Computer ratings · FCS vs FCS games only

FCS College Football Ratings & Strength of Schedule

2022 Week 8 · through Saturday, October 22

Season

Week

How this week's numbers compare

Power (0 = average team): #1 +16.8 · #10 +12.6 · middle +0.3
SOS (higher is harder): hardest 48.5 · #10 42.2 · middle 29.6 · easiest 12.3
SOR (lower is better): #1 3.8% · #25 46%

Power is in points: a +20 team would be favored by about 20 over an average FCS team on a neutral field, and by 10 over a +10 team. SOS, SOR, and SOV are measured against a #25-level team: one as strong as the 25th-best team in these ratings usually is at season's end (+9.0 points). That comes from these ratings, not the poll. An SOS of 50 means a #25-level team would lose about half of these games; above 50, the opponents were, on average, better than that.

What these columns mean

#: Rank in the column you sorted by (strength of record unless you pick another). "—" means too few FCS games to rank.
vs FCS: Record against FCS teams. These are the only games any number here counts.
All games: Record in every game, including opponents outside FCS. For reference only.
SOR: Strength of record: how often a #25-level team would do at least this well against this exact schedule. Lower is harder to achieve.
Power: Points better than an average FCS team on a neutral field. The difference between two teams is the expected margin.
SOS: Strength of schedule, 0–100: on average, how often a #25-level team would lose each of these games. Higher is harder.
SOS rank: Rank by SOS. Teams need 3 FCS games to be ranked.
SOV: Strength of victory: SOS counting only the games the team won.
Record SOS: NCAA RPI-style schedule strength from records only: 2/3 opponents' win % plus 1/3 their opponents' win %.

Only games between two FCS teams count. Method v1 · 380 FCS games · run ede7d2a400a3

Team

vs FCS

All games

SOS rank

121

0-6

0-7

100%

−8.1

43.3

—

0.564

36.0

121

Utah TechWAC

0-6

1-6

100%

−8.3

46.5

—

0.605

31.2

121

Robert MorrisBig South

0-6

0-7

100%

−16.7

24.0

109

—

0.417

12.1

121

North AlabamaASUN

0-6

1-6

100%

−5.2

37.4

—

0.520

35.8

121

Mississippi Valley StateSWAC

0-7

0-8

100%

−14.4

35.8

—

0.549

32.5

121

Long IslandNEC

0-5

0-7

100%

−9.2

28.4

—

0.409

19.9

121

LamarSouthland

0-6

0-7

100%

−13.1

28.2

—

0.449

26.0

121

DrakePioneer

0-7

0-8

100%

−14.7

29.2

—

0.514

18.2

121

Central Connecticut StateNEC

0-6

0-7

100%

−12.4

31.9

—

0.388

19.9

121

Arkansas-Pine BluffSWAC

0-4

2-5

100%

−8.2

30.9

—

0.485

29.1

118

PresbyterianPioneer

0-7

1-7

100%

−19.5

23.4

112

—

0.417

8.4

118

Murray StateOVC

0-6

0-8

100%

−15.9

37.7

—

0.583

33.9

118

McNeeseSouthland

0-5

1-6

100%

−8.8

42.4

—

0.527

21.4

117

MaristPioneer

2-5

100%

−14.3

15.6

129

13.1

0.404

10.5

116

LehighPatriot

1-7

100%

−8.6

35.0

9.9

0.524

36.1

115

GeorgetownPatriot

1-6

100%

−11.3

28.4

8.7

0.484

33.9

114

Morehead StatePioneer

1-5

2-5

100%

−8.7

34.8

1.4

0.460

13.6

113

BucknellPatriot

1-5

1-6

100%

−9.9

25.7

14.0

0.441

17.9

112

StetsonPioneer

1-3

3-3

100%

−8.4

19.3

124

9.9

0.460

18.2

111

Grambling StateSWAC

1-5

1-6

100%

−6.1

29.3

14.6

0.543

31.3

110

Norfolk StateMEAC

1-4

1-6

100%

−10.9

20.9

117

15.8

0.413

29.6

109

Cal PolyBig Sky

1-5

1-6

100%

−7.7

27.5

16.1

0.418

47.8

108

VMISouthern

1-5

1-6

100%

−12.6

29.3

9.8

0.489

38.8

107

Houston ChristianSouthland

2-4

2-5

100%

−10.7

16.0

127

12.5

0.380

39.5

106

Idaho StateBig Sky

1-5

1-7

100%

−8.6

33.2

12.5

0.470

60.2

105

BryantBig South

1-4

2-5

100%

−5.2

22.0

114

12.5

0.358

37.9

104

UAlbanyCAA

1-5

1-6

100%

+0.9

34.3

6.3

0.494

31.5

103

Charleston SouthernBig South

1-5

1-6

100%

−5.6

32.0

19.2

0.457

18.4

102

Morgan StateMEAC

1-4

2-5

100%

−9.0

30.0

25.6

0.455

18.4

101

HowardMEAC

1-4

2-5

100%

−2.9

24.9

105

16.6

0.519

24.2

100

San DiegoPioneer

2-3

3-3

100%

−3.6

19.9

120

3.9

0.271

22.7

WagnerNEC

1-4

1-6

100%

−9.5

33.1

11.3

0.511

20.6

Eastern IllinoisOVC

2-4

2-5

100%

−6.0

28.5

7.5

0.535

34.2

Northern ColoradoBig Sky

2-5

2-6

100%

−8.8

37.3

11.2

0.512

19.8

DuquesneNEC

1-3

2-5

100%

−0.6

25.3

101

10.8

0.366

22.2

Indiana StateMVFC

1-5

1-6

100%

−2.8

41.3

14.3

0.538

33.0

Bethune-CookmanSWAC

2-4

2-5

100%

−7.8

27.8

11.8

0.461

33.1

East Tennessee StateSouthern

2-5

3-5

100%

+1.7

36.2

8.4

0.535

18.7

BrownIvy

2-4

100%

−5.5

28.6

11.3

0.514

39.9

Northwestern StateSouthland

3-4

3-5

100%

−8.8

23.5

111

10.8

0.422

58.8

Tennessee TechOVC

1-5

1-6

100%

−2.5

42.2

42.5

0.631

23.1

WoffordSouthern

1-5

1-6

100%

−5.8

44.3

25.5

0.642

27.1

Stony BrookCAA

1-5

1-6

99%

−8.2

45.1

20.8

0.679

25.7

Delaware StateMEAC

2-3

4-3

99%

−5.8

25.6

8.3

0.391

32.0

Nicholls StateSouthland

2-4

2-6

99%

−9.5

33.5

11.2

0.525

34.3

Southern UtahWAC

3-4

3-5

99%

+2.2

25.3

100

18.5

0.499

24.9

Western CarolinaSouthern

3-4

3-5

99%

−2.5

30.1

10.1

0.466

36.5

MaineCAA

2-3

2-5

99%

−2.4

25.1

103

31.7

0.452

45.7

ValparaisoPioneer

3-3

4-3

99%

−2.4

20.6

119

10.2

0.405

10.3

TowsonCAA

2-4

2-5

98%

−5.7

38.1

10.7

0.567

28.3

Northern ArizonaBig Sky

3-4

3-5

98%

−3.7

30.6

22.8

0.506

43.9

ColgatePatriot

2-3

2-5

98%

−3.3

31.3

16.7

0.593

23.2

DaytonPioneer

4-2

5-2

98%

−8.9

12.3

130

6.1

0.362

17.2

Alcorn StateSWAC

3-3

3-4

98%

+2.4

23.7

110

10.4

0.388

34.3

DartmouthIvy

2-4

98%

+2.6

36.3

33.4

0.608

31.0

The CitadelSouthern

2-4

2-5

97%

−2.2

39.6

30.4

0.518

38.0

StonehillNEC

1-2

3-2

97%

−1.1

32.9

22.2

0.463

14.5

ColumbiaIvy

3-3

97%

+4.1

26.5

9.9

0.497

24.9

Sacred HeartNEC

4-3

97%

−1.3

21.3

116

19.2

0.370

22.9

LafayettePatriot

2-4

2-5

97%

−1.6

41.9

16.4

0.671

21.8

Portland StateBig Sky

1-3

2-5

96%

−10.7

47.2

20.7

0.644

29.9

MonmouthCAA

4-4

94%

+5.3

31.3

25.9

0.498

29.9

Alabama A&MSWAC

3-2

3-4

94%

−5.0

20.8

118

12.4

0.444

35.4

South DakotaMVFC

2-4

2-5

94%

−0.3

45.5

25.9

0.629

35.1

Central ArkansasASUN

3-3

3-4

94%

+6.4

31.1

32.8

0.565

33.8

South Carolina StateMEAC

2-2

3-4

94%

+0.7

27.0

30.8

0.565

14.0

Kennesaw StateASUN

3-3

3-4

94%

−3.3

31.8

15.6

0.491

34.9

Missouri StateMVFC

2-4

2-5

93%

−2.3

45.6

52.2

0.638

24.1

DavidsonPioneer

4-2

6-2

93%

+4.8

19.8

121

11.1

0.446

25.4

HamptonCAA

3-3

4-3

93%

−5.8

32.8

22.2

0.454

40.5

Gardner-WebbBig South

2-2

3-5

92%

+2.8

33.7

13.0

0.454

37.1

CornellIvy

4-2

91%

−4.6

19.3

123

15.6

0.472

45.9

ButlerPioneer

3-2

5-2

91%

−1.2

26.4

13.0

0.579

13.7

Northern IowaMVFC

4-3

4-4

90%

+7.3

28.8

18.6

0.480

44.4

Eastern KentuckyASUN

3-2

4-3

88%

+1.0

27.2

21.0

0.459

40.8

East Texas A&MSouthland

3-2

5-2

87%

+6.5

29.5

31.6

0.465

31.4

North Carolina A&TBig South

3-2

4-3

86%

+0.1

29.4

17.7

0.457

25.6

Tennessee StateOVC

3-2

3-4

86%

+6.2

30.7

18.2

0.501

36.9

Eastern WashingtonBig Sky

2-3

2-5

85%

−0.5

48.5

29.1

0.636

35.3

UC DavisBig Sky

3-3

3-4

85%

+11.4

40.2

18.8

0.601

37.8

Prairie View A&MSWAC

4-3

84%

+3.8

33.3

26.4

0.528

14.6

Youngstown StateMVFC

4-2

4-3

84%

+2.5

26.0

16.8

0.468

32.8

St. Thomas (MN)Pioneer

4-1

6-1

83%

+0.4

15.9

128

12.7

0.351

18.0

UT MartinOVC

4-1

4-3

81%

+7.6

16.4

125

14.5

0.375

21.8

Alabama StateSWAC

3-2

4-3

81%

+1.0

34.0

23.1

0.518

16.3

Texas SouthernSWAC

3-2

3-4

79%

+3.9

34.2

37.3

0.501

33.4

North Carolina CentralMEAC

3-2

5-2

78%

+5.9

34.5

34.0

0.554

28.4

LindenwoodOVC

4-2

5-2

77%

−3.6

29.4

20.9

0.512

25.3

MerrimackNEC

5-2

6-2

77%

+3.7

25.0

104

17.4

0.473

26.5

VillanovaCAA

4-2

4-3

76%

+6.0

30.0

20.1

0.398

38.2

Austin PeayASUN

5-1

5-2

75%

+6.9

16.3

126

12.7

0.389

30.6

Tarleton StateWAC

3-1

5-2

75%

+0.4

24.6

108

22.0

0.389

20.8

Southern IllinoisMVFC

4-3

5-3

75%

+5.3

38.6

30.9

0.593

45.5

YaleIvy

4-2

71%

+3.8

32.6

20.3

0.574

36.5

MontanaBig Sky

5-2

67%

+11.3

29.6

17.6

0.520

47.3

HarvardIvy

4-2

67%

+1.3

34.3

24.6

0.642

40.0

SouthernSWAC

3-1

5-2

66%

+8.2

29.7

31.2

0.452

40.6

Abilene ChristianWAC

4-1

5-2

64%

+3.2

24.8

107

21.9

0.434

33.8

Saint FrancisNEC

5-1

5-2

64%

+8.0

21.3

115

12.9

0.362

32.1

Stephen F. AustinWAC

4-2

5-3

61%

+3.0

36.7

35.6

0.655

29.4

CampbellBig South

4-2

4-3

61%

+8.3

37.1

22.4

0.523

23.4

North DakotaMVFC

4-2

4-3

58%

+2.1

38.5

33.5

0.609

41.9

Florida A&MSWAC

4-1

5-2

57%

+1.5

27.9

18.2

0.534

24.4

Sam HoustonWAC

4-1

4-2

55%

+2.2

28.9

32.6

0.540

31.7

FurmanSouthern

5-1

6-2

52%

+6.6

25.5

22.4

0.460

52.5

Illinois StateMVFC

5-1

5-2

46%

+4.4

27.8

26.4

0.486

42.7

DelawareCAA

5-1

6-1

43%

+12.5

28.3

22.2

0.554

50.3

Jacksonville StateASUN

6-1

6-2

41%

+8.6

25.7

21.9

0.506

40.9

Incarnate WordSouthland

5-1

7-1

41%

+15.5

29.5

23.6

0.457

39.9

RichmondCAA

5-1

5-2

41%

+12.6

30.1

27.1

0.553

48.5

North Dakota StateMVFC

5-1

5-2

40%

+11.0

30.1

24.5

0.534

44.1

ElonCAA

5-2

5-3

40%

+5.9

40.5

38.5

0.649

37.9

Southeastern LouisianaSouthland

4-1

4-3

38%

+11.9

35.4

35.8

0.490

24.3

Weber StateBig Sky

4-1

6-1

37%

+12.9

36.5

29.4

0.540

41.4

Rhode IslandCAA

5-1

5-2

36%

+6.7

32.0

28.1

0.531

39.5

MercerSouthern

6-1

6-2

31%

+15.8

30.1

25.1

0.482

33.4

William & MaryCAA

5-1

6-1

29%

+10.9

35.6

35.2

0.606

43.4

New HampshireCAA

6-1

6-2

28%

+7.6

31.9

32.1

0.506

47.2

FordhamPatriot

6-0

6-1

25%

+6.8

19.4

122

19.4

0.364

32.9

IdahoBig Sky

5-0

5-2

20%

+11.1

22.8

113

22.8

0.458

45.2

Southeast Missouri StateOVC

6-0

6-1

17%

+11.6

24.8

106

24.8

0.541

31.3

PrincetonIvy

6-0

16%

+12.7

25.1

102

25.1

0.497

33.2

PennIvy

6-0

15%

+9.3

26.3

0.524

32.2

SamfordSouthern

6-0

6-1

13%

+7.7

27.5

0.502

47.6

Holy CrossPatriot

6-0

7-0

13%

+12.2

28.4

0.592

30.4

ChattanoogaSouthern

6-0

6-1

9.7%

+14.1

26.8

0.427

35.7

Jackson StateSWAC

7-0

9.3%

+16.8

27.4

0.543

36.9

Sacramento StateBig Sky

6-0

7-0

8.9%

+14.7

30.3

0.464

51.5

Montana StateBig Sky

7-0

7-1

7.1%

+13.0

27.5

0.459

45.5

South Dakota StateMVFC

7-0

7-1

3.8%

+12.9

34.9

0.591

48.2