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 Ithaca 8-2 .800 .7191 (1) .5814 0.673
2 St. John's 8-2 .800 .6818 (2) .5416 0.635
3 Cortland 9-1 .900 .6667 (5) .5443 0.626
4 Rochester 5-5 .500 .6705 (4) .5345 0.625
5 Hope 8-2 .800 .6778 (3) .5130 0.623
6 UW-Whitewater 9-1 .900 .6310 (7) .5950 0.619
7 UW-Eau Claire 2-8 .200 .6310 (8) .5735 0.612
8 UW-La Crosse 7-1 .875 .6176 (13) .5802 0.605
9 Bethel 8-2 .800 .6250 (11) .5567 0.602
10 Johns Hopkins 10-0 1.000 .6333 (6) .5284 0.598
11 Springfield 9-1 .900 .6250 (10) .5385 0.596
12 Western New England 7-3 .700 .6180 (12) .5431 0.593
13 UW-Stevens Point 1-8 .111 .6053 (16) .5656 0.592
14 Curry 3-7 .300 .6292 (9) .5046 0.588
15 UW-Stout 3-5 .375 .5735 (23) .5874 0.578
16 Chapman 6-3 .667 .6164 (14) .4951 0.576
17 Endicott 9-1 .900 .5747 (22) .5707 0.573
18 Mary Hardin-Baylor 6-4 .600 .6084 (15) .5013 0.573
19 UW-River Falls 7-3 .700 .5714 (27) .5730 0.572
20 Carleton 7-3 .700 .6000 (17) .5133 0.571
21 St. Lawrence 3-7 .300 .5795 (20) .5531 0.571
22 UW-Oshkosh 6-4 .600 .5723 (26) .5649 0.570
23 Wartburg 10-0 1.000 .5795 (19) .5244 0.561
24 Union 9-1 .900 .5465 (45) .5723 0.555
25 Buffalo State 2-7 .222 .5513 (39) .5579 0.553
26 UW-Platteville 6-3 .667 .5395 (52) .5796 0.553
27 Hilbert 0-7 .000 .5833 (18) .4904 0.552
28 Augsburg 6-4 .600 .5618 (32) .5337 0.552
29 Olivet 4-6 .400 .5730 (24) .5051 0.550
30 Alfred 4-6 .400 .5667 (28) .5130 0.549
31 Lycoming 4-6 .400 .5730 (25) .4972 0.548
32 Muhlenberg 9-1 .900 .5618 (31) .5191 0.548
33 Susquehanna 10-0 1.000 .5618 (30) .5187 0.547
34 Brockport 8-2 .800 .5506 (40) .5386 0.547
35 Anderson 0-10 .000 .5778 (21) .4839 0.546
36 Merchant Marine 7-2 .778 .5641 (29) .5106 0.546
37 Bridgewater 7-3 .700 .5568 (35) .5198 0.544
38 Loras 5-5 .500 .5517 (37) .5286 0.544
39 Millikin 0-10 .000 .5618 (33) .5000 0.541
40 Dubuque 5-5 .500 .5517 (38) .5194 0.541
41 Trine 6-4 .600 .5444 (48) .5334 0.541
42 Hampden-Sydney 6-4 .600 .5581 (34) .5059 0.541
43 Gustavus Adolphus 6-4 .600 .5349 (57) .5523 0.541
44 Ohio Northern 4-6 .400 .5556 (36) .5000 0.537
45 MIT 4-5 .444 .5375 (56) .5340 0.536
46 Illinois Wesleyan 3-7 .300 .5506 (42) .5074 0.536
47 RPI 7-3 .700 .5281 (66) .5502 0.535
48 John Carroll 8-2 .800 .5444 (46) .5157 0.535
49 Concordia-Moorhead 5-5 .500 .5227 (69) .5580 0.534
50 McDaniel 0-10 .000 .5444 (51) .5061 0.532
51 Salve Regina 8-2 .800 .5172 (79) .5569 0.530
52 Carthage 3-7 .300 .5393 (54) .5113 0.530
53 Wittenberg 7-3 .700 .5506 (41) .4886 0.530
54 Redlands 5-5 .500 .5488 (44) .4906 0.529
55 Baldwin Wallace 6-4 .600 .5444 (49) .4989 0.529
56 Husson 7-3 .700 .5341 (58) .5181 0.529
57 Gettysburg 2-8 .200 .5444 (50) .4967 0.528
58 WPI 3-7 .300 .5341 (59) .5157 0.528
59 Washington and Lee 7-2 .778 .5375 (55) .5083 0.528
60 Coast Guard 5-5 .500 .5287 (64) .5241 0.527
61 Rose-Hulman 7-3 .700 .5444 (47) .4911 0.527
62 Hiram 1-9 .100 .5506 (43) .4768 0.526
63 Delaware Valley 9-1 .900 .5333 (60) .5106 0.526
64 Wheaton (Ill.) 9-1 .900 .5281 (65) .5177 0.525
65 Monmouth 8-2 .800 .5393 (53) .4938 0.524
66 Averett 4-5 .444 .5316 (63) .5091 0.524
67 Albion 7-3 .700 .5169 (81) .5339 0.523
68 Franklin and Marshall 7-3 .700 .5222 (73) .5206 0.522
69 Albright 0-10 .000 .5333 (62) .4949 0.521
70 Trinity (Texas) 9-1 .900 .5222 (72) .5125 0.519
71 Dickinson 6-4 .600 .5222 (74) .5111 0.518
72 North Central (Ill.) 9-0 1.000 .5185 (78) .5131 0.517
73 Utica 8-2 .800 .4944 (126) .5612 0.517
74 Capital 1-9 .100 .5222 (76) .5045 0.516
75 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 8-2 .800 .5122 (91) .5218 0.515
76 Guilford 2-8 .200 .5227 (70) .5000 0.515
77 Wilkes 4-6 .400 .5281 (68) .4875 0.515
78 Hobart 8-2 .800 .4884 (145) .5669 0.515
79 Centre 6-4 .600 .5333 (61) .4758 0.514
80 University of New England 6-4 .600 .5114 (92) .5199 0.514
81 Cornell 6-4 .600 .5281 (67) .4858 0.514
82 Montclair State 5-5 .500 .5222 (75) .4966 0.514
83 Salisbury 6-4 .600 .5169 (82) .5073 0.514
84 Luther 0-9 .000 .5125 (89) .5154 0.513
85 Buena Vista 2-8 .200 .5114 (94) .5157 0.513
86 Norwich 1-9 .100 .5057 (104) .5235 0.512
87 Hardin-Simmons 9-1 .900 .5123 (90) .5099 0.511
88 Nichols 3-7 .300 .5169 (85) .4971 0.510
89 Aurora 10-0 1.000 .5169 (80) .4960 0.510
90 Franklin 4-6 .400 .5111 (96) .5056 0.509
91 Carroll 5-5 .500 .5056 (106) .5147 0.509
92 SUNY-Maritime 5-5 .500 .5000 (118) .5262 0.509
93 Linfield 8-1 .889 .5200 (77) .4846 0.508
94 Morrisville State 4-6 .400 .5056 (108) .5119 0.508
95 Chicago 6-4 .600 .5169 (83) .4891 0.508
96 Whitworth 8-0 1.000 .5152 (87) .4924 0.508
97 Lebanon Valley 6-4 .600 .5111 (95) .4983 0.507
98 St. John Fisher 5-5 .500 .4943 (130) .5243 0.504
99 Adrian 1-9 .100 .5111 (97) .4894 0.504
100 Alvernia 1-9 .100 .5111 (98) .4894 0.504
101 Shenandoah 5-5 .500 .5114 (93) .4883 0.504
102 Randolph-Macon 10-0 1.000 .5000 (111) .5105 0.503
103 Millsaps 1-9 .100 .5227 (71) .4648 0.503
104 Coe 9-1 .900 .4886 (141) .5326 0.503
105 Pomona-Pitzer 6-4 .600 .4938 (132) .5219 0.503
106 Wisconsin Lutheran 4-6 .400 .5169 (84) .4744 0.503
107 Wabash 7-2 .778 .5062 (100) .4956 0.503
108 Birmingham-Southern 3-7 .300 .5169 (86) .4737 0.503
109 Simpson 3-7 .300 .5057 (103) .4959 0.502
110 Marietta 8-2 .800 .5000 (114) .5072 0.502
111 St. Olaf 5-5 .500 .4943 (131) .5178 0.502
112 Alma 10-0 1.000 .4778 (152) .5496 0.502
113 George Fox 4-6 .400 .5128 (88) .4788 0.501
114 Otterbein 0-10 .000 .5000 (124) .5039 0.501
115 Augustana 8-2 .800 .4944 (127) .5148 0.501
116 Washington U. 7-3 .700 .4944 (128) .5147 0.501
117 Moravian 3-6 .333 .5062 (101) .4900 0.501
118 Grove City 10-0 1.000 .5000 (112) .5000 0.500
119 Carnegie Mellon 9-1 .900 .5000 (113) .5000 0.500
120 Washington and Jefferson 8-2 .800 .5000 (115) .5000 0.500
121 Case Western Reserve 7-3 .700 .5000 (116) .5000 0.500
122 Westminster (Pa.) 6-4 .600 .5000 (117) .5000 0.500
123 Geneva 4-6 .400 .5000 (119) .5000 0.500
124 Allegheny 3-7 .300 .5000 (120) .5000 0.500
125 St. Vincent 3-7 .300 .5000 (121) .5000 0.500
126 Thiel 3-7 .300 .5000 (122) .5000 0.500
127 Waynesburg 2-8 .200 .5000 (123) .5000 0.500
128 Bethany 0-10 .000 .5000 (125) .5000 0.500
129 Central 8-2 .800 .4886 (142) .5215 0.500
130 Ripon 5-5 .500 .5056 (107) .4847 0.499
131 Hendrix 3-7 .300 .5056 (109) .4828 0.498
132 Manchester 1-9 .100 .5111 (99) .4659 0.496
133 Lawrence 0-10 .000 .5056 (110) .4731 0.495
134 Mount Union 10-0 1.000 .4889 (135) .5056 0.494
135 Ferrum 3-7 .300 .4828 (149) .5176 0.494
136 Wilmington 3-7 .300 .4889 (138) .5050 0.494
137 Misericordia 4-6 .400 .4944 (129) .4881 0.492
138 Stevenson 7-3 .700 .4889 (136) .4972 0.492
139 Southern Virginia 1-9 .100 .5057 (105) .4624 0.491
140 Cal Lutheran 3-7 .300 .4878 (146) .4981 0.491
141 Denison 7-3 .700 .4886 (143) .4960 0.491
142 Rowan 5-5 .500 .4889 (137) .4928 0.490
143 Eastern 2-8 .200 .4889 (139) .4928 0.490
144 Benedictine 5-4 .556 .4938 (133) .4824 0.490
145 Muskingum 4-6 .400 .4778 (156) .5084 0.488
146 Northwestern (Minn.) 6-4 .600 .5060 (102) .4517 0.488
147 Widener 7-3 .700 .4778 (154) .5067 0.487
148 North Park 5-5 .500 .4719 (163) .5176 0.487
149 Elmhurst 2-8 .200 .4719 (166) .5176 0.487
150 Kean 0-10 .000 .4889 (140) .4811 0.486
151 King's 8-2 .800 .4778 (153) .5022 0.486
152 Kalamazoo 5-5 .500 .4778 (155) .4989 0.485
153 Grinnell 2-7 .222 .4815 (150) .4906 0.485
154 Sul Ross State 3-4 .429 .4831 (147) .4851 0.484
155 N.C. Wesleyan 4-6 .400 .4886 (144) .4713 0.483
156 Kenyon 2-8 .200 .4831 (148) .4802 0.482
157 East Texas Baptist 5-4-1 .550 .4730 (161) .4993 0.482
158 Hanover 7-3 .700 .4667 (171) .5117 0.482
159 Pacific 2-7 .222 .4795 (151) .4852 0.481
160 LaGrange 0-9 .000 .4937 (134) .4557 0.481
161 Nebraska Wesleyan 3-6 .333 .4625 (174) .5149 0.480
162 Lakeland 4-6 .400 .4773 (158) .4850 0.480
163 Lake Forest 7-3 .700 .4719 (162) .4943 0.479
164 Mount St. Joseph 9-1 .900 .4556 (184) .5250 0.479
165 Texas Lutheran 2-7 .222 .4733 (160) .4892 0.479
166 Knox 3-7 .300 .4719 (165) .4898 0.478
167 Pacific Lutheran 5-5 .500 .4699 (170) .4941 0.478
168 Sewanee 3-7 .300 .4773 (159) .4775 0.477
169 Howard Payne 4-4 .500 .4701 (169) .4901 0.477
170 Concordia (Wis.) 7-3 .700 .4773 (157) .4750 0.477
171 DePauw 10-0 1.000 .4607 (175) .5074 0.476
172 Heidelberg 6-4 .600 .4556 (185) .5172 0.476
173 Defiance 4-6 .400 .4667 (172) .4944 0.476
174 Hamline 4-6 .400 .4713 (168) .4809 0.474
175 Ohio Wesleyan 5-5 .500 .4607 (177) .5017 0.474
176 Wooster 4-6 .400 .4607 (178) .5011 0.474
177 Berry 9-1 .900 .4607 (176) .4869 0.469
178 Huntingdon 8-2 .800 .4713 (167) .4635 0.469
179 FDU-Florham 5-5 .500 .4556 (186) .4939 0.468
180 St. Norbert 7-3 .700 .4545 (187) .4925 0.467
181 Eureka 4-6 .400 .4719 (164) .4566 0.467
182 Maryville (Tenn.) 8-2 .800 .4598 (179) .4783 0.466
183 Greensboro 2-8 .200 .4598 (181) .4769 0.466
184 Hartwick 1-9 .100 .4444 (195) .5068 0.465
185 Ursinus 7-3 .700 .4333 (201) .5239 0.464
186 TCNJ 5-5 .500 .4444 (194) .4989 0.463
187 Oberlin 1-9 .100 .4494 (190) .4887 0.463
188 Beloit 2-8 .200 .4494 (189) .4875 0.462
189 Puget Sound 3-6 .333 .4583 (182) .4685 0.462
190 Macalester 3-7 .300 .4483 (193) .4796 0.459
191 Christopher Newport 7-3 .700 .4333 (202) .5089 0.459
192 Brevard 5-4 .556 .4487 (192) .4729 0.457
193 Westfield State 3-7 .300 .4598 (180) .4424 0.454
194 Willamette 1-8 .111 .4444 (196) .4700 0.453
195 Framingham State 5-4 .556 .4625 (173) .4324 0.452
196 Illinois College 9-1 .900 .4270 (203) .5034 0.452
197 Worcester State 1-9 .100 .4545 (188) .4463 0.452
198 Concordia-Chicago 1-9 .100 .4494 (191) .4566 0.452
199 Western Connecticut 7-2 .778 .4557 (183) .4369 0.449
200 Lewis and Clark 5-4 .556 .4348 (199) .4781 0.449
201 Southwestern 3-7 .300 .4270 (204) .4902 0.448
202 Catholic 5-5 .500 .4157 (209) .5057 0.446
203 Austin 1-9 .100 .4383 (197) .4579 0.445
204 William Paterson 2-8 .200 .4222 (207) .4850 0.443
205 Rockford 2-8 .200 .4270 (205) .4709 0.442
206 La Verne 2-8 .200 .4074 (212) .5095 0.441
207 McMurry 5-4 .556 .4067 (213) .5022 0.439
208 Keystone 2-8 .200 .4205 (208) .4739 0.438
209 Massachusetts Maritime 2-8 .200 .4368 (198) .4323 0.435
210 Bluffton 4-6 .400 .4000 (216) .5045 0.435
211 St. Scholastica 2-8 .200 .4023 (215) .4948 0.433
212 Martin Luther 2-7 .222 .4342 (200) .4261 0.431
213 Anna Maria 5-4 .556 .4231 (206) .4467 0.431
214 Rhodes 6-4 .600 .3977 (217) .4838 0.426
215 Methodist 2-8 .200 .3953 (218) .4828 0.424
216 Bridgewater State 7-3 .700 .4023 (214) .4501 0.418
217 Alfred State 5-4 .556 .3867 (219) .4787 0.417
218 Plymouth State 4-6 .400 .4138 (210) .4240 0.417
219 Mass-Dartmouth 9-1 .900 .3864 (220) .4605 0.411
220 Belhaven 8-1 .889 .3797 (221) .4720 0.410
221 Westminster (Mo.) 1-7 .125 .4118 (211) .3816 0.402
222 Juniata 1-9 .100 .3483 (225) .5074 0.401
223 Gallaudet 4-5 .444 .3649 (223) .4478 0.393
224 Dean 2-8 .200 .3529 (224) .4642 0.390
225 Fitchburg State 0-10 .000 .3678 (222) .4125 0.383
226 Minnesota-Morris 7-3 .700 .3293 (226) .4397 0.366
227 Castleton 2-7 .222 .2949 (227) .4366 0.342
228 Crown 1-8 .111 .2949 (228) .4199 0.337
229 Greenville 5-5 .500 .2791 (229) .4431 0.334
230 Wesleyan 1-0 1.000 .0000 (230) .0000 0.000
231 Amherst 0-0 .000 .0000 (231) .0000 0.000
232 Bates 0-0 .000 .0000 (232) .0000 0.000
233 Bowdoin 0-0 .000 .0000 (233) .0000 0.000
234 Colby 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 Whittier 0-0 .000 .0000 (240) .0000 0.000
241 Williams 0-1 .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.