College football teams with the toughest schedules in 2024

The chaos of conference realignment ahead of the 2024 season has brought us larger conferences. And those larger conferences have led to some daunting schedules.

With the four remaining power conferences all going without divisions this season, many teams’ chances of making the expanded College Football Playoff or even a bowl game may hinge on not having an in-conference powerhouse or two on the schedule.

Other teams, like Florida, Colorado and even Georgia, appear to have drawn incredibly tough slates ahead of the 2024 season. Here’s a look at the teams that appear to have some of the toughest schedules this fall.

Florida quarterback Graham Mertz and head coach Billy Napier are facing a daunting slate this season. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images)

Florida

Year 3 of the Billy Napier era at Florida includes what looks to be the most difficult schedule in the country. Not only does Florida play the toughest SEC schedule of any team in the conference, but the Gators also have Miami and Florida State as non-conference opponents.

Florida opens the season against Miami before traveling to Florida State to end the season. After an off week in the final week of October, the Gators’ final stretch looks extremely rough with games against Georgia, Texas, LSU and Mississippi before taking on the Seminoles. Florida hasn’t won more than six games in each of Napier’s first two seasons. A six-win season would be an achievement in 2024 given the opponents on the schedule.

The Bruins’ first season in the Big Ten doesn’t look to be an easy one as former UCLA RB Deshaun Foster begins his time as the team’s head coach. The non-conference schedule opens with a game at Hawaii before a Week 4 trip to LSU.

After LSU, UCLA plays Oregon and Penn State before traveling across the country to Rutgers in the final of six games in a…

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Publish date : 2024-08-16 13:01:00

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