Ohio State non-conf scheduling

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Ohio State 1998-2007 Average Rank = 41.3
Gms	vs	@	v	%vs	BCS	non	AA	%BCS	avW	10+	10+%	T10	T%	0	0%
36	28	7	1	77.8%	15	20	1	41.7%	6.3	17	47.2%	10	27.8%	12	33.3%
NCAA Ranks				109				68	12		14		23		22

Analysis: The Buckeyes use the confines of the Horseshoe to their full advantage, only playing one non-conf road game a year, if that. But to their credit, they do schedule above average teams for their home games, whether they're BCS teams or their more usual non-BCS Ohio-based teams. Top-25 rankings in 4 of 6 categories make them one of the top BCS teams when it comes to scheduling challenging opponents.

Fact: When Ohio State goes on the road, they like a challenge – their road opponents averaged 7.4 wins per season.

Fact: If Ohio State schedules a team from in-state, it's usually a non-BCS team (usually from the MAC). But if they schedule someone from out-of-state, it's usually a BCS team.

2008 Outlook: The home-and-home with Texas worked so well that the Buckeyes decided to do it again, this time starting @ USC. I-AA Youngstown State and Ohio in the two weeks before should be easy warmups, and Troy shouldn't prove hard. Their whole season hinges on the game at the Coliseum, which makes it one of the harder ones of 2008.

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Ohio State Year-by-Year Opponents					over the last 5 years...
Date	vs/@	oConf	Opponent	Type	Avg Wins	Hi Wins	Final Ranking
8/30/08	vs	zAA	Youngstown St	zAA	0	0	-,-,-,-,-
9/6/08	vs	MAC	Ohio	non	5	9	-,-,-,-,-
9/13/08	@	Pac10	USC	BCS	11.8	13	2,1,2,4,2
9/20/08	vs	SunBelt	Troy	non	6.6	8	-,-,-,-,-
9/1/07	vs	zAA	Youngstown St	zAA	0	0	-,-,-,-,-
9/8/07	vs	MAC	Akron	non	5.8	7	-,-,-,-,-
9/15/07	@	Pac10	Washington	BCS	4.2	7	-,-,-,-,-
10/13/07	vs	MAC	Kent	non	4	6	-,-,-,-,-
9/2/06	vs	MAC	N Illinois	non	8	10	-,-,26,29,-
9/9/06	@	Big12	Texas	BCS	11.2	13	5,7,11,4,1
9/16/06	vs	BigEast	Cincinnati	BCS	6	7	-,-,-,-,-
10/7/06	vs	MAC	Bowling Green	non	8.6	11	-,37,23,27,-
9/3/05	vs	MAC	Miami OH	non	8.2	13	-,-,-,12,-
9/10/05	vs	Big12	Texas	BCS	10.4	11	12,5,7,11,4
9/17/05	vs	MtnWest	San Diego St	non	4	6	-,-,-,-,-
9/4/04	vs	CUSA	Cincinnati	non	5.8	7	-,-,-,-,-
9/11/04	vs	MAC	Marshall	non	10.2	13	10,38,21,19,38
9/18/04	@	ACC	NC State	BCS	8	11	-,31,-,11,30
8/30/03	vs	Pac10	Washington	BCS	7.8	11	-,37,3,19,-
9/6/03	vs	MtnWest	San Diego St	non	4.4	7	-,-,-,-,-
9/13/03	vs	ACC	NC State	BCS	7.8	11	-,-,31,-,11
9/20/03	vs	MAC	Bowling Green	non	5.8	9	-,-,-,-,37
8/24/02	vs	Big12	Texas Tech	BCS	6.6	7	-,-,-,-,41
9/7/02	vs	MAC	Kent	non	2.4	6	-,-,-,-,-
9/14/02	vs	Pac10	Washington St	BCS	6	10	9,-,-,-,11
9/21/02	@	CUSA	Cincinnati	non	5.4	8	31,-,-,-,-
10/12/02	vs	WAC	San Jose St	non	4.2	7	-,-,-,-,-
9/8/01	vs	MAC	Akron	non	4.6	7	-,-,-,-,-
9/22/01	@	Pac10	UCLA	BCS	7	10	-,5,8,-,-
10/20/01	vs	MtnWest	San Diego St	non	5.6	8	33,-,-,-,-
9/2/00	vs	WAC	Fresno St	non	5.6	8	34,-,-,-,-
9/9/00	@	Pac10	Arizona	BCS	7.2	12	-,-,32,4,-
9/16/00	vs	MAC	Miami OH	non	7.8	10	-,-,-,34,-
8/29/99	v	BigEast	Miami FL	BCS	8.2	10	6,-,14,-,21
9/11/99	vs	Pac10	UCLA	BCS	7.4	10	-,30,-,5,8
9/18/99	vs	MAC	Ohio	non	4.2	8	-,-,-,-,-
9/25/99	vs	CUSA	Cincinnati	non	4.8	8	-,-,-,31,-
9/5/98	@	BigEast	West Virginia	BCS	7.6	11	6,34,-,26,39
9/12/98	vs	MAC	Toledo	non	7.4	11	-,-,24,-,-
9/19/98	vs	Big12	Missouri	BCS	4.2	7	-,-,-,-,23