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 UW-Eau Claire 2-8 .200 .6506 (1) .5373 0.613
2 UW-River Falls 4-6 .400 .6353 (3) .5369 0.603
3 Springfield 5-5 .500 .6250 (4) .5375 0.596
4 N.C. Wesleyan 5-4 .556 .6410 (2) .4885 0.590
5 St. John Fisher 8-2 .800 .6000 (7) .5705 0.590
6 UW-Oshkosh 8-1 .889 .5972 (10) .5593 0.585
7 UW-Stout 2-7 .222 .5974 (9) .5561 0.584
8 Alfred 10-0 1.000 .5955 (11) .5553 0.582
9 Union 3-7 .300 .6023 (6) .5278 0.577
10 UW-Platteville 7-2 .778 .5921 (12) .5460 0.577
11 Cortland 5-5 .500 .5889 (14) .5494 0.576
12 Ithaca 5-5 .500 .5778 (19) .5700 0.575
13 Endicott 5-5 .500 .6207 (5) .4799 0.574
14 Carnegie Mellon 7-3 .700 .6000 (8) .5149 0.572
15 McMurry 2-5 .286 .5918 (13) .5234 0.569
16 Brockport 7-3 .700 .5747 (20) .5513 0.567
17 RPI 5-5 .500 .5795 (16) .5406 0.567
18 Hobart 9-1 .900 .5682 (27) .5621 0.566
19 Morrisville State 1-9 .100 .5747 (21) .5443 0.565
20 TCNJ 2-8 .200 .5795 (18) .5230 0.561
21 Washington U. 8-2 .800 .5795 (15) .5162 0.558
22 Chicago 4-6 .400 .5795 (17) .5162 0.558
23 Olivet 9-1 .900 .5730 (22) .5266 0.558
24 Mary Hardin-Baylor 9-0 1.000 .5625 (31) .5469 0.557
25 Sul Ross State 4-2 .667 .5610 (34) .5455 0.556
26 Bethel 5-5 .500 .5730 (24) .5108 0.552
27 Hartwick 2-8 .200 .5556 (38) .5449 0.552
28 Kean 6-4 .600 .5667 (29) .5210 0.551
29 Augustana 3-7 .300 .5698 (26) .5144 0.551
30 Buena Vista 3-6 .333 .5625 (32) .5148 0.547
31 Carleton 1-9 .100 .5730 (25) .4905 0.545
32 Salisbury 7-3 .700 .5556 (36) .5231 0.545
33 Benedictine 6-4 .600 .5730 (23) .4873 0.544
34 George Fox 5-4 .556 .5676 (28) .4927 0.543
35 Wartburg 6-4 .600 .5542 (39) .5148 0.541
36 Adrian 4-6 .400 .5556 (37) .5085 0.540
37 UW-Whitewater 8-0 1.000 .5217 (78) .5760 0.540
38 Rowan 6-4 .600 .5444 (48) .5231 0.537
39 St. Norbert 7-3 .700 .5618 (33) .4879 0.537
40 Hampden-Sydney 3-7 .300 .5568 (35) .4967 0.537
41 UW-Stevens Point 6-4 .600 .5176 (80) .5699 0.535
42 Westfield State 2-8 .200 .5667 (30) .4714 0.535
43 Buffalo State 5-5 .500 .5287 (61) .5465 0.535
44 Nebraska Wesleyan 3-6 .333 .5443 (51) .5150 0.535
45 Linfield 8-1 .889 .5541 (40) .4941 0.534
46 Merchant Marine 5-4 .556 .5375 (55) .5219 0.532
47 Bridgewater 5-4 .556 .5500 (44) .4959 0.532
48 Ohio Wesleyan 6-4 .600 .5506 (42) .4943 0.532
49 Maryville (Tenn.) 8-2 .800 .5422 (52) .5112 0.532
50 Carthage 7-3 .700 .5349 (57) .5246 0.531
51 Carroll 1-9 .100 .5465 (46) .5012 0.531
52 Washington and Lee 6-4 .600 .5517 (41) .4882 0.531
53 Hope 7-3 .700 .5444 (47) .5028 0.531
54 Hardin-Simmons 7-1 .875 .5263 (64) .5355 0.529
55 East Texas Baptist 5-3 .625 .5263 (65) .5355 0.529
56 Worcester State 3-7 .300 .5506 (43) .4847 0.529
57 Utica 7-3 .700 .5111 (93) .5596 0.527
58 North Central (Ill.) 8-0 1.000 .5286 (62) .5246 0.527
59 Albion 1-9 .100 .5444 (49) .4921 0.527
60 Augsburg 2-8 .200 .5393 (54) .5019 0.527
61 Elmhurst 5-5 .500 .5233 (66) .5300 0.526
62 Dickinson 1-9 .100 .5444 (50) .4816 0.523
63 St. John's 9-1 .900 .5227 (69) .5230 0.523
64 Waynesburg 2-8 .200 .5333 (60) .4975 0.521
65 Central 8-2 .800 .5227 (70) .5159 0.520
66 Loras 1-9 .100 .5227 (71) .5152 0.520
67 Millikin 4-6 .400 .5233 (67) .5132 0.520
68 St. Lawrence 9-1 .900 .5000 (106) .5593 0.520
69 Christopher Newport 7-3 .700 .5111 (94) .5358 0.519
70 Wooster 4-6 .400 .5333 (59) .4883 0.518
71 Birmingham-Southern 1-9 .100 .5233 (68) .5084 0.518
72 Berry 9-1 .900 .5172 (81) .5202 0.518
73 Geneva 3-7 .300 .5222 (74) .5074 0.517
74 Texas Lutheran 2-8 .200 .5467 (45) .4583 0.517
75 Methodist 2-6 .250 .5362 (56) .4791 0.517
76 Lewis and Clark 0-9 .000 .5405 (53) .4700 0.517
77 Wheaton (Ill.) 9-1 .900 .5116 (88) .5258 0.516
78 Howard Payne 0-7 .000 .5208 (79) .5059 0.516
79 Bethany 3-7 .300 .5222 (75) .5012 0.515
80 St. Scholastica 7-3 .700 .5333 (58) .4775 0.515
81 WPI 6-4 .600 .5000 (110) .5441 0.515
82 Illinois Wesleyan 7-2 .778 .5065 (99) .5289 0.514
83 Monmouth 10-0 1.000 .5169 (82) .5080 0.514
84 Millsaps 3-6 .333 .5125 (86) .5156 0.514
85 St. Vincent 5-5 .500 .5222 (72) .4938 0.513
86 Hiram 3-7 .300 .5222 (76) .4939 0.513
87 Westminster (Pa.) 7-3 .700 .5111 (95) .5160 0.513
88 Wilkes 3-7 .300 .5222 (77) .4894 0.511
89 Capital 4-6 .400 .5222 (73) .4878 0.511
90 Coe 10-0 1.000 .5000 (105) .5322 0.511
91 Rhodes 6-4 .600 .5116 (89) .5084 0.511
92 John Carroll 9-1 .900 .5169 (83) .4972 0.510
93 Hanover 4-6 .400 .5281 (63) .4726 0.510
94 Averett 5-5 .500 .5119 (87) .5050 0.510
95 William Paterson 2-8 .200 .5057 (102) .5168 0.509
96 Montclair State 4-6 .400 .5000 (114) .5259 0.509
97 Trine 6-4 .600 .5111 (96) .5011 0.508
98 Dubuque 8-2 .800 .5000 (107) .5217 0.507
99 Gustavus Adolphus 5-5 .500 .4944 (122) .5292 0.506
100 Sewanee 0-10 .000 .5000 (119) .5169 0.506
101 Johns Hopkins 10-0 1.000 .5111 (90) .4944 0.506
102 Cornell 5-5 .500 .5169 (84) .4822 0.505
103 Hamline 5-5 .500 .5056 (103) .5044 0.505
104 LaGrange 2-7 .222 .5000 (116) .5153 0.505
105 Simpson 3-7 .300 .4943 (124) .5266 0.505
106 Rochester 1-8 .111 .4935 (129) .5279 0.505
107 Delaware Valley 8-2 .800 .5111 (91) .4920 0.505
108 Framingham State 7-3 .700 .5000 (108) .5134 0.504
109 DePauw 8-2 .800 .5111 (92) .4911 0.504
110 Marietta 3-7 .300 .5111 (97) .4878 0.503
111 Ripon 2-8 .200 .5169 (85) .4745 0.503
112 Shenandoah 6-4 .600 .5057 (101) .4961 0.503
113 Ferrum 6-4 .600 .4940 (126) .5189 0.502
114 Gettysburg 3-7 .300 .5056 (104) .4944 0.502
115 Concordia-Moorhead 7-2 .778 .4815 (144) .5369 0.500
116 Albright 7-3 .700 .5000 (109) .4994 0.500
117 Misericordia 1-9 .100 .5000 (118) .4950 0.498
118 Southern Virginia 2-8 .200 .4778 (158) .5376 0.498
119 Lebanon Valley 4-6 .400 .5000 (115) .4928 0.498
120 Ohio Northern 5-5 .500 .5000 (112) .4922 0.497
121 Hendrix 6-3 .667 .4937 (127) .5046 0.497
122 Moravian 5-5 .500 .5000 (113) .4883 0.496
123 Bridgewater State 8-2 .800 .4944 (121) .4994 0.496
124 Knox 2-8 .200 .5000 (117) .4867 0.496
125 Illinois College 6-4 .600 .5000 (111) .4838 0.495
126 MIT 3-7 .300 .4943 (125) .4949 0.494
127 Wilmington 0-10 .000 .5000 (120) .4827 0.494
128 Franklin 8-1 .889 .5062 (100) .4695 0.494
129 Chapman 5-4 .556 .5068 (98) .4652 0.493
130 Widener 6-4 .600 .4889 (133) .4994 0.492
131 Willamette 3-6 .333 .4933 (130) .4899 0.492
132 Wittenberg 9-1 .900 .4889 (131) .4983 0.492
133 Stevenson 9-1 .900 .4831 (140) .5079 0.491
134 Alma 7-3 .700 .4778 (150) .5169 0.491
135 Grove City 0-10 .000 .4889 (138) .4938 0.491
136 Mount Union 9-1 .900 .4831 (141) .5051 0.490
137 Lycoming 3-7 .300 .4889 (135) .4928 0.490
138 North Park 1-8 .111 .4744 (165) .5220 0.490
139 Franklin and Marshall 7-3 .700 .4889 (132) .4917 0.490
140 Allegheny 1-9 .100 .4889 (137) .4917 0.490
141 Manchester 2-8 .200 .4944 (123) .4761 0.488
142 Case Western Reserve 9-1 .900 .4667 (171) .5312 0.488
143 Luther 3-7 .300 .4773 (163) .5082 0.488
144 Beloit 3-7 .300 .4886 (139) .4844 0.487
145 Crown 2-8 .200 .4889 (136) .4810 0.486
146 Curry 3-6 .333 .4937 (128) .4710 0.486
147 UW-La Crosse 5-5 .500 .4471 (196) .5642 0.486
148 Heidelberg 6-4 .600 .4778 (151) .5022 0.486
149 Westminster (Mo.) 4-6 .400 .4889 (134) .4796 0.486
150 Washington and Jefferson 8-2 .800 .4667 (172) .5210 0.485
151 Denison 8-2 .800 .4778 (149) .4983 0.485
152 King's 5-5 .500 .4778 (154) .4961 0.484
153 Otterbein 5-5 .500 .4778 (155) .4961 0.484
154 Kalamazoo 3-7 .300 .4719 (168) .5074 0.484
155 Muhlenberg 9-1 .900 .4778 (148) .4950 0.484
156 Ursinus 2-8 .200 .4778 (159) .4950 0.484
157 Oberlin 0-10 .000 .4778 (161) .4944 0.483
158 Plymouth State 6-4 .600 .4778 (152) .4919 0.482
159 Susquehanna 6-4 .600 .4778 (153) .4917 0.482
160 Pacific Lutheran 5-4 .556 .4800 (145) .4869 0.482
161 Aurora 6-4 .600 .4831 (142) .4804 0.482
162 Baldwin Wallace 3-7 .300 .4778 (156) .4894 0.482
163 Pacific 4-6 .400 .4699 (169) .5042 0.481
164 McDaniel 3-7 .300 .4778 (157) .4866 0.481
165 Greenville 2-8 .200 .4778 (160) .4845 0.480
166 Mount St. Joseph 6-4 .600 .4719 (166) .4886 0.477
167 FDU-Florham 2-8 .200 .4667 (175) .4972 0.477
168 Southwestern 7-3 .700 .4667 (173) .4971 0.477
169 Centre 8-2 .800 .4545 (190) .5204 0.476
170 Salve Regina 8-1 .889 .4684 (170) .4913 0.476
171 Fitchburg State 5-5 .500 .4667 (174) .4932 0.476
172 Massachusetts Maritime 4-6 .400 .4719 (167) .4820 0.475
173 Thiel 4-6 .400 .4556 (189) .5123 0.474
174 Randolph-Macon 9-1 .900 .4535 (192) .5165 0.474
175 Guilford 4-6 .400 .4588 (183) .5054 0.474
176 Western New England 10-0 1.000 .4483 (194) .5253 0.474
177 Norwich 5-5 .500 .4831 (143) .4531 0.473
178 Trinity (Texas) 5-5 .500 .4744 (164) .4669 0.472
179 Wabash 8-2 .800 .4556 (186) .5039 0.472
180 Mass-Dartmouth 5-5 .500 .4556 (188) .5031 0.471
181 Minnesota-Morris 6-4 .600 .4651 (177) .4808 0.470
182 Martin Luther 0-10 .000 .4651 (178) .4808 0.470
183 Concordia (Wis.) 3-7 .300 .4643 (179) .4822 0.470
184 Wisconsin Lutheran 5-4 .556 .4568 (184) .4968 0.470
185 Rose-Hulman 8-2 .800 .4607 (181) .4835 0.468
186 Defiance 5-5 .500 .4607 (182) .4836 0.468
187 La Verne 2-7 .222 .4795 (146) .4452 0.468
188 Redlands 8-1 .889 .4658 (176) .4720 0.468
189 Western Connecticut 5-5 .500 .4444 (198) .5140 0.468
190 St. Olaf 2-8 .200 .4432 (203) .5153 0.467
191 Northwestern (Minn.) 9-1 .900 .4556 (185) .4895 0.467
192 Eureka 8-2 .800 .4556 (187) .4845 0.465
193 Whittier 0-9 .000 .4795 (147) .4363 0.465
194 Grinnell 0-9 .000 .4625 (180) .4699 0.465
195 Kenyon 3-7 .300 .4444 (202) .5006 0.463
196 Muskingum 4-6 .400 .4444 (200) .5000 0.463
197 Castleton 4-6 .400 .4773 (162) .4325 0.462
198 Greensboro 1-8 .111 .4474 (195) .4917 0.462
199 Juniata 4-6 .400 .4444 (201) .4950 0.461
200 Anderson 1-9 .100 .4545 (191) .4738 0.461
201 Concordia-Chicago 4-6 .400 .4471 (197) .4854 0.460
202 Whitworth 8-2 .800 .4390 (205) .4993 0.459
203 Catholic 3-7 .300 .4368 (206) .4987 0.457
204 Huntingdon 8-1 .889 .4189 (209) .5244 0.454
205 Lake Forest 8-2 .800 .4318 (207) .4977 0.454
206 Coast Guard 3-7 .300 .4419 (204) .4770 0.454
207 Cal Lutheran 4-5 .444 .4444 (199) .4660 0.452
208 Macalester 7-3 .700 .4205 (208) .4977 0.446
209 Husson 8-1 .889 .4487 (193) .4352 0.444
210 Bluffton 7-3 .700 .4157 (210) .4874 0.440
211 Puget Sound 3-6 .333 .4054 (214) .5016 0.437
212 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 7-2 .778 .4110 (212) .4866 0.436
213 Rockford 1-9 .100 .4118 (211) .4806 0.435
214 Lakeland 7-3 .700 .3977 (217) .5076 0.434
215 Pomona-Pitzer 6-3 .667 .4110 (213) .4807 0.434
216 Nichols 6-4 .600 .4023 (215) .4919 0.432
217 Lawrence 3-6 .333 .4000 (216) .4857 0.429
218 Anna Maria 1-9 .100 .3977 (218) .4326 0.409
219 SUNY-Maritime 6-4 .600 .3793 (219) .4500 0.403
220 Alfred State 1-6 .143 .3333 (221) .5229 0.397
221 Austin 3-6 .333 .3286 (222) .4954 0.384
222 Gallaudet 2-8 .200 .3409 (220) .4486 0.377
223 Belhaven 0-0 .000 .0000 (223) .0000 0.000
224 Alvernia 0-0 .000 .0000 (224) .0000 0.000
225 Amherst 0-0 .000 .0000 (225) .0000 0.000
226 Bates 0-0 .000 .0000 (226) .0000 0.000
227 Bowdoin 0-0 .000 .0000 (227) .0000 0.000
228 Brevard 0-0 .000 .0000 (228) .0000 0.000
229 Colby 0-0 .000 .0000 (229) .0000 0.000
230 Dean 0-0 .000 .0000 (230) .0000 0.000
231 Eastern 0-0 .000 .0000 (231) .0000 0.000
232 Hamilton 0-0 .000 .0000 (232) .0000 0.000
233 Hilbert 0-0 .000 .0000 (233) .0000 0.000
234 Keystone 0-0 .000 .0000 (234) .0000 0.000
235 Lyon 0-0 .000 .0000 (235) .0000 0.000
236 Middlebury 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.