Guest column by Akshay Ramprakash
In college football, strength of schedule (SoS) has generally referred to the cumulative/average/weighted strength of all the relevant opponents of a team during a given football season. Generally speaking, this strength has been calculated as a function of the performance of these opponents (and, to an extent, the performance of the opponents of these opponents).
But what if we turn this understanding of what the SoS should be on its head? What if, instead of calculating the strength of each opponent based on its past performances, we calculate the strength based on the opponent's current resources?