2026-27 Purdue Strength of Schedule
How tough Purdue’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 26 – Dec 19
- Nov 26OU#17
- Dec 1IOWA#24
- Dec 5@ ISU#15
- Dec 8@ WIS#16
- Dec 11TENN#12
- Dec 19COLO#58
Average opponent rank 23.7
Record by opponent strength
Opponents by their current place in our power rankings.
- vs Top third (1–122)
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- 29 left · 11 on road
- vs Middle (123–244)
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- 2 left · all at home
- vs Bottom (245–365)
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- 1 left · all at home
18 of Purdue’s 29 remaining games against the top third are at home.
Big Ten conference schedule comparison
SoS Rk is league-wide, 1 = hardest. Opp Rk is the average power rank of the opponents.
| Played | Remaining | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | ||||
 Purdue0-0 | – | – | 2 | 65.8 |
 Michigan State0-0 | – | – | 3 | 66.8 |
 Illinois0-0 | – | – | 5 | 71.2 |
 Michigan0-0 | – | – | 6 | 71.6 |
 Wisconsin0-0 | – | – | 9 | 80.9 |
 Ohio State0-0 | – | – | 16 | 87.3 |
 Washington0-0 | – | – | 18 | 89.6 |
 Oregon0-0 | – | – | 19 | 90.0 |
 UCLA0-0 | – | – | 22 | 91.1 |
 Iowa0-0 | – | – | 26 | 93.3 |
 Maryland0-0 | – | – | 34 | 95.4 |
 USC0-0 | – | – | 36 | 95.9 |
 Northwestern0-0 | – | – | 39 | 96.5 |
 Indiana0-0 | – | – | 41 | 96.6 |
 Minnesota0-0 | – | – | 44 | 97.4 |
 Nebraska0-0 | – | – | 50 | 101.4 |
 Rutgers0-0 | – | – | 52 | 104.0 |
 Penn State0-0 | – | – | 74 | 114.5 |
- SoS Rk
- Strength of schedule rank, league-wide (1 = hardest)
- Opp Rk
- Average Opponent Rank