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The Mountain West Conference 2021 Strength of Schedule.

Our friends at SportsBettingDime are at it again. This time with Strength of Schedule ratings.

The proprietary @SBD Strength of Schedule formula is based upon their opponents’ efficiency ratings from last season minus the production lost from the 2020 team; recruiting rankings; major transfers added and lost. The formula is then adjusted for each game based upon home and road games. As a point of reference, the toughest possible schedule would score 397.09, making Arkansas’ SOS 31.82% of the hardest possible schedule. The easiest hypothetical schedule against all FBS opponents would score -471.94 making UTEP’s SOS (171.