A Matter of Scheduling
February 12th, 2008The Wiz over at thewizofodds.com has posted an entry — using data provided by cfbstats.com — about I-A (FBS) teams scheduling I-AA (FCS) teams. The Big 12 and the SEC lead the way in “lightweight” scheduling, with both conferences in the top 3 of percentage of non-conference games against I-AA teams and percentage of non-conference games agains non-BCS conferences.
The trend of scheduling games against I-AA teams seems to be increasing. At least three ACC teams have scheduled two I-AA opponents for 2008: Florida State (Western Carolina, Chattanooga), Clemson (The Citadel, South Carolina State), and Georgia Tech (Jacksonville State, Gardner-Webb).
H/T: EDSBS