Akron non-conf scheduling

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Akron 1998-2007 Average Rank = 44.2
Gms	vs	@	v	%vs	BCS	non	AA	%BCS	avW	10+	10+%	T10	T%	0	0%
33	9	23	1	27.3%	20	10	3	60.6%	5.1	9	27.3%	7	21.2%	16	48.5%
NCAA Ranks				6				23	60		63		41		72

Analysis: The Zips preferences when it comes to non-conf scheduling are hard to decipher, mainly because they’re all over the place. It could be that they don’t have many preferences and just take whatever comes along. More recently they’ve scheduled three BCS teams per season, but more than once they’ve scheduled just one or two. Same basic thing with non-BCS and I-AA schools. Their opponents’ average wins has peaked at 7.5 and bottomed out at 2.6. Most of the time they play on the road – that’s about as predictable as they get.

Fact: Even though they’ve played all their games against just four conferences (plus independents & I-AA teams), Akron has played 22 different teams in their 33 games. The only teams they’ve played more than twice are Connecticut and Penn State (three times each).

Fact: On the road, Akron’s opponents are more often than not BCS teams with an average wins over 6 – 14 of their 23 opponents.

2008 Outlook: We’re starting to get more of a patterns for these past few years, shading towards the Goldilocks+1 strategy – a good BCS team on the road (@ Wisconsin), an average BCS team (Cincinnati), and a below average BCS team (@ Syracuse) plus one below average extra (@ Army). One of the tougher schedules for 2008.

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Akron Year-by-Year Opponents					over the last 5 years...
Date	vs/@	oConf	Opponent	Type	Avg Wins	Hi Wins	Final Ranking
8/30/08	@	Big10	Wisconsin	BCS	9.4	12	-,18,15,5,21
9/6/08	@	BigEast	Syracuse	BCS	3.8	6	-,-,-,-,-
9/20/08	@	Indy	Army	non	2.4	4	-,-,-,-,-
9/27/08	vs	BigEast	Cincinnati	BCS	6.8	10	-,-,-,-,20
9/1/07	v	Indy	Army	non	2	4	-,-,-,-,-
9/8/07	@	Big10	Ohio St	BCS	11	14	1,4,19,4,2
9/15/07	@	Big10	Indiana	BCS	3.4	5	-,-,-,-,-
9/29/07	@	BigEast	Connecticut	BCS	6.4	9	-,41,36,-,-
9/2/06	@	Big10	Penn St	BCS	6.4	11	-,15,-,-,3
9/9/06	@	ACC	NC State	BCS	7.6	11	-,11,30,-,38
9/23/06	vs	SunBelt	North Texas	non	6.2	9	-,37,41,-,-
10/7/06	@	BigEast	Cincinnati	BCS	6	7	-,-,-,-,-
9/10/05	@	Big10	Purdue	BCS	7.4	9	13,-,-,19,35
9/17/05	@	SunBelt	Middle Tenn St	non	5.4	8	-,-,-,-,-
10/22/05	vs	Indy	Army	non	1.4	3	-,-,-,-,-
9/4/04	@	Big10	Penn St	BCS	6.4	10	11,-,-,15,-
9/11/04	vs	SunBelt	Middle Tenn St	non	5	8	-,-,-,-,-
9/18/04	@	ACC	Virginia	BCS	7	9	-,-,-,25,38
9/6/03	@	Big10	Wisconsin	BCS	8.6	11	5,4,24,-,35
9/20/03	vs	zAA	Howard	zAA	0	0	-,-,-,-,-
10/11/03	vs	zAA	Cal Poly SLO	zAA	0	0	-,-,-,-,-
10/25/03	@	Indy	Connecticut	non	2.2	6	-,-,-,-,-
8/31/02	@	Big10	Iowa	BCS	4.2	7	28,-,-,-,37
9/7/02	@	ACC	Maryland	BCS	5	10	-,-,-,-,10
9/21/02	@	ACC	Virginia	BCS	6.8	9	38,18,-,-,-
10/12/02	vs	zAA	Liberty	zAA	0	0	-,-,-,-,-
9/8/01	@	Big10	Ohio St	BCS	9.2	11	2,12,2,35,28
9/22/01	@	Big10	Purdue	BCS	7.2	9	-,15,23,27,13
11/3/01	@	Indy	UCF	non	6	9	-,-,-,-,-
9/2/00	@	BigEast	Virginia Tech	BCS	9.4	11	9,12,-,19,3
9/16/00	vs	Indy	UCF	non	4.6	9	-,-,-,-,-
10/21/00	vs	Indy	Connecticut	non	0	0	-,-,-,-,-
9/4/99	@	Big10	Penn St	BCS	10	12	2,12,7,17,15
9/18/99	vs	BigEast	Temple	BCS	1.8	3	-,-,-,-,-
10/23/99	@	Indy	Navy	non	5.4	9	-,-,27,-,-
9/12/98	@	BigEast	Temple	BCS	1.6	3	-,-,-,-,-
10/3/98	@	BigEast	Pittsburgh	BCS	3.6	6	-,-,-,-,-