Schedule Analysis

Strength of Schedule

Teams ranked by the quality of their opponents, weighted by game timing and opponent performance.

1
Elite SoS
20
Strong SoS
88
Average SoS
29
Weak SoS
All Teams — 138 with games played
Rank Team Conference Record SoS Rating Tier Bar
1
Texas Texas
SEC 5-2 7.51 /10 Elite
2
Michigan State Michigan State
Big Ten 2-6 6.91 /10 Strong
3
Oregon Oregon
Big Ten 4-3 6.79 /10 Strong
4
Oklahoma Oklahoma
SEC 4-3 6.68 /10 Strong
5
Alabama Alabama
SEC 6-2 6.58 /10 Strong
6
Purdue Purdue
Big Ten 3-4 6.55 /10 Strong
7
Houston Houston
Big XII 6-2 6.53 /10 Strong
8
Tulane Tulane
American 3-4 6.35 /10 Strong
9
California California
ACC 3-5 6.25 /10 Strong
10
Auburn Auburn
SEC 4-3 6.22 /10 Strong
11
Cincinnati Cincinnati
Big XII 4-2 6.2 /10 Strong
12
Mississippi State Mississippi State
SEC 4-3 6.16 /10 Strong
13
Penn State Penn State
Big Ten 3-4 6.16 /10 Strong
14
Florida Florida
SEC 5-2 6.16 /10 Strong
15
LSU LSU
SEC 6-2 6.15 /10 Strong
16
San Diego State San Diego State
Pac 12 3-5 6.15 /10 Strong
17
Iowa State Iowa State
Big XII 3-4 6.1 /10 Strong
18
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
ACC 5-3 6.08 /10 Strong
19
Indiana Indiana
Big Ten 7-1 6.08 /10 Strong
20
South Carolina South Carolina
SEC 4-3 6.06 /10 Strong
21
Ohio State Ohio State
Big Ten 6-1 6.04 /10 Strong
22
Colorado Colorado
Big XII 2-5 5.97 /10 Average
23
Ole Miss Ole Miss
SEC 5-2 5.97 /10 Average
24
Michigan Michigan
Big Ten 4-3 5.97 /10 Average
25
UCF UCF
Big XII 4-3 5.93 /10 Average
26
Maryland Maryland
Big Ten 2-5 5.85 /10 Average
27
Florida State Florida State
ACC 3-4 5.82 /10 Average
28
Clemson Clemson
ACC 4-3 5.82 /10 Average
29
Colorado State Colorado State
Pac 12 3-4 5.82 /10 Average
30
Central Michigan Central Michigan
MAC 3-5 5.79 /10 Average
31
Texas A&M Texas A&M
SEC 4-4 5.79 /10 Average
32
Kentucky Kentucky
SEC 7-1 5.79 /10 Average
33
BYU BYU
Big XII 6-1 5.77 /10 Average
34
Navy Navy
American 2-5 5.74 /10 Average
35
Arkansas Arkansas
SEC 3-4 5.71 /10 Average
36
Wisconsin Wisconsin
Big Ten 5-2 5.71 /10 Average
37
USC USC
Big Ten 6-2 5.68 /10 Average
38
Kansas Kansas
Big XII 3-4 5.66 /10 Average
39
Miami Miami
ACC 7-0 5.63 /10 Average
40
Stanford Stanford
ACC 4-4 5.59 /10 Average
41
Louisville Louisville
ACC 4-3 5.58 /10 Average
42
North Dakota State North Dakota State
Mountain West 6-2 5.56 /10 Average
43
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
SEC 3-5 5.49 /10 Average
44
Old Dominion Old Dominion
Sun Belt 2-6 5.49 /10 Average
45
North Carolina North Carolina
ACC 4-3 5.48 /10 Average
46
Rutgers Rutgers
Big Ten 2-5 5.45 /10 Average
47
Rice Rice
American 1-7 5.4 /10 Average
48
TCU TCU
Big XII 3-4 5.37 /10 Average
49
Charlotte Charlotte
American 1-6 5.37 /10 Average
50
FIU FIU
Conference USA 3-4 5.36 /10 Average
51
James Madison James Madison
Sun Belt 7-1 5.32 /10 Average
52
Army Army
American 5-2 5.28 /10 Average
53
Boston College Boston College
ACC 4-3 5.28 /10 Average
54
Missouri Missouri
SEC 5-2 5.28 /10 Average
55
Wake Forest Wake Forest
ACC 6-1 5.28 /10 Average
56
Notre Dame Notre Dame
Independent 6-1 5.28 /10 Average
57
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
Big XII 5-2 5.27 /10 Average
58
UNLV UNLV
Mountain West 4-3 5.27 /10 Average
59
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
Conference USA 2-6 5.23 /10 Average
60
Texas State Texas State
Pac 12 4-3 5.19 /10 Average
61
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
Sun Belt 2-5 5.19 /10 Average
62
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
Sun Belt 3-4 5.18 /10 Average
63
Washington State Washington State
Pac 12 1-7 5.17 /10 Average
64
West Virginia West Virginia
Big XII 5-3 5.17 /10 Average
65
Virginia Virginia
ACC 4-4 5.16 /10 Average
66
NC State NC State
ACC 3-4 5.09 /10 Average
67
South Alabama South Alabama
Sun Belt 4-3 5.09 /10 Average
68
Utah State Utah State
Pac 12 2-5 5.09 /10 Average
69
Texas Tech Texas Tech
Big XII 6-1 5.09 /10 Average
70
Illinois Illinois
Big Ten 4-3 5.09 /10 Average
71
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
ACC 2-5 5.09 /10 Average
72
Georgia Georgia
SEC 6-1 5.09 /10 Average
73
Ball State Ball State
MAC 3-5 5.0 /10 Average
74
UL Monroe UL Monroe
Sun Belt 1-6 5.0 /10 Average
75
Iowa Iowa
Big Ten 5-2 5.0 /10 Average
76
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
Mountain West 0-7 5.0 /10 Average
77
Tennessee Tennessee
SEC 6-2 5.0 /10 Average
78
Kent State Kent State
MAC 3-5 5.0 /10 Average
79
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
Conference USA 6-2 4.92 /10 Average
80
Western Michigan Western Michigan
MAC 5-3 4.92 /10 Average
81
Memphis Memphis
American 6-2 4.92 /10 Average
82
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
Sun Belt 5-2 4.91 /10 Average
83
UTEP UTEP
Mountain West 1-6 4.91 /10 Average
84
Boise State Boise State
Pac 12 6-1 4.91 /10 Average
85
UCLA UCLA
Big Ten 7-0 4.91 /10 Average
86
Nebraska Nebraska
Big Ten 5-2 4.82 /10 Average
87
Arizona State Arizona State
Big XII 4-3 4.81 /10 Average
88
North Texas North Texas
American 5-2 4.81 /10 Average
89
UTSA UTSA
American 7-1 4.75 /10 Average
90
SMU SMU
ACC 6-1 4.73 /10 Average
91
Marshall Marshall
Sun Belt 4-3 4.73 /10 Average
92
Syracuse Syracuse
ACC 3-4 4.73 /10 Average
93
South Florida South Florida
American 5-2 4.73 /10 Average
94
Temple Temple
American 2-5 4.72 /10 Average
95
Utah Utah
Big XII 7-0 4.72 /10 Average
96
Minnesota Minnesota
Big Ten 5-2 4.72 /10 Average
97
Akron Akron
MAC 1-7 4.69 /10 Average
98
Ohio Ohio
MAC 6-2 4.69 /10 Average
99
Louisiana Louisiana
Sun Belt 5-3 4.68 /10 Average
100
Hawaii Hawaii
Mountain West 2-6 4.68 /10 Average
101
Nevada Nevada
Mountain West 3-4 4.64 /10 Average
102
East Carolina East Carolina
American 3-4 4.64 /10 Average
103
Duke Duke
ACC 5-2 4.63 /10 Average
104
Washington Washington
Big Ten 4-3 4.63 /10 Average
105
Baylor Baylor
Big XII 4-3 4.62 /10 Average
106
Bowling Green Bowling Green
MAC 2-6 4.6 /10 Average
107
Arkansas State Arkansas State
Sun Belt 4-4 4.6 /10 Average
108
Kansas State Kansas State
Big XII 4-3 4.52 /10 Average
109
Arizona Arizona
Big XII 6-1 4.52 /10 Average
110
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
Conference USA 3-5 4.46 /10 Weak
111
Air Force Air Force
Mountain West 5-2 4.45 /10 Weak
112
Southern Miss Southern Miss
Sun Belt 2-5 4.45 /10 Weak
113
UAB UAB
American 4-3 4.45 /10 Weak
114
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
Conference USA 4-4 4.44 /10 Weak
115
Buffalo Buffalo
MAC 5-3 4.4 /10 Weak
116
Northwestern Northwestern
Big Ten 6-1 4.37 /10 Weak
117
Oregon State Oregon State
Pac 12 5-2 4.37 /10 Weak
118
Sam Houston Sam Houston
Conference USA 1-7 4.37 /10 Weak
119
Toledo Toledo
MAC 6-2 4.33 /10 Weak
120
Sacramento State Sacramento State
MAC 1-7 4.33 /10 Weak
121
San Jose State San Jose State
Mountain West 4-4 4.3 /10 Weak
122
Delaware Delaware
Conference USA 4-4 4.3 /10 Weak
123
New Mexico New Mexico
Mountain West 6-1 4.29 /10 Weak
124
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
ACC 6-2 4.28 /10 Weak
125
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
MAC 4-5 4.26 /10 Weak
126
Liberty Liberty
Conference USA 6-1 4.22 /10 Weak
127
Wyoming Wyoming
Mountain West 5-3 4.21 /10 Weak
128
Fresno State Fresno State
Pac 12 4-3 4.12 /10 Weak
129
Appalachian St Appalachian St
Sun Belt 5-2 4.07 /10 Weak
130
New Mexico St New Mexico St
Conference USA 3-5 4.06 /10 Weak
131
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
MAC 5-2 4.05 /10 Weak
132
Tulsa Tulsa
American 4-4 4.02 /10 Weak
133
Missouri State Missouri State
Conference USA 3-5 4.0 /10 Weak
134
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
American 5-2 3.96 /10 Weak
135
UConn UConn
Independent 4-3 3.96 /10 Weak
136
Georgia State Georgia State
Sun Belt 4-3 3.94 /10 Weak
137
UMass UMass
MAC 4-4 3.94 /10 Weak
138
Troy Troy
Sun Belt 3-4 3.33 /10 Weak

How SoS is calculated: Weighted average of opponent quality scores across all games played, with later-season games weighted more heavily. Ratings above 7.5 = Elite, 6.0–7.5 = Strong, 4.5–6.0 = Average, below 4.5 = Weak.