Computer ratings · FCS vs FCS games only

FCS College Football Ratings & Strength of Schedule

2024 Week 7 · through Saturday, October 12

Season

Week

How this week's numbers compare

Power (0 = average team): #1 +35.8 · #10 +13.9 · middle −0.5
SOS (higher is harder): hardest 60.7 · #10 49.2 · middle 30.0 · easiest 10.3
SOR (lower is better): #1 2.8% · #25 56%

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 · 314 FCS games · run 237ce1a6d4ed

Team

vs FCS

All games

SOS rank

120

VMISouthern

0-5

0-6

100%

−15.8

28.5

—

0.401

40.2

120

ValparaisoPioneer

0-4

2-4

100%

−19.7

28.3

—

0.453

12.0

120

StetsonPioneer

0-3

2-3

100%

−22.1

30.0

—

0.380

15.5

120

PresbyterianPioneer

0-5

2-5

100%

−17.0

24.6

—

0.376

13.3

120

Northwestern StateSouthland

0-5

0-7

100%

−19.8

32.6

—

0.427

29.2

120

North Carolina A&TCAA

0-4

1-5

100%

−9.8

48.5

—

0.638

39.2

120

Mississippi Valley StateSWAC

0-6

100%

−24.6

21.4

110

—

0.410

18.9

120

MercyhurstNEC

0-4

2-5

100%

−12.3

36.7

—

0.529

27.0

120

MaristPioneer

0-6

100%

−24.6

16.8

119

—

0.437

11.3

120

Bethune-CookmanSWAC

0-3

0-6

100%

−14.2

31.3

—

0.398

19.9

118

Utah TechUAC

0-6

0-7

100%

−14.1

49.7

—

0.614

42.4

118

FordhamPatriot

0-6

0-7

100%

−8.1

37.9

—

0.526

22.6

117

Delaware StateMEAC

1-5

1-6

100%

−17.4

18.1

114

14.5

0.410

24.7

116

Charleston SouthernOVC

1-5

100%

−11.8

22.4

103

36.2

0.392

35.4

115

Norfolk StateMEAC

1-5

2-6

100%

−8.2

28.1

7.9

0.457

16.6

114

Prairie View A&MSWAC

2-4

2-5

100%

−11.6

20.0

111

16.0

0.337

17.8

113

StonehillNEC

1-4

100%

−17.2

24.7

11.7

0.449

29.6

112

Sacred HeartFCS Indep.

2-4

3-4

100%

−9.9

22.9

101

20.9

0.388

22.0

111

Murray StateMVFC

1-4

1-5

100%

−7.0

37.8

1.2

0.499

65.8

110

Texas SouthernSWAC

1-3

2-4

100%

−7.6

15.4

124

12.3

0.437

18.5

109

Long IslandNEC

1-5

1-6

100%

−3.7

38.9

3.7

0.628

16.1

108

The CitadelSouthern

1-5

2-5

100%

−8.6

35.3

9.8

0.484

30.3

107

Saint FrancisNEC

1-3

2-4

100%

−8.4

21.4

109

5.3

0.520

14.0

106

East Texas A&MSouthland

1-4

1-5

100%

−8.4

34.5

4.5

0.448

29.2

105

Gardner-WebbOVC

1-3

1-5

100%

−3.7

25.9

6.0

0.398

22.5

104

Arkansas-Pine BluffSWAC

1-3

2-4

100%

−16.6

24.4

7.1

0.550

16.8

103

St. Thomas (MN)Pioneer

2-2

3-3

100%

−12.7

13.4

127

1.2

0.300

15.4

102

DavidsonPioneer

2-2

4-2

100%

−7.6

11.0

128

1.9

0.351

10.2

101

Eastern IllinoisOVC

1-4

1-6

100%

−6.4

32.5

18.1

0.575

26.3

100

WagnerNEC

2-3

3-4

100%

−10.6

17.9

115

7.1

0.466

29.2

Northern ColoradoBig Sky

1-5

1-6

100%

−10.0

48.8

55.6

0.520

45.6

FurmanSouthern

2-3

2-4

100%

−0.7

25.6

7.7

0.375

35.7

Cal PolyBig Sky

1-3

2-4

100%

−8.7

25.9

17.1

0.457

51.0

West GeorgiaUAC

1-5

100%

−2.0

41.7

34.9

0.512

35.7

Alabama StateSWAC

2-3

3-3

100%

−0.6

25.5

3.3

0.403

18.5

Morehead StatePioneer

2-3

4-3

100%

−15.6

29.0

2.7

0.403

16.4

Indiana StateMVFC

2-3

2-4

99%

−4.3

22.6

102

13.8

0.428

54.6

ColgatePatriot

1-4

1-5

99%

−4.3

39.1

19.5

0.516

24.2

Morgan StateMEAC

1-3

3-4

99%

−5.6

30.4

27.6

0.536

21.2

HowardMEAC

2-2

3-3

99%

−6.7

13.8

126

6.6

0.302

22.6

SouthernSWAC

2-3

3-3

99%

−10.6

22.4

104

14.5

0.459

20.8

CornellIvy

1-3

99%

−5.0

32.9

44.1

0.464

34.0

ElonCAA

1-4

1-5

99%

+3.2

42.6

69.7

0.587

28.8

Alabama A&MSWAC

1-2

3-3

99%

−4.6

24.2

10.7

0.340

17.4

Grambling StateSWAC

2-2

3-3

99%

−2.1

18.2

113

28.7

0.478

12.6

PrincetonIvy

1-3

99%

−2.1

37.8

14.5

0.621

35.7

HamptonCAA

2-3

3-3

98%

−2.9

27.4

17.9

0.485

37.0

Weber StateBig Sky

3-3

3-4

98%

+5.2

25.4

35.8

0.447

39.6

CampbellCAA

2-3

2-4

98%

−5.5

31.0

25.2

0.589

42.3

BryantCAA

1-4

2-4

98%

−1.6

49.3

40.8

0.594

39.9

San DiegoPioneer

2-2

3-2

97%

−6.9

29.0

6.3

0.482

7.3

SamfordSouthern

2-2

2-3

97%

+2.9

25.0

12.5

0.327

36.9

Western IllinoisOVC

1-2

2-4

97%

−11.2

38.3

12.4

0.463

28.0

LindenwoodOVC

3-3

3-4

96%

−2.8

29.7

11.8

0.522

36.2

Portland StateBig Sky

1-3

1-5

96%

−0.1

46.2

29.6

0.586

51.7

Youngstown StateMVFC

2-4

2-5

96%

+7.9

50.8

7.9

0.632

51.8

MonmouthCAA

2-3

3-3

95%

+10.0

37.5

26.0

0.488

42.5

Austin PeayUAC

2-3

2-4

95%

+3.7

35.6

26.2

0.455

38.9

DaytonPioneer

3-1

4-1

95%

−6.0

10.3

129

7.4

0.358

10.6

BucknellPatriot

3-2

3-3

94%

−5.0

23.3

16.1

0.398

24.5

Nicholls StateSouthland

2-2

2-4

94%

+1.1

32.0

9.7

0.382

25.4

MerrimackFCS Indep.

2-2

2-4

94%

−0.5

27.5

22.2

0.581

12.8

Holy CrossPatriot

3-3

3-4

94%

+9.4

30.6

21.8

0.470

32.2

ButlerPioneer

2-1

5-1

93%

+1.0

16.7

120

10.8

0.500

6.8

Northern IowaMVFC

2-2

2-4

93%

+2.8

47.4

4.3

0.594

55.0

LafayettePatriot

3-2

3-3

93%

+1.6

26.0

25.3

0.408

22.3

North AlabamaUAC

3-4

3-5

92%

+3.4

40.1

24.8

0.570

50.3

YaleIvy

2-2

91%

+2.0

34.5

41.8

0.563

36.9

Alcorn StateSWAC

3-1

4-3

91%

−6.3

15.0

125

11.7

0.459

17.2

Idaho StateBig Sky

2-3

3-4

91%

−1.6

45.7

35.1

0.533

49.5

GeorgetownPatriot

4-2

90%

−1.6

21.5

108

25.3

0.483

24.5

Southern UtahUAC

2-3

3-4

90%

+10.1

42.3

47.4

0.653

33.4

Tennessee TechOVC

2-2

2-4

90%

+0.4

33.8

27.8

0.605

24.6

Sacramento StateBig Sky

2-2

2-4

89%

+9.0

33.2

26.9

0.394

38.3

Robert MorrisNEC

3-1

3-3

89%

−3.5

17.3

118

8.0

0.397

23.7

Stephen F. AustinSouthland

3-1

4-2

89%

+6.7

15.8

123

11.6

0.446

34.9

PennIvy

2-2

88%

+6.0

39.8

14.1

0.644

31.9

Houston ChristianSouthland

2-2

3-4

88%

−4.2

34.8

28.1

0.660

32.1

Jackson StateSWAC

3-1

4-2

88%

+3.2

15.9

122

15.8

0.424

16.2

BrownIvy

2-2

88%

+1.0

36.0

42.4

0.639

33.4

UAlbanyCAA

3-2

3-3

88%

+4.3

27.4

22.9

0.446

42.8

WoffordSouthern

3-3

88%

−1.3

37.5

24.6

0.514

36.8

Western CarolinaSouthern

3-2

3-3

87%

+3.5

30.6

25.0

0.471

41.3

Central Connecticut StateNEC

3-1

3-3

87%

−0.8

17.7

116

11.2

0.323

28.7

LehighPatriot

3-1

3-2

86%

+0.9

17.3

117

19.5

0.448

33.7

LamarSouthland

3-2

3-3

85%

−4.0

31.3

17.5

0.461

30.9

Eastern WashingtonBig Sky

2-3

2-4

84%

+7.5

49.2

58.9

0.596

44.2

RichmondCAA

4-1

4-2

83%

+4.2

16.3

121

16.0

0.331

36.4

Northern ArizonaBig Sky

2-3

3-4

82%

+7.4

51.2

33.7

0.523

28.3

Tennessee StateOVC

5-2

81%

−2.5

25.1

11.2

0.453

37.7

ColumbiaIvy

3-1

79%

+5.1

22.1

105

21.8

0.538

37.1

Southern IllinoisMVFC

2-4

2-5

78%

+2.8

60.7

56.9

0.723

49.3

Eastern KentuckyUAC

3-1

3-3

77%

+7.4

23.8

16.0

0.493

43.1

North Carolina CentralMEAC

4-1

5-2

76%

+10.2

18.8

112

18.7

0.363

15.6

Abilene ChristianUAC

4-2

4-3

75%

+4.6

30.7

24.8

0.455

52.9

UT MartinOVC

3-2

4-3

75%

+11.7

37.7

20.5

0.571

33.8

HarvardIvy

3-1

72%

+10.4

27.0

26.5

0.443

37.8

South Carolina StateMEAC

3-1

3-2

71%

+0.3

26.9

19.7

0.527

21.6

MaineCAA

3-3

70%

+0.5

49.3

33.1

0.583

43.9

McNeeseSouthland

4-2

4-3

69%

−0.9

33.6

30.5

0.652

26.4

Stony BrookCAA

4-1

4-2

68%

−1.3

23.3

100

14.3

0.461

43.6

William & MaryCAA

4-1

4-2

66%

+10.3

23.7

19.5

0.450

24.4

Incarnate WordSouthland

4-2

61%

+15.0

38.2

24.7

0.504

41.1

East Tennessee StateSouthern

3-2

4-3

57%

+6.7

46.9

30.1

0.563

31.3

Central ArkansasUAC

5-1

5-2

56%

+11.5

23.7

20.9

0.497

39.5

Southeastern LouisianaSouthland

3-2

3-4

54%

+7.3

48.5

28.3

0.652

31.8

Illinois StateMVFC

4-2

4-3

52%

+7.6

40.8

28.4

0.593

42.4

TowsonCAA

3-2

3-3

52%

+5.4

48.7

26.6

0.649

27.6

IdahoBig Sky

3-2

4-3

48%

+10.5

51.0

41.5

0.667

36.6

Florida A&MSWAC

3-0

3-2

47%

+7.1

21.6

106

21.6

0.526

12.2

ChattanoogaSouthern

3-1

3-3

43%

+13.9

42.3

36.9

0.587

24.3

New HampshireCAA

4-1

4-2

42%

+12.1

34.4

29.4

0.445

42.8

MontanaBig Sky

5-2

36%

+13.8

41.9

39.1

0.587

41.7

DrakePioneer

4-1

34%

+0.3

37.1

25.6

0.591

13.5

DuquesneNEC

3-0

4-2

31%

+10.5

30.6

0.438

13.3

North DakotaMVFC

4-1

4-2

29%

+12.8

39.5

27.6

0.624

55.3

DartmouthIvy

4-0

26%

+7.7

27.7

0.551

31.3

South DakotaMVFC

4-0

5-1

26%

+23.0

28.3

0.604

62.1

Rhode IslandCAA

5-0

5-1

19%

+5.6

27.1

0.534

45.0

Montana StateBig Sky

6-0

7-0

18%

+21.4

21.6

107

21.6

0.446

57.2

VillanovaCAA

5-0

5-1

17%

+14.8

29.2

0.551

44.6

Missouri StateMVFC

4-1

4-2

16%

+16.3

50.3

46.5

0.634

47.8

DelawareCAA

6-0

14%

+18.2

26.3

0.475

38.6

MercerSouthern

6-0

13%

+14.8

23.8

0.421

37.6

UC DavisBig Sky

6-0

6-1

11%

+9.6

27.1

0.451

55.6

Tarleton StateUAC

6-0

6-1

9.0%

+11.9

31.1

0.588

44.0

Southeast Missouri StateOVC

6-0

6-1

8.9%

+12.3

31.1

0.497

21.0

South Dakota StateMVFC

4-0

5-1

6.1%

+35.8

49.7

0.649

62.4

North Dakota StateMVFC

6-0

6-1

2.8%

+25.4

43.1

0.708

62.7