 |
| 7 | UCLA | Pac-8 | 6-0-0 | 1 | 26.23 | 30.33 | 8.64 | 5.87 | 0.13 |
| 8 | Wyoming | Western Athletic | 5-0-0 | 1 | 26.19 | 23 | 9.16 | 4.71 | 0.29 |
| 9 | Florida | SEC | 5-0-0 | 1 | 26.05 | 20.6 | 8.95 | 4.26 | 0.74 |
| 10 | LSU | SEC | 5-0-0 | 1 | 25.76 | 34.6 | 5.44 | 4.97 | 0.03 |
| 11 | Arkansas | Southwest | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.83 | 31.5 | 1.42 | 3.99 | 0.01 |
| 12 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.83 | 37.25 | 0.71 | 3.89 | 0.11 |
| 13 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.75 | 14.6 | 4.15 | 4.29 | 0.71 |
| 14 | Dartmouth | Ivy | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.68 | 32.25 | 0.76 | 3.97 | 0.03 |
| 15 | San Diego State | PCAA | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.65 | 27.5 | 0.96 | 3.8 | 0.2 |
| 16 | Davidson | Southern | 5-0-0 | 1 | 24.55 | 21.8 | 1.47 | 4.6 | 0.4 |
| 17 | Auburn | SEC | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 22.19 | 25.2 | 13.2 | 4.66 | -0.66 |
| 18 | Louisville | Missouri Valley | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 22.1 | 7 | -6.24 | 2.75 | 0.25 |
| 19 | Pacific | PCAA | 5-1-0 | 0.83 | 21.87 | 22.5 | 7.41 | 5.84 | -0.84 |
| 20 | Georgia | SEC | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.39 | 22.8 | 8.77 | 4.73 | -0.73 |
| 21 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 21.1 | 20 | 7.23 | 4.6 | -0.6 |
| 22 | Utah | Western Athletic | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.91 | 13.4 | 8.72 | 4.23 | -0.23 |
| 23 | Kansas State | Big 8 | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.85 | 14.6 | 8.25 | 4.04 | -0.04 |
| 24 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 3-1-1 | 0.6 | 20.8 | 14 | 14.56 | 4.08 | -1.08 |
| 25 | Oklahoma | Big 8 | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.74 | 14.5 | 15.14 | 3.09 | -0.09 |
| 26 | Purdue | Big Ten | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.68 | 3 | 13.46 | 2.79 | 1.21 |
| 27 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 20.08 | 14 | 4.09 | 3.84 | 0.16 |
| 28 | Florida State | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.22 | 7.25 | 8.46 | 2.93 | 0.07 |
| 29 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 19.11 | 13.8 | -2.14 | 4.4 | -0.4 |
| 30 | The Citadel | Southern | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 18.92 | 13.2 | -2.94 | 4.24 | -0.24 |
| 31 | Yale | Ivy | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.35 | 16 | -0.02 | 3.4 | -0.4 |
| 32 | South Carolina | ACC | 4-1-0 | 0.8 | 18.16 | -0.8 | 8.07 | 2.38 | 1.62 |
| 33 | Stanford | Pac-8 | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 17.18 | 23.2 | 13.2 | 4.44 | -1.44 |
| 34 | Ole Miss | SEC | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.87 | 18.6 | 13.06 | 4.41 | -1.41 |
| 35 | Michigan | Big Ten | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.7 | 8.6 | 11.82 | 3.47 | -0.47 |
| 36 | Air Force | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.63 | 11.4 | 14.78 | 3.8 | -0.8 |
| 37 | Colorado | Big 8 | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.5 | 4.4 | 14.17 | 3.13 | -0.13 |
| 38 | Pennsylvania | Ivy | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 16.33 | -0.75 | 3.06 | 1.89 | 1.11 |
| 39 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 16.31 | 6.8 | 10.87 | 3.76 | -0.76 |
| 40 | Alabama | SEC | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.94 | 4.6 | 9.34 | 3.04 | -0.04 |
| 41 | Nebraska | Big 8 | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.89 | 5.2 | 12.2 | 3.31 | -0.31 |
| 42 | Arizona State | Western Athletic | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.86 | 9.6 | 9 | 3.6 | -0.6 |
| 43 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.73 | 5.8 | 10.57 | 3.62 | -0.62 |
| 44 | Indiana | Big Ten | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.52 | 6.6 | 8.87 | 3.29 | -0.29 |
| 45 | Colorado State | Western Athletic | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 15.24 | 3 | 11.82 | 2.84 | 0.16 |
| 46 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 14.97 | -2.33 | 4.36 | 1.29 | 0.71 |
| 47 | North Texas | Missouri Valley | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.83 | 13.6 | -0.41 | 4.13 | -1.13 |
| 48 | Virginia | ACC | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.63 | 0.6 | 6.73 | 2.61 | 0.39 |
| 49 | California | Pac-8 | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.6 | -1 | 14.34 | 2.34 | 0.66 |
| 50 | Buffalo | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.5 | 8.4 | -2.36 | 4.37 | -1.37 |
| 51 | Fresno State | PCAA | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.42 | 5.8 | -3.53 | 3.22 | -0.22 |
| 52 | Richmond | Southern | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.4 | 2.2 | 5.61 | 2.92 | 0.08 |
| 53 | Houston | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.36 | 15 | 12.04 | 3.01 | -1.01 |
| 54 | Ohio | Mid-American | 2-2-1 | 0.4 | 14.08 | 6.4 | 12.02 | 3.3 | -1.3 |
| 55 | Memphis | Missouri Valley | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 14.02 | -0.6 | 14.19 | 2.42 | 0.58 |
| 56 | New Mexico State | FBS Independents | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 13.99 | 2.6 | -3 | 3.02 | -0.02 |
| 57 | Oregon State | Pac-8 | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 13.99 | -1.2 | 15.2 | 2.31 | 0.69 |
| 58 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 13.43 | -2.4 | 13.76 | 2.22 | 0.78 |
| 59 | NC State | ACC | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 13.32 | 6.5 | 10.23 | 4.36 | -1.36 |
| 60 | Long Beach State | PCAA | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 13.12 | 2.6 | -6 | 2.87 | 0.13 |
| 61 | Clemson | ACC | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 12.74 | -9.8 | 16.2 | 1.11 | 1.89 |
| 62 | Harvard | Ivy | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.42 | 11 | -6.12 | 3.22 | -1.22 |
| 63 | Mississippi State | SEC | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 12.15 | -13 | 13.18 | 1.29 | 1.71 |
| 64 | California-Santa Barbara | PCAA | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 12.01 | -2.6 | 0.65 | 2.08 | 0.92 |
| 65 | Cincinnati | Missouri Valley | 3-2-0 | 0.6 | 11.68 | -14.8 | 8.7 | 0.88 | 2.12 |
| 66 | Oklahoma State | Big 8 | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11.04 | -9 | 19.21 | 1.01 | 0.99 |
| 67 | Kent State | Mid-American | 3-3-0 | 0.5 | 10.59 | -4.5 | 8.64 | 1.97 | 1.03 |
| 68 | Princeton | Ivy | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.48 | -3.75 | 4.93 | 1.56 | 0.44 |
| 69 | Iowa State | Big 8 | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 9.68 | -0.8 | 13.81 | 2.35 | -0.35 |
| 70 | SMU | Southwest | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 9.58 | 1.4 | 8.33 | 2.69 | -0.69 |
| 71 | Iowa | Big Ten | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 9.57 | 0 | 7.55 | 2.5 | -0.5 |
| 72 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 9.36 | -7 | 4.7 | 1.34 | 0.66 |
| 73 | West Texas A&M | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 9.05 | -1.2 | 7.4 | 2.3 | -0.3 |
| 74 | William & Mary | Southern | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.68 | -3 | 12.48 | 1.97 | 0.03 |
| 75 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.48 | -4.4 | 12.12 | 1.74 | 0.26 |
| 76 | BYU | Western Athletic | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.44 | -6.2 | 13.91 | 1.55 | 0.45 |
| 77 | UTEP | Western Athletic | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.21 | -8.6 | 14.15 | 1.09 | 0.91 |
| 78 | Texas Tech | Southwest | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 8.15 | -6.6 | 12.22 | 1.64 | 0.36 |
| 79 | Utah State | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.89 | -4.6 | 12.24 | 1.77 | 0.23 |
| 80 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.81 | -7.6 | 8.71 | 1.58 | 0.42 |
| 81 | Army | FBS Independents | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.79 | -8.2 | 7.5 | 1.22 | 0.78 |
| 82 | Oregon | Pac-8 | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.71 | -13 | 11.27 | 1.17 | 0.83 |
| 83 | Maryland | ACC | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.66 | -6.8 | 12.82 | 1.31 | 0.69 |
| 84 | Kentucky | SEC | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.47 | -18.8 | 14.78 | 0.48 | 1.52 |
| 85 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 7.28 | -2.83 | 15.24 | 2.45 | -0.45 |
| 86 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 2-3-0 | 0.4 | 7.07 | -15.8 | 14.97 | 0.52 | 1.48 |
| 87 | Wake Forest | ACC | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.77 | -12.67 | 8.45 | 1.09 | 0.91 |
| 88 | Northern Illinois | FBS Independents | 2-4-0 | 0.33 | 5.41 | -9.83 | -3.59 | 1.58 | 0.42 |
| 89 | Rice | Southwest | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.99 | -4.25 | 11.79 | 1.6 | -0.6 |
| 90 | Miami | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.8 | -6.25 | 16.59 | 1.11 | -0.11 |
| 91 | Cornell | Ivy | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.58 | -2 | 13.55 | 1.8 | -0.8 |
| 92 | Brown | Ivy | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.29 | -9.75 | 11.91 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| 93 | Kansas | Big 8 | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 3.64 | -4 | 13.6 | 1.86 | -0.86 |
| 94 | Duke | ACC | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 3.39 | -5 | 11.63 | 1.59 | -0.59 |
| 95 | Furman | Southern | 1-3-1 | 0.2 | 3.11 | -24.6 | -2.97 | 0.41 | 0.59 |
| 96 | North Carolina | ACC | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.94 | -11.8 | 14.25 | 0.81 | 0.19 |
| 97 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.94 | -10 | 11.85 | 0.66 | 0.34 |
| 98 | New Mexico | Western Athletic | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.66 | -14.6 | 12.03 | 0.54 | 0.46 |
| 99 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.58 | -16.4 | 15.67 | 0.62 | 0.38 |
| 100 | Arizona | Western Athletic | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.56 | -8.8 | 16.91 | 1.45 | -0.45 |
| 101 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.51 | -17.6 | 15.9 | 0.74 | 0.26 |
| 102 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.47 | -10.8 | 20.51 | 1.18 | -0.18 |
| 103 | Washington State | Pac-8 | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.39 | -21.4 | 12.56 | 0.69 | 0.31 |
| 104 | San José State | PCAA | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.13 | -28.6 | 17.33 | 0.52 | 0.48 |
| 105 | Southern Miss | FBS Independents | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.11 | -25.4 | 4.81 | 0.44 | 0.56 |
| 106 | TCU | Southwest | 1-4-0 | 0.2 | 2.09 | -15.8 | 16.14 | 0.76 | 0.24 |
| 107 | Dayton | FBS Independents | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 2.02 | -7 | 15.97 | 1.85 | -0.85 |
| 108 | Wichita State | Missouri Valley | 1-5-0 | 0.17 | 1.98 | -12.83 | 12.4 | 0.91 | 0.09 |
| 109 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 0-5-0 | 0 | -1.34 | -3.8 | 13.23 | 1.66 | -1.66 |
| 110 | East Carolina | Southern | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.15 | -15 | 2.51 | 0.22 | -0.22 |
| 111 | Cal State Los Angeles | PCAA | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.3 | -18.67 | 1.85 | 0.2 | -0.2 |
| 112 | Illinois | Big Ten | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.43 | -17 | 12.16 | 0.66 | -0.66 |
| 113 | Marshall | Mid-American | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.46 | -16.8 | 14.25 | 0.65 | -0.65 |
| 114 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 0-4-1 | 0 | -2.53 | -17.4 | 16.97 | 0.83 | -0.83 |
| 115 | Xavier | FBS Independents | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.54 | -17.8 | 16.07 | 0.23 | -0.23 |
| 116 | Columbia | Ivy | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.75 | -28.5 | 9.13 | 0.13 | -0.13 |
| 117 | Washington | Pac-8 | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.82 | -23.2 | 17.92 | 0.28 | -0.28 |
| 118 | Navy | FBS Independents | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.83 | -22 | 21.34 | 0.55 | -0.55 |
| 119 | Tulsa | Missouri Valley | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.86 | -27.75 | 13.57 | 0.22 | -0.22 |
| 120 | VMI | Southern | 0-5-0 | 0 | -2.98 | -30.2 | 15.97 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 121 | Baylor | Southwest | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.99 | -26.5 | 20.77 | 0.18 | -0.18 |