2026-27 South Dakota Strength of Schedule
How tough South Dakota’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 · Feb 6 – Feb 27
- Feb 6ORU#300
- Feb 13@ SDST#260
- Feb 18@ NDSU#136
- Feb 20@ UND#258
- Feb 25STMN#155
- Feb 27OMA#230
Average opponent rank 223.2
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)
- –
- 12 left · 6 on road
- vs Bottom (245–365)
- –
- 13 left · 5 on road
3 of South Dakota’s 3 remaining games against the top third are on the road.
Summit conference schedule comparison
SoS Rk is league-wide, 1 = hardest. Opp Rk is the average power rank of the opponents.
| Played | Remaining | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | ||||
 Oral Roberts0-0 | – | – | 176 | 187.8 |
 Omaha0-0 | – | – | 208 | 205.8 |
 North Dakota State0-0 | – | – | 214 | 207.9 |
 North Dakota0-0 | – | – | 227 | 210.5 |
 South Dakota State0-0 | – | – | 265 | 225.9 |
 Kansas City0-0 | – | – | 267 | 226.1 |
 South Dakota0-0 | – | – | 271 | 228.1 |
 St. Thomas-Minnesota0-0 | – | – | 281 | 232.1 |
- SoS Rk
- Strength of schedule rank, league-wide (1 = hardest)
- Opp Rk
- Average Opponent Rank