From a lay persons take, not knowing who is returning on all of these teams, here is how I see things.
Quad 1: NC State/Maryland
Quad 2: Utah State, Drake, Northern Iowa, Toledo
Quad 3: ODU, Wofford, Georgia State
Quad 4: Bucknell, NC Central,
We are banking a lot on playing some good mid-majors, Utah State, Drake, Northern Iowa, Toledo and them being Quad 1/2 games. That could work out well but again these 4 schools have to be Top 1-2 in the leagues for this games to really benefit us. If all 4 or 3 out of 4 do, we will have a really good OOC schedule. Toledo is probably the biggest stretch since we play them at home as being a Quad 2.
Given the uncertainty of the mid-major games being Quad 1/2 games though, I would look for one more really solid Quad 1 or 2 game with that last game. Another quad 3 or 4 home game added to this list, only can hurt us, so would stay away from that. I might look for a team like Penn State (BCS program that has difficulty often times of getting good OOC) or maybe a solid team from the AAC or Mountain West to fill that out.
All in all, I would rate our schedule as a B+ with potential if the cards fall right to be an A- or A and if they don't fall right to be a B on the low end.
Quad 1: NC State/Maryland
Quad 2: Utah State, Drake, Northern Iowa, Toledo
Quad 3: ODU, Wofford, Georgia State
Quad 4: Bucknell, NC Central,
We are banking a lot on playing some good mid-majors, Utah State, Drake, Northern Iowa, Toledo and them being Quad 1/2 games. That could work out well but again these 4 schools have to be Top 1-2 in the leagues for this games to really benefit us. If all 4 or 3 out of 4 do, we will have a really good OOC schedule. Toledo is probably the biggest stretch since we play them at home as being a Quad 2.
Given the uncertainty of the mid-major games being Quad 1/2 games though, I would look for one more really solid Quad 1 or 2 game with that last game. Another quad 3 or 4 home game added to this list, only can hurt us, so would stay away from that. I might look for a team like Penn State (BCS program that has difficulty often times of getting good OOC) or maybe a solid team from the AAC or Mountain West to fill that out.
All in all, I would rate our schedule as a B+ with potential if the cards fall right to be an A- or A and if they don't fall right to be a B on the low end.