A thought I had about the byproduct of these larger football conferences. While the odds are probably on the outsides of the bell curve, there are going to be instances of this happening. To date, Ohio State has played Washington on the road and a bunch of meh. Granted, Penn State and Wisconsin are having gutter years, but their conference schedule has been soft.
On the flip side, I can’t remember who it was, but maybe it was Florida that was staring at 4 ranked opponents in a row in the middle of the season.