Computer ratings · FCS vs FCS games only

FCS College Football Ratings & Strength of Schedule

2026 Week 5 · through Saturday, October 3

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 +22.2 · #10 +14.2 · middle +0.4
SOS (higher is harder): hardest 83.9 · #10 49.5 · middle 31.5 · easiest 8.8
SOR (lower is better): #1 3.8% · #25 61%

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 · 254 FCS games · run 0f1f0b3ca7a0

Team

vs FCS

All games

SOS rank

South Dakota StateMVFC

5-0

5-1

3.8%

+21.2

34.8

0.488

48.3

Stephen F. AustinSouthland

5-0

6-0

8.7%

+18.7

37.0

0.542

34.3

CampbellCAA

5-0

5-1

9.0%

+8.8

32.2

0.521

31.3

Youngstown StateMVFC

4-1

4-2

11%

+22.2

52.6

45.0

0.628

41.5

MontanaBig Sky

5-0

5-1

13%

+21.7

28.6

0.521

45.3

LehighPatriot

6-0

13%

+19.0

27.3

0.469

35.4

LamarSouthland

4-0

4-1

18%

+12.2

32.6

0.467

40.9

HarvardIvy

3-0

22%

+13.8

39.9

0.650

38.7

Northern ArizonaBig Sky

4-1

4-2

22%

+9.5

45.1

36.5

0.541

37.4

South DakotaMVFC

4-1

4-2

26%

+18.2

43.2

33.4

0.512

53.2

Austin PeayUAC

5-0

5-1

29%

+13.3

20.3

103

20.3

0.448

36.2

Tennessee TechSouthern

4-1

30%

+12.0

41.3

38.7

0.599

29.6

BryantCAA

4-0

4-1

31%

+1.7

23.0

0.533

34.8

ColgatePatriot

4-1

4-2

31%

+10.5

40.6

32.7

0.653

29.2

MonmouthCAA

4-1

4-2

32%

+5.1

39.4

33.8

0.554

23.7

RichmondPatriot

5-0

5-1

33%

+3.1

19.3

105

19.3

0.468

38.3

Morgan StateMEAC

3-0

4-1

34%

+3.1

29.6

0.367

18.5

North DakotaMVFC

5-0

5-1

35%

+16.7

18.2

109

18.2

0.496

67.2

East Tennessee StateSouthern

3-1

4-2

47%

+11.4

40.3

41.6

0.565

32.8

Tarleton StateUAC

4-0

5-0

47%

+14.9

16.5

111

16.5

0.417

36.4

Houston ChristianSouthland

2-1

3-3

55%

+1.4

46.4

41.4

0.597

37.5

Montana StateBig Sky

4-1

5-1

56%

+18.7

28.2

25.0

0.504

43.1

UC DavisBig Sky

4-1

4-2

59%

+8.8

27.0

18.2

0.516

32.0

West FloridaUAC

3-2

60%

−0.5

44.6

42.5

0.599

42.0

CornellIvy

2-1

61%

+5.7

42.7

33.9

0.602

44.2

North AlabamaUAC

4-1

4-2

62%

+2.1

25.7

18.4

0.492

39.2

Northern IowaMVFC

2-1

2-2

67%

+8.7

39.3

40.2

0.524

56.7

Stony BrookCAA

3-1

3-2

67%

+9.2

28.9

32.7

0.589

29.6

Western CarolinaSouthern

3-2

3-3

68%

+11.2

40.9

33.4

0.625

34.0

Jackson StateSWAC

3-0

5-0

70%

+0.5

10.8

118

10.8

0.375

17.9

MercerSouthern

4-1

4-2

72%

+12.2

22.1

23.7

0.368

42.0

WoffordSouthern

3-2

3-3

74%

+3.6

37.1

29.5

0.525

34.9

Idaho StateBig Sky

3-1

4-1

74%

+8.2

25.6

20.8

0.449

39.7

PrincetonIvy

2-1

77%

+8.8

30.9

29.2

0.752

37.1

YaleIvy

2-1

79%

+8.4

30.0

25.1

0.523

38.0

ChattanoogaSouthern

3-3

81%

+7.6

41.5

38.5

0.455

32.8

South Carolina StateMEAC

3-1

5-1

82%

+2.9

20.7

100

25.1

0.402

23.2

Abilene ChristianUAC

2-3

2-4

82%

+8.5

50.3

39.1

0.670

39.5

Southern IllinoisMVFC

3-2

3-3

84%

+10.9

32.4

18.8

0.530

60.9

Gardner-WebbOVC

2-2

2-4

85%

+4.3

39.5

24.4

0.517

22.0

UAlbanyCAA

3-2

3-3

85%

+1.8

29.5

23.5

0.563

36.6

Illinois StateMVFC

2-2

4-2

85%

+14.2

40.0

21.0

0.560

53.2

Rhode IslandCAA

3-2

3-3

87%

+5.2

27.7

27.4

0.512

29.6

ColumbiaIvy

2-1

88%

−7.0

22.5

17.7

0.438

42.2

Weber StateBig Sky

3-2

3-3

88%

+1.7

28.4

26.6

0.356

44.0

Portland StateBig Sky

1-2

1-4

88%

−3.8

49.5

44.2

0.685

45.8

Incarnate WordSouthland

1-2

2-3

89%

+7.2

55.0

22.8

0.780

31.9

Holy CrossPatriot

2-3

2-4

89%

+2.2

43.7

30.2

0.587

26.9

Sacred HeartCAA

2-2

2-3

91%

+1.2

31.7

19.8

0.500

21.9

Southeast Missouri StateOVC

2-2

2-3

92%

+0.8

32.8

25.2

0.512

23.4

ButlerPioneer

2-1

4-1

92%

−4.4

30.2

5.3

0.373

14.3

HowardMEAC

2-1

2-3

92%

−4.5

18.4

108

14.1

0.549

29.3

Bethune-CookmanSWAC

2-1

3-2

92%

−3.0

18.4

107

15.5

0.516

13.3

DrakePioneer

2-2

2-3

92%

−5.8

37.2

10.2

0.601

11.9

DartmouthIvy

1-2

93%

+6.6

47.7

30.0

0.652

39.0

East Texas A&MSouthland

2-3

2-4

93%

−1.0

43.7

18.5

0.448

38.8

Delaware StateMEAC

2-2

3-3

94%

−4.2

29.5

34.5

0.472

25.0

Southeastern LouisianaSouthland

2-1

3-2

94%

+7.7

16.1

112

15.0

0.513

42.8

PennIvy

1-2

94%

+4.2

46.2

16.8

0.458

38.1

Nicholls StateSouthland

2-2

2-4

94%

−2.8

28.6

20.0

0.557

36.5

ElonCAA

3-2

4-2

94%

+2.7

21.3

12.7

0.422

23.9

St. Thomas (MN)Pioneer

2-2

4-2

95%

−3.9

32.5

25.8

0.511

12.3

Cal PolyBig Sky

2-2

3-3

95%

+0.8

28.1

42.6

0.402

47.2

IdahoBig Sky

1-3

1-4

95%

+5.7

49.1

73.4

0.595

44.5

FordhamPatriot

1-3

1-5

96%

−3.5

48.9

29.0

0.665

21.7

Southern UtahBig Sky

2-3

2-4

96%

+6.4

37.1

20.2

0.516

30.9

MerrimackFCS Indep.

2-3

2-4

97%

−6.8

36.6

14.6

0.476

28.8

McNeeseSouthland

1-3

2-4

97%

+0.3

47.9

18.8

0.546

36.3

New HampshireCAA

2-3

2-4

97%

−0.5

31.7

20.4

0.587

27.3

BrownIvy

1-2

97%

+2.3

39.9

10.4

0.560

38.1

Indiana StateMVFC

2-3

2-4

97%

−0.2

37.9

11.9

0.507

57.0

Central Connecticut StateNEC

1-2

1-3

97%

+4.2

54.2

4.4

0.496

17.1

Charleston SouthernOVC

1-2

2-3

97%

−0.9

31.3

20.2

0.331

18.7

Eastern WashingtonBig Sky

1-4

1-5

97%

+3.3

53.2

51.6

0.624

40.9

Mississippi Valley StateSWAC

1-2

2-4

98%

−17.7

29.1

30.4

0.481

16.2

Alcorn StateSWAC

2-2

3-3

98%

−7.5

20.1

104

11.8

0.494

13.9

FurmanSouthern

1-3

2-4

98%

+0.8

42.0

74.0

0.652

31.7

William & MaryPatriot

2-3

2-4

98%

−6.7

33.8

30.3

0.503

26.7

Norfolk StateMEAC

2-1

3-3

98%

−4.4

11.5

116

3.7

0.417

25.9

Central ArkansasUAC

1-2

2-3

98%

−5.6

30.2

44.4

0.459

42.4

UTRGVSouthland

1-2

2-3

98%

+4.4

27.1

27.3

0.393

39.4

PresbyterianPioneer

1-3

2-3

98%

−7.2

40.6

29.3

0.501

6.9

Eastern IllinoisOVC

1-3

1-4

99%

−7.7

46.0

13.0

0.492

24.3

Northern ColoradoBig Sky

1-3

2-4

99%

+1.6

46.9

10.9

0.522

50.2

Prairie View A&MSWAC

2-3

2-4

99%

+0.4

34.0

14.9

0.601

19.3

Western IllinoisOVC

2-2

3-3

99%

−4.6

24.7

3.1

0.402

29.2

The CitadelSouthern

1-3

2-3

99%

−5.6

35.6

50.5

0.439

42.7

San DiegoPioneer

2-3

99%

−9.9

28.7

23.0

0.499

15.2

Alabama A&MSWAC

2-2

4-2

99%

−3.0

15.2

113

9.2

0.442

17.6

StonehillNEC

1-2

1-4

99%

−6.1

22.5

14.8

0.493

20.9

Alabama StateSWAC

2-1

3-2

99%

+2.0

8.8

119

2.2

0.389

17.1

Texas SouthernSWAC

1-2

1-4

99%

−9.1

20.6

101

17.8

0.388

12.9

VillanovaPatriot

2-3

2-4

99%

+1.9

22.9

16.4

0.499

33.0

MaristPioneer

2-2

3-2

99%

−1.6

14.2

115

9.7

0.247

10.2

Eastern KentuckyUAC

1-3

1-4

99%

−0.8

34.5

44.0

0.468

46.3

North Carolina A&TCAA

1-4

1-5

99%

−7.1

38.1

40.2

0.636

20.7

Long IslandNEC

1-3

1-5

100%

−6.1

33.8

13.1

0.452

19.4

North Carolina CentralMEAC

1-3

2-4

100%

−4.4

26.0

10.8

0.439

23.9

MaineCAA

1-3

1-5

100%

−6.7

23.3

29.8

0.344

35.6

100

LafayettePatriot

1-3

1-4

100%

−2.0

20.4

102

18.2

0.518

36.4

101

SamfordSouthern

1-3

1-4

100%

−5.5

37.2

1.4

0.495

47.1

102

Murray StateMVFC

1-3

1-5

100%

−12.4

32.5

5.0

0.443

63.0

103

UT MartinOVC

1-2

1-4

100%

−0.7

25.0

2.5

0.374

24.2

104

Tennessee StateOVC

1-3

1-4

100%

−11.1

19.2

106

7.4

0.401

26.4

105

BucknellPatriot

1-3

1-4

100%

−8.4

24.1

2.2

0.347

33.5

106

New HavenNEC

1-5

100%

−11.5

38.4

20.9

0.463

21.3

107

ValparaisoPioneer

1-3

2-3

100%

−13.4

14.2

114

3.5

0.276

12.4

108

DavidsonPioneer

1-3

2-4

100%

−28.0

11.1

117

1.0

0.344

14.1

109

TowsonCAA

0-4

0-6

100%

−3.2

26.4

—

0.472

35.9

110

Chicago StateFCS Indep.

0-4

1-5

100%

−19.4

31.2

—

0.447

36.4

110

Florida A&MSWAC

0-3

1-4

100%

−15.4

17.7

110

—

0.356

17.9

110

GeorgetownPatriot

0-4

100%

−9.2

38.2

—

0.637

29.8

110

HamptonCAA

0-4

1-5

100%

−18.7

27.0

—

0.649

33.7

110

Morehead StatePioneer

0-3

1-4

100%

−26.9

31.0

—

0.404

14.2

110

Northwestern StateSouthland

0-4

0-6

100%

−19.2

42.2

—

0.506

38.5

110

SouthernSWAC

0-3

2-4

100%

−19.5

26.0

—

0.426

16.2

110

StetsonPioneer

0-4

1-4

100%

−21.3

46.7

—

0.558

9.5

110

Utah TechBig Sky

0-5

0-6

100%

−8.3

52.7

—

0.541

37.8

110

VMISouthern

0-5

0-6

100%

−23.3

26.7

—

0.308

41.5

—

West GeorgiaUAC

0-2

1-4

100%

+2.8

49.8

small sample

—

0.523

38.3

—

LindenwoodOVC

1-1

1-3

89%

+2.4

39.7

small sample

18.1

0.527

19.6

—

DuquesneNEC

0-1

1-3

100%

−0.3

83.9

small sample

—

0.729

16.7

—

DaytonPioneer

1-1

3-1

94%

−3.8

26.2

small sample

36.2

0.417

7.7

—

Robert MorrisNEC

2-0

3-2

78%

−3.8

11.7

small sample

11.7

0.472

22.6

—

MercyhurstNEC

0-2

1-5

100%

−5.1

52.5

small sample

—

0.438

19.4

—

Arkansas-Pine BluffSWAC

1-1

3-2

99%

−6.3

10.6

small sample

9.2

0.288

17.4

—

Grambling StateSWAC

1-1

3-2

97%

−6.4

19.3

small sample

9.5

0.516

17.2

—

WagnerNEC

0-2

1-4

100%

−15.7

23.7

small sample

—

0.500

21.7