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Aug 31, 2015
12:08:36pm
Does BYU have a tougher schedule?
Notre Dame
Texas
@Virginia
#16 Georgia Tech
UMass
@#12 Clemson
Navy
#8 USC
@Temple
@Pitt
Wake Forest
Boston College
@ #21 Stanford

BYU
@Nebraska
#23Boise ST.
@#13UCLA
@MIchigan
UConn
ECU
Cincinnati
Wagner
@SJSU
@#24 Missouri
Fresno St.
@Utah St.

Notre Dame plays @#12 and @#21, hosts #8 and #16. We play @13 and @#24, host #23.

Week-by-week Comparison

Week 1 - Texas v. @Nebraska = advantage BYU
Week 2 - @Virginia v. #23 Boise St. = advantage BYU
Week 3 - #16 Georgia Tech v. @#13 UCLA = advantage BYU
Week 4 - UMass v. @ Michigan = advantage BYU
Week 5 - @#12 Clemson v. UConn = massive advantage ND
Week 6 - Navy v. ECU = advantage ND
Week 7 - Cincinnati v. #8 USC = advantage ND
Week 8 - Bye v. Wagner = slight advantage ND (seriously)
Week 9 - @Temple v. Bye = advantage ND
Week 10 - @Pitt v. @SJU = advantage ND
Week 11 - Wake Forest v. @#24 Missouri = massive advantage BYU
Week 12 - Boston College v. Fresno St. = advantage ND
Week 13 - @ #21 Stanford v. @ Utah St. = advantage ND

Looks like at least 7 weeks to ND, 4 to BYU.

Opponents Ranking Comparison

#8 USC v. @#13 UCLA = close, but slight advantage ND
@#12 Clemson v. #23Boise ST. = advantage ND
#16 Georgia Tech v. @#24 Missouri = slight advantage ND
@ #21 Stanford v. @Nebraska = advantage ND
Texas v. Cincinnati = close, but slight advantage ND
@Temple v. @MIchigan = close, slight advantage BYU
@Pitt v. @Utah St. = close, but slight advantage ND
@Virginia v. Fresno St. = advantage ND
Boston College v. ECU = advantage ND
Navy v. @SJSU = advantage ND
Wake Forest v. UConn = advantage ND
UMass v. Wagner = advantage ND

Even if you call 6's on the four close calls and give @Michigan (over @Temple) convincingly to BYU (Temple will be good this year, and the jury is out on Michigan), the resulting scores is ND 7, BYU 1.

Now, we won't know the true SOS until the games are actually played and the season finished - so BYU definitely has potential to have a SOS similar to Notre Dame, but there's as much of a chance that Cincinnati or Utah St or Michigan finish ranked as there is that Texas, Temple, Boston College, or Navy finished ranked. It should be interesting.
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