Final Strength of Schedule rankings

Using the FEI ELS metric. Pretty much the only SoS I consider valid since it's not based on averages.

Strength of schedule ratings represent the number of losses a team two standard deviations above average would expect to have against the schedule of opponents.

Listed in order by overall rank, expected losses to the right.

#4 Alabama - 2.97
#5 Texas - 2.82
#7 Florida - 2.72
#8 Auburn - 2.57
#10 Arkansas - 2.50
#11 South Carolina - 2.42
#12 Kentucky - 2.38
#15 LSU - 2.29
#17 Miss St - 2.23
#20 Missouri - 2.13
#21 Oklahoma - 2.09
#22 Tennessee - 2.05
#23 Georgia - 2.04
#36 Texas A&M -1.70
#39 Vandy - 1.57
#48 Ole Miss - 1.35

Other notables:

#16 Indiana - 2.25
#19 BYU - 2.18
#25 Oregon - 2.03
#25 Ohio St - 2.02
#43 Notre Dame - 1.48
#47 Texas Tech - 1.39
#49 Miami - 1.33
#82 Tulane - 0.56
#116 James Madison - 0.21

Toughest schedule:

#1 Wisconsin - 3.72

It's such a joke that Tulane and JMU are in this. I mean we can make fun of Ole Miss and some of the other playoff teams, but even the ole miss schedule is 6 times more difficult than JMU and more than twice as difficult as Tulane.


2025 FEI Ratings