2026-27 New Orleans Strength of Schedule
How tough New Orleans’ 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 18 – Dec 5
- Nov 18@ TTU#26
- Nov 21@ TXSO#347
- Nov 25GRAM#356
- Nov 29FGCU#251
- Dec 1@ ARIZ#2
- Dec 5RGV#196
Average opponent rank 196.3
Record by opponent strength
Opponents by their current place in our power rankings.
- vs Top third (1–122)
- –
- 6 left · 5 on road
- vs Middle (123–244)
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- 6 left · 3 on road
- vs Bottom (245–365)
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- 18 left · 9 on road
5 of New Orleans’s 6 remaining games against the top third are on the road.
Southland conference schedule comparison
SoS Rk is league-wide, 1 = hardest. Opp Rk is the average power rank of the opponents.
| Played | Remaining | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | ||||
 SE Louisiana0-0 | – | – | 223 | 210.0 |
 Incarnate Word0-0 | – | – | 225 | 210.3 |
 East Texas A&M0-0 | – | – | 253 | 223.0 |
 Nicholls0-0 | – | – | 266 | 226.1 |
 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi0-0 | – | – | 273 | 228.8 |
 UT Rio Grande Valley0-0 | – | – | 284 | 233.1 |
 Northwestern State0-0 | – | – | 288 | 234.5 |
 Lamar0-0 | – | – | 297 | 237.7 |
 New Orleans0-0 | – | – | 299 | 238.2 |
 McNeese0-0 | – | – | 314 | 242.9 |
 Houston Christian0-0 | – | – | 320 | 248.3 |
 Stephen F. Austin0-0 | – | – | 328 | 250.9 |
- SoS Rk
- Strength of schedule rank, league-wide (1 = hardest)
- Opp Rk
- Average Opponent Rank