Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.231742+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nebraska | Big 8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 37.17 | 27 | 14.69 | 0.98 | 0.02 |
| 2 | Michigan | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 36.7 | 15 | 16.97 | 0.95 | 0.05 |
| 3 | Arkansas | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 36.41 | 31 | 13.46 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| 4 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 35.45 | 31 | 20.47 | 0.94 | 0.06 |
| 5 | Toledo | Mid-American | 1-0-0 | 1 | 35.07 | 45 | 2.39 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Colorado | Big 8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 34.88 | 10 | 22.55 | 0.72 | 0.28 |
| 7 | Stanford | Pac-8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 34.4 | 19 | 12.97 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 34.15 | 31 | 2.87 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| 9 | Ole Miss | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 33.85 | 16 | 21.34 | 0.87 | 0.13 |
| 10 | Dayton | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 33.72 | 13 | 20.46 | 0.98 | 0.02 |
| 11 | Alabama | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 33.59 | 7 | 19.02 | 0.78 | 0.22 |
| 12 | Memphis | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 33.5 | 30 | 17.94 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | North Carolina | ACC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 33.43 | 28 | 8.52 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Georgia | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 32.99 | 31 | 9.31 | 0.87 | 0.13 |
| 15 | Houston | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 32.86 | 2 | 10.48 | 0.55 | 0.45 |
| 16 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 32.45 | 17 | 17.55 | 0.95 | 0.05 |
| 17 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 32.17 | 6 | 16.54 | 0.77 | 0.23 |
| 18 | Washington | Pac-8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 32.01 | 58 | 0.85 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 19 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 1-0-0 | 1 | 31.76 | 7 | 5.59 | 0.78 | 0.22 |
| 20 | Florida State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 31.25 | 15 | 6.12 | 0.91 | 0.09 |
| 21 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 30.49 | 15 | 1.27 | 0.86 | 0.14 |
| 22 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 1-0-0 | 1 | 30.47 | 28 | -10 | 0.98 | 0.02 |
| 23 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 29.14 | 31 | 3.46 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Duke | ACC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 27.92 | 6 | 9.29 | 0.84 | 0.16 |
| 25 | Kansas | Big 8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 27.9 | 34 | 1.01 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Utah State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 27.63 | 3 | 9.16 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 27 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 27.11 | 4 | 14.52 | 0.59 | 0.41 |
| 28 | UTEP | Western Athletic | 1-0-0 | 1 | 27.05 | 29 | -10 | 0.97 | 0.03 |
| 29 | Wake Forest | ACC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 27.02 | 20 | 5.12 | 0.96 | 0.04 |
| 30 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.62 | 10 | 3.54 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | William & Mary | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.75 | 7 | 11.79 | 0.63 | 0.37 |
| 32 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.62 | 28 | -0.61 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Oklahoma State | Big 8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.22 | 19 | 5.48 | 0.96 | 0.04 |
| 34 | BYU | Western Athletic | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.8 | 28 | 5.96 | 0.94 | 0.06 |
| 35 | New Mexico State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.68 | 4 | -10 | 0.88 | 0.12 |
| 36 | Kent State | Mid-American | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.05 | 2 | 2.88 | 0.55 | 0.45 |
| 37 | Navy | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.99 | 4 | 14.78 | 0.77 | 0.23 |
| 38 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.39 | 1 | -10 | 0.53 | 0.47 |
| 39 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.29 | 34 | -2.1 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 40 | Kentucky | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.73 | 3 | 2.23 | 0.65 | 0.35 |
| 41 | Wyoming | Western Athletic | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.73 | 14 | -10 | 0.72 | 0.28 |
| 42 | Dartmouth | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 12.24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 11.92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Tennessee | SEC | 0-0-0 | 0 | 11.88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Texas | Southwest | 0-0-0 | 0 | 11.79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Arizona State | Western Athletic | 0-0-0 | 0 | 11.46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | San Diego State | PCAA | 0-0-0 | 0 | 11.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Auburn | SEC | 0-0-0 | 0 | 11.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Yale | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 10.48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 9.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | LSU | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | 9.35 | -10 | 17.88 | 0.28 | -0.28 |
| 52 | Air Force | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Harvard | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 8.99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Oklahoma | Big 8 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 8.68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Long Beach State | PCAA | 0-1-0 | 0 | 8.43 | -16 | 15.56 | 0.13 | -0.13 |
| 56 | New Mexico | Western Athletic | 0-0-0 | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | Cincinnati | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 8.14 | -13 | 15.96 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 58 | Louisville | Missouri Valley | 0-0-0 | 0 | 7.98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | USC | Pac-8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | 7.85 | -7 | 17.16 | 0.22 | -0.22 |
| 60 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 7.45 | -31 | 18.05 | 0.06 | -0.06 |
| 61 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 7.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Utah | Western Athletic | 0-0-0 | 0 | 7.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Furman | Southern | 0-0-1 | 0 | 7.09 | 0 | -10 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Texas Tech | Southwest | 0-1-0 | 0 | 6.74 | -6 | 15.45 | 0.23 | -0.23 |
| 65 | Princeton | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 6.72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | Cornell | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 6.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 6.52 | -17 | 14.13 | 0.05 | -0.05 |
| 68 | Virginia | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | 6.27 | -4 | 0.29 | 0.23 | -0.23 |
| 69 | West Texas A&M | Missouri Valley | 0-1-0 | 0 | 6.27 | -30 | 15.21 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Tulsa | Missouri Valley | 0-0-0 | 0 | 6.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 0-1-0 | 0 | 6.17 | -15 | 23.03 | 0.05 | -0.05 |
| 72 | UCLA | Pac-8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | 6.08 | -4 | 6.62 | 0.41 | -0.41 |
| 73 | Pennsylvania | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 4.78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Fresno State | PCAA | 0-1-0 | 0 | 4.72 | -4 | -10 | 0.36 | -0.36 |
| 75 | Oregon | Pac-8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | 4.54 | -27 | 23.98 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 76 | The Citadel | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | 4.4 | -7 | 4.19 | 0.37 | -0.37 |
| 77 | Rice | Southwest | 0-1-0 | 0 | 4.34 | -2 | 20.38 | 0.45 | -0.45 |
| 78 | Iowa State | Big 8 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 4.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 4.22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 4.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | Purdue | Big Ten | 0-0-0 | 0 | 4.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Missouri | Big 8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | 4.05 | -19 | 19.62 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | California | Pac-8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | 3.84 | -31 | 22.72 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
| 84 | Arizona | Western Athletic | 0-0-0 | 0 | 3.56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | Colorado State | Western Athletic | 0-0-0 | 0 | 3.53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | Kansas State | Big 8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | 3.53 | -3 | 9.97 | 0.3 | -0.3 |
| 87 | Florida | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | 3.18 | -6 | 9.67 | 0.16 | -0.16 |
| 88 | TCU | Southwest | 0-0-0 | 0 | 3.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | Ohio | Mid-American | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Columbia | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | SMU | Southwest | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Marshall | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | San José State | PCAA | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Oregon State | Pac-8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | 1.88 | -31 | 17.51 | 0.13 | -0.13 |
| 97 | Richmond | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | 1.53 | -28 | 18.86 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Miami | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Pacific | PCAA | 0-1-0 | 0 | 1.12 | -7 | 18.53 | 0.22 | -0.22 |
| 100 | Brown | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 101 | Army | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 102 | Baylor | Southwest | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 103 | Southern Miss | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.86 | -15 | 16.3 | 0.09 | -0.09 |
| 104 | NC State | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.64 | -2 | 5.53 | 0.45 | -0.45 |
| 105 | North Texas | Missouri Valley | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.59 | -28 | 2.6 | 0.06 | -0.06 |
| 106 | Mississippi State | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.58 | -19 | 4.15 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| 107 | Davidson | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.3 | -20 | 7.82 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| 108 | Clemson | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.13 | -3 | 2.72 | 0.35 | -0.35 |
| 109 | Illinois | Big Ten | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.02 | -10 | 8.56 | 0 | 0 |
| 110 | Xavier | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | -0.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 111 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | -0.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 112 | VMI | Southern | 0-0-0 | 0 | -0.81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 113 | Cal State Los Angeles | PCAA | 0-0-0 | 0 | -0.92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 114 | Northern Illinois | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.93 | -31 | 12.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 115 | Iowa | Big Ten | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.44 | -31 | 22.36 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
| 116 | Maryland | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.57 | -15 | 16.63 | 0.14 | -0.14 |
| 117 | East Carolina | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.02 | -45 | 23.87 | 0 | 0 |
| 118 | Washington State | Pac-8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.19 | -34 | 10.47 | 0 | 0 |
| 119 | Indiana | Big Ten | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.78 | -28 | 6.79 | 0 | 0 |
| 120 | California-Santa Barbara | PCAA | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.85 | -58 | 18.02 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 121 | Wichita State | Missouri Valley | 0-1-0 | 0 | -3.57 | -34 | 2.47 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 122 | Hawai'i | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 123 | Temple | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 124 | Chattanooga | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -5.52 | -1 | 9.41 | 0.47 | -0.47 |
| 125 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 0-1-0 | 0 | -6.22 | -4 | 10.81 | 0.12 | -0.12 |
| 126 | Tampa | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -6.39 | -8 | -10 | 0.31 | -0.31 |
| 127 | Texas-Arlington | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -7.64 | -29 | 13.28 | 0.03 | -0.03 |