2026-27 Western Carolina Strength of Schedule
How tough Western Carolina’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 · Dec 13 – Jan 6
- Dec 13@ UVA#19
- Dec 19@ FUR#164
- Dec 22@ WOF#241
- Dec 30UTC#271
- Jan 2VMI#355
- Jan 6@ MER#212
Average opponent rank 210.3
Record by opponent strength
Opponents by their current place in our power rankings.
- vs Top third (1–122)
- –
- 4 left · 4 on road
- vs Middle (123–244)
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- 11 left · 6 on road
- vs Bottom (245–365)
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- 12 left · 6 on road
4 of Western Carolina’s 4 remaining games against the top third are on the road.
SoCon conference schedule comparison
SoS Rk is league-wide, 1 = hardest. Opp Rk is the average power rank of the opponents.
| Played | Remaining | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | ||||
 Mercer0-0 | – | – | 231 | 213.4 |
 Western Carolina0-0 | – | – | 234 | 214.7 |
 Wofford0-0 | – | – | 243 | 219.0 |
 Tennessee Tech0-0 | – | – | 245 | 219.3 |
 The Citadel0-0 | – | – | 257 | 223.9 |
 UNC Greensboro0-0 | – | – | 264 | 225.2 |
 Samford0-0 | – | – | 269 | 226.9 |
 East Tennessee State0-0 | – | – | 276 | 230.4 |
 VMI0-0 | – | – | 285 | 233.6 |
 Chattanooga0-0 | – | – | 293 | 235.3 |
 Furman0-0 | – | – | 312 | 241.8 |
- SoS Rk
- Strength of schedule rank, league-wide (1 = hardest)
- Opp Rk
- Average Opponent Rank