Interesting schedule oddities
B1G is thought to have 5 teams vying for 3 to 4 CFP playoff spots
- Oregon
- Ohio State
- Indiana
- Michigan
- USC
Oregon plays Ohio State, Michigan and USC (3)
Ohio State plays Michigan, Oregon, Indiana and USC (4)
Indiana plays Michigan, Ohio State and USC (3)
Michigan plays Oregon, Indiana and Ohio State (3)
USC plays Oregon, Ohio State and Indiana (3)
Considering Ohio State is playing Texas OOC, that's pretty rough. Oh well.
Indiana plays a little sisters of the poor OOC.
Otherwise, fairly balanced for all the contenders. If everyone beats each other up, it will be a real mess come selection time with no clear better team. If any of the above play these slates and come trough clean, you know they've gotta be great.
Purdue and Wisconsin, OTHO, have very very light schedules and will probably be ranked higher than they deserve as a result unless they completely tank.
MSU looks like a horror story on paper right now. They open with Toledo and EMU and they could lose both. EMU looks like they'll have a pretty good offense with a bunch of experienced P4 transfers starting (including Sparty's former staring QB and a TB that played at Michigan last year). If their D comes around, they could be a decent team.