Computer ratings · FCS vs FCS games only

FCS College Football Ratings & Strength of Schedule

2023 Week 6 · through Saturday, October 7

Season

Week

How this week's numbers compare

Power (0 = average team): #1 +24.4 · #10 +13.1 · middle +0.2
SOS (higher is harder): hardest 57.2 · #10 47.9 · middle 31.2 · easiest 7.9
SOR (lower is better): #1 4.1% · #25 58%

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 · 264 FCS games · run 0194cb95e484

Team

vs FCS

All games

SOS rank

109

0-4

0-5

100%

−12.8

39.6

—

0.444

47.3

109

ValparaisoPioneer

0-3

1-4

100%

−12.8

26.9

—

0.424

16.1

109

The CitadelSouthern

0-5

0-6

100%

−14.3

45.8

—

0.548

22.4

109

Stony BrookCAA

0-4

0-5

100%

−11.6

38.5

—

0.514

48.5

109

Northwestern StateSouthland

0-3

0-5

100%

−14.1

23.5

—

0.500

20.0

109

Northern ColoradoBig Sky

0-4

0-5

100%

−12.8

35.4

—

0.428

43.6

109

Mississippi Valley StateSWAC

0-3

0-5

100%

−15.3

42.3

—

0.694

23.5

109

McNeeseSouthland

0-5

0-6

100%

−14.4

24.7

—

0.439

27.7

109

Kennesaw StateFCS Indep.

0-5

1-5

100%

−3.6

32.4

—

0.442

—

109

Indiana StateMVFC

0-3

0-5

100%

−8.8

24.0

—

0.565

48.9

109

East Tennessee StateSouthern

0-3

1-4

100%

−7.5

45.0

—

0.540

34.1

109

DaytonPioneer

0-4

2-4

100%

−16.6

20.1

112

—

0.305

12.9

109

Arkansas-Pine BluffSWAC

0-3

1-4

100%

−13.9

25.3

—

0.354

22.7

108

Southeastern LouisianaSouthland

0-4

0-6

100%

−0.3

38.1

—

0.457

12.1

107

WoffordSouthern

0-5

0-6

100%

−10.6

28.0

—

0.384

38.2

106

Sacred HeartNEC

1-5

100%

−9.7

20.5

111

26.8

0.401

19.9

105

PresbyterianPioneer

1-3

2-3

100%

−18.9

14.6

119

16.2

0.284

12.1

104

San DiegoPioneer

1-3

1-4

100%

−9.8

17.7

115

3.0

0.279

7.8

103

StetsonPioneer

1-3

3-3

100%

−13.1

27.3

4.3

0.420

13.4

102

Morehead StatePioneer

1-3

2-3

100%

−10.2

23.0

101

3.9

0.416

18.2

101

Saint FrancisNEC

1-3

1-4

100%

−4.3

23.6

11.4

0.371

13.4

100

Central Connecticut StateNEC

1-2

2-3

100%

−11.4

15.1

118

3.3

0.268

16.4

LehighPatriot

1-5

100%

−9.9

35.4

22.3

0.472

28.6

Tennessee TechOVC

1-3

1-4

100%

−11.2

26.3

20.1

0.388

32.3

MerrimackNEC

2-3

3-3

100%

−3.4

23.0

100

10.4

0.394

15.3

Long IslandNEC

1-2

1-4

100%

−6.4

16.7

116

7.7

0.310

14.7

MaristPioneer

2-3

100%

−15.3

19.3

114

8.9

0.360

8.5

StonehillNEC

2-4

100%

−11.2

25.4

20.7

0.383

13.6

BucknellPatriot

1-3

1-4

99%

−13.4

35.2

7.0

0.673

19.2

MaineCAA

1-4

1-5

99%

−3.9

43.9

9.1

0.513

40.9

Houston ChristianSouthland

1-3

2-4

99%

−12.0

34.3

48.8

0.475

22.1

Cal PolyBig Sky

1-3

2-4

99%

−11.9

35.6

9.9

0.464

45.3

East Texas A&MSouthland

1-3

1-4

99%

−7.0

39.5

6.8

0.451

28.4

Alabama A&MSWAC

1-2

3-3

99%

−5.5

32.9

3.6

0.380

27.4

Idaho StateBig Sky

1-2

1-4

99%

−7.1

32.8

5.5

0.471

47.5

GeorgetownPatriot

3-3

99%

−4.5

21.0

108

16.1

0.444

29.3

RichmondCAA

3-2

3-3

99%

+0.8

11.2

120

10.1

0.274

49.6

Southeast Missouri StateOVC

1-3

1-4

99%

+10.9

42.6

8.3

0.561

27.7

Robert MorrisOVC

1-3

2-4

99%

−11.5

39.9

17.1

0.404

26.7

Morgan StateMEAC

1-3

1-4

99%

−6.0

37.3

41.2

0.546

30.0

ButlerPioneer

2-2

4-2

99%

−4.3

23.2

5.7

0.466

10.8

DavidsonPioneer

2-1

3-2

98%

+2.2

7.9

121

8.2

0.366

8.9

SouthernSWAC

2-3

98%

+2.6

29.1

12.5

0.496

19.8

LindenwoodOVC

2-3

3-3

98%

−10.1

32.3

10.5

0.354

24.3

VMISouthern

2-2

2-3

97%

−11.8

25.8

20.3

0.462

34.9

North AlabamaUAC

2-4

97%

−2.6

38.7

31.0

0.590

43.3

FordhamPatriot

3-2

4-2

97%

+4.0

19.6

113

7.3

0.554

30.0

PrincetonIvy

2-2

97%

+3.3

22.5

103

19.5

0.546

37.7

ColgatePatriot

1-3

1-4

97%

−6.2

47.9

31.1

0.639

23.5

Grambling StateSWAC

2-2

3-3

96%

+0.6

22.3

104

18.4

0.444

18.7

ColumbiaIvy

2-2

96%

+2.7

26.9

11.0

0.559

35.6

TowsonCAA

2-3

2-4

95%

−0.3

37.0

47.2

0.561

49.8

North Carolina A&TCAA

1-3

1-4

95%

−4.3

47.3

32.1

0.716

41.8

Missouri StateMVFC

1-3

1-4

95%

+4.5

52.3

20.8

0.686

41.2

Charleston SouthernOVC

1-2

2-3

95%

−6.0

43.7

16.1

0.546

27.9

Stephen F. AustinSouthland

3-2

3-3

95%

+8.1

20.8

109

14.0

0.429

46.5

SamfordSouthern

2-2

3-3

94%

+2.9

30.4

12.1

0.424

34.3

Prairie View A&MSWAC

3-2

3-3

94%

−4.5

20.5

110

19.9

0.373

33.5

Alabama StateSWAC

2-2

2-3

94%

−1.4

30.1

22.0

0.506

26.9

Illinois StateMVFC

3-2

94%

+6.4

26.5

7.1

0.446

39.0

Murray StateMVFC

2-1

2-3

94%

−8.2

25.0

4.9

0.485

56.4

LamarSouthland

2-2

3-3

93%

−8.9

35.6

8.2

0.598

28.0

New HampshireCAA

2-2

2-3

93%

+9.6

32.4

20.5

0.544

38.3

YaleIvy

2-2

93%

+5.9

31.2

29.8

0.521

32.3

CornellIvy

2-2

92%

−4.4

36.0

35.0

0.516

27.1

Alcorn StateSWAC

3-2

3-3

92%

−3.9

24.8

21.0

0.451

24.8

Nicholls StateSouthland

2-1

2-3

91%

+1.4

22.7

102

9.2

0.406

39.8

BryantOVC

2-2

2-3

91%

−1.3

33.0

29.5

0.538

25.8

DrakePioneer

2-2

2-3

90%

−8.9

41.9

9.7

0.517

21.1

DartmouthIvy

2-2

90%

+1.1

35.2

26.0

0.474

32.3

St. Thomas (MN)Pioneer

3-2

4-2

89%

−4.3

30.6

8.8

0.583

8.6

MonmouthCAA

2-2

2-3

89%

+6.9

34.4

24.9

0.529

43.4

UC DavisBig Sky

3-2

3-3

89%

+9.4

26.2

23.1

0.494

37.6

BrownIvy

2-2

89%

+2.3

37.0

19.4

0.651

31.6

Abilene ChristianUAC

2-2

2-3

88%

+3.8

37.6

18.3

0.530

33.7

PennIvy

3-1

87%

+2.4

16.5

117

15.2

0.466

37.1

WagnerNEC

2-1

2-3

87%

−11.1

24.0

16.6

0.420

13.4

Weber StateBig Sky

2-2

3-3

86%

+2.4

41.2

35.2

0.519

35.3

Northern ArizonaBig Sky

2-3

2-4

85%

+5.5

49.8

51.9

0.622

41.6

ChattanoogaSouthern

4-2

84%

+8.3

26.0

19.5

0.381

43.1

Southern UtahUAC

2-2

2-4

82%

+5.8

42.2

25.6

0.503

39.1

Gardner-WebbOVC

2-1

2-3

80%

+4.7

29.7

27.5

0.562

36.9

Utah TechUAC

2-3

2-4

79%

−4.2

53.1

55.1

0.568

41.7

CampbellCAA

3-3

79%

+10.0

43.5

35.4

0.589

32.4

HamptonCAA

3-2

78%

+1.7

34.5

38.1

0.578

42.5

Norfolk StateMEAC

2-1

2-3

77%

−3.2

32.0

41.9

0.505

29.9

Tarleton StateUAC

3-1

4-2

76%

+4.0

23.7

20.2

0.306

42.8

MercerSouthern

4-1

4-2

72%

+10.3

21.8

106

13.5

0.482

38.6

Northern IowaMVFC

3-1

3-2

71%

+6.3

27.7

31.3

0.481

53.9

Youngstown StateMVFC

3-1

3-2

68%

+12.6

28.8

23.7

0.486

41.5

Eastern IllinoisOVC

4-1

4-2

65%

−0.4

24.2

18.2

0.414

26.2

Tennessee StateOVC

3-1

3-2

62%

+0.9

32.1

22.7

0.496

16.7

ElonCAA

3-2

3-3

61%

+9.5

44.0

43.7

0.644

46.6

North DakotaMVFC

3-1

3-2

60%

+12.7

34.6

16.9

0.565

44.1

Jackson StateSWAC

4-1

4-2

58%

+10.8

27.4

22.6

0.554

12.6

Eastern WashingtonBig Sky

2-2

2-3

58%

+2.8

57.2

43.9

0.608

35.6

Austin PeayUAC

3-1

3-2

58%

+10.8

34.0

29.5

0.475

37.2

Eastern KentuckyUAC

2-1

2-3

56%

+7.1

46.0

40.9

0.591

42.9

Holy CrossPatriot

4-1

4-2

53%

+16.4

29.2

23.9

0.587

27.1

Sacramento StateBig Sky

3-1

4-1

51%

+12.7

37.8

26.4

0.644

44.8

Rhode IslandCAA

4-1

4-2

51%

+7.6

30.7

24.3

0.510

35.5

MontanaBig Sky

4-1

5-1

50%

+9.8

30.9

28.8

0.531

58.2

VillanovaCAA

4-1

4-2

50%

+11.5

31.0

26.1

0.588

49.5

William & MaryCAA

4-1

4-2

46%

+10.8

31.9

25.9

0.436

36.0

Incarnate WordSouthland

3-0

4-1

42%

+14.6

23.8

0.317

13.4

DelawareCAA

4-0

4-1

35%

+14.6

21.9

105

21.9

0.520

42.2

Montana StateBig Sky

4-1

34%

+21.9

37.1

24.0

0.657

49.1

FurmanSouthern

4-0

4-1

32%

+12.0

21.6

107

21.6

0.380

35.9

North Dakota StateMVFC

4-1

28%

+21.5

42.4

41.8

0.657

49.0

Southern IllinoisMVFC

3-1

4-1

25%

+9.1

54.0

54.2

0.580

44.3

UT MartinOVC

5-0

5-1

23%

+9.1

25.2

0.590

31.5

Central ArkansasUAC

3-1

4-2

21%

+12.6

56.6

47.4

0.601

40.3

IdahoBig Sky

4-0

5-1

20%

+15.3

31.1

0.642

39.4

LafayettePatriot

5-0

5-1

19%

+6.5

27.1

0.531

37.8

Florida A&MSWAC

4-0

5-1

17%

+10.7

32.0

0.565

21.5

North Carolina CentralMEAC

4-0

5-1

15%

+13.3

34.3

0.526

21.8

UAlbanyCAA

4-0

4-2

14%

+10.1

36.6

0.624

45.0

HarvardIvy

4-0

13%

+11.9

32.2

0.711

35.3

Western CarolinaSouthern

5-0

5-1

12%

+13.6

32.1

0.560

25.9

South DakotaMVFC

4-0

4-1

6.8%

+13.1

31.3

0.759

50.3

South Dakota StateMVFC

4-0

5-0

4.1%

+24.4

49.6

0.752

53.9

—

HowardMEAC

1-1

2-3

95%

+4.6

22.6

small sample

16.2

0.451

33.1

—

Portland StateBig Sky

1-1

2-3

92%

+3.2

48.7

small sample

9.6

0.554

33.2

—

Texas SouthernSWAC

0-2

1-4

100%

−3.3

21.5

small sample

—

0.398

32.4

—

Bethune-CookmanSWAC

0-2

1-4

100%

−3.6

48.7

small sample

—

0.544

25.5

—

DuquesneNEC

1-1

2-3

86%

−3.7

44.8

small sample

20.5

0.613

20.1

—

South Carolina StateMEAC

1-1

2-3

98%

−6.1

26.0

small sample

4.4

0.450

25.5

—

Delaware StateMEAC

0-2

1-5

100%

−14.7

19.1

small sample

—

0.221

29.8