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Strength of Schedule Even though there is some Strength of Schedule already built into the ladder, I decided to do a little experiment. I took each of the season finale top 25 teams (and I may do it with all 119 some point in the future) and looked at their opponents during the season. I added up the ratings of each opposing team and then took the average. Below is each of the top 25 and the average rating of all their opponents this season. The resulting number demonstrates the quality of their opponents and a representation of "Strength of Schedule". I may try to figure out a way to include this in the final rankings. More on that another day.

1) Ohio State -- 995.9
2) Oklahoma -- 884.3
3) Louisville -- 1071.8
4) Boise State -- 863.5
5) Florida -- 1085.9
6) LSU -- 1082.0
7) Virginia Tech -- 947.2
8) Wisconsin -- 825.0
9) Brigham Young -- 887.8
10) Michigan -- 1140.3
11) Wake Forest -- 882.0
12) USC -- 1159.6
13) West Virginia -- 1018.6
14) Notre Dame -- 1035.7
15) Auburn -- 981.7
16) Rutgers -- 1005.3
17) Tennessee -- 1117.5
18) Oregon State -- 1127.1
19) TCU -- 865
20) Hawaii -- 925.8
21) Houston -- 853.3
22) Arkansas -- 1031.3
23) Texas A&M -- 933.4
24) Central Michigan -- 919.2
25) Rice -- 953