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 Monmouth | 7-2 | .778 | .7123 (1) | .4859 | 0.637 |
2 UW-Stevens Point | 3-6 | .333 | .6234 (3) | .5536 | 0.600 |
3 UW-Stout | 4-6 | .400 | .6118 (4) | .5609 | 0.595 |
4 UW-Oshkosh | 8-2 | .800 | .6071 (6) | .5558 | 0.590 |
5 Albright | 2-8 | .200 | .6404 (2) | .4692 | 0.583 |
6 UW-Eau Claire | 3-7 | .300 | .5904 (12) | .5655 | 0.582 |
7 Concordia-Moorhead | 5-5 | .500 | .6092 (5) | .5258 | 0.581 |
8 Buffalo State | 1-9 | .100 | .6000 (9) | .5290 | 0.576 |
9 UW-Whitewater | 8-1 | .889 | .5714 (20) | .5831 | 0.575 |
10 Wartburg | 9-1 | .900 | .5909 (11) | .5390 | 0.574 |
11 UW-La Crosse | 7-2 | .778 | .5584 (29) | .5823 | 0.566 |
12 Westfield State | 2-8 | .200 | .6067 (7) | .4847 | 0.566 |
13 Springfield | 6-4 | .600 | .6047 (8) | .4887 | 0.566 |
14 Simpson | 5-5 | .500 | .5795 (15) | .5348 | 0.565 |
15 Hobart | 8-2 | .800 | .5778 (17) | .5382 | 0.565 |
16 Rochester | 0-10 | .000 | .5955 (10) | .5023 | 0.564 |
17 Gettysburg | 1-9 | .100 | .5778 (18) | .5206 | 0.559 |
18 Gustavus Adolphus | 7-3 | .700 | .5730 (19) | .5203 | 0.555 |
19 Morrisville State | 6-4 | .600 | .5667 (23) | .5217 | 0.552 |
20 Dubuque | 7-3 | .700 | .5568 (30) | .5407 | 0.551 |
21 Husson | 4-6 | .400 | .5795 (16) | .4929 | 0.551 |
22 UW-Platteville | 6-3 | .667 | .5455 (39) | .5613 | 0.551 |
23 Maryville (Tenn.) | 3-7 | .300 | .5833 (14) | .4799 | 0.549 |
24 Redlands | 9-1 | .900 | .5714 (21) | .5034 | 0.549 |
25 Chicago | 6-3 | .667 | .5867 (13) | .4674 | 0.547 |
26 Johns Hopkins | 7-3 | .700 | .5556 (32) | .5284 | 0.547 |
27 UW-River Falls | 2-7 | .222 | .5395 (48) | .5592 | 0.546 |
28 Randolph-Macon | 8-2 | .800 | .5632 (26) | .5105 | 0.546 |
29 Millikin | 5-5 | .500 | .5556 (33) | .5223 | 0.544 |
30 Framingham State | 8-2 | .800 | .5667 (22) | .4983 | 0.544 |
31 Elmhurst | 1-9 | .100 | .5556 (36) | .5201 | 0.544 |
32 Juniata | 2-8 | .200 | .5556 (35) | .5189 | 0.543 |
33 Utica | 5-5 | .500 | .5556 (34) | .5184 | 0.543 |
34 Adrian | 5-5 | .500 | .5618 (27) | .5038 | 0.542 |
35 Pacific | 4-6 | .400 | .5595 (28) | .5006 | 0.540 |
36 Carthage | 4-6 | .400 | .5444 (43) | .5303 | 0.540 |
37 Wheaton (Ill.) | 10-0 | 1.000 | .5393 (49) | .5386 | 0.539 |
38 LaGrange | 2-7 | .222 | .5658 (25) | .4846 | 0.539 |
39 Ithaca | 8-2 | .800 | .5444 (40) | .5240 | 0.538 |
40 St. John's | 9-1 | .900 | .5393 (50) | .5341 | 0.538 |
41 Lycoming | 4-6 | .400 | .5667 (24) | .4734 | 0.536 |
42 RPI | 6-4 | .600 | .5393 (52) | .5273 | 0.535 |
43 Illinois Wesleyan | 6-4 | .600 | .5393 (53) | .5260 | 0.535 |
44 Hendrix | 6-3 | .667 | .5500 (38) | .5038 | 0.535 |
45 TCNJ | 2-8 | .200 | .5568 (31) | .4892 | 0.534 |
46 Wilmington | 3-7 | .300 | .5444 (44) | .5117 | 0.533 |
47 Loras | 5-5 | .500 | .5281 (75) | .5425 | 0.533 |
48 Ohio Northern | 6-4 | .600 | .5444 (42) | .5083 | 0.532 |
49 Brockport | 8-2 | .800 | .5393 (51) | .5186 | 0.532 |
50 Stevenson | 8-2 | .800 | .5444 (41) | .5079 | 0.532 |
51 Coe | 6-4 | .600 | .5341 (59) | .5261 | 0.531 |
52 Shenandoah | 5-4 | .556 | .5385 (54) | .5141 | 0.530 |
53 Central | 9-1 | .900 | .5281 (71) | .5337 | 0.530 |
54 Dickinson | 5-5 | .500 | .5333 (66) | .5206 | 0.529 |
55 Hope | 9-1 | .900 | .5333 (63) | .5199 | 0.529 |
56 Washington U. | 7-3 | .700 | .5281 (73) | .5295 | 0.529 |
57 Nebraska Wesleyan | 3-7 | .300 | .5341 (61) | .5151 | 0.528 |
58 Rowan | 4-6 | .400 | .5402 (46) | .5019 | 0.527 |
59 Curry | 2-7 | .222 | .5375 (55) | .5022 | 0.526 |
60 Olivet | 8-2 | .800 | .5333 (64) | .5105 | 0.526 |
61 Rhodes | 1-9 | .100 | .5402 (47) | .4959 | 0.525 |
62 Rockford | 1-9 | .100 | .5506 (37) | .4740 | 0.525 |
63 Hartwick | 1-9 | .100 | .5444 (45) | .4858 | 0.525 |
64 Guilford | 2-8 | .200 | .5349 (57) | .5040 | 0.525 |
65 George Fox | 5-5 | .500 | .5357 (56) | .5019 | 0.524 |
66 Centre | 5-5 | .500 | .5341 (60) | .5047 | 0.524 |
67 Southern Virginia | 3-6 | .333 | .5316 (70) | .5095 | 0.524 |
68 Otterbein | 2-8 | .200 | .5333 (68) | .5050 | 0.524 |
69 Capital | 0-10 | .000 | .5333 (69) | .5039 | 0.523 |
70 McDaniel | 3-7 | .300 | .5281 (76) | .5140 | 0.523 |
71 Augustana | 6-4 | .600 | .5222 (84) | .5257 | 0.523 |
72 Chapman | 9-0 | 1.000 | .5263 (78) | .5116 | 0.521 |
73 Hardin-Simmons | 8-2 | .800 | .5341 (58) | .4955 | 0.521 |
74 McMurry | 0-10 | .000 | .5341 (62) | .4955 | 0.521 |
75 St. Vincent | 3-7 | .300 | .5333 (67) | .4950 | 0.521 |
76 Bethel | 8-2 | .800 | .5114 (102) | .5364 | 0.520 |
77 Moravian | 4-6 | .400 | .5165 (96) | .5245 | 0.519 |
78 Mount Union | 10-0 | 1.000 | .5222 (80) | .5122 | 0.519 |
79 Delaware Valley | 9-1 | .900 | .5222 (81) | .5119 | 0.519 |
80 Whitworth | 6-3 | .667 | .5263 (79) | .5028 | 0.518 |
81 Endicott | 8-2 | .800 | .5172 (90) | .5211 | 0.518 |
82 Susquehanna | 9-1 | .900 | .5111 (105) | .5333 | 0.518 |
83 Augsburg | 2-8 | .200 | .5281 (77) | .4987 | 0.518 |
84 Baldwin Wallace | 7-3 | .700 | .5222 (82) | .5106 | 0.518 |
85 Linfield | 8-1 | .889 | .5195 (86) | .5131 | 0.517 |
86 DePauw | 6-4 | .600 | .5333 (65) | .4827 | 0.516 |
87 Carnegie Mellon | 8-2 | .800 | .5281 (72) | .4927 | 0.516 |
88 Ursinus | 5-5 | .500 | .5111 (109) | .5267 | 0.516 |
89 St. Lawrence | 5-5 | .500 | .5000 (125) | .5487 | 0.516 |
90 Benedictine | 7-3 | .700 | .5281 (74) | .4920 | 0.516 |
91 MIT | 7-2 | .778 | .5190 (87) | .5059 | 0.515 |
92 Puget Sound | 6-4 | .600 | .5176 (89) | .5069 | 0.514 |
93 Bridgewater | 10-0 | 1.000 | .5057 (113) | .5286 | 0.513 |
94 Heidelberg | 6-4 | .600 | .5111 (107) | .5178 | 0.513 |
95 Kean | 3-7 | .300 | .5172 (93) | .5046 | 0.513 |
96 Texas Lutheran | 8-2 | .800 | .5172 (91) | .5039 | 0.513 |
97 East Texas Baptist | 6-4 | .600 | .5172 (92) | .5032 | 0.513 |
98 Washington and Jefferson | 7-3 | .700 | .5222 (83) | .4928 | 0.512 |
99 Huntingdon | 7-3 | .700 | .5119 (100) | .5107 | 0.511 |
100 St. John Fisher | 5-5 | .500 | .5000 (126) | .5329 | 0.511 |
101 Austin | 4-5 | .444 | .5125 (99) | .5051 | 0.510 |
102 Franklin and Marshall | 6-4 | .600 | .5000 (123) | .5284 | 0.509 |
103 Geneva | 3-7 | .300 | .5222 (85) | .4838 | 0.509 |
104 Pomona-Pitzer | 5-4 | .556 | .5132 (98) | .5015 | 0.509 |
105 Luther | 1-9 | .100 | .5000 (133) | .5278 | 0.509 |
106 Bridgewater State | 6-4 | .600 | .5111 (108) | .5050 | 0.509 |
107 N.C. Wesleyan | 6-3 | .667 | .5135 (97) | .4984 | 0.508 |
108 Birmingham-Southern | 7-3 | .700 | .5057 (114) | .5130 | 0.508 |
109 Union | 10-0 | 1.000 | .4831 (150) | .5581 | 0.508 |
110 Hampden-Sydney | 1-9 | .100 | .5057 (116) | .5092 | 0.507 |
111 Aurora | 9-1 | .900 | .5114 (101) | .4971 | 0.507 |
112 Kalamazoo | 2-8 | .200 | .5111 (110) | .4975 | 0.507 |
113 Carroll | 2-8 | .200 | .5000 (131) | .5190 | 0.506 |
114 Wisconsin Lutheran | 2-7 | .222 | .5185 (88) | .4809 | 0.506 |
115 Sewanee | 0-10 | .000 | .5114 (104) | .4953 | 0.506 |
116 Albion | 8-2 | .800 | .5000 (120) | .5169 | 0.506 |
117 Worcester State | 0-10 | .000 | .5111 (111) | .4938 | 0.505 |
118 Alma | 6-4 | .600 | .5000 (124) | .5155 | 0.505 |
119 Rose-Hulman | 6-4 | .600 | .5169 (95) | .4793 | 0.504 |
120 John Carroll | 9-1 | .900 | .4944 (136) | .5242 | 0.504 |
121 Muhlenberg | 10-0 | 1.000 | .4889 (141) | .5345 | 0.504 |
122 La Verne | 4-6 | .400 | .5060 (112) | .4986 | 0.504 |
123 Wittenberg | 7-3 | .700 | .5111 (106) | .4844 | 0.502 |
124 Ferrum | 4-6 | .400 | .5000 (127) | .5067 | 0.502 |
125 Lebanon Valley | 3-7 | .300 | .5056 (117) | .4944 | 0.502 |
126 Hamline | 1-9 | .100 | .5000 (134) | .5058 | 0.502 |
127 Eureka | 6-4 | .600 | .5114 (103) | .4794 | 0.501 |
128 Buena Vista | 2-7 | .222 | .4815 (153) | .5390 | 0.501 |
129 Defiance | 1-9 | .100 | .5172 (94) | .4661 | 0.500 |
130 Sul Ross State | 3-6 | .333 | .5000 (130) | .5007 | 0.500 |
131 Salve Regina | 4-6 | .400 | .5057 (115) | .4854 | 0.499 |
132 Belhaven | 2-8 | .200 | .5000 (132) | .4968 | 0.499 |
133 Bethany | 4-6 | .400 | .5000 (128) | .4950 | 0.498 |
134 Fitchburg State | 2-8 | .200 | .5056 (118) | .4813 | 0.498 |
135 Trinity (Texas) | 8-2 | .800 | .4886 (144) | .5145 | 0.497 |
136 Howard Payne | 5-5 | .500 | .4943 (137) | .5026 | 0.497 |
137 Thiel | 0-10 | .000 | .5000 (135) | .4894 | 0.496 |
138 Denison | 8-2 | .800 | .5000 (121) | .4878 | 0.496 |
139 Allegheny | 4-6 | .400 | .5000 (129) | .4872 | 0.496 |
140 North Park | 1-9 | .100 | .4831 (152) | .5192 | 0.495 |
141 St. Norbert | 6-3 | .667 | .5000 (122) | .4844 | 0.495 |
142 Keystone | 1-0 | 1.000 | .5000 (119) | .4831 | 0.494 |
143 Western New England | 9-0 | 1.000 | .4750 (159) | .5319 | 0.494 |
144 North Central (Ill.) | 9-1 | .900 | .4778 (155) | .5258 | 0.494 |
145 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 5-5 | .500 | .4881 (148) | .5041 | 0.493 |
146 Carleton | 4-6 | .400 | .4886 (145) | .4993 | 0.492 |
147 Coast Guard | 5-5 | .500 | .4884 (146) | .4973 | 0.491 |
148 King's | 5-6 | .455 | .4831 (151) | .5072 | 0.491 |
149 Christopher Newport | 2-8 | .200 | .4884 (147) | .4961 | 0.491 |
150 Trine | 5-5 | .500 | .4889 (142) | .4938 | 0.491 |
151 Merchant Marine | 6-3 | .667 | .4937 (140) | .4777 | 0.488 |
152 Catholic | 2-7 | .222 | .4872 (149) | .4903 | 0.488 |
153 Salisbury | 9-0 | 1.000 | .4625 (171) | .5374 | 0.487 |
154 St. Olaf | 5-5 | .500 | .4719 (162) | .5170 | 0.487 |
155 Montclair State | 6-4 | .600 | .4713 (163) | .5181 | 0.487 |
156 Pacific Lutheran | 2-7 | .222 | .4805 (154) | .4986 | 0.487 |
157 Franklin | 5-5 | .500 | .4943 (138) | .4701 | 0.486 |
158 Hiram | 0-10 | .000 | .4889 (143) | .4800 | 0.486 |
159 Cal Lutheran | 5-5 | .500 | .4643 (170) | .5255 | 0.485 |
160 Mary Hardin-Baylor | 10-0 | 1.000 | .4659 (166) | .5205 | 0.484 |
161 Waynesburg | 1-9 | .100 | .4778 (156) | .4928 | 0.483 |
162 Cortland | 8-2 | .800 | .4556 (181) | .5368 | 0.483 |
163 Muskingum | 3-7 | .300 | .4667 (165) | .5139 | 0.482 |
164 Norwich | 5-5 | .500 | .4767 (158) | .4913 | 0.482 |
165 Alfred | 5-5 | .500 | .4556 (184) | .5336 | 0.482 |
166 Berry | 9-1 | .900 | .4598 (175) | .5248 | 0.481 |
167 Washington and Lee | 6-4 | .600 | .4598 (178) | .5247 | 0.481 |
168 WPI | 9-1 | .900 | .4598 (176) | .5230 | 0.481 |
169 Wabash | 7-3 | .700 | .4719 (160) | .4966 | 0.480 |
170 Mass-Dartmouth | 7-3 | .700 | .4719 (161) | .4960 | 0.480 |
171 Northwestern (Minn.) | 4-6 | .400 | .4943 (139) | .4478 | 0.479 |
172 Grove City | 8-2 | .800 | .4667 (164) | .5028 | 0.479 |
173 Averett | 7-3 | .700 | .4643 (169) | .5076 | 0.479 |
174 Millsaps | 5-5 | .500 | .4659 (167) | .5023 | 0.478 |
175 William Paterson | 2-8 | .200 | .4773 (157) | .4767 | 0.477 |
176 Marietta | 5-5 | .500 | .4556 (185) | .5161 | 0.476 |
177 Whittier | 2-7 | .222 | .4605 (174) | .5031 | 0.475 |
178 Nichols | 6-4 | .600 | .4651 (168) | .4886 | 0.473 |
179 Western Connecticut | 8-2 | .800 | .4607 (172) | .4926 | 0.471 |
180 Lewis and Clark | 4-5 | .444 | .4533 (187) | .5042 | 0.470 |
181 Kenyon | 3-7 | .300 | .4607 (173) | .4859 | 0.469 |
182 Ohio Wesleyan | 7-3 | .700 | .4556 (182) | .4911 | 0.467 |
183 Oberlin | 1-9 | .100 | .4556 (186) | .4889 | 0.467 |
184 Wilkes | 8-2 | .800 | .4444 (190) | .5090 | 0.466 |
185 Case Western Reserve | 9-1 | .900 | .4444 (189) | .5089 | 0.466 |
186 Widener | 5-5 | .500 | .4444 (193) | .5085 | 0.466 |
187 Wooster | 6-4 | .600 | .4556 (183) | .4838 | 0.465 |
188 Southwestern | 4-6 | .400 | .4432 (194) | .5083 | 0.465 |
189 Westminster (Pa.) | 7-3 | .700 | .4444 (191) | .5028 | 0.464 |
190 Bluffton | 2-8 | .200 | .4598 (179) | .4684 | 0.463 |
191 Lakeland | 4-6 | .400 | .4432 (195) | .5000 | 0.462 |
192 Greenville | 8-2 | .800 | .4598 (177) | .4637 | 0.461 |
193 Greensboro | 1-8 | .111 | .4521 (188) | .4790 | 0.461 |
194 Brevard | 6-2 | .750 | .4412 (196) | .5000 | 0.461 |
195 Massachusetts Maritime | 6-4 | .600 | .4444 (192) | .4906 | 0.460 |
196 Alvernia | 2-8 | .200 | .4598 (180) | .4537 | 0.458 |
197 Hanover | 9-1 | .900 | .4382 (198) | .4948 | 0.457 |
198 University of New England | 4-6 | .400 | .4368 (199) | .4881 | 0.454 |
199 FDU-Florham | 3-7 | .300 | .4318 (202) | .4966 | 0.453 |
200 Manchester | 4-6 | .400 | .4368 (200) | .4776 | 0.450 |
201 Concordia-Chicago | 5-5 | .500 | .4270 (203) | .4866 | 0.447 |
202 Willamette | 1-8 | .111 | .4133 (212) | .5133 | 0.447 |
203 Methodist | 4-5 | .444 | .4133 (211) | .5078 | 0.445 |
204 Plymouth State | 6-4 | .600 | .4157 (210) | .4943 | 0.442 |
205 Martin Luther | 9-1 | .900 | .4253 (205) | .4711 | 0.441 |
206 Knox | 3-6 | .333 | .4267 (204) | .4672 | 0.440 |
207 St. Scholastica | 5-3 | .625 | .4366 (201) | .4366 | 0.437 |
208 Concordia (Wis.) | 5-5 | .500 | .4045 (215) | .5006 | 0.437 |
209 Westminster (Mo.) | 4-6 | .400 | .4253 (206) | .4547 | 0.435 |
210 Cornell | 4-5 | .444 | .4189 (207) | .4639 | 0.434 |
211 Anderson | 2-7 | .222 | .4177 (209) | .4651 | 0.433 |
212 Illinois College | 6-3 | .667 | .4054 (214) | .4866 | 0.432 |
213 Mount St. Joseph | 7-3 | .700 | .4186 (208) | .4591 | 0.432 |
214 Anna Maria | 2-7 | .222 | .4400 (197) | .4054 | 0.428 |
215 Minnesota-Morris | 1-8 | .111 | .4103 (213) | .4536 | 0.425 |
216 Misericordia | 5-4 | .556 | .3780 (220) | .5006 | 0.419 |
217 Crown | 3-7 | .300 | .4023 (216) | .4380 | 0.414 |
218 Ripon | 4-6 | .400 | .3855 (219) | .4465 | 0.406 |
219 Dean | 4-5 | .444 | .4000 (217) | .4160 | 0.405 |
220 Lake Forest | 7-3 | .700 | .3733 (222) | .4501 | 0.399 |
221 Lawrence | 1-8 | .111 | .3944 (218) | .4070 | 0.399 |
222 Beloit | 1-9 | .100 | .3735 (221) | .4240 | 0.390 |
223 Alfred State | 3-6 | .333 | .3333 (226) | .4488 | 0.372 |
224 SUNY-Maritime | 5-5 | .500 | .3537 (223) | .4066 | 0.371 |
225 Castleton | 2-7 | .222 | .3467 (224) | .4078 | 0.367 |
226 Macalester | 4-6 | .400 | .3247 (227) | .4268 | 0.359 |
227 Grinnell | 0-3 | .000 | .3462 (225) | .3632 | 0.352 |
228 Gallaudet | 2-5 | .286 | .2414 (228) | .3985 | 0.294 |
229 Amherst | 0-0 | .000 | .0000 (229) | .0000 | 0.000 |
230 Bates | 0-0 | .000 | .0000 (230) | .0000 | 0.000 |
231 Bowdoin | 0-0 | .000 | .0000 (231) | .0000 | 0.000 |
232 Colby | 0-0 | .000 | .0000 (232) | .0000 | 0.000 |
233 Eastern | 0-0 | .000 | .0000 (233) | .0000 | 0.000 |
234 Hamilton | 0-0 | .000 | .0000 (234) | .0000 | 0.000 |
235 Hilbert | 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.