Schedule Strength

Preseason projection vs. actual strength of schedule — 2016

128 teams · ranked by avg opponent Elo

#	Team	Conf	SOS	Opp W%	Rec	Win%	Conf	Elo
1	Utah State	Mountain West	1537	62%	3-9	25%	1-7	1413	▸
2	Ole Miss	SEC	1536	65%	4-5	44%	2-4	1490	▸
3	Auburn	SEC	1535	61%	5-4	56%	2-3	1465	▸
4	Arizona	Pac-12	1534	66%	3-8	27%	1-7	1475	▸
5	North Carolina	ACC	1526	59%	8-5	62%	5-3	1478	▸
6	Ohio St.	Big Ten	1523	61%	11-2	85%	8-1	1563	▸
7	Wyoming	Mountain West	1521	57%	8-5	62%	6-3	1476	▸
8	Georgia St	Sun Belt	1521	55%	3-9	25%	2-6	1460	▸
9	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	1520	55%	4-8	33%	3-5	1493	▸
10	Vanderbilt	SEC	1520	59%	6-5	55%	3-4	1533	▸
11	Tennessee	SEC	1518	61%	8-4	67%	4-4	1539	▸
12	Florida	SEC	1517	59%	7-4	64%	4-3	1495	▸
13	UMass	Fbs Independent	1517	55%	2-10	17%	0-1	1432	▸
14	Fresno St	Mountain West	1517	53%	1-11	8%	0-8	1424	▸
15	Texas St.	Sun Belt	1515	54%	2-10	17%	0-8	1396	▸
16	New Mexico St	Sun Belt	1515	55%	3-9	25%	2-6	1452	▸
17	Michigan	Big Ten	1514	55%	10-3	77%	7-2	1481	▸
18	Boise St	Mountain West	1514	54%	10-3	77%	6-2	1510	▸
19	LSU	SEC	1514	64%	8-3	73%	5-2	1551	▸
20	San José St	Mountain West	1514	53%	4-8	33%	3-5	1480	▸
21	Navy	American Athletic	1513	57%	9-4	69%	7-2	1529	▸
22	GA Southern	Sun Belt	1513	52%	5-7	42%	4-4	1458	▸
23	Kent State	MAC	1513	56%	3-9	25%	2-6	1434	▸
24	South Alabama	Sun Belt	1513	49%	6-7	46%	2-6	1483	▸
25	Kansas	Big 12	1512	56%	2-10	17%	1-8	1455	▸
26	Cincinnati	American Athletic	1512	57%	4-8	33%	1-7	1414	▸
27	Pitt	ACC	1512	57%	8-5	62%	5-3	1518	▸
28	California	Pac-12	1512	60%	4-7	36%	2-6	1462	▸
29	Missouri	SEC	1512	58%	4-6	40%	2-4	1508	▸
30	Syracuse	ACC	1512	59%	4-8	33%	2-6	1414	▸
31	Notre Dame	Fbs Independent	1511	54%	4-8	33%	1-0	1453	▸
32	West Virginia	Big 12	1511	54%	10-2	83%	7-2	1565	▸
33	Clemson	ACC	1511	60%	12-1	92%	8-1	1598	▸
34	Georgia Tech	ACC	1511	55%	8-4	67%	4-4	1553	▸
35	Washington St.	Pac-12	1510	55%	7-2	78%	6-0	1523	▸
36	Northwestern	Big Ten	1510	56%	7-6	54%	5-4	1528	▸
37	Fla. Atlantic	Conference USA	1510	48%	3-9	25%	2-6	1496	▸
38	Oklahoma St.	Big 12	1509	54%	10-3	77%	7-2	1572	▸
39	Iowa State	Big 12	1509	55%	3-9	25%	2-7	1497	▸
40	TCU	Big 12	1509	56%	6-6	50%	4-5	1499	▸
41	Rutgers	Big Ten	1508	59%	2-10	17%	0-9	1407	▸
42	NC State	ACC	1508	57%	6-6	50%	3-5	1507	▸
43	Georgia	SEC	1506	56%	6-5	55%	3-4	1542	▸
44	Michigan St	Big Ten	1506	54%	3-9	25%	1-8	1460	▸
45	Florida St.	ACC	1506	62%	10-3	77%	5-3	1604	▸
46	Bowling Green	MAC	1506	55%	4-8	33%	3-5	1542	▸
47	Kansas St	Big 12	1506	51%	8-4	67%	6-3	1547	▸
48	Colorado	Pac-12	1506	57%	9-4	69%	7-2	1543	▸
49	Iowa	Big Ten	1506	55%	8-5	62%	6-3	1522	▸
50	App State	Sun Belt	1505	49%	9-3	75%	7-1	1551	▸

Actual end-of-season results. Δ columns compare against the preseason projection (final − preseason). SOS is the average end-of-season Elo of opponents played. Ratings as of Jan 8.