FCS Pure Strength-Of-Schedule

2025 FCS Pure SOS Rankings

Welcome to the unbiased Strength of Schedule metric for FCS college football. Unlike other ratings that blindly reward teams for FBS losses and punish for D2 wins, we focus on the most important metric: FCS vs. FCS games. This provides a fairer view of schedule difficulty.

Ranking updated weekly after games. A negative number indicates below average schedule difficulty; positive equals above average.

Last updated: October 20, 2025.

Rank Team Name FCS Record SOS
1 Idaho State 1-3 19.43
2 Cal Poly-SLO 2-3 17.80
3 Murray State 0-5 16.22
4 Indiana State 1-4 16.12
5 Southern Utah 2-5 14.23
6 Portland State 0-5 14.11
7 Southern Illinois 3-2 13.68
8 Utah Tech 1-6 12.60
9 Northern Arizona 4-2 12.13
10 Nicholls State 1-4 10.29
11 Abilene Christian 4-2 10.21
12 Northern Iowa 2-4 10.07
13 McNeese State 1-3 9.87
14 South Dakota State 7-0 9.16
15 San Diego 3-4 9.04
16 Sacramento State 4-2 8.57
17 UC Davis 5-0 8.54
18 Montana 6-0 8.33
19 West Georgia 5-3 8.23
20 Mercyhurst 3-5 7.76
21 South Dakota 5-2 7.66
22 Stephen F. Austin 4-1 7.47
23 Incarnate Word 2-4 7.41
24 Montana State 5-1 7.32
25 Youngstown State 4-2 7.16
26 Fordham 1-5 6.94
27 Columbia 1-4 6.88
28 The Citadel 2-4 6.79
29 Holy Cross 1-5 6.77
30 Idaho 2-3 6.66
31 Weber State 3-2 5.83
32 Central Arkansas 3-3 5.56
33 UTRGV 2-2 5.52
34 Northern Colorado 2-3 5.44
35 Princeton 3-2 5.43
36 North Alabama 1-4 5.42
37 SE Missouri State 3-3 5.32
38 Lindenwood 3-2 5.30
39 Brown 3-2 5.00
40 Stonehill College 2-5 4.58
41 Eastern Washington 3-3 4.26
42 Miss. Valley State 0-5 3.63
43 North Dakota 5-1 3.01
44 Villanova 5-1 2.98
45 North Dakota State 7-0 2.94
46 Monmouth-NJ 6-0 2.74
47 Cornell 1-4 2.72
48 Lehigh 7-0 2.68
49 Lamar 6-0 2.04
50 Dartmouth 4-1 1.92
51 Colgate 2-4 1.85
52 Yale 3-2 1.71
53 Charleston Southern 2-4 1.63
54 New Hampshire 4-3 1.41
55 Samford 1-5 1.32
56 Tennessee-Martin 3-2 1.28
57 Furman 4-3 1.22
58 Eastern Kentucky 3-2 1.15
59 Merrimack 2-3 1.10
60 Towson 3-3 1.07
61 Mercer 5-1 1.05
62 Tennessee State 2-5 1.00
63 Valparaiso 0-5 0.97
64 Pennsylvania 4-1 0.69
65 Bryant 0-4 0.69
66 East Tennessee State 3-4 0.65
67 Chattanooga 3-3 0.64
68 Illinois State 4-2 0.50
69 Austin Peay 3-2 0.48
70 Wofford 2-4 0.29
71 Houston Christian 1-4 0.16
72 William & Mary 4-2 -0.02
73 Saint Francis-Pa. 0-4 -0.08
74 Tarleton State 7-0 -0.53
75 East Texas A&M 2-3 -0.65
76 Stony Brook 3-3 -0.87
77 Sacred Heart 5-3 -0.97
78 Gardner-Webb 4-1 -1.22
79 Butler 3-3 -1.79
80 Northwestern State 1-4 -1.84
81 Richmond 4-3 -1.95
82 Campbell 2-4 -2.12
83 Davidson 0-6 -2.20
84 Western Carolina 5-2 -2.46
85 Albany-NY 1-5 -2.52
86 Hampton 1-6 -2.84
87 Southern U. 1-5 -2.95
88 Morgan State 0-2 -3.20
89 Elon 4-3 -3.55
90 VMI 0-5 -3.55
91 Rhode Island 6-1 -3.59
92 NC A&T 1-5 -3.84
93 New Haven 1-3 -4.06
94 Robert Morris 0-5 -4.06
95 LIU Post 1-4 -4.18
96 Western Illinois 1-5 -4.43
97 Bucknell 4-3 -4.83
98 SC State 3-1 -5.04
99 Eastern Illinois 3-4 -5.11
100 Lafayette 5-1 -5.13
101 Morehead State 1-5 -5.67
102 Maine 3-2 -5.81
103 Florida A&M 1-3 -6.07
104 Norfolk State 0-5 -6.11
105 Georgetown 4-3 -6.73
106 SE Louisiana 5-0 -7.14
107 Drake 3-2 -7.16
108 Duquesne 4-1 -7.31
109 Delaware State 2-2 -7.59
110 Wagner 1-4 -7.78
111 Bethune-Cookman 2-2 -7.99
112 Stetson 2-4 -8.42
113 Grambling State 2-2 -9.31
114 Harvard 5-0 -9.53
115 Ark.-Pine Bluff 1-3 -9.88
116 Marist 3-4 -9.99
117 NC Central 4-1 -10.57
118 Central Connecticut 4-2 -10.77
119 Alabama State 3-1 -10.86
120 Texas Southern 3-2 -11.33
121 Howard 2-3 -11.46
122 Presbyterian College 5-0 -11.86
123 Prairie View A&M 5-1 -11.88
124 Alabama A&M 3-2 -12.15
125 Tennessee Tech 6-0 -12.21
126 Jackson State 4-0 -12.53
127 St. Thomas-Mn. 3-3 -12.54
128 Alcorn State 0-5 -17.29
129 Dayton 4-2 -22.76