If you look at the OOC schedules, last year we had:

Stanford (RPI 40)
Iowa State (RPI 8)
Texas (RPI 37)
Wichita State (RPI 4)
UMASS (RPI 21)
Utah (RPI 79)
Oregon (RPI 28)

This year we have:

SDSU (RPI 17)
Chance to play Purdue (141), K State (51), Pitt (39), Missouri (47), Arizona (2). If BYU loses to SDSU they'll beat Chaminade and play the winner of game 5 - probably Missouri.
Eastern Kentucky (100)
Utah (79)
Stanford (40)
UMASS (21)

So I take it back - last year's was the tougher schedule, and it's not really that close. That SDSU game is huge - win and we get Pitt (39) and a follow up game w probably Arizona (2) or likely K-State (51). Lose and you'll get one meaningful game versus probably Missouri (47). It's basically all that against Iowa State (8), Texas (37), and Wichita State (4) - no contest.

A few other things, though - who knows how the general WCC will shake out. Last year the conference has a really hot start and then floundered. This year, I think Gonzaga will be top 10 all year (with a really tough OOC schedule) and SMU (with Waldow back, not much lost, and some promising transfers) will be better.

OOC - SDSU has three returning starters and a bunch of Top 100 recruits and should be better. We know Utah will be better. For a guy who can't get big teams to schedule 1 and 1s very easily, Rose has done an excellent job with the schedule this year.