What are the Must See OOC College Football Games of 2011?

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Okay, notfrommensa, do your magic on:

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Big Ten OOC Games 2011

Leaders

Illinois
Sat, Sep 3 Arkansas State
Sat, Sep 10 South Dakota State
Sat, Sep 17 Arizona State
Sat, Sep 24 Western Michigan

Indiana
Sat, Sep 3 at Ball State
Sat, Sep 10 Virginia
Sat, Sep 17 South Carolina State
Sat, Sep 24 at North Texas

Ohio St.
Sat, Sep 3 Akron
Sat, Sep 10 Toledo
Sat, Sep 17 at Miami (FL)
Sat, Sep 24 Colorado

Penn St.
Sat, Sep 3 Indiana State
Sat, Sep 10 Alabama
Sat, Sep 17 at Temple
Sat, Sep 24 Eastern Michigan

Purdue
Sat, Sep 3 Middle Tennessee
Sat, Sep 10 at Rice 4:30 pm
Sat, Sep 17 Southeast Missouri State
Sat, Oct 1 Notre Dame

Wisconsin
Thu, Sep 1 UNLV
Sat, Sep 10 Oregon State
Sat, Sep 17 at Northern Illinois
Sat, Sep 24 South Dakota

Legends

Iowa
Sat, Sep 3 Tennessee Tech
Sat, Sep 10 at Iowa State
Sat, Sep 17 Pittsburgh
Sat, Sep 24 Louisiana-Monroe

Michigan
Sat, Sep 3 Western Michigan
Sat, Sep 10 Notre Dame
Sat, Sep 17 Eastern Michigan
Sat, Sep 24 San Diego State

Michigan St.
Fri, Sep 2 Youngstown State 7:30 pm
Sat, Sep 10 Florida Atlantic
Sat, Sep 17 at Notre Dame
Sat, Sep 24 Central Michigan

Minnesota
Sat, Sep 3 at USC
Sat, Sep 10 New Mexico State
Sat, Sep 17 Miami (OH)
Sat, Sep 24 North Dakota State

Nebraska
Sat, Sep 3 Chattanooga
Sat, Sep 10 Fresno State
Sat, Sep 17 Washington
Sat, Sep 24 at Wyoming 7:30 pm

Northwestern
Sat, Sep 3 at Boston College
Sat, Sep 10 Eastern Illinois
Sat, Sep 17 at Army
Sat, Nov 12 Rice

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Depending how a person rates Notre Dame (a “3” or a “4”), these are the values I would give

Illinois 8
Sat, Sep 3 Arkansas State 2
Sat, Sep 10 South Dakota State 1
Sat, Sep 17 Arizona State 3
Sat, Sep 24 Western Michigan 2

Indiana 8
Sat, Sep 3 at Ball State 2
Sat, Sep 10 Virginia 3
Sat, Sep 17 South Carolina State 1
Sat, Sep 24 at North Texas 2

Ohio St. 12
Sat, Sep 3 Akron 2
Sat, Sep 10 Toledo 2
Sat, Sep 17 at Miami (FL) 5
Sat, Sep 24 Colorado 3

Penn St. 10
Sat, Sep 3 Indiana State 1
Sat, Sep 10 Alabama 5
Sat, Sep 17 at Temple 2
Sat, Sep 24 Eastern Michigan 2

Purdue 8 (9)
Sat, Sep 3 Middle Tennessee 2
Sat, Sep 10 at Rice 2
Sat, Sep 17 Southeast Missouri State 1
Sat, Oct 1 Notre Dame 3 (4)

Wisconsin 8
Thu, Sep 1 UNLV 2
Sat, Sep 10 Oregon State 3
Sat, Sep 17 at Northern Illinois 2
Sat, Sep 24 South Dakota 1

Legends

Iowa 10
Sat, Sep 3 Tennessee Tech 1
Sat, Sep 10 at Iowa State 3
Sat, Sep 17 Pittsburgh 4
Sat, Sep 24 Louisiana-Monroe 2

Michigan 9 (10)
Sat, Sep 3 Western Michigan 2
Sat, Sep 10 Notre Dame 3 (4)
Sat, Sep 17 Eastern Michigan 2
Sat, Sep 24 San Diego State 2

Michigan St. 8 (9)
Fri, Sep 2 Youngstown State 1
Sat, Sep 10 Florida Atlantic 2
Sat, Sep 17 at Notre Dame 3 (4)
Sat, Sep 24 Central Michigan 2

Minnesota 10
Sat, Sep 3 at USC 5
Sat, Sep 10 New Mexico State 2
Sat, Sep 17 Miami (OH) 2
Sat, Sep 24 North Dakota State 1

Nebraska 8
Sat, Sep 3 Chattanooga 1
Sat, Sep 10 Fresno State 2
Sat, Sep 17 Washington 3
Sat, Sep 24 at Wyoming 2

Northwestern 8
Sat, Sep 3 at Boston College 3
Sat, Sep 10 Eastern Illinois 1
Sat, Sep 17 at Army 2
Sat, Nov 12 Rice 2

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BCS Schools should average 2.5 or greater in this scale. Anything less 10 total points from an SEC, Big 10, Big 12, or ACC is a terrible OOC schedule. When Auburn got snubbed in the Nat’l championship game about 8 years ago, it was deserving. They played La Monroe, La Tech and The Citadel. An average of 1.67.

Schools that merit a “5” in the NFM scale are: USC, Oregon, Boise, Texas, Oklahoma, LSU, Bama, Florida, Auburn, Virginia Tech, Ohio St, Penn St as these schools have consistently gone to the 5 major bowls the last 5-8 years or won a Nat’l Championship.

West Virginia is close, but IMO, they haven’t been consistent enough despite being in the weak Big East conference.

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Interesting speculations there, notfrommensa, and I’m wondering your thoughts on how your NFM Scale might be applied to the entire season’s OOC games. If we had a list of ALL OOC games, what number do you think would move a game to “must see” status, assuming no other factors would elevate that particular game to such a place of significance? (Factors like perennial rival, cross-state foe, “team on the rise” and other such incidentals aside.)

Would you want to do another conference if I gather the OOC games for it?

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What about BCS schools that don’t play like a BCS school? Such as Washington State?

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That why I amended it to a 5 point scale. I can see the point where BCS schools (like WSU, Duke, Iowa St, Indiana, Vandy) should be demoted to a level 2, but IMO, these schools are getting BCS money (indirectly) and should be treated as equals to the other also-rans.

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With our brand-new conference, every game could be an OOC game for Nebraska :wink:

Nebraska vs Washington could be interesting. We had to play them twice last year. We crushed them in Seattle, scoring 56 points. Then our offense regressed significantly in the latter part of the year. We drew Washington again in the bowl game and lost 19-7. It was a game that Nebraska clearly didn’t want to be in and the fans basically boycotted it. The more conspiracy-minded saw the bowl selection as a snub by the Big XII, which we were departing.

On an embarrassing note, we had a chance to add Boise State to our non-conference this year. Everyone (including NU’s president) was telling Boise they needed a better schedule. We both had an open date, so they asked us:

  1. The game would be in Lincoln, not a neutral site
  2. It would be one-time only, no return to Boise needed
  3. ESPN would televise the game (like the highly-rated Va Tech last year)
  4. Boise wanted a $1,000,000 appearance fee

Nebraska took Chattanooga instead. Our “excuse” was #4 was just too high, who do they think they are? NU fandom almost bought it, until we discovered we paid Idaho $800,000 for a non-televised 2010 game.

Everyone now: “Bock-bock-bock!”

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Definitely, a cluck cluck cluck. But doesn’t surprise me.

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One of these things is not like the others…

Penn State has NOT gone to a BCS game consistently in the recent past, nor have they consistently finished in the Top 25. In fact, they aren’t on the Top 10 of all-time BCS ranking appearances.

2010 - Not ranked in BCS (lost to UF in the Outback Bowl)
2009 - #13 BCS (beat LSU in the Capital One Bowl)
2008 - #8 BCS (lost to USC in the Rose Bowl)
2007 - Not ranked in BCS (beat Texas A&M in the Alamo Bowl)
2006 - Not ranked in BCS (beat Tennessee in the Outback Bowl)
2005 - #3 BCS (beat an 8-4 FSU team in OT in the Orange Bowl)

I don’t think they deserve a 5 anymore. Linebacker U is a thing of the past.

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Yes, you are probably right, Alabama goes down down one notch, from 10 to 9. I had forgotten that they sucked a few years ago.

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Okay, moving right along, here’s the ACC OOC schedule for 2011. Let’s see how the NFM scale works on these:

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19 OOC BCS schools (including Notre Dame) on the ACC schedule this year, far out pacing the Big 10 (14) and SEC (12). ACC plays of 4 of the teams that I have given a 5 rating. tOSU, OU, Auburn and Florida.

I was shocked to see Va Tech’s OOC schedule. What a wimpy OOC schedule! And they usually play an above avg OOC schedule.
Boston Coll. 9
Clemson 12
Florida St. 13
Maryland 10
N.C. State 7
Wake Forest 10
Duke 9
Georgia Tech 11
Miami (FL) 11
North Carolina 9
Virginia 8
Virginia Tech 7

details below:

Boston Coll. 9
Sat, Sep 3 Northwestern 3
Sat, Sep 10 at UCF 2
Sat, Sep 24 Massachusetts 1
Sat, Nov 19 at Notre Dame 3

Clemson 12
Sat, Sep 3 Troy 2
Sat, Sep 10 Wofford 1
Sat, Sep 17 Auburn 5
Sat, Nov 26 at South Carolina 4

Florida St. 13
Sat, Sep 3 Louisiana-Monroe 2
Sat, Sep 10 Charleston Southern 1
Sat, Sep 17 Oklahoma 5
Sat, Nov 26 at Florida 5

Maryland 10
Sat, Sep 17 West Virginia 4
Sat, Sep 24 Temple 2
Sat, Oct 1 Towson 1
Sat, Nov 12 at Notre Dame 3

N.C. State 7
Sat, Sep 3 Liberty 1
Sat, Sep 17 South Alabama 1? (South Alabama? can’t find them, do they even play football)
Thu, Sep 22 at Cincinnati 3
Sat, Oct 8 Central Michigan 2

Wake Forest 10
Thu, Sep 1 at Syracuse 3
Sat, Sep 17 Gardner-Webb 1
Sat, Nov 5 Notre Dame 3
Sat, Nov 26 Vanderbilt 3

Coastal

Duke 9
Sat, Sep 3 Richmond 1
Sat, Sep 10 Stanford 4
Sat, Sep 24 Tulane 2
Sat, Oct 1 at FIU 2

Georgia Tech 11
Thu, Sep 1 Western Carolina 2
Sat, Sep 10 at Middle Tennessee 2
Sat, Sep 17 Kansas 3
Sat, Nov 26 Georgia 4

Miami (FL) 11
Sat, Sep 17 Ohio State 5
Sat, Sep 24 Kansas State 3
Sat, Oct 1 Bethune-Cookman 1
Sat, Nov 19 at South Florida 3

North Carolina 9
Sat, Sep 3 James Madison 1
Sat, Sep 10 Rutgers 3
Sat, Oct 1 at East Carolina 2
Sat, Oct 8 Louisville 3

Virginia 8
Sat, Sep 3 William & Mary 2
Sat, Sep 10 at Indiana 3
Sat, Sep 24 Southern Miss 2
Sat, Oct 1 Idaho 1

Virginia Tech 7
Sat, Sep 3 Appalachian State 1
Sat, Sep 10 at East Carolina 2
Sat, Sep 17 Arkansas State 2
Sat, Sep 24 at Marshall 2

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They’re new to football as a big time sport: Football - University of South Alabama Athletics

Thanks for the work on the NFM scores. I’ll post the other Big Six conferences for you to do similar things to.

Than maybe we can pool all the OOC schedules for some sort of overview and guidance on the main theme of the thread.

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Here’s the 2011 OOC schedule for the Big East:

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Big East totals are inflated because of 5 OOC games instead of 4

Cincinnati 11
Connecticut 11
Louisville 11
Pittsburgh 13
Rutgers 10
South Florida 12
Syracuse 13
West Virginia 13

Cincinnati 11
Thu, Sep 1 Austin Peay 1
Sat, Sep 10 at Tennessee 3
Sat, Sep 17 Akron 2
Thu, Sep 22 North Carolina State 3
Sat, Oct 1 at Miami (OH) 2

Connecticut 11
Thu, Sep 1 Fordham 1
Sat, Sep 10 at Vanderbilt 3
Fri, Sep 16 Iowa State 3
Sat, Sep 24 at Buffalo 2
Sat, Oct 1 Western Michigan 2

Louisville 11
Thu, Sep 1 Murray State 1
Fri, Sep 9 FIU 2
Sat, Sep 17 at Kentucky 3
Sat, Oct 1 Marshall 2
Sat, Oct 8 at North Carolina 3

Pittsburgh 13
Sat, Sep 3 Buffalo 2
Sat, Sep 10 Maine 1
Sat, Sep 17 at Iowa 3
Sat, Sep 24 Notre Dame 3
Sat, Oct 15 Utah 4

Rutgers 10
Thu, Sep 1 North Carolina Central 1
Sat, Sep 10 at North Carolina 3
Sat, Sep 24 Ohio 2
Sat, Oct 15 Navy 2
Sat, Nov 12 at Army 2

South Florida 12
Sat, Sep 3 at Notre Dame 3
Sat, Sep 10 Ball State 2
Sat, Sep 17 Florida A&M 1
Sat, Sep 24 UTEP 2
Sat, Nov 19 Miami (FL) 4

Syracuse 13
Thu, Sep 1 Wake Forest 3
Sat, Sep 10 Rhode Island 1
Sat, Sep 17 at USC 5
Sat, Sep 24 Toledo 2
Sat, Oct 8 at Tulane 2

West Virginia 13
Sun, Sep 4 Marshall 2
Sat, Sep 10 Norfolk State 1
Sat, Sep 17 at Maryland 3
Sat, Sep 24 LSU 5
Sat, Oct 1 Bowling Green 2

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The Pacific-10 (12) has one interesting schedule that appears to be only two OOC games:

California
Sat, Sep 3 Fresno State
Sat, Sep 10 at Colorado
Sat, Sep 17 Presbyterian
Sat, Sep 24 at Washington
Thu, Oct 6 at Oregon
Thu, Oct 13 USC
Sat, Oct 22 Utah
Sat, Oct 29 at UCLA
Sat, Nov 5 Washington State
Sat, Nov 12 Oregon State
Sat, Nov 19 at Stanford
Fri, Nov 25 at Arizona State

Assuming that’s correct, and why wouldn’t it be?, here’s the 2011 OOC schedule for the conference:

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Here’s the Big 12 (10) 2011 OOC schedule:

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Dang, you are keeping me busy. 3 OOC for the Big 12 [sic]. Conference:

Iowa St. 8
Kansas 7
Kansas St. 7
Missouri 6
Baylor 7
Oklahoma 8
Oklahoma St. 7
Texas 8
Texas A&M 7
Texas Tech 5

Iowa St. 8
Sat, Sep 3 Northern Iowa 1
Sat, Sep 10 Iowa 4
Fri, Sep 16 at Connecticut 3

Kansas 7
Sat, Sep 3 McNeese State 1
Sat, Sep 10 Northern Illinois 2
Sat, Sep 17 at Georgia Tech 4

Kansas St. 7
Sat, Sep 3 Eastern Kentucky 1
Sat, Sep 17 Kent State 2
Sat, Sep 24 at Miami (FL) 4

Missouri 6
Sat, Sep 3 Miami (OH) 2
Fri, Sep 9 at Arizona State 3
Sat, Sep 17 Western Illinois 1

Baylor 7
Fri, Sep 2 TCU 4
Sat, Sep 17 Stephen F. Austin 1
Sat, Sep 24 Rice 2

Oklahoma 8
Sat, Sep 3 Tulsa 2
Sat, Sep 17 at Florida State 4
Sat, Oct 1 Ball State 2

Oklahoma St. 7
Sat, Sep 3 Louisiana-Lafayette 2
Sat, Sep 10 Arizona 3
Sat, Sep 17 at Tulsa 2

Texas 8
Sat, Sep 3 Rice 2
Sat, Sep 10 Brigham Young 3
Sat, Sep 17 at UCLA 3

Texas A&M 7
Sun, Sep 4 Southern Methodist 2
Sat, Sep 17 Idaho 1
Sat, Oct 1 Arkansas 4

Texas Tech 5
Sat, Sep 3 Texas State 1
Sat, Sep 17 at New Mexico 2
Sat, Sep 24 Nevada 2

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Logically, if one Pac-(Whatever?) team plays 10 different conference foes, another team should have an odd number as well? haven’t investigated to figure out what is wrong.
North.

California 3
Oregon 8
Oregon St. 8
Stanford 8
Washington 9
Washington St. 5
Arizona 6
Arizona St. 7
Colorado 10
UCLA 9
USC 9
Utah 7

California 3
Sat, Sep 3 Fresno State 2
Sat, Sep 17 Presbyterian 1

Oregon
Sat, Sep 3 LSU 5
Sat, Sep 10 Nevada 2
Sat, Sep 17 Missouri State 1

Oregon St. 8
Sat, Sep 3 Sacramento State 1
Sat, Sep 10 at Wisconsin 4
Sat, Oct 15 Brigham Young 3

Stanford
Sat, Sep 3 San Jose State 2
Sat, Sep 10 at Duke 3
Sat, Nov 26 Notre Dame 3

Washington
Sat, Sep 3 Eastern Washington 1
Sat, Sep 10 Hawaii 3
Sat, Sep 17 at Nebraska 4

Washington St.
Sat, Sep 3 Idaho State 1
Sat, Sep 10 UNLV 2
Sat, Sep 17 at San Diego State 2

South

Arizona 6
Sat, Sep 3 Northern Arizona 1
Sat, Sep 10 at Oklahoma State 3
Sat, Nov 26 Louisiana-Lafayette 2

Arizona St. 7
Thu, Sep 1 UC Davis 1
Fri, Sep 9 Missouri 3
Sat, Sep 17 at Illinois 3

Colorado 10
Sat, Sep 3 at Hawaii 3
Sat, Sep 17 Colorado State 2
Sat, Sep 24 at Ohio State 5

UCLA 9
Sat, Sep 3 at Houston 2
Sat, Sep 10 San Jose State 2
Sat, Sep 17 Texas 5

USC 9
Sat, Sep 3 Minnesota 3
Sat, Sep 17 Syracuse 3
Sat, Oct 22 at Notre Dame 3

Utah 7
Thu, Sep 1 Montana State 1
Sat, Sep 17 at Brigham Young 3
Sat, Oct 15 at Pittsburgh 3

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I think something is amiss in the PAC-?? conference. If 11 teams are playing 9 games and 1 team is playing 10 games, that adds up to (119 + 101) = 109 games. Dividing by two means that there are 54.5 conference games. Something is wrong.