2026-27 Howard Strength of Schedule
How tough Howard’s schedule has been, and what’s still ahead.
Updated Oct 31, 2026, 8:07 PM ET
Schedule strength
Measured by the average power rank of the opponents.
- Remaining
Toughest stretch · Nov 2 – Nov 18
- Nov 2@ YALE#100
- Nov 5@ ALCN#359
- Nov 9@ PENN#119
- Nov 12STET#291
- Nov 14@ DAV#111
- Nov 18@ DUQ#124
Average opponent rank 184.0
Record by opponent strength
Opponents by their current place in our power rankings.
- vs Top third (1–122)
- –
- 3 left · 3 on road
- vs Middle (123–244)
- –
- 7 left · 3 on road
- vs Bottom (245–365)
- –
- 18 left · 8 on road
3 of Howard’s 3 remaining games against the top third are on the road.
MEAC conference schedule comparison
SoS Rk is league-wide, 1 = hardest. Opp Rk is the average power rank of the opponents.
| Played | Remaining | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | ||||
 Coppin State0-0 | – | – | 256 | 223.9 |
 Norfolk State0-0 | – | – | 329 | 251.8 |
 Maryland Eastern Shore0-0 | – | – | tied for 332 | 254.0 |
 North Carolina Central0-0 | – | – | 336 | 254.9 |
 South Carolina State0-0 | – | – | 354 | 264.8 |
 Morgan State0-0 | – | – | 357 | 267.9 |
 Delaware State0-0 | – | – | 361 | 276.1 |
 Howard0-0 | – | – | 362 | 276.5 |
- SoS Rk
- Strength of schedule rank, league-wide (1 = hardest)
- Opp Rk
- Average Opponent Rank