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2002 College Football Toughest
Stretches
This preview lists the three toughest
stretches of games in each conference, which come from three separate teams. This stretch may consist of as few
as three games or as many as six. It is the most important and most difficult part of each
team’s schedule. The three toughest sretches in each conference are rated one to three,
and then the top fifteen toughest stretches nationally are listed at the
bottom.
ACC | Big East | Big
Ten | Big XII | CUSA | MAC | Mountain West
PAC 10 | SEC | Sun
Belt | WAC | Independents
ACC
| TEAM | DATES | GAMES |
|---|
| Florida State | September 26-November 2 | at Louisville, Clemson, at Miami, Notre Dame, at
Wake Forest |
| Virginia | October 26-November 30 | at GA Tech, at Penn St, NC State, Maryland, at
VA Tech |
| Georgia Tech | October 5-November 9 | Wake Forest, at Maryland, Virginia, at NC State,
Florida St |
Big East
| TEAM | DATES | GAMES |
|---|
| Pittsburgh | October 5-November 2 | at Syracuse, at Notre Dame, Boston College, at
VA Tech |
| Miami | November 9-December 7 | at Tennessee, Pittsburgh, at Syracuse, VA Tech
|
| Syracuse | November 2-November 30 | at UCF, VA Tech, at Boston College, Miami
|
Big Ten
| TEAM | DATES | GAMES |
|---|
| Minnesota | October 19-November 16 | at Michigan St, at Ohio St, Michigan, Iowa
|
| Wisconsin | October 19-November 2 | Ohio St, at Michigan St, at Iowa |
| Ohio State | November 9-November 23 | at Purdue, at Illinois, Michigan
|
Big XII
| TEAM | DATES | GAMES |
|---|
| Oklahoma St | October 5-November 9 | at Texas, at Kansas St, Nebraska, Texas A&M, at
Texas Tech |
| Oklahoma | October 12-November 19 | vs Texas, Iowa St, Colorado, at Texas A&M
|
| Texas | October 12-November 2 | vs Oklahoma, at Kansas St, Iowa St, at Nebraska
|
Conference USA
| TEAM | DATES | GAMES |
|---|
| Cincinnati | October 19-November 9 | at Southern Miss, Memphis, at East Carolina, at
Louisville |
| UAB | November 9-November 30 | Southern Miss, East Carolina, at Louisville, at
Cincinnati |
| Tulane | September 14-September 28 | at East Carolina, at Memphis, Texas
|
MAC
| TEAM | DATES | GAMES |
|---|
| W. Michigan | September 7-September 28 | at Michigan, at Purdue, VA Tech |
| Akron | August 31-September 28 | at Iowa, at Maryland, C Michigan, at Virginia, at
Miami (OH) |
| C Michigan | September 21-October 26 | at Indiana, at BC, Bowling Green, at N Illinois,
Marshall |
Mountain
West
| TEAM | DATES | GAMES |
|---|
| Colorado St | August 22-September 14 | at Virginia, vs Colorado, at UCLA, Louisville
|
| Wyoming | November 2-November 30 | at UNLV, at BYU, Utah, at New Mexico
|
| UNLV | August 31-September 21 | Wisconsin, Kansas, at Oregon St, at Toledo
|
PAC 10
| TEAM | DATES | GAMES |
|---|
| California | September 28-October 26 | Washington St, at Washington, at USC, UCLA,
at OR St |
| USC | September 2-October 5 | Auburn, at Colorado, at Kansas St, OR St, at
Washington St |
| Arizona St | October 19-November 2 | at Oregon, Washington, at Washington St
|
SEC
| TEAM | DATES | GAMES |
|---|
| South Carolina | October 19-November 23 | at LSU, Tennessee, Arkansas, at Florida, at
Clemson |
| Tennessee | October 12-November 16 | at Georgia, Alabama, at South Carolina, Miami,
at Miss. St |
| Mississippi | October 19-November 28 | at Alabama, at Arkansas, Auburn, at Georgia, at
LSU, Miss. St |
SunBelt
| TEAM | DATES | GAMES |
|---|
| Idaho | August 31-September 28 | at Boise St, at Washington St, at OR, SD St,
at Washington |
| New Mexico St | August 31-September 28 | at South Carolina, at California, New Mexico, at
Georgia |
| North Texas | September 14-October 5 | at Alabama, at TCU, at Arizona, South Florida
|
WAC
| TEAM | DATES | GAMES |
|---|
| Louisiana Tech | August 31-September 28 | Oklahoma St, at Clemson, at Penn St, at Texas
A&M |
| San Jose State | September 7-September 21 | at Washington, at Stanford, at Illinois |
| Fresno State | August 23-September 21 | at Wisconsin, SD State, at Oregon, at Oregon St
|
Independents
| TEAM | DATES | GAMES |
|---|
| Notre Dame | August 31-September 21 | vs Maryland, Purdue, Michigan, at Michigan St
|
| South Florida | September 14-October 19 | at Arkansas, at Oklahoma, at N Texas, So Miss,
at E Carolina |
| Troy State | September 21-October 19 | at Iowa St, at Missouri, at Miss. State, at
Marshall |
Of the 36 toughest stretches above (three from
each of eleven conferences plus the Independents), fifteen have been chosen to accumulate
a list of the fifteen toughest stretches of games in college football this season. Here are
the fifteen teams in order from one to fifteen that those difficult stretches of games belong
to.
| California |
| Oklahoma State |
| South Carolina |
| Tennessee |
| USC |
| Florida State |
| Virginia |
| Colorado State |
| Pittsburgh |
| Louisiana Tech |
| Minnesota |
| Notre Dame |
| Miami |
| Western Michigan
|
| Wisconsin
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Toughest Stretches Rankings by Jonathan.
Southern College Sports
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