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 Hobart | 5-4 | .556 | .6329 (1) | .5414 | 0.602 |
2 UW-Stevens Point | 3-5 | .375 | .6119 (3) | .5591 | 0.594 |
3 UW-Stout | 5-5 | .500 | .6024 (6) | .5608 | 0.589 |
4 UW-Eau Claire | 4-6 | .400 | .6098 (4) | .5449 | 0.588 |
5 Centre | 9-1 | .900 | .6000 (7) | .5365 | 0.579 |
6 St. Lawrence | 2-8 | .200 | .6047 (5) | .5246 | 0.578 |
7 UW-Whitewater | 9-0 | 1.000 | .5733 (20) | .5737 | 0.573 |
8 UW-River Falls | 3-6 | .333 | .5811 (17) | .5540 | 0.572 |
9 Union | 7-2 | .778 | .5844 (12) | .5436 | 0.571 |
10 St. John Fisher | 3-6 | .333 | .6000 (8) | .5000 | 0.567 |
11 Albright | 0-10 | .000 | .6180 (2) | .4617 | 0.566 |
12 Hendrix | 1-8 | .111 | .5823 (15) | .5325 | 0.566 |
13 Linfield | 7-1 | .875 | .5821 (16) | .5310 | 0.565 |
14 Gustavus Adolphus | 6-4 | .600 | .5843 (13) | .5254 | 0.565 |
15 Hampden-Sydney | 4-5 | .444 | .5915 (9) | .4991 | 0.561 |
16 Endicott | 7-3 | .700 | .5882 (11) | .5007 | 0.559 |
17 UW-Platteville | 4-6 | .400 | .5610 (33) | .5543 | 0.559 |
18 Wheaton (Ill.) | 8-2 | .800 | .5667 (24) | .5419 | 0.558 |
19 Capital | 3-7 | .300 | .5795 (18) | .5126 | 0.557 |
20 Austin | 2-6 | .250 | .5634 (28) | .5444 | 0.557 |
21 Puget Sound | 5-5 | .500 | .5732 (21) | .5232 | 0.557 |
22 Millikin | 6-4 | .600 | .5667 (27) | .5363 | 0.557 |
23 Concordia-Moorhead | 5-5 | .500 | .5682 (23) | .5313 | 0.556 |
24 Trinity (Texas) | 7-3 | .700 | .5632 (29) | .5395 | 0.555 |
25 Illinois Wesleyan | 8-2 | .800 | .5618 (31) | .5420 | 0.555 |
26 Ithaca | 8-2 | .800 | .5581 (34) | .5490 | 0.555 |
27 Simpson | 7-3 | .700 | .5730 (22) | .5136 | 0.553 |
28 Washington U. | 8-2 | .800 | .5556 (38) | .5458 | 0.552 |
29 St. John's | 10-0 | 1.000 | .5568 (35) | .5413 | 0.552 |
30 Berry | 9-1 | .900 | .5542 (39) | .5446 | 0.551 |
31 Augsburg | 2-8 | .200 | .5843 (14) | .4836 | 0.551 |
32 UW-Oshkosh | 5-3 | .625 | .5373 (60) | .5767 | 0.550 |
33 Alma | 2-8 | .200 | .5889 (10) | .4696 | 0.549 |
34 UW-La Crosse | 7-2 | .778 | .5333 (68) | .5743 | 0.547 |
35 Carthage | 4-6 | .400 | .5455 (47) | .5440 | 0.545 |
36 Bethel | 9-1 | .900 | .5455 (45) | .5435 | 0.545 |
37 Johns Hopkins | 9-1 | .900 | .5556 (37) | .5220 | 0.544 |
38 Maryville (Tenn.) | 6-2 | .750 | .5667 (25) | .4981 | 0.544 |
39 Dubuque | 7-3 | .700 | .5568 (36) | .5151 | 0.543 |
40 Augustana | 4-6 | .400 | .5444 (50) | .5397 | 0.543 |
41 Pacific | 5-5 | .500 | .5488 (43) | .5303 | 0.543 |
42 North Central (Ill.) | 9-1 | .900 | .5444 (49) | .5369 | 0.542 |
43 Buffalo State | 1-9 | .100 | .5632 (30) | .4988 | 0.542 |
44 Heidelberg | 5-5 | .500 | .5506 (41) | .5233 | 0.541 |
45 Merchant Marine | 7-2 | .778 | .5769 (19) | .4679 | 0.541 |
46 Randolph-Macon | 8-2 | .800 | .5500 (42) | .5204 | 0.540 |
47 John Carroll | 8-1 | .889 | .5432 (52) | .5282 | 0.538 |
48 Pacific Lutheran | 4-5 | .444 | .5467 (44) | .5197 | 0.538 |
49 Rhodes | 5-5 | .500 | .5402 (53) | .5269 | 0.536 |
50 Mount Union | 10-0 | 1.000 | .5393 (56) | .5245 | 0.534 |
51 Elmhurst | 1-9 | .100 | .5333 (69) | .5352 | 0.534 |
52 Cortland | 7-3 | .700 | .5455 (46) | .5105 | 0.534 |
53 Juniata | 0-10 | .000 | .5444 (51) | .5117 | 0.533 |
54 Muhlenberg | 9-1 | .900 | .5393 (57) | .5210 | 0.533 |
55 Stevenson | 8-2 | .800 | .5517 (40) | .4949 | 0.533 |
56 George Fox | 6-4 | .600 | .5366 (61) | .5244 | 0.533 |
57 Lycoming | 5-5 | .500 | .5618 (32) | .4709 | 0.531 |
58 Kean | 1-9 | .100 | .5402 (55) | .5081 | 0.529 |
59 Chicago | 7-3 | .700 | .5667 (26) | .4533 | 0.529 |
60 RPI | 8-1 | .889 | .5190 (91) | .5487 | 0.529 |
61 Framingham State | 8-2 | .800 | .5393 (58) | .5063 | 0.528 |
62 Carroll | 3-7 | .300 | .5222 (89) | .5397 | 0.528 |
63 Ohio Northern | 5-5 | .500 | .5281 (74) | .5267 | 0.528 |
64 Rochester | 1-9 | .100 | .5357 (62) | .5095 | 0.527 |
65 Muskingum | 4-6 | .400 | .5281 (76) | .5245 | 0.527 |
66 Whitworth | 9-0 | 1.000 | .5205 (90) | .5379 | 0.526 |
67 Otterbein | 2-8 | .200 | .5281 (78) | .5221 | 0.526 |
68 Gettysburg | 1-9 | .100 | .5281 (79) | .5215 | 0.526 |
69 Birmingham-Southern | 6-4 | .600 | .5181 (94) | .5415 | 0.526 |
70 Dickinson | 4-6 | .400 | .5281 (77) | .5204 | 0.526 |
71 Montclair State | 8-2 | .800 | .5349 (63) | .5060 | 0.525 |
72 Luther | 1-9 | .100 | .5341 (66) | .5035 | 0.524 |
73 Susquehanna | 7-3 | .700 | .5222 (85) | .5268 | 0.524 |
74 Springfield | 7-3 | .700 | .5287 (70) | .5132 | 0.524 |
75 Catholic | 1-9 | .100 | .5341 (67) | .5000 | 0.523 |
76 Brockport | 10-0 | 1.000 | .5172 (95) | .5336 | 0.523 |
77 Ursinus | 7-3 | .700 | .5222 (86) | .5218 | 0.522 |
78 Southwestern | 6-4 | .600 | .5341 (65) | .4943 | 0.521 |
79 Moravian | 5-5 | .500 | .5222 (87) | .5173 | 0.521 |
80 Bridgewater | 5-4 | .556 | .5135 (99) | .5281 | 0.518 |
81 Monmouth | 8-2 | .800 | .5393 (59) | .4756 | 0.518 |
82 Westminster (Pa.) | 7-3 | .700 | .5341 (64) | .4844 | 0.518 |
83 Marietta | 7-3 | .700 | .5114 (103) | .5292 | 0.517 |
84 Baldwin Wallace | 8-2 | .800 | .5056 (112) | .5380 | 0.516 |
85 Hardin-Simmons | 9-1 | .900 | .5227 (82) | .5026 | 0.516 |
86 McMurry | 2-8 | .200 | .5227 (83) | .5026 | 0.516 |
87 La Verne | 3-6 | .333 | .5270 (81) | .4935 | 0.516 |
88 Lewis and Clark | 2-7 | .222 | .5139 (98) | .5195 | 0.516 |
89 Southern Virginia | 2-7 | .222 | .5190 (92) | .5083 | 0.515 |
90 North Park | 2-8 | .200 | .5056 (114) | .5344 | 0.515 |
91 TCNJ | 3-7 | .300 | .5287 (71) | .4875 | 0.515 |
92 William Paterson | 0-10 | .000 | .5287 (72) | .4875 | 0.515 |
93 Wartburg | 8-2 | .800 | .5169 (96) | .5114 | 0.515 |
94 Chapman | 5-4 | .556 | .5270 (80) | .4902 | 0.515 |
95 Allegheny | 6-4 | .600 | .5281 (73) | .4870 | 0.514 |
96 Redlands | 8-2 | .800 | .5185 (93) | .5051 | 0.514 |
97 Westfield State | 5-5 | .500 | .5281 (75) | .4849 | 0.514 |
98 Carleton | 3-7 | .300 | .5056 (113) | .5282 | 0.513 |
99 Sewanee | 4-6 | .400 | .5000 (122) | .5394 | 0.513 |
100 St. Vincent | 1-9 | .100 | .5227 (84) | .4902 | 0.512 |
101 Millsaps | 5-5 | .500 | .5000 (120) | .5351 | 0.512 |
102 Shenandoah | 5-5 | .500 | .5065 (109) | .5217 | 0.512 |
103 DePauw | 4-6 | .400 | .5222 (88) | .4855 | 0.510 |
104 Hamline | 1-9 | .100 | .5000 (126) | .5253 | 0.508 |
105 Coast Guard | 7-3 | .700 | .5116 (102) | .5007 | 0.508 |
106 LaGrange | 2-6 | .250 | .5167 (97) | .4903 | 0.508 |
107 Howard Payne | 1-9 | .100 | .5114 (105) | .5006 | 0.508 |
108 Curry | 2-7 | .222 | .5132 (100) | .4969 | 0.508 |
109 Washington and Lee | 5-4 | .556 | .5000 (119) | .5223 | 0.507 |
110 Western Connecticut | 7-2 | .778 | .5125 (101) | .4962 | 0.507 |
111 Rockford | 3-7 | .300 | .5455 (48) | .4278 | 0.506 |
112 Rowan | 6-4 | .600 | .5057 (111) | .5073 | 0.506 |
113 Salve Regina | 6-3 | .667 | .5065 (108) | .5008 | 0.505 |
114 Wittenberg | 9-1 | .900 | .5111 (106) | .4905 | 0.504 |
115 Guilford | 3-5 | .375 | .5000 (124) | .5120 | 0.504 |
116 Bethany | 5-5 | .500 | .5114 (104) | .4879 | 0.504 |
117 Adrian | 4-6 | .400 | .5000 (123) | .5062 | 0.502 |
118 Oberlin | 2-8 | .200 | .5111 (107) | .4838 | 0.502 |
119 Franklin and Marshall | 7-3 | .700 | .4889 (139) | .5246 | 0.501 |
120 Geneva | 2-7 | .222 | .5062 (110) | .4893 | 0.501 |
121 Wilmington | 1-9 | .100 | .4831 (151) | .5348 | 0.500 |
122 Central | 8-2 | .800 | .4944 (129) | .5120 | 0.500 |
123 Lebanon Valley | 2-8 | .200 | .5056 (115) | .4886 | 0.500 |
124 Willamette | 1-7 | .125 | .4769 (159) | .5460 | 0.500 |
125 Belhaven | 2-8 | .200 | .5000 (125) | .4981 | 0.499 |
126 Sul Ross State | 1-8 | .111 | .5000 (127) | .4979 | 0.499 |
127 Nebraska Wesleyan | 3-7 | .300 | .4944 (131) | .5085 | 0.499 |
128 Trine | 10-0 | 1.000 | .5000 (116) | .4938 | 0.498 |
129 Denison | 8-2 | .800 | .5000 (117) | .4916 | 0.497 |
130 Coe | 6-4 | .600 | .4944 (130) | .5017 | 0.497 |
131 Albion | 7-3 | .700 | .5000 (118) | .4876 | 0.496 |
132 Knox | 2-8 | .200 | .5402 (54) | .4048 | 0.495 |
133 McDaniel | 3-7 | .300 | .4778 (155) | .5285 | 0.495 |
134 Ferrum | 4-4 | .500 | .4844 (148) | .5152 | 0.495 |
135 East Texas Baptist | 6-4 | .600 | .4886 (142) | .5058 | 0.494 |
136 Thiel | 0-10 | .000 | .5000 (128) | .4809 | 0.494 |
137 Olivet | 6-4 | .600 | .4889 (140) | .5012 | 0.493 |
138 Hope | 8-2 | .800 | .4831 (149) | .5106 | 0.492 |
139 Mass-Dartmouth | 5-5 | .500 | .5000 (121) | .4766 | 0.492 |
140 Plymouth State | 6-4 | .600 | .4943 (134) | .4881 | 0.492 |
141 Western New England | 8-2 | .800 | .4881 (147) | .5000 | 0.492 |
142 Wilkes | 5-4 | .556 | .4938 (137) | .4874 | 0.492 |
143 Fitchburg State | 2-8 | .200 | .4886 (145) | .4953 | 0.491 |
144 Utica | 6-4 | .600 | .4713 (166) | .5253 | 0.489 |
145 Widener | 4-6 | .400 | .4889 (141) | .4892 | 0.489 |
146 Loras | 4-6 | .400 | .4719 (163) | .5212 | 0.488 |
147 Bridgewater State | 7-3 | .700 | .4719 (162) | .5150 | 0.486 |
148 University of New England | 2-7 | .222 | .4805 (152) | .4969 | 0.486 |
149 Hanover | 7-3 | .700 | .4943 (133) | .4686 | 0.486 |
150 Wabash | 9-1 | .900 | .4773 (157) | .4989 | 0.484 |
151 Averett | 6-2 | .750 | .4746 (160) | .5040 | 0.484 |
152 MIT | 9-1 | .900 | .4651 (176) | .5223 | 0.484 |
153 Salisbury | 8-2 | .800 | .4598 (181) | .5301 | 0.483 |
154 Morrisville State | 6-4 | .600 | .4598 (183) | .5295 | 0.483 |
155 Rose-Hulman | 5-5 | .500 | .4886 (143) | .4710 | 0.483 |
156 Waynesburg | 4-6 | .400 | .4773 (158) | .4919 | 0.482 |
157 WPI | 6-4 | .600 | .4706 (168) | .5053 | 0.482 |
158 Kenyon | 0-10 | .000 | .4778 (156) | .4905 | 0.482 |
159 Kalamazoo | 7-3 | .700 | .4667 (172) | .5125 | 0.482 |
160 Lawrence | 2-8 | .200 | .4944 (132) | .4552 | 0.481 |
161 Worcester State | 2-8 | .200 | .4713 (167) | .5006 | 0.481 |
162 Greenville | 3-7 | .300 | .4941 (136) | .4534 | 0.481 |
163 Washington and Jefferson | 9-1 | .900 | .4713 (165) | .4988 | 0.480 |
164 Cal Lutheran | 4-6 | .400 | .4634 (179) | .5137 | 0.480 |
165 Northwestern (Minn.) | 5-5 | .500 | .4941 (135) | .4498 | 0.479 |
166 Defiance | 1-9 | .100 | .4886 (146) | .4602 | 0.479 |
167 Christopher Newport | 7-2 | .778 | .4557 (187) | .5246 | 0.479 |
168 Bluffton | 3-7 | .300 | .4886 (144) | .4583 | 0.478 |
169 King's | 5-5 | .500 | .4659 (175) | .5035 | 0.478 |
170 Huntingdon | 3-5 | .375 | .4746 (161) | .4839 | 0.478 |
171 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 7-3 | .700 | .4634 (178) | .5036 | 0.477 |
172 Texas Lutheran | 7-3 | .700 | .4598 (182) | .5110 | 0.477 |
173 Carnegie Mellon | 5-4 | .556 | .4691 (170) | .4917 | 0.477 |
174 Buena Vista | 1-8 | .111 | .4568 (186) | .5150 | 0.476 |
175 Wisconsin Lutheran | 2-7 | .222 | .4938 (138) | .4406 | 0.476 |
176 Norwich | 3-7 | .300 | .4598 (184) | .5079 | 0.476 |
177 Hartwick | 1-8 | .111 | .4684 (171) | .4895 | 0.475 |
178 Wooster | 5-5 | .500 | .4667 (173) | .4905 | 0.475 |
179 Macalester | 5-5 | .500 | .4778 (154) | .4667 | 0.474 |
180 St. Olaf | 5-5 | .500 | .4432 (198) | .5357 | 0.474 |
181 Lake Forest | 6-4 | .600 | .4659 (174) | .4891 | 0.474 |
182 Massachusetts Maritime | 2-8 | .200 | .4651 (177) | .4868 | 0.472 |
183 Delaware Valley | 9-1 | .900 | .4494 (190) | .5178 | 0.472 |
184 Alfred | 6-4 | .600 | .4432 (197) | .5217 | 0.469 |
185 Benedictine | 3-7 | .300 | .4831 (150) | .4415 | 0.469 |
186 Ohio Wesleyan | 4-6 | .400 | .4556 (188) | .4955 | 0.469 |
187 Lakeland | 4-6 | .400 | .4719 (164) | .4612 | 0.468 |
188 Mary Hardin-Baylor | 10-0 | 1.000 | .4432 (195) | .5179 | 0.468 |
189 St. Norbert | 9-1 | .900 | .4607 (180) | .4822 | 0.468 |
190 N.C. Wesleyan | 4-4 | .500 | .4576 (185) | .4836 | 0.466 |
191 Alvernia | 1-9 | .100 | .4706 (169) | .4544 | 0.465 |
192 Husson | 7-2 | .778 | .4789 (153) | .4348 | 0.464 |
193 Pomona-Pitzer | 6-3 | .667 | .4459 (192) | .4976 | 0.463 |
194 Manchester | 4-6 | .400 | .4545 (189) | .4763 | 0.462 |
195 Case Western Reserve | 8-2 | .800 | .4432 (196) | .4959 | 0.461 |
196 Grove City | 7-3 | .700 | .4318 (203) | .4983 | 0.454 |
197 Hiram | 2-8 | .200 | .4333 (201) | .4944 | 0.454 |
198 St. Scholastica | 6-3 | .667 | .4474 (191) | .4474 | 0.447 |
199 Whittier | 1-7 | .125 | .4242 (206) | .4935 | 0.447 |
200 Grinnell | 1-8 | .111 | .4444 (193) | .4447 | 0.444 |
201 Aurora | 5-5 | .500 | .4382 (199) | .4564 | 0.444 |
202 Franklin | 8-2 | .800 | .4318 (202) | .4666 | 0.443 |
203 Martin Luther | 9-1 | .900 | .4235 (207) | .4824 | 0.443 |
204 Nichols | 5-5 | .500 | .4167 (209) | .4903 | 0.441 |
205 Concordia-Chicago | 2-8 | .200 | .4382 (200) | .4451 | 0.440 |
206 Methodist | 2-6 | .250 | .4138 (211) | .4909 | 0.440 |
207 Westminster (Mo.) | 3-6 | .333 | .4286 (204) | .4579 | 0.438 |
208 Illinois College | 4-6 | .400 | .4157 (210) | .4835 | 0.438 |
209 Anna Maria | 1-8 | .111 | .4444 (194) | .4193 | 0.436 |
210 Crown | 0-9 | .000 | .4286 (205) | .4493 | 0.435 |
211 Misericordia | 8-2 | .800 | .4023 (214) | .4959 | 0.433 |
212 Greensboro | 1-7 | .125 | .4182 (208) | .4599 | 0.432 |
213 Minnesota-Morris | 3-6 | .333 | .4079 (213) | .4705 | 0.429 |
214 Mount St. Joseph | 8-1 | .889 | .4000 (215) | .4777 | 0.426 |
215 Anderson | 2-7 | .222 | .3875 (217) | .4698 | 0.415 |
216 Castleton | 2-7 | .222 | .4110 (212) | .4194 | 0.414 |
217 Beloit | 1-9 | .100 | .3933 (216) | .4534 | 0.413 |
218 FDU-Florham | 6-4 | .600 | .3596 (219) | .5155 | 0.412 |
219 Cornell | 5-5 | .500 | .3708 (218) | .4842 | 0.409 |
220 Ripon | 7-3 | .700 | .3218 (222) | .5006 | 0.381 |
221 Concordia (Wis.) | 7-3 | .700 | .3258 (221) | .4842 | 0.379 |
222 SUNY-Maritime | 6-2 | .750 | .3333 (220) | .4320 | 0.366 |
223 Eureka | 9-1 | .900 | .3146 (224) | .4665 | 0.365 |
224 Alfred State | 1-8 | .111 | .3194 (223) | .4380 | 0.359 |
225 Gallaudet | 3-4 | .429 | .2727 (225) | .4134 | 0.320 |
226 Amherst | 0-0 | .000 | .0000 (226) | .0000 | 0.000 |
227 Bates | 0-0 | .000 | .0000 (227) | .0000 | 0.000 |
228 Bowdoin | 0-0 | .000 | .0000 (228) | .0000 | 0.000 |
229 Brevard | 0-0 | .000 | .0000 (229) | .0000 | 0.000 |
230 Colby | 0-0 | .000 | .0000 (230) | .0000 | 0.000 |
231 Dean | 0-0 | .000 | .0000 (231) | .0000 | 0.000 |
232 Eastern | 0-0 | .000 | .0000 (232) | .0000 | 0.000 |
233 Hamilton | 0-0 | .000 | .0000 (233) | .0000 | 0.000 |
234 Hilbert | 0-0 | .000 | .0000 (234) | .0000 | 0.000 |
235 Keystone | 0-0 | .000 | .0000 (235) | .0000 | 0.000 |
236 Lyon | 0-0 | .000 | .0000 (236) | .0000 | 0.000 |
237 Middlebury | 0-0 | .000 | .0000 (237) | .0000 | 0.000 |
238 Trinity (Conn.) | 0-0 | .000 | .0000 (238) | .0000 | 0.000 |
239 Tufts | 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.