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2026 College Football Strength of Schedule Rankings

2026 season · current through completed games in Week 4. Schedule Strength is based on the entering CFB Match Lab strength of opponents already faced. The SOS Score converts that opponent-quality average into a 1–100 FBS percentile, where 100 represents the most difficult schedule to date.

This is schedule difficulty already faced, not a future remaining-schedule projection.

Team Strength Rankings
Compare opponent-adjusted overall ratings.Defensive Strength Rankings
Compare opponent-adjusted defensive performance.

SOS Rank	Team	SOS Score	Opponent Strength Avg	Team Strength Rank	Team Strength	Games
1	Western Kentucky	100	78.07	116	14	3
2	Arkansas	99	73.76	82	39	3
3	North Texas	99	73.86	100	26	3
4	Stanford	98	71.56	131	3	3
5	Texas	97	71.14	47	66	4
6	Michigan State	96	69.19	69	49	4
7	Utah State	96	70.27	106	22	3
8	Oklahoma	95	66.19	40	71	4
9	Michigan	94	66.14	9	94	4
10	Temple	93	64.41	42	70	4
11	Tulane	93	66.13	72	47	3
12	Kentucky	92	63.43	14	90	4
13	Texas State	91	63.16	64	53	3
14	Auburn	90	62.27	16	88	4
15	Washington State	90	61.93	79	43	3
16	Rice	89	61.5	129	5	3
17	UTEP	88	61.48	112	17	3
18	Boise State	87	59.4	30	78	4
19	Bowling Green	87	61.16	117	13	4
20	Fresno State	86	59.31	37	73	3
21	Illinois	85	59.02	65	52	4
22	Alabama	84	58.7	39	71	3
23	Wisconsin	84	58.41	17	88	4
24	NC State	83	58.2	63	54	3
25	Northwestern	82	58.14	18	87	3
26	Iowa State	81	56.98	59	57	4
27	Kansas	81	57.31	34	75	3
28	Arizona State	80	56.94	74	46	3
29	Florida Atlantic	79	55.17	70	49	3
30	Louisiana Tech	79	55.4	98	28	3
31	Purdue	78	55.15	90	34	4
32	San Diego State	77	54.65	96	29	4
33	Florida State	76	54.11	50	63	4
34	Oregon State	76	54.26	7	95	3
35	Wake Forest	75	53.84	29	79	4
36	North Carolina	74	53.52	110	19	3
37	Colorado	73	52.51	80	41	4
38	Northern Illinois	73	52.76	119	12	4
39	SMU	72	52.14	52	62	3
40	Tennessee	71	51.93	43	69	4
41	James Madison	70	51.2	32	77	3
42	Mississippi State	70	51.74	4	98	3
43	Vanderbilt	69	50.82	36	74	4
44	Texas A&M	68	50.61	93	32	3
45	Kent State	67	50.19	99	26	4
46	Miami (OH)	67	50.07	26	81	4
47	LSU	66	49.68	24	83	3
48	Kansas State	65	49.53	62	54	3
49	Arkansas State	64	49.21	125	7	3
50	UCF	64	49.47	61	55	4
51	Georgia Southern	63	48.9	123	9	4
52	Iowa	62	48.48	25	82	4
53	Ball State	61	48.06	128	5	4
54	Clemson	61	48.06	12	91	4
55	Louisiana	60	47.74	73	46	3
56	Indiana	59	46.69	67	51	4
57	Missouri State	59	46.67	94	31	3
58	Utah	58	46.55	13	91	4
59	Georgia Tech	57	46.31	41	70	3
60	Georgia	56	46.3	83	39	4
61	San José State	56	46.05	102	25	4
62	Ohio State	55	46.03	22	84	4
63	Akron	54	45.59	132	2	4
64	Memphis	53	44.93	114	16	4
65	Southern Miss	53	44.87	135	1	3
66	New Mexico State	52	44.8	108	20	4
67	Duke	51	44.74	21	85	4
68	UNLV	50	44.22	109	20	4
69	Western Michigan	50	44.58	121	10	4
70	Louisville	49	44.09	23	84	4
71	UCLA	48	43.32	15	90	4
72	Baylor	47	43.08	58	57	4
73	Kennesaw State	47	43.24	107	20	3
74	Maryland	46	41.97	84	38	4
75	USC	45	41.86	48	65	4
76	Army	44	41.23	113	16	3
77	Delaware	44	41.83	88	35	3
78	Ohio	43	41.1	81	40	4
79	Coastal Carolina	42	40.51	101	25	4
80	BYU	41	40.51	11	93	3
81	Buffalo	41	40.44	133	1	4
82	UAB	40	39.84	104	24	4
83	Eastern Michigan	39	39.77	122	10	5
84	Marshall	39	39.67	85	37	4
85	Syracuse	38	39.41	118	13	3
86	Florida International	37	39.28	95	30	3
87	Oklahoma State	36	39.09	10	94	3
88	Virginia	36	38.79	56	59	3
89	Boston College	35	38.27	97	28	4
90	South Alabama	34	38.24	115	16	4
91	Missouri	33	38.15	28	80	3
92	Old Dominion	33	37.62	33	77	3
93	Arizona	32	37.59	46	66	3
94	Washington	31	37.43	35	75	3
95	Houston	30	37.31	66	51	4
96	Sam Houston	30	37.4	105	22	4
97	North Dakota State	29	37.15	20	86	4
98	West Virginia	28	37.15	8	95	3
99	East Carolina	27	37.07	3	98	4
100	Penn State	27	37.08	44	68	4
101	Air Force	26	36.33	31	77	2
102	Sacramento State	25	35.61	134	1	4
103	Colorado State	24	35.33	89	34	4
104	Troy	24	35.54	78	43	3
105	Rutgers	23	34.99	92	32	4
106	Notre Dame	22	34.68	1	100	4
107	California	21	34.4	77	43	4
108	New Mexico	21	34.28	68	50	4
109	Liberty	20	33.98	49	64	4
110	Miami	19	33.75	6	96	3
111	TCU	19	33.59	45	67	4
112	Hawai'i	18	33.19	126	7	4
113	UL Monroe	17	32.74	127	6	3
114	Toledo	16	32.68	60	57	4
115	Virginia Tech	16	32.13	86	37	4
116	Florida	15	30.21	53	61	4
117	UConn	14	29.48	—	—	4
118	Georgia State	13	28.8	75	45	4
119	Jacksonville State	13	29.48	76	44	4
120	Pittsburgh	12	28.37	2	99	4
121	South Florida	11	28.06	57	58	4
122	Minnesota	10	26.83	38	73	3
123	Oregon	10	27.44	5	97	3
124	South Carolina	9	26.8	71	48	3
125	Central Michigan	8	26.77	91	33	3
126	Middle Tennessee	7	25.79	103	24	3
127	Nebraska	7	26.66	54	61	4
128	Cincinnati	6	25.41	55	60	3
129	Massachusetts	5	25.33	27	81	3
130	Nevada	4	24.74	111	18	3
131	Texas Tech	4	25.04	19	87	4
132	App State	3	22.04	120	11	3
133	Charlotte	2	20.21	124	8	3
134	Navy	1	17.85	130	3	3
135	Tulsa	1	8.43	51	63	3
136	Wyoming	1	18.69	87	36	4

Last generated: 2026-09-27T00:40:51.198709+00:00