Records - Best Strength of Schedule 2026 FBS College Football

Strength of Schedule
Notre Dame - .709 (1978)
1	Florida	0.754
2	Oregon	0.724
3	North Carolina	0.719
4	Texas	0.714
5	Michigan State	0.695
6	Cincinnati	0.690
6	Iowa State	0.690
8	Alabama	0.679
8	Oklahoma	0.679
10	Houston	0.673
11	Arkansas	0.667
11	Kentucky	0.667
11	Purdue	0.667
14	Wisconsin	0.661
15	Auburn	0.661
15	LSU	0.661
17	Colorado	0.655
18	UCF	0.649
18	Vanderbilt	0.649
20	Indiana	0.635
21	Ohio State	0.633
22	Texas State	0.632
23	Mississippi State	0.625
24	Army	0.621
24	Louisville	0.621
26	California	0.619
26	Stanford	0.619
28	Central Michigan	0.614
29	Georgia Tech	0.610
29	Nevada	0.610
31	USC	0.609
32	Ole Miss	0.607
33	Boise State	0.607
34	FIU	0.603
34	Penn State	0.603
36	Clemson	0.596
36	Navy	0.596
36	Rice	0.596
36	Texas Tech	0.596
40	Arizona	0.586
40	South Alabama	0.586
42	Virginia	0.581
43	Florida State	0.579
43	Kansas	0.579
43	Texas A&M	0.579
43	Tulane	0.579
47	Miami (FL)	0.576
47	Rutgers	0.576
49	Arizona State	0.571
49	Iowa	0.571
49	Northern Illinois	0.571
49	Old Dominion	0.571
53	Colorado State	0.569
53	Georgia Southern	0.569
53	Louisiana	0.569
53	Michigan	0.569
53	South Carolina	0.569
53	Utah State	0.569
59	Western Michigan	0.565
60	BYU	0.561
61	Nebraska	0.557
62	Bowling Green	0.557
63	Missouri	0.556
63	TCU	0.556
65	San Diego State	0.552
66	Buffalo	0.551
67	North Carolina State	0.550
68	Memphis	0.547
69	Coastal Carolina	0.544
69	Utah	0.544
71	Minnesota	0.542
71	Northwestern	0.542
73	Washington State	0.540
74	Pittsburgh	0.538
75	Maryland	0.536
76	UTEP	0.534
76	West Virginia	0.534
78	North Dakota State	0.530
79	Ball State	0.529
80	North Texas	0.526
81	Jacksonville State	0.525
82	Boston College	0.517
82	Charlotte	0.517
82	Temple	0.517
85	Wake Forest	0.517
86	Baylor	0.509
86	Georgia	0.509
86	Illinois	0.509
86	Oklahoma State	0.509
90	Oregon State	0.508
91	James Madison	0.508
92	Akron	0.507
93	Kennesaw State	0.500
93	Kent State	0.500
93	Syracuse	0.500
93	UAB	0.500
93	UTSA	0.500
98	SMU	0.492
98	Washington	0.492
100	UNLV	0.483
101	Air Force	0.482
101	Tennessee	0.482
103	San Jose State	0.478
104	Duke	0.475
105	Sacramento State	0.474
106	Notre Dame	0.474
106	Sam Houston State	0.474
106	South Florida	0.474
106	ULM	0.474
110	Miami (OH)	0.471
111	Delaware	0.466
111	UCLA	0.466
113	Marshall	0.458
114	Louisiana Tech	0.456
115	Fresno State	0.452
116	Eastern Michigan	0.449
117	Connecticut	0.448
117	East Carolina	0.448
117	Hawaii	0.448
120	Troy	0.446
121	Toledo	0.443
122	Arkansas State	0.439
123	Ohio	0.437
124	Southern Miss	0.436
125	Kansas State	0.431
126	Missouri State	0.429
127	Liberty	0.424
127	Wyoming	0.424
129	UMass	0.423
130	Western Kentucky	0.421
131	FAU	0.411
132	New Mexico	0.407
133	Middle Tennessee	0.404
134	Appalachian State	0.390
135	Tulsa	0.386
136	Georgia State	0.373
137	Virginia Tech	0.367
138	New Mexico State	0.357

Notre Dame - .709 (1978)

Florida

0.754

0.724

0.719

0.714

0.695