Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Nebraska non-conf scheduling

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Nebraska 1998-2007
Average Rank = 84.7
Gms vs @ v %vs BCS non AA %BCS avW 10+ 10+% T10 T% 0 0%
37 29 8 0 78.4% 16 17 4 43.2% 5.1 6 16.2% 2 5.4% 17 45.9%
NCAA Ranks 110 62 59 103 109 65

Analysis: The Cornhuskers like a balanced schedule. Like many other teams, they’re willing to play some challenging opponents, but they augment them with cupcakes. Their opponents’ average wins is increasing, which is positive, but fewer and fewer of those games are on the road or against BCS opponents. Their usual schedule consists of one or two average to above average BCS teams, and one or two average to below average non-BCS or I-AA teams.

Fact: Nebraska likes to play at home, but when they go away, they’re not afraid of a challenge – all but one of their road trips was to a team averaging over 6 wins per season.

Fact: In each season of the BCS era, Nebraska has played at least one team whose average wins is over 7.2, but the only elite team they’ve played was USC in 2006 & 2007.

2008 Outlook: Staying on track – a visit from Virginia Tech will be a major challenge, but Western Michigan, San Jose State, and New Mexico State should be below-average challenges. The game against the Hokies makes it one of the tougher schedules for 2008.

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Nebraska Year-by-Year Opponents over the last 5 years...
Date vs/@ oConf Opponent Type Avg Wins Hi Wins Final Ranking
8/30/08 vs MAC W Michigan non 5.2 8 -,-,-,-,-
9/6/08 vs WAC San Jose St non 4.4 9 -,-,-,-,-
9/13/08 vs WAC New Mexico St non 3.2 5 -,-,-,-,-
9/27/08 vs ACC Virginia Tech BCS 10 11 -,10,7,18,9
9/1/07 vs WAC Nevada non 6.6 9 -,-,-,27,-
9/8/07 @ ACC Wake Forest BCS 6.2 11 -,-,-,-,17
9/15/07 vs Pac10 USC BCS 11.8 13 4,2,1,2,4
9/22/07 vs MAC Ball St non 4.2 6 -,-,-,-,-
9/2/06 vs WAC Louisiana Tech non 5.8 7 -,-,-,-,-
9/9/06 vs zAA Nicholls St zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/16/06 @ Pac10 USC BCS 10.8 13 -,4,2,1,2
9/23/06 vs SunBelt Troy non 4.2 7 -,-,-,-,-
9/3/05 vs zAA Maine zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/10/05 vs ACC Wake Forest BCS 4.8 7 -,-,-,-,-
9/17/05 vs BigEast Pittsburgh BCS 7.8 9 40,36,18,36,28
9/4/04 vs zAA W Illinois zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/11/04 vs CUSA Southern Miss non 7.8 9 13,30,-,-,33
9/18/04 @ BigEast Pittsburgh BCS 7.2 9 -,40,36,18,36
9/6/03 vs SunBelt Utah St non 4 5 -,-,-,-,-
9/13/03 vs Big10 Penn St BCS 7.6 10 15,11,-,-,15
9/25/03 @ CUSA Southern Miss non 7.4 9 -,13,30,-,-
10/4/03 vs Indy Troy non 0.8 4 -,-,-,-,-
8/24/02 vs Pac10 Arizona St BCS 6 9 14,-,-,-,-
8/31/02 vs Indy Troy non 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/7/02 vs Indy Utah St non 4.4 6 -,-,-,-,-
9/14/02 @ Big10 Penn St BCS 7.6 10 17,15,11,-,-
10/5/02 vs zAA McNeese St zAA 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
8/25/01 vs CUSA TCU non 6 10 -,-,32,28,18
9/1/01 vs Indy Troy non 0 0 -,-,-,-,-
9/8/01 vs Indy Notre Dame BCS 7.6 9 21,41,22,-,16
9/20/01 vs WAC Rice non 5.4 7 -,-,-,-,-
9/2/00 vs WAC San Jose St non 3.4 4 -,-,-,-,-
9/9/00 @ Indy Notre Dame BCS 7.6 9 13,21,41,22,-
9/23/00 vs Big10 Iowa BCS 5.6 9 22,18,28,-,-
9/4/99 @ Big10 Iowa BCS 6.4 9 32,22,18,28,-
9/11/99 vs Pac10 California BCS 4.2 6 -,-,-,-,-
9/18/99 vs CUSA Southern Miss non 7.2 9 -,-,32,19,-
8/29/98 vs Indy Louisiana Tech non 5.2 9 -,-,-,-,29
9/5/98 vs Indy UAB non 2 5 -,-,-,-,-
9/12/98 @ Pac10 California BCS 5 9 24,-,-,-,-
9/26/98 vs Pac10 Washington BCS 7.6 9 -,-,27,15,18

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