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 Washington U. 3-3 .500 .7021 (1) .4988 0.634
2 Pacific Lutheran 6-2 .750 .6508 (3) .5576 0.620
3 Linfield 8-0 1.000 .6349 (4) .5651 0.612
4 Huntingdon 4-3 .571 .6667 (2) .4722 0.602
5 Augsburg 7-3 .700 .6071 (7) .5483 0.588
6 St. John's 5-5 .500 .5977 (9) .5647 0.587
7 Buffalo State 5-4 .556 .6104 (6) .5324 0.584
8 Gustavus Adolphus 3-6 .333 .5949 (11) .5552 0.582
9 Whitworth 7-3 .700 .6104 (5) .5223 0.581
10 Hamline 1-9 .100 .5952 (10) .5380 0.576
11 Concordia-Moorhead 7-2 .778 .5696 (24) .5791 0.573
12 UW-La Crosse 4-5 .444 .5946 (12) .5271 0.572
13 Bethel 8-2 .800 .5747 (21) .5653 0.572
14 UW-Eau Claire 4-6 .400 .5904 (15) .5307 0.571
15 Pacific 3-5 .375 .5667 (26) .5726 0.569
16 Mass-Dartmouth 1-9 .100 .6044 (8) .4951 0.568
17 St. John Fisher 6-3 .667 .5844 (17) .5259 0.565
18 Millikin 5-5 .500 .5843 (18) .5171 0.562
19 Endicott 8-2 .800 .5934 (13) .4972 0.561
20 Buena Vista 4-6 .400 .5862 (16) .5077 0.560
21 Hardin-Simmons 5-4 .556 .5735 (22) .5226 0.557
22 Ithaca 6-4 .600 .5647 (27) .5394 0.556
23 Carthage 3-7 .300 .5778 (20) .5125 0.556
24 Willamette 7-2 .778 .5441 (47) .5676 0.552
25 Dickinson 4-6 .400 .5730 (23) .5085 0.551
26 Utica 6-4 .600 .5581 (31) .5383 0.551
27 DePauw 1-6 .143 .5932 (14) .4669 0.551
28 Union 6-4 .600 .5618 (30) .5295 0.551
29 Puget Sound 0-9 .000 .5571 (33) .5345 0.550
30 Salisbury 8-2 .800 .5625 (29) .5202 0.548
31 Carleton 3-7 .300 .5476 (40) .5488 0.548
32 Lake Forest 8-2 .800 .5795 (19) .4740 0.544
33 St. Lawrence 0-10 .000 .5581 (32) .5167 0.544
34 St. Olaf 6-3 .667 .5256 (65) .5792 0.543
35 Wabash 6-2 .750 .5672 (25) .4855 0.540
36 Franklin and Marshall 7-3 .700 .5506 (37) .5176 0.540
37 North Central (Ill.) 8-2 .800 .5402 (50) .5381 0.539
38 Carnegie Mellon 5-3 .625 .5538 (35) .5100 0.539
39 UW-River Falls 2-8 .200 .5488 (38) .5159 0.538
40 Trine 6-3 .667 .5641 (28) .4840 0.537
41 Springfield 7-3 .700 .5455 (43) .5196 0.537
42 RPI 5-4 .556 .5443 (44) .5216 0.537
43 UW-Stevens Point 2-7 .222 .5405 (49) .5222 0.534
44 WPI 2-8 .200 .5517 (36) .4953 0.533
45 Western Connecticut 1-8 .111 .5541 (34) .4893 0.533
46 Washington and Lee 8-2 .800 .5455 (42) .5066 0.533
47 Johns Hopkins 9-1 .900 .5393 (53) .5147 0.531
48 Elmhurst 9-1 .900 .5281 (61) .5368 0.531
49 Cal Lutheran 8-1 .889 .5455 (41) .5019 0.531
50 Central 5-4 .556 .5443 (45) .5039 0.531
51 Luther 0-9 .000 .5443 (46) .5026 0.530
52 Montclair State 5-5 .500 .5476 (39) .4925 0.529
53 Augustana 5-5 .500 .5281 (62) .5303 0.529
54 UW-Oshkosh 9-0 1.000 .5205 (72) .5432 0.528
55 Mary Hardin-Baylor 9-0 1.000 .5373 (56) .5085 0.528
56 Chicago 4-6 .400 .5422 (48) .4956 0.527
57 Brockport 6-4 .600 .5366 (57) .5052 0.526
58 Moravian 2-8 .200 .5281 (63) .5216 0.526
59 Muskingum 3-7 .300 .5402 (51) .4929 0.524
60 Mount Union 10-0 1.000 .5349 (58) .5018 0.524
61 Capital 2-8 .200 .5402 (52) .4911 0.524
62 Cortland 8-1 .889 .5200 (73) .5277 0.523
63 Bridgewater State 9-1 .900 .5227 (68) .5215 0.522
64 Illinois Wesleyan 6-4 .600 .5169 (78) .5269 0.520
65 Birmingham-Southern 6-3 .667 .5224 (71) .5135 0.519
66 Rhodes 4-3 .571 .5185 (76) .5198 0.519
67 Fitchburg State 2-8 .200 .5393 (54) .4774 0.519
68 Muhlenberg 7-2 .778 .5185 (75) .5181 0.518
69 Alma 1-8 .111 .5385 (55) .4761 0.518
70 Redlands 6-3 .667 .5294 (60) .4944 0.518
71 UW-Stout 2-7 .222 .5067 (89) .5395 0.518
72 Trinity (Texas) 7-3 .700 .5263 (64) .4985 0.517
73 Wheaton (Ill.) 8-2 .800 .5114 (81) .5283 0.517
74 Susquehanna 6-4 .600 .5169 (79) .5165 0.517
75 Centre 6-4 .600 .5244 (66) .4953 0.515
76 Concordia (Wis.) 7-3 .700 .5294 (59) .4821 0.514
77 Alfred 6-3 .667 .4935 (123) .5518 0.513
78 UW-Platteville 8-2 .800 .4940 (118) .5457 0.511
79 North Park 1-9 .100 .5056 (98) .5189 0.510
80 Sul Ross State 5-3 .625 .5079 (84) .5133 0.510
81 Howard Payne 1-7 .125 .5079 (85) .5133 0.510
82 Ursinus 6-4 .600 .5056 (97) .5154 0.509
83 Coast Guard 5-4 .556 .5190 (74) .4885 0.509
84 Salve Regina 9-2 .818 .5051 (99) .5163 0.509
85 Merchant Marine 5-5 .500 .5000 (105) .5244 0.508
86 Delaware Valley 7-3 .700 .5233 (67) .4769 0.508
87 Marietta 0-10 .000 .5116 (80) .4988 0.507
88 Shenandoah 1-9 .100 .5227 (70) .4766 0.507
89 Sewanee 3-6 .333 .5068 (88) .5054 0.506
90 Nichols 1-9 .100 .5111 (83) .4966 0.506
91 Rowan 7-1 .875 .5072 (86) .5023 0.506
92 Rochester 4-5 .444 .4937 (121) .5287 0.505
93 Randolph-Macon 7-3 .700 .5056 (96) .5045 0.505
94 Catholic 3-7 .300 .5059 (92) .5034 0.505
95 Baldwin Wallace 7-3 .700 .5057 (93) .5030 0.505
96 Cornell 4-6 .400 .5227 (69) .4687 0.505
97 Oberlin 4-6 .400 .5176 (77) .4759 0.504
98 Framingham State 10-1 .909 .4948 (111) .5193 0.503
99 McDaniel 0-10 .000 .4944 (115) .5194 0.503
100 Hampden-Sydney 6-4 .600 .5000 (104) .5060 0.502
101 Concordia-Chicago 10-0 1.000 .5056 (95) .4930 0.501
102 Hope 5-5 .500 .5000 (106) .5018 0.501
103 Juniata 3-7 .300 .4944 (113) .5131 0.501
104 Denison 4-5 .444 .5068 (87) .4868 0.500
105 Dubuque 5-5 .500 .4943 (116) .5095 0.499
106 Castleton 7-3 .700 .5059 (91) .4862 0.499
107 Loras 2-8 .200 .5000 (110) .4971 0.499
108 Misericordia 0-10 .000 .5114 (82) .4739 0.499
109 UW-Whitewater 7-2 .778 .4714 (154) .5534 0.499
110 Otterbein 7-2 .778 .4937 (119) .5065 0.498
111 John Carroll 5-4 .556 .4937 (120) .5065 0.498
112 Ohio Northern 4-5 .444 .4937 (122) .5065 0.498
113 Hobart 10-0 1.000 .4773 (142) .5392 0.498
114 Allegheny 5-5 .500 .5000 (107) .4928 0.498
115 Greenville 7-2 .778 .5062 (90) .4772 0.497
116 East Texas Baptist 3-7 .300 .4861 (131) .5119 0.495
117 Lycoming 8-2 .800 .5000 (101) .4824 0.494
118 Western New England 6-4 .600 .4944 (112) .4932 0.494
119 Bethany 3-7 .300 .5057 (94) .4690 0.493
120 St. Scholastica 8-2 .800 .5000 (102) .4790 0.493
121 Albright 7-3 .700 .5000 (103) .4769 0.492
122 Lewis and Clark 4-5 .444 .4697 (158) .5360 0.492
123 Plymouth State 2-8 .200 .4831 (134) .5084 0.492
124 Coe 10-0 1.000 .4762 (148) .5183 0.490
125 Ripon 5-5 .500 .5000 (108) .4688 0.490
126 Franklin 8-1 .889 .5000 (100) .4681 0.489
127 Lakeland 2-8 .200 .4944 (114) .4785 0.489
128 Wilmington 1-9 .100 .4828 (136) .4994 0.488
129 Westfield State 3-7 .300 .4886 (126) .4854 0.488
130 Lebanon Valley 6-4 .600 .4886 (124) .4848 0.487
131 Geneva 3-7 .300 .5000 (109) .4593 0.486
132 La Verne 4-4 .500 .4839 (132) .4904 0.486
133 Monmouth 5-5 .500 .4886 (125) .4791 0.485
134 Wartburg 6-4 .600 .4659 (160) .5247 0.486
135 Kean 5-3 .625 .4783 (141) .4992 0.485
136 Knox 2-8 .200 .4886 (127) .4752 0.484
137 Washington and Jefferson 8-2 .800 .4884 (128) .4747 0.484
138 Guilford 5-5 .500 .4773 (144) .4967 0.484
139 Defiance 2-8 .200 .4941 (117) .4587 0.482
140 Ohio Wesleyan 9-1 .900 .4750 (152) .4967 0.482
141 Gettysburg 7-3 .700 .4607 (167) .5233 0.482
142 TCNJ 4-6 .400 .4756 (150) .4930 0.481
143 Widener 9-0 1.000 .4750 (151) .4929 0.481
144 Hiram 0-10 .000 .4884 (130) .4631 0.480
145 Albion 5-4 .556 .4744 (153) .4893 0.479
146 LaGrange 3-7 .300 .4815 (138) .4749 0.479
147 Benedictine 5-5 .500 .4773 (145) .4821 0.479
148 King's 2-8 .200 .4828 (135) .4705 0.479
149 Grinnell 2-8 .200 .4773 (146) .4814 0.479
150 Methodist 5-5 .500 .4884 (129) .4591 0.479
151 Northwestern (Minn.) 8-2 .800 .4762 (149) .4822 0.478
152 Grove City 5-4 .556 .4805 (140) .4690 0.477
153 Eureka 4-6 .400 .4831 (133) .4625 0.476
154 Morrisville State 1-9 .100 .4699 (157) .4885 0.476
155 MIT 5-4 .556 .4568 (170) .5125 0.475
156 Wisconsin Lutheran 7-3 .700 .4773 (143) .4678 0.474
157 Bluffton 6-4 .600 .4824 (137) .4568 0.474
158 Bridgewater 6-3 .667 .4625 (165) .4964 0.474
159 Austin 0-8 .000 .4615 (166) .4982 0.474
160 Hartwick 3-7 .300 .4419 (186) .5378 0.474
161 Millsaps 6-3 .667 .4493 (177) .5225 0.474
162 Heidelberg 9-1 .900 .4535 (174) .5138 0.474
163 Averett 1-9 .100 .4767 (147) .4666 0.473
164 Crown 2-8 .200 .4815 (139) .4533 0.472
165 Kalamazoo 5-5 .500 .4651 (162) .4860 0.472
166 Texas Lutheran 3-6 .333 .4493 (178) .5148 0.471
167 N.C. Wesleyan 2-6 .250 .4714 (156) .4680 0.470
168 Aurora 5-5 .500 .4545 (172) .5006 0.470
169 Gallaudet 6-2 .750 .4714 (155) .4665 0.470
170 Lawrence 2-8 .200 .4659 (161) .4769 0.470
171 Worcester State 6-4 .600 .4545 (171) .4981 0.469
172 Adrian 9-1 .900 .4458 (179) .5124 0.468
173 Wooster 2-8 .200 .4634 (164) .4753 0.467
174 Hanover 6-3 .667 .4605 (168) .4743 0.465
175 Husson 2-8 .200 .4643 (163) .4639 0.464
176 SUNY-Maritime 3-6 .333 .4675 (159) .4573 0.464
177 Manchester 6-4 .600 .4588 (169) .4746 0.464
178 Case Western Reserve 6-3 .667 .4400 (188) .5065 0.462
179 Massachusetts Maritime 5-4 .556 .4430 (182) .5000 0.462
180 Rose-Hulman 5-5 .500 .4535 (175) .4713 0.459
181 Stevenson 2-8 .200 .4432 (181) .4872 0.458
182 Simpson 6-4 .600 .4253 (196) .5226 0.458
183 St. Vincent 0-10 .000 .4535 (176) .4633 0.457
184 Greensboro 4-5 .444 .4545 (173) .4600 0.456
185 Wilkes 5-5 .500 .4432 (180) .4819 0.456
186 Christopher Newport 6-4 .600 .4419 (185) .4803 0.455
187 Maryville (Tenn.) 6-4 .600 .4390 (189) .4813 0.453
188 Pomona-Pitzer 1-7 .125 .4426 (183) .4729 0.453
189 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 0-8 .000 .4426 (184) .4729 0.453
190 Norwich 7-2 .778 .4304 (193) .4966 0.452
191 Thiel 3-7 .300 .4419 (187) .4715 0.452
192 St. Norbert 8-1 .889 .4321 (191) .4861 0.450
193 Chapman 6-3 .667 .4203 (201) .5075 0.449
194 Whittier 4-5 .444 .4203 (202) .5075 0.449
195 Carroll 8-2 .800 .4318 (192) .4810 0.448
196 Minnesota-Morris 6-4 .600 .4286 (194) .4874 0.448
197 Westminster (Mo.) 4-6 .400 .4368 (190) .4599 0.444
198 Illinois College 7-2 .778 .4198 (203) .4861 0.442
199 FDU-Florham 2-7 .222 .4198 (204) .4853 0.442
200 Anderson 0-8 .000 .4286 (195) .4672 0.441
201 Beloit 0-10 .000 .4205 (200) .4774 0.439
202 Mount St. Joseph 4-6 .400 .4235 (197) .4709 0.439
203 Martin Luther 4-6 .400 .4217 (198) .4729 0.439
204 Waynesburg 9-1 .900 .4186 (205) .4777 0.438
205 Anna Maria 2-8 .200 .4217 (199) .4656 0.436
206 Wittenberg 9-1 .900 .3976 (208) .5135 0.436
207 Olivet 0-9 .000 .4103 (206) .4828 0.434
208 Curry 6-4 .600 .3889 (210) .5235 0.434
209 Westminster (Pa.) 3-6 .333 .4051 (207) .4721 0.427
210 William Paterson 4-5 .444 .3867 (211) .5021 0.425
211 Ferrum 6-3 .667 .3974 (209) .4726 0.422
212 Kenyon 6-3 .667 .3766 (213) .5000 0.418
213 Rockford 2-8 .200 .3864 (212) .4769 0.417
214 Macalester 4-3 .571 .3443 (214) .5413 0.410
215 Berry 0-0 .000 .0000 (215) .0000 0.000
216 Belhaven 0-0 .000 .0000 (216) .0000 0.000
217 Alfred State 0-0 .000 .0000 (217) .0000 0.000
218 Alvernia 0-0 .000 .0000 (218) .0000 0.000
219 Amherst 0-0 .000 .0000 (219) .0000 0.000
220 Bates 0-0 .000 .0000 (220) .0000 0.000
221 Bowdoin 0-0 .000 .0000 (221) .0000 0.000
222 Brevard 0-0 .000 .0000 (222) .0000 0.000
223 Colby 0-0 .000 .0000 (223) .0000 0.000
224 Dean 0-0 .000 .0000 (224) .0000 0.000
225 Eastern 0-0 .000 .0000 (225) .0000 0.000
226 George Fox 0-0 .000 .0000 (226) .0000 0.000
227 Hamilton 0-0 .000 .0000 (227) .0000 0.000
228 Hendrix 0-0 .000 .0000 (228) .0000 0.000
229 Hilbert 0-0 .000 .0000 (229) .0000 0.000
230 Keystone 0-0 .000 .0000 (230) .0000 0.000
231 Lyon 0-0 .000 .0000 (231) .0000 0.000
232 McMurry 0-0 .000 .0000 (232) .0000 0.000
233 Middlebury 0-0 .000 .0000 (233) .0000 0.000
234 Nebraska Wesleyan 0-0 .000 .0000 (234) .0000 0.000
235 Southern Virginia 0-0 .000 .0000 (235) .0000 0.000
236 Southwestern 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.