2015 Football Schedules

Jun 12, 2015, 6:23 AM

The Power Players in college football are considered to be the P-5 Conferences + Notre Dame. The SEC has apparently decided that the Service Academies are also P-5s. Read more here:
http://www.redcuprebellion.com/2015/6/8/8745709/SEC-future-football-schedules-ole-miss-noles-alabama-usc-lsu-wisconsin-NASCAR-wtf
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky & SC were already in compliance due to rivalry games. For 2015, 4 SEC schools (Ole Miss, MS St, Vandy & Missouri) do not have any non-conference P-5 games. The other teams have been able to round up one P-5 opponent. The Gamecocks are the only SEC team w/ 2 non-con P-5 games (NC & Clemson). LSU qualifies by SEC standards but their schedule is 8xSEC + Syracuse + McNeese St (1AA) + Eastern MI (1A) + Western KY (1A). For comparison, Clemson (Notre Dame & SC), GT (Notre Dame & GA), Louisville (Auburn + KY), NC (SC + IL), Pittsburgh (Iowa + Notre Dame), Virginia (UCLA + Notre Dame), Virginia Tech (OH State + Purdue) & Wake Forest (Indiana + Notre Dame) all play 2 P-5s. Florida is the only SEC team which does not have a 1AA game. Every team in the ACC plays a 1AA team. The ACC, SEC & Big 10 play 8 conference games. The PAC 12 & Big 12 play 9. Stanford of the P-12 has two P-5 games (Notre Dame + Northwestern). Arizona, Colorado & Washington do not have any P-5 non-con games. The other 8 P-12 teams have one P-5. As for the B-12, Texas is the only one w/ two non-con P-5 games (Notre Dame + Cal). Baylor, OK State, & Kansas State do not have any non-con P-5 games. The other 6 B-12 teams have one non-con P-5 game. For the Big 10, Michigan (UT + OR St), Northwestern (Stanford + Duke), Rutgers (WA St + Kansas), & Iowa (Iowa St + Pitt) have 2 P-5s. Maryland & Penn St do not have any non-con P-5 games. The other 8 Big 10 teams have one non-con P-5. NC State has the weakest schedule in the ACC (8xACC + Troy (1A) + Eastern KY (1AA) + Old Dominion (1A) + South AL (1A). FSU should be our showcase team since they're in the state with about 1/4 of the P-5 recruits in the country but their non-con schedule is 8xACC +FL + TX State (1A) + South FL (1A) + Chattanooga (1AA). Clearly, the deal with Notre Dame has helped ACC scheduling. I thought that our schedule was ruined by the Wofford (1AA) + App St (1A) games but found that most teams have even more of these type games.