252 Division III programs, national scope

Power Rankings

Ranked 70% on this season's record against its schedule (RECORD +/-) and 30% on power rating (POWER), with per-play offense/defense grades. Click a column header to sort.

2026 season · 252 teams
RKTEAMRECORD +/- ▾POWER ▾RUN O ▾PASS O ▾RUN D ▾PASS D ▾PF/G ▾PA/G ▾
1WIS.-PLATTEVILLE (8-0)+2.527.1+28.9+122.6+134.1+72.740.57.6
2WHEATON (IL) (8-0)+2.221.5+36.9+114.9+103.6+58.836.59.4
3WIS.-WHITEWATER (8-0)+1.926.1+117.5+50.0+100.4+84.147.913.1
4NORTH CENTRAL (IL) (7-1)+1.232.7+178.4+94.0+108.7+90.543.910.4
5UW-RIVER FALLS (6-2)+1.426.6+70.7+88.7+111.4+74.235.822.0
6SAINT JOHN'S (MN) (8-0)+1.521.1+0.5+228.0+110.2+82.148.29.9
7CORTLAND (8-0)+1.420.3+114.9+51.3+70.6+82.144.410.2
8WASHU (8-0)+1.612.9+103.6+34.9+64.0+32.048.013.4
9HARDIN-SIMMONS (7-0)+1.213.9+95.3+53.4+93.7+34.145.115.0
10BALDWIN WALLACE (8-0)+1.213.2+89.2+34.4+54.5+26.551.815.6
11HOPE (8-0)+0.917.5+123.6+63.6+88.8+73.041.511.1
12CHRIS. NEWPORT (8-0)+1.38.2+63.9+47.4+72.0+48.634.89.5
13ENDICOTT (8-0)+1.38.0+109.1+44.6+54.1+88.449.414.0
14UTICA (7-1)+1.29.0-4.0+125.4+44.1+75.535.214.9
15TRINITY (CT) (7-0)+0.617.7+14.6+61.2+68.2+69.831.97.9
16MOUNT UNION (6-2)+0.123.8+137.1+94.3+98.2+48.042.921.2
17DEPAUW (7-1)+0.515.5+54.3+93.3+97.7+39.942.614.0
18BETHEL (MN) (6-2)+0.220.6+128.9+50.3+108.9+86.848.616.4
19WASH. & JEFF. (7-1)+0.414.4+72.6+82.0+69.9+89.045.27.1
20SPRINGFIELD (7-1)+0.74.4+240.7-97.2+103.4+32.230.818.2
21JOHN CARROLL (6-2)+0.117.5+46.1+124.1+93.8+63.236.416.8
22MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR (7-1)+0.49.2+12.4+39.0+118.1+80.239.814.4
23AMHERST (7-0)+0.80.1-59.4-8.5+59.2+24.523.916.4
24CALVIN (8-0)+0.71.3+29.0+71.7+56.7-3.147.914.5
25SUSQUEHANNA (7-1)+0.213.4+79.7+66.1+83.9+41.737.416.4

RK blends two things, 70% what a team has earned this season (RECORD +/-: its wins minus the wins a #25-level team would expect against the same schedule) and 30% POWER. POWER is a schedule-adjusted power rating from the same solver behind every SCIAC matchup projection (team_rating.rate_teams(), always solved at national scope regardless of this toggle) -- a different, D3-native methodology from the HS site’s CIF-specific SP Strength Index, which has no D3 equivalent yet. RUN O/PASS O/RUN D/PASS D are real per-play grades (unit_grades.get_index(), the same numbers already powering StoryOwl matchup PDFs); defense columns show yards PREVENTED vs. average (sign-flipped), so higher is better across all four columns. Click a column header to sort.