Computer ratings · FCS vs FCS games only

FCS College Football Ratings & Strength of Schedule

2025 Week 7 · through Saturday, October 11

Season

Week

How this week's numbers compare

Power (0 = average team): #1 +30.7 · #10 +14.7 · middle −0.8
SOS (higher is harder): hardest 59.6 · #10 47.1 · middle 32.2 · easiest 7.4
SOR (lower is better): #1 0.8% · #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 · 312 FCS games · run 7a7a246330e1

Team

vs FCS

All games

SOS rank

South Dakota StateMVFC

6-0

0.8%

+25.8

44.4

0.649

49.3

North Dakota StateMVFC

6-0

4.3%

+30.7

37.5

0.623

45.7

LehighPatriot

7-0

5.5%

+14.7

32.4

0.698

30.7

MontanaBig Sky

5-0

6-0

8.2%

+15.5

37.1

0.582

51.7

MonmouthCAA

5-0

5-1

11%

+11.7

32.8

0.575

20.3

UC DavisBig Sky

5-0

5-1

12%

+16.3

33.9

0.511

45.8

PresbyterianPioneer

4-0

6-0

15%

+2.3

30.5

0.572

10.8

Tarleton StateUAC

6-0

7-0

16%

+19.6

25.1

0.363

47.2

LamarSouthland

5-0

5-1

17%

+6.6

28.5

0.570

40.4

Montana StateBig Sky

5-1

5-2

23%

+26.8

38.0

29.0

0.571

47.9

Gardner-WebbOVC

4-0

4-2

24%

+3.1

27.7

0.571

27.8

Abilene ChristianUAC

4-1

4-3

25%

+11.6

44.0

45.3

0.544

47.4

VillanovaCAA

4-1

4-2

26%

+12.3

44.0

40.9

0.665

41.3

Southern IllinoisMVFC

3-1

4-2

33%

+14.7

47.5

32.2

0.612

41.7

HarvardIvy

4-0

35%

+18.9

21.4

107

21.4

0.413

35.2

Northern ArizonaBig Sky

4-2

4-3

36%

+6.7

48.3

34.0

0.494

29.5

North DakotaMVFC

4-1

4-2

40%

+16.9

34.9

25.3

0.486

60.7

West GeorgiaUAC

5-2

40%

+7.4

40.8

38.3

0.512

35.8

Jackson StateSWAC

4-0

5-1

40%

+12.3

19.0

110

19.0

0.508

10.0

Stephen F. AustinSouthland

3-1

4-2

41%

+12.7

42.8

37.0

0.506

34.1

Rhode IslandCAA

5-1

5-2

41%

+8.2

29.7

29.6

0.457

30.6

MercerSouthern

5-1

42%

+13.5

29.3

30.9

0.527

29.6

Southeastern LouisianaSouthland

4-0

4-2

46%

+13.8

16.9

119

16.9

0.394

28.3

BrownIvy

3-1

46%

+3.4

39.7

28.8

0.562

28.9

Tennessee TechOVC

5-0

6-0

49%

+13.5

13.1

125

13.1

0.349

32.6

DartmouthIvy

3-1

55%

+4.9

35.8

35.0

0.623

30.1

Eastern KentuckyUAC

3-1

3-3

60%

+7.0

32.9

27.4

0.525

40.5

PennIvy

3-1

60%

+4.6

33.3

21.1

0.707

35.4

Youngstown StateMVFC

3-2

3-3

62%

+9.0

45.1

22.1

0.547

42.8

LindenwoodOVC

3-1

3-3

63%

+1.8

31.2

33.6

0.508

25.9

South DakotaMVFC

4-2

4-3

64%

+10.1

36.8

20.1

0.605

57.0

Illinois StateMVFC

4-1

4-2

64%

+6.4

27.2

11.0

0.418

63.1

Sacramento StateBig Sky

3-2

3-3

68%

+12.3

42.1

30.8

0.602

41.4

ElonCAA

4-2

4-3

68%

+7.4

33.7

25.4

0.469

31.3

Cal PolyBig Sky

2-3

3-4

68%

+4.6

59.6

51.3

0.691

41.6

FurmanSouthern

4-2

71%

−1.0

32.0

30.6

0.556

28.5

Alabama StateSWAC

3-1

4-2

74%

+8.2

26.8

14.2

0.508

9.9

RichmondPatriot

4-2

4-3

74%

+4.4

31.5

25.4

0.513

24.4

Sacred HeartFCS Indep.

5-2

77%

−2.4

25.5

14.8

0.465

39.7

LafayettePatriot

5-1

5-2

77%

+5.3

15.1

120

15.9

0.482

40.4

North Carolina CentralMEAC

4-1

5-2

78%

+10.3

17.8

117

17.1

0.336

18.0

Austin PeayUAC

3-2

4-3

79%

+8.4

34.7

24.1

0.512

34.8

UTRGVSouthland

2-1

5-1

80%

+0.0

33.3

15.2

0.644

36.1

Western CarolinaSouthern

4-2

4-3

81%

+7.6

26.7

24.7

0.524

31.9

South Carolina StateMEAC

3-1

4-3

84%

+1.8

18.6

114

19.2

0.385

21.8

BucknellPatriot

4-2

4-3

85%

−6.7

26.0

14.5

0.531

20.6

Prairie View A&MSWAC

4-1

4-2

86%

−6.9

13.7

123

11.4

0.435

24.0

New HampshireCAA

3-3

3-4

87%

+2.8

38.3

30.8

0.541

42.5

DrakePioneer

2-2

3-2

88%

+1.5

42.6

12.5

0.534

19.2

Northern ColoradoBig Sky

2-2

3-3

88%

−0.8

37.9

35.6

0.449

52.6

William & MaryCAA

3-2

3-3

88%

+4.0

28.7

16.3

0.533

26.7

Weber StateBig Sky

2-2

2-4

88%

−2.2

38.1

16.4

0.523

45.4

DuquesneNEC

3-1

4-3

89%

+8.3

18.9

111

6.5

0.481

18.7

Central ArkansasUAC

3-3

3-4

89%

+2.3

37.3

15.5

0.511

50.1

YaleIvy

2-2

90%

+6.8

36.1

15.7

0.474

43.3

Idaho StateBig Sky

1-3

2-5

90%

+0.3

59.4

36.1

0.597

41.7

The CitadelSouthern

2-3

3-3

91%

−1.0

44.6

24.3

0.629

30.7

MercyhurstNEC

3-4

91%

−0.2

47.1

9.0

0.505

19.3

Incarnate WordSouthland

2-3

2-4

92%

+9.0

41.7

48.0

0.533

28.2

PrincetonIvy

2-2

92%

−2.4

33.2

34.6

0.585

43.2

Stony BrookCAA

3-2

3-3

92%

+9.4

23.0

103

16.2

0.491

34.7

Northern IowaMVFC

2-3

2-4

93%

−1.0

43.5

22.2

0.541

52.4

IdahoBig Sky

2-2

2-4

93%

+3.6

32.4

21.1

0.497

42.1

East Tennessee StateSouthern

3-3

3-4

94%

+7.9

31.8

18.9

0.495

26.6

MaineCAA

3-2

3-4

94%

+2.2

21.7

106

18.7

0.371

36.1

TowsonCAA

3-3

3-4

94%

+1.1

30.0

15.3

0.383

30.0

UT MartinOVC

2-2

2-5

95%

+1.3

28.4

16.1

0.509

30.4

Nicholls StateSouthland

1-3

1-5

95%

−1.9

47.1

53.5

0.649

32.2

MerrimackFCS Indep.

2-2

3-4

95%

−2.4

26.4

15.9

0.436

33.0

ColgatePatriot

2-3

2-4

96%

+2.9

36.9

16.9

0.529

29.8

Indiana StateMVFC

1-3

2-4

96%

−2.8

50.8

19.6

0.672

59.6

San DiegoPioneer

3-4

96%

−3.7

36.2

33.0

0.491

5.9

DaytonPioneer

4-1

5-1

96%

−4.2

7.4

128

4.4

0.291

18.4

Bethune-CookmanSWAC

2-2

3-4

96%

−3.1

26.2

9.6

0.523

18.4

Eastern WashingtonBig Sky

2-3

2-4

97%

+3.1

38.8

11.1

0.390

42.4

Central Connecticut StateNEC

3-2

4-3

97%

+0.5

17.7

118

10.8

0.419

27.0

Southeast Missouri StateOVC

2-3

2-4

97%

−1.7

39.1

10.0

0.487

29.2

Alabama A&MSWAC

3-2

4-3

97%

−6.4

18.7

113

6.9

0.378

19.9

Delaware StateMEAC

2-2

4-3

97%

−5.4

27.3

7.1

0.473

25.3

HowardMEAC

2-2

3-3

97%

−3.5

23.0

102

10.8

0.404

22.5

Eastern IllinoisOVC

3-3

98%

−4.3

20.6

108

14.2

0.506

32.8

StonehillNEC

2-4

99%

−7.1

33.7

27.9

0.556

22.4

CampbellCAA

2-3

2-5

99%

−2.1

27.6

12.2

0.449

29.9

Texas SouthernSWAC

3-2

3-3

99%

−6.4

13.5

124

7.9

0.527

19.8

ButlerPioneer

2-3

4-3

99%

−6.7

25.0

100

22.8

0.521

15.2

FordhamPatriot

1-4

1-5

99%

−7.9

41.9

21.2

0.514

32.1

MaristPioneer

3-3

99%

−10.9

17.8

116

12.0

0.463

17.4

ColumbiaIvy

1-3

99%

−4.6

34.0

11.6

0.634

41.4

GeorgetownPatriot

3-3

99%

−7.7

18.2

115

7.4

0.365

30.8

Charleston SouthernOVC

1-4

1-6

99%

−5.0

38.8

31.9

0.692

19.6

ChattanoogaSouthern

2-3

2-4

99%

−2.3

33.3

3.7

0.500

35.9

Southern UtahUAC

1-5

99%

+6.4

47.3

28.7

0.587

35.9

Utah TechUAC

1-6

100%

−3.1

48.9

25.5

0.566

41.2

St. Thomas (MN)Pioneer

2-3

3-3

100%

−0.3

22.2

105

19.0

0.420

28.3

Arkansas-Pine BluffSWAC

1-2

2-3

100%

−19.8

18.9

112

8.2

0.354

19.6

Grambling StateSWAC

1-2

3-3

100%

−8.2

14.0

122

20.8

0.517

17.2

East Texas A&MSouthland

1-3

1-5

100%

−2.3

26.3

9.8

0.473

38.8

New HavenNEC

1-3

4-3

100%

−13.3

25.9

14.6

0.410

20.5

WoffordSouthern

1-4

1-5

100%

+2.1

36.6

5.5

0.490

22.5

100

StetsonPioneer

2-3

3-4

100%

−25.1

23.6

101

1.6

0.417

18.6

101

SouthernSWAC

1-4

1-5

100%

−13.4

33.5

5.2

0.530

8.7

102

Houston ChristianSouthland

1-3

2-4

100%

−8.5

26.5

2.3

0.463

38.4

103

Northwestern StateSouthland

1-3

1-5

100%

−17.0

14.3

121

6.1

0.267

42.3

104

North Carolina A&TCAA

1-5

1-6

100%

−9.5

28.7

7.8

0.416

40.6

105

Tennessee StateOVC

1-5

100%

−9.7

34.4

7.7

0.518

22.6

106

WagnerNEC

1-3

1-5

100%

−12.6

12.7

126

6.0

0.310

18.1

107

UAlbanyCAA

1-4

1-5

100%

−10.6

22.5

104

12.2

0.324

41.5

108

Western IllinoisOVC

1-4

1-6

100%

−8.6

30.6

0.9

0.402

22.1

109

HamptonCAA

1-5

2-5

100%

−9.7

27.7

5.8

0.380

45.8

110

DavidsonPioneer

0-5

1-5

100%

−23.8

29.7

—

0.452

18.6

111

Morehead StatePioneer

0-5

2-5

100%

−19.5

30.7

—

0.564

11.3

111

Robert MorrisNEC

0-4

1-5

100%

−10.4

27.5

—

0.477

19.9

111

SamfordSouthern

0-5

0-6

100%

−10.8

38.4

—

0.572

32.0

114

Alcorn StateSWAC

0-4

1-5

100%

−13.0

8.9

127

—

0.309

18.3

114

BryantCAA

0-4

2-5

100%

−7.8

27.2

—

0.449

40.7

114

CornellIvy

0-4

100%

−6.9

41.8

—

0.394

27.4

114

Florida A&MSWAC

0-3

1-4

100%

−10.8

32.2

—

0.509

15.9

114

Holy CrossPatriot

0-5

0-6

100%

−2.3

42.1

—

0.491

35.4

114

Long IslandNEC

0-4

1-5

100%

−6.9

30.2

—

0.497

15.7

114

McNeeseSouthland

0-3

1-5

100%

−5.3

44.2

—

0.576

23.7

114

Mississippi Valley StateSWAC

0-5

100%

−17.8

36.9

—

0.527

25.3

114

Murray StateMVFC

0-4

0-6

100%

−10.3

50.8

—

0.597

54.5

114

Norfolk StateMEAC

0-5

1-6

100%

−12.0

19.9

109

—

0.275

26.6

114

North AlabamaUAC

0-4

1-5

100%

−7.0

40.0

—

0.513

47.3

114

Portland StateBig Sky

0-4

0-6

100%

−4.6

54.8

—

0.554

42.6

114

Saint FrancisNEC

0-4

0-6

100%

−17.3

27.2

—

0.501

12.7

114

ValparaisoPioneer

0-4

1-5

100%

−24.6

33.9

—

0.435

18.2

114

VMISouthern

0-4

1-5

100%

−15.0

32.8

—

0.480

32.9

—

Morgan StateMEAC

0-2

3-4

100%

−6.0

21.0

small sample

—

0.375

25.9