2026-27 Western Illinois Strength of Schedule
How tough Western Illinois’ 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 20 – Dec 3
- Nov 20@ UALB#323
- Nov 21MERC#282
- Nov 22@ CAN#321
- Nov 28@ CCU#217
- Nov 30@ HCU#314
- Dec 3@ IU#47
Average opponent rank 250.7
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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- 5 left · 3 on road
- vs Bottom (245–365)
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- 18 left · 9 on road
4 of Western Illinois’s 4 remaining games against the top third are on the road.
OVC conference schedule comparison
SoS Rk is league-wide, 1 = hardest. Opp Rk is the average power rank of the opponents.
| Played | Remaining | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | ||||
 Eastern Illinois0-0 | – | – | 300 | 238.3 |
 Lindenwood0-0 | – | – | 315 | 243.7 |
 Western Illinois0-0 | – | – | 323 | 249.5 |
 Southern Indiana0-0 | – | – | 324 | 249.6 |
 Southeast Missouri State0-0 | – | – | 327 | 250.7 |
 UT Martin0-0 | – | – | 330 | 253.8 |
 SIU Edwardsville0-0 | – | – | 334 | 254.0 |
 Morehead State0-0 | – | – | 348 | 260.0 |
 Tennessee State0-0 | – | – | 349 | 260.0 |
- SoS Rk
- Strength of schedule rank, league-wide (1 = hardest)
- Opp Rk
- Average Opponent Rank