Phil Steele has made his annual list of college football’s top 25 hardest schedules. Steele utilized the “NCAA method” to rank these schedules, which compiles the records of each team’s opponents from the previous season. You can imagine that USC made the list. You would be right.
With the 2024 season right around the corner, let’s take a look at which teams including USC come in ranked with their future schedules.
Florida is No. 1. UCLA is No. 2. At No. 3 are the USC Trojans. USC has its work cut out from Week 1 until the end of the season. Kicking off the season in Las Vegas against the LSU Tigers, the Trojans immediately test themselves. The Trojans will battle Utah State at home before traveling to Ann Arbor for a date with reigning national champion Michigan on the road.
Matchups against conference opponents such as Wisconsin, Washington, Nebraska, Penn State, UCLA and finally non-conference rival Notre Dame in the season finale.
The magazine on digital version was available June 19 this week and should hit the newsstands by July.
Phil Steele’s Big Ten Forecast for 2024:
1. Ohio State
2. Oregon
3. Penn State
4. Michigan
5. Iowa
6. USC
7. Nebraska
8. Rutgers
9. Wisconsin
10. Maryland
11. Washington
12. Indiana
13. Illinois
14. UCLA
15. Minnesota
16. Northwestern
17. Purdue
17. Michigan State
— WestCoastCFB (@WestCoastCFB) June 23, 2024
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