Nearly every program on our 2017 schedule is taking a major step backward this year. Clemson is not a NC contender this year. UNC, Duke, Pitt are going to be struggling to make bowls. FCS records are meaningless.

Michigan isn't gonna be all that this year, but they'll be in the neighborhood of Clemson. PSU MIGHT very well be a natty contender. Again, UNC's gonna struggle to make a bowl. USCE would be slight favorites over Pitt if they played game 1.

Rest is pretty much garbage and mop up stuff. UCF would have won 10 or 11 games with ODU's schedule too. Just can't compare that stuff well. Again, such games mean quite little.

the 7th game's the clincher. Worth millions of dollars to schools and their local economies.