Computer ratings · FCS vs FCS games only

FCS College Football Ratings & Strength of Schedule

2026 Week 6 · through Saturday, October 10

Season

Week

How this week's numbers compare

Power (0 = average team): #1 +23.8 · #10 +15.3 · middle +0.0
SOS (higher is harder): hardest 58.0 · #10 48.5 · middle 31.5 · easiest 6.0
SOR (lower is better): #1 2.7% · #25 59%

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 · 300 FCS games · run 831697bd0d41

Team

vs FCS

All games

SOS rank

South Dakota StateMVFC

5-0

5-1

2.7%

+21.8

37.2

0.501

49.2

Youngstown StateMVFC

5-1

5-2

8.0%

+23.8

48.5

41.6

0.513

45.6

Northern ArizonaBig Sky

5-1

5-2

8.6%

+11.1

49.1

43.0

0.558

31.5

CampbellCAA

5-0

5-1

9.9%

+8.3

31.1

0.498

28.6

HarvardIvy

4-0

10%

+14.9

43.1

0.672

36.6

Stephen F. AustinSouthland

5-0

6-0

11%

+17.9

34.7

0.519

33.9

LamarSouthland

5-0

5-1

13%

+11.1

32.2

0.486

41.2

South DakotaMVFC

5-1

5-2

14%

+19.8

44.9

36.7

0.517

56.1

LehighPatriot

6-0

15%

+18.9

26.4

0.530

34.8

Tarleton StateUAC

5-0

6-0

16%

+16.0

25.3

0.498

30.4

Tennessee TechSouthern

5-1

24%

+10.8

38.4

35.5

0.562

30.9

Morgan StateMEAC

4-0

5-1

29%

+1.7

26.0

0.522

18.5

ColgatePatriot

4-1

4-2

30%

+10.7

41.6

33.4

0.656

28.9

MontanaBig Sky

5-1

5-2

32%

+19.4

33.0

27.9

0.510

42.2

Northern IowaMVFC

3-1

3-2

34%

+10.8

46.4

48.3

0.606

56.4

MonmouthCAA

4-1

4-2

41%

+3.8

34.9

28.9

0.514

22.8

East Tennessee StateSouthern

4-1

5-2

42%

+11.5

35.0

34.7

0.518

35.0

MercerSouthern

5-1

5-2

50%

+11.7

25.8

27.1

0.435

39.7

North DakotaMVFC

5-1

5-2

50%

+15.7

26.0

19.8

0.536

70.8

Austin PeayUAC

5-1

5-2

50%

+12.0

25.6

19.4

0.502

31.5

Montana StateBig Sky

4-1

5-1

53%

+19.2

29.8

28.1

0.510

42.9

BryantCAA

4-1

4-2

56%

+0.4

28.0

25.2

0.521

30.6

Houston ChristianSouthland

2-1

3-3

58%

+0.9

44.8

38.4

0.531

37.7

Stony BrookCAA

4-1

4-2

58%

+8.5

27.5

29.9

0.481

27.7

UC DavisBig Sky

4-1

4-2

59%

+8.1

26.8

18.7

0.497

31.9

West FloridaUAC

3-2

60%

−0.6

44.4

44.2

0.566

42.0

RichmondPatriot

5-1

5-2

61%

+2.2

21.7

106

20.8

0.415

41.3

YaleIvy

3-1

63%

+10.9

31.2

28.8

0.505

39.5

North AlabamaUAC

4-1

4-2

63%

+2.0

25.1

19.1

0.482

38.5

WoffordSouthern

4-2

4-3

66%

+5.1

34.7

28.8

0.502

33.3

CornellIvy

2-2

72%

+5.2

48.5

38.0

0.695

41.9

PrincetonIvy

3-1

72%

+8.0

26.0

23.9

0.575

42.8

Weber StateBig Sky

4-2

4-3

77%

+3.4

29.2

28.2

0.386

45.8

ColumbiaIvy

3-1

77%

−3.8

23.2

102

20.7

0.460

44.9

Western CarolinaSouthern

3-3

3-4

78%

+10.9

44.3

32.2

0.663

28.5

ChattanoogaSouthern

4-3

79%

+7.3

36.3

29.6

0.466

38.1

Abilene ChristianUAC

3-3

3-4

80%

+7.0

42.9

28.9

0.624

44.5

Southeast Missouri StateOVC

3-2

3-3

80%

+2.8

33.8

30.4

0.481

21.2

Illinois StateMVFC

2-2

4-2

80%

+15.3

43.8

24.1

0.628

53.6

Cal PolyBig Sky

3-2

4-3

81%

+2.3

33.3

45.5

0.473

45.7

Southern IllinoisMVFC

3-3

3-4

84%

+10.0

42.3

21.0

0.547

58.5

ButlerPioneer

3-1

5-1

85%

−0.1

24.7

6.4

0.439

14.0

Portland StateBig Sky

2-2

2-4

85%

−2.4

38.8

27.8

0.542

51.0

UAlbanyCAA

3-2

3-3

86%

+1.4

28.6

23.5

0.559

35.2

Rhode IslandCAA

3-2

3-3

87%

+5.1

27.5

27.0

0.541

29.3

Holy CrossPatriot

2-3

2-4

88%

+2.7

45.4

30.0

0.618

27.7

BrownIvy

2-2

88%

+4.3

37.2

19.6

0.637

39.3

Jackson StateSWAC

3-1

5-1

88%

+0.7

16.3

118

15.9

0.460

14.1

FordhamPatriot

2-3

2-5

89%

−2.1

44.7

29.4

0.703

20.6

Robert MorrisNEC

2-1

3-3

89%

−2.0

22.3

104

12.6

0.559

20.3

PennIvy

2-2

90%

+2.5

35.9

15.2

0.486

44.9

Eastern IllinoisOVC

2-3

2-4

91%

−3.5

45.5

28.7

0.504

21.6

Eastern WashingtonBig Sky

2-4

2-5

92%

+4.5

50.3

40.7

0.622

42.9

Grambling StateSWAC

2-1

4-2

92%

−4.8

18.2

116

18.0

0.605

16.2

UTRGVSouthland

2-2

3-3

92%

+6.1

29.7

33.2

0.461

39.9

East Texas A&MSouthland

2-3

2-4

92%

−0.9

43.9

20.7

0.492

36.9

Idaho StateBig Sky

3-2

4-2

93%

+6.6

25.5

19.7

0.449

42.3

Incarnate WordSouthland

1-3

2-4

93%

+7.8

58.0

22.6

0.782

26.3

Nicholls StateSouthland

2-2

2-4

94%

−2.6

29.2

22.2

0.602

36.1

Delaware StateMEAC

2-2

4-3

94%

−4.2

28.7

32.5

0.489

23.9

William & MaryPatriot

3-3

3-4

95%

−5.4

31.8

26.6

0.515

27.3

DaytonPioneer

2-1

4-1

95%

−3.4

17.5

117

19.6

0.336

9.7

South Carolina StateMEAC

3-2

5-2

95%

+0.8

20.6

111

22.5

0.376

21.2

Charleston SouthernOVC

2-2

3-3

95%

−0.5

25.0

23.0

0.380

20.1

HowardMEAC

2-2

2-4

95%

−2.9

26.8

19.8

0.473

24.1

Indiana StateMVFC

2-4

2-5

96%

−0.8

47.4

17.3

0.584

54.6

St. Thomas (MN)Pioneer

3-2

5-2

96%

−2.7

24.7

15.9

0.440

14.8

Southern UtahBig Sky

2-3

2-4

96%

+6.1

36.6

21.4

0.489

31.0

McNeeseSouthland

1-3

2-4

96%

+0.7

49.5

19.2

0.620

35.4

StonehillNEC

2-2

2-4

96%

−1.6

23.3

101

24.0

0.441

19.5

Central Connecticut StateNEC

1-2

2-3

96%

+4.9

56.1

5.6

0.498

19.1

MerrimackFCS Indep.

2-3

2-4

97%

−6.3

37.6

12.9

0.505

24.4

DartmouthIvy

1-3

97%

+3.6

48.3

27.5

0.668

38.2

Southeastern LouisianaSouthland

2-2

3-3

97%

+6.0

23.7

15.4

0.461

42.2

Eastern KentuckyUAC

2-3

2-4

97%

+0.8

32.7

34.6

0.471

48.7

LindenwoodOVC

1-2

1-4

97%

−0.6

34.6

20.7

0.554

19.2

Gardner-WebbOVC

2-3

2-5

97%

+0.1

34.0

24.2

0.489

25.1

Alabama A&MSWAC

3-2

5-2

97%

+1.8

15.7

119

11.9

0.446

14.7

Long IslandNEC

2-3

2-5

97%

−4.5

33.2

23.5

0.392

19.7

Norfolk StateMEAC

2-1

4-3

97%

−3.9

13.3

122

4.1

0.326

24.3

Mississippi Valley StateSWAC

2-2

3-4

97%

−16.8

19.9

113

15.8

0.394

17.5

Alcorn StateSWAC

2-2

4-3

98%

−7.6

20.7

110

11.9

0.574

13.4

IdahoBig Sky

1-4

1-5

98%

+3.9

47.3

75.8

0.620

44.7

Bethune-CookmanSWAC

2-2

3-3

98%

−9.2

18.9

115

12.5

0.417

13.0

Western IllinoisOVC

2-2

3-3

98%

−4.3

25.6

3.4

0.397

29.2

PresbyterianPioneer

2-3

3-3

99%

−8.5

32.0

15.2

0.458

10.0

Central ArkansasUAC

1-3

2-4

99%

−3.2

37.6

44.9

0.507

40.5

ElonCAA

3-3

4-3

99%

−0.5

20.5

112

9.4

0.401

22.2

North Carolina A&TCAA

2-4

2-5

99%

−7.0

32.7

29.5

0.594

19.0

FurmanSouthern

1-4

2-5

99%

+1.7

45.8

71.1

0.631

24.1

Sacred HeartCAA

2-3

2-4

99%

−3.9

25.1

18.7

0.432

23.2

UT MartinOVC

2-2

2-4

99%

+1.0

22.0

105

8.3

0.350

25.8

DrakePioneer

2-3

2-4

99%

−7.4

32.9

10.5

0.518

13.0

VillanovaPatriot

2-3

2-4

99%

+2.2

23.3

100

17.0

0.532

33.5

Northern ColoradoBig Sky

1-4

2-5

99%

+0.9

47.3

9.5

0.485

52.4

The CitadelSouthern

1-4

2-4

99%

−6.2

37.7

42.7

0.528

41.1

New HampshireCAA

2-4

2-5

99%

−1.8

28.3

21.0

0.534

27.8

San DiegoPioneer

2-4

100%

−12.3

28.3

24.4

0.511

12.2

Murray StateMVFC

1-3

1-5

100%

−11.6

33.6

6.8

0.481

65.5

100

LafayettePatriot

1-3

1-4

100%

−1.8

20.8

109

12.4

0.509

37.0

101

Florida A&MSWAC

1-3

2-4

100%

−11.4

23.4

38.4

0.406

13.6

102

SouthernSWAC

1-3

3-4

100%

−13.9

24.7

36.4

0.378

11.0

103

ValparaisoPioneer

2-3

3-3

100%

−11.2

14.7

120

6.8

0.356

12.0

104

GeorgetownPatriot

1-4

100%

−8.2

32.4

8.1

0.558

35.3

105

MaineCAA

1-3

1-5

100%

−7.9

19.1

114

28.6

0.312

34.4

106

New HavenNEC

1-5

100%

−11.3

38.8

14.1

0.516

22.5

107

SamfordSouthern

1-4

1-5

100%

−6.0

39.4

1.3

0.481

46.7

108

Alabama StateSWAC

2-2

3-3

100%

−1.1

6.0

125

4.5

0.350

20.0

109

MaristPioneer

2-3

3-3

100%

−5.3

13.0

123

7.8

0.328

10.5

110

Prairie View A&MSWAC

2-4

2-5

100%

−3.9

29.3

14.5

0.545

23.5

111

Tennessee StateOVC

1-4

1-5

100%

−10.6

22.7

103

12.0

0.417

26.1

112

North Carolina CentralMEAC

1-4

2-5

100%

−6.3

20.8

108

11.5

0.432

25.7

113

Texas SouthernSWAC

1-3

1-5

100%

−12.6

13.4

121

14.5

0.354

17.3

114

BucknellPatriot

1-4

1-5

100%

−9.4

21.5

107

1.9

0.335

37.6

115

DavidsonPioneer

1-4

2-5

100%

−28.0

9.9

124

1.0

0.301

13.0

116

Morehead StatePioneer

0-4

1-5

100%

−26.8

28.6

—

0.429

12.0

116

Northwestern StateSouthland

0-4

0-6

100%

−19.3

41.6

—

0.499

39.5

116

StetsonPioneer

0-5

1-5

100%

−24.9

38.4

—

0.509

6.7

119

Chicago StateFCS Indep.

0-4

1-5

100%

−18.0

35.3

—

0.524

33.4

119

HamptonCAA

0-4

1-5

100%

−18.5

27.7

—

0.561

29.4

119

TowsonCAA

0-5

0-7

100%

−3.2

28.1

—

0.516

30.5

119

Utah TechBig Sky

0-6

0-7

100%

−9.4

48.7

—

0.500

40.9

119

VMISouthern

0-5

0-6

100%

−23.6

25.3

—

0.293

41.7

119

WagnerNEC

0-3

1-5

100%

−13.8

32.1

—

0.460

19.3

119

West GeorgiaUAC

0-3

1-5

100%

+0.8

44.1

—

0.490

39.5

—

DuquesneNEC

0-2

1-4

100%

−2.5

49.1

small sample

—

0.485

20.2

—

MercyhurstNEC

0-2

1-5

100%

−4.4

54.9

small sample

—

0.485

21.1

—

Arkansas-Pine BluffSWAC

1-1

3-2

98%

−5.3

13.5

small sample

15.6

0.388

14.3