Computer ratings · FCS vs FCS games only

FCS College Football Ratings & Strength of Schedule

2023 Week 9 · through Saturday, October 28

Season

Week

How this week's numbers compare

Power (0 = average team): #1 +29.3 · #10 +12.5 · middle +0.5
SOS (higher is harder): hardest 55.4 · #10 45.3 · middle 31.7 · easiest 9.3
SOR (lower is better): #1 0.2% · #25 52%

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 · 430 FCS games · run 12089e0eae97

Team

vs FCS

All games

SOS rank

South Dakota StateMVFC

7-0

8-0

0.2%

+29.3

55.4

0.731

54.9

LafayettePatriot

7-0

7-1

3.2%

+8.2

33.5

0.516

36.0

FurmanSouthern

7-0

7-1

6.4%

+12.5

29.0

0.470

36.5

South DakotaMVFC

6-1

6-2

8.3%

+9.4

40.3

32.7

0.609

49.0

DelawareCAA

7-0

7-1

10%

+19.9

26.1

0.513

49.6

UAlbanyCAA

6-1

6-3

13%

+13.0

41.4

37.6

0.570

49.2

Florida A&MSWAC

6-0

7-1

15%

+12.3

25.7

0.534

16.2

North Carolina CentralMEAC

6-0

7-1

16%

+12.5

24.3

102

24.3

0.476

22.7

IdahoBig Sky

5-1

6-2

17%

+15.2

42.0

40.5

0.624

35.4

Austin PeayUAC

6-1

6-2

19%

+12.5

36.2

32.1

0.526

38.9

Montana StateBig Sky

6-2

21%

+21.4

42.1

28.5

0.580

47.1

Southern IllinoisMVFC

5-2

6-2

22%

+12.5

47.8

37.1

0.590

48.3

MontanaBig Sky

6-1

7-1

22%

+12.5

33.1

32.5

0.520

65.7

Northern IowaMVFC

5-2

5-3

24%

+10.2

47.1

43.6

0.571

38.6

HarvardIvy

6-1

29%

+11.7

30.8

28.9

0.606

38.9

Incarnate WordSouthland

6-0

7-1

30%

+10.6

17.3

121

17.3

0.356

25.1

VillanovaCAA

6-1

6-2

33%

+13.9

28.7

23.1

0.499

64.0

Central ArkansasUAC

4-2

5-3

35%

+9.9

49.5

45.7

0.590

43.4

North DakotaMVFC

5-2

5-3

38%

+10.2

40.3

27.6

0.558

43.9

UT MartinOVC

6-1

6-2

41%

+8.1

26.0

24.1

0.581

37.0

Youngstown StateMVFC

5-2

5-3

44%

+12.5

38.3

30.0

0.524

44.0

North Dakota StateMVFC

6-2

46%

+16.3

33.3

28.3

0.514

62.6

Sacramento StateBig Sky

5-2

6-2

46%

+12.4

37.4

22.8

0.518

50.1

Holy CrossPatriot

5-2

5-3

51%

+14.7

35.8

31.5

0.612

14.5

Western CarolinaSouthern

5-2

5-3

52%

+9.1

35.2

31.6

0.585

12.6

Eastern KentuckyUAC

4-2

4-4

57%

+5.4

38.8

37.0

0.583

51.6

ChattanoogaSouthern

7-2

58%

+9.6

25.8

23.4

0.416

61.9

Tennessee StateOVC

5-1

6-2

58%

+0.9

22.8

109

15.9

0.448

21.1

MercerSouthern

6-2

6-3

58%

+9.3

28.8

21.8

0.500

39.2

Gardner-WebbOVC

4-2

4-4

61%

+2.6

37.0

31.7

0.658

29.8

Rhode IslandCAA

5-3

5-4

62%

+5.4

39.4

30.1

0.561

24.4

Tarleton StateUAC

5-2

6-3

62%

+7.9

31.5

25.9

0.443

39.0

Eastern IllinoisOVC

5-2

5-3

65%

+0.7

30.4

20.3

0.418

13.6

ElonCAA

4-3

4-4

66%

+6.3

42.8

36.2

0.607

48.0

DuquesneNEC

4-1

5-3

68%

+2.0

25.0

11.3

0.470

27.7

William & MaryCAA

5-2

5-3

70%

+6.6

27.8

25.5

0.429

42.4

Alabama StateSWAC

4-2

4-3

72%

+2.7

32.4

28.4

0.558

13.6

PennIvy

5-2

73%

+4.4

26.8

28.3

0.496

38.5

DrakePioneer

5-2

5-3

76%

−2.3

28.0

9.3

0.489

27.6

Jackson StateSWAC

6-2

6-3

79%

+8.1

21.3

112

15.5

0.457

16.3

Southeast Missouri StateOVC

4-3

4-4

79%

+11.4

36.9

23.9

0.570

31.9

Portland StateBig Sky

3-2

4-4

79%

+4.1

37.0

29.5

0.518

38.4

Idaho StateBig Sky

3-3

3-5

80%

−3.8

43.4

30.1

0.556

46.8

New HampshireCAA

4-3

4-4

81%

+11.9

36.8

27.6

0.545

43.4

BrownIvy

4-3

81%

+0.3

35.7

31.9

0.585

32.9

RichmondCAA

6-2

6-3

81%

+7.8

20.2

115

23.2

0.388

52.5

Abilene ChristianUAC

4-3

4-4

81%

+1.6

35.4

25.1

0.494

28.2

Southern UtahUAC

3-3

3-5

82%

+9.3

40.9

30.9

0.544

38.6

TowsonCAA

3-4

3-5

83%

+0.8

47.6

53.8

0.579

42.5

UC DavisBig Sky

4-3

4-4

85%

+7.0

32.2

28.9

0.464

37.3

Northern ArizonaBig Sky

3-4

3-5

87%

+4.2

45.3

50.7

0.554

42.6

Nicholls StateSouthland

3-2

3-4

88%

+4.5

28.7

14.3

0.432

42.9

Eastern WashingtonBig Sky

3-4

3-5

88%

+0.9

44.0

35.9

0.522

41.2

LamarSouthland

3-3

4-4

88%

−5.5

37.3

19.0

0.538

19.7

PrincetonIvy

4-3

89%

+5.7

29.9

28.0

0.575

41.5

DavidsonPioneer

5-1

6-2

91%

+1.5

9.3

128

8.9

0.384

5.4

CampbellCAA

4-4

91%

+3.5

35.8

26.5

0.517

46.3

Alcorn StateSWAC

5-2

5-3

91%

−1.6

18.0

120

14.7

0.388

34.4

YaleIvy

4-3

92%

+8.0

27.5

24.4

0.474

44.8

HamptonCAA

4-4

92%

−5.3

34.4

28.5

0.516

37.1

Missouri StateMVFC

3-4

3-5

93%

+4.0

41.4

12.7

0.522

60.9

SamfordSouthern

4-3

5-4

94%

+4.9

27.0

10.8

0.465

50.0

BryantOVC

4-3

4-4

94%

+1.1

25.9

19.9

0.493

29.7

SouthernSWAC

4-3

5-3

94%

+1.9

25.4

12.1

0.456

17.9

DartmouthIvy

3-4

94%

+2.5

38.2

26.3

0.521

28.3

ColgatePatriot

3-4

3-5

95%

−5.6

37.5

28.4

0.555

33.2

Morgan StateMEAC

2-4

2-5

95%

−2.2

43.5

39.8

0.590

13.4

MonmouthCAA

3-4

3-5

96%

+8.7

35.3

22.8

0.550

42.4

Utah TechUAC

2-5

2-6

96%

−3.6

47.5

48.9

0.540

49.8

HowardMEAC

3-2

4-4

96%

−3.8

20.8

114

9.2

0.418

36.1

St. Thomas (MN)Pioneer

5-3

6-3

96%

−2.6

21.7

111

7.2

0.498

7.1

FordhamPatriot

4-3

5-3

97%

+5.6

25.4

7.3

0.471

28.7

Illinois StateMVFC

4-4

97%

+8.6

32.9

6.6

0.450

40.2

Houston ChristianSouthland

3-3

4-4

97%

−6.9

26.2

19.2

0.458

29.4

Weber StateBig Sky

2-4

3-5

97%

+2.2

41.7

38.6

0.482

32.5

North AlabamaUAC

3-6

98%

−2.6

40.7

28.7

0.594

48.7

BucknellPatriot

3-4

3-5

98%

−8.0

30.4

21.8

0.553

22.1

CornellIvy

3-4

98%

−3.2

31.3

35.0

0.530

35.1

Alabama A&MSWAC

2-3

4-4

98%

−4.0

29.3

17.2

0.477

25.4

Murray StateMVFC

2-4

2-6

98%

−8.2

42.0

6.0

0.492

53.8

Stephen F. AustinSouthland

3-4

3-5

99%

+6.3

28.9

14.1

0.453

49.2

Cal PolyBig Sky

2-4

3-5

99%

−11.4

39.4

5.9

0.492

43.3

Prairie View A&MSWAC

3-4

3-5

99%

−10.0

25.5

22.2

0.494

32.9

Charleston SouthernOVC

2-4

3-5

99%

−8.6

32.7

12.3

0.511

23.6

WagnerNEC

3-3

3-5

99%

−13.7

18.8

118

13.3

0.373

18.1

Tennessee TechOVC

3-4

3-5

99%

−5.6

25.8

16.4

0.426

35.6

VMISouthern

3-4

3-5

99%

−8.8

25.8

12.8

0.468

45.1

ButlerPioneer

4-3

6-3

99%

−2.5

18.2

119

3.6

0.408

13.0

Grambling StateSWAC

3-3

4-4

99%

−3.5

15.8

123

14.1

0.386

22.5

Norfolk StateMEAC

2-4

2-6

100%

−5.4

25.8

32.6

0.467

25.9

ColumbiaIvy

2-5

100%

−1.1

34.1

9.9

0.546

34.0

South Carolina StateMEAC

2-3

3-5

100%

−9.0

24.8

100

5.9

0.420

19.0

East Tennessee StateSouthern

1-5

2-6

100%

−3.3

45.3

7.5

0.570

23.3

LindenwoodOVC

2-5

3-5

100%

−11.6

33.0

11.3

0.467

24.3

MaineCAA

2-6

2-7

100%

−3.8

39.8

6.6

0.521

39.7

North Carolina A&TCAA

1-6

1-7

100%

−4.8

45.6

24.7

0.620

34.3

GeorgetownPatriot

4-5

100%

−5.4

21.8

110

16.4

0.462

44.6

MerrimackNEC

3-4

4-4

100%

−0.4

21.2

113

11.2

0.390

15.1

Saint FrancisNEC

3-4

3-5

100%

−0.9

23.2

108

11.9

0.458

8.4

100

LehighPatriot

2-6

100%

−8.2

34.0

22.7

0.471

41.7

101

MaristPioneer

4-4

100%

−16.0

14.1

127

6.0

0.385

9.4

102

StonehillNEC

3-5

100%

−11.5

23.4

107

13.8

0.404

21.3

103

Long IslandNEC

2-4

2-6

100%

−10.9

19.3

117

8.2

0.402

13.9

104

Texas SouthernSWAC

1-4

2-6

100%

−2.6

28.0

19.7

0.450

24.2

105

East Texas A&MSouthland

1-6

1-7

100%

−8.0

37.8

9.4

0.470

19.5

106

Robert MorrisOVC

1-5

2-6

100%

−16.3

31.9

22.7

0.507

32.5

107

Morehead StatePioneer

2-5

3-5

100%

−11.9

23.8

105

5.8

0.415

14.5

108

Mississippi Valley StateSWAC

1-5

1-7

100%

−13.2

31.4

2.8

0.564

22.9

109

Central Connecticut StateNEC

2-4

3-5

100%

−11.3

14.9

125

6.4

0.405

18.8

110

Southeastern LouisianaSouthland

1-5

1-7

100%

−0.5

27.9

8.7

0.452

17.6

111

San DiegoPioneer

2-5

2-6

100%

−11.4

15.0

124

3.8

0.421

7.7

112

StetsonPioneer

1-5

3-5

100%

−18.0

24.5

101

4.2

0.501

12.5

113

PresbyterianPioneer

2-5

3-5

100%

−19.1

14.3

126

8.1

0.322

11.9

114

Sacred HeartNEC

1-8

100%

−12.5

23.7

106

31.8

0.463

5.5

115

Indiana StateMVFC

0-6

0-8

100%

−7.1

42.7

—

0.553

42.2

116

ValparaisoPioneer

0-6

1-7

100%

−12.6

26.7

—

0.497

9.2

117

Arkansas-Pine BluffSWAC

0-6

1-7

100%

−19.3

23.9

104

—

0.475

17.5

117

Bethune-CookmanSWAC

0-5

1-7

100%

−6.7

33.0

—

0.447

26.1

117

DaytonPioneer

0-6

2-6

100%

−19.3

17.2

122

—

0.356

15.6

117

Delaware StateMEAC

0-4

1-7

100%

−17.5

20.0

116

—

0.400

36.2

117

Kennesaw StateFCS Indep.

0-5

2-5

100%

−2.8

33.5

—

0.548

—

117

McNeeseSouthland

0-6

0-7

100%

−11.3

33.3

—

0.512

20.0

117

Northern ColoradoBig Sky

0-7

0-8

100%

−12.4

37.9

—

0.518

46.5

117

Northwestern StateSouthland

0-4

0-6

100%

−14.1

24.3

103

—

0.387

—

117

Stony BrookCAA

0-7

0-8

100%

−13.1

47.7

—

0.566

56.8

117

The CitadelSouthern

0-7

0-8

100%

−16.3

36.3

—

0.530

23.7

117

Western IllinoisMVFC

0-7

0-8

100%

−16.9

47.6

—

0.494

41.5

117

WoffordSouthern

0-7

0-8

100%

−11.5

31.0

—

0.443

34.8