Computer ratings · FCS vs FCS games only

FCS College Football Ratings & Strength of Schedule

2026 Week 9 · through Saturday, October 31 · latest

Season

Week

How this week's numbers compare

Power (0 = average team): #1 +23.4 · #10 +15.0 · middle −0.7
SOS (higher is harder): hardest 54.2 · #10 48.3 · middle 31.3 · easiest 11.0
SOR (lower is better): #1 1.5% · #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 · 467 FCS games · run ba02bf91ac5f

Team

vs FCS

All games

SOS rank

123

WagnerNEC

0-6

1-8

100%

−14.3

28.0

—

0.468

17.4

123

VMISouthern

0-8

0-9

100%

−20.6

35.3

—

0.448

36.2

123

StetsonPioneer

0-8

1-8

100%

−24.0

26.0

—

0.473

6.3

123

Northwestern StateSouthland

0-7

0-9

100%

−16.7

39.8

—

0.484

44.1

123

MercyhurstNEC

0-5

1-8

100%

−6.2

38.7

—

0.500

17.4

123

HamptonCAA

0-7

1-8

100%

−21.6

26.5

—

0.476

28.0

121

West GeorgiaUAC

0-6

1-8

100%

−6.2

49.2

—

0.610

26.1

121

Chicago StateFCS Indep.

0-6

2-7

100%

−20.4

30.1

—

0.499

56.0

120

Morehead StatePioneer

1-6

2-7

100%

−24.5

18.9

116

0.9

0.420

17.0

119

DavidsonPioneer

2-5

3-6

100%

−26.9

11.0

128

1.1

0.353

11.7

118

TowsonCAA

1-6

1-8

100%

−1.4

26.3

1.6

0.466

29.1

117

BucknellPatriot

1-7

1-8

100%

−8.7

29.4

2.8

0.449

23.0

116

Florida A&MSWAC

1-6

2-7

100%

−13.4

24.3

38.3

0.466

12.1

115

MaristPioneer

3-5

4-5

100%

−8.0

12.5

127

7.3

0.402

7.5

114

MaineCAA

1-6

1-8

100%

−7.3

26.6

29.9

0.478

34.0

113

Tennessee StateOVC

2-6

2-7

100%

−11.6

23.5

12.0

0.474

28.7

112

DrakePioneer

3-5

3-6

100%

−9.5

24.2

7.3

0.469

19.5

111

PresbyterianPioneer

3-5

4-5

100%

−12.9

22.2

104

12.5

0.450

8.8

110

ValparaisoPioneer

3-4

4-4

100%

−12.2

13.0

126

5.4

0.384

16.0

109

Central ArkansasUAC

1-6

2-7

100%

−3.0

37.3

23.2

0.532

31.8

108

New HavenNEC

2-7

100%

−11.5

36.3

15.2

0.532

13.8

107

Norfolk StateMEAC

2-3

4-5

100%

−7.3

16.0

120

2.3

0.338

17.2

106

Mississippi Valley StateSWAC

2-4

3-6

100%

−21.9

17.3

118

19.5

0.475

22.2

105

New HampshireCAA

2-6

2-7

100%

−3.3

31.1

20.4

0.571

26.9

104

FurmanSouthern

1-6

2-7

100%

+0.4

41.5

63.8

0.585

22.2

103

Utah TechBig Sky

1-7

1-8

100%

−5.1

47.4

35.2

0.507

43.1

102

SouthernSWAC

2-4

4-5

100%

−8.5

20.7

108

23.9

0.444

12.3

101

Murray StateMVFC

1-6

1-8

100%

−9.7

53.6

6.0

0.560

55.4

100

ElonCAA

3-4

4-5

100%

−1.4

19.5

114

10.2

0.427

23.6

North Carolina CentralMEAC

3-4

4-5

100%

+1.0

20.4

110

17.2

0.505

25.1

The CitadelSouthern

1-6

2-7

100%

−4.0

45.5

50.6

0.601

26.1

Alabama StateSWAC

3-3

4-4

100%

+0.3

16.1

119

15.5

0.456

16.8

San DiegoPioneer

4-5

100%

−8.8

22.9

100

12.8

0.496

6.6

UT MartinOVC

3-4

3-6

100%

−5.8

23.5

16.1

0.403

33.7

Texas SouthernSWAC

3-3

3-5

100%

−10.1

15.8

121

15.2

0.441

27.8

LafayettePatriot

3-4

3-5

100%

−1.7

20.5

109

14.9

0.455

41.3

FordhamPatriot

2-5

2-7

100%

−7.7

33.4

24.7

0.549

22.3

Robert MorrisNEC

3-3

4-5

99%

−8.9

17.5

117

12.1

0.346

25.4

Grambling StateSWAC

2-3

4-4

99%

−8.1

21.7

105

20.3

0.542

15.4

William & MaryPatriot

3-5

3-6

99%

−7.7

32.3

33.4

0.510

20.4

Alcorn StateSWAC

3-3

5-4

99%

−3.1

19.9

113

12.5

0.496

12.7

Prairie View A&MSWAC

4-4

4-5

99%

−1.8

27.3

16.4

0.538

30.6

East Texas A&MSouthland

3-5

3-6

99%

−4.2

35.3

21.6

0.505

48.8

Nicholls StateSouthland

3-4

3-6

99%

−7.1

31.6

10.5

0.504

39.0

North Carolina A&TCAA

4-4

4-5

98%

−7.1

24.9

18.5

0.483

32.4

Northern ColoradoBig Sky

2-5

3-6

98%

−1.0

43.9

18.4

0.484

66.6

GeorgetownPatriot

3-4

98%

−5.0

31.3

28.9

0.509

30.8

PennIvy

3-4

98%

−0.8

31.9

22.6

0.524

53.6

Indiana StateMVFC

2-6

2-7

98%

−0.3

54.0

19.0

0.575

45.2

Long IslandNEC

3-4

3-6

97%

−3.3

33.7

22.1

0.469

21.9

HowardMEAC

3-3

4-5

97%

−7.9

23.9

21.2

0.479

21.2

Bethune-CookmanSWAC

4-3

5-4

97%

−9.2

20.1

112

13.2

0.492

9.9

Eastern KentuckyUAC

3-5

3-6

97%

+0.1

38.9

27.1

0.588

46.2

Eastern IllinoisOVC

3-5

3-6

97%

−0.8

39.4

29.3

0.499

19.3

Arkansas-Pine BluffSWAC

3-2

5-3

97%

−0.9

15.7

122

13.5

0.431

15.4

Cal PolyBig Sky

3-5

4-6

97%

−1.9

40.7

50.4

0.476

50.1

Delaware StateMEAC

3-3

5-4

97%

−6.0

25.6

24.1

0.468

25.1

MerrimackFCS Indep.

4-4

4-5

97%

−5.6

30.1

11.1

0.454

35.4

Jackson StateSWAC

4-2

6-2

97%

−1.2

14.3

125

15.2

0.436

19.1

Eastern WashingtonBig Sky

2-6

2-7

96%

+1.8

54.2

41.0

0.585

31.0

Morgan StateMEAC

4-3

5-4

96%

−7.1

22.5

102

28.3

0.454

20.3

McNeeseSouthland

3-4

4-5

96%

−3.1

38.1

11.0

0.525

47.2

SamfordSouthern

3-5

3-6

96%

−2.4

40.4

25.4

0.515

49.0

Portland StateBig Sky

2-5

2-7

96%

−4.9

48.3

37.3

0.541

53.0

Southeastern LouisianaSouthland

3-4

4-5

96%

+5.1

36.9

34.2

0.527

30.7

StonehillNEC

4-3

4-5

96%

−2.0

21.6

107

20.5

0.419

19.5

UTRGVSouthland

3-4

4-5

96%

−0.1

34.7

27.7

0.477

39.0

Gardner-WebbOVC

3-4

3-6

96%

+3.1

34.8

35.3

0.516

23.3

Charleston SouthernOVC

3-3

4-5

96%

+0.4

27.0

23.7

0.468

22.9

Sacred HeartCAA

4-3

4-4

94%

−2.8

25.8

20.7

0.437

19.2

Alabama A&MSWAC

5-2

7-2

94%

+2.7

14.5

124

13.9

0.469

12.4

Southern UtahBig Sky

3-5

3-6

93%

+9.2

44.9

34.6

0.559

15.4

Western IllinoisOVC

4-3

5-4

92%

+0.9

28.2

15.3

0.470

33.0

DuquesneNEC

3-2

4-4

92%

+5.0

28.7

15.0

0.447

24.2

ButlerPioneer

5-2

7-2

92%

−0.4

20.2

111

8.4

0.493

12.8

ColumbiaIvy

4-3

91%

−5.9

27.6

23.3

0.516

52.8

VillanovaPatriot

5-3

5-4

90%

+7.0

25.1

28.6

0.471

25.9

Holy CrossPatriot

4-4

4-5

90%

+4.2

36.4

21.7

0.545

21.9

LindenwoodOVC

4-2

4-4

90%

+4.0

21.7

106

15.6

0.438

27.5

South Carolina StateMEAC

5-2

7-2

87%

+5.3

19.3

115

18.9

0.414

16.9

St. Thomas (MN)Pioneer

5-2

7-2

87%

+0.6

22.6

101

15.6

0.408

15.8

YaleIvy

4-3

87%

+7.4

31.0

29.4

0.540

46.5

Idaho StateBig Sky

5-3

6-3

87%

+8.4

28.4

21.1

0.437

67.2

Stony BrookCAA

5-3

5-4

87%

+4.5

26.8

29.8

0.530

26.5

BryantCAA

5-3

5-4

84%

−1.8

28.8

20.3

0.516

32.5

Rhode IslandCAA

5-3

5-4

83%

+3.9

29.5

29.9

0.528

24.0

Western CarolinaSouthern

4-4

4-5

83%

+6.0

41.3

32.9

0.584

24.9

CornellIvy

3-4

82%

+6.3

47.2

41.6

0.620

25.6

BrownIvy

4-3

81%

+5.4

35.5

24.1

0.574

37.0

WoffordSouthern

5-3

5-4

80%

+4.6

31.0

23.4

0.437

49.0

West FloridaUAC

3-3

4-3

80%

−0.8

41.8

39.4

0.534

40.1

DaytonPioneer

5-1

7-1

79%

−3.1

14.8

123

15.7

0.418

4.7

UC DavisBig Sky

5-3

5-4

79%

+5.4

31.8

19.3

0.433

30.2

Southeast Missouri StateOVC

5-3

5-4

78%

+1.6

31.6

31.3

0.469

19.0

ColgatePatriot

5-3

5-4

76%

+7.7

33.5

30.5

0.547

32.3

North AlabamaUAC

5-3

5-4

75%

+3.7

33.2

24.1

0.517

33.7

Central Connecticut StateNEC

4-2

5-3

75%

+7.4

34.2

10.1

0.441

27.3

DartmouthIvy

4-3

75%

+6.2

39.2

30.4

0.630

44.6

Southern IllinoisMVFC

4-4

4-5

74%

+8.6

46.6

30.9

0.565

62.9

Incarnate WordSouthland

4-3

5-4

72%

+13.4

41.5

17.6

0.585

27.0

RichmondPatriot

6-2

6-3

71%

+0.8

23.7

23.3

0.444

36.5

Houston ChristianSouthland

3-3

4-5

67%

−0.6

50.7

26.8

0.598

15.2

ChattanoogaSouthern

6-3

65%

+7.7

33.8

27.2

0.460

41.0

East Tennessee StateSouthern

5-2

6-3

61%

+10.2

31.5

25.1

0.490

40.4

IdahoBig Sky

4-4

4-5

60%

+10.2

52.0

58.1

0.588

39.4

Abilene ChristianUAC

5-3

5-4

52%

+10.8

43.2

31.9

0.575

51.7

PrincetonIvy

5-2

52%

+5.3

35.6

30.7

0.581

36.2

LehighPatriot

7-2

51%

+11.5

28.0

23.5

0.483

34.7

Weber StateBig Sky

6-3

6-4

50%

+8.9

39.0

32.7

0.470

38.8

Northern IowaMVFC

4-3

4-4

50%

+11.3

50.1

43.7

0.545

56.4

UAlbanyCAA

6-2

6-3

42%

+7.6

35.0

33.5

0.618

19.1

MontanaBig Sky

6-2

6-3

41%

+16.7

35.3

29.8

0.479

48.1

Illinois StateMVFC

5-2

7-2

39%

+15.7

40.4

30.1

0.513

79.6

MercerSouthern

7-1

7-2

39%

+9.9

23.3

23.7

0.417

56.8

Austin PeayUAC

7-1

7-2

32%

+11.4

25.8

21.4

0.478

31.1

North DakotaMVFC

6-3

6-4

31%

+18.4

45.5

30.1

0.564

54.2

CampbellCAA

7-1

7-2

24%

+7.6

29.4

26.5

0.468

34.7

MonmouthCAA

7-1

7-2

20%

+8.9

31.3

26.5

0.536

25.6

HarvardIvy

6-1

16%

+15.5

39.7

39.5

0.590

29.6

Montana StateBig Sky

7-1

8-1

14%

+23.4

36.2

33.6

0.560

50.9

LamarSouthland

7-1

7-2

13%

+14.9

36.6

35.9

0.508

39.5

Tarleton StateUAC

8-0

9-0

9.9%

+15.0

22.2

103

22.2

0.453

41.0

Tennessee TechSouthern

8-1

8.0%

+13.6

37.6

37.1

0.546

24.0

South DakotaMVFC

7-2

7-3

7.7%

+18.6

47.8

37.4

0.549

63.4

Stephen F. AustinSouthland

8-0

9-0

3.1%

+21.5

33.3

0.560

35.7

South Dakota StateMVFC

7-1

7-2

2.5%

+21.1

43.5

38.7

0.531

47.5

Northern ArizonaBig Sky

7-1

7-2

2.4%

+12.1

48.5

43.0

0.539

31.3

Youngstown StateMVFC

7-1

7-2

1.5%

+22.8

52.4

48.1

0.577

38.6