2026 Rice Strength of Schedule
How tough Rice’s schedule has been, and what’s still ahead.
Updated Nov 11, 2026, 3:33 AM ET
Schedule strength
Measured by the average power rank of the opponents.
- Played
- Remaining
Record by opponent strength
Opponents by their current place in our power rankings.
- vs Top third (1–46)
- 0-2
- Road 0-2
- vs Middle (47–92)
- 0-6
- 1 left · all at home
- vs Bottom (93–138)
- –
- 2 left · 1 on road
American conference schedule comparison
SoS Rk is league-wide, 1 = hardest. Opp Rk is the average power rank of the opponents.
| Played | Remaining | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | ||||
 Florida Atlantic6-3 | 96 | 85.5 | 71 | 74.0 |
 South Florida6-3 | 129 | 100.3 | 73 | 74.7 |
 UAB5-4 | 89 | 82.4 | 75 | 75.7 |
 UTSA7-2 | tied for 84 | 79.9 | 76 | 76.7 |
 Tulane4-5 | 86 | 81.3 | 79 | 79.3 |
 Charlotte1-8 | tied for 80 | 78.4 | 81 | 82.7 |
 North Texas7-2 | 88 | 81.8 | 83 | 85.3 |
 Navy3-6 | 69 | 71.1 | 85 | 88.3 |
 Tulsa5-4 | 95 | 84.6 | 86 | 88.7 |
 Memphis7-2 | tied for 102 | 87.9 | tied for 92 | 92.7 |
 East Carolina5-4 | tied for 99 | 87.3 | tied for 99 | 95.0 |
 Temple2-7 | 83 | 79.1 | tied for 99 | 95.0 |
 Army5-4 | tied for 80 | 78.4 | 104 | 98.0 |
 Rice1-8 | 56 | 60.3 | 106 | 99.0 |
- SoS Rk
- Strength of schedule rank, league-wide (1 = hardest)
- Opp Rk
- Average Opponent Rank