Kent State non-conf scheduling

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Kent State 1998-2007 Average Rank = 61.3
Gms	vs	@	v	%vs	BCS	non	AA	%BCS	avW	10+	10+%	T10	T%	0	0%
34	12	22	0	35.3%	17	8	9	50.0%	3.9	8	23.5%	5	14.7%	16	47.1%
NCAA Ranks				15				43	102		76		64		68

Analysis: The Golden Flashes are Top 20 in home games but Bottom 20 in opponents’ average wins, while their other rankings are average. Usually they’ll go with teo BCS teams, one average and the other either above or below average, a below average non-BCS team, and a I-AA team. Right in the middle most of the time.

Fact: Like Akron, their MAC neighbor ten miles to the southwest, Kent State likes to mix up who they play. Their 34 opponents have consisted of 25 different teams, and they’ve only played three of those more than twice (Navy, Pittsburgh, and Youngstown State three times each).

Fact: Kent State’s opponents’ average wins is perennially below average – except for 2006 & 2007 when they average 5.2 and 5.3 respectively, their opponents averaged 3.5, hitting a low of 2.4 in 2002.

2008 Outlook: Right down the middle of 2008, which is usual. Boston College in Cleveland is almost a home game and should be tough, @ Iowa State might be tricky, @ LA-Lafayette shouldn’t be, and I-AA Delaware State is a cupcake.

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Kent State Year-by-Year Opponents					over the last 5 years...
Date	vs/@	oConf	Opponent	Type	Avg Wins	Hi Wins	Final Ranking
8/30/08	v	ACC	Boston College	BCS	9.4	11	40,21,17,20,11
9/6/08	@	Big12	Iowa St	BCS	4.6	7	-,34,-,-,-
9/13/08	vs	zAA	Delaware St	zAA	0	0	-,-,-,-,-
9/20/08	@	SunBelt	LA Lafayette	non	4.6	6	-,-,-,-,-
8/30/07	@	Big12	Iowa St	BCS	5.4	7	-,-,34,-,-
9/8/07	@	SEC	Kentucky	BCS	4.8	8	-,-,-,-,34
9/15/07	vs	zAA	Delaware St	zAA	0	0	-,-,-,-,-
10/13/07	@	Big10	Ohio St	BCS	11	14	1,4,19,4,2
8/31/06	vs	Big10	Minnesota	BCS	7.2	10	-,34,17,32,-
9/9/06	@	Indy	Army	non	2	4	-,-,-,-,-
10/7/06	@	Indy	Temple	non	2.2	4	-,-,-,-,-
11/11/06	@	ACC	Virginia Tech	BCS	9.4	11	18,14,-,10,7
9/3/05	@	Big10	Michigan St	BCS	5.8	8	-,31,-,41,-
9/10/05	vs	zAA	SE Missouri St	zAA	0	0	-,-,-,-,-
10/15/05	@	Indy	Navy	non	4.2	10	-,-,-,-,24
9/4/04	@	Big10	Iowa	BCS	6.4	11	-,-,37,8,8
9/11/04	vs	zAA	Liberty	zAA	0	0	-,-,-,-,-
9/18/04	@	BigEast	Rutgers	BCS	2.4	5	-,-,-,-,-
9/6/03	@	BigEast	Pittsburgh	BCS	6	9	-,-,40,36,18
9/13/03	vs	zAA	Youngstown St	zAA	0	0	-,-,-,-,-
9/20/03	@	Big10	Penn St	BCS	7.6	10	15,11,-,-,15
10/18/03	vs	Indy	Connecticut	non	2.2	6	-,-,-,-,-
8/29/02	vs	zAA	New Hampshire	zAA	0	0	-,-,-,-,-
9/7/02	@	Big10	Ohio St	BCS	8.4	11	12,2,35,28,29
9/14/02	vs	zAA	Cal Poly SLO	zAA	0	0	-,-,-,-,-
11/9/02	@	Indy	Connecticut	non	1	3	-,-,-,-,-
9/1/01	@	Big10	Iowa	BCS	4.6	9	18,28,-,-,-
9/8/01	vs	zAA	Bucknell	zAA	0	0	-,-,-,-,-
9/22/01	@	BigEast	West Virginia	BCS	6.8	8	26,39,30,-,35
9/2/00	@	BigEast	Pittsburgh	BCS	3.8	6	-,-,-,-,-
9/9/00	@	Big10	Purdue	BCS	6.4	9	-,-,15,23,27
9/16/00	vs	zAA	Youngstown St	zAA	0	0	-,-,-,-,-
9/4/99	@	CUSA	Cincinnati	non	4.8	8	-,-,-,31,-
9/11/99	vs	Indy	Navy	non	5.4	9	-,-,27,-,-
9/18/99	@	BigEast	Pittsburgh	BCS	3.4	6	-,-,-,-,-
9/5/98	@	SEC	Georgia	BCS	6.4	10	-,-,38,-,10
9/12/98	vs	zAA	Youngstown St	zAA	0	0	-,-,-,-,-
9/19/98	@	Indy	Navy	non	5.6	9	-,-,-,27,-