College Football Strength of Schedule Preseason 2012

Here are all 124 FBS teams’ strength of schedule (SOS), ranked based on their average opponent ranking according to the CFU rankings on the College Football Preseason Guide 2012 (non-FBS teams scheduled were rated at 124).

As many of you may have heard from various pundits this preseason, Notre Dame has the toughest schedule and they easily top these SOS rankings. The Irish have absolutely no easy opponents, playing three teams ranked in the top 10 and six ranked in the top 25 of the College Football Universe rankings.

[Related: 2012 Pre-Season College Football Rankings, Top 25 from a Fan’s Perspective]

1. Notre Dame 36.667

2. Iowa State 41

3. TCU 43

4. Florida 43.333

5. Kansas 43.583

6. Ole Miss 43.833

7. Texas 44.75

8. South Carolina 45.583

9. Oklahoma 45.8333

10. Oklahoma State 46.417

11. Kentucky 46.583

12. Baylor 47

13. Nebraska 47.083

13. Oregon State 47.083

15. Kansas State 47.25

16. Texas A&M 47.5

17. Missouri 47.583

18. Auburn 47.75

18. California 47.75

20. Arizona 48

21. West Virginia 48.083

22. Arkansas 48.333

22. Miami FL 48.333

24. Duke 48.667

25. Alabama 49

26. Tennessee 49.083

27. LSU 49.167

28. Penn State 49.25

29. Boston College 49.417

30. Maryland 49.583

31. Ohio State 50.5

32. Michigan 50.75

33. USC 51.417

34. Texas Tech 51.5

35. Vanderbilt 51.667

36. Washington 51.833

37. Michigan State 53.083

38. Virginia 53.167

39. Arizona State 53.833

40. Clemson 54.667

41. Minnesota 56.333

41. Washington State 56.333

43. Colorado 56.5

43. UCLA 56.5

45. Stanford 57

46. Syracuse 57.25

47. Virginia Tech 57.5

48. Georgia 58.083

49. Georgia Tech 58.333

50. Indiana 58.417

51. Purdue 58.5

52. Wake Forest 58.833

53. Mississippi State 59.25

54. Northwestern 60.583

55. Utah 61.5

56. Illinois 61.833

57. Oregon 62.167

58. NC State 62.25

59. South Florida 62.5

60. Florida State 63.083

61. Iowa 63.833

62. Louisville 63.917

63. North Carolina 64.5

64. Temple 65.909

65. Wisconsin 65.333

66. Pitt 67.25

67. Connecticut 67.5

68. UTEP 69.083

69. Cincinnati 70.583

70. Rutgers 72.583

71. Southern Miss 73.25

72. SMU 74.167

73. Marshall 74.333

74. BYU 74.667

75. UAB 74.75

76. Louisiana Monroe 75.333

77. UCF 75.5

78. Boise State 75.917

79. Fresno State 76.5

80. East Carolina 77.167

81. Army 77.833

82. Rice 78.833

83. Hawaii 79.167

84. Western Kentucky 79.25

85. North Texas 79.333

86. Idaho 79.667

87. Ball State 79.75

88. Tulsa 80

89. Troy 80.75

90. Buffalo 80.083

91. Tulane 80.917

92. Eastern Michigan 81.083

93. Florida Atlantic 81.333

94. Massachusetts 82.417

95. UNLV 82.538

96. New Mexico 83.083

97. Nevada 83.75

98. Central Michigan 84.25

99. Akron 84.333

100. Miami OH 84.5

100. Wyoming 84.5

102. San Diego State 84.917

103. Air Force 85.25

104. Arkansas State 85.333

105. San Jose State 85.917

106. New Mexico State 86

107. Louisiana Lafayette 86.25

108. Colorado State 86.333

109. South Alabama 87

110. Bowling Green 87.5

111. Houston 87.583

112. Memphis 87.75

113. Middle Tennessee 88.083

113. Utah State 88.083

115. Louisiana Tech 88.25

116. Kent State 88.5

117. Texas State 89.833

118. Florida International 90.167

119. Toledo 91.333

120. Western Michigan 94.25

121. Navy 94.833

122. Northern Illinois 97.667

123. Ohio 98.417

124. UTSA 110.333

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