Strength of Schedule (SOS)
Our Strength of Schedule (SOS) rankings measure the quality of opponents each team has faced based on our internal power ratings. Each opponent is assigned a power rating, and a team’s SOS is calculated from the combined strength of those opponents.
Higher SOS scores indicate a more difficult schedule, while lower scores indicate an easier schedule. This approach allows us to evaluate schedule difficulty using our own team-strength model rather than relying solely on opponents’ win-loss records.
| Team | SOS | SOS Rank | SOS.Played | SOS.Played Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Arkansas | 9.481 | 1 | 8.549 | 4 |
 | Purdue | 9.23 | 2 | 9.372 | 1 |
 | Oregon | 8.532 | 3 | 9.203 | 2 |
 | Texas | 8.364 | 4 | 8.424 | 6 |
 | Alabama | 7.765 | 5 | 7.718 | 8 |
 | Kentucky | 7.521 | 6 | 8.758 | 3 |
 | Florida | 7.171 | 7 | 6.857 | 12 |
 | Auburn | 6.997 | 8 | 4.682 | 28 |
 | Texas A&M | 6.821 | 9 | 3.023 | 42 |
 | Oklahoma | 6.622 | 10 | 5.771 | 16 |
 | LSU | 6.516 | 11 | 4.228 | 30 |
 | Illinois | 6.31 | 12 | 3.611 | 35 |
 | Maryland | 6.287 | 13 | 7.219 | 11 |
 | Missouri | 6.241 | 14 | 3.856 | 33 |
 | Vanderbilt | 6.224 | 15 | 4.812 | 25 |
 | Minnesota | 6.102 | 16 | -1.341 | 78 |
 | Michigan State | 6.096 | 17 | 6.048 | 14 |
 | Ole Miss | 6.025 | 18 | 2.663 | 44 |
 | Mississippi State | 5.982 | 19 | 4.81 | 26 |
 | North Carolina | 5.746 | 20 | 7.603 | 9 |
 | Tennessee | 5.74 | 21 | 4.027 | 32 |
 | USC | 5.722 | 22 | 1.761 | 56 |
 | Nebraska | 5.57 | 23 | 1.905 | 53 |
 | Boston College | 5.321 | 24 | 2.496 | 46 |
 | Michigan | 5.294 | 25 | 0.804 | 62 |
 | Stanford | 5.234 | 26 | 8.53 | 5 |
 | West Virginia | 5.136 | 27 | 1.928 | 52 |
 | Ohio State | 5.102 | 28 | 2.049 | 50 |
 | Washington | 5.087 | 29 | 2.398 | 47 |
 | South Carolina | 5.084 | 30 | 1.211 | 61 |
 | Colorado | 4.976 | 31 | 7.853 | 7 |
 | Iowa State | 4.775 | 32 | 5.946 | 15 |
 | TCU | 4.746 | 33 | 1.631 | 58 |
 | Northwestern | 4.635 | 34 | 0.165 | 68 |
 | Indiana | 4.585 | 35 | 5.0 | 22 |
 | Iowa | 4.546 | 36 | 5.117 | 20 |
 | Florida State | 4.433 | 37 | 7.325 | 10 |
 | Georgia | 4.403 | 38 | 2.743 | 43 |
 | Cincinnati | 4.399 | 39 | 0.332 | 67 |
 | Arizona State | 4.28 | 40 | 4.054 | 31 |
 | Georgia Tech | 4.198 | 41 | -0.15 | 71 |
 | Rutgers | 3.939 | 42 | 1.871 | 54 |
 | Clemson | 3.831 | 43 | 5.447 | 17 |
 | BYU | 3.697 | 44 | 5.202 | 18 |
 | Baylor | 3.433 | 45 | -0.965 | 77 |
 | Wisconsin | 3.264 | 46 | 4.492 | 29 |
 | Syracuse | 3.138 | 47 | 1.795 | 55 |
 | Houston | 2.95 | 48 | 4.881 | 24 |
 | Kansas | 2.618 | 49 | 2.248 | 48 |
 | UCF | 2.593 | 50 | 3.823 | 34 |
 | Arizona | 2.491 | 51 | -2.206 | 88 |
 | San Diego State | 2.483 | 52 | 6.829 | 13 |
 | Louisville | 2.482 | 53 | 4.97 | 23 |
 | Miami | 2.471 | 54 | -1.698 | 80 |
 | Oklahoma State | 2.176 | 55 | 1.576 | 59 |
 | Utah | 2.138 | 56 | -2.023 | 85 |
 | California | 2.021 | 57 | 3.593 | 36 |
 | Washington State | 1.836 | 58 | 5.134 | 19 |
 | Duke | 1.796 | 59 | -2.84 | 99 |
 | Colorado State | 1.296 | 60 | 4.743 | 27 |
 | SMU | 1.237 | 61 | 0.402 | 66 |
 | Pittsburgh | 1.082 | 62 | -1.725 | 81 |
 | Kansas State | 1.058 | 63 | 0.058 | 69 |
 | Rice | 0.93 | 64 | 3.363 | 39 |
 | Utah State | 0.716 | 65 | 3.458 | 38 |
 | Notre Dame | 0.617 | 66 | -1.908 | 84 |
 | Texas Tech | 0.484 | 67 | -2.244 | 90 |
 | Texas State | 0.467 | 68 | -0.957 | 76 |
 | Virginia | 0.415 | 69 | -1.759 | 83 |
 | Penn State | 0.29 | 70 | 2.153 | 49 |
 | UCLA | 0.053 | 71 | -2.166 | 87 |
 | UTEP | -0.012 | 72 | 3.079 | 41 |
 | NC State | -0.127 | 73 | 3.201 | 40 |
 | Charlotte | -0.393 | 74 | 1.72 | 57 |
 | Navy | -0.53 | 75 | -2.474 | 92 |
 | Wake Forest | -0.585 | 76 | -2.908 | 100 |
 | Boise State | -0.676 | 77 | 2.599 | 45 |
 | Virginia Tech | -0.912 | 78 | -4.652 | 112 |
 | Northern Illinois | -1.367 | 79 | 5.015 | 21 |
 | Temple | -1.756 | 80 | -0.892 | 75 |
 | Oregon State | -1.757 | 81 | -4.677 | 113 |
 | Western Kentucky | -2.231 | 82 | 0.024 | 70 |
 | UAB | -2.313 | 83 | -1.587 | 79 |
 | Tulane | -2.322 | 84 | 0.578 | 65 |
 | UTSA | -2.503 | 85 | -1.743 | 82 |
 | Memphis | -2.751 | 86 | -5.026 | 117 |
 | Florida Atlantic | -2.889 | 87 | -3.776 | 103 |
 | North Texas | -2.959 | 88 | -0.761 | 73 |
 | San José State | -2.999 | 89 | -5.416 | 124 |
 | Old Dominion | -3.04 | 90 | -0.275 | 72 |
 | Air Force | -3.068 | 91 | -2.748 | 98 |
 | Georgia Southern | -3.112 | 92 | -0.866 | 74 |
 | UNLV | -3.259 | 93 | -2.582 | 95 |
 | Ball State | -3.343 | 94 | 1.93 | 51 |
 | Coastal Carolina | -3.437 | 95 | -3.835 | 104 |
 | Army | -3.577 | 96 | -4.181 | 107 |
 | East Carolina | -4.073 | 97 | -4.837 | 114 |
 | Fresno State | -4.15 | 98 | -5.464 | 125 |
 | Southern Miss | -4.253 | 99 | -2.739 | 97 |
 | Louisiana Tech | -4.314 | 100 | 0.582 | 64 |
 | Sam Houston | -4.432 | 101 | 0.629 | 63 |
 | Missouri State | -4.474 | 102 | -2.234 | 89 |
 | Kent State | -4.476 | 103 | 3.478 | 37 |
 | South Florida | -4.536 | 104 | -6.507 | 127 |
 | Nevada | -4.615 | 105 | -7.672 | 130 |
 | Tulsa | -4.708 | 106 | -4.512 | 111 |
 | Central Michigan | -4.798 | 107 | 1.244 | 60 |
 | UConn | -5.003 | 108 | -7.711 | 131 |
 | New Mexico State | -5.148 | 109 | -2.571 | 94 |
 | UL Monroe | -5.332 | 110 | -3.741 | 102 |
 | Troy | -5.352 | 111 | -5.273 | 122 |
 | Delaware | -5.387 | 112 | -2.101 | 86 |
 | New Mexico | -5.43 | 113 | -9.644 | 137 |
 | Arkansas State | -5.515 | 114 | -2.555 | 93 |
 | Kennesaw State | -5.558 | 115 | -2.39 | 91 |
 | Georgia State | -5.605 | 116 | -5.029 | 118 |
 | Wyoming | -5.709 | 117 | -8.306 | 133 |
 | South Alabama | -5.715 | 118 | -5.39 | 123 |
 | Akron | -5.905 | 119 | -4.092 | 105 |
 | James Madison | -5.937 | 120 | -5.204 | 121 |
 | Bowling Green | -6.104 | 121 | -4.504 | 110 |
 | Middle Tennessee | -6.119 | 122 | -4.198 | 108 |
 | North Dakota State | -6.7 | 123 | -5.136 | 119 |
 | Marshall | -6.706 | 124 | -3.487 | 101 |
 | Florida International | -6.928 | 125 | -5.198 | 120 |
 | App State | -6.965 | 126 | -9.181 | 135 |
 | Miami (OH) | -6.979 | 127 | -6.213 | 126 |
 | Hawai’i | -7.167 | 128 | -4.902 | 115 |
 | Sacramento State | -7.276 | 129 | -4.237 | 109 |
 | Louisiana | -7.441 | 130 | -5.02 | 116 |
 | Eastern Michigan | -7.541 | 131 | -7.258 | 129 |
 | Jacksonville State | -7.643 | 132 | -4.116 | 106 |
 | Buffalo | -7.937 | 133 | -2.672 | 96 |
 | Western Michigan | -8.199 | 134 | -6.831 | 128 |
 | Toledo | -8.841 | 135 | -9.279 | 136 |
 | Liberty | -9.213 | 136 | -8.2 | 132 |
 | Massachusetts | -9.365 | 137 | -10.117 | 138 |
 | Ohio | -9.384 | 138 | -8.522 | 134 |