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    2024 Big 12 College Football Strength of Schedule Rankings

    By College Football News,

    2 days ago

    The Big 12 landscape has changed in a huge way over the last 12 months.

    There's no more Texas or Oklahoma, but the addition of Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, and Utah made up for it a bit in a strength-of-numbers sort of way.

    No, there might not be a killer on the top of everyone's schedule - like Texas this year - but there's depth with a solid top-to-bottom conference.

    Where is each team in our 2024 CFN 1 to 134 Rankings?

    If BYU is 48th, a team gets 48 points for a home game against the Cougars, and 24 - cut the score in half; obviously it's harder to play away from home - for road games.

    The lower the overall score, the tougher the schedule.
    Based on the same formula, we rank each team's games from toughest to easiest.

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    Arizona State head coach Kenny Dillingham reacts to a play during the fourth quarter against Arizona at Mountain America Stadium in Tempe on Dec. 13, 2023.

    © Michael Chow&solThe Republic &sol USA TODAY NETWORK

    2024 Big 12 Strength of Schedule Rankings

    Predictions For Every Game
    AAC | ACC | Big Ten | Big 12 | CUSA
    IND | MAC | MWest | SEC | Sun Belt
    CFN 2024 Preseason Rankings
    Preview 2024: All 134 Team Previews
    CFN Strength of Schedule Rankings 1 to 134

    Again, the lower the score, the tougher the schedule and ranking. 1 is the team with the hardest schedule, 16 has the easiest slate.

    1 Arizona State

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 383
    2024 Arizona State Preview

    1 at Oklahoma State, Nov 2
    2 at Arizona, Nov 30
    3 Utah, Oct 11
    4 at Kansas State, Nov 16
    5 at Texas Tech, Sept 21
    6 at Cincinnati, Oct 19
    7 Kansas, Oct 5
    8 UCF, Nov 9
    9 at Texas State, Sept 14
    10 BYU, Nov 23
    11 Mississippi State, Sept 7
    12 Wyoming, Aug 31

    2 West Virginia

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 417
    2024 West Virginia Preview

    1 Penn State, Aug 31
    2 at Oklahoma State, Oct 5
    3 at Arizona, Oct 26
    4 at Texas Tech, Nov 30
    5 at Cincinnati, Nov 8
    6 Kansas, Sept 21
    7 Kansas State, Oct 19
    8 at Pitt, Sept 14
    9 UCF, Nov 23
    10 Iowa State, Oct 12
    11 Baylor, Nov 16
    12 Albany, Sept 7

    3 Colorado

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 426
    2024 Colorado Preview

    1 at Arizona, Oct 19
    2 Utah, Nov 16
    3 at Kansas, Nov 23
    4 at UCF, Sept 28
    5 at Texas Tech, Nov 9
    6 at Nebraska, Sept 7
    7 Oklahoma State, Nov 29
    8 Kansas State, Oct 12
    9 at Colorado State, Sept 14
    10 Cincinnati, Oct 26
    11 Baylor, Sept 21
    12 North Dakota State, Aug 31

    4 BYU

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 426.5
    2024 BYU Preview

    1 at Utah, Nov 9
    2 Arizona, Oct 12
    3 at UCF, Oct 26
    4 at SMU, Sept 6
    5 Oklahoma State, Oct 19
    6 at Baylor, Sept 28
    7 Kansas, Nov 16
    8 Kansas State, Sept 21
    9 at Arizona State, Nov 23
    10 at Wyoming, Sept 14
    11 Houston, Nov 30
    12 Southern Illinois, Aug 31

    5 TCU

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 433.5
    2024 TCU Preview

    1 at Utah, Oct 19
    2 at Kansas, Sept 28
    3 Arizona, Nov 23
    4 at SMU, Sept 21
    5 Oklahoma State, Nov 9
    6 at Cincinnati, Nov 30
    7 at Baylor, Nov 2
    8 UCF, Sept 14
    9 at Stanford, Aug 30
    10 Texas Tech, Oct 26
    11 Houston, Oct 4
    12 LIU, Sept 7

    6 Houston

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 439.5
    2024 Houston Preview

    1 at Arizona, Nov 15
    2 Utah, Oct 26
    3 at Oklahoma, Sept 7
    4 at Kansas, Oct 19
    5 at TCU, Oct 4
    6 at BYU, Nov 30
    7 at Cincinnati, Sept 21
    8 Kansas State, Nov 2
    9 Iowa State, Sept 28
    10 Baylor, Nov 23
    11 UNLV, Aug 31
    12 Rice, Sept 14

    7 Kansas State

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 469.5
    2024 Kansas State Preview

    1 Arizona, Sept 13
    2 at Iowa State, Nov 30
    3 Oklahoma State, Sept 28
    4 at Colorado, Oct 12
    5 at BYU, Sept 21
    6 at West Virginia, Oct 19
    7 Kansas, Oct 26
    8 at Houston, Nov 2
    9 at Tulane, Sept 7
    10 Cincinnati, Nov 23
    11 Arizona State, Nov 16
    12 UT Martin, Aug 31

    8 Baylor

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 474
    2024 Baylor Preview

    1 at Utah, Sept 7
    2 at Iowa State, Oct 5
    3 at Texas Tech, Oct 19
    4 Oklahoma State, Oct 26
    5 at Colorado, Sept 21
    6 at West Virginia, Nov 16
    7 Kansas, Nov 30
    8 at Houston, Nov 23
    9 TCU, Nov 2
    10 BYU, Sept 28
    11 Air Force, Sept 14
    12 Tarleton State, Aug 31

    9 Utah

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 488.5
    2024 Utah Preview

    1 at Oklahoma State, Sept 21
    2 Arizona, Sept 28
    3 at UCF, Nov 29
    4 at Colorado, Nov 16
    5 at Houston, Oct 26
    6 at Arizona State, Oct 11
    7 TCU, Oct 19
    8 Iowa State, Nov 23
    9 at Utah State, Sept 14
    10 BYU, Nov 9
    11 Baylor, Sept 7
    12 Southern Utah, Aug 29

    10 Oklahoma State

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 518
    2024 Oklahoma State Preview

    1 Utah, Sept 21
    2 at Kansas State, Sept 28
    3 at TCU, Nov 9
    4 at Colorado, Nov 30
    5 at BYU, Oct 18
    6 at Baylor, Oct 26
    7 Texas Tech, Nov 23
    8 Arkansas, Sept 7
    9 West Virginia, Oct 5
    10 at Tulsa, Sept 14
    11 Arizona State, Nov 2
    12 South Dakota State, Aug 31

    11 Iowa State

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 524.5
    2024 Iowa State Preview

    1 at Utah, Nov 23
    2 at Iowa, Sept 7
    3 at Kansas, Nov 9
    4 at West Virginia, Oct 12
    5 Kansas State, Nov 30
    6 at Houston, Sept 28
    7 UCF, Oct 19
    8 Texas Tech, Nov 2
    9 Cincinnati, Nov 16
    10 Baylor, Oct 5
    11 Arkansas State, Sept 21
    12 North Dakota, Aug 31

    12 UCF

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 530.5
    2024 UCF Preview

    1 Utah, Nov 29
    2 at Florida, Oct 5
    3 Arizona, Nov 2
    4 at TCU, Sept 14
    5 at Iowa State, Oct 19
    6 at West Virginia, Nov 23
    7 at Arizona State, Nov 9
    8 Colorado, Sept 28
    9 BYU, Oct 26
    10 Cincinnati, Oct 12
    11 Sam Houston, Sept 7
    12 New Hampshire, Aug 29

    13 Cincinnati

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 545
    2024 Cincinnati Preview

    1 at Kansas State, Nov 23
    2 at UCF, Oct 12
    3 at Iowa State, Nov 16
    4 at Texas Tech, Sept 28
    5 at Colorado, Oct 26
    6 TCU, Nov 30
    7 at Miami University, Sept 14
    8 West Virginia, Nov 8
    9 Houston, Sept 21
    10 Pitt, Sept 7
    11 Arizona State, Oct 19
    12 Towson, Aug 31

    14 Kansas

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 558
    2024 Kansas Preview

    1 at Kansas State, Oct 26
    2 at BYU, Nov 16
    3 at West Virginia, Sept 21
    4 at Baylor, Nov 30
    5 at Illinois, Sept 7
    6 at Arizona State, Oct 5
    7 TCU, Sept 28
    8 Iowa State, Nov 9
    9 Colorado, Nov 23
    10 Houston, Oct 19
    11 UNLV, Sept 14
    12 Lindenwood, Aug 29

    15 Texas Tech

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 586.5
    2024 Texas Tech Preview

    1 at Oklahoma State, Nov 23
    2 at Arizona, Oct 5
    3 at TCU, Oct 26
    4 at Iowa State, Nov 2
    5 at Washington State, Sept 7
    6 Colorado, Nov 9
    7 Cincinnati, Sept 28
    8 West Virginia, Nov 30
    9 Baylor, Oct 19
    10 Arizona State, Sept 21
    11 North Texas, Sept 14
    12 Abilene Christian, Aug 31

    16 Arizona

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 597.5
    2024 Arizona Preview

    1 at Utah, Sept 28
    2 at Kansas State, Sept 13
    3 at UCF, Nov 2
    4 at TCU, Nov 23
    5 at BYU, Oct 12
    6 Texas Tech, Oct 5
    7 Colorado, Oct 19
    8 West Virginia, Oct 26
    9 Houston, Nov 15
    10 Arizona State, Nov 30
    11 New Mexico, Aug 31
    12 Northern Arizona, Sept 7

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