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Big 10's challenging 2016 schedule
http://cdn.fbschedules.com/helmets/2016-...hedule.pdf

FBS Schedules came out with their Conference by Conference helmet schedule today and big ups to the conference members for the challenging non conference schedule this fall.

13 games vs P5 opponents (including BYU since other conferences consider them a defacto P5 opponent)

Only 8 FCS games and these include Iowa taking on the 5 time defending national champions North Dakota State who would be competing for a conference title in any G5 conference and Northwestern scheduling Illinois State who played in the 204/15 FCS title game and made it to the FCS Quarterfinals last year.

Badgers open with LSU
Purdue has Cincy in their 2nd game who bowled last year
Cats have WMU, Illinois State and Duke
Cornhuskers have Fresno State, Wyoming and Oregon!
Gophers have Oregon State and Colorado State (both bowled last year) and Indiana State who made the FCS playoffs last year.
Hawkeyes have iowa State and North Dakota State
Illini have North Carolina and Western Michigan
Rutgers has Washington and New Mexico
Nittany Lions have Pittsburgh and Temple WOW
Buckeyes have Tulsa and a road game at Oklahoma!
Michigan State has a road game at Notre Dame and BYU at home!
Michigan's 3 OOC games are all at home but no FCS teams, Colorado, UCF & Hawaii
Terps have 2 OOC road games with FIU & UCF!
Hoosiers have a road game with FIU, then Ball State and Wake Forest.

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RE: Big 10's challenging 2016 schedule
A counterpoint?

2016's easiest non-league schedules in college football (per ESPN)

1. Baylor (Northwestern State, SMU, Rice)
2. Boston College (UMass, Wagner, Buffalo, UConn)
3. Maryland (Howard, Florida International, UCF)
4. Washington (Rutgers, Idaho, Portland State)
5. Indiana (Florida International, Ball State, Wake Forest)
6. Kansas (Rhode Island, Ohio, Memphis)
7. Wake Forest (Tulane, Delaware, Indiana, Army)
8. Purdue (Eastern Kentucky, Cincinnati, Nevada)
9. Arizona (BYU, Grambling State, Hawaii)
10. Iowa (Miami Ohio, Iowa State, North Dakota State)


http://247sports.com/Bolt/ESPN-ranks-201...s-43635704
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RE: Big 10's challenging 2016 schedule
(05-20-2016 11:09 AM)TerryD Wrote:  A counterpoint?

2016's easiest non-league schedules in college football (per ESPN)

1. Baylor (Northwestern State, SMU, Rice)
2. Boston College (UMass, Wagner, Buffalo, UConn)
3. Maryland (Howard, Florida International, UCF)
4. Washington (Rutgers, Idaho, Portland State)
5. Indiana (Florida International, Ball State, Wake Forest)
6. Kansas (Rhode Island, Ohio, Memphis)
7. Wake Forest (Tulane, Delaware, Indiana, Army)
8. Purdue (Eastern Kentucky, Cincinnati, Nevada)
9. Arizona (BYU, Grambling State, Hawaii)
10. Iowa (Miami Ohio, Iowa State, North Dakota State)


http://247sports.com/Bolt/ESPN-ranks-201...s-43635704

I actually agree with Terry here. The big boys all seem to have some real heavy weights on the schedule but the conference as a whole not so much. Some like Rutgers/Washington, Indiana/Wake and Purdue/Cincy are punching at their own level which is fine by me. Maryland though gets hurt by UCF having been down since their Big Bowl season. Thankfully the FCS games are going away so you wont see Howard, ND State, EKU etc anymore. It's not the worst but not the toughest ever either.
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RE: Big 10's challenging 2016 schedule
The Big Ten's schedule is slightly underwhelming by my first glance. Only 13 P5 opponents for 14 members? Nebraska, Penn State, and Michigan State look the toughest at first glance but it's only May and things can change before August.
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RE: Big 10's challenging 2016 schedule
I don't think B1G should trust anything related to conference from ESPN. They have an obvious agenda, so I've gone to anybody but ESPN approach for evaluating information!

Win or lose I do hope that ND and BYU have a big season to boost SOS.
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RE: Big 10's challenging 2016 schedule
(05-21-2016 07:42 AM)GE and MTS Wrote:  The Big Ten's schedule is slightly underwhelming by my first glance. Only 13 P5 opponents for 14 members? Nebraska, Penn State, and Michigan State look the toughest at first glance but it's only May and things can change before August.

Maybe, but every team added a P5 team by adding a 9th conference game. Penn State's schedule definitely is upgraded from last year when they didn't play a single P5 team out of conference.
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(05-22-2016 06:45 PM)General Mike Wrote:  
(05-21-2016 07:42 AM)GE and MTS Wrote:  The Big Ten's schedule is slightly underwhelming by my first glance. Only 13 P5 opponents for 14 members? Nebraska, Penn State, and Michigan State look the toughest at first glance but it's only May and things can change before August.

Maybe, but every team added a P5 team by adding a 9th conference game. Penn State's schedule definitely is upgraded from last year when they didn't play a single P5 team out of conference.

But Penn State played the MWC champion San Diego State (11-3 overall) and AAC runner-up Temple. I'm not going to pretend that the non-conference schedule was strenuous but let's not act like it was a complete joke either. The other two were Army (bad) and Buffalo, who finished 5-7 which isn't a walk in the park but definitely a warmup game. It didn't look good in August but in December it was impressive.

Every Big Ten school is adding the 9th game and should be dropping the FCS game. That should be the trade off, not a P5 non-conference game. It may look better in December, but as of now it isn't looking THAT tough for the Big Ten.
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RE: Big 10's challenging 2016 schedule
(05-20-2016 11:09 AM)TerryD Wrote:  A counterpoint?

2016's easiest non-league schedules in college football (per ESPN)

1. Baylor (Northwestern State, SMU, Rice)
2. Boston College (UMass, Wagner, Buffalo, UConn)
3. Maryland (Howard, Florida International, UCF)
4. Washington (Rutgers, Idaho, Portland State)
5. Indiana (Florida International, Ball State, Wake Forest)
6. Kansas (Rhode Island, Ohio, Memphis)
7. Wake Forest (Tulane, Delaware, Indiana, Army)
8. Purdue (Eastern Kentucky, Cincinnati, Nevada)
9. Arizona (BYU, Grambling State, Hawaii)
10. Iowa (Miami Ohio, Iowa State, North Dakota State)


http://247sports.com/Bolt/ESPN-ranks-201...s-43635704

THe Iowa/Iowa State game is something the Iowa legislature foisted on the 2 teams. Iowa has to either play Iowa State or Northern Iowa every year. Secondly ESPN does not give NDSU enough credit. 5 Consecutive FCS titles and during one of those years (2012) they beat the defending Big 12 Champion in their opener (Kansas State). The Ball State-Indiana game is another political football and at least the Hoosiers are scheduling an FCS opponent.
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RE: Big 10's challenging 2016 schedule
(05-23-2016 02:50 PM)Policiious Wrote:  THe Iowa/Iowa State game is something the Iowa legislature foisted on the 2 teams. Iowa has to either play Iowa State or Northern Iowa every year. Secondly ESPN does not give NDSU enough credit. 5 Consecutive FCS titles and during one of those years (2012) they beat the defending Big 12 Champion in their opener (Kansas State). The Ball State-Indiana game is another political football and at least the Hoosiers are scheduling an FCS opponent.

But wouldn't Iowa want to play archrival Iowa State anyway?
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