Computer ratings · FCS vs FCS games only

FCS College Football Ratings & Strength of Schedule

2025 Week 3 · through Saturday, September 13

Early-season ratings are provisional: too few FCS games connect the league yet, so last season still carries real weight.

Season

Week

How this week's numbers compare

Power (0 = average team): #1 +30.1 · #10 +11.5 · middle +0.7
SOS (higher is harder): hardest 91.0 · #10 52.5 · middle 29.2 · easiest 3.4
SOR (lower is better): #1 5.1% · #25 —

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 · 108 FCS games · run 96a4434c5135

Team

vs FCS

All games

SOS rank

WoffordSouthern

0-3

100%

+0.8

42.0

—

0.333

24.0

Mississippi Valley StateSWAC

0-3

100%

−18.2

45.6

—

0.481

21.6

DavidsonPioneer

0-3

100%

−20.6

39.6

—

0.648

15.2

Utah TechUAC

0-3

100%

−1.7

55.8

—

0.750

46.5

New HavenNEC

1-2

100%

−15.0

12.3

18.0

0.222

24.1

SouthernSWAC

1-2

1-3

100%

−11.2

20.8

3.3

0.213

16.9

Eastern IllinoisOVC

1-2

99%

−7.7

27.3

9.9

0.750

30.3

Southern UtahUAC

1-2

99%

+6.0

26.8

24.9

0.389

46.3

StonehillNEC

1-2

99%

−10.9

25.2

32.2

0.500

25.0

Tennessee StateOVC

1-2

98%

−1.8

41.1

11.4

0.769

27.7

MercyhurstNEC

1-2

98%

−2.0

36.8

9.4

0.491

33.6

GeorgetownPatriot

2-1

97%

−2.2

13.6

5.7

0.454

30.1

MaristPioneer

2-1

96%

−11.9

12.7

9.8

0.519

17.6

The CitadelSouthern

1-2

95%

−0.5

47.0

18.5

0.602

30.6

San DiegoPioneer

1-2

93%

−5.2

51.0

51.7

0.361

13.0

FurmanSouthern

2-1

85%

−2.2

24.7

26.7

0.667

28.4

Sacred HeartFCS Indep.

2-1

83%

−6.3

28.8

15.2

0.722

26.8

Tarleton StateUAC

3-0

4-0

42%

+20.8

23.1

0.463

42.9

North Dakota StateMVFC

3-0

29%

+30.1

33.5

0.741

51.6

LehighPatriot

3-0

27%

+10.8

34.1

0.917

31.2

West GeorgiaUAC

3-0

25%

+10.4

35.6

0.667

43.2

Rhode IslandCAA

3-0

23%

+10.0

37.3

0.472

30.2

South Dakota StateMVFC

3-0

5.1%

+26.0

52.5

0.944

48.6

—

Montana StateBig Sky

1-1

1-2

85%

+24.8

51.8

small sample

17.6

0.708

39.8

—

Tennessee TechOVC

2-0

3-0

49%

+13.4

25.8

small sample

25.8

0.639

28.1

—

North DakotaMVFC

1-1

1-2

87%

+13.1

40.5

small sample

21.6

0.250

52.6

—

MontanaBig Sky

1-0

2-0

39%

+12.6

61.1

small sample

61.1

0.667

46.0

—

Southern IllinoisMVFC

1-0

2-1

43%

+12.4

56.7

small sample

56.7

—

48.6

—

UC DavisBig Sky

1-0

1-1

79%

+11.6

21.4

small sample

21.4

0.333

43.4

—

New HampshireCAA

2-0

2-1

29%

+11.5

45.9

small sample

45.9

0.625

36.8

—

Youngstown StateMVFC

2-0

2-1

60%

+10.8

22.2

small sample

22.2

0.583

52.2

—

IdahoBig Sky

2-0

2-1

56%

+10.4

25.3

small sample

25.3

0.667

37.4

—

Jackson StateSWAC

1-0

2-1

79%

+9.9

20.8

small sample

20.8

0.000

15.7

—

South DakotaMVFC

1-1

1-2

97%

+9.8

23.5

small sample

8.3

0.750

49.8

—

Abilene ChristianUAC

1-0

1-2

55%

+9.7

45.0

small sample

45.0

—

43.6

—

Southeastern LouisianaSouthland

2-0

2-1

87%

+9.6

6.7

small sample

6.7

0.194

28.1

—

HarvardIvy

0-0

—

+9.0

—

31.2

—

Sacramento StateBig Sky

1-1

1-2

75%

+8.6

58.6

small sample

28.7

0.750

37.4

—

East Tennessee StateSouthern

1-1

1-2

94%

+8.4

33.3

small sample

11.4

0.528

27.3

—

Illinois StateMVFC

2-0

2-1

84%

+8.3

8.2

small sample

8.2

0.500

56.8

—

Austin PeayUAC

1-0

2-1

94%

+8.2

6.3

small sample

6.3

0.333

40.2

—

Holy CrossPatriot

0-2

0-3

100%

+7.9

55.4

small sample

—

0.806

33.6

—

Northern ArizonaBig Sky

2-0

2-1

44%

+7.8

32.7

small sample

32.7

0.417

39.5

—

ElonCAA

2-0

2-1

62%

+7.7

19.3

small sample

19.3

0.306

32.6

—

YaleIvy

0-0

—

+7.6

—

39.8

—

LamarSouthland

2-0

2-1

35%

+7.4

36.4

small sample

36.4

0.583

31.2

—

VillanovaCAA

1-0

1-1

82%

+7.3

18.0

small sample

18.0

0.333

40.9

—

Eastern KentuckyUAC

1-0

1-2

82%

+6.7

17.9

small sample

17.9

—

42.7

—

MonmouthCAA

2-0

2-1

73%

+6.5

14.6

small sample

14.6

0.250

27.3

—

RichmondPatriot

1-1

1-2

84%

+6.3

42.1

small sample

29.5

0.556

23.1

—

Incarnate WordSouthland

1-1

1-2

93%

+6.3

29.2

small sample

42.2

0.250

32.4

—

Southeast Missouri StateOVC

1-1

1-2

71%

+6.2

61.8

small sample

31.2

0.778

30.3

—

Northern IowaMVFC

2-0

2-1

51%

+6.1

28.3

small sample

28.3

0.250

54.3

—

DartmouthIvy

0-0

—

+6.0

—

33.5

—

Stephen F. AustinSouthland

0-1

1-2

100%

+5.8

48.4

small sample

—

34.0

—

TowsonCAA

2-0

2-1

70%

+5.4

16.1

small sample

16.1

—

31.4

—

Central Connecticut StateNEC

1-0

2-1

86%

+5.3

14.0

small sample

14.0

—

24.1

—

South Carolina StateMEAC

2-0

2-1

66%

+4.7

18.4

small sample

18.4

0.222

16.0

—

MercerSouthern

1-1

96%

+4.5

20.3

small sample

26.2

0.556

28.6

—

Stony BrookCAA

1-1

1-2

95%

+4.3

28.1

small sample

11.4

0.472

26.0

—

Eastern WashingtonBig Sky

0-2

0-3

100%

+4.1

39.9

small sample

—

0.333

41.3

—

North Carolina CentralMEAC

1-1

2-2

96%

+4.1

27.6

small sample

8.9

0.583

18.1

—

Alabama StateSWAC

1-0

2-1

88%

+3.4

11.8

small sample

11.8

0.333

17.4

—

Gardner-WebbOVC

2-0

2-1

42%

+3.4

34.8

small sample

34.8

0.444

27.5

—

ColumbiaIvy

0-0

—

+3.3

—

34.6

—

ChattanoogaSouthern

1-1

1-2

100%

+3.1

24.0

small sample

0.9

0.750

32.7

—

Weber StateBig Sky

1-0

1-2

67%

+3.1

32.8

small sample

32.8

—

42.0

—

DuquesneNEC

0-1

1-2

100%

+3.1

48.5

small sample

—

1.000

15.4

—

Indiana StateMVFC

1-0

2-1

82%

+3.0

18.3

small sample

18.3

0.667

58.5

—

Western CarolinaSouthern

0-2

0-3

100%

+2.9

36.2

small sample

—

0.708

26.2

—

PennIvy

0-0

—

+2.6

—

31.1

—

Cal PolyBig Sky

1-0

2-1

74%

+2.6

26.4

small sample

26.4

0.417

45.5

—

DrakePioneer

0-1

1-1

100%

+2.4

91.0

small sample

—

1.000

19.2

—

UT MartinOVC

0-1

0-3

100%

+2.3

34.7

small sample

—

28.0

—

LafayettePatriot

2-0

2-1

67%

+1.9

17.8

small sample

17.8

0.639

31.1

—

McNeeseSouthland

0-1

1-2

100%

+1.9

33.2

small sample

—

28.1

—

St. Thomas (MN)Pioneer

1-1

2-1

86%

+0.9

41.1

small sample

24.3

0.750

21.3

—

William & MaryCAA

1-1

1-2

96%

+0.8

19.9

small sample

18.7

0.278

29.6

—

North AlabamaUAC

0-1

1-2

100%

+0.7

41.1

small sample

—

0.333

46.8

—

Central ArkansasUAC

1-1

1-2

97%

+0.7

36.4

small sample

4.5

0.722

43.6

—

MerrimackFCS Indep.

0-0

1-2

—

+0.6

—

23.5

—

Nicholls StateSouthland

1-1

1-2

75%

+0.4

51.0

small sample

59.3

0.778

32.6

—

CornellIvy

0-0

—

−0.7

—

29.9

—

Alabama A&MSWAC

2-0

2-1

69%

−1.7

16.6

small sample

16.6

0.500

20.6

—

Florida A&MSWAC

0-1

1-2

100%

−1.8

14.4

small sample

—

20.0

—

PresbyterianPioneer

2-0

3-0

38%

−2.3

37.1

small sample

37.1

0.861

8.8

—

MaineCAA

0-2

0-3

100%

−2.6

18.8

small sample

—

0.125

33.9

—

Western IllinoisOVC

1-0

1-2

97%

−2.7

3.4

small sample

3.4

—

30.4

—

HamptonCAA

0-2

1-2

100%

−2.8

31.7

small sample

—

0.000

31.5

—

BucknellPatriot

2-0

2-1

84%

−2.9

8.2

small sample

8.2

0.917

29.3

—

ColgatePatriot

0-2

0-3

100%

−2.9

49.5

small sample

—

0.667

31.5

—

PrincetonIvy

0-0

—

−3.1

—

33.6

—

Morgan StateMEAC

0-1

0-3

100%

−3.2

42.5

small sample

—

22.3

—

Houston ChristianSouthland

0-1

1-2

100%

−3.7

46.0

small sample

—

27.6

—

CampbellCAA

0-2

0-3

100%

−4.0

38.5

small sample

—

0.667

31.7

—

Grambling StateSWAC

0-0

2-1

—

−4.2

—

15.4

—

BrownIvy

0-0

—

−4.5

—

34.5

—

UTRGVSouthland

1-0

3-0

88%

−4.8

12.3

small sample

12.3

0.667

34.4

—

HowardMEAC

1-0

2-1

73%

−4.8

27.2

small sample

27.2

—

24.0

—

Northern ColoradoBig Sky

0-1

1-2

100%

−4.9

64.9

small sample

—

0.333

42.5

—

Long IslandNEC

0-1

1-2

100%

−5.1

12.3

small sample

—

0.583

21.7

—

Idaho StateBig Sky

0-1

0-3

100%

−5.2

35.5

small sample

—

0.167

48.6

—

Portland StateBig Sky

0-2

0-4

100%

−5.6

62.4

small sample

—

0.389

41.5

—

LindenwoodOVC

1-1

1-2

97%

−5.7

17.1

small sample

14.2

0.167

33.1

—

BryantCAA

0-0

2-1

—

−6.2

—

33.2

—

ButlerPioneer

0-1

2-1

100%

−7.0

34.3

small sample

—

0.667

17.8

—

East Texas A&MSouthland

0-0

0-2

—

−7.3

—

30.9

—

North Carolina A&TCAA

1-1

1-2

93%

−7.3

25.6

small sample

25.5

0.167

34.5

—

Robert MorrisNEC

0-1

1-2

100%

−8.2

41.8

small sample

—

0.833

19.7

—

Bethune-CookmanSWAC

0-1

0-3

100%

−8.8

39.3

small sample

—

0.667

21.1

—

Charleston SouthernOVC

0-1

0-3

100%

−9.2

12.4

small sample

—

0.000

33.2

—

Prairie View A&MSWAC

1-1

1-2

98%

−9.3

12.6

small sample

10.2

0.250

19.8

—

UAlbanyCAA

0-2

0-3

100%

−9.7

3.4

small sample

—

0.028

38.4

—

Norfolk StateMEAC

0-1

1-2

100%

−9.9

34.7

small sample

—

21.4

—

SamfordSouthern

0-2

0-3

100%

−10.3

31.0

small sample

—

0.556

33.0

—

Texas SouthernSWAC

0-2

0-3

100%

−10.3

24.2

small sample

—

0.417

14.5

—

Saint FrancisNEC

0-1

0-3

100%

−10.4

31.3

small sample

—

16.2

—

FordhamPatriot

0-2

0-3

100%

−10.9

35.0

small sample

—

0.417

34.8

—

Murray StateMVFC

0-2

0-3

100%

−11.0

46.4

small sample

—

0.417

55.1

—

Alcorn StateSWAC

0-2

0-3

100%

−11.0

13.3

small sample

—

0.708

16.2

—

VMISouthern

0-1

1-2

100%

−11.3

23.6

small sample

—

1.000

31.7

—

DaytonPioneer

0-1

1-1

100%

−11.9

11.4

small sample

—

0.333

11.8

—

WagnerNEC

0-2

0-3

100%

−12.7

14.5

small sample

—

0.472

19.1

—

Delaware StateMEAC

1-0

2-1

87%

−13.2

13.1

small sample

13.1

0.000

24.1

—

Northwestern StateSouthland

1-0

1-2

86%

−14.7

13.6

small sample

13.6

0.333

31.7

—

Morehead StatePioneer

0-2

1-2

100%

−16.6

41.5

small sample

—

0.708

11.3

—

Arkansas-Pine BluffSWAC

0-1

1-2

100%

−17.9

26.0

small sample

—

0.333

15.7

—

ValparaisoPioneer

0-1

1-2

100%

−19.4

18.6

small sample

—

21.4

—

StetsonPioneer

0-1

1-2

100%

−27.3

31.3

small sample

—

0.333

15.9