After opening with three
nonconference wins, Ohio State totaled only 223 rushing yards and 47 points in losses to Northwestern, Wisconsin and Iowa.
Not exact matches
USC just
won the Pac - 12 and went 11 - 2 with a schedule that featured no regular - season byes and whose worst
nonconference opponent was in the Cotton Bowl last year.
Sweep the
nonconference and
win 1 of Buttgers (road), Maryland (road), [REDACTED](home), and Minny (home) and the Illiniweks can get to 4 - 8.
The Tigers
won seven of their eight
nonconference home games.
And with a soft schedule that includes a
nonconference slate against the lowly NFC West, they're capable of matching or exceeding last season's 13
wins.
Sirs: Had Bud Wilkinson operated on Frank Broyles's patsy theory (ducking four defeats by
nonconference foes), Oklahoma's
win streak might never have ended.
Vandy
won its first game against a ranked
nonconference opponent since 1946 and will likely be ranked when Bama arrives Saturday.
In fact, of the Wildcats» 28
nonconference opponents over the last eight regular seasons, only two went on to have
winning records for the season in which they played Kansas State.
Spread betting trends (all records are against the spread): Kentucky 7 - 1 in
nonconference games, 8 - 2 NCAA Tournament games as a favorite, 16 - 5 to Big East, but 3 - 7 off straight up
win.