Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:27.845102+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona State | Western Athletic | 1-0-0 | 1 | 33.4 | 21 | 8.78 | 0.95 | 0.05 |
| 2 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 31.67 | 24 | 1.86 | 0.97 | 0.03 |
| 3 | Tampa | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 30.59 | 31 | 0.85 | 1.97 | 0.03 |
| 4 | Mississippi State | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 30.44 | 42 | 2.31 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 5 | Kent State | Mid-American | 2-0-0 | 1 | 30.15 | 6.5 | 6.24 | 1.42 | 0.58 |
| 6 | NC State | ACC | 2-0-0 | 1 | 29.72 | 16 | -0.44 | 1.64 | 0.36 |
| 7 | Southern Miss | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 29.71 | 6 | 33.06 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Richmond | Southern | 2-0-0 | 1 | 29.48 | 2.5 | 2.95 | 1.15 | 0.85 |
| 9 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 1-0-0 | 1 | 28.65 | 39 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Pacific | PCAA | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.49 | 12 | -5.51 | 1.83 | 0.17 |
| 11 | San José State | PCAA | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.47 | 29 | -4.79 | 1.94 | 0.06 |
| 12 | New Mexico State | Missouri Valley | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.34 | 10 | 2.71 | 1.66 | 0.34 |
| 13 | Dayton | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 27.06 | 10 | -5.63 | 1.62 | 0.38 |
| 14 | Texas | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.8 | 23 | 9.63 | 0.87 | 0.13 |
| 15 | Alabama | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.37 | 5 | 10.89 | 0.66 | 0.34 |
| 16 | Nebraska | Big 8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.34 | 54 | 3.71 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 17 | East Carolina | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.31 | 18 | 7.96 | 0.96 | 0.04 |
| 18 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.11 | 15 | 4.56 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| 19 | Texas Tech | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.87 | 21 | 5.89 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 20 | Arizona | Western Athletic | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.78 | 7 | 11.99 | 0.78 | 0.22 |
| 21 | LSU | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.73 | 28 | 5.13 | 0.93 | 0.07 |
| 22 | Oklahoma State | Big 8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.66 | 59 | 1.09 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Oklahoma | Big 8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.44 | 17 | 0.97 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| 24 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.26 | 4 | 6.21 | 0.61 | 0.39 |
| 25 | App State | Southern | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.24 | 10 | -10 | 1.78 | 0.22 |
| 26 | Michigan | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.14 | 17 | -0.56 | 0.95 | 0.05 |
| 27 | Ole Miss | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.11 | 10 | 8.81 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.95 | 24 | 4.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Arkansas | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.74 | 15 | 10.34 | 0.94 | 0.06 |
| 30 | Kentucky | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.39 | 31 | 1.33 | 0.98 | 0.02 |
| 31 | Kansas State | Big 8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.24 | 17 | 8.04 | 0.87 | 0.13 |
| 32 | North Carolina | ACC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.19 | 35 | 3.02 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 33 | Kansas | Big 8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.18 | 7 | 4.08 | 0.84 | 0.16 |
| 34 | Utah State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.15 | 10 | 3.92 | 0.89 | 0.11 |
| 35 | Georgia | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.04 | 13 | -0.25 | 0.68 | 0.32 |
| 36 | Auburn | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.97 | 13 | 5.21 | 0.98 | 0.02 |
| 37 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.92 | 14 | 4.85 | 0.84 | 0.16 |
| 38 | Illinois | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.69 | 16 | 1.25 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.6 | 34 | 2.02 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 40 | New Mexico | Western Athletic | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.24 | 9 | 3.04 | 0.69 | 0.31 |
| 41 | Washington | Pac-8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.17 | 4 | 9.42 | 0.62 | 0.38 |
| 42 | Navy | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.09 | 7 | 2.24 | 0.63 | 0.37 |
| 43 | VMI | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.96 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | Temple | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.95 | 31 | -10 | 0.98 | 0.02 |
| 45 | Florida | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.94 | 4 | 2.05 | 0.62 | 0.38 |
| 46 | SMU | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.82 | 1 | 2.72 | 0.59 | 0.41 |
| 47 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.58 | 3 | -0.71 | 0.72 | 0.28 |
| 48 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.57 | 22 | -1.53 | 0.97 | 0.03 |
| 49 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.2 | 1 | -0.72 | 0.54 | 0.46 |
| 50 | TCU | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.96 | 9 | -0.86 | 0.96 | 0.04 |
| 51 | West Texas A&M | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.86 | 20 | -1.26 | 0.86 | 0.14 |
| 52 | Air Force | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.84 | 37 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 53 | Hawai'i | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.94 | 2 | 7.86 | 0.58 | 0.42 |
| 54 | The Citadel | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.8 | 6 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | Army | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.26 | 7 | -10 | 0.84 | 0.16 |
| 56 | Memphis | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 18.87 | 0 | 6.96 | 1 | 0 |
| 57 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 18.09 | 13 | -5.43 | 1.68 | -0.68 |
| 58 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 17.48 | 1 | 15.04 | 1.07 | -0.07 |
| 59 | Houston | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.99 | 0 | 20.49 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.2 | 1.5 | 11.14 | 1.12 | -0.12 |
| 61 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11 | -4.5 | 22.29 | 0.77 | 0.23 |
| 62 | Northern Illinois | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 10.9 | -0.5 | -4.11 | 0.96 | 0.04 |
| 63 | William & Mary | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 9.56 | -15.5 | 13.19 | 0.25 | 0.75 |
| 64 | UCLA | Pac-8 | 0-0-1 | 0 | 2.75 | 0 | 7.44 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 65 | Dartmouth | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | Yale | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | Harvard | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | Pennsylvania | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Tennessee | SEC | 0-0-1 | 0 | 1.86 | 0 | 10.98 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 70 | Brown | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Utah | Western Athletic | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Cornell | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | San Diego State | PCAA | 0-1-0 | 0 | 1.45 | -7 | 8.33 | 0.22 | -0.22 |
| 76 | Maryland | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | 1.34 | -5 | 12.4 | 0.34 | -0.34 |
| 77 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | BYU | Western Athletic | 0-1-0 | 0 | 1.23 | -2 | -5 | 0.42 | -0.42 |
| 79 | Cincinnati | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 1.22 | -4 | 1.25 | 0.38 | -0.38 |
| 80 | Lamar | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | Miami | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | USC | Pac-8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.6 | -15 | 3.33 | 0.06 | -0.06 |
| 83 | Furman | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.55 | -7 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | Missouri | Big 8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.43 | -10 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | Stanford | Pac-8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.32 | -4 | 11.96 | 0.39 | -0.39 |
| 86 | Princeton | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | North Texas | Missouri Valley | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.17 | -1 | 7.4 | 0.41 | -0.41 |
| 88 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.12 | -15 | 1.86 | 0.21 | -0.21 |
| 89 | Marshall | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.01 | -2 | -10 | 0.41 | -0.41 |
| 90 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.01 | -23 | 10.88 | 0.13 | -0.13 |
| 91 | Tulsa | Missouri Valley | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.05 | -17 | 2.75 | 0.13 | -0.13 |
| 92 | Columbia | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | -0.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.25 | -18 | 10.9 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| 94 | Long Beach State | PCAA | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.36 | -2 | 6.12 | 0.42 | -0.42 |
| 95 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.48 | -4 | 32.27 | 0.41 | -0.41 |
| 96 | Washington State | Pac-8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.52 | -7 | 7.86 | 0.16 | -0.16 |
| 97 | Louisville | Missouri Valley | 0-2-0 | 0 | -0.6 | -9.5 | 18.81 | 0.21 | -0.21 |
| 98 | California | Pac-8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.66 | -4 | 5.79 | 0.38 | -0.38 |
| 99 | Louisiana | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.69 | -1 | 7.39 | 0.46 | -0.46 |
| 100 | Purdue | Big Ten | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.74 | -14 | 4.43 | 0.16 | -0.16 |
| 101 | Wyoming | Western Athletic | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.79 | -10 | 6.95 | 0.11 | -0.11 |
| 102 | Iowa State | Big 8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.87 | -21 | 10.31 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 103 | Colorado State | Western Athletic | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.9 | -9 | 4.26 | 0.31 | -0.31 |
| 104 | Virginia | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.95 | -7 | 4.89 | 0.37 | -0.37 |
| 105 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.01 | -15 | 13.24 | 0.2 | -0.2 |
| 106 | Florida State | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.2 | -3 | 6.97 | 0.28 | -0.28 |
| 107 | Arkansas State | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | -1.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 108 | Colorado | Big 8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.25 | -28 | 9.56 | 0.07 | -0.07 |
| 109 | Clemson | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.34 | -24 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 |
| 110 | Southern Illinois | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.45 | -19 | 24.63 | 0.06 | -0.06 |
| 111 | UTEP | Western Athletic | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.48 | -3 | 31.03 | 0.39 | -0.39 |
| 112 | Rice | Southwest | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.62 | -21 | 8.78 | 0 | 0 |
| 113 | Indiana | Big Ten | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.76 | -16 | 5.93 | 0 | 0 |
| 114 | Fresno State | PCAA | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.76 | -11 | 9.09 | 0.28 | -0.28 |
| 115 | Ohio | Mid-American | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.83 | -35 | 4.41 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 116 | Duke | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.84 | -14 | 31.34 | 0.23 | -0.23 |
| 117 | Baylor | Southwest | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.99 | -17 | 12.99 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
| 118 | Oregon State | Pac-8 | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.99 | -10.5 | 15.75 | 0.61 | -0.61 |
| 119 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.03 | -34 | 2.91 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 120 | Oregon | Pac-8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.13 | -54 | 11.26 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 121 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.22 | -31 | 6.89 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 122 | Toledo | Mid-American | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.36 | -34 | 32.07 | 0.05 | -0.05 |
| 123 | Iowa | Big Ten | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.38 | -17 | 12.97 | 0.05 | -0.05 |
| 124 | Wichita State | Missouri Valley | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.48 | -30 | 17.5 | 0.03 | -0.03 |
| 125 | Texas-Arlington | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.52 | -18 | 14.68 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| 126 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.55 | -17 | 12.91 | 0.22 | -0.22 |
| 127 | Wake Forest | ACC | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.96 | -14.5 | 16.82 | 0.23 | -0.23 |
| 128 | Chattanooga | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.99 | -25 | 17.42 | 0.01 | -0.01 |