Sagarin’s college football strength of schedule ratings – Week 9

Through week 9 of the 2009 college football season, the Washington Huskies have the toughest strength of schedule in Jeff Sagarin’s ratings. His rating is defined below:

The SCHEDULE ratings represent the average schedule difficulty faced by each team in the games that it’s played so far.  The schedule difficulty of a given game takes into account the rating of the opponent and the location of the game.

Sagarin Strength of Schedule Ratings (through week 9):

1. Washington
2. UCLA
3. Georgia
4. San Jose State
5. USC
6. Washington State
7. Virginia Tech
8. Oregon
9. Arizona
10. Florida State
11. Miami, FL
12. Georgia Tech
13. Minnesota
14. Kentucky
15. Oregon State
16. California
17. Tennessee
18. Arkansas
19. Mississippi State
20. Stanford