Who has the toughest SOS for 2014

[The Authority]

Both over all and OOC?


Thoughts

 

[OregonDucks]

Oregon SOS has got to be in the top 15..

Michigan State
Stanford
@UCLA
Washington (who will probably be a 9-10 win team next year)

 

[bamabear82]

Hard to say this early, some teams will step up and some will shit the bed.

 

[The Authority]

From what we know right now.

 

[TexasExes98]

Oregon SOS has got to be in the top 15..

Michigan State
Stanford
@UCLA
Washington (who will probably be a 9-10 win team next year)

Leave out UDUB, you have no idea what they will do. Even without UDUB, that is a tough schedule.

 

[TexasExes98]

Texas:

BYU
UCLA (at JerryWorld)
OU
Baylor
@ Okie jr

 

[Codaxx]

Texas has a tough schedule. Play BYU and UCLA in the first 3 games. Regular Big 12 slate. No idea how that plays out, but on paper looks tough at the moment.

 

[nolehusker]

FSU has a decent schedule. Probably not the toughest, but we have Oklahoma State to start the year, Clemson, ND, Louisville, Miami and Florida (assuming Miami or Florida might return to decency next year).

 

[TexasExes98]

Right now, I would say UCLA might have the toughest schedule next year:

Texas (at JerryWorld)
@ ASU
Oregon
USC
Stanford

 

[ChicagoIrish]

Notre Dame has

Michigan
Stanford
@Florida State
@Arizona State
Louisville
@USC

 

[The Authority]

FSU has a decent schedule. Probably not the toughest, but we have Oklahoma State to start the year, Clemson, ND, Louisville, Miami and Florida (assuming Miami or Florida might return to decency next year).

That might be the toughest OOC schedule. Which is a huge contrast from this past year.

 

[TexasExes98]

Notre Dame has

Michigan
Stanford
@Florida State
@Arizona State
Louisville
@USC

Leave Michigan and Louisville out. Other than that, I think ND surpasses UCLA with the toughest schedule next year.

 

[nolehusker]

Right now it looks like ND or UCLA

 

[ChicagoIrish]

Leave Michigan and Louisville out. Other than that, I think ND surpasses UCLA with the toughest schedule next year.

Fair enough, I added Michigan because that's a big rival for us. And they always come to play against the Irish

 

[theboardref]

FSU has a decent schedule. Probably not the toughest, but we have Oklahoma State to start the year, Clemson, ND, Louisville, Miami and Florida (assuming Miami or Florida might return to decency next year).

I think it's a tough one. A good slate of conference and non-conference games.

 

[ericd7633]

Based off of last year's computer rankings:

ND avg. computer opponent for next year: 40.41

UCLA avg. computer opponent for next year: 50.16

The team that IMO has the hardest schedule next year?? I'll go with Utah. Their opponent's computer average is a ridiculous 31.27. Take away their last game against Colorado and they are almost playing on average a top 25 each week.

 

[theboardref]

Usually the weaker teams in a tougher sub-division of a conference have the toughest schedules. The reason is they have to face all of the best teams in the division because they aren't one of them.

 

[mrwallace2ku]

safe to say NO ONE from the SEC...

 

[The Derski]

Oregon SOS has got to be in the top 15..

Michigan State
Stanford
@UCLA
Washington (who will probably be a 9-10 win team next year)

I feel like this is said every year about Washington...

 

[theboardref]

It actually holds water now with Peterson in charge.