USC schedules it's first FCS team in the program's history

[cwalke3408]

The PAC may be in a down cycle but the ACC is the weakest. Which is visible basically a cakewalk for Clemson.

Clemson P5 OOC*
Year Opponent
2019 Texas AM
2020 @Notre Dame
2021 none
2022 @Notre Dame
2023 Notre Dame
2024 Georgia (ATL)
2025 LSU
2026 @LSU
2027 Notre Dame
2028 @Notre Dame
2029 Georgia
2030 @GEORGIA
2031 Notre Dame
2032 @GEORGIA
2033 Georgia
2034 tbd
2035 Oklahoma
2036 @Oklahoma

* plus the annual game against the South Carolina Gamecocks,
which is played in Clemson in even years, away in odd years.

ACC Football Rx: Clemson Tigers future OOC opponents: 2019-2036

Correct, a cakewalk

 

[michaeljordan_fan]

ACC Football Rx: Clemson Tigers future OOC opponents: 2019-2036

Correct, a cakewalk

The in-conference schedule is the cakewalk according to @TheRobotDevil . And he's right.

 

[cwalke3408]

The in-conference schedule is the cakewalk according to @TheRobotDevil . And he's right.

The same could be said for USC according to @Rolltide94. And he isn't wrong

 

[michaeljordan_fan]

The same could be said for USC according to @Rolltide94. And he isn't wrong

He wouldn't be wrong. But it's still a tougher in-conference slate than Clemson.

 

[cwalke3408]

He wouldn't be wrong. But it's still a tougher in-conference slate than Clemson.

Maybe but both a cakewalk compared to Alabama's

 

[michaeljordan_fan]

Maybe but both a cakewalk compared to Alabama's

In-conference? Alabama has Clemson beat for sure.

 

[cwalke3408]

In-conference? Alabama has Clemson beat for sure.

When #5 Sec west Auburn > PAC 12 champ Washington then probably yes

 

[michaeljordan_fan]

When #5 Sec west Auburn > PAC 12 champ Washington then probably yes

Certainly for last year, I'd agree. We'll see what happens this year.

 

[TheRobotDevil]

ACC Football Rx: Clemson Tigers future OOC opponents: 2019-2036

Correct, a cakewalk

SC plays ND every year. SC also plays Bama again in 2020.....Now if y’all went 9 conference games. And were able to get ND to play football in the ACC. I may be impressed.

As I said out if we are talking P5 conference play .I would rank the PAC 4th with the ACC 5th at this point in time.

 

[TheRobotDevil]

When #5 Sec west Auburn > PAC 12 champ Washington then probably yes

Wasn’t that long ago

SC beat B1G champion Penn State

UCF beat Auburn

Texas beat UGA......

 

[handicappers]

two faced chump alert

 

[Rolltide94]

USC finished with a better SOS than Alabama in 2017, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, and 2007.

Note that this includes all postseason games as well. If the postseason games were excluded, the scales would tip in USCs favor considerably more.

NCAAF Sagarin - NCAAF Football - USA TODAY

Sagarin is cute...but if you want some real math try S&P.

2018 NCAA FOOTBALL S&P+ RATINGS | Football Outsiders

Here are all the seasons USC is rated higher than Alabama by S&P since 2007:

 

[michaeljordan_fan]

I searched for a SOS calculation until I found one that supports my team

FIFY

 

[Rolltide94]

Wasn’t that long ago

SC beat B1G champion Penn State

UCF beat Auburn

Texas beat UGA......

lol, B1G didn't make the playoffs Penn St? Wasn't that the same USC team that lost to Alabama 52-6

Remind me again what any of those other non-SEC champs have to do with the PAC or the ACC? Next you'll be bragging because USC beat Arkansas...

 

[Rolltide94]

FIFY

Yeah, I had to search real hard to find S&P...I don't know anybody that has ever heard of them.....\

You should reach harder....

 

[socaljim242]

lol, B1G didn't make the playoffs Penn St? Wasn't that the same USC team that lost to Alabama 52-6

Remind me again what any of those other non-SEC champs have to do with the PAC or the ACC? Next you'll be bragging because USC beat Arkansas...

Same USC team that finished as the highest ranked team Alabama played all season. Yeah that one. Happens when you insert a future top NFL QB pick.

 

[socaljim242]

lol, B1G didn't make the playoffs Penn St? Wasn't that the same USC team that lost to Alabama 52-6

Remind me again what any of those other non-SEC champs have to do with the PAC or the ACC? Next you'll be bragging because USC beat Arkansas...

Next you'll be trying to convince people that Alabama is the whole conference and not to see the other teams especially in the other division.

 

[Rolltide94]

Same USC team that finished as the highest ranked team Alabama played all season. Yeah that one. Happens when you insert a future top NFL QB pick.

Yeah...that in and of itself is reason to say polls are shit.

You beat two teams at the end of the year that were as overrated as you were.

We coasted to our win over Washington that year as did Clemson over a team that clearly people did not feel was in the same class as Ohio St.

Not sure if you are aware, but we also inserted a future NFL draft QB in our lineup as well. Our third string QB came into the game when you guys were up 3-0 and promptly fumbled the ball away. Max Browne isn't the reason you got your ass handed to you. Sam Darnold was your qb when you lost to a mediocre Utah team too.

 

[Rolltide94]

Next you'll be trying to convince people that Alabama is the whole conference and not to see the other teams especially in the other division.

No, we are just the best team in our conference...sort of like USC, except other teams in our conference are good too.

 

[BamaDude]

No, we are just the best team in our conference...sort of like USC, except other teams in our conference are good too.

USC used to be the best team in their conference - and may be again some day - but right now they are not even the best team in the Pac-South. And the best team from the South would probably finish no better than third if they played in the North.