I like to save the Pac-12 for last in my annual rankings of non-conference schedules. Restores my faith in humanity.
Not every Pac-12 school schedules with heart and confidence. Some wuss out. And heck, the Pac-12’s middle schedules just like every other league’s middle. Just OK.
But get to the top, and Lord have mercy. What a monument to quality scheduling. You’d have thought the NFL was scheduling these games.
Let’s get to the Pac-12 rankings:
1. Stanford: Northwestern, at Central Florida, Notre Dame. What a schedule. Nine Pac-12 games, then a threesome in which your easiest game is against Northwestern.