Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.552269+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | Southwest | 9-0-0 | 1 | 25.78 | 29.56 | 11.32 | 8.73 | 0.27 |
| 2 | Louisiana Tech | Southland | 7-0-2 | 0.78 | 24.77 | 17.22 | 8.42 | 8.21 | -1.21 |
| 3 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 23.67 | 18.44 | 15.81 | 7.99 | 0.01 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 8-1-1 | 0.8 | 23.36 | 26.5 | 12.53 | 9.44 | -1.44 |
| 5 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 9-1-0 | 0.9 | 23.26 | 18.9 | 12.1 | 8.79 | 0.21 |
| 6 | Alabama | SEC | 9-1-0 | 0.9 | 23.2 | 18.5 | 11.91 | 9.1 | -0.1 |
| 7 | Michigan | Big Ten | 9-1-0 | 0.9 | 23.16 | 22.8 | 10.82 | 9.51 | -0.51 |
| 8 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 9-1-0 | 0.9 | 23.07 | 26 | 9.78 | 9.75 | -0.75 |
| 9 | Oklahoma | Big 8 | 9-1-0 | 0.9 | 23.04 | 17.8 | 11.23 | 8.37 | 0.63 |
| 10 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 10-0-0 | 1 | 22.99 | 18.1 | -0.64 | 8.25 | 1.75 |
| 11 | Kentucky | SEC | 9-1-0 | 0.9 | 22.97 | 13.7 | 11.82 | 8.94 | 0.06 |
| 12 | Arkansas | Southwest | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 22.87 | 24.44 | 10.18 | 8.67 | -0.67 |
| 13 | Florida State | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 22.47 | 13.11 | 10.59 | 7.73 | 0.27 |
| 14 | Central Michigan | Mid-American | 9-1-0 | 0.9 | 22.09 | 15.5 | 6.56 | 8.63 | 0.37 |
| 15 | Arizona State | Western Athletic | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 22.01 | 23.33 | 5.74 | 8.23 | -0.23 |
| 16 | Grambling | SWAC | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 21.91 | 27.67 | 4.4 | 8.39 | -0.39 |
| 17 | San Diego State | FBS Independents | 8-1-0 | 0.89 | 21.78 | 17.33 | 5.64 | 7.96 | 0.04 |
| 18 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 9-1-0 | 0.9 | 21.74 | 8.4 | 7.11 | 7.25 | 1.75 |
| 19 | Tennessee State | FBS Independents | 8-1-1 | 0.8 | 21.21 | 15.4 | 2.93 | 9.13 | -1.13 |
| 20 | Chattanooga | Southern | 8-1-1 | 0.8 | 20.99 | 8.1 | 4.17 | 7.39 | 0.61 |
| 21 | Nebraska | Big 8 | 8-2-0 | 0.8 | 20.62 | 14.2 | 11.53 | 8.35 | -0.35 |
| 22 | North Texas | FBS Independents | 8-2-0 | 0.8 | 20.25 | 11.4 | 10.16 | 7.76 | 0.24 |
| 23 | BYU | Western Athletic | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 20.14 | 24 | 8.28 | 8.29 | -1.29 |
| 24 | North Carolina | ACC | 7-2-1 | 0.7 | 20.05 | 14 | 10.96 | 9.2 | -2.2 |
| 25 | Ball State | Mid-American | 8-2-0 | 0.8 | 19.97 | 18.4 | 6.42 | 8.72 | -0.72 |
| 26 | Clemson | ACC | 7-2-1 | 0.7 | 19.96 | 9.2 | 11.54 | 8.21 | -1.21 |
| 27 | Texas Tech | Southwest | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 19.9 | 10.78 | 11.36 | 6.95 | 0.05 |
| 28 | Yale | Ivy | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 19.57 | 11.56 | 8.89 | 7.49 | -0.49 |
| 29 | Fresno State | PCAA | 8-2-0 | 0.8 | 19.42 | 16.3 | 3.69 | 8.45 | -0.45 |
| 30 | Eastern Michigan | Mid-American | 8-2-0 | 0.8 | 19.04 | 6.8 | 5 | 7.08 | 0.92 |
| 31 | Colorado State | Western Athletic | 7-2-1 | 0.7 | 19.04 | 8.1 | 6.89 | 7.05 | -0.05 |
| 32 | Brown | Ivy | 7-2-0 | 0.78 | 18.96 | 8.56 | 6.33 | 7.21 | -0.21 |
| 33 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 6-2-0 | 0.75 | 18.84 | 5.62 | 10.97 | 5.09 | 0.91 |
| 34 | East Carolina | FBS Independents | 8-3-0 | 0.73 | 18.58 | 10.36 | 9.62 | 8.67 | -0.67 |
| 35 | Cincinnati | FBS Independents | 5-2-2 | 0.56 | 18.36 | 15.33 | 9.8 | 8.03 | -3.03 |
| 36 | California | Pac-8 | 7-3-0 | 0.7 | 17.75 | 10.7 | 9.18 | 7.42 | -0.42 |
| 37 | UCLA | Pac-8 | 7-3-0 | 0.7 | 17.56 | 7.5 | 9.65 | 7.07 | -0.07 |
| 38 | Iowa State | Big 8 | 7-3-0 | 0.7 | 17.46 | 7.3 | 8.92 | 7.29 | -0.29 |
| 39 | Colorado | Big 8 | 6-3-1 | 0.6 | 17.46 | 6.9 | 13.37 | 6.88 | -0.88 |
| 40 | LSU | SEC | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 17.36 | 13 | 10.36 | 6.96 | -0.96 |
| 41 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 6-3-1 | 0.6 | 17.33 | 9.2 | 12.06 | 7.61 | -1.61 |
| 42 | Jackson State | SWAC | 7-3-0 | 0.7 | 17.04 | 11.2 | 3.94 | 8.62 | -1.62 |
| 43 | Louisville | FBS Independents | 6-3-1 | 0.6 | 16.71 | 9.6 | 7.2 | 7.59 | -1.59 |
| 44 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 7-3-0 | 0.7 | 16.66 | 5.5 | 4.85 | 6.58 | 0.42 |
| 45 | NC State | ACC | 7-4-0 | 0.64 | 16.51 | 6.18 | 13.09 | 7.61 | -0.61 |
| 46 | VMI | Southern | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.39 | 8.33 | 5.68 | 6.82 | -0.82 |
| 47 | Dartmouth | Ivy | 6-3-0 | 0.67 | 16.28 | 5 | 6.36 | 6.42 | -0.42 |
| 48 | USC | Pac-8 | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 16.08 | 12.4 | 12.09 | 7.99 | -1.99 |
| 49 | Washington | Pac-8 | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 15.77 | 12.3 | 10.79 | 7.95 | -1.95 |
| 50 | Louisiana | Southland | 6-4-1 | 0.55 | 15.4 | 5.27 | 11.53 | 7.32 | -1.32 |
| 51 | Maryland | ACC | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 15.18 | 3.7 | 12.63 | 6.13 | -0.13 |
| 52 | Stanford | Pac-8 | 7-3-0 | 0.7 | 15.08 | -2.2 | 10.64 | 4.48 | 2.52 |
| 53 | Washington State | Pac-8 | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 14.99 | 4.7 | 9.98 | 6.22 | -0.22 |
| 54 | Army | FBS Independents | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 14.77 | 3.9 | 8 | 5.91 | 0.09 |
| 55 | Northwestern State | FBS Independents | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 14.47 | 3 | 7.85 | 6.1 | -0.1 |
| 56 | Florida | SEC | 4-3-1 | 0.5 | 14.34 | 2.25 | 12.76 | 4.52 | -0.52 |
| 57 | Texas Southern | SWAC | 5-4-1 | 0.5 | 13.89 | 10 | 4.17 | 7.57 | -2.57 |
| 58 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 13.56 | -0.5 | 12.54 | 4.81 | 1.19 |
| 59 | Pennsylvania | Ivy | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 13.15 | 2 | 6.2 | 5.12 | -0.12 |
| 60 | Western Carolina | Southern | 5-4-1 | 0.5 | 12.99 | 5.1 | 0.04 | 6.35 | -1.35 |
| 61 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 5-5-0 | 0.5 | 12.81 | 3.4 | 13 | 6.21 | -1.21 |
| 62 | Duke | ACC | 5-5-0 | 0.5 | 12.72 | 2.3 | 13.11 | 5.63 | -0.63 |
| 63 | Memphis | FBS Independents | 5-5-0 | 0.5 | 12.44 | 2 | 11 | 5.62 | -0.62 |
| 64 | West Texas A&M | Missouri Valley | 4-4-1 | 0.44 | 12.4 | 2.78 | 9.52 | 5.3 | -1.3 |
| 65 | Arkansas State | Southland | 6-4-0 | 0.6 | 12.36 | -3.4 | 7.48 | 3.94 | 2.06 |
| 66 | Ole Miss | SEC | 5-5-0 | 0.5 | 12.35 | 1.6 | 13.31 | 5.51 | -0.51 |
| 67 | Pacific | PCAA | 5-5-0 | 0.5 | 12.18 | 2.7 | 8.63 | 5.95 | -0.95 |
| 68 | Furman | Southern | 4-4-2 | 0.4 | 12.02 | 4 | 2.96 | 6.13 | -2.13 |
| 69 | Southern Miss | FBS Independents | 6-5-0 | 0.55 | 11.73 | -2.82 | 12.03 | 4.59 | 1.41 |
| 70 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 5-4-0 | 0.56 | 11.68 | -4.33 | 11.82 | 3.51 | 1.49 |
| 71 | Mississippi Valley State | SWAC | 5-5-0 | 0.5 | 11.61 | 2.3 | 2.63 | 5.66 | -0.66 |
| 72 | Navy | FBS Independents | 5-5-0 | 0.5 | 11.57 | 0.2 | 11.11 | 5.06 | -0.06 |
| 73 | Wichita State | Missouri Valley | 5-5-0 | 0.5 | 11.54 | 0.7 | 8.27 | 5.17 | -0.17 |
| 74 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 5-5-0 | 0.5 | 11.46 | 0 | 11.69 | 5 | 0 |
| 75 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 5-5-0 | 0.5 | 11.46 | -0.1 | 12.27 | 4.97 | 0.03 |
| 76 | Purdue | Big Ten | 5-5-0 | 0.5 | 11.26 | -0.5 | 10.73 | 4.87 | 0.13 |
| 77 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 5-5-0 | 0.5 | 11.22 | -0.6 | 11.37 | 4.83 | 0.17 |
| 78 | McNeese | Southland | 5-5-0 | 0.5 | 10.94 | -0.9 | 9.1 | 4.63 | 0.37 |
| 79 | Auburn | SEC | 5-5-0 | 0.5 | 10.92 | -1.2 | 12.68 | 4.62 | 0.38 |
| 80 | Georgia | SEC | 5-5-0 | 0.5 | 10.68 | -2.5 | 12.15 | 4.1 | 0.9 |
| 81 | William & Mary | FBS Independents | 5-5-0 | 0.5 | 10.66 | -1.4 | 10.43 | 4.55 | 0.45 |
| 82 | Houston | Southwest | 4-4-0 | 0.5 | 10.62 | -3.12 | 14.18 | 3.39 | 0.61 |
| 83 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 5-5-0 | 0.5 | 10.32 | -3.5 | 12.41 | 4.01 | 0.99 |
| 84 | Kent State | Mid-American | 5-5-0 | 0.5 | 10.29 | -5.2 | 13.19 | 3.52 | 1.48 |
| 85 | Missouri | Big 8 | 4-6-0 | 0.4 | 10.19 | 1.7 | 15.32 | 5.61 | -1.61 |
| 86 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 4-6-0 | 0.4 | 10.15 | 2.8 | 9.06 | 5.76 | -1.76 |
| 87 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 5-5-0 | 0.5 | 9.91 | -6.1 | 9.9 | 2.82 | 2.18 |
| 88 | Temple | FBS Independents | 4-4-1 | 0.44 | 9.8 | -8.56 | 11.44 | 2.54 | 1.46 |
| 89 | Baylor | Southwest | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 9.72 | -1 | 14.11 | 4.23 | -0.23 |
| 90 | Cal State Fullerton | PCAA | 4-6-0 | 0.4 | 9.64 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 5.84 | -1.84 |
| 91 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 4-6-0 | 0.4 | 9.36 | 1.6 | 5.08 | 5.45 | -1.45 |
| 92 | Harvard | Ivy | 4-5-0 | 0.44 | 9.19 | -2.22 | 9.99 | 3.85 | 0.15 |
| 93 | Indiana | Big Ten | 4-5-1 | 0.4 | 9.16 | -3.4 | 13 | 4.01 | -0.01 |
| 94 | Texas-Arlington | Southland | 4-6-0 | 0.4 | 9.03 | -0.5 | 15 | 4.83 | -0.83 |
| 95 | Oklahoma State | Big 8 | 4-6-0 | 0.4 | 8.39 | -2.4 | 12.2 | 4.39 | -0.39 |
| 96 | Mississippi State | SEC | 4-6-0 | 0.4 | 8.24 | -3.8 | 15.12 | 3.86 | 0.14 |
| 97 | SMU | Southwest | 4-6-0 | 0.4 | 7.96 | -5.3 | 13.8 | 3.74 | 0.26 |
| 98 | Long Beach State | PCAA | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 7.86 | -2 | 9.91 | 3.59 | -0.59 |
| 99 | New Mexico State | Missouri Valley | 4-6-0 | 0.4 | 7.82 | -4 | 8.85 | 3.91 | 0.09 |
| 100 | New Mexico | Western Athletic | 4-6-0 | 0.4 | 7.81 | -6.1 | 13.35 | 3.54 | 0.46 |
| 101 | Iowa | Big Ten | 4-6-0 | 0.4 | 7.78 | -5.2 | 13.17 | 3.35 | 0.65 |
| 102 | Hawai'i | FBS Independents | 3-5-0 | 0.38 | 7.71 | -1.62 | 7.06 | 3.66 | -0.66 |
| 103 | The Citadel | Southern | 4-6-0 | 0.4 | 7.58 | -3.6 | 6.04 | 3.52 | 0.48 |
| 104 | San José State | PCAA | 4-6-0 | 0.4 | 7.54 | -6.5 | 9.66 | 3.37 | 0.63 |
| 105 | Arizona | Western Athletic | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 7.46 | -0.22 | 13.12 | 4.44 | -1.44 |
| 106 | Wyoming | Western Athletic | 3-5-1 | 0.33 | 7.25 | -5.56 | 10.29 | 2.9 | 0.1 |
| 107 | Princeton | Ivy | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 7.14 | -0.78 | 13.54 | 4.23 | -1.23 |
| 108 | Tennessee | SEC | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 6.6 | -3.44 | 13.27 | 3.62 | -0.62 |
| 109 | Miami | FBS Independents | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 6.13 | -7.22 | 14.17 | 2.12 | 0.88 |
| 110 | Southern | SWAC | 3-6-1 | 0.3 | 5.91 | -4.3 | 2.96 | 3.49 | -0.49 |
| 111 | Indiana State | FBS Independents | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 5.66 | -8.89 | 7.66 | 2.22 | 0.78 |
| 112 | Illinois State | FBS Independents | 3-7-1 | 0.27 | 5.62 | -4 | 10.29 | 4.19 | -1.19 |
| 113 | Southern Illinois | Missouri Valley | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 5.45 | -12.56 | 9.89 | 0.96 | 2.04 |
| 114 | Utah State | FBS Independents | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 5.43 | -10.78 | 9.05 | 1.92 | 1.08 |
| 115 | Utah | Western Athletic | 3-6-0 | 0.33 | 5.32 | -15.67 | 12.72 | 1.64 | 1.36 |
| 116 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 3-7-0 | 0.3 | 5.06 | -10.5 | 12.98 | 2.36 | 0.64 |
| 117 | Illinois | Big Ten | 3-7-0 | 0.3 | 4.9 | -13.7 | 14.13 | 1.59 | 1.41 |
| 118 | Richmond | FBS Independents | 3-7-0 | 0.3 | 4.79 | -14.8 | 13.07 | 1.25 | 1.75 |
| 119 | Alcorn State | SWAC | 3-7-0 | 0.3 | 4.76 | -8 | 4.03 | 2.63 | 0.37 |
| 120 | Tulsa | Missouri Valley | 3-7-0 | 0.3 | 4.55 | -17 | 12.72 | 1.63 | 1.37 |
| 121 | Prairie View A&M | SWAC | 3-7-0 | 0.3 | 4.36 | -14.6 | 1.07 | 1.46 | 1.54 |
| 122 | Columbia | Ivy | 2-7-0 | 0.22 | 3.32 | -8.11 | 10.77 | 2.52 | -0.52 |
| 123 | Kansas | Big 8 | 2-7-1 | 0.2 | 3.02 | -14 | 15.05 | 1.21 | 0.79 |
| 124 | Air Force | FBS Independents | 2-7-1 | 0.2 | 2.84 | -13.3 | 11.9 | 1.38 | 0.62 |
| 125 | Lamar | Southland | 2-8-0 | 0.2 | 2.71 | -8.4 | 11.42 | 2.16 | -0.16 |
| 126 | TCU | Southwest | 2-7-0 | 0.22 | 2.68 | -20.22 | 12.64 | 1.21 | 0.79 |
| 127 | Oregon State | Pac-8 | 2-8-0 | 0.2 | 2.68 | -11.8 | 15.63 | 2.09 | -0.09 |
| 128 | App State | Southern | 2-8-0 | 0.2 | 2.61 | -10.4 | 8.02 | 2.54 | -0.54 |
| 129 | Northern Illinois | Mid-American | 2-8-0 | 0.2 | 2.55 | -12.5 | 12.57 | 1.53 | 0.47 |
| 130 | Marshall | Southern | 2-8-0 | 0.2 | 2.37 | -13.8 | 6.02 | 2.35 | -0.35 |
| 131 | Toledo | Mid-American | 2-8-0 | 0.2 | 2.37 | -16.4 | 12.89 | 0.91 | 1.09 |
| 132 | UL Monroe | FBS Independents | 2-8-0 | 0.2 | 2.29 | -15.5 | 6.37 | 1.25 | 0.75 |
| 133 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 1-7-1 | 0.11 | 1.03 | -8.22 | 14.2 | 2.17 | -1.17 |
| 134 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 1-8-0 | 0.11 | 0.53 | -11.56 | 12.73 | 1.68 | -0.68 |
| 135 | Cornell | Ivy | 1-8-0 | 0.11 | 0.47 | -12.56 | 13.97 | 1.08 | -0.08 |
| 136 | Ohio | Mid-American | 1-9-0 | 0.1 | 0.36 | -10.6 | 13.28 | 2.93 | -1.93 |
| 137 | Kansas State | Big 8 | 1-9-0 | 0.1 | 0.19 | -13.2 | 14.48 | 1.61 | -0.61 |
| 138 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 1-9-0 | 0.1 | 0.16 | -13.7 | 9.2 | 1.99 | -0.99 |
| 139 | Wake Forest | ACC | 1-9-0 | 0.1 | 0.15 | -13.9 | 12.63 | 1.17 | -0.17 |
| 140 | Virginia | ACC | 1-8-1 | 0.1 | 0.13 | -19.6 | 13.37 | 0.28 | 0.72 |
| 141 | UTEP | Western Athletic | 1-8-0 | 0.11 | -0.13 | -27 | 13.66 | 0.52 | 0.48 |
| 142 | Oregon | Pac-8 | 1-9-0 | 0.1 | -0.21 | -22.5 | 13.91 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| 143 | Rice | Southwest | 1-9-0 | 0.1 | -0.38 | -27.7 | 13.35 | 0.63 | 0.37 |
| 144 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 0-9-0 | 0 | -2.25 | -18.44 | 4.8 | 0.6 | -0.6 |
| 145 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 0-10-0 | 0 | -2.69 | -24.9 | 15.82 | 0.35 | -0.35 |