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.