Computer ratings · FCS vs FCS games only

FCS College Football Ratings & Strength of Schedule

2026 Week 7 · through Saturday, October 17

Season

Week

How this week's numbers compare

Power (0 = average team): #1 +23.1 · #10 +15.4 · middle −0.4
SOS (higher is harder): hardest 55.0 · #10 47.2 · middle 30.8 · easiest 8.4
SOR (lower is better): #1 5.2% · #25 58%

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 · 354 FCS games · run 6baa07f88855

Team

vs FCS

All games

SOS rank

121

WagnerNEC

0-4

1-6

100%

−13.6

27.1

—

0.461

21.4

121

VMISouthern

0-6

0-7

100%

−23.0

28.5

—

0.362

41.6

121

Utah TechBig Sky

0-6

0-7

100%

−8.8

51.0

—

0.523

39.0

121

TowsonCAA

0-6

0-8

100%

−2.3

31.8

—

0.530

25.1

121

Northwestern StateSouthland

0-5

0-7

100%

−17.3

38.0

—

0.484

43.5

121

Morehead StatePioneer

0-5

1-6

100%

−26.9

24.3

—

0.399

13.4

121

HamptonCAA

0-5

1-6

100%

−18.3

25.7

—

0.519

30.3

121

Chicago StateFCS Indep.

0-5

1-6

100%

−18.5

30.9

—

0.503

44.0

118

West GeorgiaUAC

0-4

1-6

100%

−0.4

45.2

—

0.541

37.6

118

StetsonPioneer

0-6

1-6

100%

−23.5

32.7

—

0.506

7.1

118

MercyhurstNEC

0-3

1-6

100%

−3.6

47.7

—

0.499

17.6

117

DavidsonPioneer

2-4

3-5

100%

−27.5

8.4

128

0.8

0.298

18.0

116

BucknellPatriot

1-5

1-6

100%

−9.7

22.3

105

2.0

0.373

35.7

115

Texas SouthernSWAC

1-3

1-5

100%

−13.1

12.4

125

13.9

0.330

18.4

114

North Carolina CentralMEAC

1-4

2-5

100%

−6.6

19.1

115

11.1

0.424

24.4

113

ValparaisoPioneer

2-4

3-4

100%

−14.8

13.0

124

6.4

0.331

13.9

112

MaineCAA

1-4

1-6

100%

−7.1

20.8

111

29.6

0.391

38.8

111

SamfordSouthern

1-5

1-6

100%

−5.4

40.8

1.3

0.493

45.3

110

Murray StateMVFC

1-4

1-6

100%

−12.0

40.5

4.1

0.498

64.5

109

DrakePioneer

2-4

2-5

100%

−8.3

29.3

12.6

0.477

13.1

108

Florida A&MSWAC

1-4

2-5

100%

−9.6

28.2

38.0

0.519

9.7

107

Prairie View A&MSWAC

3-4

3-5

100%

−4.8

25.6

10.3

0.505

27.6

106

SouthernSWAC

1-3

3-4

100%

−14.2

24.0

31.3

0.432

10.9

105

New HampshireCAA

2-5

2-6

100%

−3.4

30.4

20.8

0.566

28.0

104

Mississippi Valley StateSWAC

2-3

3-5

100%

−19.1

17.0

118

14.6

0.434

22.2

103

Arkansas-Pine BluffSWAC

1-2

3-3

100%

−6.3

15.4

122

14.4

0.377

12.6

102

Alcorn StateSWAC

2-3

4-4

100%

−8.0

19.3

114

10.5

0.427

10.3

101

MaristPioneer

3-3

4-3

100%

−4.0

14.7

123

9.5

0.413

9.6

100

San DiegoPioneer

3-4

100%

−10.0

23.1

103

16.8

0.453

14.7

Tennessee StateOVC

2-4

2-5

100%

−7.5

25.3

19.8

0.519

25.6

New HavenNEC

2-5

100%

−8.8

37.2

22.1

0.508

22.0

Alabama StateSWAC

3-2

4-3

99%

−0.0

9.9

126

9.4

0.394

21.2

LafayettePatriot

2-3

2-4

99%

−0.3

20.2

113

14.5

0.491

36.7

The CitadelSouthern

1-4

2-5

99%

−6.1

37.9

43.6

0.536

41.6

StonehillNEC

2-3

2-5

99%

−3.1

21.6

109

24.5

0.417

18.8

North Carolina A&TCAA

3-4

3-5

99%

−7.3

26.9

22.1

0.509

27.0

Central ArkansasUAC

1-4

2-5

99%

−1.8

45.1

47.0

0.612

31.9

Robert MorrisNEC

2-2

3-4

99%

−6.5

16.3

120

12.7

0.442

24.0

Gardner-WebbOVC

2-4

2-6

99%

−0.8

34.1

23.9

0.480

24.1

Western IllinoisOVC

2-3

3-4

99%

−3.7

30.7

5.2

0.440

26.9

ElonCAA

3-3

4-4

99%

−0.2

21.4

110

9.7

0.435

21.4

FurmanSouthern

1-4

2-5

99%

+1.9

46.3

67.8

0.639

24.3

Sacred HeartCAA

3-3

3-4

99%

−4.3

22.0

106

12.5

0.388

27.0

VillanovaPatriot

3-3

3-4

98%

+3.7

20.7

112

20.0

0.483

33.7

Norfolk StateMEAC

2-1

4-3

98%

−5.1

9.1

127

3.7

0.258

23.0

GeorgetownPatriot

2-4

98%

−4.1

37.3

34.9

0.599

25.2

MerrimackFCS Indep.

2-4

2-5

98%

−5.6

37.3

14.3

0.489

20.7

PennIvy

2-3

98%

+0.7

29.9

15.6

0.520

51.2

PresbyterianPioneer

3-3

4-3

98%

−9.4

27.4

11.8

0.459

11.1

Eastern IllinoisOVC

2-4

2-5

98%

−4.6

41.1

25.6

0.462

23.8

East Texas A&MSouthland

2-4

2-5

98%

−3.3

40.8

16.7

0.513

37.4

FordhamPatriot

2-4

2-6

98%

−5.9

37.6

29.6

0.605

20.0

Eastern KentuckyUAC

2-4

2-5

98%

−1.2

38.7

34.0

0.523

46.0

ButlerPioneer

3-2

5-2

97%

−2.3

23.5

101

5.9

0.457

13.8

DuquesneNEC

1-2

2-4

97%

−0.4

42.3

28.2

0.533

17.9

Bethune-CookmanSWAC

3-2

4-3

97%

−6.3

18.2

117

10.3

0.457

13.8

Northern ColoradoBig Sky

2-4

3-5

97%

+1.5

42.5

19.2

0.489

60.2

McNeeseSouthland

2-3

3-4

96%

−2.0

38.7

10.2

0.511

44.1

UTRGVSouthland

2-3

3-4

96%

+2.5

33.0

33.1

0.469

39.7

Grambling StateSWAC

2-2

4-3

96%

−8.1

23.6

100

18.8

0.564

11.2

Indiana StateMVFC

2-4

2-5

96%

−1.2

47.2

14.3

0.584

54.2

William & MaryPatriot

3-3

3-4

96%

−6.2

30.0

27.2

0.482

26.8

Idaho StateBig Sky

3-3

4-3

96%

+6.3

30.2

22.4

0.482

45.1

Nicholls StateSouthland

2-3

2-5

96%

−5.3

37.5

17.1

0.610

30.0

Charleston SouthernOVC

2-2

3-4

95%

−0.4

25.1

23.9

0.422

21.8

HowardMEAC

2-2

3-4

95%

−2.9

27.6

24.3

0.478

22.2

DartmouthIvy

2-3

95%

+2.0

38.7

17.6

0.571

46.7

St. Thomas (MN)Pioneer

3-2

5-2

94%

−1.6

27.4

19.0

0.484

13.3

Alabama A&MSWAC

4-2

6-2

94%

+5.0

16.5

119

14.4

0.521

14.3

UT MartinOVC

3-2

3-4

94%

+2.8

23.7

14.4

0.403

26.5

Long IslandNEC

3-3

3-5

94%

−3.6

32.2

19.5

0.441

20.6

South Carolina StateMEAC

3-2

5-2

94%

+1.5

21.7

108

24.5

0.396

19.5

Eastern WashingtonBig Sky

2-5

2-6

94%

+1.7

52.9

43.2

0.603

37.6

Holy CrossPatriot

2-4

2-5

94%

+0.4

45.7

30.5

0.617

19.7

Delaware StateMEAC

2-2

4-3

93%

−3.9

28.8

29.0

0.480

22.6

LindenwoodOVC

2-2

2-4

93%

+0.1

29.7

22.5

0.520

19.1

BrownIvy

2-3

91%

+5.1

42.9

20.3

0.667

34.5

Portland StateBig Sky

2-3

2-5

90%

−1.7

44.4

30.2

0.572

49.2

Cal PolyBig Sky

3-3

4-4

90%

+1.6

34.8

45.6

0.460

47.6

Southern IllinoisMVFC

3-4

3-5

89%

+7.9

45.1

21.4

0.546

58.3

Southern UtahBig Sky

3-3

3-4

88%

+8.8

37.3

29.8

0.507

31.5

IdahoBig Sky

2-4

2-5

87%

+7.8

54.3

81.1

0.626

36.6

Southeastern LouisianaSouthland

3-2

4-3

86%

+7.0

29.1

28.5

0.510

39.8

DaytonPioneer

3-1

5-1

84%

−1.5

19.1

116

21.5

0.388

5.0

Jackson StateSWAC

4-1

6-1

83%

+0.6

16.1

121

17.1

0.462

17.1

YaleIvy

3-2

82%

+7.3

31.9

26.3

0.523

41.7

Central Connecticut StateNEC

2-2

3-3

82%

+4.6

48.2

13.8

0.435

17.9

ChattanoogaSouthern

4-3

80%

+7.1

35.7

28.1

0.466

37.4

North AlabamaUAC

4-2

4-3

80%

+2.0

27.5

18.4

0.462

38.7

Western CarolinaSouthern

3-3

3-4

80%

+10.5

42.8

32.3

0.663

28.7

Incarnate WordSouthland

2-3

3-4

79%

+10.9

53.9

31.2

0.705

22.4

Stony BrookCAA

4-2

4-3

79%

+5.3

28.2

31.1

0.503

26.0

UC DavisBig Sky

4-2

4-3

77%

+5.4

29.7

18.6

0.450

31.6

Southeast Missouri StateOVC

4-2

4-3

76%

+2.9

29.8

26.6

0.486

23.5

Rhode IslandCAA

4-2

4-3

72%

+8.2

31.7

35.8

0.528

24.1

UAlbanyCAA

4-2

4-3

68%

+5.0

33.6

30.2

0.608

31.3

Morgan StateMEAC

4-1

5-2

67%

−1.4

23.3

102

25.9

0.438

19.6

WoffordSouthern

5-2

5-3

64%

+4.8

30.5

23.0

0.444

43.7

ColgatePatriot

4-2

4-3

63%

+6.5

36.5

33.5

0.583

31.8

Abilene ChristianUAC

4-3

4-4

62%

+7.8

44.8

34.6

0.635

44.3

RichmondPatriot

5-1

5-2

61%

+2.3

21.7

107

22.5

0.433

37.2

West FloridaUAC

3-2

4-2

60%

−0.6

44.4

42.2

0.573

39.4

Illinois StateMVFC

3-2

5-2

58%

+17.6

46.0

34.8

0.532

52.6

Weber StateBig Sky

5-2

5-3

58%

+5.3

32.9

32.1

0.431

47.7

MontanaBig Sky

5-2

5-3

57%

+16.7

33.4

28.7

0.483

45.1

ColumbiaIvy

4-1

55%

−1.6

28.9

27.6

0.545

45.0

PrincetonIvy

4-1

53%

+8.7

29.8

29.6

0.601

43.1

CornellIvy

3-2

52%

+7.5

49.1

46.3

0.681

36.4

BryantCAA

5-1

5-2

51%

−0.0

25.7

22.4

0.457

36.3

Houston ChristianSouthland

3-1

4-3

48%

+3.1

38.7

30.1

0.534

39.5

East Tennessee StateSouthern

4-1

5-2

44%

+11.1

34.2

34.4

0.520

35.6

MercerSouthern

6-1

6-2

43%

+11.0

24.8

25.6

0.430

45.1

Austin PeayUAC

6-1

6-2

38%

+12.8

26.8

22.2

0.469

31.3

LehighPatriot

6-1

38%

+15.6

27.4

24.5

0.521

31.3

Northern IowaMVFC

3-2

3-3

38%

+11.1

55.0

51.3

0.611

48.0

Montana StateBig Sky

5-1

6-1

34%

+22.5

33.1

30.4

0.510

42.2

MonmouthCAA

5-1

5-2

30%

+6.7

34.7

29.0

0.525

20.8

LamarSouthland

5-1

5-2

26%

+11.2

37.0

34.9

0.504

37.9

North DakotaMVFC

6-1

6-2

21%

+17.6

33.6

29.7

0.563

69.5

Tennessee TechSouthern

6-1

20%

+12.9

36.4

34.0

0.544

32.4

South DakotaMVFC

6-1

6-2

15%

+18.9

38.1

30.3

0.506

69.7

Tarleton StateUAC

6-0

7-0

14%

+14.9

22.9

104

22.9

0.475

32.7

CampbellCAA

6-0

6-1

8.9%

+6.6

27.9

0.450

33.2

HarvardIvy

5-0

8.7%

+15.4

37.5

0.593

36.1

Stephen F. AustinSouthland

6-0

7-0

8.2%

+19.8

32.6

0.553

34.9

South Dakota StateMVFC

5-1

5-2

8.0%

+20.4

44.2

38.2

0.543

42.9

Northern ArizonaBig Sky

6-1

6-2

6.7%

+10.8

45.1

38.4

0.534

37.8

Youngstown StateMVFC

6-1

6-2

5.2%

+23.1

47.9

42.4

0.566

48.2