Computer ratings · FCS vs FCS games only

FCS College Football Ratings & Strength of Schedule

2024 Week 8 · through Saturday, October 19

Season

Week

How this week's numbers compare

Power (0 = average team): #1 +33.2 · #10 +14.1 · middle −0.7
SOS (higher is harder): hardest 59.3 · #10 48.6 · middle 29.7 · easiest 9.5
SOR (lower is better): #1 0.1% · #25 53%

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 · 366 FCS games · run 2f532f85eff4

Team

vs FCS

All games

SOS rank

119

VMISouthern

0-6

0-7

100%

−15.4

25.7

—

0.385

46.8

119

ValparaisoPioneer

0-5

2-5

100%

−23.7

21.6

108

—

0.411

13.3

119

Utah TechUAC

0-7

0-8

100%

−12.3

48.2

—

0.604

44.7

119

StetsonPioneer

0-4

2-4

100%

−23.0

24.9

—

0.424

14.2

119

PresbyterianPioneer

0-6

2-6

100%

−15.6

23.6

—

0.468

9.5

119

Northwestern StateSouthland

0-6

0-8

100%

−19.5

32.7

—

0.413

28.4

119

North Carolina A&TCAA

0-5

1-6

100%

−14.0

42.9

—

0.583

39.7

119

Mississippi Valley StateSWAC

0-7

100%

−24.5

19.7

118

—

0.373

21.9

119

MercyhurstNEC

0-4

2-5

100%

−11.5

39.1

—

0.526

25.6

119

MaristPioneer

0-7

100%

−25.0

17.4

120

—

0.463

8.2

119

FordhamPatriot

0-6

0-7

100%

−7.0

41.4

—

0.546

21.1

118

Delaware StateMEAC

1-5

1-6

100%

−16.4

21.2

110

13.2

0.428

23.7

117

Charleston SouthernOVC

1-6

100%

−10.1

28.0

25.7

0.496

28.8

116

Sacred HeartFCS Indep.

2-5

3-5

100%

−10.5

22.8

104

18.0

0.379

17.1

115

StonehillNEC

1-5

100%

−17.2

25.8

10.2

0.453

30.1

114

Norfolk StateMEAC

1-5

2-6

100%

−8.8

25.3

7.9

0.415

15.8

113

Murray StateMVFC

1-5

1-6

100%

−6.6

37.9

1.1

0.500

71.5

112

Long IslandNEC

1-6

1-7

100%

−5.9

34.8

3.6

0.575

14.8

111

Prairie View A&MSWAC

2-4

2-5

100%

−11.2

19.8

117

14.4

0.370

16.1

110

East Texas A&MSouthland

1-5

1-6

100%

−9.3

31.5

4.6

0.501

31.9

109

Saint FrancisNEC

1-4

2-5

100%

−10.0

20.8

112

6.4

0.502

15.0

108

Bethune-CookmanSWAC

1-3

1-6

100%

−14.1

22.0

106

1.5

0.327

23.9

107

Arkansas-Pine BluffSWAC

1-4

2-5

100%

−15.8

24.8

7.2

0.521

16.8

106

Texas SouthernSWAC

1-3

2-4

100%

−6.5

18.1

119

12.7

0.510

16.5

105

FurmanSouthern

2-4

2-5

100%

−4.1

27.4

7.6

0.431

35.6

104

The CitadelSouthern

2-5

3-5

100%

−9.1

30.9

8.7

0.435

42.2

103

Eastern IllinoisOVC

1-4

1-6

100%

−6.4

32.1

17.0

0.564

26.6

102

HowardMEAC

2-3

3-4

100%

−7.4

17.0

122

6.6

0.385

23.0

101

St. Thomas (MN)Pioneer

3-2

4-3

100%

−10.1

9.7

128

1.5

0.252

16.2

100

DavidsonPioneer

3-2

5-2

100%

−6.5

9.5

129

1.8

0.325

11.2

Cal PolyBig Sky

1-4

2-5

100%

−5.8

34.8

18.2

0.498

48.2

Morehead StatePioneer

2-3

4-3

100%

−16.4

27.4

2.5

0.376

17.0

Alabama StateSWAC

2-3

3-3

100%

−0.4

27.0

3.3

0.427

18.9

Indiana StateMVFC

2-4

2-5

100%

−4.6

30.8

15.3

0.468

50.2

West GeorgiaUAC

1-5

2-5

100%

−1.7

43.6

46.8

0.538

36.2

Northern ColoradoBig Sky

1-5

1-6

99%

−9.1

50.8

55.8

0.514

45.0

Gardner-WebbOVC

2-3

2-5

99%

−3.0

23.8

13.5

0.415

24.6

WagnerNEC

3-3

4-4

99%

−8.6

17.1

121

8.3

0.446

34.9

BryantCAA

1-5

2-5

99%

−5.5

46.7

35.1

0.497

42.7

BucknellPatriot

3-3

3-4

99%

−7.3

20.5

114

14.5

0.368

26.9

ButlerPioneer

2-2

5-2

99%

−2.1

14.7

125

11.3

0.512

6.2

Alabama A&MSWAC

1-2

3-3

99%

−4.3

25.3

8.7

0.461

16.5

Morgan StateMEAC

1-3

3-4

99%

−5.0

31.9

36.2

0.552

20.4

Weber StateBig Sky

3-4

3-5

99%

+5.7

30.0

34.9

0.435

35.5

LindenwoodOVC

3-4

3-5

99%

−3.0

29.5

13.0

0.500

38.5

Grambling StateSWAC

3-2

4-3

99%

−3.0

15.7

124

21.3

0.446

15.4

Alcorn StateSWAC

3-2

4-4

98%

−7.8

14.5

126

11.2

0.425

20.5

ColgatePatriot

2-4

2-5

98%

−2.9

34.6

20.5

0.529

24.4

Tennessee TechOVC

2-3

2-5

98%

−3.2

29.2

29.4

0.573

30.1

SouthernSWAC

3-3

4-3

98%

−8.4

22.2

105

14.2

0.516

22.0

Youngstown StateMVFC

2-5

2-6

98%

+6.9

52.4

7.3

0.611

44.2

CampbellCAA

2-4

2-5

98%

−2.8

39.7

30.1

0.614

37.6

CornellIvy

2-3

98%

−3.1

29.5

32.9

0.508

36.0

HamptonCAA

3-3

4-3

98%

+0.8

24.4

14.5

0.438

38.9

GeorgetownPatriot

4-3

97%

−2.9

21.6

109

26.5

0.453

23.8

BrownIvy

2-3

97%

−1.2

33.7

39.6

0.555

36.1

PrincetonIvy

2-3

97%

−0.8

33.3

18.7

0.570

37.6

Holy CrossPatriot

3-4

3-5

96%

+9.7

34.1

19.5

0.504

23.8

San DiegoPioneer

3-2

4-2

96%

−5.2

23.6

100

6.0

0.423

9.8

Portland StateBig Sky

1-4

1-6

96%

−0.7

55.2

33.9

0.604

44.8

PennIvy

2-3

96%

+4.1

37.3

13.9

0.636

31.9

UAlbanyCAA

3-3

3-4

95%

+2.1

28.7

20.9

0.453

46.7

ElonCAA

2-4

2-5

94%

+6.2

43.7

54.3

0.597

29.1

Northern IowaMVFC

2-3

2-5

94%

+0.5

51.2

5.5

0.594

52.6

LehighPatriot

3-2

3-3

94%

−1.1

21.1

111

20.0

0.467

34.5

Idaho StateBig Sky

2-4

3-5

94%

−0.1

48.5

37.3

0.515

47.0

Stephen F. AustinSouthland

3-2

4-3

93%

+7.0

23.4

103

12.7

0.457

32.0

Austin PeayUAC

3-3

3-4

93%

+2.6

31.6

20.9

0.429

46.0

Nicholls StateSouthland

3-2

3-4

93%

+0.9

26.4

8.0

0.385

30.4

MerrimackFCS Indep.

3-2

3-4

93%

+0.0

23.4

101

14.7

0.522

16.8

Eastern WashingtonBig Sky

2-4

2-5

92%

+6.0

48.6

60.7

0.652

44.2

MonmouthCAA

3-3

4-3

92%

+12.6

33.5

26.4

0.465

44.3

Central Connecticut StateNEC

3-2

3-4

92%

+0.2

25.6

10.8

0.433

26.1

North AlabamaUAC

3-4

3-5

91%

+3.7

40.9

27.1

0.582

48.9

Southern UtahUAC

2-3

3-4

90%

+10.0

41.9

42.0

0.620

35.2

WoffordSouthern

3-4

90%

−2.8

43.0

28.9

0.562

31.1

Western IllinoisOVC

2-2

3-4

89%

−6.9

35.1

19.7

0.509

28.3

LafayettePatriot

4-2

4-3

89%

+2.1

24.7

22.6

0.407

24.1

Houston ChristianSouthland

2-2

3-4

89%

−4.4

34.5

27.7

0.630

31.8

Eastern KentuckyUAC

3-2

3-4

87%

+5.4

29.0

17.6

0.503

41.2

DaytonPioneer

4-1

5-1

86%

−4.2

14.3

127

13.2

0.405

6.9

TowsonCAA

3-3

3-4

85%

+0.0

42.0

26.0

0.627

33.5

SamfordSouthern

3-2

3-3

84%

+7.5

32.6

28.7

0.433

32.4

Robert MorrisNEC

4-1

4-3

82%

−1.9

16.6

123

10.8

0.373

25.1

Southern IllinoisMVFC

2-4

2-5

81%

+2.5

59.3

53.8

0.734

48.7

Sacramento StateBig Sky

3-2

3-4

80%

+8.2

32.6

29.1

0.441

41.1

YaleIvy

3-2

80%

+4.0

33.5

37.4

0.591

37.7

South Carolina StateMEAC

3-1

4-2

80%

−1.6

21.7

107

15.2

0.450

22.5

LamarSouthland

4-2

4-3

79%

−3.0

28.9

17.0

0.412

33.7

Tennessee StateOVC

6-2

77%

−1.5

23.4

102

12.4

0.428

43.3

McNeeseSouthland

4-3

4-4

77%

−0.4

38.4

30.1

0.601

15.7

Northern ArizonaBig Sky

3-3

4-4

76%

+6.5

45.5

29.0

0.534

31.5

Western CarolinaSouthern

4-2

4-3

75%

+7.6

31.1

26.4

0.473

46.2

Florida A&MSWAC

3-1

3-3

73%

+4.2

25.5

21.2

0.559

8.5

Jackson StateSWAC

4-1

5-2

73%

+5.7

20.5

113

21.7

0.565

12.7

North Carolina CentralMEAC

4-1

5-2

73%

+10.3

20.4

115

18.8

0.370

14.8

UT MartinOVC

3-2

4-3

72%

+12.3

39.0

23.6

0.617

32.7

William & MaryCAA

5-1

5-2

64%

+8.3

20.4

116

18.8

0.436

29.5

New HampshireCAA

4-2

4-3

64%

+8.9

35.6

30.6

0.507

45.1

Abilene ChristianUAC

5-2

5-3

60%

+6.4

32.2

29.1

0.492

54.4

ColumbiaIvy

4-1

59%

+6.4

27.1

28.6

0.559

34.9

Central ArkansasUAC

5-1

5-2

54%

+11.9

24.4

20.5

0.493

39.1

HarvardIvy

4-1

54%

+9.6

28.8

30.0

0.447

37.0

Incarnate WordSouthland

5-2

54%

+14.1

35.3

23.7

0.527

41.4

Stony BrookCAA

5-1

5-2

53%

+2.8

24.7

21.2

0.456

39.5

MaineCAA

4-3

52%

+4.9

49.4

37.7

0.622

39.9

RichmondCAA

5-1

5-2

50%

+8.1

25.4

27.6

0.423

28.3

East Tennessee StateSouthern

3-2

4-3

47%

+7.8

51.3

35.9

0.620

30.2

Illinois StateMVFC

5-2

5-3

43%

+7.6

38.9

27.1

0.572

45.9

ChattanoogaSouthern

4-1

4-3

42%

+15.1

34.8

31.1

0.554

28.4

IdahoBig Sky

4-2

5-3

42%

+9.0

45.5

33.1

0.614

40.9

VillanovaCAA

5-1

5-2

41%

+9.2

30.0

29.8

0.536

44.5

Southeastern LouisianaSouthland

4-2

4-4

40%

+6.5

46.3

30.3

0.617

29.6

MercerSouthern

6-1

38%

+11.6

26.6

24.8

0.464

40.3

DrakePioneer

5-1

38%

−2.3

29.8

19.4

0.484

15.7

DuquesneNEC

3-0

4-2

35%

+9.3

27.3

0.379

14.9

MontanaBig Sky

5-2

33%

+14.1

43.2

39.7

0.591

43.4

DelawareCAA

6-1

32%

+14.4

29.1

27.1

0.474

36.5

North DakotaMVFC

5-1

5-2

20%

+14.7

38.3

28.2

0.600

59.0

DartmouthIvy

5-0

19%

+7.1

27.9

0.557

33.5

South DakotaMVFC

5-0

6-1

16%

+21.4

29.7

0.535

65.1

Missouri StateMVFC

5-1

5-2

14%

+16.4

44.3

39.8

0.581

53.0

Montana StateBig Sky

7-0

8-0

12%

+23.3

24.3

0.434

60.0

South Dakota StateMVFC

4-1

5-2

10%

+33.2

55.4

47.0

0.679

59.2

Tarleton StateUAC

6-0

6-1

8.8%

+12.0

31.4

0.567

42.8

Southeast Missouri StateOVC

7-0

7-1

8.6%

+10.8

27.2

0.454

24.8

Rhode IslandCAA

6-0

6-1

7.3%

+9.0

32.9

0.518

41.2

UC DavisBig Sky

7-0

7-1

5.9%

+10.8

30.2

0.446

56.5

North Dakota StateMVFC

7-0

7-1

0.1%

+26.4

49.7

0.728

57.6