2012-2013 FBS Strength of Schedule Summary

I’ve ranked the schedules of all 124 FBS teams in the table below.  Notre Dame has the toughest schedule overall, facing five Preseason Top 25 opponents in 2012-2013.  Since most FBS teams play schedules that include FCS teams, I’ve included the Overall Preseason Rank in the table so that you will see how these teams actually rank amongst the 729 teams that make up FBS, FCS, D2, D3, and NAIA.  In the second table below, I’ve included the conference SOS rankings for FBS. 

SCHED RANK	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL PRES RANK	TOP 25 OPPs	AVG OPP RANK
1	Notre Dame	Independents	27	5	36.2
2	Baylor	Big 12	39	6	44.3
3	Miami FL	ACC	47	3	45.1
4	TCU	Big 12	19	5	45.8
5	California	Pac 12	41	4	46.3
6	West Virginia	Big 12	11	5	46.7
7	Iowa St	Big 12	54	6	47.4
8	Southern Cal	Pac 12	2	2	48
9	South Carolina	SEC	10	5	48.1
10	Kansas	Big 12	89	6	48.5
11	Florida	SEC	22	4	48.6
12	LSU	SEC	1	4	49.8
13	Arkansas	SEC	8	3	49.9
14	Stanford	Pac 12	21	2	50.1
15	Texas A&M	SEC	26	4	50.8
16	Michigan	Big 10	6	4	50.9
17	Mississippi	SEC	70	5	51.1
18	UCLA	Pac 12	48	3	51.3
19	Maryland	ACC	78	3	51.3
20	Penn State	Big 10	31	3	51.7
21	Kentucky	SEC	63	5	52.2
22	Texas	Big 12	13	5	52.8
23	Washington	Pac 12	33	4	52.8
24	Missouri	SEC	29	4	53.1
25	Boston College	ACC	75	3	53.2
26	Arizona	Pac 12	50	4	53.3
27	Kansas St	Big 12	23	5	53.5
28	Ohio State	Big 10	12	4	54.2
29	Michigan St	Big 10	16	5	54.6
30	Arizona St	Pac 12	56	2	55.1
31	Oregon St	Pac 12	61	3	55.3
32	Syracuse	Big East	73	2	55.5
33	Virginia	ACC	34	2	55.9
34	Minnesota	Big 10	72	4	56.3
35	Washington St	Pac 12	57	2	56.8
36	Oklahoma	Big 12	5	5	56.9
37	Colorado	Pac 12	86	3	57.2
38	Clemson	ACC	18	3	57.7
39	Purdue	Big 10	53	3	59.4
40	Northwestern	Big 10	52	3	60.3
41	Iowa	Big 10	40	3	60.6
42	Nebraska	Big 10	20	4	61.2
43	Wake Forest	ACC	59	2	62
44	Wisconsin	Big 10	14	3	62.2
45	Auburn	SEC	28	5	62.9
46	Oregon	Pac 12	4	2	63.8
47	Georgia	SEC	7	2	63.9
48	South Florida	Big East	49	2	64.8
49	Temple	Big East	100	1	66.2
50	Indiana	Big 10	106	3	66.2
51	North Carolina	ACC	37	2	66.6
52	Alabama	SEC	3	3	67
53	Texas Tech	Big 12	44	6	68.8
54	North Carolina St	ACC	32	2	68.9
55	Vanderbilt	SEC	51	3	69.8
56	Louisville	Big East	25	0	70
57	Virginia Tech	ACC	15	2	70.4
58	Georgia Tech	ACC	35	3	71.7
59	Tennessee	SEC	38	4	72.2
60	Utah	Pac 12	30	1	72.9
61	Mississippi St	SEC	42	3	73.9
62	Connecticut	Big East	62	1	75.6
63	Oklahoma St	Big 12	17	5	76.4
64	Illinois	Big 10	55	3	76.5
65	UTEP	C-USA	128	2	77.9
66	Brigham Young	Independents	36	1	81.1
67	Duke	ACC	81	4	81.8
68	Pittsburgh	Big East	45	2	83.6
69	Fresno St	MWC	91	2	88.3
70	SMU	C-USA	67	1	88.5
71	Southern Miss	C-USA	71	3	89.8
72	Florida St	ACC	9	3	90.4
73	East Carolina	C-USA	101	1	90.9
74	Boise St	MWC	24	1	92
75	Eastern Michigan	MAC	143	1	92.5
76	Army	Independents	121	0	93
77	Ball St	MAC	119	1	93.3
78	Rutgers	Big East	43	2	95.1
79	UNLV	MWC	150	1	95.1
80	San Diego St	MWC	88	1	96.7
81	Alabama-Birmingham	C-USA	136	2	96.7
82	Wyoming	MWC	80	2	98.3
83	Central Florida	C-USA	58	1	98.5
84	Colorado St	MWC	109	1	99.3
85	Buffalo	MAC	157	1	100.6
86	Tulane	C-USA	158	0	100.8
87	Marshall	C-USA	74	1	100.9
88	Louisiana-Monroe	Sun Belt	112	1	101
89	Idaho	WAC	130	1	101.1
90	Massachusetts	MAC	167	1	101.3
91	Hawai`i	MWC	107	2	102.9
92	Tulsa	C-USA	66	1	103.2
93	Troy	Sun Belt	120	0	105.3
94	Rice	C-USA	127	0	106.1
95	Houston	C-USA	64	0	106.3
96	Nevada	MWC	60	1	106.7
97	Akron	MAC	226	0	109.3
98	Texas St-San Marcos	WAC	174	0	109.4
99	Memphis	C-USA	196	0	109.5
100	Cincinnati	Big East	46	2	110.1
101	Miami OH	MAC	114	2	111.7
102	New Mexico	MWC	182	2	111.7
103	Louisiana Tech	WAC	68	0	112.2
104	San Jose St	WAC	111	1	112.2
105	Kent St	MAC	102	0	112.8
106	Air Force	MWC	94	1	113
107	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	171	2	113.3
108	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	122	1	113.8
109	Utah St	WAC	97	1	114.3
110	Florida Int'l	Sun Belt	76	1	116.3
111	Louisiana-Lafayette	Sun Belt	99	2	117.1
112	Central Michigan	MAC	139	1	117.1
113	Middle Tennessee St	Sun Belt	140	0	117.2
114	North Texas	Sun Belt	129	2	117.6
115	Bowling Green	MAC	115	2	119.7
116	Western Michigan	MAC	92	0	120.5
117	New Mexico St	WAC	134	0	120.7
118	Toledo	MAC	87	0	121.6
119	South Alabama	Sun Belt	163	0	124.9
120	Navy	Independents	69	0	129
121	Arkansas St	Sun Belt	79	2	131.8
122	Ohio U.	MAC	65	0	132.3
123	Northern Illinois	MAC	83	0	133.5
124	Texas-San Antonio	WAC	244	0	196.3

Here are the 2012-2013 strength of schedule rankings for the FBS conferences.  To compute the average, I totaled up the average opponent rankings of the teams in each conference and divided by the number of teams in each conference.  As you can see, the Big 12 conference is considered to have the toughest schedule again this year.  Keep in mind, these schedule rankings include opponents outside of the conference.

CONF	TOTAL	TEAMS	AVG
Big 12	230	10	23.00
Pac 12	333	12	27.75
SEC	441	14	31.50
Big 10	447	12	37.25
ACC	520	12	43.33
Big East	493	8	61.63
Independents	263	4	65.75
C-USA	996	12	83.00
MWC	863	10	86.30
MAC	1336	13	102.77
WAC	744	7	106.29
Sun Belt	1084	10	108.40