Your favorite team's toughest schedule (excluding pandemic year) during CFP era?

[iowajerms]

I say 2017 for Iowa (8-5)

Wyoming - Iowa W - Wyoming finished 8-5
Iowa State - W - 8-5
North Texas - W - 9-5
Penn State - L - 11-2 - #8 in final AP Poll
Michigan State - L - 10-3 - #15
Illinois - W - 2-10
Northwestern - L - 10-3 - #17
Minnesota - W - 5-7
Ohio State - W - 10-2 - #5
Wisconsin - L - 13-1 - #7
Purdue - L - 7-6
Nebraska - W - 4-8
Boston College - W - 7-6

Overall - 104-63

 

[Across The Field]

For OSU I'd say it has to be 2016. We faced 5 of the final AP top 10 teams that year

#1 Clemson
#5 Oklahoma
#7 Penn State
#9 Wisconsin
#10 michigan

Also pounded 9-4 Nebraska by 59.

 

[fordman84]

2019. A&M was the first team to face three teams in a single season that were ranked #1 at the time. We played Bama, Clemson, and LSU while they were each ranked #1 that week.

Hardest schedule in history? Texas A&M becomes first team to face three No. 1 teams in same season

Texas A&M added to its case of having the hardest schedule in history Sunday. With the unveiling of the latest AP Top 25, the Aggies will be the first...

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[huskers1217]

umm all of them?

 

[outofyourmind]

None of them were that hard, we just choked it up with the last few years of Bob and Lincoln not having a Defense.


Did I leave anything out.

 

[huskers1217]

2019. A&M was the first team to face three teams in a single season that were ranked #1 at the time. We played Bama, Clemson, and LSU while they were each ranked #1 that week.

Hardest schedule in history? Texas A&M becomes first team to face three No. 1 teams in same season

Texas A&M added to its case of having the hardest schedule in history Sunday. With the unveiling of the latest AP Top 25, the Aggies will be the first...

www.dallasnews.com

try playing against 4 national champions in 2 years

 

[fordman84]

try playing against 4 national champions in 2 years

Being a national champ one year doesn't mean you are great the next year, though.

 

[huskers1217]

Being a national champ one year doesn't mean you are great the next year, though.

true it was 4 different teams in 2 years that both split

 

[duckboy33]

2014 Oregon played the following:

#1 Ohio State 14-1
#5 Michigan State 11-2
#5 Florida State 13-1
#10 UCLA 10-3
#19 Arizona 10-4 (Twice)
#21 Utah 9-4

 

[Illustrious Potentate]

Probably last year

15-0

 

[ericd7633]

2017 ND played:

#2 UGA
#12 USC
#13 Miami
#15 MSU
#18 LSU(Bowl game)
#20 Stanford
#23 NC State

Also bowl opponents in Temple(7-6), Boston College, Wake Forest(8-5) and Navy(7-6).

11 out of 13 against bowl eligible teams.

 

[batchaps4me]

2019. A&M was the first team to face three teams in a single season that were ranked #1 at the time. We played Bama, Clemson, and LSU while they were each ranked #1 that week.

Hardest schedule in history? Texas A&M becomes first team to face three No. 1 teams in same season

Texas A&M added to its case of having the hardest schedule in history Sunday. With the unveiling of the latest AP Top 25, the Aggies will be the first...

www.dallasnews.com

try playing against 4 national champions in 2 years

Nothing compares to Sewanee's 1899 schedule.