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    2024 SEC College Football Strength of Schedule Rankings

    By College Football News,

    13 hours ago

    The SEC was already brutal, and now it has Texas and Oklahoma as part of the mix,

    But who has to play the Longhorns and Sooners? Who gets Georgia, and who gets Vanderbilt? Who gets Alabama, and who gets a home game against Arkansas or Mississippi State?

    Who now in the SEC has the toughest and easiest schedules in the league?

    Where is each team in our 2024 CFN 1 to 134 Rankings? It's basic, but to get it close to the pin, that's how this is determined.

    If Oklahoma is 22nd, a team gets 22 points for a home game against the Sooners, and 11 - 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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    2024 SEC Strength of Schedule Rankings

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    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 Florida

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 305
    2024 Florida Preview

    1 at Texas, Nov 9
    2 vs Georgia (in Jacksonville), Nov 2
    3 at Florida State, Nov 30
    4 Ole Miss, Nov 23
    5 at Tennessee, Oct 12
    6 Miami, Aug 31
    7 LSU, Nov 16
    8 Texas A&M, Sept 14
    9 Kentucky, Oct 19
    10 at Mississippi State, Sept 21
    11 UCF, Oct 5
    12 Samford, Sept 7

    2 Vanderbilt

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 467
    2024 Vanderbilt Preview

    1 Virginia Tech, Aug 31
    2 Texas, Oct 26
    3 Alabama, Oct 5
    4 at LSU, Nov 23
    5 at Missouri, Sept 21
    6 at Kentucky, Oct 12
    7 at Auburn, Nov 2
    8 Tennessee, Nov 30
    9 South Carolina, Nov 9
    10 at Georgia State, Sept 14
    11 Ball State, Oct 19
    12 Alcorn State, Sept 7

    3 Alabama

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 470.5
    2024 Alabama Preview

    1 Georgia, Sept 28
    2 at LSU, Nov 9
    3 at Tennessee, Oct 19
    4 at Oklahoma, Nov 23
    5 at Wisconsin, Sept 14
    6 Missouri, Oct 26
    7 Auburn, Nov 30
    8 at Vanderbilt, Oct 5
    9 South Carolina, Oct 12
    10 USF, Sept 7
    11 WKU, Aug 31
    12 Mercer, Nov 16

    4 Arkansas

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 485
    2024 Arkansas Preview

    1 Texas, Nov 16
    2 at Oklahoma State, Sept 7
    3 Ole Miss, Nov 2
    4 at Missouri, Nov 30
    5 LSU, Oct 19
    6 at Auburn, Sept 21
    7 Tennessee, Oct 5
    8 vs Texas A&M (in Arlington), Sept 28
    9 at Mississippi State, Oct 26
    10 Louisiana Tech, Nov 23
    11 UAB, Sept 14
    12 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Aug 31

    5 LSU

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 490.5
    2024 LSU Preview

    1 Alabama, Nov 9
    2 Ole Miss, Oct 12
    3 at Texas A&M, Oct 26
    4 at Florida, Nov 16
    5 vs USC (in Las Vegas), Sept 1
    6 Oklahoma, Nov 30
    7 at South Carolina, Sept 14
    8 at Arkansas, Oct 19
    9 UCLA, Sept 21
    10 Vanderbilt, Nov 23
    11 South Alabama, Sept 28
    12 Nicholls, Sept 7

    6 Oklahoma

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 495
    2024 Oklahoma Preview

    1 vs Texas (in Dallas), Oct 12
    2 at Ole Miss, Oct 26
    3 Alabama, Nov 23
    4 at LSU, Nov 30
    5 at Missouri, Nov 9
    6 at Auburn, Sept 28
    7 Tennessee, Sept 21
    8 South Carolina, Oct 19
    9 Houston, Sept 7
    10 Tulane, Sept 14
    11 Temple, Aug 31
    12 Maine, Nov 2

    7 South Carolina

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 503.5
    2024 South Carolina Preview

    1 at Alabama, Oct 12
    2 at Clemson, Nov 30
    3 Ole Miss, Oct 5
    4 at Oklahoma, Oct 19
    5 LSU, Sept 14
    6 at Kentucky, Sept 7
    7 Missouri, Nov 16
    8 Texas A&M, Nov 2
    9 at Vanderbilt, Nov 9
    10 Old Dominion, Aug 31
    11 Akron, Sept 21
    12 Wofford, Nov 23

    8 Mississippi State

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 516
    2024 Mississippi State Preview

    1 at Georgia, Oct 12
    2 at Texas, Sept 28
    3 at Ole Miss, Nov 30
    4 at Tennessee, Nov 9
    5 Missouri, Nov 23
    6 Texas A&M, Oct 19
    7 Florida, Sept 21
    8 at Arizona State, Sept 7
    9 Arkansas, Oct 26
    10 Toledo, Sept 14
    11 Eastern Kentucky, Aug 31
    12 UMass, Nov 2

    9 Texas

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 528.5
    2024 Texas Preview

    1 Georgia, Oct 19
    2 at Michigan, Sept 7
    3 at Texas A&M, Nov 30
    4 vs Oklahoma (in Dallas), Oct 12
    5 at Arkansas, Nov 16
    6 Kentucky, Nov 23
    7 Florida, Nov 9
    8 at Vanderbilt, Oct 26
    9 Mississippi State, Sept 28
    10 UTSA, Sept 14
    11 Colorado State, Aug 31
    12 ULM, Sept 21

    10 Texas A&M

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 547
    2024 Texas A&M Preview

    1 Texas, Nov 30
    2 Notre Dame, Aug 31
    3 LSU, Oct 26
    4 at Florida, Sept 14
    5 at Auburn, Nov 23
    6 Missouri, Oct 5
    7 at South Carolina, Nov 2
    8 at Mississippi State, Oct 19
    9 vs Arkansas, Sept 28
    10 Bowling Green, Sept 21
    11 New Mexico State, Nov 16
    12 McNeese State, Sept 7

    11 Ole Miss

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 563
    2024 Ole Miss Preview

    1 Georgia, Nov 9
    2 at LSU, Oct 12
    3 at Florida, Nov 23
    4 Oklahoma, Oct 26
    5 at South Carolina, Oct 5
    6 at Arkansas, Nov 2
    7 Kentucky, Sept 28
    8 at Wake Forest, Sept 14
    9 Mississippi State, Nov 30
    10 Georgia Southern, Sept 21
    11 Middle Tennessee, Sept 7
    12 Furman, Aug 31

    12 Georgia

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 566.5
    2024 Georgia Preview

    1 at Texas, Oct 19
    2 at Alabama, Sept 28
    3 at Ole Miss, Nov 9
    4 at Kentucky, Sept 14
    5 Tennessee, Nov 16
    6 vs Florida (in Jacksonville), Nov 2
    7 Auburn, Oct 5
    8 Georgia Tech, Nov 30
    9 Mississippi State, Oct 12
    10 vs Clemson (in Atlanta), Aug 31
    11 Tennessee Tech, Sept 7
    12 UMass, Nov 23

    13 Kentucky

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 575
    2024 Kentucky Preview

    1 at Texas, Nov 23
    2 Georgia, Sept 14
    3 at Ole Miss, Sept 28
    4 at Tennessee, Nov 2
    5 at Florida, Oct 19
    6 Louisville, Nov 30
    7 Auburn, Oct 26
    8 South Carolina, Sept 7
    9 Vanderbilt, Oct 12
    10 Southern Miss, Aug 31
    11 Ohio, Sept 21
    12 Murray State, Nov 16

    14 Tennessee

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 609.5
    2024 Tennessee Preview

    1 at Georgia, Nov 16
    2 Alabama, Oct 19
    3 at Oklahoma, Sept 21
    4 vs NC State (in Charlotte), Sept 7
    5 at Arkansas, Oct 5
    6 Kentucky, Nov 2
    7 Florida, Oct 12
    8 at Vanderbilt, Nov 30
    9 Mississippi State, Nov 9
    10 UTEP, Nov 23
    11 Kent State, Sept 14
    12 Chattanooga, Aug 31

    15 Auburn

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 623.5
    2024 Auburn Preview

    1 at Georgia, Oct 5
    2 at Alabama, Nov 30
    3 at Missouri, Oct 19
    4 at Kentucky, Oct 26
    5 Texas A&M, Nov 23
    6 Oklahoma, Sept 28
    7 Cal, Sept 7
    8 Arkansas, Sept 21
    9 Vanderbilt, Nov 2
    10 New Mexico, Sept 14
    11 ULM, Nov 16
    12 Alabama A&M, Aug 31

    16 Missouri

    2024 Strength of Schedule Score: 636.5
    2024 Missouri Preview

    1 at Alabama, Oct 26
    2 at Texas A&M, Oct 5
    3 Oklahoma, Nov 9
    4 at South Carolina , Nov 16
    5 at Mississippi State, Nov 23
    6 Auburn, Oct 19
    7 Arkansas, Nov 30
    8 Boston College, Sept 14
    9 at UMass, Oct 12
    10 Vanderbilt, Sept 21
    11 Buffalo, Sept 7
    12 Murray State, Aug 31

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