Computer ratings · FCS vs FCS games only

FCS College Football Ratings & Strength of Schedule

2025 Postseason · through Monday, January 5

Season

Week

How this week's numbers compare

Power (0 = average team): #1 +30.1 · #10 +15.3 · middle −0.4
SOS (higher is harder): hardest 61.5 · #10 50.3 · middle 31.4 · easiest 11.9
SOR (lower is better): #1 <0.1% · #25 43%

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 · 691 FCS games · run 8a0ba1c81e24

Team

vs FCS

All games

SOS rank

Montana StateBig Sky

14-1

14-2

<0.1%

+28.0

49.1

47.9

0.630

—

North Dakota StateMVFC

12-1

0.1%

+30.1

47.3

45.9

0.550

—

MontanaBig Sky

12-2

13-2

0.3%

+20.8

48.1

41.3

0.573

—

Illinois StateMVFC

12-4

12-5

0.5%

+18.0

53.5

46.6

0.589

—

VillanovaCAA

12-2

12-3

1.3%

+16.1

42.9

40.4

0.602

—

LehighPatriot

12-1

3.8%

+16.1

31.7

29.2

0.561

—

South DakotaMVFC

10-4

10-5

5.2%

+14.6

50.3

42.4

0.591

—

Tarleton StateUAC

11-2

12-2

5.8%

+20.0

37.7

33.0

0.493

—

Stephen F. AustinSouthland

10-2

11-3

7.0%

+15.3

38.2

30.0

0.533

—

Abilene ChristianUAC

9-3

9-5

9.0%

+13.3

46.7

43.6

0.558

—

UC DavisBig Sky

9-3

9-4

10%

+14.6

45.7

39.2

0.562

—

South Dakota StateMVFC

9-5

11%

+17.5

52.8

47.5

0.599

—

YaleIvy

9-3

15%

+13.4

41.7

32.4

0.576

—

Tennessee TechOVC

10-1

11-2

16%

+10.6

25.3

20.9

0.490

—

Rhode IslandCAA

11-2

11-3

19%

+11.9

29.7

27.0

0.476

—

North DakotaMVFC

8-5

8-6

19%

+18.2

51.7

35.6

0.548

—

Youngstown StateMVFC

8-4

8-5

20%

+12.9

47.2

33.3

0.525

—

HarvardIvy

9-2

23%

+11.7

32.2

25.0

0.515

—

West GeorgiaUAC

8-3

29%

+4.9

39.3

30.5

0.480

—

Southern IllinoisMVFC

6-4

7-5

34%

+14.6

50.7

37.0

0.546

—

MercerSouthern

9-2

9-3

34%

+11.5

28.4

27.1

0.489

—

South Carolina StateMEAC

9-1

10-3

35%

+6.5

20.4

110

20.5

0.478

—

Southeastern LouisianaSouthland

9-2

9-4

37%

+11.6

27.2

21.3

0.437

—

New HampshireCAA

8-4

8-5

42%

+7.5

40.3

30.7

0.550

—

MonmouthCAA

9-2

9-3

43%

+9.0

25.2

26.1

0.452

—

Idaho StateBig Sky

5-4

6-6

47%

+7.9

51.3

40.6

0.579

—

LamarSouthland

8-4

8-5

49%

+4.1

37.9

31.1

0.534

—

Northern ArizonaBig Sky

7-4

7-5

52%

+6.8

40.7

33.7

0.492

—

LafayettePatriot

8-2

8-4

52%

+6.4

25.0

20.4

0.469

—

UTRGVSouthland

6-3

9-3

54%

+5.0

37.8

26.4

0.531

—

DartmouthIvy

7-3

54%

+5.5

34.0

30.3

0.525

—

Sacramento StateBig Sky

7-4

7-5

55%

+10.6

39.4

26.6

0.483

—

Southern UtahUAC

7-5

58%

+9.8

43.4

38.1

0.543

—

Alabama StateSWAC

8-1

10-2

60%

+8.7

14.7

126

10.7

0.470

—

Gardner-WebbOVC

7-3

7-5

72%

+1.5

27.8

24.9

0.501

—

UT MartinOVC

6-3

6-6

75%

+6.2

30.0

19.6

0.516

—

PennIvy

6-4

77%

+2.3

35.6

22.5

0.545

—

Austin PeayUAC

6-4

7-5

78%

+7.7

35.4

18.3

0.467

—

PresbyterianPioneer

8-2

10-2

79%

−2.5

17.2

120

19.2

0.444

—

Sacred HeartFCS Indep.

7-4

8-4

80%

−3.0

32.0

12.7

0.530

—

Prairie View A&MSWAC

9-3

10-4

82%

+3.5

19.9

115

12.6

0.491

—

RichmondPatriot

7-4

7-5

85%

+2.3

28.3

22.7

0.477

—

East Tennessee StateSouthern

7-4

7-5

86%

+7.3

27.5

22.8

0.456

—

Western CarolinaSouthern

7-4

7-5

87%

+6.3

26.5

20.4

0.458

—

Jackson StateSWAC

8-2

9-3

87%

+7.3

13.6

127

12.2

0.457

—

DrakePioneer

7-4

8-4

88%

−0.4

28.2

11.2

0.494

—

Delaware StateMEAC

6-3

8-4

88%

−4.1

23.7

15.7

0.443

—

Eastern KentuckyUAC

5-5

5-7

88%

+5.0

38.4

27.3

0.469

—

William & MaryCAA

7-4

7-5

89%

+5.5

26.4

17.8

0.482

—

LindenwoodOVC

6-4

6-6

89%

+1.9

28.2

26.8

0.512

—

San DiegoPioneer

8-4

89%

−0.6

24.9

18.4

0.464

—

MaineCAA

6-4

6-6

92%

+2.8

27.2

20.1

0.453

—

Weber StateBig Sky

4-6

4-8

92%

+0.2

46.1

25.2

0.558

—

ElonCAA

6-5

6-6

92%

+4.7

32.3

19.5

0.484

—

BrownIvy

5-5

92%

−0.5

35.3

30.2

0.523

—

Eastern WashingtonBig Sky

5-6

5-7

92%

+4.3

40.9

21.6

0.481

—

Central Connecticut StateNEC

7-4

8-5

94%

+2.3

22.8

103

13.2

0.471

—

DuquesneNEC

6-3

7-5

94%

+4.1

20.1

111

13.9

0.441

—

North Carolina CentralMEAC

7-3

8-4

94%

+4.9

17.0

121

11.5

0.423

—

Cal PolyBig Sky

3-7

4-8

94%

+2.5

54.0

43.6

0.598

—

FurmanSouthern

6-5

6-6

95%

−4.6

28.4

22.5

0.468

—

Stony BrookCAA

6-5

6-6

95%

+5.4

29.5

13.4

0.479

—

Charleston SouthernOVC

5-5

5-7

96%

−3.4

31.0

21.6

0.543

—

TowsonCAA

6-5

6-6

96%

+2.8

28.8

11.9

0.421

—

Incarnate WordSouthland

5-6

5-7

96%

+6.3

36.6

30.7

0.509

—

IdahoBig Sky

4-6

4-8

97%

+4.7

40.0

26.5

0.496

—

WoffordSouthern

6-5

6-6

97%

+4.8

26.9

12.6

0.463

—

Nicholls StateSouthland

4-6

4-8

97%

−1.1

38.7

19.8

0.511

—

ColgatePatriot

5-6

5-7

98%

−0.5

33.7

19.0

0.536

—

Indiana StateMVFC

2-8

3-9

98%

−3.1

61.5

47.6

0.585

—

McNeeseSouthland

4-5

5-7

98%

−0.5

32.3

20.1

0.479

—

Northern ColoradoBig Sky

3-7

4-8

98%

−4.6

47.2

22.1

0.516

—

Northern IowaMVFC

3-8

3-9

98%

+1.7

52.5

18.8

0.538

—

ChattanoogaSouthern

5-6

5-7

98%

−0.8

33.1

14.8

0.490

—

CornellIvy

4-6

99%

−3.0

33.3

26.8

0.504

—

St. Thomas (MN)Pioneer

6-5

7-5

99%

+1.0

24.1

12.6

0.479

—

PrincetonIvy

3-7

99%

−0.3

39.9

35.1

0.583

—

GeorgetownPatriot

6-6

99%

−8.4

24.3

13.1

0.446

—

MercyhurstNEC

5-7

99%

−5.1

35.1

11.2

0.491

—

Bethune-CookmanSWAC

5-4

6-6

99%

−6.6

20.1

113

3.9

0.484

—

Southeast Missouri StateOVC

4-7

4-8

99%

−0.9

35.6

15.0

0.517

—

Central ArkansasUAC

3-8

3-9

100%

+0.7

43.2

15.2

0.505

—

Texas SouthernSWAC

5-4

5-5

100%

−7.1

17.9

119

6.2

0.464

—

Long IslandNEC

5-5

6-6

100%

−1.6

21.5

106

13.6

0.454

—

Grambling StateSWAC

5-4

7-5

100%

−7.2

16.2

124

16.9

0.460

—

Holy CrossPatriot

3-8

3-9

100%

+2.2

40.1

23.2

0.582

—

Western IllinoisOVC

4-6

4-8

100%

−5.2

27.3

19.9

0.475

—

Murray StateMVFC

1-9

1-11

100%

−6.2

57.0

29.7

0.556

—

BucknellPatriot

5-6

5-7

100%

−8.0

23.9

12.3

0.428

—

DaytonPioneer

6-4

7-4

100%

−5.0

11.9

129

7.7

0.407

—

The CitadelSouthern

3-7

4-8

100%

−2.3

35.8

13.4

0.506

—

East Texas A&MSouthland

3-7

3-9

100%

−6.3

34.4

20.8

0.502

—

WagnerNEC

5-5

5-7

100%

−7.4

16.0

125

14.2

0.389

—

Utah TechUAC

2-10

100%

−6.8

46.6

24.5

0.506

—

MerrimackFCS Indep.

3-6

4-8

100%

−5.5

27.6

15.7

0.462

—

ColumbiaIvy

2-8

100%

−3.8

40.3

19.5

0.580

—

StonehillNEC

4-8

100%

−10.3

28.8

22.3

0.496

—

ButlerPioneer

4-6

6-6

100%

−8.9

20.8

108

17.6

0.471

—

HowardMEAC

4-6

5-7

100%

−8.1

20.1

112

8.3

0.435

—

100

Portland StateBig Sky

1-9

1-11

100%

−8.5

49.2

46.4

0.512

—

101

New HavenNEC

2-5

5-5

100%

−12.3

20.8

107

15.2

0.444

—

102

Eastern IllinoisOVC

3-8

3-9

100%

−6.7

30.1

14.8

0.512

—

103

North AlabamaUAC

1-9

2-10

100%

−2.9

47.2

41.1

0.521

—

104

Morehead StatePioneer

4-6

6-6

100%

−15.7

21.9

105

5.0

0.455

—

105

Florida A&MSWAC

4-6

5-7

100%

−11.0

16.9

122

7.4

0.446

—

106

UAlbanyCAA

2-9

2-10

100%

−8.0

35.8

41.3

0.526

—

107

BryantCAA

1-8

3-9

100%

−9.1

34.6

12.8

0.497

—

108

MaristPioneer

5-7

100%

−11.8

16.4

123

9.5

0.454

—

109

North Carolina A&TCAA

2-9

2-10

100%

−15.4

31.4

10.6

0.479

—

110

Alabama A&MSWAC

3-7

4-8

100%

−12.8

19.2

117

9.2

0.484

—

111

Morgan StateMEAC

1-6

4-8

100%

−6.6

23.3

101

7.1

0.472

—

112

CampbellCAA

2-8

2-10

100%

−4.1

28.5

7.4

0.459

—

113

Alcorn StateSWAC

4-6

5-7

100%

−4.5

13.5

128

8.7

0.409

—

114

Northwestern StateSouthland

1-9

1-11

100%

−19.7

34.1

14.9

0.477

—

115

Arkansas-Pine BluffSWAC

2-7

3-8

100%

−17.5

20.5

109

9.9

0.472

—

116

Robert MorrisNEC

2-8

3-9

100%

−8.2

23.1

102

9.6

0.435

—

117

FordhamPatriot

1-10

1-11

100%

−10.0

35.2

29.5

0.529

—

118

Houston ChristianSouthland

1-9

2-10

100%

−13.1

35.0

2.4

0.454

—

119

SamfordSouthern

1-9

1-11

100%

−11.9

33.7

3.5

0.482

—

120

Tennessee StateOVC

2-10

100%

−9.0

28.3

8.0

0.490

—

121

HamptonCAA

1-10

2-10

100%

−14.2

33.7

5.1

0.488

—

122

StetsonPioneer

2-8

3-9

100%

−28.8

19.6

116

2.4

0.460

—

123

SouthernSWAC

2-9

2-10

100%

−16.0

20.0

114

8.5

0.490

—

124

Mississippi Valley StateSWAC

1-10

2-10

100%

−20.7

29.9

6.7

0.523

—

125

ValparaisoPioneer

1-9

2-10

100%

−23.5

24.3

0.3

0.478

—

126

DavidsonPioneer

1-10

2-10

100%

−22.9

22.5

104

26.3

0.504

—

127

Saint FrancisNEC

0-9

0-11

100%

−14.6

18.9

118

—

0.435

—

128

Norfolk StateMEAC

0-10

1-11

100%

−13.8

23.5

100

—

0.453

—

128

VMISouthern

0-10

1-11

100%

−18.7

29.9

—

0.464

—