Ranking college football's hardest schedules for 2022 season
- 1. Auburn Tigers Hardest game: at Alabama, Nov. 26 Likely Top 25 opponents: 7 ...
- 2. Mississippi State Bulldogs Hardest game: at Alabama, Oct. 22 ...
- 3. Arkansas Razorbacks Hardest game: vs. Alabama, Oct. 1 ...
- 4. Ohio State Buckeyes Hardest game: vs. Notre Dame, Sept. 3 ...
- 5. Alabama Crimson Tide Hardest game: vs. Texas A&M, Oct. 8 ...
- 6. Texas A&M Aggies ...
- 7. Maryland Terrapins ...
- 8. Florida Gators ...
Which college football teams have the toughest schedules in 2022?
Phil Steele has published his 2022 college football strength of schedule rankings. The Auburn Tigers have the toughest schedule in 2022, while the FIU Panthers have the easiest, per Steele. Steele arrives at his preseason toughest schedule ratings by combining his “9 sets of Power Ratings” with the amount of home and away games.
What is the college football strength of schedule?
Our College Football Strength of Schedule rankings represents the average difficulty of those opponents that each team has faced or will face during the 2022 season. The strength of an opponent is determined by their ranking in our Composite College Football Power Rankings.
Do college football teams have the hardest or easiest schedules?
Playing a quality schedule is more important now than ever before as the College Football Playoff places a heavy premium on playing good opponents. It's not exactly a science to determine which college football teams have the hardest or easiest schedule for the simple reason that we don't know how good each team is yet.
Should you look south for the toughest college football schedules?
With all of the upheaval in college football this year, it is tempting to buck the traditional wisdom which says “look South” if you want to see the toughest schedule.
Strength of Schedule Played and Strength of Schedule Remaining for all 130 NCAA Division 1 Football teams
Our College Football Strength of Schedule rankings represents the average difficulty of those opponents that each team has faced or will face during the 2021 season. The strength of an opponent is determined by their ranking in our Composite College Football Power Rankings.
College Football Strength of Schedule Played
Our Strength of Schedule Played shows the current average ranking for each opponent that a given team has faced to date.
College Football Strength of Schedule Remaining
Our Strength of Schedule Remaining rankings show the average difficulty of opponents each team will face for the rest of the season.