2026 Cincinnati Strength of Schedule
How tough Cincinnati’s schedule has been, and what’s still ahead.
Updated Oct 22, 2026, 4:33 AM ET
Schedule strength
Measured by the average power rank of the opponents.
- Played
- Remaining
Toughest stretch · Weeks 8–11
- Wk 8TTU#12
- Wk 9UTAH#10
- Wk 10@ HOU#22
- Wk 11@ ISU#44
Average opponent rank 22.0
Record by opponent strength
Opponents by their current place in our power rankings.
- vs Top third (1–46)
- 1-1
- 5 left · 3 on road
- vs Middle (47–92)
- 1-1
- Home 1-0 · Road 0-1
- vs Bottom (93–138)
- 1-0
- 1 left · all at home
3 of Cincinnati’s 5 remaining games against the top third are on the road.
Big 12 conference schedule comparison
SoS Rk is league-wide, 1 = hardest. Opp Rk is the average power rank of the opponents.
| Played | Remaining | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | ||||
 Cincinnati4-2 | tied for 62 | 64.4 | 19 | 31.3 |
 West Virginia4-3 | 48 | 59.2 | 22 | 32.4 |
 Arizona5-1 | 84 | 75.6 | tied for 26 | 33.5 |
 Utah6-0 | 83 | 75.2 | tied for 29 | 35.3 |
 TCU3-3 | 38 | 55.6 | 34 | 39.2 |
 Baylor4-2 | tied for 53 | 61.0 | 35 | 40.0 |
 Texas Tech6-0 | 86 | 76.6 | 45 | 48.5 |
 Iowa State3-3 | 21 | 45.4 | tied for 46 | 49.8 |
 Arizona State3-3 | 44 | 57.2 | tied for 46 | 49.8 |
 Kansas2-4 | 28 | 48.6 | 48 | 50.0 |
 Kansas State4-2 | 59 | 63.6 | 52 | 51.7 |
 Colorado2-4 | 5 | 32.8 | 54 | 52.0 |
 BYU6-0 | 27 | 48.2 | 56 | 53.2 |
 UCF3-3 | 35 | 54.2 | 57 | 53.8 |
 Oklahoma State4-2 | tied for 41 | 56.8 | 58 | 54.3 |
 Houston6-1 | 49 | 60.0 | tied for 61 | 55.0 |
- SoS Rk
- Strength of schedule rank, league-wide (1 = hardest)
- Opp Rk
- Average Opponent Rank