Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:33.712688+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USC | Pac-10 | 1-0 | 1 | 32.18 | 11 | 7.25 | 0.81 | 0.19 |
| 2 | Michigan | Big Ten | 1-0 | 1 | 31.41 | 33 | 31.71 | 0.97 | 0.03 |
| 3 | Texas | Big 12 | 1-0 | 1 | 27.09 | 65 | 7.67 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 1-0 | 1 | 26.77 | 42 | 8.37 | 0.93 | 0.07 |
| 5 | Oklahoma | Big 12 | 1-0 | 1 | 26.73 | 16 | 9.21 | 0.77 | 0.23 |
| 6 | California | Pac-10 | 1-0 | 1 | 26.44 | 42 | 8.07 | 0.96 | 0.04 |
| 7 | Purdue | Big Ten | 1-0 | 1 | 26.32 | 51 | 6.39 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Boise State | Western Athletic | 1-0 | 1 | 26.24 | 58 | 3.19 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 9 | Iowa | Big Ten | 1-0 | 1 | 25.64 | 32 | 3.5 | 0.98 | 0.02 |
| 10 | Arkansas | SEC | 1-0 | 1 | 25.57 | 50 | 3.02 | 0.98 | 0.02 |
| 11 | Tennessee | SEC | 1-0 | 1 | 25.54 | 25 | 5 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| 12 | Memphis | Conference USA | 1-0 | 1 | 25.5 | 7 | 9.35 | 0.74 | 0.26 |
| 13 | Louisville | Conference USA | 1-0 | 1 | 25.38 | 28 | 5.7 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 1-0 | 1 | 25.32 | 21 | 4.92 | 0.97 | 0.03 |
| 15 | Maryland | ACC | 1-0 | 1 | 25.18 | 3 | 8.74 | 0.58 | 0.42 |
| 16 | Penn State | Big Ten | 1-0 | 1 | 25.14 | 38 | 7.44 | 0.98 | 0.02 |
| 17 | LSU | SEC | 1-0 | 1 | 25.01 | 1 | 8.92 | 0.53 | 0.47 |
| 18 | Washington State | Pac-10 | 1-0 | 1 | 24.98 | 4 | 8.38 | 0.62 | 0.38 |
| 19 | Auburn | SEC | 1-0 | 1 | 24.92 | 31 | 0.65 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Missouri | Big 12 | 1-0 | 1 | 24.88 | 32 | 1.59 | 0.91 | 0.09 |
| 21 | Virginia | ACC | 1-0 | 1 | 24.81 | 30 | 1.39 | 0.94 | 0.06 |
| 22 | Utah | Mountain West | 1-0 | 1 | 24.8 | 20 | 2.08 | 0.83 | 0.17 |
| 23 | Clemson | ACC | 1-0 | 1 | 24.63 | 7 | 5.18 | 0.62 | 0.38 |
| 24 | Kansas | Big 12 | 1-0 | 1 | 24.62 | 18 | 6.76 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 25 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 1-0 | 1 | 24.62 | 11 | 3.64 | 0.74 | 0.26 |
| 26 | West Virginia | Big East | 1-0 | 1 | 24.58 | 33 | 0.63 | 0.89 | 0.11 |
| 27 | Alabama | SEC | 1-0 | 1 | 24.56 | 31 | 3.68 | 0.92 | 0.08 |
| 28 | Fresno State | Western Athletic | 1-0 | 1 | 24.54 | 19 | 5.46 | 0.86 | 0.14 |
| 29 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 1-0 | 1 | 24.48 | 28 | 1.55 | 0.98 | 0.02 |
| 30 | Navy | FBS Independents | 1-0 | 1 | 24.36 | 15 | 1.77 | 0.87 | 0.13 |
| 31 | Rutgers | Big East | 1-0 | 1 | 23.89 | 5 | 7.87 | 0.67 | 0.33 |
| 32 | Texas Tech | Big 12 | 1-0 | 1 | 23.82 | 14 | -0.43 | 0.85 | 0.15 |
| 33 | Arizona State | Pac-10 | 1-0 | 1 | 23.79 | 32 | 1.25 | 0.97 | 0.03 |
| 34 | TCU | Conference USA | 1-0 | 1 | 23.72 | 3 | 3.58 | 0.54 | 0.46 |
| 35 | Boston College | Big East | 1-0 | 1 | 23.69 | 8 | 2.25 | 0.79 | 0.21 |
| 36 | South Carolina | SEC | 1-0 | 1 | 23.69 | 25 | 2.05 | 0.98 | 0.02 |
| 37 | UAB | Conference USA | 1-0 | 1 | 23.66 | 42 | 0.15 | 0.96 | 0.04 |
| 38 | Louisiana Tech | Western Athletic | 1-0 | 1 | 23.58 | 17 | 3.77 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| 39 | Stanford | Pac-10 | 1-0 | 1 | 23.39 | 40 | 2.08 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | Colorado | Big 12 | 1-0 | 1 | 23.24 | 3 | 7.56 | 0.57 | 0.43 |
| 41 | Nebraska | Big 12 | 1-0 | 1 | 23.04 | 39 | -10 | 0.94 | 0.06 |
| 42 | Rice | Western Athletic | 1-0 | 1 | 22.98 | 3 | 4.96 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 43 | Mississippi State | SEC | 1-0 | 1 | 22.93 | 21 | 3.35 | 0.96 | 0.04 |
| 44 | Indiana | Big Ten | 1-0 | 1 | 22.89 | 31 | 1.9 | 0.97 | 0.03 |
| 45 | Troy | Sun Belt | 1-0 | 1 | 22.81 | 2 | 7.85 | 0.57 | 0.43 |
| 46 | Kansas State | Big 12 | 1-0 | 1 | 22.8 | 14 | -10 | 0.85 | 0.15 |
| 47 | Georgia | SEC | 1-0 | 1 | 22.76 | 20 | -10 | 0.78 | 0.22 |
| 48 | NC State | ACC | 1-0 | 1 | 22.67 | 42 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | UConn | Big East | 1-0 | 1 | 22.63 | 38 | -10 | 0.96 | 0.04 |
| 50 | BYU | Mountain West | 1-0 | 1 | 22.09 | 3 | 3.42 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| 51 | Illinois | Big Ten | 1-0 | 1 | 21.75 | 39 | -5 | 0.96 | 0.04 |
| 52 | Georgia Tech | ACC | 1-0 | 1 | 21.73 | 21 | -10 | 0.96 | 0.04 |
| 53 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 1-0 | 1 | 21.72 | 42 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 54 | San Diego State | Mountain West | 1-0 | 1 | 21.67 | 17 | -10 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| 55 | Wyoming | Mountain West | 1-0 | 1 | 21.52 | 46 | -10 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 56 | Eastern Michigan | Mid-American | 1-0 | 1 | 21.23 | 3 | -0.15 | 0.55 | 0.45 |
| 57 | Ohio | Mid-American | 1-0 | 1 | 21 | 28 | -10 | 0.93 | 0.07 |
| 58 | North Carolina | ACC | 1-0 | 1 | 20.39 | 11 | -10 | 0.65 | 0.35 |
| 59 | Iowa State | Big 12 | 1-0 | 1 | 20.27 | 23 | -10 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 | Arizona | Pac-10 | 1-0 | 1 | 20.16 | 18 | -10 | 0.99 | 0.01 |
| 61 | Louisiana | Sun Belt | 1-0 | 1 | 20.03 | 7 | -10 | 0.84 | 0.16 |
| 62 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 1-1 | 0.5 | 19.5 | 8 | 0.47 | 1.36 | -0.36 |
| 63 | Florida State | ACC | 0-0 | 0 | 2.65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Miami | ACC | 0-0 | 0 | 2.58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | Florida | SEC | 0-0 | 0 | 2.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | Southern Miss | Conference USA | 0-0 | 0 | 2.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | Pittsburgh | Big East | 0-0 | 0 | 1.98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | South Florida | Conference USA | 0-0 | 0 | 1.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Oregon State | Pac-10 | 0-1 | 0 | 1.7 | -1 | 11.73 | 0.47 | -0.47 |
| 70 | Oregon | Pac-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 1.52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Marshall | Mid-American | 0-1 | 0 | 1.18 | -2 | 2.47 | 0.43 | -0.43 |
| 72 | Northern Illinois | Mid-American | 0-1 | 0 | 1.13 | -3 | 10.47 | 0.42 | -0.42 |
| 73 | Middle Tennessee | Sun Belt | 0-0 | 0 | 1.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Colorado State | Mountain West | 0-1 | 0 | 0.9 | -3 | 3.56 | 0.43 | -0.43 |
| 75 | New Mexico | Mountain West | 0-1 | 0 | 0.89 | -4 | 9.24 | 0.38 | -0.38 |
| 76 | Ole Miss | SEC | 0-1 | 0 | 0.78 | -7 | 9.21 | 0.26 | -0.26 |
| 77 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 0-1 | 0 | 0.67 | -5 | 4.74 | 0.33 | -0.33 |
| 78 | Hawai'i | Western Athletic | 0-1 | 0 | 0.4 | -7 | -10 | 0.37 | -0.37 |
| 79 | Houston | Conference USA | 0-1 | 0 | 0.24 | -3 | 4.42 | 0.3 | -0.3 |
| 80 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 0-1 | 0 | 0.13 | -16 | 11.95 | 0.23 | -0.23 |
| 81 | Army | Conference USA | 0-0 | 0 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 0-1 | 0 | -0.13 | -3 | 2 | 0.4 | -0.4 |
| 83 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 0-1 | 0 | -0.14 | -3 | 8.42 | 0.46 | -0.46 |
| 84 | Wake Forest | ACC | 0-1 | 0 | -0.26 | -7 | 8.85 | 0.38 | -0.38 |
| 85 | Tulsa | Western Athletic | 0-1 | 0 | -0.45 | -18 | 5.09 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 86 | Virginia Tech | ACC | 0-1 | 0 | -0.46 | -11 | 36.32 | 0.19 | -0.19 |
| 87 | Toledo | Mid-American | 0-1 | 0 | -0.75 | -42 | 10.01 | 0.07 | -0.07 |
| 88 | Akron | Mid-American | 0-1 | 0 | -0.79 | -38 | 4.51 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 89 | Air Force | Mountain West | 0-1 | 0 | -0.8 | -42 | 8.92 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| 90 | Washington | Pac-10 | 0-1 | 0 | -0.82 | -19 | 5.62 | 0.14 | -0.14 |
| 91 | UCLA | Pac-10 | 0-1 | 0 | -0.95 | -11 | 8.79 | 0.26 | -0.26 |
| 92 | Buffalo | Mid-American | 0-1 | 0 | -1.01 | -3 | 1.17 | 0.45 | -0.45 |
| 93 | Ball State | Mid-American | 0-1 | 0 | -1.06 | -8 | 6.96 | 0.21 | -0.21 |
| 94 | Kentucky | SEC | 0-1 | 0 | -1.07 | -28 | 7.72 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Cincinnati | Conference USA | 0-1 | 0 | -1.08 | -21 | 8.88 | 0.03 | -0.03 |
| 96 | Nevada | Western Athletic | 0-1 | 0 | -1.13 | -17 | 3.38 | 0.2 | -0.2 |
| 97 | UNLV | Mountain West | 0-1 | 0 | -1.2 | -25 | 9.22 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
| 98 | North Texas | Sun Belt | 0-1 | 0 | -1.26 | -65 | 10.56 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Tulane | Conference USA | 0-1 | 0 | -1.32 | -21 | 0.54 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| 100 | Syracuse | Big East | 0-1 | 0 | -1.37 | -51 | 9.23 | 0 | 0 |
| 101 | Utah State | Sun Belt | 0-1 | 0 | -1.61 | -31 | 5.73 | 0.08 | -0.08 |
| 102 | Duke | ACC | 0-1 | 0 | -1.62 | -15 | 8.36 | 0.13 | -0.13 |
| 103 | Texas A&M | Big 12 | 0-1 | 0 | -1.76 | -20 | 9.14 | 0.17 | -0.17 |
| 104 | Kent State | Mid-American | 0-1 | 0 | -1.77 | -32 | 10.11 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 105 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 0-1 | 0 | -1.83 | -25 | 4.12 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 106 | Central Michigan | Mid-American | 0-1 | 0 | -1.94 | -31 | 0.45 | 0.03 | -0.03 |
| 107 | San José State | Western Athletic | 0-1 | 0 | -2.1 | -40 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 |
| 108 | UCF | Mid-American | 0-1 | 0 | -2.1 | -28 | 7.34 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 109 | SMU | Western Athletic | 0-1 | 0 | -2.12 | -14 | 8.08 | 0.15 | -0.15 |
| 110 | New Mexico State | Sun Belt | 0-1 | 0 | -2.19 | -50 | 8.95 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| 111 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt | 0-1 | 0 | -2.21 | -32 | 8.57 | 0.09 | -0.09 |
| 112 | UTEP | Western Athletic | 0-1 | 0 | -2.21 | -32 | 4.48 | 0.03 | -0.03 |
| 113 | Temple | Big East | 0-1 | 0 | -2.22 | -30 | 8.62 | 0.06 | -0.06 |
| 114 | Idaho | Sun Belt | 0-1 | 0 | -2.31 | -58 | 11.07 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 115 | UL Monroe | Sun Belt | 0-1 | 0 | -2.45 | -31 | 9.52 | 0 | 0 |
| 116 | East Carolina | Conference USA | 0-1 | 0 | -2.46 | -33 | 8.03 | 0.11 | -0.11 |
| 117 | Baylor | Big 12 | 0-1 | 0 | -2.67 | -42 | 4.05 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| 118 | Florida A&M | FBS Independents | 0-1 | 0 | -3.83 | -39 | 0.68 | 0.04 | -0.04 |