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I'm less concerned about the quality of the pastries each team has in a schedule than how many.  You might not play an FCS school, great, while also playing 3 really poor quality FBS schools.

I'm concerned about both.

They're not the same to me.  

I'd be extremely disappointed in my athletic department if they scheduled an FCS school.  The only time it's happened at Texas in the modern era was for one season, about 20 years ago, when the NCAA increased the regular season from 11 to 12 teams with little notice.  Texas couldn't find an available FBS team to fill the schedule so added an FCS instead.

Y'all were already booked.





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They're not the same to me. 

I'd be extremely disappointed in my athletic department if they scheduled an FCS school.  The only time it's happened at Texas in the modern era was for one season, about 20 years ago, when the NCAA increased the regular season from 11 to 12 teams with little notice.  Texas couldn't find an available FBS team to fill the schedule so added an FCS instead.

I was happy when the B1G said teams could no longer schedule FCS. I was disappointed when they walked that back after they created the 9-game conference schedule and said you could schedule FCS in years that you only had 4 conference home games. 

I can't seem to find whether any of this changed for 2024. I saw speculation last spring that the B1G was going to drop its mandate that you play at least one power conference teem OOC, which I would also be against. But I can't tell if that actually happened or not. 

IMHO a P4 team should have no FCS and at least one P4 OOC game per year.

I don't mind Youngstown being in on the Ohio cupcake rotation, but nothing beyond that should be considered.

Big Ten Football Win Totals


Illinois Win Total
Illinois Preview
BetMGM: 5.5
Caesars: 5.5
FanDuel: 5.5
CFN (Set Win Total At): 6
Consensus Win Total: 5.625
Illinois Will Win: 5


Indiana Win Total
Indiana Preview
BetMGM: 5.5
Caesars: 5.5
FanDuel: 5.5
CFN (Set Win Total At): 5.5
Consensus Win Total: 5.5
Indiana Will Win: 6

Iowa Win Total
Iowa Preview
BetMGM: 8
Caesars: 8
FanDuel: 8.5
CFN (Set Win Total At): 8.5
Consensus Win Total: 8.25
Iowa Will Win: 7

Maryland Win Total
Maryland Preview
BetMGM: 6.5
Caesars: 6.5
FanDuel: 6.5
CFN (Set Win Total At): 7.5
Consensus Win Total: 6.75
Maryland Will Win: 6


Michigan Win Total
Michigan Preview
BetMGM: 9
Caesars: 9
FanDuel: 8.5
CFN (Set Win Total At): 9
Consensus Win Total: 8.875
Michigan Will Win: 10

Michigan State Win Total
Michigan State Preview
BetMGM: 5
Caesars: 5
FanDuel: 4.5
CFN (Set Win Total At): 7
Consensus Win Total: 5.375
Michigan State Will Win: 6


Minnesota Win Total
Minnesota Preview
BetMGM: 5.5
Caesars: 5.5
FanDuel: 5.5
CFN (Set Win Total At): 6.5
Consensus Win Total: 5.75
Minnesota Will Win: 6

Nebraska Win Total
Nebraska Preview
BetMGM: 7.5
Caesars: 7.5
FanDuel: 7.5
CFN (Set Win Total At): 7
Consensus Win Total: 7.375
Nebraska Will Win: 7


Northwestern Win Total
Northwestern Preview
BetMGM: 5
Caesars: 4.5
FanDuel: 4.5
CFN (Set Win Total At): 6
Consensus Win Total: 5
Northwestern Will Win: 5

Ohio State Win Total
Ohio State Preview
BetMGM: 10.5
Caesars: 10.5
FanDuel: 10.5
CFN (Set Win Total At): 10.5
Consensus Win Total: 10.5
Ohio State Will Win: 12


Oregon Win Total
Oregon Preview
BetMGM: 10.5
Caesars: 10.5
FanDuel: 10.5
CFN (Set Win Total At): 10
Consensus Win Total: 10.375
Oregon Will Win: 9

Penn State Win Total
Penn State Preview
BetMGM: 10
Caesars: 9.5
FanDuel: 9.5
CFN (Set Win Total At): 10
Consensus Win Total: 9.75
Penn State Will Win: 10


Purdue Win Total
Purdue Preview
BetMGM: 4.5
Caesars: 4.5
FanDuel: 4.5
CFN (Set Win Total At): 5
Consensus Win Total: 4.625
Purdue Will Win: 2

Rutgers Win Total
Rutgers Preview
BetMGM: 6.5
Caesars: 6.5
FanDuel: 6.5
CFN (Set Win Total At): 6.5
Consensus Win Total: 6.5
Rutgers Will Win: 5

UCLA Win Total
UCLA Preview
BetMGM: 4.5
Caesars: 5
FanDuel: 4.5
CFN (Set Win Total At): 6
Consensus Win Total: 5
UCLA Will Win: 5


USC Win Total
USC Preview
BetMGM: 7.5
Caesars: 7.5
FanDuel: 7.5
CFN (Set Win Total At): 8.5
Consensus Win Total: 7.75
USC Will Win: 9

Washington Win Total
Washington Preview
BetMGM: 6.5
Caesars: 6.5
FanDuel: 6.5
CFN (Set Win Total At): 8
Consensus Win Total: 6.875
Washington Will Win: 8

Wisconsin Win Total
Wisconsin Preview
BetMGM: 6.5
Caesars: 7
FanDuel: 6.5
CFN (Set Win Total At): 7
Consensus Win Total: 6.75
Wisconsin Will Win: 7


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Two schools of thought at least on scheduling.  One is to schedule tough games to get ready for conference play and the other is to schedule cup cakes to effectively extend the summer camp, avoid a loss, and get and your younger players more experience.  Looking at Alabama over the years and Michigan's schedule last year one could argue that cup cakes are the way to go.