Big Ten, Big Twelve and SEC non-conference
opponents broken down by team.
February 25, 2013
The folks at http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa/ncaa-football-schedules.php have done a wonderful job of posting the known, future non-conference games of the 127
teams in div 1-a college football.
I expressed many times that I love sports
but I hate what sport has become. I am especially critical of the NCAA and more
specifically div 1-a college football.
All of the Big Six bcs automatic qualifying
football conferences (ACC, Big Twelve, Big East, Big Ten, Pac Twelve, SEC and Notre Dame) are guilty of the same hypocrisy
but let’s look at the Big Ten’s future non-conference games. The
Big Ten’s non-conference game schedule seems to be the most egregious.
At this point, www.fbschedules.com documented 250 future Big Ten non-conference games.
Of those 250 games:
- The Big Ten team is the visiting team in only 65 games. (26%)
- One game is at a neutral location.
- The location has not been determined for eight games.
- The Big Ten team is the home team for 176 games. (70.5%)
Of the 65 games where the Big Ten is the
visiting team:
- The Big Ten plays only 5 games at 5 SEC schools.
- The Big Ten plays 14 games at Pac Twelve schools but none at USC or UCLA.
- The Big Ten play 13 games at ACC schools.
- The Big Ten plays 5 games at Big East schools.
- The Big Ten plays only 8 games at Big Twelve schools.
- The Big Ten plays only 1 game at a Conf USA school (Purdue at Marshall in 2015)
- The Big Ten plays 10 games with div 1-a independents. Eight of those games
are with Notre Dame. Purdue plays 4 of those games.
- The Big Ten plays 8 games at MAC schools.
- The Big Ten plays only 3 games at Mountain West schools.
Of the 176 games where the Big Ten is the
home team:
- ACC teams visit 18 times.
- Big East teams visit 10 times.
- Big Twelve teams visit 8 times.
- Conference USA teams visit 9 times.
- Div 1-a independent teams visit 22 times. Notre Dame is the visitor in
14 of those games (6 at Michigan State and 5 at in-state rival Purdue).
- Mid-America Conference teams visit 45 times. (Central Michigan and Western Michigan have 6 visits each.)
- Mountain West teams visit 12 times.
- Pac Twelve teams visit 15 times. (USC does not have a visit.)
- SEC teams visit only 5 times.
- Sun Belt teams visit 3 times.
And
- Div 1-aa Colonial League teams visit 1 time.
- Div 1-aa MEAC team Florida A&M visit Ohio State in 2013.
- Div 1-aa Missouri Valley teams visit 20 times. (Indiana State leads this group with 5 visits.)
- Div 1-aa Ohio Valley teams visit 3 times.
- Div 1-aa Pioneer League teams visit one time. (Jacksonville at Michigan State-2014)
- Div 1-aa Southern Conference teams visit 2 times. (Appalachian State plans to put another beat down on Michigan.)
- Div 1-aa Southland Conference teams visit 1 time. (McNeese State at Nebraska-2016.)
At this point, www.fbschedules.com documented 203 future SEC non-conference games.
Of those 203 games:
- The SEC team is the visiting team in only 50 games. (24.6%)
- The location has not been determined for eight games. (3.9%)
- The SEC team is the home team for 145 games. (71.4%)
Of the 50 games where the SEC is the visiting
team:
- The SEC plays 14 games at ACC schools.
- The SEC plays 10 games at Big East schools.
- The SEC plays only 5 games at Big Ten schools.
- The SEC plays only 5 games at Big Twelve schools.
- The SEC plays 7 games at Conf USA schools
- The SEC plays 3 games at MAC schools.
- The SEC plays 1 game at a Mountain West school.
- The SEC plays 3 games at Pac Twelve schools.
- The SEC plays 2 games at Sun Belt schools.
Of the 145 games where the SEC Ten is the
home team:
- ACC teams visit 15 times.
- Big East teams visit 10 times.
- Big Ten teams visit 5 times.
- Big Twelve teams visit 7 times.
- Conference USA teams visit 27 times.
- Div 1-a independent teams visit 5 times. Idaho visits Auburn, Florida
and Mississippi. New Mexico State visits Florida and Mississippi.)
- Mid-America Conference teams visit 11 times.
- Mountain West teams visit 7 times.
- Pac Twelve teams visit 7 times. (USC visits four of those times.)
- Sun Belt teams visit 19 times.
And
- Div 1-aa Big South teams visit 3 times.
- Div 1-aa Colonial League teams visit one time.
- Div 1-aa MEAC teams visit one time (South Carolina State at South Carolina in 2016)
- Div 1-aa Missouri Valley teams visit one time.
- Div 1-aa Ohio Valley teams visit 8 times.
- Div 1-aa Southern Conference teams visit 13 times.
- Div 1-aa Southland Conference teams visit 2 times. (Texas A&M hosts Sam Houston State and Lamar.)
- Div 1-aa Southwestern Athletic Conference teams visit 3 times.
Let us break
this down by each Big Ten team’s non-conference opponents.
Illinois:
Three bcs
opponents
Six non-bcs
opponents
Indiana:
Seven bcs
opponents
Nine non-bcs
opponents
Iowa:
Ten bcs
opponents
Ten non-bcs
opponents
Michigan:
Eleven bcs
opponents
Seven non-bcs
opponents
Michigan
State:
Sixteen
bcs opponents
Sixteen
non-bcs opponents
Minnesota:
Seven bcs
opponents
Fifteen
non-bcs opponents
Nebraska:
Eight bcs
opponents
Fourteen
non-bcs opponents
Northwestern:
Sixteen
bcs opponents
Nine non-bcs
opponents
Ohio State:
Eighteen
bcs opponents
Eight non-bcs
opponents
Penn State:
Thirteen
bcs opponents
Six non-bcs
opponents
Purdue:
Thirteen
bcs opponents
Seven non-bcs
opponents
Wisconsin:
Twelve bcs
opponents
Three non-bcs
opponents
At this point,
www.fbschedules.com documented 164 future Big Twelve non-conference games.
Let us break
this down by each Big Twelve team’s non-conference opponents.
Baylor:
Nine bcs
opponents
Thirteen
non-bcs opponents
Iowa State:
Eight bcs
opponents (Iowa is opponent in all eight games.)
Eighteen
non-bcs opponents
Kansas:
Five bcs
opponents
Nine non-bcs
opponents
Kansas State:
One bcs
opponent
Ten non-bcs
opponents
Oklahoma:
Twelve bcs
opponents
Four non-bcs
opponents
Oklahoma
State:
Two bcs
opponents
Fifteen
non-bcs opponents
Texas:
Nineteen
bcs opponents
Three non-bcs
opponents
Texas Christian:
Ten bcs
opponents
One non-bcs
opponent
Texas Tech:
One bcs
opponent
Five non-bcs
opponents
West Virginia:
Seven bcs
opponents
Eight non-bcs
opponents
Let us break
this down by each SEC team’s non-conference opponents.
Alabama:
Six bcs
opponents
Seven non-bcs
opponents
Arkansas:
Six bcs
opponents
Six non-bcs
opponents
Auburn:
Three bcs
opponents
Three non-bcs
opponents
Florida:
Eight bcs
opponents
Seven non-bcs
opponents
Georgia:
Six bcs
opponents
Seven non-opponents
Kentucky:
Four bcs
opponents
Five non-bcs
opponents
Louisiana
State:
Seven bcs
opponents
Ten non-bcs
opponents
Mississippi:
Nine bcs
opponents
Twelve non-bcs
opponents
Mississippi
State:
One bcs
opponents
Fourteen
non-bcs opponents
Missouri:
Seven bcs
opponents
Eight non-bcs
opponents
South Carolina:
Nine bcs
opponents
Eight non-bcs
opponents
Tennessee:
Ten bcs
opponents
Six non-bcs
opponents
Texas A&M:
Six bcs
opponents
Six non-bcs
opponents
Vanderbilt:
Four bcs
opponents
Ten non-opponents