Week 5 SoS rankings

Using the FEI ELS metric.

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.

#1 Arkansas - 1.41
#4 Texas - 0.93
#5 Miss St - 0.90
#8 Kentucky - 0.88
#10 Oklahoma - 0.84
#11 USC - 0.83
#12 Vandy - 0.82
#29 Tennessee - 0.52
#31 Auburn - 0.49
#32 Ole Miss - 0.48
#34 Florida - 0.47
#35 Alabama - 0.46
#40 Texas A&M - 0.40
#42 LSU - 0.39
#56 Missouri - 0.29
#71 Georgia - 0.22

OOC notables:

#25 Ohio St - 0.63
#41 Oregon - 0.40
#79 Notre Dame - 0.19
#90 BYU - 0.15
#91 Indiana - 0.15
#101 Miami - 0.12
#104 Utah - 0.11
#109 Texas Tech - 0.08

As usual, SEC schedules are much stronger. The only 2 teams with stronger schedules both have a loss.

2026 FEI Ratings (through Week 5)