Let’s think about the college football offseason as the development of unknowns.
Every team has plenty of them. Some are more problematic than others. With so many months to analyze each one, a sort of comfort zone can begin to form within the thought process for each program.
By this point in the calendar, we know this conversation by heart. We know the strengths. We know the weaknesses. We can recite them in our sleep, and chances are high that we already have potential solutions in mind, as well.
Every bit of schedule math takes into account these perceived strengths and weaknesses relative to every opponent on the slate.