Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:31.256036+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baylor | Southwest | 3-0-0 | 1 | 29.64 | 16 | 20.13 | 2.58 | 0.42 |
| 2 | Iowa | Big Ten | 2-0-0 | 1 | 29.51 | 31 | 16.18 | 1.93 | 0.07 |
| 3 | Miami | Big East | 2-0-0 | 1 | 29.3 | 29 | 15.17 | 1.96 | 0.04 |
| 4 | Syracuse | Big East | 3-0-0 | 1 | 29.06 | 19.33 | 17.63 | 2.6 | 0.4 |
| 5 | Tennessee | SEC | 3-0-0 | 1 | 28.76 | 11 | 16.6 | 2.3 | 0.7 |
| 6 | Washington | Pac-10 | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.14 | 25 | 13.1 | 1.84 | 0.16 |
| 7 | NC State | ACC | 3-0-0 | 1 | 28.05 | 27 | 10.96 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | Pittsburgh | Big East | 3-0-0 | 1 | 27.54 | 23.67 | 8.51 | 2.89 | 0.11 |
| 9 | California | Pac-10 | 3-0-0 | 1 | 27.47 | 29.33 | 7.59 | 2.66 | 0.34 |
| 10 | Air Force | Western Athletic | 4-0-0 | 1 | 27.14 | 6.5 | 11.32 | 2.54 | 1.46 |
| 11 | Florida State | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.95 | 33.67 | 4 | 2.86 | 0.14 |
| 12 | Michigan | Big Ten | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.91 | 16 | 7.2 | 1.73 | 0.27 |
| 13 | Kansas | Big 8 | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.86 | 23 | 5.56 | 2.76 | 0.24 |
| 14 | North Carolina | ACC | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.54 | 21.5 | 8.37 | 1.8 | 0.2 |
| 15 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.38 | 15.33 | 5.08 | 2.49 | 0.51 |
| 16 | TCU | Southwest | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.92 | 20.67 | 1.78 | 2.67 | 0.33 |
| 17 | Auburn | SEC | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.87 | 9.67 | 3.49 | 2.35 | 0.65 |
| 18 | Arizona State | Pac-10 | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.67 | 17 | 4.51 | 1.74 | 0.26 |
| 19 | Fresno State | Big West | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.59 | 18.67 | 1.12 | 2.51 | 0.49 |
| 20 | Central Michigan | Mid-American | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 25.25 | 5.5 | 4.13 | 2.6 | 0.4 |
| 21 | Duke | ACC | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 25.21 | 16 | 0.85 | 2.4 | -0.4 |
| 22 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.71 | 9.5 | 2.95 | 1.68 | 0.32 |
| 23 | Rice | Southwest | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.35 | 19 | -2.9 | 1.79 | 0.21 |
| 24 | Kansas State | Big 8 | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.2 | 17.33 | -3.85 | 2.54 | 0.46 |
| 25 | Clemson | ACC | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.19 | 32 | -6.59 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 26 | Oklahoma | Big 8 | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.88 | 36 | -6.38 | 1.93 | 0.07 |
| 27 | Ole Miss | SEC | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 21.61 | 10.75 | 14.52 | 3.4 | -0.4 |
| 28 | Mississippi State | SEC | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 21.46 | 24.25 | 5.52 | 3.84 | -0.84 |
| 29 | Florida | SEC | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 21.08 | 18.67 | 14.07 | 2.49 | -0.49 |
| 30 | Nebraska | Big 8 | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 20.73 | 24.33 | 10.83 | 2.48 | -0.48 |
| 31 | Utah | Western Athletic | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.68 | 5.25 | 13.03 | 2.7 | 0.3 |
| 32 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.6 | 27 | 4.39 | 3.75 | -0.75 |
| 33 | Colorado | Big 8 | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 20.41 | 24.33 | 19.19 | 2.86 | -0.86 |
| 34 | Oregon | Pac-10 | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 20.21 | 11.33 | 11.44 | 2.31 | -0.31 |
| 35 | Tulsa | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.17 | 5.5 | 9.71 | 2.58 | 0.42 |
| 36 | West Virginia | Big East | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.86 | 2.75 | 14.33 | 2.33 | 0.67 |
| 37 | Illinois | Big Ten | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.85 | 14.67 | 19.32 | 2.33 | -0.33 |
| 38 | San Diego State | Western Athletic | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.78 | 18.67 | 7.68 | 2.42 | -0.42 |
| 39 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.19 | 10.33 | 12.23 | 2.48 | -0.48 |
| 40 | Georgia | SEC | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.89 | 19.67 | 1.06 | 2.89 | -0.89 |
| 41 | Alabama | SEC | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.81 | 4.33 | 17.46 | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.59 | 17 | 7.91 | 2.43 | -0.43 |
| 43 | UTEP | Western Athletic | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.56 | 2.75 | 4.16 | 2.36 | 0.64 |
| 44 | Hawai'i | Western Athletic | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.49 | 0.75 | 7.72 | 2.07 | 0.93 |
| 45 | Southern Miss | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.91 | 9.67 | 9.33 | 2.25 | -0.25 |
| 46 | East Carolina | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.05 | 7.33 | 5.2 | 1.94 | 0.06 |
| 47 | Georgia Tech | ACC | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.95 | 2.33 | 9.57 | 1.67 | 0.33 |
| 48 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.41 | 2.67 | 2.82 | 1.78 | 0.22 |
| 49 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15.79 | 18.5 | 8.46 | 1.63 | -0.63 |
| 50 | Purdue | Big Ten | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15.13 | 11 | 12.84 | 1.44 | -0.44 |
| 51 | Army | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.9 | 10.5 | 6.01 | 1.45 | -0.45 |
| 52 | Rutgers | Big East | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 14.8 | -3 | 6.57 | 1.27 | 0.73 |
| 53 | Arkansas | Southwest | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 14.54 | -5 | 9.39 | 0.81 | 1.19 |
| 54 | Kentucky | SEC | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.37 | 0 | 8.62 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | Ohio | Mid-American | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 13.44 | -1 | 12.54 | 1.42 | -0.42 |
| 56 | Missouri | Big 8 | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.28 | -11 | 23 | 0.55 | 0.45 |
| 57 | Ball State | Mid-American | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.24 | 2.5 | 10.53 | 2.3 | -0.3 |
| 58 | Memphis | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.97 | 1.75 | 10.83 | 2.26 | -0.26 |
| 59 | Louisiana Tech | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 12.52 | -19 | 2.01 | 0.34 | 1.66 |
| 60 | UNLV | Big West | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 12.19 | -9 | -5.22 | 0.83 | 1.17 |
| 61 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 11.97 | 0.67 | 18.66 | 1.55 | -0.55 |
| 62 | Wake Forest | ACC | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.93 | -5.5 | 9.4 | 0.74 | 0.26 |
| 63 | UCLA | Pac-10 | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.59 | -5 | 14.45 | 0.76 | 0.24 |
| 64 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 10.89 | -26 | 7.34 | 0.14 | 0.86 |
| 65 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.88 | -10.5 | 5.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| 66 | Wyoming | Western Athletic | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.61 | -3.5 | 12.09 | 1.62 | 0.38 |
| 67 | Texas Tech | Southwest | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 10.57 | 4.67 | 10.09 | 1.88 | -0.88 |
| 68 | Iowa State | Big 8 | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 10.47 | 3 | 13.85 | 1.8 | -0.8 |
| 69 | Virginia Tech | Big East | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 10.23 | 5 | 6.06 | 1.98 | -0.98 |
| 70 | Toledo | Mid-American | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 10 | -6.5 | 23.05 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| 71 | Houston | Southwest | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 9.83 | -0.33 | 18.45 | 1.48 | -0.48 |
| 72 | Indiana | Big Ten | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 9.71 | -9.5 | 22.94 | 0.57 | 0.43 |
| 73 | USC | Pac-10 | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.87 | -3.33 | 17.76 | 1.21 | -0.21 |
| 74 | Maryland | ACC | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.47 | -11 | 18.13 | 0.59 | 0.41 |
| 75 | Virginia | ACC | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.46 | -2.33 | 8.15 | 1.24 | -0.24 |
| 76 | Louisville | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.23 | -5 | 16.24 | 1.05 | -0.05 |
| 77 | Arizona | Pac-10 | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.09 | -7 | 17.99 | 1.01 | -0.01 |
| 78 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.45 | -8.67 | 7.91 | 0.68 | 0.32 |
| 79 | Northern Illinois | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.11 | -21.33 | 15.85 | 0.34 | 0.66 |
| 80 | San José State | Big West | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 5.27 | -10.67 | 16.06 | 0.89 | 0.11 |
| 81 | LSU | SEC | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 4.9 | -19 | 19.08 | 0.25 | 0.75 |
| 82 | Colorado State | Western Athletic | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.4 | -20 | 17.14 | 0.69 | 0.31 |
| 83 | Cal State Fullerton | Big West | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 4.33 | -23.67 | 11.21 | 0.13 | 0.87 |
| 84 | SMU | Southwest | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.79 | -7 | 9.89 | 0.39 | -0.39 |
| 85 | Louisiana | FBS Independents | 0-4-0 | 0 | -1.8 | -7.25 | 8.05 | 1.08 | -1.08 |
| 86 | Texas | Southwest | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.83 | -5.5 | 27.79 | 0.45 | -0.45 |
| 87 | Navy | FBS Independents | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.11 | -11.67 | 3.76 | 0.56 | -0.56 |
| 88 | Arkansas State | FBS Independents | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.16 | -12.5 | 4.29 | 0.86 | -0.86 |
| 89 | Oregon State | Pac-10 | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.23 | -10 | 18.09 | 0.62 | -0.62 |
| 90 | Oklahoma State | Big 8 | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.44 | -12 | 23.25 | 0.42 | -0.42 |
| 91 | Akron | FBS Independents | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.48 | -15.67 | 11 | 0.45 | -0.45 |
| 92 | Boston College | Big East | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.55 | -15 | 17.94 | 0.43 | -0.43 |
| 93 | BYU | Western Athletic | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.57 | -15.33 | 21.46 | 0.6 | -0.6 |
| 94 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.59 | -16.5 | 17.9 | 0.24 | -0.24 |
| 95 | New Mexico State | Big West | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.62 | -20.5 | 22.52 | 0.27 | -0.27 |
| 96 | Washington State | Pac-10 | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.7 | -14.67 | 27.51 | 0.67 | -0.67 |
| 97 | Kent State | Mid-American | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.72 | -17 | 19.11 | 0.34 | -0.34 |
| 98 | Stanford | Pac-10 | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.77 | -20 | 17.79 | 0.24 | -0.24 |
| 99 | Long Beach State | Big West | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.79 | -27.33 | 4.58 | 0.25 | -0.25 |
| 100 | Eastern Michigan | Mid-American | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.84 | -21.5 | 14.67 | 0.12 | -0.12 |
| 101 | Pacific | Big West | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.89 | -23.75 | 15.38 | 0.8 | -0.8 |
| 102 | New Mexico | Western Athletic | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.94 | -23 | 16.97 | 0.41 | -0.41 |
| 103 | Utah State | Big West | 0-3-0 | 0 | -3.02 | -23.33 | 23.42 | 0.38 | -0.38 |
| 104 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 0-2-0 | 0 | -3.03 | -28 | 21.19 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| 105 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 0-4-0 | 0 | -3.22 | -25.75 | 25.36 | 0.13 | -0.13 |
| 106 | Temple | Big East | 0-3-0 | 0 | -3.24 | -29 | 23.29 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| 107 | Cincinnati | FBS Independents | 0-3-0 | 0 | -3.5 | -40 | 19.01 | 0.07 | -0.07 |