| 2026 FCS Strength of Schedule | FCS Strength of Schedule updated by Wednesday |
Updated 10/14/26 |
| Strength of Schedule | ||||
| Rank | Team | Rank | Team | |
| 1 | Portland St | 65 | Prairie View A&M | |
| 2 | Eastern Illinois | 66 | Central Conn St | |
| 3 | Idaho | 67 | Stony Brook | |
| 4 | Northern Arizona | 68 | East Tenn St | |
| 5 | Utah Tech | 69 | Sacred Heart | |
| 6 | Northern Iowa | 70 | West Georgia | |
| 7 | Abilene Christian | 71 | Cornell | |
| 8 | Towson | 72 | Wagner | |
| 9 | Youngstown St | 73 | Tennessee Tech | |
| 10 | West Florida | 74 | New Hampshire | |
| 11 | South Dakota | 75 | Colgate | |
| 12 | Eastern Washington | 76 | Tarleton St | |
| 13 | Long Island | 76 | North Alabama | |
| 14 | Howard | 78 | Northwestern St | |
| 15 | Mercyhurst | 79 | North Carolina A&T | |
| 16 | McNeese St | 80 | Mercer | |
| 17 | Fordham | 81 | Georgetown | |
| 18 | Murray St | 82 | New Haven | |
| 19 | Gardner-Webb | 83 | UTRGV | |
| 20 | Southern Utah | 84 | Florida A&M | |
| 21 | Indiana St | 85 | Harvard | |
| 22 | East Texas A&M | 86 | Austin Peay | |
| 23 | Holy Cross | 87 | Charleston Southern | |
| 24 | Monmouth | 88 | Lafayette | |
| 25 | Merrimack | 89 | Illinois St | |
| 26 | Central Arkansas | 90 | Rhode Island | |
| 27 | Nicholls St | 91 | Richmond | |
| 28 | Dartmouth | 92 | Bryant | |
| 29 | The Citadel | 93 | NC Central | |
| 30 | Maine | 94 | Western Illinois | |
| 31 | Montana | 95 | Delaware St | |
| 32 | Western Carolina | 96 | Hampton | |
| 33 | Lamar | 97 | San Diego | |
| 34 | William & Mary | 98 | Robert Morris | |
| 35 | Texas Southern | 99 | Yale | |
| 36 | Northern Colorado | 100 | Brown | |
| 37 | Tennessee St | 101 | Penn | |
| 38 | Incarnate Word | 101 | Princeton | |
| 39 | UC Davis | 103 | Morgan St | |
| 40 | Lindenwood | 104 | Lehigh | |
| 41 | Southern Illinois | 105 | Southern | |
| 42 | Weber St | 106 | Bethune-Cookman | |
| 43 | Cal Poly | 107 | Stetson | |
| 44 | Furman | 108 | Columbia | |
| 45 | VMI | 109 | Miss Valley St | |
| 46 | Wofford | 110 | Grambling St | |
| 47 | SE Missouri St | 111 | Ark Pine Bluff | |
| 48 | North Dakota | 112 | Elon | |
| 49 | Bucknell | 113 | Norfolk St | |
| 50 | Samford | 114 | St Thomas | |
| 51 | UT Martin | 115 | Drake | |
| 52 | Campbell | 116 | Presbyterian | |
| 53 | Idaho St | 117 | Alabama St | |
| 54 | South Dakota St | 118 | Alcorn St | |
| 55 | Villanova | 119 | Chicago St | |
| 56 | Houston Christian | 120 | South Carolina St | |
| 57 | Chattanooga | 121 | Marist | |
| 58 | Eastern Kentucky | 122 | Alabama A&M | |
| 59 | SF Austin | 123 | Valparaiso | |
| 60 | Stonehill | 124 | Jackson St | |
| 61 | SE Louisiana | 125 | Butler | |
| 62 | Duquesne | 126 | Morehead St | |
| 63 | Montana St | 127 | Davidson | |
| 64 | Albany | 128 | Dayton |