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How the NCAA ranks the 2014 college football strength of schedule

Published: Aug 28, 2014 · 10:15 AM EDT

What’s the most accurate prediction of strength of schedule?

The answer will come in many different facets depending to who you talk to. The way the NCAA ranks the strength of schedule is by opponents’ winning percentage the previous year, but obviously, that doesn’t tell the complete story. It’s just merely one way strength of schedule is derived, and a few different flaws exist: 1. A 10-2 FCS team carries more weight than a 7-5 FBS team and 2. The records are from the prior year and don’t take into account players who graduated or left early for the NFL or newcomers.

The NCAA would say Arkansas has the country’s toughest schedule, followed by Tennessee, Texas A&M and Kentucky in the top 10. All SEC teams are bolded below:

RANK	TEAM	WINS	LOSS	WIN%
1	Arkansas	103	54	65.61%
2	Virginia	102	54	65.38%
3	Tennessee	101	54	65.16%
4	Notre Dame	103	56	64.78%
5	Texas A&M	100	55	64.52%
6	Kentucky	98	55	64.05%
7	Iowa St	97	57	62.99%
8	Syracuse	96	57	62.75%
9	Rutgers	97	58	62.58%
10	Wake Forest	97	58	62.58%
11	Utah	98	59	62.42%
12	West Virginia	97	59	62.18%
13	South Carolina	96	59	61.94%
14	Miami, Fl	96	60	61.54%
15	Boston College	95	61	60.90%
16	California	94	61	60.65%
17	FIU	92	60	60.53%
18	Auburn	93	61	60.53%
19	Georgia	92	61	60.13%
20	North Carolina	92	62	59.74%
21	Illinois	90	61	59.60%
22	NC State	89	61	59.33%
23	Indiana	93	64	59.24%
24	Nebraska	90	63	58.82%
25	Texas	89	63	58.55%
25	Mississippi	89	63	58.55%
27	Clemson	89	65	57.79%
28	USC	89	66	57.42%
29	TCU	87	65	57.24%
30	Wyoming	88	66	57.14%
31	Oklahoma St	86	65	56.95%
31	Army	86	65	56.95%
33	Hawaii	95	72	56.89%
34	Florida	87	66	56.86%
34	Ohio St	87	66	56.86%
36	Washington St	88	67	56.77%
37	Temple	85	65	56.67%
38	Kansas	86	66	56.58%
39	Louisiana Tech	85	66	56.29%
40	Maryland	86	67	56.21%
41	San Jose St	87	68	56.13%
42	Stanford	86	68	55.84%
43	Purdue	84	67	55.63%
43	Missouri	84	67	55.63%
43	Georgia Tech	84	67	55.63%
46	Minnesota	85	68	55.56%
47	Florida St	83	68	54.97%
47	SMU	83	68	54.97%
49	Arizona	84	69	54.90%
49	Oregon	84	69	54.90%
51	Southern Miss	83	69	54.61%
52	Arizona St	84	70	54.55%
52	Tulane	84	70	54.55%
54	Florida Atlantic	81	69	54.00%
55	Michigan St	83	71	53.90%
55	Virginia Tech	83	71	53.90%
57	LSU	82	71	53.59%
58	Eastern Michigan	80	70	53.33%
59	Michigan	81	71	53.29%
60	UCLA	82	72	53.25%
60	Oregon St	82	72	53.25%
62	Mississippi St	80	71	52.98%
62	Tulsa	80	71	52.98%
64	Nevada	81	73	52.60%
65	Kansas St	79	72	52.32%
66	Colorado	81	74	52.26%
67	Baylor	78	72	52.00%
68	Penn St	79	73	51.97%
69	Vanderbilt	78	73	51.66%
70	Toledo	80	75	51.61%
71	New Mexico	79	75	51.30%
72	Georgia St	75	72	51.02%
73	UCF	77	74	50.99%
74	Pittsburgh	78	75	50.98%
74	Boise St	78	75	50.98%
76	UTEP	76	74	50.67%
77	Washington	85	83	50.60%
78	Northwestern	76	76	50.00%
78	Miami, Oh	76	76	50.00%
80	Louisville	75	76	49.67%
81	Texas Tech	74	75	49.66%
81	Connecticut	74	75	49.66%
83	East Carolina	74	76	49.33%
83	USF	74	76	49.33%
85	Iowa	68	70	49.28%
86	Fresno St	74	77	49.01%
87	Wisconsin	74	78	48.68%
88	WKU	73	77	48.67%
88	Massachusetts	73	77	48.67%
90	South Alabama	72	76	48.65%
91	UNLV	73	79	48.03%
91	Kent St	73	79	48.03%
93	Oklahoma	71	78	47.65%
94	Akron	72	80	47.37%
95	Alabama	71	79	47.33%
96	Navy	69	78	46.94%
97	BYU	71	81	46.71%
98	UTSA	70	80	46.67%
99	Ohio	71	82	46.41%
100	Western Michigan	70	81	46.36%
101	Duke	69	82	45.70%
102	Cincinnati	68	82	45.33%
103	Bowling Green	67	81	45.27%
103	Louisiana	67	81	45.27%
105	UAB	67	82	44.97%
106	Air Force	68	84	44.74%
107	Old Dominion	67	83	44.67%
108	Idaho	65	81	44.52%
109	San Diego St	66	83	44.30%
110	Central Michigan	66	84	44.00%
111	New Mexico St	64	82	43.84%
111	Appalachian St	64	82	43.84%
113	Memphis	65	85	43.33%
114	Houston	64	84	43.24%
114	Arkansas St	64	84	43.24%
116	Rice	64	85	42.95%
117	Utah St	68	94	41.98%
118	ULM	61	87	41.22%
119	Troy	60	87	40.82%
120	Ball St	60	89	40.27%
121	Buffalo	59	88	40.14%
122	Marshall	59	89	39.86%
123	Texas St	57	88	39.31%
124	Middle Tennessee	58	90	39.19%
125	Colorado St	57	91	38.51%
126	Northern Illinois	55	91	37.67%
127	North Texas	55	92	37.41%
128	Georgia Southern	51	95	34.93%

Kevin Duffey

A graduate of the University of Florida and founder of Saturday Down South, Kevin is a college football enthusiast.