Computer ratings · FCS vs FCS games only

FCS College Football Ratings & Strength of Schedule

2024 Week 12 · through Saturday, November 16

Season

Week

How this week's numbers compare

Power (0 = average team): #1 +32.3 · #10 +12.5 · middle −0.2
SOS (higher is harder): hardest 58.6 · #10 46.9 · middle 31.0 · easiest 9.7
SOR (lower is better): #1 <0.1% · #25 40%

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 · 602 FCS games · run b0a68a4f4756

Team

vs FCS

All games

SOS rank

North Dakota StateMVFC

10-0

10-1

<0.1%

+28.2

45.6

0.602

72.1

South Dakota StateMVFC

8-1

9-2

0.7%

+32.3

50.9

45.7

0.594

70.3

Montana StateBig Sky

10-0

11-0

1.0%

+24.0

33.3

0.472

66.3

UC DavisBig Sky

9-1

9-2

2.6%

+15.3

38.9

34.2

0.512

56.9

Rhode IslandCAA

9-1

9-2

6.3%

+9.1

35.5

31.9

0.521

35.4

South DakotaMVFC

7-1

8-2

6.8%

+22.2

39.0

30.8

0.521

71.3

Missouri StateMVFC

8-2

8-3

7.2%

+14.5

44.2

35.3

0.554

93.2

IdahoBig Sky

7-2

8-3

12%

+10.7

45.0

35.4

0.558

52.3

HarvardIvy

8-1

17%

+12.0

30.8

32.2

0.512

40.5

Incarnate WordSouthland

9-2

17%

+14.0

34.2

27.3

0.544

52.0

DelawareCAA

9-1

17%

+13.2

27.4

25.0

0.486

58.6

MercerSouthern

9-1

9-2

20%

+12.5

25.9

25.1

0.465

50.3

RichmondCAA

9-1

9-2

21%

+8.6

25.3

26.6

0.432

37.8

Illinois StateMVFC

8-2

8-3

21%

+9.7

36.1

27.7

0.486

58.2

Abilene ChristianUAC

8-2

8-3

21%

+7.7

36.6

35.5

0.512

64.3

Southeast Missouri StateOVC

9-1

9-2

21%

+6.3

25.5

25.9

0.442

40.8

DuquesneNEC

7-0

8-2

22%

+7.5

18.1

117

18.1

0.415

31.5

Tarleton StateUAC

8-2

8-3

28%

+10.8

33.8

32.6

0.523

47.8

VillanovaCAA

8-2

8-3

30%

+9.9

32.5

30.1

0.488

55.8

Eastern KentuckyUAC

7-2

7-4

33%

+7.8

34.4

29.1

0.545

42.5

MontanaBig Sky

8-3

33%

+13.8

37.7

34.1

0.521

69.8

Stony BrookCAA

8-2

8-3

38%

+6.3

29.5

24.1

0.473

42.1

South Carolina StateMEAC

7-1

8-2

38%

+8.0

23.7

22.9

0.463

26.6

DartmouthIvy

7-2

39%

+4.9

32.5

30.9

0.547

15.2

New HampshireCAA

7-3

7-4

40%

+10.2

38.9

33.0

0.545

46.7

Southeastern LouisianaSouthland

6-3

6-5

48%

+6.1

39.7

23.9

0.539

26.0

Northern ArizonaBig Sky

6-3

7-4

59%

+10.2

35.8

21.4

0.469

47.7

Jackson StateSWAC

8-1

9-2

62%

+7.5

14.4

124

14.2

0.447

25.8

Tennessee StateOVC

8-3

65%

+2.0

28.1

14.7

0.463

55.2

Tennessee TechOVC

6-3

6-5

66%

+5.2

33.4

34.0

0.540

10.9

LehighPatriot

7-2

7-3

67%

+6.4

22.8

20.5

0.445

46.3

TowsonCAA

6-4

6-5

67%

+3.9

39.5

26.1

0.558

24.4

DrakePioneer

7-2

67%

−3.9

23.7

17.5

0.489

31.2

YaleIvy

6-3

68%

+8.1

32.4

32.2

0.549

62.6

East Tennessee StateSouthern

5-4

6-5

69%

+5.7

43.1

34.6

0.569

6.8

Southern UtahUAC

5-4

6-5

69%

+10.9

42.3

39.0

0.567

9.7

ChattanoogaSouthern

6-3

6-5

71%

+9.5

31.3

25.6

0.477

41.0

ColumbiaIvy

6-3

73%

+3.8

30.2

27.7

0.546

20.6

UT MartinOVC

6-3

7-4

74%

+12.2

30.0

21.2

0.518

54.7

North DakotaMVFC

5-5

5-6

74%

+10.3

47.1

27.5

0.567

57.7

Western CarolinaSouthern

6-4

6-5

76%

+8.2

35.7

26.3

0.506

40.6

North Carolina CentralMEAC

6-2

7-3

77%

+9.0

21.6

105

15.6

0.446

3.8

MaineCAA

5-5

5-6

80%

+3.1

43.7

28.9

0.548

46.9

Idaho StateBig Sky

4-5

5-6

82%

−1.2

46.9

36.1

0.482

49.7

William & MaryCAA

7-3

7-4

84%

+6.3

22.7

15.5

0.423

54.0

ElonCAA

5-5

5-6

86%

+5.8

38.9

39.8

0.557

7.0

Central ArkansasUAC

6-4

6-5

88%

+6.4

29.4

21.9

0.478

61.6

Robert MorrisNEC

6-3

6-5

89%

−2.3

23.0

12.6

0.477

2.4

Southern IllinoisMVFC

3-7

3-8

89%

+2.3

58.6

48.7

0.656

11.5

McNeeseSouthland

6-4

6-5

90%

+1.2

29.4

20.5

0.488

20.1

Central Connecticut StateNEC

6-3

6-5

91%

−1.9

22.1

103

12.1

0.443

49.5

LamarSouthland

6-4

6-5

93%

−0.8

27.1

12.3

0.439

37.9

Eastern WashingtonBig Sky

4-6

4-7

93%

+8.8

43.9

30.4

0.580

59.9

Holy CrossPatriot

5-5

5-6

94%

+7.9

33.5

19.0

0.535

13.8

Youngstown StateMVFC

4-7

4-8

94%

+5.8

48.7

22.8

0.577

—

WoffordSouthern

5-6

94%

−4.1

37.5

31.7

0.521

—

Portland StateBig Sky

2-6

2-8

95%

+2.3

53.7

38.4

0.579

5.2

Florida A&MSWAC

5-3

5-5

96%

−0.2

20.8

107

21.9

0.510

11.4

PennIvy

4-5

96%

+4.1

34.9

20.5

0.569

22.3

Stephen F. AustinSouthland

5-4

6-5

96%

+6.6

25.9

15.8

0.459

40.2

MonmouthCAA

4-6

5-6

96%

+8.2

38.9

30.8

0.551

49.2

ButlerPioneer

6-2

9-2

97%

−1.4

9.8

128

8.3

0.427

11.7

LindenwoodOVC

5-5

5-6

97%

−3.5

29.6

18.8

0.516

65.3

SouthernSWAC

6-4

7-4

97%

−6.6

20.5

109

12.8

0.498

33.4

LafayettePatriot

6-4

6-5

98%

+0.9

21.2

106

17.4

0.394

49.0

Austin PeayUAC

4-6

4-7

98%

+4.3

35.2

25.8

0.501

48.0

SamfordSouthern

4-5

4-6

98%

+3.4

32.6

38.8

0.492

41.1

Houston ChristianSouthland

3-5

4-7

98%

−7.4

36.0

25.7

0.542

0.9

CornellIvy

4-5

98%

−0.2

29.9

34.9

0.495

42.4

Morehead StatePioneer

5-4

7-4

98%

−9.8

23.5

12.2

0.531

14.5

Indiana StateMVFC

4-6

4-7

98%

−3.8

38.2

26.0

0.510

34.6

San DiegoPioneer

6-3

7-3

98%

−3.9

15.4

122

7.0

0.416

11.1

Alcorn StateSWAC

5-3

6-5

98%

−3.2

15.4

123

10.0

0.437

37.6

The CitadelSouthern

4-6

5-6

99%

−4.8

34.3

21.1

0.488

—

North AlabamaUAC

3-7

3-8

99%

+1.8

42.5

28.0

0.547

53.5

BucknellPatriot

5-5

5-6

99%

−3.6

24.7

19.7

0.425

9.5

Gardner-WebbOVC

4-5

4-7

99%

−1.6

27.3

14.1

0.511

16.3

HamptonCAA

4-6

5-6

99%

+1.6

31.0

20.9

0.519

33.2

UAlbanyCAA

3-7

3-8

99%

+1.3

40.2

23.2

0.564

25.9

Northern IowaMVFC

2-7

2-9

99%

+1.0

55.6

6.7

0.593

15.6

Morgan StateMEAC

3-5

5-6

99%

−7.5

32.0

17.6

0.509

10.7

Sacramento StateBig Sky

3-6

3-8

99%

+0.8

35.9

22.6

0.445

59.5

MerrimackFCS Indep.

4-4

4-6

99%

−1.5

19.4

114

14.6

0.452

20.0

Nicholls StateSouthland

4-5

4-7

99%

−3.1

26.0

13.4

0.444

37.6

CampbellCAA

3-7

3-8

100%

−3.5

40.2

21.4

0.561

31.5

Alabama StateSWAC

4-5

5-5

100%

−0.2

24.1

12.3

0.486

6.7

Cal PolyBig Sky

2-6

3-7

100%

−7.1

39.9

20.3

0.533

40.2

BrownIvy

3-6

100%

−4.1

32.1

30.6

0.526

46.6

GeorgetownPatriot

5-5

100%

−9.6

18.7

115

20.3

0.428

40.7

West GeorgiaUAC

2-7

4-7

100%

−3.3

40.1

24.5

0.512

—

Western IllinoisOVC

2-6

3-8

100%

−8.6

35.8

28.7

0.541

18.7

Alabama A&MSWAC

3-4

5-5

100%

−3.1

19.8

112

9.2

0.462

17.3

Eastern IllinoisOVC

3-6

3-8

100%

−6.8

30.5

12.0

0.506

46.1

WagnerNEC

3-5

4-7

100%

−9.1

25.1

7.4

0.506

15.3

PrincetonIvy

2-7

100%

−4.2

38.7

14.7

0.581

30.6

Weber StateBig Sky

3-7

3-8

100%

+1.8

34.2

35.8

0.448

11.6

DaytonPioneer

5-4

6-4

100%

−9.7

11.8

127

10.8

0.431

12.3

Texas SouthernSWAC

3-5

4-6

100%

−8.9

19.5

113

11.6

0.523

4.0

Long IslandNEC

3-7

3-8

100%

−4.3

30.4

13.7

0.540

15.0

100

Grambling StateSWAC

4-5

5-6

100%

−4.7

16.5

120

20.5

0.443

12.7

101

Northern ColoradoBig Sky

1-9

1-10

100%

−13.5

52.0

45.9

0.571

36.9

102

Prairie View A&MSWAC

5-5

5-6

100%

−9.5

16.2

121

12.1

0.430

30.2

103

FurmanSouthern

3-6

3-7

100%

−4.4

26.7

26.9

0.409

67.0

104

Saint FrancisNEC

3-5

4-6

100%

−6.9

18.0

118

11.1

0.455

11.2

105

Utah TechUAC

1-9

1-10

100%

−7.1

47.6

47.3

0.575

60.7

106

East Texas A&MSouthland

3-7

3-8

100%

−9.9

28.4

19.8

0.473

58.3

107

DavidsonPioneer

4-4

6-4

100%

−9.3

9.7

129

4.1

0.429

2.7

108

Sacred HeartFCS Indep.

4-6

5-6

100%

−9.2

20.0

111

16.8

0.382

—

109

HowardMEAC

3-6

4-7

100%

−6.4

21.8

104

5.5

0.419

18.3

110

BryantCAA

1-9

2-9

100%

−5.9

43.1

26.3

0.547

44.2

111

ColgatePatriot

2-8

2-9

100%

−8.2

31.5

17.3

0.490

22.6

112

St. Thomas (MN)Pioneer

4-5

5-6

100%

−9.2

13.5

125

6.0

0.420

7.9

113

Norfolk StateMEAC

3-6

4-7

100%

−7.4

20.1

110

7.1

0.410

51.3

114

FordhamPatriot

2-8

2-9

100%

−3.8

32.6

10.1

0.517

20.9

115

Murray StateMVFC

1-8

1-10

100%

−6.9

52.5

1.7

0.605

38.5

116

Bethune-CookmanSWAC

2-6

2-9

100%

−10.6

22.3

101

8.9

0.483

26.7

117

PresbyterianPioneer

3-6

5-6

100%

−9.5

17.1

119

4.2

0.470

18.9

118

Arkansas-Pine BluffSWAC

2-7

3-8

100%

−18.9

22.2

102

4.5

0.489

8.5

119

VMISouthern

1-9

1-10

100%

−14.4

33.3

15.4

0.476

40.3

120

StonehillNEC

1-9

100%

−18.0

29.0

9.9

0.501

29.5

121

Charleston SouthernOVC

1-10

100%

−9.0

30.7

23.5

0.502

—

122

ValparaisoPioneer

1-7

3-7

100%

−20.1

18.5

116

1.3

0.444

7.0

123

Delaware StateMEAC

1-9

1-10

100%

−19.9

22.4

100

15.2

0.444

43.0

124

Mississippi Valley StateSWAC

1-10

100%

−20.0

22.8

39.8

0.454

15.0

125

MaristPioneer

1-10

100%

−24.7

13.1

126

0.9

0.406

—

126

MercyhurstNEC

0-6

3-7

100%

−10.7

39.0

—

0.558

10.1

126

North Carolina A&TCAA

0-9

1-10

100%

−14.7

44.8

—

0.594

35.3

126

Northwestern StateSouthland

0-9

0-11

100%

−23.9

29.8

—

0.473

18.0

126

StetsonPioneer

0-8

2-8

100%

−28.3

20.5

108

—

0.433

15.8