Clemson non-conf scheduling

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Clemson 1998-2007 Average Rank = 77.8
Gms	vs	@	v	%vs	BCS	non	AA	%BCS	avW	10+	10+%	T10	T%	0	0%
34	25	8	1	73.5%	17	12	5	50.0%	4.5	6	17.6%	4	11.8%	16	47.1%
NCAA Ranks				100				43	84		95		77		68

Analysis: The Tigers like a balanced schedule. Half their games have been against mostly quality BCS opponents (their rivalry with South Carolina helps that), but their non-BCS opponents are pretty weak with only 2 of them averaging over 6 wins per season. Their usual schedule consists of South Carolina, part of a home-and-home with a decent BCS team, and one or two home games against well below average non-BCS or I-AA teams.

Fact: Clemson likes to play at home, having played only 4 non-rivalry games away from Death Valley (but at least all of those were against BCS teams).

Fact: Though they schedule I-AA teams, Clemson keeps the money in-state – Furman, Wofford, and the Citadel are all in South Carolina.

2008 Outlook: More of the same. On the “could be tough” end are the rivalry with South Carolina & playing Alabama in Atlanta, and on the way easy end are I-AA the Citadel and I-AA South Carolina State at home. While the Gamecocks and Tide are BCS, they’ve been weaker than usual the last few seasons.

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Clemson Year-by-Year Opponents					over the last 5 years...
Date	vs/@	oConf	Opponent	Type	Avg Wins	Hi Wins	Final Ranking
8/30/08	v	SEC	Alabama	BCS	6.6	10	-,-,8,-,-
9/6/08	vs	zAA	Citadel	zAA	0	0	-,-,-,-,-
9/20/08	vs	zAA	South Carolina St	zAA	0	0	-,-,-,-,-
11/29/08	vs	SEC	South Carolina	BCS	6.4	8	-,-,32,30,-
9/8/07	vs	SunBelt	LA Monroe	non	3.6	5	-,-,-,-,-
9/15/07	vs	zAA	Furman	zAA	0	0	-,-,-,-,-
10/20/07	vs	MAC	C Michigan	non	5.4	10	-,-,-,-,-
11/24/07	@	SEC	South Carolina	BCS	6.2	8	-,-,-,32,30
9/2/06	vs	SunBelt	FL Atlantic	non	0	0	-,-,-,-,-
9/30/06	vs	WAC	Louisiana Tech	non	5.8	7	-,-,-,-,-
10/12/06	v	Indy	Temple	non	2.2	4	-,-,-,-,-
11/25/06	vs	SEC	South Carolina	BCS	6.4	9	13,-,-,-,32
9/3/05	vs	Big12	Texas A&M	BCS	6.4	8	36,30,-,-,30
10/22/05	vs	Indy	Temple	non	3	4	-,-,-,-,-
11/19/05	@	SEC	South Carolina	BCS	6.6	9	21,13,-,-,-
9/18/04	@	Big12	Texas A&M	BCS	6.6	8	20,36,30,-,-
10/16/04	vs	SunBelt	Utah St	non	4	5	-,-,-,-,-
11/20/04	vs	SEC	South Carolina	BCS	5.4	9	-,21,13,-,-
8/30/03	vs	SEC	Georgia	BCS	9.2	13	14,16,17,25,3
9/6/03	vs	zAA	Furman	zAA	0	0	-,-,-,-,-
9/13/03	vs	SunBelt	Middle Tenn St	non	4.2	8	-,-,-,-,-
11/22/03	@	SEC	South Carolina	BCS	4.6	9	-,-,21,13,-
8/31/02	@	SEC	Georgia	BCS	8.6	10	10,14,16,17,25
9/7/02	vs	WAC	Louisiana Tech	non	6.6	9	29,-,-,-,-
9/21/02	vs	MAC	Ball St	non	3.2	5	-,-,-,-,-
11/23/02	vs	SEC	South Carolina	BCS	4.6	9	-,-,-,21,13
9/1/01	vs	Indy	UCF	non	6	9	-,-,-,-,-
9/8/01	vs	zAA	Wofford	zAA	0	0	-,-,-,-,-
11/17/01	@	SEC	South Carolina	BCS	4	8	-,-,-,-,21
9/2/00	vs	zAA	Citadel	zAA	0	0	-,-,-,-,-
9/9/00	vs	Big12	Missouri	BCS	5.4	8	-,-,23,25,-
11/18/00	vs	SEC	South Carolina	BCS	3.2	6	-,-,-,-,-
9/4/99	vs	MAC	Marshall	non	4.4	12	-,-,-,40,27
9/23/99	@	BigEast	Virginia Tech	BCS	8.8	10	24,9,12,-,19
11/20/99	@	SEC	South Carolina	BCS	4.6	7	29,-,-,-,-
9/5/98	vs	zAA	Furman	zAA	0	0	-,-,-,-,-
9/12/98	vs	BigEast	Virginia Tech	BCS	8.8	10	20,24,9,12,-
11/21/98	vs	SEC	South Carolina	BCS	5.4	7	-,29,-,-,-