In the Back to the Future sagas, Marty McFly was able to travel back to the 1960s (and ahead to to 2015 – still waiting on those flying cars!). Unfortunately college football programs don’t have access to a souped-up DeLorean to figure out how to create the ideal schedule. Yet strength-of-schedule has become a large focus point for rankings and ratings, particularly over the last 10 years, that coaches probably do wish they could look ahead and see how well their opponents will be.
Take this week’s upcoming game against Baylor. A January 24 article in the Chronicle looking ahead to the 2017 football season listed Baylor as headlining a tough home schedule for the Blue Devils.