This is what I hate about these huge conferences in Football, how are you really finding out who is best with a wildly unbalanced schedule like that? Now, get off my lawn!saw this online. someone took all the B1G teams' schedules for 2025 and ranked them based on the number of conference games each opponent won in 2024 - an attempt to determine who might have the hardest schedule and the easiest schedule.
teams ranked by # of conference games their 2025 opponents won in 2024
(the bigger the number - the harder the conference schedule in theory)
Wisconsin 54
Iowa 52
Rutgers 50
Penn State 48
Purdue 48
Northwestern 48
Oregon 47
Michigan State 47
Indiana 43
Maryland 42
Washington 42
Ohio State 41
MINNESOTA 40
USC 40
Nebraska 40
UCLA 39
Illinois 36
Michigan 30
Gophers tied for 13th hardest schedule. Bucky has the toughest schedule, with Iowa and Rutgers close. Michigan with by far the easiest schedule.
In college, we named our dorm floor's softball team "BYE", and thought it was great until nobody was showing up for our games. We won by forfeit, so more time to drink beers, but still not getting to play was kind of a bummer.Minnesota's 2025 Football Schedule
August 28 – BUFFALO
September 6 – NORTHWESTERN STATE
September 13 – at California
September 20 – BYE
September 27 – RUTGERS
October 4 – at Ohio State
October 11 – PURDUE
October 18 – NEBRASKA
October 25 – at Iowa
November 1 – MICHIGAN STATE
November 8 – BYE
November 15 – at Oregon
November 22 – at Northwestern (at Wrigley Field)
November 29 – WISCONSIN
Should have been Bye Bye for all the home runs you guys hit.In college, we named our dorm floor's softball team "BYE", and thought it was great until nobody was showing up for our games. We won by forfeit, so more time to drink beers, but still not getting to play was kind of a bummer.