Conference Mates non-conference games

[MV pony]

Per ESPM-

"Cincinnati: The Bearcats host Purdue this season and will travel to West Lafayette, Ind., in 2016. They go to Illinois this year as well, a return trip from the schools' 2009 game at Nippert Stadium. In addition to going to Michigan in 2017, Cincinnati goes to Ohio State in 2014 and 2016 and has a home-and-home with BYU set for 2015 and 2016 (at BYU, at Cincinnati).

Connecticut: The Huskies host Michigan and Maryland this year, the second parts of home-and-homes from 2010 and 2012, respectively. In addition to the Boise State home-and-home set for 2014 and 2018 (at UConn, at Boise), UConn has a home-and-home with BYU in 2014 and 2015 (at UConn, at BYU), a home-and-home with Tennessee set for 2015 and 2016 (at UConn, at Tennessee) and a home-and-home with Virginia scheduled for 2016 and 2017 (at UConn, at Virginia).

Houston: The Cougars host BYU this year and head to Provo, Utah next year.

Louisville: The Kentucky series is the only one the Cardinals currently have scheduled with a BCS-conference opponent through 2016, going to Lexington this season and in 2015, with the Wildcats visiting in 2014 and 2016. Perhaps that will change when the Cardinals begin ACC play in the 2014 campaign.

Memphis: The Tigers host Duke this season after visiting the Blue Devils in 2012. They have a home-and-home with UCLA for 2014 and 2017 (at UCLA, at Memphis), a home-and-home with Kansas for 2015 and 2016 (at Kansas, at Memphis), a home-and-home with Missouri for 2015 and 2016 (at Memphis, at Missouri) and a four-game home-and-home with Ole Miss from 2014-17, beginning in Oxford, Miss.

Rutgers: The Scarlet Knights host Arkansas this season after traveling to Fayetteville, Ark., in 2012. They will host future Big East member Tulane in 2014, each's first season in its new conference, after playing the Green Wave in Piscataway, N.J., in 2010 and in New Orleans last season. Miami (FL) visits Rutgers in 2018 and hosts it in 2019, and the Scarlet Knights have future home-and-homes with UCLA (2016 at Rutgers, 2017 in L.A.) and Kansas (2015 at Rutgers, 2018 in Lawrence, Kan.) To Rutgers' credit, it had also originally scheduled home-and-homes with Maryland and Penn State before it had announced that it was moving to the Big Ten.

SMU: The Mustangs have quite the in-state home-and-home lineup. They canceled this season's home game with Baylor, and while it is unknown if the 2013 game will be made up or bought-out completely, the schools still have a home-and-home scheduled through 2019. The Battlle for the Iron Skillet with TCU will continue through 2017, with the Horned Frogs playing host this season. SMU will go to Texas A&M this year and host the Aggies in 2014, closing out a four-year home-and-home. They begin this season with a Friday night home contest against Texas Tech.

Temple: The Owls begin the Matt Rhule era at Notre Dame this season, a place they will re-visit in 2017. The Irish will visit Philadelphia in 2014. The two-for-one Penn State series continues from 2014-16, with the Nittany Lions visiting Philly in 2015. Temple will host Maryland in 2014 and travel to College Park at a future date to be determined, after a home-and-home in 2011 and 2012 that saw the visiting team win each time (Temple, then Maryland).

UCF: The Knights aren't backing down as they move up a level of play. They go to Penn State this season and will host the Lions in either 2014 or 2015. They host South Carolina this season and visit the Gamecocks in 2015. They go to Missouri in 2014 after hosting the Tigers this past season. They host BYU in 2014 after visiting the Cougars in 2011. And they go to Maryland in 2016 before hosting the Terps the following season. UCF has a 2017 date at Texas, too, as part of an agreement that saw the Longhorns visit the Knights in 2007 for UCF's first game in its new stadium before hosting them in 2009.

USF: The Bulls host Michigan State this season as part of a two-game home-and-home that will be returned in 2017. They will play the final game of a five-game series with the Miami (FL) this fall at home as well. USF will host North Carolina State in 2014, have a two-game home-and-home with Indiana in 2015 and 2016 (at USF, at Indiana) and play at Florida sometime in the future."


Looks like SMU has the heaviest schedule by far even without Baylor. Some sites saying Penn State will not have a good year in 2013 and MD didn't have a good year last year.

[West Coast Johnny]

Those are good non-conference schedules. Way better than the average big 12 OOC schedule.

[Blvd_Stang]

I think we're about even with Temple in strength of schedule

[East Coast Mustang]

Everyone on here that relentlessly ripped us for dropping Baylor...and yet we still have the toughest OOC slate in the conference this year.

[RGV Pony]

Yeah

what ?

[blackoutpony]

This makes Houston kind of look like a joke

[RGV Pony]

Aren't they ?

what ?

[Digetydog]

The Michigan game is going to result in Uconn selling a shipload of season tickets. One of my coworkers bought 4 season tickets just to go to that game. He figures that season tickets will cost less than trying to buy tickets to Michigan on the secondary market.

[Maine Mustang]

East Carolina's future OOC schedule looks brutal, Tulane and Tulsa would rank near the bottom of the pack in AAC, and Navy maintains traditional rivalries with Army! AF and Notre Dame.

In my opinion, these OOC games will be the number one factor in determining the relevancy of the AAC over the next five years....

How the heck did Memphis work a home and home with UCLA? I understand scheduling local Texas teams/traditional rivals, but I bet if SMU would book a marquis team like this we would have more SMU fans in attendance than visiting fans...simply for the novelty of it once a year.

[Maine Mustang]

East Carolina's future OOC schedule looks brutal, Tulane and Tulsa would rank near the bottom of the pack in AAC, and Navy maintains traditional rivalries with Army! AF and Notre Dame.

In my opinion, these OOC games will be the number one factor in determining the relevancy of the AAC over the next five years....

How the heck did Memphis work a home and home with UCLA? I understand scheduling local Texas teams/traditional rivals, but I bet if SMU would book a marquis team like this we would have more SMU fans in attendance than visiting fans...simply for the novelty of it once a year.

[MV pony]

East Carolina's future OOC schedule looks brutal, Tulane and Tulsa would rank near the bottom of the pack in AAC, and Navy maintains traditional rivalries with Army! AF and Notre Dame.

In my opinion, these OOC games will be the number one factor in determining the relevancy of the AAC over the next five years....

How the heck did Memphis work a home and home with UCLA? I understand scheduling local Texas teams/traditional rivals, but I bet if SMU would book a marquis team like this we would have more SMU fans in attendance than visiting fans...simply for the novelty of it once a year.

UCLA wanted an easy win so they penciled in Memphis? That's my guess.

[Cougar King]

This makes Houston kind of look like a joke

If most AQ teams stopped dodging us then we wouldn't have a problem getting home and homes with them. (I.e. after taking a Top 5 OK State team to the woodshed in Stillwater, instead of playing us for a game in Houston, they rather play Mississippi State at Reliant and as a result the game will draw flies.) Don't talk about something you don't know a damn thing about.

[SMU2007]

Yea seriously guys. Everyone is afraid to play the cougs. Obviously.

[RGV Pony]

This makes Houston kind of look like a joke

If most AQ teams stopped dodging us then we wouldn't have a problem getting home and homes with them. (I.e. after taking a Top 5 OK State team to the woodshed in Stillwater, instead of playing us for a game in Houston, they rather play Mississippi State at Reliant and as a result the game will draw flies.) Don't talk about something you don't know a damn thing about.

Yeah guess that's how the coogz got stuck playing Tx St

what ?

[Charleston Pony]

it's one thing to schedule tough...it's another thing all together to start doing our part by winning some of these games