12 P5 teams who play two non-conference Power opponents in 2018

[tnapucco]

I'm sure you'll still find a way to choke on it.

I don't play on the team. Never have. Just an interested observer.

 

[rmilia1]

Since the Inception of the BCS in 1998 running thru 2017
These are the top 10 teams in scheduling OOC games vs Power Opponents
(Note...I do not count BYU)

20 years of Regular Season scheduling

1- USC 46
2- Fla St 45
3- Syracuse 44
4- Ga Tech 38
4- Pitt 38
6- UNC 36
6- Clemson 36
8- Miami 35
9- W Va 34
9- Iowa 34

Iowa..... who'd a thunk it?

 

[AlaskaGuy]

Iowa..... who'd a thunk it?

Iowa St. every year guarantees at least one OOC P5 opponent every year ... that's on top of a 9 game conference schedule.

 

[rmilia1]

Iowa St. every year guarantees at least one OOC P5 opponent every year ... that's on top of a 9 game conference schedule.

Unfortunately for the vast majority of those years ISU has acted as a MAC team, a MAC team that beats us half the time lol

 

[Chewbaccer]

I don't know, ask your pussy.

All you had to say is "I have nothing." The best teams clearly come from conferences that play 8 conference games. Natty trophies prove it too.

 

[ralphiewvu]

It’s nice to see WVU make a top 10 list and it not be about partying lol.

 

[NolePride]

Iowa St. every year guarantees at least one OOC P5 opponent every year ... that's on top of a 9 game conference schedule.

Yep...Every year they have to play the likes of Indiana, Minnesota, Northwestern, Rutgers,
Maryland, Purdue and Illinois.

If I was in the Big10, I'd do away with OOC games all together and play nothing but league
games.

 

[outofyourmind]

It’s nice to see WVU make a top 10 list and it not be about partying lol.

or burning couches

 

[7Samurai13]

Yep...Every year they have to play the likes of Indiana, Minnesota, Northwestern, Rutgers,
Maryland, Purdue and Illinois.

If I was in the Big10, I'd do away with OOC games all together and play nothing but league
games.

Pitt, Wake, Syracuse, Duke, UNC, Georgia Tech, Virginia, Boston College?

 

[NolePride]

Pitt, Wake, Syracuse, Duke, UNC, Georgia Tech, Virginia, Boston College?

There's 8 National Championships in that group.

 

[ralphiewvu]

There's 8 National Championships in that group.

Any after the telephone was invented?

 

[ralphiewvu]

or burning couches

Ohh yeah, that’s so HAAAWWWTTTTT

 

[7Samurai13]

There's 8 National Championships in that group.

And there was 14 in the list you named off. Minnesota nearly has as many as my list combined.

 

[NolePride]

Any after the telephone was invented?

A couple

 

[tnapucco]

There's 8 National Championships in that group.

Dayum! That's one more than what OU has!

 

[rmilia1]

There's 8 National Championships in that group.

Minnesota has almost that many by themselves lol

 

[NolePride]

BYU counts as a power team now? Odd timing considering how bad they were last season.

That's why teams will count them.

Only Notre Dame is regarded as a Power 5 team. They have a path every year to the
playoffs and/or an elite bowl.

For Army and/or BYU to be invited to an elite bowl, a P5 league would have to give up
a spot. That ain't gonna happen.

Only the highest rated team of the "Group of 5 Conferences" gets an invite. The only
Independent with a path is Notre Dame. They are even guaranteed two spots in the
Orange Bowl over the 12 year period of the contract. (Record permitting)