Comparing some of the "non-conference match-ups".
Here are some of the "non-conference" schedules for the "bowl-predicted" teams (listed in the "Bowl Predictions" thread on this forum) for your parusal..... Personally, I think Southern Cal, BYU, Florida, and Clemson have the hardest "non-conference" schedules....
[u][b]Georgia[/b][/u]
Ga Southern
Cent Michigan
Arizona State
[u][b]Southern Cal[/b][/u]
Virginia
Ohio State
Notre Dame
[u][b]BYU[/b][/u]
Northern Iowa
Washington
UCLA
Utah State
[u][b]Missouri[/b][/u]
Illinois
SE Missouri St
Nevada
Buffalo
[u][b]Florida[/b][/u]
Hawaii
Miami (Fla)
The Citadel
Florida State
[u][b]Texas[/b][/u]
Fla Atlantic
UTEP
Arkansas
Rice
[u][b]Clemson[/b][/u]
Alabama
The Citadel
S. Carolina St
South Carolina
[u][b]West Virginia[/b][/u]
Villanova
E. Carolina
Colorado
Marshall
Auburn
[u][b]Ohio State[/b][/u]
Youngstown St
Ohio
Southern Cal
Troy
[u][b]Arizona State[/b][/u]
Northern Arizona
UNLV
Georgia