Strength of schedule

The NCAA Division III playoff selection committee determines strength of schedule using opponents' winning percentage and opponents' opponents' winning percentage. A team's SOS is two-thirds opponents' winning percentage (OWP) and one-third opponents' opponents' winning percentage (OOWP).

Those numbers follow, calculated by PrestoSports.

We've sorted these teams by their strength of schedule. This is only part of the process used to determine who will get selected to the NCAA playoffs.

Records and winning percentage are based on all games vs. full Division III opponents.

Only games which have been played so far are counted here.

OWP: Opponents' winning percentage. OOWP: Opponents' opponents' winning percentage. SOS: two-thirds OWP and one-third OOWP.

These numbers are more of a guidepost for the committee. There is no established standard for what it takes to be chosen as an at-large team, and in fact, teams in conferences with 10 members will always have their SOS trend toward .500 because of the high number of conference games. However, it is still something that is used in the selection process, which is why we note it here.

Team D3
record		 D3
win %		 OWP (rank) OOWP NCAA
SOS
1 Alma 1-9 .100 .6705 (1) .4759 0.606
2 Buffalo State 5-5 .500 .6292 (3) .5362 0.598
3 Buena Vista 4-6 .400 .6322 (2) .5083 0.591
4 Berry 0-8 .000 .6087 (4) .5296 0.582
5 Bethel 10-0 1.000 .5909 (11) .5458 0.576
6 Gustavus Adolphus 5-4 .556 .5949 (8) .5339 0.575
7 St. John Fisher 8-2 .800 .5889 (14) .5444 0.574
8 Augsburg 5-5 .500 .5930 (9) .5227 0.570
9 UW-Eau Claire 2-8 .200 .5952 (7) .5147 0.568
10 Pacific 6-3 .667 .5867 (16) .5257 0.566
11 Hardin-Simmons 3-6 .333 .6056 (5) .4820 0.564
12 Washington U. 8-2 .800 .5904 (13) .5082 0.563
13 Concordia-Moorhead 7-2 .778 .5625 (31) .5606 0.562
14 Shenandoah 4-6 .400 .5955 (6) .4892 0.560
15 Rochester 4-4 .500 .5797 (20) .5199 0.560
16 Washington and Lee 5-5 .500 .5778 (22) .5221 0.559
17 Framingham State 9-1 .900 .5909 (12) .4900 0.557
18 Centre 7-3 .700 .5647 (28) .5408 0.557
19 Carthage 1-9 .100 .5889 (15) .4899 0.556
20 Sewanee 4-6 .400 .5714 (25) .5238 0.556
21 Kean 2-8 .200 .5843 (18) .4977 0.555
22 Whitworth 4-6 .400 .5823 (19) .5014 0.555
23 Redlands 7-2 .778 .5915 (10) .4777 0.554
24 Cal Lutheran 4-5 .444 .5857 (17) .4875 0.553
25 Alfred 7-3 .700 .5556 (39) .5480 0.553
26 Salisbury 6-4 .600 .5647 (29) .5285 0.553
27 North Park 3-7 .300 .5778 (23) .5017 0.552
28 UW-River Falls 0-10 .000 .5714 (26) .5069 0.550
29 UW-Stout 2-6 .250 .5652 (27) .5176 0.549
30 Pacific Lutheran 8-1 .889 .5405 (53) .5659 0.549
31 Lewis and Clark 1-8 .111 .5600 (34) .5260 0.549
32 Averett 1-9 .100 .5795 (21) .4841 0.548
33 Kalamazoo 6-4 .600 .5730 (24) .4948 0.547
34 Randolph-Macon 7-3 .700 .5556 (40) .5262 0.546
35 Rowan 8-2 .800 .5529 (41) .5303 0.545
36 UW-La Crosse 3-6 .333 .5584 (35) .5191 0.545
37 Millikin 2-8 .200 .5618 (32) .5091 0.544
38 Central 6-4 .600 .5632 (30) .5059 0.544
39 Montclair State 4-6 .400 .5568 (37) .5150 0.543
40 Puget Sound 1-8 .111 .5616 (33) .5052 0.543
41 Coe 7-3 .700 .5568 (36) .5140 0.543
42 St. Olaf 1-9 .100 .5465 (46) .5315 0.541
43 Utica 3-7 .300 .5341 (60) .5495 0.539
44 Birmingham-Southern 4-4 .500 .5385 (58) .5401 0.539
45 Wheaton (Ill.) 8-2 .800 .5506 (42) .5153 0.539
46 Linfield 9-0 1.000 .5342 (59) .5478 0.539
47 Cortland 6-4 .600 .5393 (56) .5370 0.539
48 Rhodes 8-2 .800 .5422 (51) .5280 0.537
49 Union 3-7 .300 .5476 (45) .5161 0.537
50 UW-Whitewater 9-0 1.000 .5325 (63) .5464 0.537
51 RPI 5-5 .500 .5476 (44) .5136 0.536
52 Washington and Jefferson 8-2 .800 .5556 (38) .4900 0.534
53 Albion 8-2 .800 .5393 (54) .5211 0.533
54 Delaware Valley 7-3 .700 .5444 (48) .5051 0.531
55 Hamline 2-8 .200 .5294 (65) .5340 0.531
56 Carleton 5-5 .500 .5233 (74) .5452 0.531
57 WPI 3-7 .300 .5422 (52) .5038 0.529
58 Springfield 6-3 .667 .5325 (64) .5210 0.529
59 Dickinson 3-7 .300 .5455 (47) .4942 0.528
60 Trine 4-5 .444 .5432 (50) .4975 0.528
61 Capital 3-7 .300 .5393 (57) .5032 0.527
62 Knox 1-9 .100 .5506 (43) .4790 0.527
63 Bethany 4-6 .400 .5444 (49) .4900 0.526
64 Wooster 7-3 .700 .5393 (55) .4994 0.526
65 Brockport 7-3 .700 .5169 (82) .5392 0.524
66 Lycoming 7-3 .700 .5333 (61) .5028 0.523
67 Otterbein 5-5 .500 .5281 (69) .5131 0.523
68 Hampden-Sydney 8-2 .800 .5222 (77) .5233 0.523
69 Dubuque 5-5 .500 .5287 (67) .5095 0.522
70 Millsaps 8-1 .889 .5132 (85) .5395 0.522
71 St. Lawrence 7-3 .700 .5238 (72) .5162 0.521
72 Hope 7-3 .700 .5169 (83) .5283 0.521
73 John Carroll 9-1 .900 .5281 (68) .5040 0.520
74 Grinnell 2-8 .200 .5333 (62) .4888 0.518
75 Ithaca 8-2 .800 .5000 (99) .5536 0.518
76 Moravian 2-8 .200 .5281 (70) .4960 0.517
77 Bridgewater State 6-4 .600 .5287 (66) .4941 0.517
78 Mass-Dartmouth 3-6 .333 .5250 (71) .4993 0.516
79 Widener 6-4 .600 .5233 (73) .5025 0.516
80 Mount Union 10-0 1.000 .5227 (75) .5023 0.516
81 Willamette 7-2 .778 .4933 (121) .5588 0.515
82 Johns Hopkins 10-0 1.000 .5169 (81) .5028 0.512
83 Hobart 9-0 1.000 .5000 (98) .5343 0.511
84 Hartwick 6-4 .600 .4944 (109) .5443 0.511
85 Muskingum 2-8 .200 .5169 (84) .4972 0.510
86 Guilford 6-4 .600 .5000 (103) .5300 0.510
87 Thiel 3-7 .300 .5227 (76) .4828 0.509
88 Methodist 7-2 .778 .5190 (78) .4903 0.509
89 UW-Stevens Point 5-5 .500 .5059 (93) .5104 0.507
90 St. John's 7-3 .700 .4773 (144) .5673 0.507
91 Augustana 5-5 .500 .5000 (104) .5197 0.507
92 Oberlin 3-7 .300 .5114 (87) .4897 0.504
93 LaGrange 5-5 .500 .5119 (86) .4882 0.504
94 FDU-Florham 1-9 .100 .5056 (96) .4989 0.503
95 Lebanon Valley 8-2 .800 .5000 (100) .5101 0.503
96 Wittenberg 9-0 1.000 .5062 (92) .4969 0.503
97 Morrisville State 3-7 .300 .4944 (113) .5200 0.503
98 Wabash 9-1 .900 .5056 (94) .4972 0.503
99 Wilmington 0-10 .000 .5056 (97) .4966 0.503
100 Howard Payne 2-6 .250 .5077 (89) .4918 0.502
101 Sul Ross State 1-7 .125 .5077 (90) .4918 0.502
102 McDaniel 2-8 .200 .5056 (95) .4954 0.502
103 William Paterson 3-7 .300 .4944 (114) .5143 0.501
104 Greensboro 1-8 .111 .5190 (79) .4645 0.501
105 St. Norbert 8-2 .800 .5000 (101) .5022 0.501
106 North Central (Ill.) 10-0 1.000 .4828 (137) .5361 0.501
107 Carroll 6-4 .600 .5111 (88) .4788 0.500
108 Luther 2-7 .222 .4875 (129) .5257 0.500
109 Marietta 1-9 .100 .5000 (107) .5000 0.500
110 Coast Guard 3-7 .300 .5181 (80) .4631 0.500
111 Monmouth 5-5 .500 .5000 (105) .4994 0.500
112 Misericordia 1-9 .100 .5000 (108) .4994 0.500
113 Lake Forest 8-2 .800 .5000 (102) .4967 0.499
114 Franklin and Marshall 6-4 .600 .4944 (110) .5074 0.499
115 Illinois Wesleyan 9-1 .900 .4778 (142) .5404 0.499
116 Ohio Northern 5-4 .556 .4938 (120) .5081 0.499
117 DePauw 4-6 .400 .4944 (112) .5051 0.498
118 Chicago 6-4 .600 .4941 (118) .5036 0.497
119 Elmhurst 4-6 .400 .4831 (133) .5222 0.496
120 Muhlenberg 7-2 .778 .4938 (119) .4994 0.496
121 Fitchburg State 6-4 .600 .4943 (116) .4967 0.495
122 Susquehanna 1-9 .100 .4943 (117) .4954 0.495
123 Cornell 7-3 .700 .4889 (123) .5061 0.495
124 King's 6-4 .600 .4889 (124) .5050 0.494
125 Wilkes 4-6 .400 .4889 (125) .5050 0.494
126 Hiram 2-8 .200 .4944 (115) .4932 0.494
127 Ohio Wesleyan 5-5 .500 .4944 (111) .4915 0.493
128 Mary Hardin-Baylor 10-0 1.000 .4675 (156) .5433 0.493
129 Christopher Newport 8-2 .800 .4828 (138) .5112 0.492
130 Hendrix 3-7 .300 .4750 (147) .5249 0.492
131 Lawrence 1-9 .100 .4889 (126) .4961 0.491
132 Ursinus 7-3 .700 .4886 (127) .4948 0.491
133 Albright 7-3 .700 .4778 (143) .5151 0.490
134 Allegheny 0-10 .000 .4886 (128) .4908 0.489
135 Baldwin Wallace 6-4 .600 .4831 (132) .5017 0.489
136 Stevenson 4-6 .400 .4831 (134) .5000 0.489
137 UW-Oshkosh 7-2 .778 .4545 (165) .5565 0.488
138 Western Connecticut 7-2 .778 .4810 (140) .5026 0.488
139 Massachusetts Maritime 5-5 .500 .4828 (139) .4961 0.487
140 Trinity (Texas) 5-5 .500 .5070 (91) .4471 0.487
141 Wartburg 8-2 .800 .4598 (162) .5388 0.486
142 Pomona-Pitzer 2-6 .250 .4921 (122) .4726 0.486
143 Macalester 3-5 .375 .4714 (154) .5137 0.486
144 Hanover 5-5 .500 .5000 (106) .4550 0.485
145 Plymouth State 2-8 .200 .4773 (145) .4994 0.485
146 East Texas Baptist 3-7 .300 .4868 (130) .4753 0.483
147 Juniata 7-3 .700 .4719 (148) .5040 0.483
148 Adrian 6-4 .600 .4545 (169) .5363 0.482
149 Catholic 6-4 .600 .4719 (150) .5013 0.482
150 Denison 7-3 .700 .4719 (149) .5006 0.481
151 Kenyon 4-6 .400 .4719 (151) .5006 0.481
152 Westfield State 5-5 .500 .4713 (155) .4988 0.480
153 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 3-6 .333 .4648 (161) .5070 0.479
154 UW-Platteville 9-1 .900 .4405 (187) .5511 0.477
155 Worcester State 3-7 .300 .4659 (159) .4994 0.477
156 Beloit 1-9 .100 .4667 (157) .4978 0.477
157 Nichols 1-8 .111 .4868 (131) .4560 0.477
158 Heidelberg 8-2 .800 .4494 (177) .5290 0.476
159 Simpson 6-3 .667 .4430 (184) .5372 0.474
160 Husson 4-5 .444 .4810 (141) .4570 0.473
161 TCNJ 4-5 .444 .4444 (182) .5258 0.472
162 Merchant Marine 4-4 .500 .4507 (174) .5127 0.471
163 La Verne 3-5 .375 .4531 (171) .5060 0.471
164 St. Vincent 0-10 .000 .4719 (153) .4678 0.471
165 Concordia-Chicago 2-8 .200 .4831 (136) .4446 0.470
166 Illinois College 8-2 .800 .4556 (163) .4994 0.470
167 Franklin 7-2 .778 .4750 (146) .4604 0.470
168 Ripon 7-3 .700 .4556 (164) .4989 0.470
169 Aurora 3-7 .300 .4719 (152) .4606 0.468
170 Wisconsin Lutheran 4-6 .400 .4831 (135) .4368 0.468
171 Gettysburg 4-6 .400 .4494 (179) .5040 0.468
172 Maryville (Tenn.) 8-2 .800 .4419 (185) .5163 0.467
173 Defiance 3-7 .300 .4659 (160) .4626 0.465
174 Loras 1-9 .100 .4432 (183) .5052 0.464
175 Mount St. Joseph 6-4 .600 .4659 (158) .4586 0.463
176 Rose-Hulman 7-3 .700 .4545 (167) .4799 0.463
177 Huntingdon 7-3 .700 .4500 (176) .4889 0.463
178 Salve Regina 7-2 .778 .4545 (166) .4779 0.462
179 Norwich 7-3 .700 .4545 (168) .4768 0.462
180 Western New England 4-6 .400 .4524 (172) .4757 0.460
181 Westminster (Pa.) 4-6 .400 .4494 (180) .4779 0.459
182 Benedictine 7-3 .700 .4494 (178) .4768 0.459
183 Bridgewater 4-6 .400 .4270 (195) .5152 0.456
184 Castleton 1-9 .100 .4545 (170) .4563 0.455
185 N.C. Wesleyan 2-7 .222 .4304 (193) .5033 0.455
186 Austin 4-5 .444 .4493 (181) .4626 0.454
187 Case Western Reserve 5-4 .556 .4231 (200) .5133 0.453
188 Curry 4-5 .444 .4416 (186) .4723 0.452
189 Gallaudet 8-1 .889 .4359 (190) .4829 0.452
190 Geneva 5-5 .500 .4382 (189) .4773 0.451
191 St. Scholastica 8-1 .889 .4521 (173) .4463 0.450
192 Endicott 8-2 .800 .4235 (199) .4898 0.446
193 Chapman 8-1 .889 .4085 (208) .5196 0.446
194 Whittier 1-8 .111 .4085 (209) .5196 0.446
195 Waynesburg 7-3 .700 .4222 (201) .4916 0.445
196 Grove City 5-5 .500 .4318 (191) .4713 0.445
197 Ferrum 2-8 .200 .4205 (202) .4941 0.445
198 Olivet 6-4 .600 .4045 (211) .5255 0.445
199 Crown 3-6 .333 .4507 (175) .4310 0.444
200 Manchester 3-7 .300 .4253 (196) .4805 0.444
201 Bluffton 4-6 .400 .4318 (192) .4646 0.443
202 SUNY-Maritime 5-5 .500 .4302 (194) .4573 0.439
203 Westminster (Mo.) 2-7 .222 .4384 (188) .4337 0.437
204 Greenville 8-1 .889 .4247 (197) .4489 0.433
205 Carnegie Mellon 3-6 .333 .4125 (204) .4730 0.433
206 Minnesota-Morris 2-7 .222 .4247 (198) .4435 0.431
207 Concordia (Wis.) 8-2 .800 .4070 (210) .4695 0.428
208 Anderson 0-9 .000 .4125 (205) .4561 0.427
209 Eureka 7-2 .778 .4110 (206) .4489 0.424
210 Northwestern (Minn.) 5-4 .556 .4110 (207) .4478 0.423
211 MIT 6-3 .667 .4000 (213) .4661 0.422
212 Martin Luther 3-6 .333 .4167 (203) .4303 0.421
213 Anna Maria 2-8 .200 .4023 (212) .4564 0.420
214 Texas Lutheran 8-1 .889 .3768 (215) .4947 0.416
215 Rockford 1-9 .100 .3933 (214) .4439 0.410
216 Southwestern 0-7 .000 .3750 (216) .4653 0.405
217 Lakeland 7-3 .700 .3483 (217) .4956 0.397
218 Belhaven 0-0 .000 .0000 (218) .0000 0.000
219 Alfred State 0-0 .000 .0000 (219) .0000 0.000
220 Alvernia 0-0 .000 .0000 (220) .0000 0.000
221 Amherst 0-0 .000 .0000 (221) .0000 0.000
222 Bates 0-0 .000 .0000 (222) .0000 0.000
223 Bowdoin 0-0 .000 .0000 (223) .0000 0.000
224 Brevard 0-0 .000 .0000 (224) .0000 0.000
225 Colby 0-0 .000 .0000 (225) .0000 0.000
226 Dean 0-0 .000 .0000 (226) .0000 0.000
227 Eastern 0-0 .000 .0000 (227) .0000 0.000
228 George Fox 0-0 .000 .0000 (228) .0000 0.000
229 Hamilton 0-0 .000 .0000 (229) .0000 0.000
230 Hilbert 0-0 .000 .0000 (230) .0000 0.000
231 Keystone 0-0 .000 .0000 (231) .0000 0.000
232 Lyon 0-0 .000 .0000 (232) .0000 0.000
233 McMurry 0-0 .000 .0000 (233) .0000 0.000
234 Middlebury 0-0 .000 .0000 (234) .0000 0.000
235 Nebraska Wesleyan 0-0 .000 .0000 (235) .0000 0.000
236 Southern Virginia 0-0 .000 .0000 (236) .0000 0.000
237 Trinity (Conn.) 0-0 .000 .0000 (237) .0000 0.000
238 Tufts 0-0 .000 .0000 (238) .0000 0.000
239 University of New England 0-0 .000 .0000 (239) .0000 0.000
240 Wesleyan 0-0 .000 .0000 (240) .0000 0.000
241 Williams 0-0 .000 .0000 (241) .0000 0.000

Note: Because the NESCAC does not permit teams to participate in the football playoffs, we do not include their games in these calculations.