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2002 Toughest Non-Conference
Schedules
This preview rates the country’s toughest forty
non-conference schedules, in my opinion. These ratings are based on the number of
“tough” games a team plays (against good competition), the number of “semi-tough”
games a team plays (against mid-level teams), and the number of “easy” games a team
plays (against the low D-I teams or non-D-I teams. Other factors used to determine these
rankings were the number of the OOC games that were away from the team’s home field,
the number of non-Division I opponents played, and the number of lower level D-I teams
played. This is often a category where smaller teams are ranked higher because the
schools in bigger conferences usually can’t afford to schedule more than a couple of
big-name teams in addition to their already-difficult conference schedule. Below are the
rankings of the top forty non-conference schedule in Division I College Football for
2002.
| TEAM | NON-CONFERENCE GAMES |
| Florida State | Iowa State, at Louisville, at Miami, Notre Dame,
Florida |
| | |
| Southern Cal | Auburn, at Colorado, at Kansas State, Notre
Dame |
| | |
| San Jose State | at Arkansas State, at Washington, at Stanford, at
Illinois, at Ohio State |
| | |
| San Diego State | at Fresno State, at Colorado, Arizona State, at
Idaho, UCLA, at Hawaii |
| | |
| Virginia Tech | Arkansas State, LSU, Marshall, at Texas A&M,
at Western Michigan, Virginia |
| | |
| Colorado State | at Virginia, Colorado, at UCLA, at Nevada, at
Fresno State, Louisville |
| | |
| North Texas | at Texas, Nicholls State, at Alabama, at TCU, at
Arizona, South Florida |
| | |
| Virginia | Colorado State, South Carolina, Akron, at Penn
State, at Virginia Tech |
| | |
| Idaho | at Boise St, at Washington St, at Oregon, San Diego St, at
Washington, Montana |
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| Miami (OH) | at North Carolina, Iowa, at LSU, at Cincinnati
|
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| North Carolina | Miami (OH), at Syracuse, Texas, at Arizona
State |
| | |
| Louisiana Tech | Oklahoma State, at Clemson, at Penn State, at
Texas A&M |
| | |
| Michigan | Washington, Western Michigan, at Notre Dame,
Utah |
| | |
| Nevada | at Washington State, BYU, Colorado State, at UNLV |
| | |
| Alabama | Middle Tennessee, at Oklahoma, North Texas,
Southern Miss, at Hawaii |
| | |
| Penn State | UCF, Nebraska, Louisiana Tech, Virginia
|
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| Wisconsin | Fresno State, at UNLV, West Virginia, Northern
Illinois, Arizona |
| | |
| Louisiana-Lafayette | at Texas A&M, Minnesota, at Houston, UAB, at
LSU, at Arkansas |
| | |
| Fresno State | at Wisconsin, San Diego State, at Oregon, at
Oregon State, Colorado State |
| | |
| Texas Tech | at Ohio State, at SMU, Mississippi, NC State, at
New Mexico |
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| Akron | at Iowa, at Maryland, at Virginia, Liberty |
| | |
| Syracuse | at BYU, North Carolina, Rhode Island, at
Auburn, at Central Florida |
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| West Virginia | TN-Chattanooga, at Wisconsin, at Cincinnati,
East Carolina, Maryland |
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| Cincinnati | West Virginia, Ohio State, at Temple, Miami
(OH), at Hawaii |
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| Western Michigan | Indiana State, at Michigan, at Purdue, Virginia
Tech |
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| UCF | at Penn State, at Arizona State, Liberty, Syracuse |
| | |
| Ohio State | Texas Tech, Kent State, Washington State, at
Cincinnati, San Jose State |
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| UNLV | Wisconsin, Kansas, at Oregon State, at Toledo, Nevada |
| | |
| BYU | Syracuse, Hawaii, at Nevada, at Georgia Tech, at Utah State |
| | |
| Colorado | Colorado State, San Diego State, Southern Cal,
at UCLA |
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| Miami | Florida A&M, at Florida, Connecticut, Florida State, at Tennessee
|
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| Middle Tennessee | at Alabama, at Tennessee, at Kentucky, SE
Missouri St, at Vanderbilt, Utah St |
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| New Mexico State | at South Carolina, at California, New Mexico, at
Georgia, UTEP, at Utah State |
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| UCLA | Colorado State, at Oklahoma State, Colorado, at San Diego State
|
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| Memphis | Murray State, at Mississippi, Mississippi State, at
South Flordia |
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| Southern Miss | Jackson State, Illinois, Alabama, at South Florida
|
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| Hawaii | Eastern Illinois, at BYU, Cincinnati, Washington State, San Diego State
|
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| Louisiana-Monroe | at Mississippi, at Kansas State, McNeese State,
Tulane, Utah State, at Auburn |
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| Temple | Richmond, Oregon State, at South Carolina, Cincinnati, at Connecticut
|
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| Wyoming | at Tennessee, at Central Michigan, Boise State, at
Washington, The Citadel |
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| Just Missed the Cut... | Clemson, Northern Illinois, Purdue, Texas A&M
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Toughest Non-Conference Schedule Ratings by Jonathan.
Southern College Sports
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