Computer ratings · FCS vs FCS games only

FCS College Football Ratings & Strength of Schedule

2025 Week 6 · through Saturday, October 4

Season

Week

How this week's numbers compare

Power (0 = average team): #1 +29.3 · #10 +14.3 · middle −0.6
SOS (higher is harder): hardest 54.5 · #10 46.8 · middle 31.7 · easiest 7.6
SOR (lower is better): #1 1.3% · #25 57%

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 · 261 FCS games · run 4ead3080a7a6

Team

vs FCS

All games

SOS rank

112

VMISouthern

0-3

1-4

100%

−12.0

29.9

—

0.507

34.0

112

SamfordSouthern

0-5

0-6

100%

−11.4

37.0

—

0.569

33.2

112

Saint FrancisNEC

0-3

0-5

100%

−15.2

22.2

103

—

0.472

17.9

112

Robert MorrisNEC

0-3

1-4

100%

−9.7

29.9

—

0.533

19.0

112

North AlabamaUAC

0-3

1-4

100%

−2.5

44.8

—

0.463

44.1

112

Norfolk StateMEAC

0-4

1-5

100%

−11.7

15.9

116

—

0.303

28.5

112

Mississippi Valley StateSWAC

0-4

100%

−16.0

42.6

—

0.532

24.2

112

McNeeseSouthland

0-3

1-5

100%

−4.8

46.5

—

0.622

22.8

112

Long IslandNEC

0-4

1-5

100%

−7.7

27.8

—

0.436

15.0

112

Houston ChristianSouthland

0-3

1-4

100%

−8.1

28.9

—

0.357

33.2

112

Holy CrossPatriot

0-5

0-6

100%

−2.6

41.0

—

0.506

35.6

112

DavidsonPioneer

0-4

1-4

100%

−21.4

33.2

—

0.478

19.3

112

CornellIvy

0-3

100%

−7.9

28.6

—

0.305

36.1

112

BryantCAA

0-3

2-4

100%

−8.3

23.5

—

0.299

38.2

112

Alcorn StateSWAC

0-4

0-5

100%

−14.0

7.6

126

—

0.288

20.9

107

WoffordSouthern

0-4

0-5

100%

+0.9

40.6

—

0.503

21.0

107

ValparaisoPioneer

0-3

1-4

100%

−22.2

39.5

—

0.299

17.4

107

Portland StateBig Sky

0-4

0-6

100%

−4.8

54.4

—

0.554

42.2

107

Murray StateMVFC

0-3

0-5

100%

−10.6

54.5

—

0.557

53.0

107

Morehead StatePioneer

0-4

2-4

100%

−17.3

40.1

—

0.648

10.1

106

UAlbanyCAA

1-4

1-5

100%

−11.1

22.1

104

10.9

0.322

40.6

105

StetsonPioneer

1-3

2-4

100%

−26.8

29.1

1.3

0.462

16.4

104

Western IllinoisOVC

1-3

1-5

100%

−10.3

28.9

1.6

0.398

24.5

103

Tennessee StateOVC

1-4

100%

−9.4

35.2

6.9

0.541

24.7

102

HamptonCAA

1-4

2-4

100%

−6.9

32.6

5.6

0.413

38.8

101

WagnerNEC

1-2

1-4

100%

−12.1

9.6

125

6.2

0.319

17.6

100

North Carolina A&TCAA

1-4

1-5

100%

−10.1

27.7

11.3

0.382

37.5

Northwestern StateSouthland

1-2

1-4

100%

−18.9

12.2

121

5.5

0.299

38.1

New HavenNEC

1-3

3-3

100%

−13.8

24.0

14.6

0.397

19.0

Arkansas-Pine BluffSWAC

1-2

2-3

100%

−20.9

14.9

117

7.5

0.290

20.2

Texas SouthernSWAC

2-2

2-3

100%

−6.8

11.5

122

4.4

0.531

19.7

CampbellCAA

1-3

1-5

100%

−4.9

29.2

8.2

0.461

28.2

St. Thomas (MN)Pioneer

1-3

2-3

100%

−2.0

31.4

36.2

0.531

25.1

East Texas A&MSouthland

1-2

1-4

100%

−2.4

19.4

108

8.4

0.400

38.5

SouthernSWAC

1-3

1-4

99%

−9.7

35.5

6.5

0.584

10.5

GeorgetownPatriot

3-3

99%

−7.5

17.2

113

8.2

0.373

31.8

Southern UtahUAC

1-5

99%

+6.8

48.6

30.1

0.636

35.5

Utah TechUAC

1-5

99%

−3.1

46.8

24.9

0.586

46.9

ChattanoogaSouthern

2-3

2-4

99%

−2.2

34.0

5.4

0.487

33.6

DrakePioneer

1-2

2-2

99%

+2.0

48.5

1.7

0.504

19.4

StonehillNEC

2-4

99%

−8.2

30.0

26.7

0.496

22.3

FordhamPatriot

1-4

1-5

99%

−8.4

40.0

20.6

0.525

33.1

Charleston SouthernOVC

1-3

1-5

99%

−5.9

32.9

31.9

0.663

27.3

ColumbiaIvy

1-2

99%

−3.4

24.6

11.3

0.564

42.9

MaineCAA

2-2

2-4

99%

+1.0

20.1

106

14.2

0.297

35.2

Central Connecticut StateNEC

2-2

3-3

98%

−0.3

18.6

110

8.6

0.458

23.3

Alabama A&MSWAC

2-2

3-3

98%

−8.2

21.6

105

9.2

0.377

18.4

Bethune-CookmanSWAC

1-2

2-4

98%

−7.4

33.9

10.1

0.566

18.6

MaristPioneer

3-2

98%

−9.9

14.1

118

12.3

0.480

21.4

Northern ColoradoBig Sky

1-2

2-3

98%

−5.5

33.8

17.5

0.270

51.5

Eastern WashingtonBig Sky

2-3

2-4

97%

+2.5

38.0

10.2

0.412

42.5

Delaware StateMEAC

2-2

3-3

97%

−5.3

27.0

9.3

0.457

25.7

Central ArkansasUAC

2-3

2-4

97%

−2.1

37.3

9.9

0.551

46.7

Southeast Missouri StateOVC

1-3

1-4

96%

−1.6

51.9

20.1

0.510

25.2

Eastern IllinoisOVC

3-2

96%

−3.8

18.1

111

12.6

0.474

32.8

Nicholls StateSouthland

1-3

1-5

96%

−2.3

45.1

52.8

0.631

32.5

ButlerPioneer

2-2

4-2

96%

−6.6

24.7

21.9

0.492

18.0

UT MartinOVC

1-2

1-5

96%

+4.0

37.3

26.4

0.593

25.9

DaytonPioneer

3-1

4-1

96%

−6.2

9.9

124

6.2

0.330

16.4

MercyhurstNEC

2-4

95%

−0.9

52.2

8.2

0.526

16.7

East Tennessee StateSouthern

2-3

2-4

93%

+6.9

39.7

27.4

0.597

20.5

The CitadelSouthern

2-3

93%

−1.7

41.6

25.1

0.608

29.7

South Carolina StateMEAC

2-1

3-3

93%

+1.2

16.5

114

17.5

0.342

20.9

Idaho StateBig Sky

1-2

2-4

93%

+0.5

45.1

24.0

0.518

53.0

Northern IowaMVFC

2-2

2-3

93%

−1.6

30.3

22.0

0.461

59.2

Stony BrookCAA

3-2

3-3

92%

+9.3

22.7

101

17.0

0.515

33.7

DuquesneNEC

2-1

3-3

92%

+6.1

22.5

102

7.3

0.584

15.9

Incarnate WordSouthland

2-3

2-4

92%

+8.7

41.5

46.3

0.548

27.5

Western CarolinaSouthern

3-2

3-3

91%

+2.8

25.0

21.7

0.451

30.4

Indiana StateMVFC

1-2

2-3

90%

−3.4

53.9

21.3

0.794

57.7

TowsonCAA

3-2

3-3

89%

+1.8

26.8

15.3

0.318

32.1

ColgatePatriot

2-2

2-3

89%

+3.8

36.7

16.0

0.505

30.0

San DiegoPioneer

3-3

88%

−3.6

38.6

34.7

0.561

9.0

William & MaryCAA

3-2

3-3

88%

+3.9

29.2

14.4

0.535

27.0

PrincetonIvy

2-1

86%

−0.6

25.1

31.3

0.598

43.5

Prairie View A&MSWAC

4-1

4-2

86%

−7.3

13.9

119

11.7

0.514

24.8

Sacred HeartFCS Indep.

4-2

86%

−4.8

25.6

12.5

0.436

36.5

Sacramento StateBig Sky

2-2

2-3

85%

+8.6

41.8

24.0

0.586

40.2

MerrimackFCS Indep.

2-1

3-3

85%

−1.5

26.7

15.4

0.442

31.0

RichmondPatriot

3-2

3-3

84%

+4.9

31.7

22.1

0.549

26.2

North Carolina CentralMEAC

3-1

4-2

84%

+7.6

18.8

109

18.5

0.421

20.3

HowardMEAC

2-1

3-2

84%

+1.6

27.2

16.5

0.361

21.5

Eastern KentuckyUAC

2-1

2-3

83%

+4.4

29.2

15.8

0.417

41.4

New HampshireCAA

3-2

3-3

82%

+2.6

32.8

28.9

0.498

42.5

YaleIvy

2-1

81%

+6.5

31.5

14.7

0.417

44.1

LafayettePatriot

4-1

4-2

81%

+2.2

16.2

115

16.8

0.471

35.6

South DakotaMVFC

3-2

3-3

80%

+9.8

36.6

16.3

0.559

53.4

UTRGVSouthland

2-1

5-1

79%

+0.3

33.8

15.3

0.569

35.4

Weber StateBig Sky

2-1

2-3

78%

+1.1

33.9

16.2

0.561

45.2

IdahoBig Sky

2-1

2-3

76%

+8.2

35.7

17.9

0.557

36.8

DartmouthIvy

2-1

74%

+4.4

33.3

32.5

0.619

31.8

Illinois StateMVFC

3-1

3-2

68%

+7.3

32.3

13.2

0.476

59.0

BucknellPatriot

4-1

4-2

67%

−2.7

23.3

15.3

0.530

23.6

Jackson StateSWAC

3-0

4-1

66%

+13.7

12.9

120

12.9

0.437

15.5

PennIvy

2-1

65%

+3.9

40.7

27.1

0.763

32.1

North DakotaMVFC

3-1

3-2

64%

+15.7

31.4

17.7

0.453

59.8

Cal PolyBig Sky

2-2

3-3

63%

+5.1

54.3

48.0

0.660

46.9

LindenwoodOVC

3-1

3-3

61%

+2.0

32.2

36.4

0.481

25.4

Tennessee TechOVC

4-0

5-0

61%

+14.2

11.3

123

11.3

0.356

30.6

Austin PeayUAC

3-1

4-2

60%

+11.4

32.4

26.1

0.511

36.3

FurmanSouthern

4-1

57%

+2.6

27.9

27.1

0.542

29.0

Rhode IslandCAA

4-1

4-2

57%

+7.2

28.2

27.9

0.407

30.3

MercerSouthern

4-1

56%

+11.5

28.1

29.2

0.477

29.4

BrownIvy

2-1

55%

+3.4

46.6

33.8

0.695

27.1

ElonCAA

4-1

4-2

55%

+8.5

28.5

23.7

0.423

32.5

Youngstown StateMVFC

3-1

3-2

52%

+10.6

38.2

22.3

0.535

47.4

Alabama StateSWAC

3-0

4-1

51%

+8.8

19.6

107

19.6

0.423

19.0

Southeastern LouisianaSouthland

4-0

4-2

45%

+14.3

17.4

112

17.4

0.380

27.8

VillanovaCAA

3-1

3-2

44%

+11.3

41.7

37.5

0.706

42.8

Stephen F. AustinSouthland

3-1

4-2

42%

+12.7

42.1

37.9

0.522

32.6

Gardner-WebbOVC

3-0

3-2

41%

+0.8

24.4

0.558

28.3

HarvardIvy

3-0

38%

+19.7

25.3

0.507

32.3

Abilene ChristianUAC

3-1

3-3

38%

+10.0

45.3

47.3

0.538

46.8

Montana StateBig Sky

4-1

4-2

28%

+25.9

41.0

30.7

0.627

44.6

LamarSouthland

4-0

4-1

27%

+5.1

26.2

0.581

38.2

Northern ArizonaBig Sky

4-1

4-2

25%

+8.0

43.1

33.6

0.442

38.5

Tarleton StateUAC

5-0

6-0

25%

+19.9

23.3

100

23.3

0.368

44.8

Southern IllinoisMVFC

3-0

4-1

25%

+17.6

35.4

0.528

49.3

West GeorgiaUAC

5-1

23%

+9.8

39.2

35.6

0.498

38.3

MonmouthCAA

4-0

4-1

18%

+11.2

31.8

0.618

23.0

PresbyterianPioneer

3-0

5-0

18%

+3.7

37.5

0.630

11.1

UC DavisBig Sky

4-0

4-1

17%

+15.3

34.9

0.567

44.0

North Dakota StateMVFC

5-0

12%

+29.3

32.4

0.565

48.3

MontanaBig Sky

4-0

5-0

12%

+15.0

39.2

0.695

49.1

LehighPatriot

6-0

7.5%

+13.7

33.7

0.792

28.5

South Dakota StateMVFC

5-0

1.3%

+25.6

47.2

0.663

45.4

—

Florida A&MSWAC

0-2

1-3

100%

−5.4

34.0

small sample

—

0.588

18.4

—

Morgan StateMEAC

0-2

2-4

100%

−5.8

21.9

small sample

—

0.396

26.8

—

Grambling StateSWAC

1-1

3-2

98%

−8.1

15.2

small sample

20.5

0.570

15.8