2026 Strength of Schedule

Current: Full season schedule, opponent ratings as of now  |  Historical: Games played to date, opponent ratings at the time of each game
Non-FBS opponents count at replacement level.

Rank	Team	Mean	Median	Hist Mean	Hist Median
1	Texas	+10.8	+13.3	+10.7	+13.7
2	Oklahoma	+10.1	+10.0	+8.5	+11.6
3	Arkansas	+9.1	+13.5	+3.9	+15.0
4	Kentucky	+7.7	+11.2	+3.0	+11.5
5	Auburn	+7.3	+9.8	+6.2	+7.9
6	Michigan	+7.2	+11.3	+3.0	+0.3
7	Florida	+7.2	+9.3	+0.2	+8.4
8	Alabama	+7.0	+9.3	+9.9	+7.8
9	Missouri	+7.0	+9.8	-0.7	+5.9
10	Michigan State	+6.9	+8.4	+6.8	+6.0
11	Ohio State	+6.8	+12.6	-0.7	+0.5
12	USC	+6.6	+6.6	+3.1	+3.1
13	LSU	+6.5	+9.5	+1.8	+6.1
14	Purdue	+6.4	+9.0	+0.1	+2.1
15	Ole Miss	+6.4	+9.8	+4.2	+9.6
16	Texas A&M	+6.3	+11.8	+4.6	+4.0
17	Vanderbilt	+6.1	+9.1	+0.1	+5.0
18	Mississippi State	+6.1	+11.8	+4.3	+9.8
19	South Carolina	+5.8	+9.8	-0.4	+6.7
20	Oregon	+5.8	+10.0	-3.7	+6.1
21	Tennessee	+5.4	+8.3	-1.3	+2.8
22	Georgia	+5.1	+9.1	+2.6	+9.1
23	Washington	+5.0	+6.2	-0.2	+2.6
24	Minnesota	+4.6	+9.7	-5.0	+1.0
25	Illinois	+4.1	+8.1	-3.5	-2.8
26	Colorado	+3.8	+4.4	-0.5	+3.2
27	BYU	+3.7	+5.1	-4.6	+4.0
28	Maryland	+3.5	+5.6	-0.1	+0.3
29	West Virginia	+3.4	+5.1	-4.4	-0.5
30	TCU	+3.3	+6.0	-7.8	-9.1
31	North Carolina	+3.1	+3.9	+2.4	+6.2
32	Iowa	+2.8	+6.6	+0.9	+6.8
33	Florida State	+2.6	+4.5	+0.2	+8.0
34	Indiana	+2.6	+6.0	-2.8	-0.3
35	Cincinnati	+2.6	+7.0	-6.1	-8.8
36	Northwestern	+2.4	+2.1	-3.0	-4.0
37	Stanford	+2.4	+2.4	+9.4	+4.6
38	UCLA	+2.4	+0.6	+2.9	+0.5
39	Baylor	+2.4	+5.1	-6.0	-3.9
40	Rutgers	+2.4	+8.4	-5.3	-9.2
41	Boston College	+2.3	+4.0	-5.6	-0.3
42	Arizona State	+2.2	+6.0	-4.0	+2.5
43	Nebraska	+2.1	+2.1	-3.3	-3.7
44	Iowa State	+2.0	+4.4	-0.9	+3.5
45	Oklahoma State	+1.5	+3.3	-4.8	-3.8
46	Arizona	+1.5	+3.5	-6.1	-1.7
47	Utah	+1.3	+3.5	-2.9	+5.3
48	Wisconsin	+1.3	+0.6	-0.0	+3.0
49	Georgia Tech	+1.2	+3.8	-5.4	-5.3
50	Kansas	+1.1	+2.5	-1.8	+3.7
51	Houston	+0.8	+1.7	-4.0	-5.4
52	UCF	+0.7	+5.1	-6.0	-0.2
53	Clemson	+0.6	-0.6	+1.0	-5.5
54	Notre Dame	+0.6	-0.1	-5.5	-5.6
55	Penn State	+0.5	-0.1	-0.3	-1.6
56	Syracuse	+0.2	+0.7	-6.1	-3.1
57	Louisville	-0.2	+2.4	+1.6	+6.1
58	Kansas State	-0.2	+1.4	-4.1	+3.3
59	Miami	-0.6	+0.7	-8.3	-4.8
60	Duke	-1.2	-0.6	-5.1	-0.2
61	California	-1.2	+1.7	-7.4	-1.9
62	Texas State	-1.3	-0.4	-1.4	+0.7
63	Washington State	-1.4	+2.1	-0.6	+2.8
64	San Diego State	-1.5	-0.9	-5.3	-1.8
65	Utah State	-1.7	-3.6	-0.1	+3.9
66	Texas Tech	-1.9	+1.4	-14.2	-12.5
67	Wake Forest	-2.0	-0.0	+0.9	-1.4
68	SMU	-2.1	-2.8	-7.2	-8.6
69	NC State	-2.1	+1.5	-0.0	+7.7
70	Pittsburgh	-2.2	-0.7	-9.3	-4.1
71	Rice	-2.3	-1.6	-1.8	+0.3
72	Virginia Tech	-2.4	-2.7	-6.2	-2.6
73	Colorado State	-2.8	-0.9	-6.6	-7.1
74	Tulane	-2.9	-1.2	-2.1	-1.6
75	Boise State	-2.9	-2.1	-0.5	+1.2
76	Virginia	-3.0	-0.9	-7.5	-7.3
77	Oregon State	-3.4	-3.6	-5.3	-5.0
78	UTEP	-3.9	-3.8	-2.5	-0.3
79	UNLV	-4.1	-5.1	-1.0	+2.1
80	Charlotte	-4.2	-4.9	-4.5	-2.4
81	Fresno State	-4.3	-4.9	+0.5	-0.2
82	Navy	-4.7	-4.2	-15.4	-13.3
83	UTSA	-5.6	-6.1	-7.2	-7.6
84	Northern Illinois	-5.6	-6.0	-4.7	-3.9
85	Florida Atlantic	-5.7	-2.8	-11.7	-6.3
86	Temple	-5.8	-2.3	-2.1	+1.6
87	Army	-5.9	-4.4	-6.7	-4.8
88	Western Kentucky	-6.1	-9.7	-2.8	-11.5
89	Georgia Southern	-6.2	-6.6	-6.6	-3.1
90	UAB	-6.2	-2.0	-8.6	-5.5
91	Memphis	-6.2	-2.8	-10.7	-11.1
92	East Carolina	-6.5	-7.8	-8.1	-11.5
93	Southern Miss	-6.7	-5.6	-7.6	-4.8
94	San Jose State	-6.7	-5.4	-7.6	-9.2
95	North Texas	-6.8	-6.1	-5.9	-8.4
96	Louisiana Tech	-7.3	-6.7	-6.2	-0.9
97	Air Force	-7.5	-4.5	-10.8	-6.5
98	Old Dominion	-7.7	-6.8	-8.4	-6.8
99	Nevada	-7.9	-8.8	-15.2	-13.3
100	New Mexico	-7.9	-8.6	-11.0	-11.9
101	Troy	-8.0	-7.0	-9.8	-10.2
102	Coastal Carolina	-8.0	-6.8	-11.9	-9.2
103	South Florida	-8.0	-5.6	-11.0	-6.3
104	Sam Houston	-8.2	-7.7	-6.2	-5.7
105	Tulsa	-8.2	-3.3	-10.0	-9.3
106	Hawai'i	-8.4	-9.2	-5.6	-5.8
107	Missouri State	-8.4	-9.7	-5.8	-9.4
108	Wyoming	-8.5	-8.6	-9.8	-7.6
109	UConn	-8.8	-6.7	-11.7	-8.5
110	Arkansas State	-8.8	-6.8	-7.2	-6.6
111	Ball State	-8.9	-10.0	-3.1	-1.4
112	UL Monroe	-9.2	-9.2	-12.8	-11.2
113	Delaware	-9.2	-9.7	-5.5	-3.1
114	Georgia State	-9.2	-8.4	-10.8	-1.2
115	New Mexico State	-9.4	-11.0	-7.2	-5.0
116	Kent State	-9.4	-12.2	-5.9	-5.3
117	James Madison	-9.4	-7.1	-8.7	-7.6
118	South Alabama	-9.5	-7.7	-11.4	-7.6
119	Marshall	-9.5	-8.1	-7.8	-12.5
120	Akron	-9.7	-10.0	-9.7	-7.4
121	Middle Tennessee	-9.8	-9.7	-11.9	-8.8
122	Kennesaw State	-10.0	-10.8	-12.6	-11.0
123	Bowling Green	-10.2	-10.3	-7.7	-0.6
124	App State	-10.3	-7.0	-11.5	-5.7
125	Central Michigan	-10.5	-10.9	-7.4	-8.9
126	Western Michigan	-10.6	-11.8	-10.2	-15.7
127	Miami (OH)	-10.7	-10.0	-10.0	-9.0
128	Florida International	-11.3	-10.8	-10.6	-12.3
129	North Dakota State	-11.4	-9.1	-13.5	-8.9
130	Louisiana	-11.4	-10.9	-10.9	-12.1
131	Jacksonville State	-11.5	-11.6	-14.1	-11.3
132	Eastern Michigan	-11.8	-8.6	-14.6	-20.2
133	Sacramento State	-12.1	-12.1	-14.7	-13.4
134	Liberty	-12.9	-12.4	-13.4	-15.9
135	Buffalo	-13.4	-12.2	-10.1	-4.9
136	Ohio	-13.5	-12.6	-12.5	-9.2
137	Toledo	-13.6	-11.9	-12.3	-10.3
138	Massachusetts	-16.7	-14.2	-18.7	-19.3