With the 12-team College Football Playoff looming, the nonconference slate will be more important than ever.
They will cite rankings. They will cite past precedent. They will cite the former players and coaches who occupy the TV chairs on the big Saturday shows. They will chant the strength-of-schedule mantra for months on end.
The only fair way to judge who is playoff-worthy is to let the season play out and see who wins and who loses, particularly in nonconference games. To help set the baseline for the arguments to come, The Dash has the data on all the nonconference scheduling.Georgia vs. Clemson; Notre Dame at Texas A&M; LSU vs. USC; Texas at Michigan; Alabama at Wisconsin; Tennessee vs. North Carolina State; Miami at Florida; Arkansas at Oklahoma State; Florida at Florida State; South Carolina at Clemson; Louisville at Kentucky.Florida plays three Power 4 opponents . Adding that onto the hardest league slate ever is cruel and unusual.
Penn State at West Virginia; BYU at SMU; Houston at Oklahoma; Mississippi State at Arizona State; Iowa State at Iowa; Colorado at Nebraska; Arkansas at Oklahoma State; Kansas at Illinois; West Virginia at Pittsburgh; TCU at SMU; UCF at Florida.West Virginia plays a pair of power-conference opponents in Penn State and Pitt, with a walkover at Albany in between. Texas Tech plays Abilene Christian, at Washington State and North Texas.
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