College football is here, and after a week of action, it’s time to look at who has the toughest (and easiest) roads ahead of them for the rest of the fall. For the first time, College Football Network has painstakingly gone through every team’s schedule — welcome Kennesaw State — and analyzed those roads ahead for each FBS team.
Introducing: The first-of-its-kind CFN Strength of Schedule for the 2024 season.
College Football Strength of Schedule for 2024
CFN’s exclusive strength of schedule metric was crafted carefully using as many resources as possible ahead of the 2024 season. And, now, it’s updated with a look at who has the toughest schedule ahead of them after a week’s worth of action.
Using a bevy of metrics such as returning production, roster projections, coaching staff, incoming talent, home-field advantage, and other factors, the CFN SOS analyzes which teams have the most difficult and easiest schedules this season.
CFN’s strength of schedule metric included each team’s transfer portal classes, valued quarterbacks returning to their school, and continuation among the coaching staffs into the ranking. And after Week 1 (and Week 0), we have input the success rates from each team so far this year to help round out the numbers and project the rest of the way through.
These factors all awarded schedule difficulty more heavily based on merit and projection, as opposed to looking back at results from last season, though those results were factored in moderately.
Here’s how the teams now rank after Week 1 of the 2024 season.
1) Florida Gators
Toughest Game: vs. Georgia
Easiest Game: vs. Samford
S.O.S. Score: 23.17
June Rank: 1 (no change)
2) Oklahoma Sooners
Toughest Game: @ Ole Miss
Easiest Game: vs. Maine
S.O.S. Score: 20.88
June Rank: 5 (+3)
3) Georgia Bulldogs
Toughest Game: @ Alabama
Easiest Game: vs. Tennessee Tech
S.O.S. Score: 19.69
June Rank: 9 (+6)
4) Alabama Crimson Tide
Toughest Game: vs. Georgia
Easiest Game: vs. Mercer
S.O.S. Score: 19.65
June Rank: 11 (+7)
5) Michigan Wolverines
Toughest Game: @ Ohio State
Easiest Game: vs. Arkansas State
S.O.S. Score: 19.63
June Rank: 6 (+1)
6) Arkansas Razorbacks
Toughest Game: vs. Texas
Easiest Game: vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff
S.O.S. Score: 19.52
June Rank: 13 (+7)
7) Mississippi State Bulldogs
Toughest Game: @ Georgia
Easiest Game: vs. Eastern Kentucky
S.O.S. Score: 19.48
June Rank: 10 (+3)
8) USC Trojans
Toughest Game: @ Michigan
Easiest Game: vs. Utah State
S.O.S. Score: 19.42
June Rank: 2 (-6)
9) UCLA Bruins
Toughest Game: vs. Oregon
Easiest Game: @ Hawaii
S.O.S. Score: 19.33
June Rank: 4 (-5)
10) Vanderbilt Commodores
Toughest Game: vs. Alabama
Easiest Game: vs. Alcorn State
S.O.S. Score: 19.31
June Rank: 8 (-2)
11) Kentucky Wildcats
Toughest Game: @ Texas
Easiest Game: vs. Murray State
S.O.S. Score: 19.08
June Rank: 14 (+3)
12) Purdue Boilermakers
Toughest Game: @ Ohio State
Easiest Game: vs. Indiana State
S.O.S. Score: 18.77
June Rank: 7 (-5)
13) Texas A&M Aggies
Toughest Game: vs. Texas
Easiest Game: vs. McNeese
S.O.S. Score: 18.71
June Rank: 16 (+3)
14) South Carolina Gamecocks
Toughest Game: @ Alabama
Easiest Game: vs. Wofford
S.O.S. Score: 18.46
June Rank: 18 (+4)
15) LSU Tigers
Toughest Game: vs. Alabama
Easiest Game: vs. Nicholls
S.O.S. Score: 18.42
June Rank: 15 (no change)
16) Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Toughest Game: @ Georgia
Easiest Game: vs. VMI
S.O.S. Score: 17.85
June Rank: 3 (-13)
17) Houston Cougars
Toughest Game: @ Arizona
Easiest Game: vs. Rice
S.O.S. Score: 17.79
June Rank: 17 (no change)
18) West Virginia Mountaineers
Toughest Game: @ Arizona
Easiest Game: vs. Albany
S.O.S. Score: 17.65
June Rank: 18 (no change)
19) Auburn Tigers
Toughest Game: @ Georgia
Easiest Game: vs. Alabama A&M
S.O.S. Score: 17.52
June Rank: 30 (+11)
20) Texas Longhorns
Toughest Game: @ Michigan
Easiest Game: vs. UL-Monroe
S.O.S. Score: 17.38
June Rank: 32 (+12)
21) Arizona State Sun Devils
Toughest Game: @ Arizona
Easiest Game: vs. Wyoming
S.O.S. Score: 17.29
June Rank: 27 (+6)
T22) Penn State Nittany Lions
Toughest Game: vs. Ohio State
Easiest Game: vs. Kent State
S.O.S. Score: 17.23
June Rank: 20 (-2)
T22) Ohio State Buckeyes
Toughest Game: @ Oregon
Easiest Game: vs. Akron
S.O.S. Score: 17.23
June Rank: 37 (+15)
24) Wisconsin Badgers
Toughest Game: vs. Oregon
Easiest Game: vs. South Dakota
S.O.S. Score: 17.08
June Rank: 26 (+2)
25) Florida State Seminoles
Toughest Game: @ Notre Dame
Easiest Game: vs. Charleston Southern
S.O.S. Score: 17.06
June Rank: 16 (-9)
26) Oregon Ducks
Toughest Game: @ Michigan
Easiest Game: vs. Idaho
S.O.S. Score: 17.02
June Rank: 34 (+9)
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27) Michigan State Spartans
Toughest Game: @ Oregon
Easiest Game: vs. Prairie View A&M
S.O.S. Score: 16.79
June Rank: 25 (-2)
28) Northwestern Wildcats
Toughest Game: @ Michigan
Easiest Game: vs. Eastern Illinois
S.O.S. Score: 16.67
June Rank: 21 (-7)
29) Ole Miss Rebels
Toughest Game: vs. Georgia
Easiest Game: vs. Furman
S.O.S. Score: 16.65
June Rank: 41 (+12)
30) Tennessee Volunteers
Toughest Game: @ Georgia
Easiest Game: vs. Chattanooga
S.O.S. Score: 16.63
June Rank: 52 (+22)
31) Colorado Buffaloes
Toughest Game: @ Arizona
Easiest Game: vs. North Dakota State
S.O.S. Score: 16.58
June Rank: 33 (+2)
32) Washington Huskies
Toughest Game: @ Oregon
Easiest Game: vs. Weber State
S.O.S. Score: 16.50
June Rank: 29 (-3)
33) Illinois Fighting Illini
Toughest Game: @ Oregon
Easiest Game: vs. Eastern Illinois
S.O.S. Score: 16.40
June Rank: 42 (+9)
34) Minnesota Golden Gophers
Toughest Game: @ Michigan
Easiest Game: vs. Rhode Island
S.O.S. Score: 16.21
June Rank: 24 (-10)
35) Clemson Tigers
Toughest Game: @ Florida State
Easiest Game: vs. The Citadel
S.O.S. Score: 16.19
June Rank: 28 (-7)
36) BYU Cougars
Toughest Game: @ Utah
Easiest Game: vs. Southern Illinois
S.O.S. Score: 15.88
June Rank: 38 (+2)
37) TCU Horned Frogs
Toughest Game: @ Utah
Easiest Game: vs. Long Island
S.O.S. Score: 15.67
June Rank: 35 (-2)
38) Nebraska Cornhuskers
Toughest Game: @ Ohio State
Easiest Game: vs. Northern Iowa
S.O.S. Score: 15.63
June Rank: 36 (-2)
39) Boston College Eagles
Toughest Game: @ Florida State
Easiest Game: vs. Duquesne
S.O.S. Score: 15.50
June Rank: 23 (-16)
40) Baylor Bears
Toughest Game: @ Utah
Easiest Game: vs. Tarleton State
S.O.S. Score: 15.46
June Rank: 45 (-5)
41) Stanford Cardinal
Toughest Game: @ Clemson
Easiest Game: vs. Cal Poly
S.O.S. Score: 15.42
June Rank: 22 (+19)
42) Louisville Cardinals
Toughest Game: @ Clemson
Easiest Game: vs. Austin Peay
S.O.S. Score: 15.35
June Rank: 31 (-11)
43) Iowa State Cyclones
Toughest Game: @ Utah
Easiest Game: vs. North Dakota
S.O.S. Score: 15.29
June Rank: 44 (+1)
44) Virginia Cavaliers
Toughest Game: @ Clemson
Easiest Game: vs. Richmond
S.O.S. Score: 15.13
June Rank: 30 (-14)
45) Maryland Terrapins
Toughest Game: @ Oregon
Easiest Game: vs. Villanova
S.O.S. Score: 15.10
June Rank: 46 (+1)
46) Kansas State Wildcats
Toughest Game: vs. Arizona
Easiest Game: vs. UT Martin
S.O.S. Score: 14.96
June Rank: 53 (+7)
T47) Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Toughest Game: vs. Florida State
Easiest Game: vs. Stanford
S.O.S. Score: 14.92
June Rank: 57 (+10)
T47) Missouri Tigers
Toughest Game: @ Alabama
Easiest Game: vs. Murray State
S.O.S. Score: 14.92
June Rank: 64 (+17)
49) UCF Knights
Toughest Game: @ Utah
Easiest Game: vs. New Hampshire
S.O.S. Score: 14.88
June Rank: 54 (+5)
50) Iowa Hawkeyes
Toughest Game: @ Ohio State
Easiest Game: vs. Illinois State
S.O.S. Score: 14.73
June Rank: 48 (-2)
51) Oklahoma State Cowboys
Toughest Game: vs. Utah
Easiest Game: vs. South Dakota State
S.O.S. Score: 14.71
June Rank: 59 (+8)
52) Texas Tech Red Raiders
Toughest Game: @ Arizona
Easiest Game: Abilene Christian
S.O.S. Score: 14.56
June Rank: 62 (+10)
53) Cincinnati Bearcats
Toughest Game: @ Kansas State
Easiest Game: vs. Towson
S.O.S. Score: 14.42
June Rank: 55 (+2)
54) Kansas Jayhawks
Toughest Game: @ Kansas State
Easiest Game: vs. Lindenwood
S.O.S. Score: 14.38
June Rank: 58 (+4)
55) Virginia Tech Hokies
Toughest Game: vs. Clemson
Easiest Game: vs. ODU
S.O.S. Score: 14.33
June Rank: 55 (no change)
T56) Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Toughest Game: vs. Ole Miss
Easiest Game: vs. North Carolina A&T
S.O.S. Score: 14.19
June Rank: 47 (-9)
T56) Arizona Wildcats
Toughest Game: @ Utah
Easiest Game: vs. Northern Arizona
S.O.S. Score: 14.19
June Rank: 63 (+7)
58) Utah Utes
Toughest Game: @ Oklahoma State
Easiest Game: vs. Southern Utah
S.O.S. Score: 14.13
June Rank: 60 (+2)
59) California Golden Bears
Toughest Game: @ Florida State
Easiest Game: vs. UC Davis
S.O.S. Score: 14.09
June Rank: 49 (-10)
60) Miami (FL) Hurricanes
Toughest Game: vs. Florida State
Easiest Game: vs. Florida A&M
S.O.S. Score: 14.08
June Rank: 38 (-22)
61) Indiana Hoosiers
Toughest Game: @ Ohio State
Easiest Game: vs. Western Illinois
S.O.S. Score: 14.04
June Rank: 67 (+6)
62) Rutgers Scarlet Knights
Toughest Game: @ USC
Easiest Game: vs. Howard
S.O.S. Score: 13.94
June Rank: 51 (-11)
63) Pittsburgh Panthers
Toughest Game: vs. Clemson
Easiest Game: vs. Youngstown State
S.O.S. Score: 13.56
June Rank: 43 (-20)
64) Duke Blue Devils
Toughest Game: vs. Florida State
Easiest Game: vs. Elon
S.O.S. Score: 13.46
June Rank: 50 (-14)
65) NC State Wolfpack
Toughest Game: @ Clemson
Easiest Game: vs. Western Carolina
S.O.S. Score: 13.13
June Rank: 61 (-4)
66) Syracuse Orange
Toughest Game: @ NC State
Easiest Game: vs. Holy Cross
S.O.S. Score: 12.83
June Rank: 68 (+2)
67) North Carolina Tar Heels
Toughest Game: @ Florida State
Easiest Game: vs. NC Central
S.O.S. Score: 12.71
June Rank: 65 (-2)
68) SMU Mustangs
Toughest Game: vs. Florida State
Easiest Game: vs. Houston Christian
S.O.S. Score: 12.00
June Rank: 66 (-2)
69) UMass Minutemen
Toughest Game: @ Georgia
Easiest Game: vs. Central Connecticut
S.O.S. Score: 10.48
June Rank: 69 (no change)
70) Oregon State Beavers
Toughest Game: vs. Oregon
Easiest Game: vs. Idaho State
S.O.S. Score: 10.21
June Rank: 74 (+4)
71) Kent State Golden Flashes
Toughest Game: @ Penn State
Easiest Game: vs. St. Francis (PA)
S.O.S. Score: 9.69
June Rank: 70 (-1)
72) UL-Monroe WarHawks
Toughest Game: @ Texas
Easiest Game: vs. Jackson State
S.O.S. Score: 9.40
June Rank: 78 (+6)
73) Akron Zips
Toughest Game: @ Ohio State
Easiest Game: vs. Colgate
S.O.S. Score: 9.21
June Rank: 71 (-2)
74) UNLV Rebels
Toughest Game: @ Kansas
Easiest Game: vs. Utah Tech
S.O.S. Score: 9.19
June Rank: 75 (+1)
75) ODU Monarchs
Toughest Game: @ App State
Easiest Game: vs. ECU
S.O.S. Score: 9.15
June Rank: 72 (-3)
76) Utah State Aggies
Toughest Game: @ USC
Easiest Game: vs. Robert Morris
S.O.S. Score: 9.06
June Rank: 76 (no change)
77) USF Bulls
Toughest Game: @ Alabama
Easiest Game: vs. Bethune-Cookman
S.O.S. Score: 8.88
June Rank: 77 (no change)
78) Boise State Broncos
Toughest Game: @ Oregon
Easiest Game: vs. Portland State
S.O.S. Score: 8.81
June Rank: 86 (+8)
79) Colorado State Rams
Toughest Game: @ Texas
Easiest Game: vs. Northern Colorado
S.O.S. Score: 8.79
June Rank: 89 (+10)
80) Tulane Green Wave
Toughest Game: @ Oklahoma
Easiest Game: vs. SE Louisiana
S.O.S. Score: 8.60
June Rank: 83 (+3)
81) Washington State Cougars
Toughest Game: @ Boise State
Easiest Game: vs. Portland State
S.O.S. Score: 8.58
June Rank: 92 (+11)
82) Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders
Toughest Game: @ Ole Miss
Easiest Game: vs. Tennessee Tech
S.O.S. Score: 8.56
June Rank: 73 (-9)
83) Marshall Thundering Herd
Toughest Game: @ Ohio State
Easiest Game: vs. Stony Brook
S.O.S. Score: 8.52
June Rank: 93 (+10)
84) UTEP Miners
Toughest Game: @ Tennessee
Easiest Game: vs. Southern Utah
S.O.S. Score: 8.48
June Rank: 84 (no change)
85) Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Toughest Game: @ Alabama
Easiest Game: vs. Eastern Kentucky
S.O.S. Score: 8.31
June Rank: 80 (-5)
86) Georgia Southern Eagles
Toughest Game: @ Ole Miss
Easiest Game: vs. South Carolina State
S.O.S. Score: 8.18
June Rank: 101 (+15)
87) Miami (OH) RedHawks
Toughest Game: @ Notre Dame
Easiest Game: vs. UMass
S.O.S. Score: 8.17
June Rank: 87 (no change)
88) Western Michigan Broncos
Toughest Game: @ Ohio State
Easiest Game: vs. Bethune-Cookman
S.O.S. Score: 8.16
June Rank: 81 (-7)
89) Fresno State Bulldogs
Toughest Game: @ Michigan
Easiest Game: vs. San Jose State
S.O.S. Score: 8.13
June Rank: 90 (+1)
90) New Mexico Lobos
Toughest Game: @ Arizona
Easiest Game: vs. Montana State
S.O.S. Score: 8.06
June Rank: 79 (-11)
91) Nevada Wolf Pack
Toughest Game: @ Boise State
Easiest Game: vs. Eastern Washington
S.O.S. Score: 7.96
June Rank: 81 (-10)
92) San Diego State Aztecs
Toughest Game: @ Boise State
Easiest Game: vs. Texas A&M-Commerce
S.O.S. Score: 7.92
June Rank: 98 (+6)
93) Northern Illinois Huskies
Toughest Game: @ Notre Dame
Easiest Game: vs. Western Illinois
S.O.S. Score: 7.91
June Rank: 88 (-5)
94) Bowling Green Falcons
Toughest Game: @ Penn State
Easiest Game: vs. Fordham
S.O.S. Score: 7.90
June Rank: 91 (-3)
95) Ball State Cardinals
Toughest Game: @ JMU
Easiest Game: vs. Missouri State
S.O.S. Score: 7.77
June Rank: 112 (+17)
96) San Jose State Spartans
Toughest Game: @ Oregon State
Easiest Game: vs. Kennesaw State
S.O.S. Score: 7.75
June Rank: 114 (+17)
97) South Alabama Jaguars
Toughest Game: @ App State
Easiest Game: vs. Northwestern State
S.O.S. Score: 7.65
June Rank: 95 (-2)
98) Sam Houston Bearkats
Toughest Game: vs. Liberty
Easiest Game: @ Kennesaw State
S.O.S. Score: 7.50
June Rank: 85 (-13)
99) Appalachian State Mountaineers
Toughest Game: @ Clemson
Easiest Game: vs. East Tennessee State
S.O.S. Score: 7.38
June Rank: 102 (+3)
100) Navy Midshipmen
Toughest Game: vs. Notre Dame
Easiest Game: vs. Bucknell
S.O.S. Score: 7.33
June Rank: 103 (+3)
101) Arkansas State Red Wolves
Toughest Game: @ Michigan
Easiest Game: vs. Central Arkansas
S.O.S. Score: 7.40
June Rank: 94 (-7)
102) Georgia State Panthers
Toughest Game: @ App State
Easiest Game: vs. Chattanooga
S.O.S. Score: 7.02
June Rank: 115 (+13)
103) Wyoming Cowboys
Toughest Game: vs. Boise State
Easiest Game: vs. Idaho
S.O.S. Score: 6.96
June Rank: 117 (+14)
104) Charlotte 49ers
Toughest Game: @ Memphis
Easiest Game: vs. Gardner-Webb
S.O.S. Score: 6.94
June Rank: 100 (-4)
105) Southern Miss Golden Eagles
Toughest Game: @ JMU
Easiest Game: vs. SE Louisiana
S.O.S. Score: 6.90
June Rank: 114 (-9)
106) Memphis Tigers
Toughest Game: @ Florida State
Easiest Game: vs. North Alabama
S.O.S. Score: 6.88
June Rank: 99 (-7)
107) Central Michigan Chippewas
Toughest Game: @ Miami (OH)
Easiest Game: vs. Central Connecticut
S.O.S. Score: 5.44
June Rank: 121 (+14)
108) New Mexico State Aggies
Toughest Game: @ Texas A&M
Easiest Game: vs. SE Missouri State
S.O.S. Score: 6.85
June Rank: 96 (-12)
109) Troy Trojans
Toughest Game: @ Memphis
Easiest Game: vs. Nevada
S.O.S. Score: 6.81
June Rank: 110 (+1)
110) UTSA Roadrunners
Toughest Game: @ Texas
Easiest Game: vs. Kennesaw State
S.O.S. Score: 6.77
June Rank: 111 (+1)
111) Jacksonville State Gamecocks
Toughest Game: @ Louisville
Easiest Game: @ Kennesaw State
S.O.S. Score: 6.75
June Rank: 97 (-14)
112) Air Force Falcons
Toughest Game: vs. Oregon State
Easiest Game: @ New Mexico
S.O.S. Score: 6.58
June Rank: 116 (+4)
113) UAB Blazers
Toughest Game: @ Memphis
Easiest Game: vs. Alcorn State
S.O.S. Score: 6.54
June Rank: 117 (+4)
114) Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
Toughest Game: vs. Boise State
Easiest Game: vs. Delaware State
S.O.S. Score: 6.44
June Rank: 125 (+11)
115) Temple Owls
Toughest Game: @ Oklahoma
Easiest Game: @ ECU
S.O.S. Score: 6.33
June Rank: 108 (-7)
116) Ohio Bobcats
Toughest Game: @ Miami (OH)
Easiest Game: vs. Morgan State
S.O.S. Score: 6.32
June Rank: 121 (+5)
117) Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
Toughest Game: @ JMU
Easiest Game: vs. William & Mary
S.O.S. Score: 6.19
June Rank: 126 (+9)
118) Rice Owls
Toughest Game: @ Tulane
Easiest Game: vs. Texas Southern
S.O.S. Score: 6.08
June Rank: 108 (-10)
119) UConn Huskies
Toughest Game: @ Maryland
Easiest Game: vs. Merrimack
S.O.S. Score: 5.96
June Rank: 107 (-12)
120) Buffalo Bulls
Toughest Game: @ Missouri
Easiest Game: vs. Lafayette
S.O.S. Score: 5.92
June Rank: 121 (+1)
121) Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
Toughest Game: @ NC State
Easiest Game: vs. Nicholls
S.O.S. Score: 5.90
June Rank: 110 (-11)
122) North Texas Mean Green
Toughest Game: @ Memphis
Easiest Game: vs. Stephen F. Austin
S.O.S. Score: 5.88
June Rank: 122 (no change)
123) Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns
Toughest Game: vs. App State
Easiest Game: vs. Grambling
S.O.S. Score: 5.77
June Rank: 120 (-3)
124) Kennesaw State Owls
Toughest Game: vs. Liberty
Easiest Game: vs. UT Martin
S.O.S. Score: 5.76
June Rank: 119 (-5)
125) Toledo Rockets
Toughest Game: @ Western Kentucky
Easiest Game: vs. Duquesne
S.O.S. Score: 5.75
June Rank: 123 (-2)
126) Army Black Knights
Toughest Game: vs. Notre Dame
Easiest Game: vs. Lehigh
S.O.S. Score: 5.69
June Rank: 130 (+4)
127) JMU Dukes
Toughest Game: @ App State
Easiest Game: vs. Gardner-Webb
S.O.S. Score: 5.40
June Rank: 126 (+1)
128) Eastern Michigan Eagles
Toughest Game: @ Washington
Easiest Game: vs. St. Francis (PA)
S.O.S. Score: 5.25
June Rank: 124 (-4)
129) ECU Pirates
Toughest Game: vs. App State
Easiest Game: vs. Norfolk State
S.O.S. Score: 5.04
June Rank: 129 (no change)
130) Tulsa Golden Hurricane
Toughest Game: vs. Oklahoma State
Easiest Game: Northwestern State
S.O.S. Score: 5.00
June Rank: 128 (-2)
131) Texas State Bobcats
Toughest Game: vs. Louisiana
Easiest Game: vs. Lamar
S.O.S. Score: 4.77
June Rank: 134 (+3)
132) FIU Panthers
Toughest Game: @ Liberty
Easiest Game: vs. Monmouth
S.O.S. Score: 4.76
June Rank: 131 (-1)
133) FAU Owls
Toughest Game: vs. USF
Easiest Game: vs. Wagner
S.O.S. Score: 4.40
June Rank: 132 (-1)
134) Liberty Flames
Toughest Game: @ App State
Easiest Game: vs. Campbell
S.O.S. Score: 3.81
June Rank: 133 (-1)
2024 ACC Strength of Schedule
- 1) Georgia Tech
- 2) Florida State
- 3) Clemson
- 4) Boston College
- 5) Stanford
- 6) Louisville
- 7) Virginia
- 8) Virginia Tech
- 9) Wake Forest
- 10) California
- 11) Miami (FL)
- 12) Pittsburgh
- 13) Duke
- 14) NC State
- 15) Syracuse
- 16) North Carolina
- 17) SMU
2024 Big Ten Strength of Schedule
- 1) Michigan
- 2) USC
- 3) UCLA
- 4) Purdue
- 5) Penn State
- 6) Ohio State
- 7) Wisconsin
- 8) Oregon
- 9) Michigan State
- 10) Northwestern
- 11) Washington
- 12) Illinois
- 13) Minnesota
- 14) Nebraska
- 15) Maryland
- 16) Iowa
- 17) Indiana
- 18) Rutgers
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2024 Big 12 Strength of Schedule
- 1) Houston
- 2) West Virginia
- 3) Arizona State
- 4) Colorado
- 5) BYU
- 6) TCU
- 7) Baylor
- 8) Iowa State
- 9) Kansas State
- 10) UCF
- 11) Oklahoma State
- 12) Texas Tech
- 13) Cincinnati
- 14) Kansas
- 15) Arizona
- 16) Utah
2024 Pac-12 Strength of Schedule
- 1) Oregon State
- 2) Washington State
2024 SEC Strength of Schedule
- 1) Florida
- 2) Oklahoma
- 3) Georgia
- 4) Alabama
- 5) Arkansas
- 6) Mississippi State
- 7) Vanderbilt
- 8) Kentucky
- 9) Texas A&M
- 10) South Carolina
- 11) LSU
- 12) Auburn
- 13) Texas
- 14) Ole Miss
- 15) Tennessee
- 16) Missouri
2024 AAC Strength of Schedule
- 1) USF
- 2) Tulane
- 3) Navy
- 4) Charlotte
- 5) Memphis
- 6) UTSA
- 7) UAB
- 8) Temple
- 9) Rice
- 10) North Texas
- 11) Army
- 12) ECU
- 13) Tulsa
- 14) FAU
2024 Conference USA Strength of Schedule
- 1) Middle Tennessee
- 2) UTEP
- 3) Western Kentucky
- 4) Sam Houston
- 5) New Mexico State
- 6) Jacksonville State
- 7) Louisiana Tech
- 8) Kennesaw State
- 9) FIU
- 10) Liberty
2024 MAC Strength of Schedule
- 1) Kent State
- 2) Akron
- 3) Miami (OH)
- 4) Western Michigan
- 5) Northern Illinois
- 6) Bowling Green
- 7) Ball State
- 8) Central Michigan
- 9) Ohio
- 10) Buffalo
- 11) Toledo
- 12) Eastern Michigan
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2024 Mountain West Strength of Schedule
- 1) UNLV
- 2) Utah State
- 3) Boise State
- 4) Colorado State
- 5) Fresno State
- 6) New Mexico
- 7) Nevada
- 8) San Diego State
- 9) San Jose State
- 10) Wyoming
- 11) Air Force
- 12) Hawaii
2024 Sun Belt Strength of Schedule
- 1) UL-Monroe
- 2) ODU
- 3) Marshall
- 4) Georgia Southern
- 5) South Alabama
- 6) Appalachian State
- 7) Arkansas State
- 8) Georgia State
- 9) Southern Miss
- 10) Troy
- 11) Coastal Carolina
- 12) Louisiana
- 13) Texas State
- 14) James Madison
2025 Independent Strength of Schedule
- 1) Notre Dame
- 2) UMass
- 3) UConn
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