Computer ratings · FCS vs FCS games only

FCS College Football Ratings & Strength of Schedule

2026 Week 8 · through Saturday, October 24

Season

Week

How this week's numbers compare

Power (0 = average team): #1 +23.1 · #10 +16.2 · middle −0.7
SOS (higher is harder): hardest 54.2 · #10 47.7 · middle 31.2 · easiest 7.7
SOR (lower is better): #1 4.8% · #25 63%

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 · 409 FCS games · run 2290ab590e78

Team

vs FCS

All games

SOS rank

121

0-5

1-7

100%

−3.1

49.9

—

0.626

33.0

121

WagnerNEC

0-5

1-7

100%

−15.9

26.9

—

0.448

18.3

121

TowsonCAA

0-6

0-8

100%

−2.4

31.8

—

0.518

22.8

121

StetsonPioneer

0-7

1-7

100%

−24.5

29.3

—

0.464

9.3

121

Northwestern StateSouthland

0-6

0-8

100%

−16.8

33.7

—

0.459

50.7

121

MercyhurstNEC

0-4

1-7

100%

−6.2

40.6

—

0.500

18.0

121

HamptonCAA

0-6

1-7

100%

−19.8

28.0

—

0.552

28.2

121

Chicago StateFCS Indep.

0-6

1-7

100%

−20.3

30.9

—

0.487

57.4

120

VMISouthern

0-7

0-8

100%

−23.1

32.5

—

0.430

40.9

119

Morehead StatePioneer

1-5

2-6

100%

−25.0

21.4

110

0.9

0.415

14.8

118

DavidsonPioneer

2-4

3-5

100%

−27.4

7.7

128

0.9

0.311

17.8

117

BucknellPatriot

1-6

1-7

100%

−11.5

25.0

2.0

0.432

34.8

116

MaineCAA

1-5

1-7

100%

−9.4

23.5

102

29.1

0.455

37.4

115

Florida A&MSWAC

1-5

2-6

100%

−10.0

25.5

38.2

0.480

9.9

114

SouthernSWAC

1-4

3-5

100%

−13.7

21.5

109

34.5

0.432

12.1

113

DrakePioneer

2-5

2-6

100%

−9.3

27.2

11.7

0.491

13.9

112

ValparaisoPioneer

3-4

4-4

100%

−12.1

13.0

125

5.9

0.373

17.1

111

Texas SouthernSWAC

2-3

2-5

100%

−12.2

12.8

126

11.7

0.374

22.4

110

MaristPioneer

3-4

4-4

100%

−7.4

14.2

123

7.9

0.409

8.5

109

North Carolina CentralMEAC

2-4

3-5

100%

−3.1

20.2

113

17.6

0.452

24.3

108

New HampshireCAA

2-6

2-7

100%

−3.5

30.9

20.8

0.554

28.1

107

Tennessee StateOVC

2-5

2-6

100%

−8.6

24.7

18.6

0.481

28.9

106

PresbyterianPioneer

3-4

4-4

100%

−12.1

23.3

103

13.5

0.425

12.9

105

Murray StateMVFC

1-5

1-7

100%

−11.3

48.4

6.1

0.551

60.2

104

New HavenNEC

2-6

100%

−9.8

37.2

20.2

0.526

16.0

103

San DiegoPioneer

3-5

100%

−8.5

25.5

14.3

0.501

8.2

102

FurmanSouthern

1-5

2-6

100%

−0.2

41.6

65.7

0.601

27.4

101

Central ArkansasUAC

1-5

2-6

100%

−1.9

41.4

32.7

0.547

32.1

100

East Texas A&MSouthland

2-5

2-6

100%

−5.5

35.7

16.6

0.495

44.8

Utah TechBig Sky

1-6

1-7

100%

−5.6

47.8

37.7

0.509

43.0

Mississippi Valley StateSWAC

2-3

3-5

100%

−18.5

18.0

117

16.6

0.500

21.8

Alcorn StateSWAC

2-3

4-4

100%

−7.3

20.8

111

11.0

0.474

10.1

Norfolk StateMEAC

2-2

4-4

100%

−6.6

16.2

121

2.8

0.336

19.3

The CitadelSouthern

1-5

2-6

99%

−5.1

43.3

44.3

0.611

34.4

Alabama StateSWAC

3-2

4-3

99%

+0.4

10.5

127

9.7

0.423

21.8

FordhamPatriot

2-5

2-7

99%

−7.0

35.2

29.7

0.570

20.3

Prairie View A&MSWAC

4-4

4-5

99%

−2.7

26.3

14.1

0.512

28.5

North Carolina A&TCAA

3-4

3-5

99%

−7.7

26.3

19.2

0.488

28.7

ElonCAA

3-3

4-4

99%

−0.7

19.7

114

8.5

0.424

21.8

William & MaryPatriot

3-4

3-5

99%

−5.9

28.1

28.3

0.466

29.8

Eastern IllinoisOVC

2-5

2-6

99%

−4.7

40.8

25.6

0.496

22.3

Gardner-WebbOVC

2-4

2-6

99%

−1.0

33.6

28.5

0.502

28.2

Arkansas-Pine BluffSWAC

2-2

4-3

99%

−6.0

14.8

122

12.9

0.354

14.0

SamfordSouthern

2-5

2-6

99%

−3.2

41.5

20.2

0.493

45.2

Sacred HeartCAA

3-3

3-4

99%

−4.5

21.8

107

10.8

0.401

26.5

LafayettePatriot

3-3

3-4

99%

+0.6

19.0

116

14.1

0.469

39.8

Delaware StateMEAC

2-3

4-4

99%

−7.0

26.9

30.1

0.442

25.7

Long IslandNEC

3-4

3-6

98%

−4.2

31.3

19.5

0.447

22.2

Robert MorrisNEC

3-2

4-4

98%

−5.3

14.2

124

11.5

0.339

27.6

UT MartinOVC

3-3

3-5

98%

−2.0

23.9

14.3

0.394

30.1

Northern ColoradoBig Sky

2-5

3-6

98%

−0.8

43.8

18.4

0.499

65.0

StonehillNEC

3-3

3-5

98%

−2.4

21.7

108

22.8

0.439

17.2

McNeeseSouthland

2-4

3-5

98%

−4.1

43.2

9.1

0.512

38.8

Cal PolyBig Sky

3-4

4-5

97%

−1.4

32.4

48.3

0.418

62.5

GeorgetownPatriot

3-4

97%

−4.7

32.9

27.8

0.539

28.9

MerrimackFCS Indep.

3-4

3-5

97%

−4.8

33.8

13.1

0.469

23.3

Indiana StateMVFC

2-5

2-6

96%

+0.9

52.4

14.6

0.590

48.2

Grambling StateSWAC

2-2

4-3

96%

−7.9

24.0

17.9

0.551

12.0

DuquesneNEC

2-2

3-4

96%

+2.1

32.4

15.9

0.450

20.6

Western IllinoisOVC

3-3

4-4

96%

+0.9

29.6

11.7

0.474

29.1

Eastern KentuckyUAC

3-4

3-5

95%

−1.2

35.8

31.3

0.546

52.4

Jackson StateSWAC

4-2

6-2

95%

−0.4

16.5

119

17.0

0.452

16.9

Eastern WashingtonBig Sky

2-5

2-6

95%

+1.2

52.1

39.7

0.589

38.7

VillanovaPatriot

4-3

4-4

95%

+5.2

25.4

29.1

0.476

27.9

Nicholls StateSouthland

3-3

3-5

94%

−5.9

32.4

12.7

0.543

35.4

PennIvy

3-3

94%

+1.3

30.9

23.4

0.532

52.8

Alabama A&MSWAC

4-2

6-2

94%

+4.7

16.5

120

14.2

0.518

15.6

UTRGVSouthland

3-3

4-4

94%

+2.3

31.0

28.7

0.437

43.1

ButlerPioneer

4-2

6-2

94%

−1.2

22.0

106

8.7

0.479

12.5

Holy CrossPatriot

3-4

3-5

93%

+2.7

39.5

22.3

0.535

23.3

Portland StateBig Sky

2-4

2-6

92%

−3.4

48.3

33.8

0.557

50.0

Bethune-CookmanSWAC

4-2

5-3

92%

−5.2

19.4

115

13.6

0.513

11.8

Idaho StateBig Sky

4-3

5-3

92%

+8.8

29.1

22.8

0.458

52.8

LindenwoodOVC

3-2

3-4

91%

+2.5

25.3

16.3

0.479

22.4

YaleIvy

3-3

91%

+6.6

33.1

30.2

0.510

41.1

South Carolina StateMEAC

4-2

6-2

90%

+2.4

20.4

112

20.3

0.436

20.8

Charleston SouthernOVC

3-2

4-4

90%

+1.2

24.8

22.2

0.446

23.9

Western CarolinaSouthern

3-4

3-5

89%

+6.8

43.2

31.7

0.642

26.4

DartmouthIvy

3-3

89%

+4.3

36.6

21.1

0.591

49.9

Southern UtahBig Sky

3-4

3-5

89%

+9.9

43.2

34.4

0.519

25.0

Southeastern LouisianaSouthland

3-3

4-4

88%

+6.4

38.6

31.4

0.558

28.3

Morgan StateMEAC

4-2

5-3

88%

−2.2

22.8

105

26.8

0.446

20.0

HowardMEAC

3-2

4-4

87%

−2.1

28.5

26.2

0.547

20.1

St. Thomas (MN)Pioneer

4-2

6-2

86%

+1.0

26.7

20.5

0.439

11.6

Rhode IslandCAA

4-3

4-4

86%

+5.4

32.0

35.4

0.548

19.8

North AlabamaUAC

4-3

4-4

85%

+2.9

32.7

21.5

0.528

34.5

BrownIvy

3-3

84%

+4.5

39.8

25.2

0.617

33.1

Central Connecticut StateNEC

3-2

4-3

82%

+4.5

38.5

9.7

0.442

21.8

DaytonPioneer

4-1

6-1

81%

−1.9

16.7

118

18.2

0.448

4.2

ColumbiaIvy

4-2

80%

−4.6

27.0

26.6

0.534

49.6

West FloridaUAC

3-3

4-3

79%

−0.7

42.3

43.3

0.548

43.1

ColgatePatriot

4-3

4-4

77%

+5.7

37.8

34.4

0.589

28.8

BryantCAA

5-2

5-3

76%

−1.8

25.1

19.9

0.482

37.0

Southern IllinoisMVFC

4-4

4-5

74%

+8.5

46.5

30.7

0.564

62.4

IdahoBig Sky

3-4

3-5

74%

+8.1

53.3

68.8

0.605

37.2

Incarnate WordSouthland

3-3

4-4

73%

+12.9

47.5

24.7

0.659

21.6

CornellIvy

3-3

71%

+6.7

47.7

43.6

0.615

31.9

Stony BrookCAA

5-2

5-3

70%

+5.7

27.9

29.9

0.509

24.1

UC DavisBig Sky

5-2

5-3

67%

+8.0

29.2

19.3

0.419

33.4

ChattanoogaSouthern

5-3

65%

+10.1

38.0

33.5

0.509

27.4

PrincetonIvy

4-2

64%

+5.5

35.7

28.5

0.614

36.4

Weber StateBig Sky

5-3

5-4

64%

+6.6

38.7

30.6

0.452

38.6

WoffordSouthern

5-2

5-3

63%

+4.8

30.8

21.6

0.450

42.6

Houston ChristianSouthland

3-2

4-4

63%

+0.5

43.5

28.0

0.563

32.8

Southeast Missouri StateOVC

5-2

5-3

62%

+4.5

31.4

29.2

0.472

22.2

Abilene ChristianUAC

4-3

4-4

60%

+8.2

45.6

34.9

0.617

43.9

Northern IowaMVFC

3-3

3-4

59%

+10.2

54.2

50.2

0.569

47.5

LehighPatriot

6-2

56%

+14.1

29.8

26.1

0.514

29.3

UAlbanyCAA

5-2

5-3

55%

+6.8

34.2

32.6

0.573

24.9

MontanaBig Sky

5-2

5-3

54%

+17.2

34.7

29.8

0.491

45.3

RichmondPatriot

6-1

6-2

48%

+3.0

23.5

101

24.9

0.476

37.5

MercerSouthern

6-1

6-2

47%

+10.2

23.3

104

24.1

0.411

47.4

Illinois StateMVFC

4-2

6-2

46%

+16.2

43.9

34.6

0.521

61.0

East Tennessee StateSouthern

5-1

6-2

43%

+11.4

28.8

26.9

0.461

44.3

Austin PeayUAC

7-1

7-2

29%

+12.1

26.9

22.0

0.481

29.1

North DakotaMVFC

6-2

6-3

27%

+17.8

40.0

30.5

0.551

65.5

MonmouthCAA

6-1

6-2

27%

+8.5

31.1

25.8

0.488

25.1

Montana StateBig Sky

6-1

7-1

22%

+21.2

35.0

32.8

0.563

43.6

LamarSouthland

6-1

6-2

19%

+12.9

36.2

34.7

0.535

37.7

Tennessee TechSouthern

7-1

16%

+12.8

34.7

33.6

0.530

36.7

Tarleton StateUAC

7-0

8-0

11%

+17.2

23.6

100

23.6

0.435

33.8

CampbellCAA

7-0

7-1

8.9%

+8.4

25.2

0.426

39.2

South Dakota StateMVFC

6-1

6-2

8.0%

+19.9

38.4

32.2

0.497

53.3

South DakotaMVFC

7-1

7-2

5.9%

+18.9

41.9

35.7

0.538

69.0

HarvardIvy

6-0

5.6%

+17.6

37.4

0.589

34.2

Northern ArizonaBig Sky

6-1

6-2

5.5%

+11.2

46.9

40.8

0.554

36.6

Stephen F. AustinSouthland

7-0

8-0

4.9%

+20.4

33.4

0.556

33.7

Youngstown StateMVFC

6-1

6-2

4.8%

+23.1

48.7

43.4

0.561

48.0