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College Football Attendance Rankings: 2023 CFN Five-Year Program Analysis

College football attendance rankings. CFN’s five-year analysis of the attendance ranking all 133 current college programs.

How many people show up? As a part of the CFN 2023 Five-Year Program Analysis, the attendance is a major factor. Here are the rankings from No. 1 to 133.

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College Football Attendance Rankings 2023
101-133 | 76-100 | 51-75 | 26-50 | 11-25 | Top 10
2022 Attendance Rankings 1 to 133
5-Year Conference Attendance Rankings
2022 Conference Attendance Rankings
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Winning is everything.

Well, almost everything.

Putting fans in the stands is a more important measure of how successful a college program is, and not just as a show of support. Other college sports might be able to generate revenue, but football almost always carries the weight of an entire athletic department. Get the customers to show up, and everything flows from there.

2020 painfully showed just how true that all really is.

We didn’t do this after that season – there wasn’t enough attendance to rank – and we’re in a whole new world now.

Realignment plays a big role, media rights are everything, and there are new revenue streams for the players and coaches along with the programs. But attendance still matters for the schools, the surrounding businesses, and for the entire buzz of a college atmosphere.

So remember, some of the numbers are a bit off-kilter because some schools didn’t have fans in the stands in 2020. This reflects that.

Below are the rankings from 1 to 133, welcoming in Jacksonville State and Sam Houston to the FBS party, and including James Madison who made its debut last year.

Attendance is based on the average per game over the last five years, followed up by % capacity, followed by the average home attendance for every school last season.

133 Sam Houston

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 6,200.6
5-Year Filled Stadium Capacity 44.29%
2022 Average Attendance: 7,611
2022 Filled Stadium Capacity 54.36%

132 Northern Illinois

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 7,493.40
5-Year Filled Stadium Capacity 31.76%
2022 Average Attendance: 9,198
2022 Filled Stadium Capacity 38.98%

131 UMass

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 7,935.40
5-Year Filled Stadium Capacity 46.68%
2022 Average Attendance: 10,800
2022 Filled Stadium Capacity 63.53%

130 Ball State

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 8,866.80
5-Year Filled Stadium Capacity 39.41%
2022 Average Attendance: 11,637
2022 Filled Stadium Capacity 51.72%

129 FIU

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 9,207.20
5-Year Filled Stadium Capacity 46.04%
2022 Average Attendance: 14,888
2022 Filled Stadium Capacity 74.44%

128 Charlotte

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 9,821.40
5-Year Filled Stadium Capacity 64.13%
2022 Average Attendance: 10,907
2022 Filled Stadium Capacity 71.22%

127 Kent State

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 10,414.40
5-Year Filled Stadium Capacity 41.13%
2022 Average Attendance: 13,354
2022 Filled Stadium Capacity 52.74%

126 Central Michigan

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 11,388.40
5-Year Filled Stadium Capacity 37.64%
2022 Average Attendance: 15,823
2022 Filled Stadium Capacity 52.30%

125 Akron

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 11,606.00
5-Year Filled Stadium Capacity 38.69%
2022 Average Attendance: 11,199
2022 Filled Stadium Capacity 37.33%

124 New Mexico State

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 11,689.80
5-Year Filled Stadium Capacity 38.53%
2022 Average Attendance: 14,993
2022 Filled Stadium Capacity 49.41%

123 Bowling Green

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 11,752.60
5-Year Filled Stadium Capacity 48.97%
2022 Average Attendance: 11,664
2022 Filled Stadium Capacity 48.60%

122 Miami University

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 11,761.60
5-Year Filled Stadium Capacity 48.43%
2022 Average Attendance: 15,065
2022 Filled Stadium Capacity 62.03%

121 San Jose State

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 12,304.00
5-Year Filled Stadium Capacity 40.41%
2022 Average Attendance: 16,422
2022 Filled Stadium Capacity 54.02%

120 Middle Tennessee

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 12,475.60
5-Year Filled Stadium Capacity 40.52%
2022 Average Attendance: 14,364
2022 Filled Stadium Capacity 46.65%

119 ULM

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 12,570.40
5-Year Filled Stadium Capacity 41.31%
2022 Average Attendance: 13,380
2022 Filled Stadium Capacity 43.97%

118 Coastal Carolina

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 12,612.60
5-Year Filled Stadium Capacity 60.10%
2022 Average Attendance: 17,168
2022 Filled Stadium Capacity 82.85%

117 Eastern Michigan

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 12,708.20
5-Year Filled Stadium Capacity 42.08%
2022 Average Attendance: 15,186
2022 Filled Stadium Capacity 50.28%

116 New Mexico

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 12,726.40
5-Year Filled Stadium Capacity 32.45%
2022 Average Attendance: 14,966
2022 Filled Stadium Capacity 38.16%

115 Buffalo

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 12,956.60
5-Year Filled Stadium Capacity 44.66%
2022 Average Attendance: 14,857
2022 Filled Stadium Capacity 51.21%

114 WKU

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 13,079.20
5-Year Filled Stadium Capacity 59.15%
2022 Average Attendance: 15,440
2022 Filled Stadium Capacity 69.82%

113 Western Michigan

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 13,092.00
5-Year Filled Stadium Capacity 43.35%
2022 Average Attendance: 15,260
2022 Filled Stadium Capacity 50.53%

112 Hawaii

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 13,469.20
5-Year Filled Stadium Capacity 585.11%*
2022 Average Attendance: 9,210
2022 Filled Stadium Capacity 400.09%*
*Hawaii’s stadium capacity numbers are way off because the attendance in former Aloha Stadium still shows up in this for another two years.

111 Georgia State

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 13,741.00
5-Year Filled Stadium Capacity 54.96%
2022 Average Attendance: 16,023
2022 Filled Stadium Capacity 64.09%

110 Ohio

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 13,859.00
5-Year Filled Stadium Capacity 57.75%
2022 Average Attendance: 17,692
2022 Filled Stadium Capacity 73.72%

109 Georgia Southern

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 13,943.60
5-Year Filled Stadium Capacity 55.77%
2022 Average Attendance: 17,379
2022 Filled Stadium Capacity 69.52%

108 Nevada

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 13,998.20
5-Year Filled Stadium Capacity 46.66%
2022 Average Attendance: 14,905
2022 Filled Stadium Capacity 49.68%

107 Texas State

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 14,335.60
5-Year Filled Stadium Capacity 47.79%
2022 Average Attendance: 17,451
2022 Filled Stadium Capacity 58.17%

106 Arkansas State

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 14,359.80
5-Year Filled Stadium Capacity 47.26%
2022 Average Attendance: 15,265
2022 Filled Stadium Capacity 50.24%

105 Tulsa

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 14,392.20
5-Year Filled Stadium Capacity 47.97%
2022 Average Attendance: 18,745
2022 Filled Stadium Capacity 62.48%

104 UTEP

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 14,619.80
5-Year Filled Stadium Capacity 28.12%
2022 Average Attendance: 19,134
2022 Filled Stadium Capacity 36.80%

103 Liberty

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 14,798.20
5-Year Filled Stadium Capacity 59.19%
2022 Average Attendance: 20,954
2022 Filled Stadium Capacity 83.82%

102 Old Dominion

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 14,813.00
5-Year Filled Stadium Capacity 65.89%
2022 Average Attendance: 20,232
2022 Filled Stadium Capacity 90.00%

101 Louisiana Tech

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 15,001.60
5-Year Filled Stadium Capacity 52.52%
2022 Average Attendance: 15,082
2022 Filled Stadium Capacity 52.80%

College Football Attendance Rankings 2023
101-133 | 76-100 | 51-75 | 26-50 | 11-25 | Top 10
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Big 12 Football Strength of Schedule Rankings 2023

Who has the easiest and hardest football schedules in the Big 12 this season? We rank them from the nastiest to the lightest.

Big 12 football strength of schedule rankings. Who has it easiest and who has the nasties schedule going into the 2023 season?

Big 12 Football Strength of Schedule 2023

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The world of the Big 12 is interesting with four new programs – BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF – coming aboard, and with Texas and Oklahoma just hanging around until it can bold for the SEC in 2024.

For this year, who has the easiest and hardest schedules to go through?

This is hardly an exact science – the idea is to get it as close to the pin as possible – but for now, we’re going off our 2023 College Football Rankings 1-133: First Look. Once we do the full-on 2023 Preview and finish up with every team and the preseason rankings, we’ll change this up.

But you’ll get the idea.

Here’s how we did this. If it’s a home game, take the first look ranking and that’s the score. So, if Iowa State is ranked 50th in this first round – remember, it can and will all change after we get through the whole offseason – a home game counts for 50 points. A road date gets cut in half, so playing the Cyclones on the road counts for 25 points. Any game against an FCS team counts as 134 points, and neutral site dates are scored like a home game.

The lower the overall score, the harder the schedule, so …

Ranked from the hardest schedule to the easiest.

1. West Virginia

Score: 431 It’s far tougher than it looks. The date at Penn State is the killer, hosting Pitt, and five road Big 12 road games will make it a grind.

Sept 2 at Penn State
Sept 9 Duquesne
Sept 16 Pitt
Sept 23 at Texas Tech
Sept 30 TCU
Oct 7 OPEN DATE
Oct 12 at Houston
Oct 21 Oklahoma State
Oct 28 at UCF
Nov 4 BYU
Nov 11 at Oklahoma
Nov 18 Cincinnati
Nov 25 at Baylor
– 2023 West Virginia Schedule Breakdown, 3 Things To Know

2. Iowa State

Score: 450 The overall score makes it harder with the odd road game at Ohio, it’s going to Oklahoma – along with four other Big 12 road games – that makes it tough.

Sept 2 Northern Iowa
Sept 9 Iowa
Sept 16 at Ohio
Sept 23 Oklahoma State
Sept 30 at Oklahoma
Oct 7 TCU
Oct 14 at Cincinnati
Oct 21 OPEN DATE
Oct 28 at Baylor
Nov 4 Kansas
Nov 11 at BYU
Nov 18 Texas
Nov 25 at Kansas State
– 2023 Iowa State Schedule Breakdown, 3 Things To Know

3. Kansas

Score: 452 Not getting to play West Virginia is part of reason for the tough schedule ranking, Going to Nevada – technically – brings it down, and playing Illinois doesn’t help.

Aug 31 Missouri State
Sept 9 Illinois
Sept 16 at Nevada
Sept 23 BYU
Sept 30 at Texas
Oct 7 UCF
Oct 14 at Oklahoma State
Oct 21 OPEN DATE
Oct 28 Oklahoma
Nov 4 at Iowa State
Nov 11 Texas Tech
Nov 18 Kansas State
Nov 25 at Cincinnati
– 2023 Kansas Schedule Breakdown, 3 Things To Know

4. Texas Tech

Score: 455.5 Like the other teams on this with the toughest slates, Texas Tech has to play five Big 12 road games. That, and the trip to Wyoming cuts down the overall score. Dealing with Oregon is no prize, either.

Sept 2 at Wyoming
Sept 9 Oregon
Sept 16 Tarleton State
Sept 23 at West Virginia
Sept 30 Houston
Oct 7 at Baylor
Oct 14 Kansas State
Oct 21 at BYU
Oct 28 OPEN DATE
Nov 2 TCU
Nov 11 at Kansas
Nov 18 UCF
Nov 24 at Texas
– 2023 Texas Tech Schedule Breakdown, 3 Things To Know

5. Texas

Score: 403 Start with a road game at Alabama, and the overall toughness score can only go up from there. Going to TCU doesn’t help.

Sept 2 Rice
Sept 9 at Alabama
Sept 16 Wyoming
Sept 23 at Baylor
Sept 30 Kansas
Oct 7 Oklahoma (in Dallas)
Oct 14 OPEN DATE
Oct 21 at Houston
Oct 28 BYU
Nov 4 Kansas State
Nov 11 at TCU
Nov 18 at Iowa State
Nov 24 Texas Tech
– 2023 Texas Schedule Breakdown, 3 Things To Know

6. Houston

Score: 496.5 This is a tad wrong, because going to Rice really shouldn’t be counted as a true road game, but it is. There are a slew of Big 12 games that should be winnable, but they’re on the road.

Sept 2 UTSA
Sept 9 at Rice
Sept 16 TCU
Sept 23 Sam Houston
Sept 30 at Texas Tech
Oct 7 OPEN DATE
Oct 12 West Virginia
Oct 21 Texas
Oct 28 at Kansas State
Nov 4 at Baylor
Nov 11 Cincinnati
Nov 18 Oklahoma State
Nov 25 at UCF
– 2023 Houston Schedule Breakdown, 3 Things To Know

7. Kansas State

Score: 509.5 It’s got a nice blend of total layups and interesting – but winnable – road games. Missing Oklahoma and Kansas State helps in a huge way.

Sept 2 SE Missouri State
Sept 9 Troy
Sept 16 at Missouri
Sept 23 UCF
Sept 30 OPEN DATE
Oct 6 at Oklahoma State
Oct 14 at Texas Tech
Oct 21 TCU
Oct 28 Houston
Nov 4 at Texas
Nov 11 Baylor
Nov 18 at Kansas
Nov 25 Iowa State
– 2023 Kansas State Schedule Breakdown, 3 Things To Know

8. BYU

Score: 512 The road trip to Arkansas makes up for the lightweight home non-conference games. Five Big 12 road games – including at TCU and Texas – makes this rough.

Sept 2 Sam Houston
Sept 9 Southern Utah
Sept 16 at Arkansas
Sept 23 at Kansas
Sept 29 Cincinnati
Oct 7 OPEN DATE
Oct 14 at TCU
Oct 21 Texas Tech
Oct 28 at Texas
Nov 4 at West Virginia
Nov 11 Iowa State
Nov 18 Oklahoma
Nov 25 at Oklahoma State
– 2023 BYU Schedule Breakdown, 3 Things To Know

9. Oklahoma

Score: 544 It’s not a tough schedule if Oklahoma is back to being Oklahoma. Sort of like Houston going to Rice, yeah, going to Oklahoma State is a road game, but it’s not a taxing trip.

Sept 2 Arkansas State
Sept 9 SMU
Sept 16 at Tulsa
Sept 23 at Cincinnati
Sept 30 Iowa State
Oct 7 Texas (in Dallas)
Oct 14 OPEN DATE
Oct 21 UCF
Oct 28 at Kansas
Nov 4 at Oklahoma State
Nov 11 West Virginia
Nov 18 at BYU
Nov 24 TCU
– 2023 Oklahoma Schedule Breakdown, 3 Things To Know

10. TCU

Score: 546.5 The non-conference slate couldn’t be much easier – even with Colorado on it – and there are enough easy games at home to roll through most of this if the team is close to as good as last year.

Sept 2 Colorado
Sept 9 Nicholls
Sept 16 at Houston
Sept 23 SMU
Sept 30 West Virginia
Oct 7 at Iowa State
Oct 14 BYU
Oct 21 at Kansas State
Oct 28 OPEN DATE
Nov 2 at Texas Tech
Nov 11 Texas
Nov 18 Baylor
Nov 24 at Oklahoma
– 2023 TCU Schedule Breakdown, 3 Things To Know

11. Baylor

Score: 550 It’s not that easy overall with Utah a tough home game, but the Big 12 home games are all very, very winnable, including Texas.

Sept 2 Texas State
Sept 9 Utah
Sept 16 Long Island
Sept 23 Texas
Sept 30 at UCF
Oct 7 Texas Tech
Oct 14 OPEN DATE
Oct 21 at Cincinnati
Oct 28 Iowa State
Nov 4 Houston
Nov 11 at Kansas State
Nov 18 at TCU
Nov 25 West Virginia
– 2023 Baylor Schedule Breakdown, 3 Things To Know

12. Oklahoma State

Score: 550 The schedule is actually easier than this considering Arizona State might need a while to be tough again. Road games at Iowa State, West Virginia, and against two of the Big 12 newbies makes this very, very manageable.

Sept 2 Central Arkansas
Sept 9 at Arizona State
Sept 16 South Alabama
Sept 23 at Iowa State
Sept 30 OPEN DATE
Oct 6 Kansas State
Oct 14 Kansas
Oct 21 at West Virginia
Oct 28 Cincinnati
Nov 4 Oklahoma
Nov 11 at UCF
Nov 18 at Houston
Nov 25 BYU
– 2023 Oklahoma State Schedule Breakdown, 3 Things To Know

13. UCF

Score: 572 The schedule looks a tad tougher than it is. The home games are all fine, and the Knights should be able to take down their share of road dates at places like – potentially – Kansas and Cincinnati.

Aug 31 Kent State
Sept 9 at Boise State
Sept 16 Villanova
Sept 23 at Kansas State
Sept 30 Baylor
Oct 7 at Kansas
Oct 12 OPEN DATE
Oct 21 at Oklahoma
Oct 28 West Virginia
Nov 4 at Cincinnati
Nov 11 Oklahoma State
Nov 18 at Texas Tech
Nov 25 Houston
– 2023 UCF Schedule Breakdown, 3 Things To Know

14. Cincinnati

Score: 590.5 The home games against Eastern Kentucky and Miami University are a big, big help to ease the way into the Big 12 season. There are just four conference road games, and two of them are against Houston and West Virginia. There’s no Kansas State, TCU, or Texas to deal with.

Sept 2 Eastern Kentucky
Sept 9 at Pitt
Sept 16 Miami University
Sept 23 Oklahoma
Sept 29 at BYU
Oct 7 OPEN DATE
Oct 14 Iowa State
Oct 21 Baylor
Oct 28 at Oklahoma State
Nov 4 UCF
Nov 11 at Houston
Nov 18 at West Virginia
Nov 25 Kansas
– 2023 Cincinnati Schedule Breakdown, 3 Things To Know

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2023 College Football Rankings 1-133: First Look

Clemson Football Schedule 2023: Analysis, Breakdown, 3 Things To Know

Clemson football schedule 2023 analysis, breakdown, 3 things to know

Clemson football schedule 2023: Who do the Tigers miss on the ACC schedule and what are 3 things to know?

Clemson Football Schedule 2023: 3 Things To Know

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Sept 4 at Duke

Sept 9 Charleston Southern

Sept 16 Florida Atlantic

Sept 23 Florida State

Sept 30 at Syracuse

Oct 7 Wake Forest

Oct 14 OPEN DATE

Oct 21 at Miami

Oct 28 at NC State

Nov 4 Notre Dame

Nov 11 Georgia Tech

Nov 18 North Carolina

Nov 25 at South Carolina

2023 College Football Rankings 1-133: First Look

Clemson Football Schedule What To Know: Who do the Tigers miss from the ACC slate?

The Tigers don’t have just enough tough games to make it an interesting schedule, but the ACC run isn’t too bad.

Florida State has to come to Death Valley. That’s the big one. Win that, and everything else should be fine.

It would’ve been nice to miss the Seminoles, though. They’re on the slate, but Pitt isn’t. That’s the one good team to miss, with Boston College, Virginia, and Virginia Tech three relatively easy teams the Tigers don’t get to face. Louisville almost certainly would’ve been a win, but that’s a potentially dangerous offensive squad to skip.

Clemson Football Schedule What Really Matters

Beat Florida State, and get to the week off in mid-October – most likely – 6-0.

And then … game on.

Clemson only plays back-to-back road games once, and it just so happens to be against Miami and NC State right after that midseason break. Follow that up with Notre Dame, and with North Carolina and the trip to South Carolina to close – with Georgia Tech thrown in there – and there’s no real break over the last six weeks.

Clemson Football Schedule What To Know: What does it all really mean?

Clemson might not be above a clunker somewhere along the way, but Florida State, at Miami, at NC State, Notre Dame, North Carolina, at South Carolina. Any of those game could be where the season takes a hit, and it wouldn’t be shocking if there are two losses among those six.

But it’s Clemson. It’s going to expect to go into the final weeks with a shot at the College Football Playoff. With this schedule – helped by just three road games from the opener until the finish – it’s not bad even with those nasty dates to deal with.

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2023 College Football Schedules: All 133 Teams

Florida State Football Schedule 2023: Analysis, Breakdown, 3 Things To Know

Florida State football schedule 2023 analysis, breakdown, 3 things to know

Florida State football schedule 2023: Who do the Seminoles miss on the ACC schedule and what are 3 things to know?

Florida State Football Schedule 2023: 3 Things To Know

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Sept 3 LSU (in Orlando)

Sept 9 Southern Miss

Sept 16 at Boston College

Sept 23 at Clemson

Sept 30 OPEN DATE

Oct 7 Virginia Tech

Oct 14 Syracuse

Oct 21 Duke

Oct 28 at Wake Forest

Nov 4 at Pitt

Nov 11 Miami

Nov 18 North Alabama

Nov 25 at Florida

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Florida State Football Schedule What To Know: Who do the Seminoles miss from the ACC slate?

It’s … interesting.

There are a whole slew of configurations for everyone’s schedule in the ACC. Some have to play Notre Dame, some have five conference games, and everyone’s road situation is seemingly different.

Florida State packs its trips in two week packs, but more on that in a moment.

It doesn’t catch any major breaks in who it misses from the ACC. Not playing NC State is great, and not having to face North Carolina is a plus, but Georgia Tech, Louisville, and Virginia would all be big underdogs against the Noles.

That, and …

Florida State Football Schedule What Really Matters

At Clemson.

Fortunately for FSU, in the new world of the no-division ACC it’s okay to drop the date in Death Valley and still be in the conference title chase. The trip to Clemson comes right after a winnable game at Boston College, and that’s it for the true road games until late October.

Going to Wake Forest and Pitt will be tough, but again, that’s a quick run of road games and then it’s back home to face Miami. That means the Seminoles only leave Florida four times this year, but …

Florida State Football Schedule What To Know: What does it all really mean?

The opener against LSU is a neutral site game in Orlando, the regular season finale against Florida is down the road in Gainesville, and then there’s that date at Clemson.

Throw in Pitt in early November – the weather might not be that bad – along with home games against Miami and a veteran Duke team, and there are just enough landmines to be a problem.

This is a College Football Playoff-caliber team returning in Tallahassee, but get to 11-1 on the way to the ACC Championship will be a tough run. However, if the team is good enough to win two of the three against LSU, Clemson, and Florida, it should be good enough to end up playing for the ACC title with a shot at the CFP.

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2023 College Football Schedules: All 133 Teams

Louisville Football Schedule 2023: Analysis, Breakdown, 3 Things To Know

Louisville football schedule 2023 analysis, breakdown, 3 things to know

Louisville football schedule 2023: Who do the Cardinals miss on the ACC schedule and what are 3 things to know?

Louisville Football Schedule 2023: 3 Things To Know

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Sept 1 at Georgia Tech

Sept 7 Murray State

Sept 16 at Indiana

Sept 23 Boston College

Sept 29 at NC State

Oct 7 Notre Dame

Oct 14 at Pitt

Oct 21 OPEN DATE

Oct 28 Duke

Nov 4 Virginia Tech

Nov 9 Virginia

Nov 18 at Miami

Nov 25 Kentucky

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Louisville Football Schedule What To Know: Who do the Cardinals miss from the ACC slate?

So who did Louisville send a ballon bouquet to for this ACC schedule?

It has to play Notre Dame as one of the conference-not-conference games, but there’s no Clemson, no Florida State, and no North Carolina or Wake Forest. There’s no Syracuse, either, but all that matters is missing the Tigers and Seminoles – those should be the ACC’s top two teams.

If that wasn’t nice enough, there are only four ACC road games, and …

Louisville Football Schedule What Really Matters

Seriously, could Jeff Brohm be handed a nicer welcoming gift?

Beyond missing a slew of the ACC big guys, there aren’t two road games in a row and there’s just one away date after October 14th.

Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Miami are all going to be better, but that’s a run of three straight games against teams that didn’t go bowling last year. In all, just five teams on the slate went to bowl games and Notre Dame and Kentucky are coming to Cardinal Stadium.

Louisville Football Schedule What To Know: What does it all really mean?

Eight wins. Start with that with this schedule and hope for more from there.

Starting the season at Georgia Tech will be a tone-setter, but win that – none of the September games are against teams that went bowling – and a 4-0 start is a must before dealing with NC State, Notre Dame, and Pitt.

Okay, so it’s not all as easy as it seems – again, Virginia Tech, Miami, and Virginia won’t be as bad as they were last year – but there isn’t a game on the slate the Cardinals can’t win.

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2023 College Football Schedules: All 133 Teams

Georgia Tech Football Schedule 2023: Analysis, Breakdown, 3 Things To Know

Georgia Tech football schedule 2023 analysis, breakdown, 3 things to know

Georgia Tech football schedule 2023: Who do the Yellow Jackets miss on the ACC schedule and what are 3 things to know?

Georgia Tech Football Schedule 2023: 3 Things To Know

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Sept 1 Louisville

Sept 9 South Carolina State

Sept 16 at Ole Miss

Sept 23 at Wake Forest

Sept 30 Bowling Green

Oct 7 at Miami

Oct 14 OPEN DATE

Oct 21 Boston College

Oct 28 North Carolina

Nov 4 at Virginia

Nov 11 at Clemson

Nov 18 Syracuse

Nov 25 Georgia

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Georgia Tech Football Schedule What To Know: Who do the Yellow Jackets miss from the ACC slate?

It’s a bit of a rough schedule overall, but the Yellow Jackets catch a few breaks with the conference slate.

There’s no Notre Dame as part of the mix, and there’s no Florida State, NC State, or Pitt, either – Georgia Tech would likely be the underdog against all four teams. Not playing Duke isn’t a bad thing this year, but missing Virginia Tech doesn’t help.

Having four ACC road games instead of five is a plus, but …

Georgia Tech Football Schedule What Really Matters

The road game runs are strange.

There’s a stretch of three road games in four weeks, and none of them are easy with trips to Ole Miss, Wake Forest, and Miami. Winning one of those would be good, two would be amazing.

There’s also the unfortunate timing of the back-to-back road games in early November, going to Virginia and then Clemson.

However, on the flip side, that means there’s plenty of time at home for most of the year, and the last two games are at home, but …

Georgia Tech Football Schedule What To Know: What does it all really mean?

At Clemson and Georgia in the final three weeks. That’s hardly fun, and going to Ole Miss and Miami will be tough, but overall there are enough winnable games to push for a solid season.

Louisville, South Carolina State, Bowling Green, Boston College, Syracuse, and throw North Carolina in there. There need to be at least four wins out of those home games, but five might be needed to get to six wins and bowl eligibility.

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2023 College Football Schedules: All 133 Teams

Miami Football Schedule 2023: Analysis, Breakdown, 3 Things To Know

Miami football schedule 2023 analysis, breakdown, 3 things to know

Miami football schedule 2023: Who do the Hurricanes miss on the ACC schedule and what are 3 things to know?

Miami Football Schedule 2023: 3 Things To Know

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Sept 1 Miami University

Sept 9 Texas A&M

Sept 14 Bethune-Cookman

Sept 23 at Temple

Sept 30 OPEN DATE

Oct 7 Georgia Tech

Oct 14 at North Carolina

Oct 21 Clemson

Oct 28 Virginia

Nov 4 at NC State

Nov 11 at Florida State

Nov 18 Louisville

Nov 24 at Boston College

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Miami Football Schedule What To Know: Who do the Hurricanes miss from the ACC slate?

There aren’t a lot of breaks.

The Hurricanes don’t have to deal with Notre Dame, but they have to face Clemson, Florida State, and NC State – likely the three best teams in the ACC. At least the date with the Tigers is at home, but the Seminoles and Wolfpack are on the road.

On the plus side, they don’t have to face Pitt or Duke – the Blue Devils should be dangerous this year. Missing Wake Forest isn’t bad, but not getting to play Syracuse and Virginia Tech isn’t a positive.

Miami Football Schedule: What Really Matters

The finishing kick isn’t fun.

The lone road game until mid-October is at Temple – that’s not bad – but there’s a price to pay late.

In a perfect world, Miami misses the road games in cold weather locations, and it has to go to Boston College in the final regular season game.

That comes at the end of a rough November of three road games in the final four with back-to-back games at NC State and Florida State. That’s all after back-to-back games at North Carolina at at home against Clemson.

Miami Football Schedule What To Know: What does it all really mean?

It’s not horrible, but there are just enough landmines to keep this from being a special campaign.

Texas A&M in non-conference play is a problem – even if the Aggies are coming to Hard Rock – and Clemson, at NC State, at Florida State, and at North Carolina are dangerous.

Even so, it would be a total disaster if Miami didn’t get bowl eligible with ease – a 5-0 start is possible with a win over Texas A&M – but it’ll all come down to being able to hold up in November.

NC State Football Schedule 2023: Analysis, Breakdown, 3 Things To Know

NC State football schedule 2023 analysis, breakdown, 3 things to know

NC State football schedule 2023: Who do the Wolfpack miss on the ACC schedule and what are 3 things to know?

NC State Football Schedule 2023: 3 Things To Know

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Sept 2 at UConn

Sept 9 Notre Dame

Sept 16 VMI

Sept 22 at Virginia

Sept 29 Louisville

Oct 7 Marshall

Oct 14 at Duke

Oct 21 OPEN DATE

Oct 28 Clemson

Nov 4 Miami

Nov 11 at Wake Forest

Nov 18 at Virginia Tech

Nov 25 North Carolina

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NC State Football Schedule What To Know: Who do the Wolfpack miss from the ACC slate?

It’s not all that bad.

Yeah, NC State has to play Clemson, but that’s a home game coming off a midseason week off.

Yeah, it has to deal with Notre Dame in the ACC’s friends-with-benefits deal, but that’s at home, too.

Missing Boston College, Georgia Tech, and Syracuse isn’t a plus – those three are more than beatable this season by this Wolfpack team – but not having to deal with Florida State is massive. That, and missing Pitt is a huge help.

NC State Football Schedule What Really Matters

The road schedule is a dream.

There are five games away from Raleigh, but North Carolina has to make the trip over, and so do Clemson, Florida State, Miami, and Notre Dame.

Going to UConn isn’t anything to worry about. Virginia and Virginia Tech will be better, but they failed to go bowling last year. Duke is dangerous, but … it’s still Duke, not Clemson. Going to Wake Forest is dangerous, but … it’s Wake Forest, not Florida State.

Going at least 4-1 on the road isn’t asking for anything crazy.

NC State Football Schedule What To Know: What does it all really mean?

There’s no blaming the schedule if this isn’t a huge season.

If NC State can take care of home, it’s not wrong to dream of going at least 10-2 if the team can come together fast.

No, the Wolfpack won’t beat Notre Dame, Clemson, Miami, and Florida State, but it can win at least two of those. And to keep hammering this home, those aren’t on the road.

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2023 NFL Draft: First Round Mock Draft Post-Super Bowl 1-31

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The Super Bowl is over, Sean Payton is off to coach Denver, and we have the first round NFL Draft order.

For now.

This will/should change up several times in several ways over the next several weeks in what should be among the craziest drafts ever for trades.

With that said, as always, there are no projected trades here – mock drafts should always be played straight until a trade is done, or there’s a credible enough report to suggest something big is about to happen. That doesn’t mean there isn’t some acknowledgement of what the latest rumors are.

Here’s the best guess idea for each team along with why the pick makes sense.

31 Kansas City

2023 Mock Draft Latest Call: Anton Harrison OT Oklahoma
Previous Mock Draft Call: Dalton Kincaid TE Utah

Kansas City does what it does when it comes to the draft, with perceived value not that big of a deal. But who’s complaining? Ten rookies played a role in the Super Bowl? That’s insane. Wide receiver would be nice, but finding more versatile protection for 15 matters more than anything else.

30 Philadelphia

2023 Mock Draft Latest Call: Jahmyr Gibbs, RB Alabama
Previous Mock Draft Call: Isaiah Foskey EDGE Notre Dame

The Eagles need lots and lots of defense considering what they’re likely going to lose in free agency, but there’s also the possibility of losing some of the backs in the rotation, too. Again, defense and more defense, but … here’s the call. The Eagles go Texas RB Bijan Robinson at the 10 and defense here, or defense with the earlier pick and the perfect fit of Gibbs here.

29 New Orleans (from Denver)

2023 Mock Draft Latest Call: Isaiah Foskey EDGE Notre Dame
Previous Mock Draft Call: John Michael Schmitz C Minnesota

The Saints might be in the trading derby to move up to get a quarterback. They also need more playmakers on the defensive front, and Foskey is a versatile option who’d be an instant starter.

28 Cincinnati

2023 Mock Draft Latest Call: Dalton Kincaid TE Utah
Previous Mock Draft Call: Jaelyn Duncan OT Maryland

The Bengals are in a nice place – they don’t have any screaming needs. However, they could use some upgrades and an infusion of few more options. Giving Mr. Burrow his own – in a perfect world – Travis Kelce would be fun.

27 Buffalo

2023 Mock Draft Latest Call: Jalin Hyatt WR Tennessee
Previous Mock Draft Call: Brian Branch S Alabama

Josh Allen makes everyone else better, but even more pop at receiver would be devastating. The Bills will go high-end playmaker here and then dive in on defense and offensive line over the rest of the draft.

26 Dallas

2023 Mock Draft Latest Call: Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR Ohio State
Previous Mock Draft Call: Jordan Addison WR USC

Maybe there’s a defensive back coming off the board here – South Carolina CB Cam Smith would fit nicely. The offense doesn’t exactly need more firepower, but it could use an upgrade at No. 2 WR on the other side of CeeDee Lamb.

25 New York Giants

2023 Mock Draft Latest Call: Quentin Johnson WR TCU
Previous Mock Draft Call: Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR Ohio State

The Giants will be the Giants – they’ll probably find some interior lineman who ends up doing just fine – but the value is at receiver. That just so happens to be one of the team’s desperate needs.

24 Jacksonville

2023 Mock Draft Latest Call: Drew Sanders LB Arkansas
Previous Mock Draft Call: Anton Harrison OT Oklahoma

The defensive front needs more help, and linebacker might be a bit of a luxury item considering the other needs, but Sanders is too good to fall any further.

23 Minnesota Vikings

2023 Mock Draft Latest Call: Kelee Ringo CB Georgia
Previous Mock Draft Call: Cam Smith CB South Carolina

Cornerback. No matter what.

22 Baltimore Ravens

2023 Mock Draft Latest Call: Jordan Addison WR USC
Previous Mock Draft Call: Quentin Johnson WR TCU

Now is when the receiver run starts. Take your pick of any one of a number of star prospects, but the thought is that they’ll drop a wee bit. No matter what, it would be malpractice to not give Lamar Jackson a few elite targets to work with – assuming he’s still the Raven QB and not a, say, Buccaneer or Raider.

21 Los Angeles Chargers

2023 Mock Draft Latest Call: Siaki Ika DT Baylor
Previous Mock Draft Call: O’Cyrus Torrence OG Florida

Offensive line or defensive line. Ika might not be the versatile defensive lineman the Chargers might be looking for, but he’ll be an anchor to work around.

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North Carolina Football Schedule 2023: Analysis, Breakdown, 3 Things To Know

North Carolina football schedule 2023 analysis, breakdown, 3 things to know

North Carolina football schedule 2023: Who do the Tar Heels miss on the ACC schedule and what are 3 things to know?

North Carolina Football Schedule 2023: 3 Things To Know

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Sept 2 South Carolina (in Charlotte)

Sept 9 Appalachian State

Sept 16 Minnesota

Sept 23 at Pitt

Sept 30 OPEN DATE

Oct 7 Syracuse

Oct 14 Miami

Oct 21 Virginia

Oct 28 at Georgia Tech

Nov 4 Campbell

Nov 11 Duke

Nov 18 at Clemson

Nov 25 at NC State

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North Carolina Football Schedule What To Know: Who do the Tar Heels miss from the ACC slate?

It’s a very, very interesting schedule, but there aren’t a ton of breaks with who the Tar Heels miss in the ACC.

They don’t have to deal with Notre Dame – that’s a huge plus – and not playing Florida State matters. Wake Forest isn’t an easy out – that’s a decent team to miss – but Boston College, Louisville, and Virginia Tech are all beatable.

On the plus side …

North Carolina Football Schedule What Really Matters

There’s only one game outside of North Carolina – at Pitt – before the end of October, and there are only three games outside of the state overall.

However, that last step is a doozy.

There might be only two true road games in the first ten games, but the last two at Clemson and at NC State save the biggest tests for the very end.

Even so, September is more than just sneaky-tough. South Carolina, Appalachian State, Minnesota, at Pitt – none of those games are guaranteed wins.

North Carolina Football Schedule What To Know: What does it all really mean?

Can North Carolina own Chapel Hill?

There will be a few losses before the final two killer games, but there’s nothing until the end that’s unmanageable. There are too many landmines to expect anything too amazing, but it’s hard to get into a twist over a schedule with just four true road games.

Anything less than eight wins with this slate would be a disappointment.

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