Week 8 SoS Rankings

Using the FEI ELS metric, through Week 8.

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 Alabama - 1.61
#2 Mississippi State - 1.57
#3 Auburn - 1.57
#4 Kentucky - 1.55
#7 Texas - 1.46
#8 Texas A&M - 1.43
#9 Arkansas - 1.39
#10 Oklahoma - 1.38
#12 Ole Miss - 1.28
#13 Vanderbilt - 1.24
#15 South Carolina - 1.19
#18 Tennessee - 1.16
#19 Florida - 1.12
#27 LSU - 0.89
#32 Georgia - 0.79
#40 Missouri - 0.70

Other notables

#20 Indiana - 1.06
#23 Ohio State - 0.97
#24 BYU - 0.96
#37 Wake Forest - 0.77
#41 Houston - 0.69
#54 Notre Dame - 0.50
#56 UCLA - 0.48
#61 Miami - 0.40
#82 Texas Tech - 0.27
#88 Utah - 0.25

The SEC makes up 4 of the top5. 8 of the top10. 13 of the top20.

Only 4 other highly ranked teams have a schedule better than the easiest SEC schedule and the highest is #20, below 13 of 16 SEC Teams.

This is not parity, this is self harm.

2026 FEI Ratings (through Week 8)

PS: Kentucky has played the 4th most difficult schedule, can't say they are getting by because of an easy schedule.