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Originally Posted by GoldenBears
B12 OOC's next year are pretty rough. They only play 13 P5 teams, and their likely best teams Utah, Arizona and K-State don't play any (they play extra B12 game which used to be an OOC game, Utah/Baylor and Arizona/K-State)
BYU @ SMU
Cincy v Pitt
Houston @ Oklahoma
Iowa State @ Iowa
Kansas @ Illinois
WVU v Penn State
WVU @ Pitt
UCF @ Florida
Texas Tech @ Wazzu
TCU @ SMU
Oklahoma State v Arkansas
ASU v Mississippi State
Colorado @ Nebraska
So they play SMU and Pitt twice. Four games against the SEC and four against the B1G. Wil be a lot riding on those games, before everybody beats up on each other.
None of those games are really a primetime matchup though. Maybe CU/Nebraska, Oklahoma State / Arkansas. if WV can make a game against Penn State at home that would be huge for the whole conference. UCF might have a shot against Florida which would be helpful.
Florida plays the whole state derby, playing UCF, FSU and Miami (sorry usf)
Real bummer that Arizona and K-State play each other next year in a "non con" game
Arizona plays NAU, New Mexico and 10 Big-12 teams
K-State plays Tulane, UT-Martin and 10 Big-12 teams
might be the two best teams in the conference, and they don't get to test themselves against any OOC teams
OK State plays South Dakota State (who is currently rated as one of the best 1-aa teams ever and is on the verge of a back to back undefeated title), Arkansas and Tulsa
And so on and so forth. The conference is just pac-12ing itself next year with each team playing a grind of mediums slate and lots of chances to slip up but very few chances for marquee wins.
Will be interesting to see how many teams they can get into the 12-team playoff. Hopefully they can get 2 across the line