Much has been made about the Oklahoma Sooners schedule. It would have looked better if not for the cancellation of the Georgia game. That nonconference powerhouse matchup was canceled in the wake of the announcement Oklahoma and Texas were joining the SEC.
The Sooners replaced the two-time defending national champions with the SMU Mustangs. SMU is a solid Group of Five program, but certainly not the stature of the Bulldogs.
College Football News created a scoring system based on its initial 1-133 Football Bowl Subdivision rankings, giving weight to where teams were ranked and whether the game is at home or not. In its scoring system, the lowest score represents the most difficult schedule.
Here’s how the Big 12 stacks up from strongest to weakest schedules of 2023.