Computer ratings · FCS vs FCS games only

FCS College Football Ratings & Strength of Schedule

2026 Week 3 · through Saturday, September 19

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 +21.9 · #10 +16.3 · middle +0.3
SOS (higher is harder): hardest 83.2 · #10 57.2 · middle 29.0 · easiest 1.4
SOR (lower is better): #1 10% · #25 81%

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 · 150 FCS games · run 5b36d574ef5a

Team

vs FCS

All games

SOS rank

VMISouthern

0-3

0-4

100%

−18.2

25.9

—

0.333

35.7

Utah TechBig Sky

0-3

0-4

100%

−6.8

61.4

—

0.778

39.6

StetsonPioneer

0-3

1-3

100%

−21.9

57.2

—

0.735

11.6

SamfordSouthern

0-3

100%

−7.9

52.3

—

0.599

35.0

North Carolina A&TCAA

0-3

0-4

100%

−13.5

30.8

—

0.519

26.2

McNeeseSouthland

0-3

1-3

100%

+2.3

64.9

—

0.579

29.7

Long IslandNEC

0-3

0-4

100%

−5.7

44.0

—

0.543

17.5

Holy CrossPatriot

0-3

0-4

100%

−4.2

54.7

—

0.747

31.6

IdahoBig Sky

0-3

0-4

100%

+1.7

34.9

—

0.324

50.3

New HavenNEC

1-3

100%

−14.6

28.7

11.5

0.324

27.7

North Carolina CentralMEAC

1-2

2-2

100%

−7.0

16.1

4.1

0.176

28.0

BucknellPatriot

1-3

100%

−7.4

25.2

5.5

0.444

34.8

Tennessee StateOVC

1-2

1-3

100%

−11.3

19.2

12.5

0.139

26.5

StonehillNEC

1-2

1-3

99%

−6.7

20.2

11.2

0.417

20.5

East Texas A&MSouthland

1-2

1-3

99%

−2.9

47.3

2.2

0.421

37.9

New HampshireCAA

1-2

1-3

98%

−1.8

31.0

10.3

0.475

30.4

Eastern IllinoisOVC

1-2

1-3

97%

−5.3

39.2

17.0

0.676

31.6

Central ArkansasUAC

1-2

2-2

97%

−4.7

34.7

56.9

0.611

43.8

Gardner-WebbOVC

1-2

1-3

97%

+3.6

38.9

13.6

0.531

25.5

Eastern KentuckyUAC

1-2

1-3

97%

+0.3

37.3

44.1

0.556

45.6

MercerSouthern

2-1

2-2

95%

+7.2

13.4

11.8

0.333

36.1

Southern UtahBig Sky

1-2

1-3

95%

+7.1

43.6

25.8

0.546

30.6

Indiana StateMVFC

2-1

2-2

93%

−0.2

17.0

13.4

0.417

59.3

VillanovaPatriot

2-1

2-2

93%

+3.9

16.7

17.3

0.361

33.2

Prairie View A&MSWAC

1-2

1-3

92%

+5.0

53.9

15.7

0.773

15.8

MerrimackFCS Indep.

1-2

1-3

90%

−5.1

49.5

39.5

0.667

31.3

San DiegoPioneer

1-2

90%

−7.1

46.4

43.6

0.713

14.7

North AlabamaUAC

2-1

2-2

89%

+1.5

22.9

11.8

0.407

36.6

ElonCAA

2-1

3-1

88%

+2.7

24.7

12.1

0.491

20.0

Abilene ChristianUAC

1-2

1-3

86%

+7.2

54.0

37.4

0.551

38.3

William & MaryPatriot

2-2

84%

−1.2

42.0

39.9

0.662

24.6

Southern IllinoisMVFC

2-1

2-2

84%

+8.6

26.0

20.9

0.574

55.7

Western CarolinaSouthern

2-1

2-2

82%

+10.6

28.1

18.4

0.528

35.9

Weber StateBig Sky

2-1

2-2

82%

+2.7

29.0

16.5

0.185

40.4

Eastern WashingtonBig Sky

1-2

1-3

82%

+5.4

58.4

41.4

0.741

39.1

WoffordSouthern

2-1

2-2

81%

+0.8

28.0

23.2

0.343

36.6

UAlbanyCAA

2-1

2-2

81%

+1.3

28.3

26.9

0.426

35.1

ChattanoogaSouthern

2-2

79%

+7.4

43.0

42.0

0.465

29.7

Southeast Missouri StateOVC

2-1

2-2

73%

+2.2

34.8

26.0

0.611

24.9

Rhode IslandCAA

2-1

2-2

72%

+9.0

34.9

33.5

0.667

26.5

Stony BrookCAA

2-1

2-2

71%

+10.2

37.6

43.4

0.676

28.9

Youngstown StateMVFC

2-1

2-2

70%

+17.7

38.7

22.3

0.827

50.1

RichmondPatriot

3-0

3-1

61%

+2.5

14.7

0.574

36.9

UC DavisBig Sky

3-0

3-1

61%

+13.6

14.6

0.444

34.4

West FloridaUAC

2-1

59%

+1.9

44.1

42.3

0.741

43.5

MonmouthCAA

2-1

2-2

58%

+6.3

45.3

31.4

0.599

25.2

MontanaBig Sky

3-0

3-1

55%

+16.1

17.0

0.352

45.3

BryantCAA

3-0

3-1

54%

+2.3

17.9

0.438

32.4

Montana StateBig Sky

3-0

4-0

54%

+20.9

18.4

0.500

41.1

North DakotaMVFC

3-0

3-1

48%

+20.0

21.4

0.491

53.2

ColgatePatriot

3-0

3-1

39%

+8.1

25.9

0.648

38.8

Northern ArizonaBig Sky

3-0

3-1

38%

+8.0

27.3

0.667

44.1

Tarleton StateUAC

3-0

4-0

37%

+16.7

27.8

0.500

32.3

Austin PeayUAC

3-0

3-1

34%

+14.5

27.6

0.556

30.5

LehighPatriot

4-0

28%

+18.2

26.8

0.461

33.6

South Dakota StateMVFC

3-0

3-1

28%

+16.2

25.0

0.556

47.7

South DakotaMVFC

3-0

3-1

28%

+18.8

34.5

0.417

52.3

Tennessee TechSouthern

3-0

22%

+17.4

36.3

0.574

30.4

CampbellCAA

3-0

3-1

22%

+7.4

36.4

0.630

27.4

Stephen F. AustinSouthland

4-0

10%

+21.9

41.7

0.486

33.5

—

Illinois StateMVFC

2-0

4-0

55%

+21.6

25.4

small sample

25.4

0.722

53.0

—

HarvardIvy

1-0

65%

+16.3

35.1

small sample

35.1

0.500

34.6

—

Idaho StateBig Sky

2-0

3-0

84%

+11.3

8.1

small sample

8.1

0.389

39.7

—

YaleIvy

1-0

78%

+10.9

22.1

small sample

22.1

0.333

34.6

—

DartmouthIvy

0-1

100%

+9.4

83.2

small sample

—

0.741

34.8

—

UTRGVSouthland

1-1

2-2

86%

+8.2

37.4

small sample

32.4

0.611

33.9

—

LamarSouthland

2-0

2-1

37%

+8.0

39.4

small sample

39.4

0.333

36.2

—

South Carolina StateMEAC

2-0

4-0

53%

+6.0

25.0

small sample

25.0

0.583

20.3

—

Northern IowaMVFC

1-1

1-2

95%

+5.9

27.7

small sample

12.9

0.250

57.0

—

Alabama StateSWAC

1-0

2-1

95%

+5.6

5.2

small sample

5.2

—

16.2

—

PennIvy

1-0

81%

+4.6

19.5

small sample

19.5

0.389

39.9

—

Southeastern LouisianaSouthland

1-1

2-2

97%

+4.6

17.3

small sample

24.1

0.472

39.1

—

Nicholls StateSouthland

2-0

2-2

55%

+4.5

23.1

small sample

23.1

0.917

34.7

—

East Tennessee StateSouthern

1-1

2-2

93%

+3.0

27.7

small sample

23.2

0.472

33.8

—

Central Connecticut StateNEC

0-2

0-3

100%

+2.7

81.3

small sample

—

0.750

14.7

—

Incarnate WordSouthland

1-1

2-1

91%

+2.7

34.8

small sample

16.0

0.833

39.2

—

LindenwoodOVC

1-1

1-2

90%

+2.5

40.2

small sample

15.9

0.611

21.7

—

FurmanSouthern

1-1

2-2

79%

+2.5

48.1

small sample

63.5

0.778

32.2

—

Jackson StateSWAC

1-0

3-0

91%

+2.0

8.8

small sample

8.8

0.333

17.0

—

FordhamPatriot

1-1

1-3

83%

+1.5

41.8

small sample

47.2

0.764

32.0

—

UT MartinOVC

1-1

1-3

100%

+1.5

5.7

small sample

5.0

0.111

31.0

—

Delaware StateMEAC

1-1

2-2

85%

+1.1

41.5

small sample

54.8

0.681

23.6

—

LafayettePatriot

1-1

1-2

98%

+1.1

16.0

small sample

6.6

0.167

35.0

—

West GeorgiaUAC

0-2

0-4

100%

+0.4

35.5

small sample

—

0.278

40.2

—

Morgan StateMEAC

2-0

3-1

63%

+0.3

20.0

small sample

20.0

0.194

23.0

—

Sacred HeartCAA

0-2

0-3

100%

+0.2

47.3

small sample

—

0.528

22.1

—

St. Thomas (MN)Pioneer

1-1

3-1

68%

+0.0

59.3

small sample

42.2

0.667

9.6

—

PrincetonIvy

0-1

100%

−0.2

39.6

small sample

—

0.750

34.6

—

DaytonPioneer

1-0

3-0

61%

−0.6

39.0

small sample

39.0

0.528

8.4

—

Cal PolyBig Sky

1-1

2-2

98%

−0.7

16.3

small sample

26.7

0.222

46.7

—

BrownIvy

1-0

93%

−1.2

6.9

small sample

6.9

0.333

40.9

—

Northern ColoradoBig Sky

0-2

1-3

100%

−1.3

48.9

small sample

—

0.528

50.4

—

Charleston SouthernOVC

1-1

2-2

94%

−1.5

29.3

small sample

14.7

0.167

23.3

—

Houston ChristianSouthland

1-1

2-2

74%

−1.8

51.7

small sample

58.8

0.583

37.1

—

ColumbiaIvy

1-0

75%

−2.0

25.4

small sample

25.4

0.667

35.4

—

DuquesneNEC

0-1

0-3

100%

−2.1

71.1

small sample

—

0.667

16.0

—

Robert MorrisNEC

1-0

2-1

81%

−2.1

18.7

small sample

18.7

—

18.5

—

CornellIvy

0-1

100%

−2.3

56.4

small sample

—

0.833

40.6

—

Western IllinoisOVC

1-1

2-2

98%

−2.3

35.4

small sample

3.5

0.542

28.4

—

ButlerPioneer

1-1

3-1

97%

−2.7

44.1

small sample

4.1

0.389

12.0

—

MaineCAA

1-1

1-3

98%

−2.8

15.8

small sample

23.9

0.222

34.8

—

Bethune-CookmanSWAC

1-0

2-1

99%

−3.6

1.4

small sample

1.4

0.333

17.2

—

Portland StateBig Sky

0-2

0-4

100%

−4.7

65.7

small sample

—

0.750

44.3

—

HowardMEAC

1-1

1-2

95%

−5.0

23.1

small sample

20.8

0.782

25.0

—

TowsonCAA

0-2

0-4

100%

−5.3

14.0

small sample

—

0.333

38.5

—

Alabama A&MSWAC

1-1

3-1

98%

−5.5

12.5

small sample

11.4

0.333

20.8

—

GeorgetownPatriot

0-2

100%

−6.1

54.8

small sample

—

0.778

28.3

—

MercyhurstNEC

0-1

1-3

100%

−6.2

75.0

small sample

—

0.667

18.9

—

Grambling StateSWAC

0-0

2-1

—

−6.4

—

18.2

—

MaristPioneer

0-2

1-2

100%

−7.6

25.0

small sample

—

0.056

10.7

—

The CitadelSouthern

0-2

1-2

100%

−8.4

22.9

small sample

—

0.213

40.9

—

Norfolk StateMEAC

1-0

2-2

98%

−8.6

2.2

small sample

2.2

0.333

24.6

—

Alcorn StateSWAC

1-1

2-2

98%

−9.2

19.7

small sample

5.0

0.389

16.9

—

Texas SouthernSWAC

1-1

1-2

95%

−9.2

24.4

small sample

13.9

0.333

13.0

—

DrakePioneer

0-2

0-3

100%

−10.1

52.6

small sample

—

0.361

12.2

—

Murray StateMVFC

1-1

1-3

100%

−11.3

5.2

small sample

1.5

0.181

60.9

—

PresbyterianPioneer

0-2

1-2

100%

−11.5

48.8

small sample

—

0.444

10.6

—

Florida A&MSWAC

0-2

1-3

100%

−12.5

23.8

small sample

—

0.417

17.9

—

SouthernSWAC

0-1

2-2

100%

−12.6

47.1

small sample

—

19.0

—

WagnerNEC

0-1

1-3

100%

−12.8

9.0

small sample

—

20.7

—

Arkansas-Pine BluffSWAC

0-1

2-2

100%

−14.0

12.2

small sample

—

0.167

19.4

—

Chicago StateFCS Indep.

0-2

1-3

100%

−16.9

22.4

small sample

—

0.083

37.3

—

Northwestern StateSouthland

0-2

0-4

100%

−19.5

31.1

small sample

—

0.250

41.2

—

ValparaisoPioneer

0-2

1-2

100%

−19.6

22.6

small sample

—

0.222

13.1

—

HamptonCAA

0-2

1-3

100%

−20.2

16.5

small sample

—

0.708

31.7

—

Morehead StatePioneer

0-2

1-3

100%

−20.2

45.2

small sample

—

0.500

11.6

—

Mississippi Valley StateSWAC

0-1

1-3

100%

−20.5

40.5

small sample

—

1.000

22.4

—

DavidsonPioneer

1-1

2-2

99%

−23.2

11.6

small sample

2.7

0.306

14.0