I feel like B12 schools, commissioner, coaches, AD's should be pushing the quality of the B12 scheduling more than they do... not only do we play 9 conference games (unlike ACC, SEC) we also schedule as many or more P5 opponents in our non-conf than others.
Just to catch up to our schedule, SEC and ACC schools need to schedule 2 P5 opponents (50% of their non-conf opponents)... some do, most do not. Here is a breakdown by Conf:
NOTE: I included BYU and ND in the P5 numbers, if you want to take BYU out, -1 for the SEC, -3 for the PAC12.
SEC:
16 P5 Games,
28.6% of non-Conf Games (16/56), Avg 9.1 P5 Games per team
Teams: Oregon, Cal, GT, UNC, FSU, Clemson x2, Miami, Duke, Louisville, KSU, Tex, WVU, ND, BYU, Purdue
Notes:
South Carolina, Florida and Georgia play two other P5 teams each
Alabama's only P5 non-con is Duke...
Arkansas is the only team to not play a P5/BYU, Tennessee's only play BYU
ACC:
20 P5 Games,
35.7% of non-Conf Games (20/56), Avg 9.4 P5 Games per team
Teams: WVU, Kansas, Kentucky, South Carolina x2, Florida x2, TA&M, Bama, UGA, PSU, Maryland, Rutgers, ND x5, UNC, Wake Forest
Notes:
Given the fact that UNC and Wake Forest are in different div, they rarely play each other so they actually scheduled a non-conf game against each other this season... downside of a 14 team conf
5 of the ACC schools schedule 2 or more P5 teams, BC has the most with Kansas, Rutgers, and ND... although hard to give them credit for rutgers and kansas.
PAC12:
13 P5 Games,
36.1% of non-Conf Games (13/36), Avg 10.1 P5 Games per team
Teams: ND x2, BYU x3, Oklahoma, Texas Tech, Oklahoma St, Mich St, Neb, Northwestern, Auburn, Ole Miss
Notes:
Most game per team (10.1) against P5 + ND + BYU of any conf, without the 3 v. BYU, drops to 9.8 P5 per team
Stanford plays NW, UCF, and ND to go with 9 Conf games... no off weeks on their schedule
b10:
9 P5 Games,
21.4% of non-Conf Games (9/42), Avg 9.6 P5 Games per team
Teams: ND, BC, Syracuse, Pitt, TCU, Iowa State, Colorado, ASU, Stanford
Notes:
Although they play 9 conf games, their 9.6 v P5 is similar to the ACC
Their 14 teams scheduled only 9 non-conf P5 games, less total than B12 and PAC12
Iowa State v toe is the 2nd highest ranked non-conf game in the b10 this year (behind only Mich v. ND) based on this ranking:
https://saturdaytradition.com/big-ten-football/ranking-all-42-b1g-non-conference-games-in-2019/
B12:
10 P5 Games,
33.3% of non-Conf Games (10/30), Avg 10.0 P5 Games per team
Teams: iowa, purdue, BC, NC State, Mississippi State, LSU, Missouri, UCLA, Oregon St, Arizona
Notes:
Second most P5 games per team (PAC 12 with 10.1)
Only baylor failed to schedule a P5 in non-conf.
West Virginia plays both Missouri and NC State
