Computer ratings · FCS vs FCS games only

FCS College Football Ratings & Strength of Schedule

2024 Week 6 · through Saturday, October 5

Season

Week

How this week's numbers compare

Power (0 = average team): #1 +33.1 · #10 +13.0 · middle −0.0
SOS (higher is harder): hardest 58.5 · #10 48.3 · middle 30.5 · easiest 6.0
SOR (lower is better): #1 3.0% · #25 60%

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 · 260 FCS games · run 3b52609e613d

Team

vs FCS

All games

SOS rank

110

VMISouthern

0-4

0-5

100%

−16.7

27.0

—

0.420

38.2

110

ValparaisoPioneer

0-4

2-4

100%

−20.4

26.6

—

0.424

13.4

110

Utah TechUAC

0-5

0-6

100%

−13.8

44.4

—

0.573

43.7

110

StetsonPioneer

0-3

2-3

100%

−21.6

32.5

—

0.296

15.6

110

Portland StateBig Sky

0-3

0-5

100%

−1.9

48.4

—

0.582

48.2

110

Northwestern StateSouthland

0-4

0-6

100%

−17.4

38.9

—

0.483

27.3

110

Northern ColoradoBig Sky

0-5

0-6

100%

−13.6

47.0

—

0.471

43.8

110

North Carolina A&TCAA

0-4

1-5

100%

−9.7

49.0

—

0.641

40.3

110

Mississippi Valley StateSWAC

0-5

100%

−22.8

22.5

—

0.438

19.3

110

MercyhurstNEC

0-3

2-4

100%

−12.2

36.0

—

0.436

26.2

110

MaristPioneer

0-5

100%

−25.4

19.0

104

—

0.470

9.6

110

Long IslandNEC

0-5

0-6

100%

−5.9

43.5

—

0.666

14.7

110

FordhamPatriot

0-5

0-6

100%

−10.5

35.1

—

0.547

27.6

110

East Texas A&MSouthland

0-4

0-5

100%

−11.2

39.8

—

0.531

26.2

110

Arkansas-Pine BluffSWAC

0-3

1-4

100%

−18.6

30.5

—

0.536

14.9

109

PresbyterianPioneer

0-4

2-4

100%

−16.6

28.5

—

0.411

12.5

108

Delaware StateMEAC

1-4

1-5

100%

−15.4

18.5

106

14.8

0.388

24.6

107

Norfolk StateMEAC

1-4

2-5

100%

−9.6

25.5

7.8

0.442

22.6

106

Charleston SouthernOVC

1-4

100%

−10.3

24.6

48.7

0.393

33.7

105

St. Thomas (MN)Pioneer

1-2

2-3

100%

−12.3

16.7

111

1.2

0.316

13.8

104

StonehillNEC

1-3

100%

−15.2

26.3

12.2

0.518

27.9

103

Sacred HeartFCS Indep.

2-3

3-3

100%

−9.8

22.7

16.3

0.420

21.3

102

Gardner-WebbOVC

1-3

1-5

100%

−3.7

25.0

6.7

0.376

22.8

101

Morehead StatePioneer

1-3

3-3

100%

−15.7

38.1

2.0

0.584

13.6

100

HowardMEAC

1-2

2-3

100%

−7.0

16.6

112

4.5

0.228

20.5

Saint FrancisNEC

1-2

2-3

100%

−4.9

14.7

116

6.6

0.374

17.9

Prairie View A&MSWAC

2-3

2-4

100%

−10.4

22.3

100

19.1

0.376

14.3

Murray StateMVFC

1-3

1-4

100%

−6.6

43.0

1.9

0.633

58.3

The CitadelSouthern

1-4

2-4

100%

−7.7

36.9

11.9

0.484

29.1

SouthernSWAC

1-3

2-3

100%

−11.1

26.0

12.2

0.517

19.8

Cal PolyBig Sky

1-2

2-3

100%

−6.0

15.9

114

11.3

0.334

54.4

Indiana StateMVFC

1-3

1-4

99%

−2.8

29.3

18.0

0.463

48.1

West GeorgiaUAC

1-4

99%

−4.5

37.5

32.9

0.549

39.8

DavidsonPioneer

2-1

4-1

99%

−8.7

6.0

124

2.0

0.286

12.8

FurmanSouthern

2-2

2-3

99%

+3.1

20.5

102

7.9

0.300

37.4

Texas SouthernSWAC

1-2

2-3

99%

−5.8

19.2

103

14.7

0.533

17.1

Alabama StateSWAC

1-3

2-3

99%

−1.7

32.4

14.0

0.488

14.2

Eastern IllinoisOVC

1-3

1-5

99%

−2.6

36.4

20.2

0.558

26.6

ColgatePatriot

1-4

1-5

99%

−3.6

41.4

22.9

0.484

23.3

WagnerNEC

2-2

3-3

99%

−9.2

14.7

117

9.8

0.454

28.0

Alcorn StateSWAC

2-1

3-3

99%

−8.0

10.3

123

2.3

0.337

19.3

Southern UtahUAC

1-3

2-4

99%

+5.9

35.8

38.3

0.622

36.4

PrincetonIvy

1-2

99%

−0.6

26.4

14.2

0.505

40.7

HamptonCAA

2-3

3-3

98%

−2.9

27.8

17.2

0.456

37.9

Eastern WashingtonBig Sky

1-3

1-4

98%

+4.2

40.6

55.3

0.530

45.8

ElonCAA

1-3

1-4

98%

+3.1

39.2

69.1

0.517

33.0

CornellIvy

1-2

98%

−4.1

29.2

47.3

0.448

36.3

MerrimackFCS Indep.

1-2

1-4

98%

−1.6

29.2

20.9

0.680

14.2

CampbellCAA

2-3

2-4

98%

−5.5

31.0

26.2

0.579

43.5

North AlabamaUAC

2-4

2-5

98%

+1.0

38.5

15.7

0.568

47.7

Austin PeayUAC

2-3

2-4

98%

+1.8

30.5

17.6

0.377

37.3

GeorgetownPatriot

3-2

98%

−5.6

17.1

110

19.1

0.526

28.4

Youngstown StateMVFC

2-3

2-4

97%

+7.5

36.1

9.0

0.539

60.7

LindenwoodOVC

2-3

2-4

97%

−3.5

34.2

20.5

0.535

31.3

Stephen F. AustinSouthland

2-1

3-2

97%

+7.2

13.4

119

5.4

0.342

33.2

San DiegoPioneer

2-2

3-2

96%

−6.8

28.7

8.5

0.476

7.6

Morgan StateMEAC

1-2

3-3

96%

−4.2

35.4

27.2

0.556

21.1

DaytonPioneer

2-1

3-1

96%

−4.9

13.3

122

9.3

0.269

11.3

SamfordSouthern

2-1

2-2

96%

+1.5

13.4

120

11.5

0.261

38.6

MonmouthCAA

2-3

3-3

96%

+9.7

36.4

25.6

0.476

43.8

Holy CrossPatriot

2-3

2-4

95%

+12.3

35.1

31.3

0.531

27.7

UAlbanyCAA

2-2

2-3

94%

+3.9

29.9

21.7

0.495

40.8

PennIvy

1-2

94%

+6.7

48.9

15.8

0.628

29.5

Grambling StateSWAC

2-1

3-2

93%

−0.8

18.9

105

25.0

0.413

11.8

Northern IowaMVFC

2-1

2-3

92%

+2.8

33.7

4.5

0.490

59.4

BryantCAA

1-3

2-3

91%

−0.7

56.5

42.3

0.646

38.7

Nicholls StateSouthland

2-1

2-3

91%

+6.2

23.0

9.2

0.348

30.6

BucknellPatriot

3-1

3-2

91%

−6.0

16.2

113

16.1

0.361

29.1

Western CarolinaSouthern

2-2

2-3

90%

+3.2

35.5

33.5

0.495

35.9

Jackson StateSWAC

3-1

4-2

89%

+2.4

15.8

115

15.4

0.393

16.4

Weber StateBig Sky

3-2

3-3

89%

+8.9

28.3

33.6

0.482

37.4

WoffordSouthern

2-3

88%

−1.1

44.6

36.4

0.566

30.5

Robert MorrisNEC

2-1

2-3

87%

−4.1

26.1

12.0

0.533

19.1

Central Connecticut StateNEC

2-1

2-3

87%

−1.4

23.5

16.3

0.394

24.2

UT MartinOVC

2-2

3-3

87%

+8.8

37.1

22.2

0.548

32.4

Tennessee TechOVC

2-1

2-3

86%

+4.2

24.3

25.2

0.534

29.3

LehighPatriot

3-1

3-2

85%

+1.1

17.9

107

20.9

0.476

35.8

Tennessee StateOVC

4-2

85%

−4.6

28.5

9.6

0.443

33.2

HarvardIvy

2-1

82%

+9.8

29.9

30.9

0.475

37.0

ColumbiaIvy

2-1

82%

+4.5

28.0

34.5

0.595

34.0

RichmondCAA

4-1

4-2

81%

+4.6

17.3

109

17.2

0.334

37.6

BrownIvy

2-1

80%

+1.3

30.6

37.9

0.587

35.9

YaleIvy

2-1

80%

+1.7

33.6

45.7

0.481

38.1

Southern IllinoisMVFC

2-3

2-4

78%

+2.3

53.3

49.9

0.691

53.3

North Carolina CentralMEAC

4-1

4-2

78%

+10.0

17.8

108

17.9

0.351

16.9

Southeastern LouisianaSouthland

2-2

2-4

77%

+1.9

48.7

21.6

0.602

33.0

Incarnate WordSouthland

3-2

76%

+11.4

39.5

23.0

0.522

39.8

Houston ChristianSouthland

2-1

3-3

74%

+0.4

33.5

29.0

0.679

31.6

LafayettePatriot

3-1

3-2

74%

+5.0

26.3

23.2

0.362

22.1

East Tennessee StateSouthern

2-2

3-3

73%

+7.0

49.6

33.6

0.556

31.3

Idaho StateBig Sky

2-2

3-3

73%

−1.5

48.3

31.8

0.589

47.5

Sacramento StateBig Sky

2-1

2-3

72%

+12.0

35.4

32.3

0.452

37.0

Northern ArizonaBig Sky

2-2

3-3

72%

+8.6

49.4

39.2

0.563

34.3

Stony BrookCAA

4-1

4-2

67%

−1.0

23.9

15.2

0.504

45.3

South Carolina StateMEAC

3-1

3-2

66%

+1.2

29.8

23.9

0.578

21.5

MaineCAA

3-2

66%

+0.6

42.4

33.4

0.520

49.9

McNeeseSouthland

4-2

4-3

65%

−0.0

35.4

33.2

0.661

27.3

Eastern KentuckyUAC

3-0

3-2

64%

+10.7

13.3

121

13.3

0.557

42.8

Central ArkansasUAC

4-1

4-2

64%

+13.8

24.6

20.3

0.521

33.3

William & MaryCAA

4-1

4-2

60%

+11.1

26.4

21.7

0.453

25.1

ChattanoogaSouthern

2-1

2-3

58%

+9.6

44.2

37.4

0.541

25.3

LamarSouthland

3-1

3-2

58%

−2.9

33.5

22.0

0.502

30.7

MontanaBig Sky

4-2

57%

+12.7

38.8

31.3

0.580

39.4

TowsonCAA

2-2

2-3

56%

+7.3

58.5

35.0

0.770

25.7

New HampshireCAA

3-1

3-2

55%

+13.0

35.3

29.9

0.473

41.1

DrakePioneer

3-1

53%

−2.0

36.2

21.3

0.497

15.4

Florida A&MSWAC

3-0

3-2

48%

+6.7

21.0

101

21.0

0.527

12.4

Abilene ChristianUAC

4-1

4-2

47%

+6.7

31.3

24.0

0.471

49.4

Montana StateBig Sky

5-0

6-0

45%

+17.9

14.0

118

14.0

0.381

55.8

IdahoBig Sky

3-1

4-2

42%

+13.9

43.3

0.690

40.6

DartmouthIvy

3-0

42%

+7.9

24.2

0.469

32.2

South DakotaMVFC

3-0

4-1

40%

+22.2

26.4

0.628

56.3

Missouri StateMVFC

3-1

3-2

36%

+10.4

45.7

39.4

0.575

50.2

Illinois StateMVFC

4-1

4-2

33%

+12.8

38.5

28.4

0.649

41.9

North DakotaMVFC

4-1

4-2

30%

+13.0

39.5

27.3

0.678

56.9

Rhode IslandCAA

4-0

4-1

23%

+5.0

28.4

0.461

42.9

MercerSouthern

5-0

20%

+13.9

24.6

0.414

36.0

South Dakota StateMVFC

3-0

4-1

17%

+33.1

43.9

0.711

57.7

DelawareCAA

5-0

17%

+17.9

27.5

0.455

36.2

VillanovaCAA

5-0

5-1

17%

+14.7

29.4

0.535

44.6

Southeast Missouri StateOVC

5-0

5-1

15%

+9.7

29.8

0.460

24.7

UC DavisBig Sky

5-0

5-1

13%

+6.5

28.6

0.408

49.8

Tarleton StateUAC

5-0

5-1

13%

+9.6

32.9

0.648

39.4

North Dakota StateMVFC

5-0

5-1

3.0%

+26.3

46.7

0.758

57.9

—

DuquesneNEC

2-0

3-2

38%

+6.4

35.5

small sample

35.5

0.400

14.4

—

ButlerPioneer

2-0

5-0

79%

+3.6

10.9

small sample

10.9

0.445

9.9

—

Western IllinoisOVC

1-1

2-3

90%

−7.7

40.5

small sample

14.7

0.508

31.1

—

Bethune-CookmanSWAC

0-2

0-5

100%

−8.2

37.6

small sample

—

0.485

18.9

—

Alabama A&MSWAC

0-2

2-3

100%

−11.7

31.1

small sample

—

0.403

16.1