Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.066491+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 31.92 | 10.5 | 7.71 | 1.47 | 0.53 |
| 2 | Missouri | Big 8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 31.71 | 13 | 10.07 | 0.92 | 0.08 |
| 3 | Mississippi State | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 31.51 | 10 | 6.91 | 0.89 | 0.11 |
| 4 | San Diego State | PCAA | 2-0-0 | 1 | 31.14 | 23 | 2 | 1.97 | 0.03 |
| 5 | Tennessee | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 30.81 | 18 | 34.14 | 0.94 | 0.06 |
| 6 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 30.59 | 10 | 5.39 | 0.85 | 0.15 |
| 7 | North Carolina | ACC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 30.36 | 26 | 0.7 | 0.98 | 0.02 |
| 8 | Florida | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 29.59 | 26 | 26.6 | 0.92 | 0.08 |
| 9 | Oklahoma State | Big 8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 29.39 | 34 | 24.17 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Rice | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 29.06 | 17 | 34.89 | 0.95 | 0.05 |
| 11 | Baylor | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 28.95 | 10 | -0.38 | 0.84 | 0.16 |
| 12 | New Mexico State | Missouri Valley | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.75 | 5.5 | 1.14 | 1.32 | 0.68 |
| 13 | New Mexico | Western Athletic | 1-0-0 | 1 | 28.61 | 29 | 27.68 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Louisiana | Southland | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.37 | 11 | 2.8 | 1.61 | 0.39 |
| 15 | Arkansas State | Southland | 2-0-0 | 1 | 27.77 | 29.5 | -10 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 16 | Central Michigan | Mid-American | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 27.32 | 17 | 3.69 | 1.98 | -0.98 |
| 17 | North Texas | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 27.29 | 8.5 | -0.51 | 1.68 | 0.32 |
| 18 | Ball State | Mid-American | 2-0-0 | 1 | 27.01 | 10 | 8.71 | 1.43 | 0.57 |
| 19 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.89 | 21 | 9.19 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Michigan | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.69 | 17 | 8.68 | 0.96 | 0.04 |
| 21 | Texas | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.62 | 46 | 6.86 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.61 | 14 | 10.71 | 0.98 | 0.02 |
| 23 | USC | Pac-8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 26.45 | 28 | 5.39 | 0.98 | 0.02 |
| 24 | Oklahoma | Big 8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.9 | 55 | -0.17 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 25 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.76 | 43 | 9.89 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 26 | Arkansas | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.72 | 35 | 3.43 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Akron | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.64 | 9 | -0.79 | 1.52 | 0.48 |
| 28 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.56 | 50 | -1.71 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Arizona State | Western Athletic | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.5 | 23 | 5 | 0.93 | 0.07 |
| 30 | UCLA | Pac-8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.28 | 16 | 4.79 | 0.79 | 0.21 |
| 31 | Kentucky | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.24 | 19 | 6.05 | 0.95 | 0.05 |
| 32 | Nebraska | Big 8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 25.24 | 3 | 7.73 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 33 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.8 | 10 | 2.53 | 0.89 | 0.11 |
| 34 | App State | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.78 | 16 | 6.23 | 0.76 | 0.24 |
| 35 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.55 | 2 | 9.53 | 0.55 | 0.45 |
| 36 | Cincinnati | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.34 | 13 | 2.73 | 0.94 | 0.06 |
| 37 | Texas Tech | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.95 | 11 | 0.33 | 0.74 | 0.26 |
| 38 | Colorado | Big 8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.86 | 7 | 8.78 | 0.63 | 0.37 |
| 39 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.78 | 7 | -0.38 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | Illinois | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.76 | 15 | 1.05 | 0.87 | 0.13 |
| 41 | Army | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.61 | 37 | 4.24 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 42 | Navy | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.56 | 28 | 4.04 | 0.93 | 0.07 |
| 43 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.34 | 6 | 6.99 | 0.67 | 0.33 |
| 44 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 23.13 | 4 | 5.79 | 0.65 | 0.35 |
| 45 | Kansas State | Big 8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.65 | 1 | 8.62 | 0.54 | 0.46 |
| 46 | Utah State | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.53 | 6 | -0.37 | 0.81 | 0.19 |
| 47 | San José State | PCAA | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.39 | 13 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.18 | 6 | 4.42 | 0.62 | 0.38 |
| 49 | Kent State | Mid-American | 1-0-0 | 1 | 22.05 | 2 | -5 | 0.54 | 0.46 |
| 50 | Washington State | Pac-8 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.9 | 4 | 2.17 | 0.64 | 0.36 |
| 51 | Indiana | Big Ten | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.81 | 6 | 0.89 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 52 | Pacific | PCAA | 1-0-1 | 0.5 | 21.47 | 9 | -7.5 | 1.71 | -0.71 |
| 53 | The Citadel | Southern | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.18 | 21 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 54 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.97 | 7 | -3.38 | 0.69 | 0.31 |
| 55 | Maryland | ACC | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 20.57 | 11.5 | 2.68 | 1.64 | -0.64 |
| 56 | NC State | ACC | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 20.36 | 7.5 | 1.87 | 1.42 | -0.42 |
| 57 | Southern Miss | FBS Independents | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.31 | 4 | -10 | 0.69 | 0.31 |
| 58 | Louisiana Tech | Southland | 1-0-0 | 1 | 19.26 | 7 | -5 | 0.72 | 0.28 |
| 59 | Houston | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 19.04 | 0 | 3.6 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 | Fresno State | PCAA | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 18.09 | 6.5 | -2.31 | 1.35 | -0.35 |
| 61 | SMU | Southwest | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15.23 | -9.5 | 2.99 | 0.45 | 0.55 |
| 62 | Toledo | Mid-American | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.98 | -4.5 | 2.38 | 0.84 | 0.16 |
| 63 | Wichita State | Missouri Valley | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.72 | -14 | 7.92 | 0.12 | 0.88 |
| 64 | Memphis | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.05 | 0.5 | 22.64 | 1.03 | -0.03 |
| 65 | Long Beach State | PCAA | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.92 | 6 | 13.44 | 1.39 | -0.39 |
| 66 | Wake Forest | ACC | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.42 | 0.5 | 30.68 | 1.03 | -0.03 |
| 67 | West Texas A&M | Missouri Valley | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.24 | -2 | 15.01 | 0.75 | 0.25 |
| 68 | Texas-Arlington | Southland | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.26 | 2 | 11.22 | 1.13 | -0.13 |
| 69 | Eastern Michigan | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 10.26 | 6.5 | 4.88 | 1.39 | -0.39 |
| 70 | Yale | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Harvard | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Arizona | Western Athletic | 0-0-0 | 0 | 2.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Princeton | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Ohio | Mid-American | 0-0-1 | 0 | 1.82 | 0 | 18.4 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| 76 | Pennsylvania | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Tulsa | Missouri Valley | 0-1-0 | 0 | 1.66 | -1 | 2.51 | 0.46 | -0.46 |
| 78 | BYU | Western Athletic | 0-1-0 | 0 | 1.56 | -2 | 8.21 | 0.45 | -0.45 |
| 79 | VMI | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | 1.41 | -1 | -10 | 0.44 | -0.44 |
| 80 | Brown | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | Cornell | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Miami | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Dartmouth | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | 1.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | Auburn | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.96 | -11 | 6.91 | 0.26 | -0.26 |
| 85 | LSU | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.87 | -3 | 11.44 | 0.3 | -0.3 |
| 86 | California | Pac-8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.71 | -7 | 3.09 | 0.37 | -0.37 |
| 87 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0.62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.62 | -14 | 10.73 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 89 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.36 | -6 | 2.71 | 0.33 | -0.33 |
| 90 | Clemson | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.29 | -4 | 3.78 | 0.35 | -0.35 |
| 91 | Alabama | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0.17 | -13 | 31.8 | 0.08 | -0.08 |
| 92 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.05 | -17 | 12.04 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| 93 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.07 | -21 | 11.83 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Temple | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -0.08 | -22 | 19.87 | 0.23 | -0.23 |
| 95 | Columbia | Ivy | 0-0-0 | 0 | -0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Purdue | Big Ten | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.25 | -6 | 0.01 | 0.38 | -0.38 |
| 97 | Lamar | Southland | 0-2-0 | 0 | -0.47 | -9.5 | 21.04 | 0.17 | -0.17 |
| 98 | Kansas | Big 8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.59 | -4 | 1.51 | 0.36 | -0.36 |
| 99 | Louisville | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.67 | -4 | -10 | 0.38 | -0.38 |
| 100 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.71 | -19 | 7.97 | 0.05 | -0.05 |
| 101 | Georgia | SEC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.78 | -10 | 31.6 | 0.15 | -0.15 |
| 102 | Furman | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.82 | -12 | -10 | 0.05 | -0.05 |
| 103 | East Carolina | Southern | 0-2-0 | 0 | -0.92 | -19.5 | 20.59 | 0.22 | -0.22 |
| 104 | Iowa State | Big 8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.94 | -16 | 9.55 | 0.21 | -0.21 |
| 105 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.07 | -4 | 26.13 | 0.49 | -0.49 |
| 106 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.14 | -6 | 1.16 | 0.3 | -0.3 |
| 107 | Washington | Pac-8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.14 | -23 | 9.28 | 0.07 | -0.07 |
| 108 | Chattanooga | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.19 | -10 | 10.6 | 0.11 | -0.11 |
| 109 | Colorado State | Western Athletic | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.2 | -46 | 10.34 | 0 | 0 |
| 110 | Duke | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.24 | -28 | 12.22 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 111 | Hawai'i | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.28 | -34 | -10 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 112 | Richmond | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.28 | -13 | 7.94 | 0.06 | -0.06 |
| 113 | Virginia | ACC | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.36 | -28 | 1.71 | 0.07 | -0.07 |
| 114 | Stanford | Pac-8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.38 | -20 | 35.02 | 0.11 | -0.11 |
| 115 | Wyoming | Western Athletic | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.42 | -13 | -10 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 116 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.49 | -37 | 0.99 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 117 | Northern Illinois | Mid-American | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.49 | -17 | 4.95 | 0.05 | -0.05 |
| 118 | Utah | Western Athletic | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.5 | -6 | 4.97 | 0.19 | -0.19 |
| 119 | Dayton | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.75 | -13 | -10 | 0.38 | -0.38 |
| 120 | UL Monroe | FBS Independents | 0-1-1 | 0 | -1.76 | -1 | 6.96 | 0.93 | -0.93 |
| 121 | Florida State | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.77 | -11 | 8.63 | 0.26 | -0.26 |
| 122 | Iowa | Big Ten | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.77 | -15 | 6.54 | 0.13 | -0.13 |
| 123 | Air Force | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.86 | -35 | 10.23 | 0 | 0 |
| 124 | Ole Miss | SEC | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.93 | -8.5 | 19.52 | 0.17 | -0.17 |
| 125 | UTEP | Western Athletic | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.14 | -14 | 31.57 | 0.39 | -0.39 |
| 126 | TCU | Southwest | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.18 | -17 | -2.25 | 0.05 | -0.05 |
| 127 | Oregon State | Pac-8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.2 | -25 | 34.17 | 0 | 0 |
| 128 | Southern Illinois | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.28 | -17 | 24.45 | 0.09 | -0.09 |
| 129 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.41 | -20 | 17.57 | 0.15 | -0.15 |
| 130 | McNeese | Southland | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.63 | -7 | -5 | 0.28 | -0.28 |
| 131 | William & Mary | Southern | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.75 | -26 | 31.72 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 132 | Illinois State | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -2.77 | -10 | -10 | 0.11 | -0.11 |
| 133 | Oregon | Pac-8 | 0-1-0 | 0 | -3.15 | -55 | 12.55 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 134 | Marshall | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -3.15 | -31 | 14.72 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 135 | Indiana State | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -3.33 | -23 | -6.52 | 0.03 | -0.03 |
| 136 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -3.42 | -24 | 17.38 | 0.08 | -0.08 |
| 137 | Cal State Fullerton | PCAA | 0-1-0 | 0 | -5.23 | -42 | 27.68 | 0.01 | -0.01 |