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 Hope 6-4 .600 .7528 (1) .5040 0.670
2 St. John's 9-1 .900 .6744 (2) .5633 0.637
3 UW-Whitewater 8-2 .800 .6471 (4) .5623 0.619
4 Alfred 2-8 .200 .6667 (3) .5089 0.614
5 Bethel 8-2 .800 .6235 (8) .5670 0.605
6 Concordia-Moorhead 3-5 .375 .6429 (5) .5269 0.604
7 UW-Platteville 5-4 .556 .6184 (9) .5602 0.599
8 Whitworth 5-4 .556 .6316 (7) .5241 0.596
9 Stevenson 8-2 .800 .6180 (10) .5225 0.586
10 Kean 3-7 .300 .6163 (11) .5154 0.583
11 UW-Eau Claire 2-8 .200 .6000 (16) .5411 0.580
12 Husson 5-5 .500 .6333 (6) .4718 0.579
13 Buffalo State 0-10 .000 .6000 (17) .5350 0.578
14 TCNJ 3-6 .333 .6076 (13) .5175 0.578
15 Carnegie Mellon 10-0 1.000 .5955 (20) .5254 0.572
16 Delaware Valley 10-0 1.000 .5889 (22) .5374 0.572
17 UW-Stout 5-5 .500 .5882 (24) .5387 0.572
18 Trine 7-3 .700 .5843 (26) .5459 0.572
19 St. Olaf 4-6 .400 .5977 (18) .5099 0.568
20 Western New England 4-6 .400 .6067 (14) .4869 0.567
21 Pacific 5-4 .556 .5921 (21) .5122 0.565
22 Redlands 4-6 .400 .6154 (12) .4626 0.564
23 Averett 3-6 .333 .5974 (19) .4980 0.564
24 Ithaca 10-0 1.000 .5667 (30) .5539 0.562
25 Olivet 4-5 .444 .5802 (27) .5250 0.562
26 Linfield 9-0 1.000 .5714 (29) .5411 0.561
27 Monmouth 9-2 .818 .5876 (25) .5052 0.560
28 Case Western Reserve 6-4 .600 .5889 (23) .5022 0.560
29 N.C. Wesleyan 2-7 .222 .6049 (15) .4675 0.559
30 St. Lawrence 4-6 .400 .5778 (28) .5162 0.557
31 UW-La Crosse 7-1 .875 .5507 (43) .5681 0.556
32 George Fox 8-2 .800 .5647 (36) .5315 0.554
33 Lycoming 4-6 .400 .5667 (34) .5223 0.552
34 Wheaton (Ill.) 8-2 .800 .5667 (31) .5179 0.550
35 Adrian 6-4 .600 .5568 (38) .5333 0.549
36 Ohio Northern 3-7 .300 .5667 (35) .5122 0.549
37 Gustavus Adolphus 7-3 .700 .5455 (45) .5508 0.547
38 Baldwin Wallace 7-3 .700 .5667 (32) .5061 0.546
39 Rochester 3-7 .300 .5556 (41) .5245 0.545
40 Cortland 9-1 .900 .5393 (56) .5571 0.545
41 Albion 9-1 .900 .5393 (57) .5545 0.544
42 Carthage 3-7 .300 .5556 (42) .5189 0.543
43 UW-River Falls 6-4 .600 .5294 (75) .5674 0.542
44 St. John Fisher 4-6 .400 .5444 (49) .5362 0.542
45 Westminster (Pa.) 7-3 .700 .5556 (40) .5089 0.540
46 Washington and Jefferson 8-2 .800 .5556 (39) .5078 0.540
47 Brockport 7-3 .700 .5333 (66) .5484 0.538
48 Rowan 7-3 .700 .5402 (54) .5329 0.538
49 RPI 7-3 .700 .5333 (67) .5452 0.537
50 John Carroll 8-2 .800 .5444 (48) .5228 0.537
51 University of New England 5-5 .500 .5618 (37) .4874 0.537
52 Centre 6-4 .600 .5506 (44) .5098 0.537
53 Wabash 7-3 .700 .5667 (33) .4751 0.536
54 Misericordia 3-7 .300 .5444 (50) .5140 0.534
55 Trinity (Texas) 10-0 1.000 .5402 (53) .5210 0.534
56 Capital 0-10 .000 .5444 (51) .5095 0.533
57 Widener 3-7 .300 .5333 (70) .5291 0.532
58 Union 6-4 .600 .5333 (68) .5256 0.531
59 North Central (Ill.) 10-0 1.000 .5333 (65) .5239 0.530
60 Guilford 2-8 .200 .5455 (47) .4982 0.530
61 Montclair State 2-8 .200 .5287 (78) .5264 0.528
62 Utica 9-1 .900 .5111 (101) .5615 0.528
63 Berry 7-3 .700 .5287 (76) .5253 0.528
64 Hartwick 2-8 .200 .5333 (71) .5145 0.527
65 UW-Stevens Point 1-8 .111 .5132 (93) .5528 0.526
66 Washington and Lee 5-5 .500 .5402 (55) .4982 0.526
67 Hendrix 3-7 .300 .5393 (59) .5000 0.526
68 FDU-Florham 6-4 .600 .5281 (79) .5220 0.526
69 Ripon 9-1 .900 .5341 (62) .5075 0.525
70 Cornell 3-7 .300 .5341 (63) .5069 0.525
71 Millikin 4-6 .400 .5393 (58) .4961 0.525
72 Christopher Newport 7-2 .778 .5128 (94) .5489 0.525
73 Dubuque 6-4 .600 .5412 (52) .4898 0.524
74 Wartburg 10-0 1.000 .5341 (61) .5029 0.524
75 Birmingham-Southern 6-3 .667 .5309 (74) .5089 0.524
76 Heidelberg 7-3 .700 .5222 (83) .5251 0.523
77 Norwich 3-7 .300 .5455 (46) .4781 0.523
78 Marietta 6-4 .600 .5222 (84) .5235 0.523
79 Elmhurst 0-10 .000 .5222 (89) .5213 0.522
80 Muhlenberg 6-4 .600 .5333 (69) .4972 0.521
81 Pacific Lutheran 6-4 .600 .5181 (91) .5271 0.521
82 UW-Oshkosh 6-3 .667 .5000 (114) .5634 0.521
83 Millsaps 3-7 .300 .5341 (64) .4947 0.521
84 Otterbein 2-8 .200 .5222 (88) .5184 0.521
85 Illinois Wesleyan 6-4 .600 .5222 (85) .5172 0.521
86 Augsburg 6-4 .600 .5114 (99) .5364 0.520
87 Catholic 6-4 .600 .5287 (77) .5000 0.519
88 Gettysburg 1-9 .100 .5333 (72) .4888 0.518
89 King's 8-2 .800 .5111 (102) .5329 0.518
90 Wisconsin Lutheran 4-6 .400 .5385 (60) .4747 0.517
91 Shenandoah 8-2 .800 .5172 (92) .5136 0.516
92 Springfield 8-2 .800 .5114 (98) .5231 0.515
93 Sul Ross State 4-5 .444 .5256 (80) .4866 0.513
94 Texas Lutheran 3-6 .333 .5256 (81) .4866 0.513
95 Morrisville State 7-3 .700 .4889 (126) .5598 0.513
96 Anderson 1-9 .100 .5333 (73) .4704 0.512
97 Augustana 5-5 .500 .5111 (103) .5139 0.512
98 St. Vincent 5-5 .500 .5111 (104) .5117 0.511
99 Huntingdon 9-1 .900 .5181 (90) .4975 0.511
100 Ferrum 1-8 .111 .5128 (95) .5072 0.511
101 Illinois College 5-4 .556 .5122 (96) .5087 0.511
102 Mary Hardin-Baylor 9-1 .900 .5116 (97) .5036 0.509
103 Grinnell 2-6 .250 .5068 (107) .5126 0.509
104 Carroll 6-4 .600 .5000 (115) .5244 0.508
105 Dickinson 3-7 .300 .5111 (105) .5017 0.508
106 Rose-Hulman 6-4 .600 .5222 (86) .4782 0.508
107 Lebanon Valley 5-5 .500 .5000 (116) .5212 0.507
108 Salisbury 8-1 .889 .4810 (141) .5590 0.507
109 William Paterson 5-5 .500 .5057 (109) .5082 0.507
110 Bridgewater State 6-4 .600 .5222 (87) .4738 0.506
111 Hampden-Sydney 5-5 .500 .5000 (117) .5181 0.506
112 Wittenberg 5-5 .500 .5233 (82) .4712 0.506
113 Kalamazoo 3-7 .300 .4831 (137) .5514 0.506
114 Juniata 0-10 .000 .5111 (106) .4939 0.505
115 Lake Forest 9-1 .900 .5000 (111) .5161 0.505
116 Lawrence 0-10 .000 .5114 (100) .4931 0.505
117 Waynesburg 4-6 .400 .5056 (110) .4994 0.504
118 Maryville (Tenn.) 5-5 .500 .5059 (108) .4982 0.503
119 Hobart 7-3 .700 .4778 (146) .5535 0.503
120 Johns Hopkins 9-1 .900 .5000 (112) .5083 0.503
121 Wilkes 7-3 .700 .4889 (127) .5290 0.502
122 Willamette 2-8 .200 .5000 (119) .5047 0.502
123 Washington U. 8-2 .800 .4889 (125) .5256 0.501
124 McDaniel 3-7 .300 .5000 (118) .5022 0.501
125 Alma 10-0 1.000 .4719 (153) .5533 0.499
126 Mount Union 10-0 1.000 .4889 (124) .5172 0.498
127 Puget Sound 1-8 .111 .4865 (135) .5206 0.498
128 Albright 0-10 .000 .4944 (121) .5034 0.497
129 Randolph-Macon 10-0 1.000 .4828 (138) .5231 0.496
130 Chicago 7-3 .700 .4886 (131) .5086 0.495
131 Coe 7-3 .700 .4828 (139) .5195 0.495
132 Concordia (Wis.) 8-3 .727 .5000 (113) .4839 0.495
133 Buena Vista 4-6 .400 .4943 (122) .4906 0.493
134 Franklin and Marshall 6-4 .600 .4889 (129) .5006 0.493
135 Muskingum 5-5 .500 .4719 (156) .5259 0.490
136 WPI 4-6 .400 .4886 (132) .4919 0.490
137 Aurora 9-1 .900 .4835 (136) .5022 0.490
138 Susquehanna 10-0 1.000 .4778 (144) .5083 0.488
139 Ohio Wesleyan 6-4 .600 .4889 (130) .4842 0.487
140 St. Norbert 7-3 .700 .4889 (128) .4838 0.487
141 Luther 2-7 .222 .4810 (142) .4993 0.487
142 Carleton 7-3 .700 .4762 (152) .5090 0.487
143 LaGrange 1-7 .125 .4928 (123) .4749 0.487
144 Loras 5-5 .500 .4828 (140) .4923 0.486
145 Moravian 3-7 .300 .4719 (158) .5118 0.485
146 Wilmington 3-7 .300 .4667 (164) .5224 0.485
147 Geneva 3-7 .300 .4778 (148) .4989 0.485
148 Salve Regina 6-4 .600 .4719 (155) .5103 0.485
149 Chapman 7-3 .700 .4872 (134) .4794 0.485
150 Howard Payne 7-3 .700 .4767 (150) .4994 0.484
151 North Park 1-9 .100 .4667 (166) .5189 0.484
152 Alvernia 3-7 .300 .4667 (165) .5173 0.484
153 Endicott 10-0 1.000 .4607 (175) .5279 0.483
154 Whittier 0-9 .000 .5000 (120) .4483 0.483
155 East Texas Baptist 4-5 .444 .4805 (143) .4864 0.482
156 Beloit 1-9 .100 .4659 (172) .5121 0.481
157 Knox 5-5 .500 .4713 (159) .5006 0.481
158 DePauw 9-1 .900 .4778 (145) .4864 0.481
159 Lakeland 3-7 .300 .4778 (149) .4811 0.479
160 Hardin-Simmons 8-1 .889 .4675 (161) .5000 0.478
161 Sewanee 2-8 .200 .4659 (171) .5017 0.478
162 Ursinus 8-2 .800 .4667 (162) .4994 0.478
163 Franklin 4-6 .400 .4719 (157) .4871 0.477
164 Framingham State 5-5 .500 .4778 (147) .4733 0.476
165 Southwestern 3-7 .300 .4767 (151) .4695 0.474
166 Grove City 7-3 .700 .4556 (179) .5117 0.474
167 Mass-Dartmouth 9-1 .900 .4719 (154) .4736 0.472
168 Lewis and Clark 4-5 .444 .4384 (198) .5397 0.472
169 Allegheny 3-7 .300 .4556 (180) .5050 0.472
170 Thiel 1-9 .100 .4556 (183) .5050 0.472
171 McMurry 1-9 .100 .4588 (177) .4970 0.472
172 Southern Virginia 1-9 .100 .4706 (160) .4697 0.470
173 Oberlin 0-10 .000 .4667 (169) .4768 0.470
174 Hamline 2-8 .200 .4651 (173) .4794 0.470
175 Central 7-3 .700 .4483 (191) .5131 0.470
176 Greensboro 1-9 .100 .4651 (174) .4789 0.470
177 St. Scholastica 3-7 .300 .4545 (185) .5000 0.470
178 Plymouth State 8-2 .800 .4667 (163) .4699 0.468
179 Worcester State 1-9 .100 .4667 (167) .4688 0.467
180 Merchant Marine 6-3 .667 .4500 (187) .5013 0.467
181 Macalester 5-5 .500 .4419 (196) .5153 0.466
182 Nebraska Wesleyan 1-8 .111 .4557 (178) .4837 0.465
183 Coast Guard 3-7 .300 .4598 (176) .4749 0.465
184 Rockford 1-9 .100 .4667 (168) .4577 0.464
185 Concordia-Chicago 3-7 .300 .4556 (181) .4799 0.464
186 Simpson 1-8 .111 .4487 (190) .4927 0.463
187 Martin Luther 2-8 .200 .4886 (133) .4112 0.463
188 Kenyon 3-7 .300 .4556 (182) .4757 0.462
189 Rhodes 5-5 .500 .4432 (195) .5000 0.462
190 Bridgewater 9-1 .900 .4253 (207) .5295 0.460
191 Wooster 6-4 .600 .4535 (186) .4718 0.460
192 Austin 1-9 .100 .4419 (197) .4904 0.458
193 Bluffton 2-8 .200 .4444 (193) .4810 0.457
194 Methodist 5-5 .500 .4353 (201) .4988 0.456
195 Keystone 3-7 .300 .4659 (170) .4360 0.456
196 Northwestern (Minn.) 6-4 .600 .4545 (184) .4565 0.455
197 Eureka 2-8 .200 .4382 (199) .4877 0.455
198 Westfield State 2-8 .200 .4444 (194) .4682 0.452
199 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 7-2 .778 .4225 (209) .5111 0.452
200 Brevard 5-3 .625 .4348 (202) .4824 0.451
201 Massachusetts Maritime 3-7 .300 .4494 (188) .4526 0.450
202 Mount St. Joseph 10-0 1.000 .4111 (213) .5279 0.450
203 Defiance 3-7 .300 .4444 (192) .4609 0.450
204 Hanover 5-5 .500 .4270 (205) .4955 0.450
205 Benedictine 7-3 .700 .4333 (203) .4817 0.449
206 Manchester 1-9 .100 .4494 (189) .4481 0.449
207 Cal Lutheran 3-7 .300 .4268 (206) .4822 0.445
208 Hiram 2-8 .200 .4302 (204) .4671 0.443
209 Bethany 1-9 .100 .4111 (215) .4994 0.441
210 Denison 8-2 .800 .4186 (211) .4824 0.440
211 La Verne 2-6 .250 .4118 (212) .4951 0.440
212 MIT 3-6 .333 .4250 (208) .4673 0.439
213 Pomona-Pitzer 7-2 .778 .3973 (219) .5184 0.438
214 Western Connecticut 7-3 .700 .4111 (214) .4720 0.431
215 Anna Maria 5-4 .556 .4375 (200) .4163 0.430
216 Fitchburg State 1-9 .100 .4222 (210) .4457 0.430
217 Curry 3-7 .300 .4000 (217) .4775 0.426
218 Belhaven 8-2 .800 .3882 (221) .4945 0.424
219 Nichols 4-6 .400 .3889 (220) .4927 0.424
220 SUNY-Maritime 3-7 .300 .4023 (216) .4341 0.413
221 Castleton 5-5 .500 .3977 (218) .4424 0.413
222 Alfred State 5-5 .500 .3750 (223) .4621 0.404
223 Hilbert 0-6 .000 .3704 (224) .4536 0.398
224 Gallaudet 7-2 .778 .3750 (222) .4399 0.397
225 Crown 3-7 .300 .3563 (225) .4306 0.381
226 Dean 1-9 .100 .3448 (226) .4089 0.366
227 Westminster (Mo.) 1-8 .111 .3418 (227) .4104 0.365
228 Minnesota-Morris 5-5 .500 .3218 (228) .4248 0.356
229 Greenville 7-2 .778 .2658 (229) .4290 0.320
230 Amherst 0-0 .000 .0000 (230) .0000 0.000
231 Bates 0-0 .000 .0000 (231) .0000 0.000
232 Bowdoin 0-0 .000 .0000 (232) .0000 0.000
233 Colby 0-0 .000 .0000 (233) .0000 0.000
234 Eastern 0-0 .000 .0000 (234) .0000 0.000
235 Hamilton 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.