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SEC: The toughest nonconference schedules ranked

What South Carolina football coach Will Muschamp learned about the Gamecocks this spring. By

LSU and South Carolina face the toughest nonconference schedules in the SEC heading into the 2019-20 football season.

Here are the rankings from toughest to easiest:

1. LSU

Aug. 31 Georgia Southern; Sept. 7 at Texas; Sept. 14 Northwestern State; Oct. 5 Utah State

Overview: LSU is coming off its first 10-win season since 2013 with the Tigers winning five nonconference games including wins over ranked teams in Miami and UCF. Ed Orgeron’s team travels to Austin for the first time since the mid-1950s with the Tigers looking to snap a four-game road losing streak to the Longhorns with the last road win coming in 1938.