Computer ratings · FCS vs FCS games only

FCS College Football Ratings & Strength of Schedule

2024 Week 9 · through Saturday, October 26

Season

Week

How this week's numbers compare

Power (0 = average team): #1 +32.0 · #10 +13.4 · middle −0.8
SOS (higher is harder): hardest 59.9 · #10 47.2 · middle 30.3 · easiest 10.2
SOR (lower is better): #1 0.1% · #25 49%

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 · 424 FCS games · run 0eb53619d59e

Team

vs FCS

All games

SOS rank

123

Utah TechUAC

0-8

0-9

100%

−11.3

48.0

—

0.592

42.8

123

StetsonPioneer

0-5

2-5

100%

−25.5

23.2

100

—

0.386

16.4

123

Northwestern StateSouthland

0-7

0-9

100%

−21.3

31.5

—

0.464

29.8

123

North Carolina A&TCAA

0-6

1-7

100%

−13.2

42.4

—

0.586

43.4

123

Mississippi Valley StateSWAC

0-8

100%

−24.5

19.0

116

—

0.397

27.1

123

MercyhurstNEC

0-5

2-6

100%

−13.5

34.3

—

0.466

30.3

123

MaristPioneer

0-8

100%

−25.6

14.5

124

—

0.402

11.4

122

VMISouthern

0-7

0-8

100%

−14.1

30.6

—

0.432

40.6

121

FordhamPatriot

0-7

0-8

100%

−7.6

40.6

—

0.532

19.0

120

PresbyterianPioneer

1-6

3-6

100%

−12.7

20.0

111

2.1

0.437

10.8

119

ValparaisoPioneer

1-5

3-5

100%

−21.9

20.3

107

1.2

0.423

15.4

118

Delaware StateMEAC

1-6

1-7

100%

−18.2

23.4

15.7

0.476

23.8

117

East Texas A&MSouthland

1-6

1-7

100%

−10.4

28.1

3.6

0.457

36.9

116

Charleston SouthernOVC

1-7

100%

−9.3

28.7

25.4

0.505

31.0

115

Saint FrancisNEC

1-5

2-6

100%

−11.6

20.2

109

5.4

0.497

11.4

114

StonehillNEC

1-6

100%

−14.9

32.3

10.7

0.522

24.6

113

Bethune-CookmanSWAC

1-4

1-7

100%

−14.3

24.4

1.6

0.422

22.3

112

Murray StateMVFC

1-6

1-7

100%

−7.1

45.0

1.0

0.548

65.4

111

Sacred HeartFCS Indep.

3-5

4-5

100%

−9.1

20.0

110

12.7

0.368

28.4

110

HowardMEAC

2-4

3-5

100%

−7.2

17.1

120

6.3

0.376

28.1

109

Arkansas-Pine BluffSWAC

2-4

3-5

100%

−15.5

20.2

108

4.1

0.461

21.5

108

DavidsonPioneer

3-3

5-3

100%

−8.1

10.2

129

2.1

0.350

7.7

107

Prairie View A&MSWAC

3-4

3-5

100%

−10.4

17.8

119

11.0

0.389

18.5

106

Norfolk StateMEAC

2-5

3-6

100%

−7.7

25.5

9.4

0.455

22.4

105

Eastern IllinoisOVC

1-5

1-7

100%

−8.2

37.3

16.5

0.585

18.6

104

Long IslandNEC

2-6

2-7

100%

−4.8

34.0

14.8

0.584

11.3

103

FurmanSouthern

2-4

2-5

100%

−4.2

26.8

10.6

0.423

36.1

102

West GeorgiaUAC

1-6

2-6

100%

−2.5

42.0

34.9

0.522

31.1

101

Alabama A&MSWAC

1-3

3-4

100%

−5.1

25.1

6.9

0.443

15.2

100

Cal PolyBig Sky

1-4

2-5

100%

−5.9

34.6

18.1

0.509

47.0

BryantCAA

1-6

2-6

100%

−7.8

44.4

34.1

0.520

44.1

BucknellPatriot

3-4

3-5

100%

−6.5

21.3

106

15.4

0.380

25.7

Grambling StateSWAC

3-3

4-4

100%

−3.9

16.0

122

20.6

0.445

14.4

Northern ColoradoBig Sky

1-6

1-7

100%

−9.3

53.0

56.2

0.549

40.5

Gardner-WebbOVC

2-4

2-6

100%

−1.1

31.2

15.0

0.506

15.0

Texas SouthernSWAC

2-3

3-4

100%

−4.8

19.2

115

15.4

0.537

17.3

WagnerNEC

3-3

4-5

99%

−8.9

16.7

121

7.7

0.443

33.8

ColgatePatriot

2-5

2-6

99%

−6.6

33.9

19.5

0.524

23.1

San DiegoPioneer

3-3

4-3

99%

−7.9

22.0

105

6.4

0.422

8.6

CornellIvy

2-4

99%

−2.7

30.3

36.0

0.491

34.1

The CitadelSouthern

3-5

4-5

99%

−5.5

32.3

19.5

0.459

40.9

Indiana StateMVFC

3-4

3-5

99%

−4.5

28.9

17.5

0.459

55.7

SouthernSWAC

3-4

4-4

99%

−8.2

26.2

15.8

0.574

18.3

Weber StateBig Sky

3-4

3-5

99%

+5.5

29.9

34.4

0.428

36.4

PennIvy

2-4

99%

+0.8

35.5

11.7

0.602

31.8

St. Thomas (MN)Pioneer

4-2

5-3

99%

−7.0

11.0

128

4.7

0.316

16.9

Alcorn StateSWAC

3-2

4-4

98%

−7.7

14.3

126

10.5

0.407

21.2

Morgan StateMEAC

1-4

3-5

98%

−1.8

44.1

43.7

0.604

12.7

Alabama StateSWAC

3-3

4-3

98%

−0.3

23.8

7.6

0.427

19.3

DaytonPioneer

4-2

5-2

98%

−7.2

12.7

127

13.1

0.405

8.7

PrincetonIvy

2-4

98%

−3.2

37.3

17.5

0.581

33.2

Morehead StatePioneer

3-3

5-3

98%

−12.9

26.8

9.4

0.485

15.5

ButlerPioneer

3-2

6-2

98%

−1.1

14.6

123

13.1

0.517

5.1

Central Connecticut StateNEC

3-3

3-5

98%

−0.8

26.0

9.2

0.411

27.2

LindenwoodOVC

4-4

4-5

98%

−2.3

27.6

12.9

0.516

47.9

MonmouthCAA

3-4

4-4

98%

+8.7

31.2

24.7

0.453

52.8

ElonCAA

2-5

2-6

98%

+3.4

42.7

53.5

0.569

26.9

GeorgetownPatriot

5-3

97%

−4.1

18.4

118

21.3

0.428

28.0

CampbellCAA

3-4

3-5

97%

−2.7

35.4

21.2

0.560

46.3

UAlbanyCAA

3-4

3-5

97%

+1.7

33.5

20.5

0.481

45.1

Austin PeayUAC

3-4

3-5

97%

+2.2

33.5

19.4

0.466

42.6

Tennessee TechOVC

3-3

3-5

96%

−3.2

27.2

23.2

0.526

34.4

Western IllinoisOVC

2-3

3-5

96%

−7.4

34.4

19.7

0.504

28.5

Eastern WashingtonBig Sky

2-5

2-6

96%

+4.8

47.7

53.3

0.618

41.7

Portland StateBig Sky

1-4

1-6

96%

−0.8

54.8

36.9

0.618

44.2

SamfordSouthern

3-3

3-4

95%

+3.6

30.4

28.8

0.437

35.3

LafayettePatriot

4-3

4-4

95%

+1.5

25.9

20.8

0.397

18.4

BrownIvy

3-3

95%

−1.8

30.5

32.4

0.540

40.4

WoffordSouthern

3-5

95%

−3.8

42.9

31.9

0.557

25.1

Northern IowaMVFC

2-4

2-6

95%

+1.9

54.3

8.0

0.623

49.8

Southern IllinoisMVFC

2-5

2-6

94%

+1.4

53.1

52.0

0.653

55.4

North AlabamaUAC

3-5

3-6

94%

+4.2

43.6

26.1

0.593

42.9

Houston ChristianSouthland

2-3

3-5

94%

−7.7

37.8

27.3

0.590

26.3

HamptonCAA

4-3

5-3

93%

+3.8

26.3

20.3

0.442

42.5

Sacramento StateBig Sky

3-3

3-5

92%

+6.6

31.6

27.8

0.425

43.3

Holy CrossPatriot

4-4

4-5

92%

+9.6

34.5

20.4

0.511

19.3

LehighPatriot

4-2

4-3

91%

−0.1

19.9

112

16.0

0.427

38.1

McNeeseSouthland

4-4

4-5

89%

−1.0

38.0

31.5

0.582

10.2

Stephen F. AustinSouthland

4-2

5-3

89%

+9.5

22.3

104

14.1

0.457

35.1

Youngstown StateMVFC

3-5

3-6

87%

+7.7

53.3

24.9

0.649

38.4

MerrimackFCS Indep.

4-2

4-4

87%

+4.3

22.9

101

17.1

0.486

17.3

Nicholls StateSouthland

4-2

4-4

86%

+0.6

25.5

11.8

0.414

32.7

Eastern KentuckyUAC

4-2

4-4

85%

+4.6

25.4

14.2

0.485

48.8

Southern UtahUAC

3-3

4-4

84%

+10.0

38.6

35.0

0.574

37.5

Idaho StateBig Sky

3-4

4-5

84%

+0.7

47.2

38.7

0.510

47.0

Western CarolinaSouthern

4-3

4-4

82%

+7.2

35.4

25.4

0.509

39.3

ColumbiaIvy

4-2

81%

+4.9

26.4

24.5

0.575

36.0

Robert MorrisNEC

5-1

5-3

80%

−1.7

14.4

125

9.5

0.382

30.5

LamarSouthland

5-2

5-3

77%

−0.8

25.6

13.9

0.401

40.5

Tennessee StateOVC

6-2

77%

−1.4

23.5

12.2

0.434

44.3

Northern ArizonaBig Sky

3-3

4-4

76%

+6.6

45.4

27.6

0.537

30.9

South Carolina StateMEAC

4-1

5-2

75%

+1.7

19.7

113

13.6

0.450

27.7

New HampshireCAA

4-3

4-4

75%

+8.4

39.1

28.6

0.548

43.2

William & MaryCAA

5-2

5-3

74%

+6.2

26.1

20.0

0.485

25.7

Jackson StateSWAC

5-1

6-2

69%

+6.1

18.7

117

19.4

0.506

14.9

UT MartinOVC

4-2

5-3

68%

+14.0

33.9

21.0

0.554

36.5

YaleIvy

4-2

67%

+6.9

34.4

37.3

0.559

35.5

North Carolina CentralMEAC

5-1

6-2

67%

+9.3

19.6

114

19.1

0.398

17.0

MaineCAA

4-4

65%

+4.2

50.0

39.5

0.637

31.5

Florida A&MSWAC

4-1

4-3

65%

+5.5

24.2

19.9

0.590

8.6

Abilene ChristianUAC

5-2

5-3

61%

+6.3

31.6

27.6

0.487

55.5

TowsonCAA

4-3

4-4

60%

+3.7

46.1

34.2

0.613

28.8

Southeastern LouisianaSouthland

4-3

4-5

58%

+6.1

46.7

28.4

0.598

21.4

RichmondCAA

6-1

6-2

49%

+9.2

22.4

103

23.9

0.387

32.5

HarvardIvy

5-1

49%

+11.6

26.6

27.2

0.446

40.0

East Tennessee StateSouthern

4-2

5-3

45%

+8.0

44.4

30.9

0.579

31.0

Illinois StateMVFC

5-2

5-3

45%

+7.2

38.1

26.0

0.538

46.1

Central ArkansasUAC

6-1

6-2

42%

+11.4

25.6

22.4

0.502

41.2

ChattanoogaSouthern

5-1

5-3

41%

+13.4

29.6

25.5

0.483

33.8

North DakotaMVFC

5-2

5-3

40%

+13.7

40.0

27.9

0.559

61.8

DrakePioneer

5-1

38%

−1.8

29.7

18.6

0.483

16.9

Incarnate WordSouthland

6-2

38%

+13.4

36.1

27.0

0.545

41.2

MontanaBig Sky

6-2

32%

+14.4

38.6

34.6

0.544

48.0

IdahoBig Sky

5-2

6-3

32%

+9.4

43.8

33.1

0.586

42.0

DuquesneNEC

4-0

5-2

31%

+7.6

22.5

102

22.5

0.389

16.6

Stony BrookCAA

6-1

6-2

31%

+6.7

29.8

27.5

0.504

34.5

DelawareCAA

7-1

31%

+13.7

26.6

23.7

0.452

41.4

MercerSouthern

7-1

30%

+11.5

26.5

26.0

0.475

40.7

VillanovaCAA

6-1

6-2

24%

+10.6

34.0

34.4

0.568

43.3

South DakotaMVFC

5-1

6-2

17%

+22.7

40.7

29.5

0.565

59.3

Montana StateBig Sky

7-0

8-0

12%

+23.1

24.4

0.431

59.9

Missouri StateMVFC

6-1

6-2

8.5%

+15.9

44.1

40.0

0.591

57.2

DartmouthIvy

6-0

8.5%

+7.7

32.3

0.556

29.7

Southeast Missouri StateOVC

8-0

8-1

6.7%

+9.6

26.1

0.438

26.8

UC DavisBig Sky

7-0

7-1

6.2%

+10.6

29.8

0.438

56.1

Tarleton StateUAC

7-0

7-1

5.9%

+12.1

31.3

0.513

43.1

Rhode IslandCAA

7-0

7-1

4.6%

+9.6

33.6

0.558

39.8

South Dakota StateMVFC

5-1

6-2

2.7%

+32.0

59.9

53.8

0.693

55.5

North Dakota StateMVFC

8-0

8-1

0.1%

+26.7

46.0

0.654

63.3