ARGH 1999 Final Preseason Schedule Ratings!

The following are the pre-season ARGH strength of schedule ratings for 1999. These are final, although I reserve the right to revise them should there be a coaching change between now and the beginning of the season. These rankings are based on the Preseason 1999 ARGH Power Ratings

There are two seperate schedule rankings below:


Overall Schedule RankTeamOverall Schedule Rating
1 Michigan 0.632
2 Purdue 0.625
3 Alabama 0.624
4 Arizona St. 0.615
5 Washington 0.613
6 Michigan St. 0.612
7 Auburn 0.607
8 California 0.604
9 Northwestern 0.603
10 Clemson 0.600
11 Ohio St. 0.599
12 South Carolina 0.597
13 Penn State 0.596
14 Florida 0.595
15 Stanford 0.591
16 Kentucky 0.588
17 Illinois 0.587
18 Oregon 0.586
19 Iowa 0.584
20 Notre Dame 0.582
21 Nebraska 0.581
22 UCLA 0.581
23 Missouri 0.580
24 Oregon St. 0.573
25 Georgia 0.573
26 Texas 0.572
27 Southern California 0.569
28 Texas A&M 0.564
29 Tennessee 0.563
30 Oklahoma St. 0.562
31 Florida St. 0.562
32 Kansas 0.562
33 Indiana 0.560
34 Louisiana St. 0.558
35 Oklahoma 0.557
36 Arizona 0.554
37 Colorado 0.548
38 Vanderbilt 0.540
39 Temple 0.539
40 Texas Tech 0.532
41 Baylor 0.529
42 Iowa St. 0.528
43 Mississippi 0.528
44 Miami, Florida 0.527
45 Georgia Tech 0.527
46 Duke 0.527
47 Washington St. 0.523
48 Arkansas 0.520
49 Minnesota 0.520
50 Wisconsin 0.517
51 Wake Forest 0.516
52 Virginia 0.515
53 North Carolina 0.515
54 Maryland 0.510
55 North Carolina St. 0.506
56 Memphis 0.505
57 Mississippi St. 0.501
58 Nevada-Las Vegas 0.497
59 Pittsburgh 0.496
60 Brigham Young 0.494
61 Cincinnati 0.493
62 Syracuse 0.493
63 Louisiana Tech 0.492
64 Kansas St. 0.488
65 Rutgers 0.486
66 AL-Birmingham 0.482
67 Central Florida 0.481
68 Colorado St. 0.479
69 East Carolina 0.473
70 Southern Mississippi 0.473
71 Wyoming 0.472
72 Boston College 0.471
73 Houston 0.466
74 San Diego St. 0.466
75 Utah St. 0.460
76 West Virginia 0.458
77 SW Louisiana 0.456
78 Texas-El Paso 0.454
79 Tulane 0.451
80 Utah 0.450
81 North Texas 0.448
82 Army 0.441
83 Virginia Tech 0.438
84 San Jose St. 0.437
85 Eastern Michigan 0.432
86 Rice 0.430
87 Navy 0.428
88 Northeast Louisiana 0.425
89 New Mexico 0.424
90 Air Force 0.421
91 Ball St. 0.407
92 Arkansas St. 0.406
93 Fresno St. 0.405
94 Middle Tennessee St. 0.401
95 Ohio 0.398
96 New Mexico St. 0.398
97 Southern Methodist 0.398
98 Central Michigan 0.395
99 Idaho 0.394
100 Buffalo 0.393
101 Nevada 0.391
102 Tulsa 0.390
103 Hawaii 0.386
104 Western Michigan 0.380
105 Louisville 0.378
106 Bowling Green 0.377
107 Toledo 0.375
108 Boise State 0.367
109 Kent 0.367
110 Texas Christian 0.365
111 Akron 0.357
112 Northern Illinois 0.348
113 Miami, Ohio 0.344
114 Marshall 0.308
Non-conference Schedule RankTeamNon-conference Schedule Rating
1 Florida St. 0.698
2 Miami, Florida 0.630
3 Washington 0.620
4 Clemson 0.618
5 Louisiana Tech 0.614
6 Notre Dame 0.608
7 Eastern Michigan 0.608
8 Rice 0.584
9 Memphis 0.583
10 Florida 0.580
11 Ball St. 0.579
12 Texas-El Paso 0.569
13 California 0.566
14 Temple 0.554
15 San Jose St. 0.550
16 Central Michigan 0.549
17 Southern Mississippi 0.546
18 Utah St. 0.546
19 Ohio 0.545
20 Western Michigan 0.538
21 Syracuse 0.533
22 Alabama 0.532
23 Northwestern 0.529
24 Houston 0.527
25 AL-Birmingham 0.527
26 Arizona St. 0.522
27 East Carolina 0.522
28 Texas A&M 0.515
29 Brigham Young 0.513
30 Cincinnati 0.511
31 Michigan 0.509
32 Penn State 0.509
33 Michigan St. 0.509
34 Central Florida 0.508
35 SW Louisiana 0.507
36 UCLA 0.507
37 Stanford 0.506
38 North Texas 0.502
39 Fresno St. 0.499
40 Tennessee 0.493
41 Georgia 0.490
42 Oregon 0.490
43 Nebraska 0.490
44 Georgia Tech 0.482
45 Southern California 0.482
46 Southern Methodist 0.480
47 Texas 0.478
48 Colorado St. 0.478
49 Wyoming 0.478
50 Akron 0.476
51 Pittsburgh 0.474
52 Ohio St. 0.474
53 Tulane 0.472
54 Oklahoma 0.471
55 Tulsa 0.463
56 Colorado 0.462
57 Iowa 0.462
58 Kentucky 0.460
59 Purdue 0.458
60 Toledo 0.457
61 San Diego St. 0.457
62 Northeast Louisiana 0.455
63 Rutgers 0.453
64 South Carolina 0.447
65 Nevada-Las Vegas 0.444
66 Idaho 0.443
67 Illinois 0.437
68 West Virginia 0.435
69 Nevada 0.431
70 Texas Christian 0.429
71 Arizona 0.426
72 Kansas 0.424
73 Missouri 0.419
74 Virginia 0.417
75 Miami, Ohio 0.410
76 North Carolina 0.410
77 Navy 0.406
78 North Carolina St. 0.405
79 Indiana 0.403
80 Utah 0.402
81 Boston College 0.401
82 Buffalo 0.399
83 Hawaii 0.398
84 Mississippi 0.397
85 Duke 0.395
86 Virginia Tech 0.393
87 Arkansas St. 0.391
88 Middle Tennessee St. 0.390
89 New Mexico St. 0.388
90 Texas Tech 0.386
91 Northern Illinois 0.372
92 Oregon St. 0.371
93 Oklahoma St. 0.371
94 Army 0.366
95 Auburn 0.364
96 Louisville 0.356
97 Washington St. 0.351
98 Air Force 0.347
99 Boise State 0.340
100 Bowling Green 0.337
101 Wake Forest 0.327
102 Maryland 0.321
103 Louisiana St. 0.317
104 Mississippi St. 0.315
105 Kent 0.310
106 New Mexico 0.277
107 Vanderbilt 0.275
108 Arkansas 0.274
109 Baylor 0.262
110 Kansas St. 0.255
111 Marshall 0.249
112 Minnesota 0.241
113 Iowa St. 0.240
114 Wisconsin 0.203

The following are the preseason schedule ratings for the various conferences' out-of-conference schedules:

Conference Schedule Rating
Independents .498
WAC .496
Conference USA .490
Big East .484
Pac-10 .484
ACC .453
MAC .449
Big West .434
Big Ten .430
Mountain West .424
SEC .412
Big Twelve .398

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