2007 Out of Conference Schedules: Big 12 Edition

Final Count:48 out-of-conference (OOC) games for all Big 12 teams in 2007.

Of those 48, we have 31 home games (.646), two neutral games (.042) and 15 road games (.313).

Games against BCS conference opponents (and Notre Dame): 11/48 (.229)

Of those games against BCS conference opponents, four are at home (.364), six are on the road (.545) and one is at a neutral setting (.091).

The Big 12 has lined up 9 games (.188) against teams that aren't in D-IA.

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Opponents by Conference:

ACC - 4 (Miami x 2, Wake Forest, Florida State)

Big East - 0 (!!!)

Big Ten - 2 (Illinois, Iowa)

Pac-10 - 2 (USC, Arizona State)

Independents - 0

Mountain West - 3 (TCU x 2, Colorado State)

WAC - 5 (Fresno State x 2, Nevada, San Jose State, Utah State)

Conference USA - 7 (Rice x 3, Tulsa, UCF, SMU, UTEP)

Sun Belt - 5 (FIU, Louisiana-Monroe, Florida Atlantic, Troy, North Texas)

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Shameful Non-DIA Opponents (9): Illinois State, Missouri State, Northern Iowa, Southeastern Louisiana, Arkansas State, Montana State, Northwestern State, Sam Houston State, Texas State.

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Games I like: Nebraska/Wake Forest, Nebraska/USC, Missouri/Illinois, Missouri/Ole Miss, Kansas State/Auburn, Kansas State/Fresno State, Colorado/Colorado State, Colorado/Arizona State, Colorado/Florida State, Iowa State/Iowa, Oklahoma/Miami, Texas/TCU, Texas/UCF, Texas A&M/Fresno State, Texas A&M/Miami, Oklahoma State/Georgia.

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Notes:

The two neutral games are the following ~ Missouri against Illinois in St. Louis and Colorado against Colorado State in Denver. 

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Per usual I'll add the actual OOC schedules below in my first comment/reply to this entry.

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Here is the complete OOC slate for the Big 12 in 2007, by team. All games are home unless noted with (N) neutral or (R) road.

Nebraska - Nevada, Wake Forest (R), USC, Ball State

Missouri - Illinois (N), Ole Miss (R), Western Michigan, Illinois State

Kansas State - Auburn (R), San Jose State, Missouri State, Fresno State (R)

Kansas - Central Michigan, Southeastern Louisiana, Toledo, Florida International

Colorado - Colorado State (N), Arizona State (R), Florida State, Miami (Ohio)

Iowa State - Kent State, Northern Iowa, Iowa, Toledo (R)

Oklahoma - North Texas, Miami (FL), Utah State, Tulsa (R)

Texas - Arkansas State, TCU, Central Florida (R), Rice

Texas A&M - Montana State, Fresno State, Louisiana-Monroe, Miami (FL) (R)

Texas Tech - SMU (R), UTEP, Rice (R), Northwestern State

Oklahoma State - Georgia (R), Florida Atlantic, Troy (R), Sam Houston State

Baylor - TCU (R), Rice, Texas State, Buffalo (R)