Overall Strength of Schedule (SOS) Based On Last Season's Final NET Rankings

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SelectionSunday said:
If they don't add another game, Gophers for sure will have #1 non-conference and #1 overall SOS (based on opponents' average NET ranking) in the Big Ten, and perhaps the country.
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That is REALLY SCARY!
 

Otis said:
That is REALLY SCARY!
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Remember, it is based on last years NET, most of the better teams there lost a ton of guys. Wait until some games have been played and it will all shake out. I hope it ends up as the toughest schedule in the country but will be very surprised if that holds.
 

Even last year we were 28 overall because by its nature teams in the ACC and the Big 10 have a ton of hard games and also play each other. Top 3 last year were Duke,UNC, UVA.
 

SelectionSunday said:
Illinois completed its schedule by adding a Nov. 26 game vs. non-Division I Lindenwood. All non-DI opponents are given a ranking of #354 (1 worse than the bottom DI team).

The Gophers partial numbers are noted.

Overall SOS
1 Purdue 73.333
2 Michigan State 77.586
3 Michigan 81.965
4 Ohio State 85.838
5 Wisconsin 86.7
6 Indiana 86.774
7 Iowa 87.333
8 Northwestern 90.551
9 Maryland 91.655
10 Penn State 92.366
11 Illinois 93.548
12 Nebraska 101.068
13 Rutgers 107.967

**Gophers known opponents through 29 (of max 31) games have average NET ranking of 66.551

Non-Conference SOS
1 Purdue 113.3
2 Michigan State 137.777
3 Michigan 151.555
4 Ohio State 162.181
5 Wisconsin 163.2
6 Indiana 165.454
7 Iowa 169.1
8 Maryland 175.333
9 Penn State 176.5
10 Illinois 187.9
11 Northwestern 194.444
12 Nebraska 217.444
13 Rutgers 228.09

**Gophers known non-conference opponents through 9 (of max 11) games have average NET ranking of 112.444
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I thought we had ten non con opponents. Cleveland State, FIU, Central Michigan, Oklahoma, Okie State, Clemson, DePaul, Utah, Butler and Manhattan

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bemidjigopher said:
I thought we had ten non con opponents. Cleveland State, FIU, Central Michigan, Oklahoma, Okie State, Clemson, DePaul, Utah, Butler and Manhattan

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I’m assuming Manhattan is off the books now. Jaspers have since released their non-conference schedule, and Gophers aren’t on it.
 



SelectionSunday said:
I’m assuming Manhattan is off the books now. Jaspers have since released their non-conference schedule, and Gophers aren’t on it.
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Is the season ticket price the same regardless of whether or not they add another game?
 

Ope3 said:
Is the season ticket price the same regardless of whether or not they add another game?
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Yes, it's been a flat rate for quite a few years now, no matter the number of home games. Some seasons you get more home games, some you get less.
 

SelectionSunday said:
Yes, it's been a flat rate for quite a few years now, no matter the number of home games. Some seasons you get more home games, some you get less.
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That mitigates the financial need for another game somewhat. Would be one more opportunity to sell some suds.
 



SelectionSunday said:
Yes, it's been a flat rate for quite a few years now, no matter the number of home games. Some seasons you get more home games, some you get less.
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I'm surprised that the Gophers would choose not to fill the schedule with the maximum allowable number of games. I don't remember that ever happening previously. One more victory on the resume could make the difference between being chosen for the big dance and being relegated to the NIT.
 
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Southpaw said:
I'm surprised that the Gophers would choose not to fill the schedule with the maximum allowable number of games. I don't remember that ever happening previously. One more victory on the resume could make the difference between being chosen for the big dance and being relegated to the NIT.
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If they can add another opponent in the #75-175 range, I'd add that last game. Maybe a Fresno State, IUPUI, Loyola Marymount, or Iona? Otherwise, I'd rather have the schedule as it is now than add a terrible D1 or, even worse, a non-DI opponent.
 

Updated

Gophers sitting tight at #4 with only 3 schedules left to be revealed/completed.

Average NET of All Opponents -- 350 of 353 complete
1 Oklahoma 71.466
2 Purdue 73.333
3 Oklahoma State 73.833
4 Minnesota 73.933
5 Alabama 76.655
6 Michigan State 77.586
7 Texas 77.933
8 Kansas 78.724
9 Iowa State 79.482
10 West Virginia 80.6
11 Auburn 80.966
12 Florida 81.793
13 Michigan 81.965
14 North Carolina 84.448
15 TCU 85.366
16 Ohio State 85.838
17 Wisconsin 86.7
18 Indiana 86.774
19 Arkansas 87.032
20 Seton Hall 87.142
21 Iowa 87.333
22 Butler 87.633
23 Tennessee 88.833
24 Miami-Florida 89.678
25 Wake Forest 90.178
26 Northwestern 90.551
27 Mississippi State 90.689
28 Baylor 90.964
29 Texas A&M 91.035
30 Kentucky 91.645
31 Maryland 91.655
32 Georgia Tech 92.068
33 Missouri 92.1
34 Penn State 92.366
35 Georgetown 93.166
36 Kansas State 93.366
37 Illinois 93.548
38 LSU 94.064
39 Georgia 94.172
40 Clemson 94.896
41 Virginia 97.137
42 Texas Tech 97.166
43 Vanderbilt 97.645
44 Duke 98.233
45 Villanova 98.413
46 Syracuse 99.633
47 Boston College 100
48 Creighton 100.482
49 Louisville 100.483
50 Nebraska 101.068
51 DePaul 101.354
52 Cincinnati 102.178
53 Xavier 102.793
54 Ole Miss 104.033
55 Providence 104.137
56 NC State 106.225
57 Florida State 106.666
58 Cal 106.866
59 Notre Dame 107.322
60 Marquette 107.642
61 Rutgers 107.967
62 USF 108.275
63 Wichita State 109.4
64 Pitt 111
65 South Carolina 111.133
66 Oregon 112.758
67 Arizona 114.793
68 Arizona State 117.966
69 Saint John’s 119.566
70 Temple 123.068
71 UConn 123.344
72 Virginia Tech 123.379
73 Colorado 124.333
74 USC 124.62
75 Houston 126.172
76 Utah 127.321
77 Tulane 127.592
78 UCLA 128.724
79 Memphis 129.838
80 Washington 130.517
81 UCF 131.642
82 Stanford 133.566
83 Saint Mary’s 134.466
84 SMU 135.333
85 BYU 140.827
86 Tulsa 143.548
87 Saint Joseph’s 143.896
88 Oregon State 145.166
89 East Carolina 148.275
90 Rhode Island 149.766
91 Washington State 149.793
92 Ohio 152.206
93 Kent State 152.275
94 Gonzaga 152.965
95 VCU 155.033
96 UMass 155.3
97 San Francisco 155.419
98 San Diego 155.6
99 Middle Tennessee 156.64
100 UNLV 157.612
101 Western Kentucky 158.043
102 Davidson 158.107
103 Princeton 158.384
104 Ball State 158.655
105 Richmond 159.5
106 Colorado State 159.965
107 Dayton 160.517
108 Illinois State 160.892
109 Wyoming 161.62
110 Miami-Ohio 163.137
111 Penn 163.56
112 Bowling Green 163.678
113 Buffalo 164.034
114 Western Michigan 164.7
115 La Salle 165
116 Duquesne 165.233
117 San Jose State 165.4
118 UT-Arlington 167.645
119 Saint Louis 168.548
120 Evansville 168.758
121 Central Michigan 170.387
122 George Mason 171
123 Marshall 171.111
124 San Diego State 171.178
125 Eastern Michigan 172.161
126 Loyola Marymount 172.233
127 *Utah State 173.034
128 Bradley 173.5
129 Yale 173.517
130 North Texas 173.666
131 Nevada 173.821
132 Pepperdine 174.714
133 Toledo 176.032
134 George Washington 176.517
135 Northern Illinois 176.87
136 Kennesaw State 176.966
137 Saint Bonaventure 177.4
138 Missouri State 177.413
139 Valparaiso 178
140 Boise State 178.5
141 Harvard 178.777
142 Detroit 178.87
143 Northern Iowa 179.103
144 Southern Illinois 179.612
145 Indiana State 180
146 New Mexico 180.433
147 Southern Miss 180.64
148 Old Dominion 181.32
149 North Florida 181.6
150 Loyola-Chicago 181.965
151 UTEP 182.458
152 Bakersfield 182.677
153 Cleveland State 183.5
154 Cornell 184.592
155 *Fresno State 186.444
156 Rice 186.72
157 Navy 186.793
158 Portland 186.965
159 Towson 187.107
160 William & Mary 187.161
161 Columbia 187.896
162 Air Force 188.233
163 Georgia State 188.633
164 Akron 188.666
165 Chicago State 188.966
166 Brown 189.111
167 Texas State 189.935
168 Oakland 190.064
169 Dartmouth 190.137
170 Seattle 190.333
171 Louisiana Tech 190.346
172 UTSA 190.518
173 Mercer 190.8
174 Chattanooga 190.933
175 Texas-Rio Grande Valley 191.066
176 Long Beach State 191.5
177 Lafayette 191.551
178 Louisiana 191.838
179 UMKC 191.896
180 NC-Greensboro 193.096
181 Charlotte 193.16
182 Elon 193.166
183 Western Carolina 193.31
184 Little Rock 194.258
185 Georgia Southern 194.29
186 Appalachian State 194.548
187 Wofford 194.612
188 Pacific 195.031
189 Furman 195.935
190 FAU 196.653
191 Samford 197.187
192 Fordham 197.214
193 UAB 197.333
194 The Citadel 197.448
195 Santa Clara 197.58
196 Troy 198.129
197 Drake 198.137
198 Gardner-Webb 199.344
199 NC-Wilmington 199.838
200 South Alabama 199.896
201 College of Charleston 200.357
202 Winthrop 201.935
203 Green Bay 202.064
204 High Point 202.354
205 North Alabama 202.413
206 Loyola-Maryland 202.466
207 James Madison 202.724
208 UIC 203
209 Grand Canyon 203.407
210 Drexel 203.533
211 Arkansas State 203.677
212 Army 204.172
213 Cal Poly 204.793
214 Bucknell 205.566
215 Holy Cross 205.733
216 FIU 206.111
217 Lehigh 206.133
218 Florida Gulf Coast 206.258
219 VMI 206.354
220 UL-Monroe 206.482
221 Northeastern 206.607
222 IUPUI 207.3
223 East Tennessee State 207.933
224 NJIT 208.344
225 Belmont 208.354
226 Coastal Carolina 208.448
227 Colgate 208.483
228 Radford 208.888
229 Tennessee Tech 209.354
230 Milwaukee 209.464
231 SC-Upstate 210.193
232 Delaware 211.451
233 Oral Roberts 213.034
234 Northern Kentucky 213.133
235 Cal State-Northridge 213.406
236 Hofstra 214.033
237 UC-Irvine 214.096
238 Vermont 214.533
239 North Dakota 214.7
240 Maine 215.2
241 Tennessee-Martin 215.821
242 Tennessee State 216.4
243 Cal State-Fullerton 216.483
244 New Mexico State 216.689
245 Boston U 216.9
246 Jacksonville 217.774
247 Utah Valley 218.87
248 Stony Brook 219.677
249 Eastern Washington 220.064
250 Denver 220.5
251 Southern Utah 220.586
252 Youngstown State 220.774
253 Southeast Missouri State 220.903
254 Eastern Kentucky 220.935
255 Central Arkansas 221.433
256 Charleston Southern 221.758
257 Lipscomb 221.827
258 Alabama State 222
259 Austin Peay 222.87
260 Houston Baptist 223.413
261 American 223.482
262 Stetson 223.774
263 Omaha 223.9
264 Binghamton 224.206
265 UC-Davis 224.5
266 Morehead State 225.096
267 Albany 225.741
268 Cal Baptist 226.166
269 Wright State 226.758
270 Presbyterian 227.096
271 Hawaii 227.535
272 North Dakota State 228.066
273 Montana State 228.096
274 *Arkansas-Pine Bluff 228.166
275 Weber State 228.379
276 Hampton 228.645
277 SIU-Edwardsville 228.967
278 Campbell 229.333
279 *UMBC 231.857
280 Eastern Illinois 231.866
281 Texas Southern 232.29
282 Jacksonville State 233.2
283 UMass-Lowell 233.354
284 Fort Wayne 233.838
285 NC-Asheville 234.586
286 Montana 235
287 New Hampshire 235.413
288 Canisius 235.666
289 Northern Arizona 235.862
290 UMES 236.222
291 Monmouth 236.225
292 Texas A&M Corpus-Christi 236.419
293 Western Illinois 236.769
294 Portland State 237
295 Siena 237.137
296 South Dakota State 237.193
297 South Dakota 237.433
298 Niagara 238.935
299 UC-Riverside 239.093
300 Mount Saint Mary’s 239.774
301 Idaho State 240.206
302 Liberty 240.357
303 Hartford 240.612
304 Florida A&M 241.037
305 Idaho 241.161
306 Robert Morris 241.29
307 Sacramento State 243.724
308 Central Connecticut 243.933
309 Murray State 244.535
310 Fairfield 245.068
311 Saint Peter’s 245.137
312 UCSB 245.548
313 Mississippi Valley State 245.838
314 Wagner 245.896
315 Merrimack 246.387
316 Coppin State 247.225
317 Longwood 247.322
318 Prairie View A&M 247.766
319 Saint Francis-PA 248.448
320 Alabama A&M 249.31
321 Rider 249.62
322 Northern Colorado 250.333
323 Sacred Heart 251
324 Stephen F. Austin 251.322
325 Lamar 251.709
326 Southeastern Louisiana 251.741
327 Manhattan 251.793
328 Southern U 252
329 Nicholls State 253.032
330 Sam Houston State 253.451
331 New Orleans 253.6
332 LIU 255.6
333 Howard 256.806
334 Bryant 258.096
335 Iona 258.777
336 Northwestern State 260.517
337 Fairleigh Dickinson 260.586
338 Quinnipiac 260.931
339 North Carolina A&T 261.466
340 McNeese State 262.193
341 Jackson State 263.419
342 Abilene Christian 263.516
343 NCCU 265.733
344 South Carolina State 266.892
345 Delaware State 266.896
346 Saint Francis-NY 268.6
347 Marist 269.241
348 Incarnate Word 270.419
349 Grambling 272.258
350 Bethune-Cookman 273.233
351 Norfolk State 273.433
352 Alcorn State 275.033
353 Morgan State 275.896
 
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Does that include the addition of UND?
 




Interesting that we play all 3 teams ahead of us.
 

So are officially just not playing an 11th non-conference game?
 


SelectionSunday said:
If they can add another opponent in the #75-175 range, I'd add that last game. Maybe a Fresno State, IUPUI, Loyola Marymount, or Iona? Otherwise, I'd rather have the schedule as it is now than add a terrible D1 or, even worse, a non-DI opponent.
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SS, do you know if the teams you listed have an opening in their schedules?
 

Some of the teams have openings. Not every team maxes out their schedule.
 

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