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The topic of non-conference schedules has become a lightning rod for heated debate among college football analysts and fans, and the SEC has a reputation for some of the easier non-conference schedules.
With the invention of the College Football Playoff, however, teams have a large incentive to ditch those easy non-conference opponents for tougher out-of-conference matchups. Plus, the new NCAA rule that teams must schedule at least one Power 5 conference team per year doesn’t hurt either.
But that rule doesn’t take affect until 2016. So which SEC teams have the toughest or easiest non-conference schedule in 2015?
Here’s a complete list.
Alabama Crimson Tide
- Wisconsin (Sept.5)
- Middle Tennessee State (Sept. 12)
- UL Monroe (Sept. 26)
- Charleston Southern (Nov. 21)
Arkansas Razorbacks
- UTEP (Sept. 5)
- Toledo (Sept. 12)
- Texas Tech (Sept. 19)
- UT Martin (Oct. 31)
Auburn Tigers
- Louisville (Sept. 5)
- Jacksonville State (Sept. 12)
- San Jose State (Oct. 3)
- Idaho (Nov. 21)
Florida Gators
- New Mexico State (Sept. 5)
- East Carolina (Sept. 12)
- Florida Atlantic (Nov. 21)
- Florida State (Nov. 28)
Georgia Bulldogs
- UL Monroe (Sept. 5)
- Southern (Sept. 26)
- Georgia Southern (Nov. 21)
- at Georgia Tech (Nov. 28)
Kentucky Wildcats
- UL Lafayette (Sept. 5)
- Eastern Kentucky (Oct. 3)
- UNC Charlotte (Nov. 21)
- Louisville (Nov. 28)
LSU Tigers
- McNeese State (Sept. 5)
- at Syracuse (Sept. 26)
- Eastern Michigan (Oct. 3)
- Western Kentucky (Oct. 24)
Mississippi State Bulldogs
- at Southern Miss (Sept. 5)
- Northwestern State (Sept. 19
- Troy (Oct. 10)
- Louisiana Tech (Oct. 17)
Missouri Tigers
- Southeast Missouri State (Sept. 5)
- at Arkansas State (Sept. 12)
- UCONN (Sept. 19)
- BYU (Nov. 14)
Ole Miss Rebels
- UT Martin (Sept. 5)
- Fresno State (Sept. 12)
- New Mexico State (Oct. 10)
- at Memphis (Oct. 17)
South Carolina Gamecocks
- North Carolina (Sept. 3)
- UCF (Sept. 26)
- The Citadel (Nov. 21)
- Clemson (Nov. 28)
Tennessee Vols
- Bowling Green (Sept. 5)
- Oklahoma (Sept. 12)
- Western Carolina (Sept. 19)
- North Texas (Nov. 14)
Texas A&M Aggies
- Arizona State (Sept. 5)
- Ball State (Sept. 12)
- Nevada (Sept. 19)
- Western Carolina (Nov. 14)
Vanderbilt Commodores
- Western Kentucky (Sept. 5)
- Austin Peay (Sept. 19)
- at Middle Tennessee State (Oct. 3)
- at Houston (Oct. 31)
Drew Laing will be providing analysis and insight on Florida, Georgia, Missouri and South Carolina.
