According to Jerry Palm at www.collegebcs.com, Oregon will end with the second hardest strength of schedule in football this year, according to the formula that the BCS used from 1998-2003, which was 2/3 x (opponents winning %) + 1/3 x (opponents of opponents winning %). See below for the top 30.
| Opponents | Opp-Opp | All Known Opps | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | School | W-L | Pct | W-L | Pct | BCS SOS | Rank | SOS |
| 1 | Mississippi St | 78-43 | 0.6446 | 681-727 | 0.4837 | 0.5910 | 1 | 0.5910 |
| 2 | Oregon | 76-52 | 0.5938 | 764-736 | 0.5093 | 0.5656 | 2 | 0.5656 |
| 3 | Arkansas | 70-49 | 0.5882 | 713-691 | 0.5078 | 0.5614 | 3 | 0.5614 |
| 4 | Alabama | 75-54 | 0.5814 | 791-729 | 0.5204 | 0.5611 | 4 | 0.5611 |
| 5 | Virginia Tech | 73-51 | 0.5887 | 718-706 | 0.5042 | 0.5605 | 5 | 0.5605 |
| 6 | Georgia | 68-50 | 0.5763 | 716-681 | 0.5125 | 0.5550 | 6 | 0.5550 |
| 7 | Florida | 73-56 | 0.5659 | 805-720 | 0.5279 | 0.5532 | 7 | 0.5532 |
| 8 | Florida St | 66-47 | 0.5841 | 664-709 | 0.4836 | 0.5506 | 8 | 0.5506 |
| 9 | Arizona | 70-52 | 0.5738 | 724-715 | 0.5031 | 0.5502 | 9 | 0.5502 |
| 10 | South Carolina | 65-49 | 0.5702 | 701-698 | 0.5011 | 0.5471 | 10 | 0.5471 |
| 10 | Washington | 72-56 | 0.5625 | 772-723 | 0.5164 | 0.5471 | 10 | 0.5471 |
| 12 | Oklahoma | 71-52 | 0.5772 | 684-729 | 0.4841 | 0.5462 | 12 | 0.5462 |
| 13 | Minnesota | 65-50 | 0.5652 | 666-699 | 0.4879 | 0.5394 | 13 | 0.5394 |
| 14 | Miami-Florida | 63-51 | 0.5526 | 687-667 | 0.5074 | 0.5375 | 14 | 0.5375 |
| 15 | Auburn | 64-53 | 0.5470 | 714-678 | 0.5129 | 0.5356 | 15 | 0.5356 |
| 16 | Texas | 74-61 | 0.5481 | 802-800 | 0.5006 | 0.5323 | 16 | 0.5323 |
| 17 | Virginia | 64-50 | 0.5614 | 644-716 | 0.4735 | 0.5321 | 17 | 0.5321 |
| 18 | Iowa | 64-50 | 0.5614 | 653-727 | 0.4732 | 0.5320 | 18 | 0.5320 |
| 19 | LSU | 64-58 | 0.5246 | 782-674 | 0.5371 | 0.5288 | 19 | 0.5288 |
| 20 | Clemson | 70-56 | 0.5556 | 705-779 | 0.4751 | 0.5287 | 20 | 0.5287 |
| 21 | West Virginia | 61-51 | 0.5446 | 663-678 | 0.4944 | 0.5279 | 21 | 0.5279 |
| 22 | Southern California | 67-60 | 0.5276 | 788-709 | 0.5264 | 0.5272 | 22 | 0.5272 |
| 23 | Illinois | 64-52 | 0.5517 | 647-724 | 0.4719 | 0.5251 | 23 | 0.5251 |
| 24 | Syracuse | 62-51 | 0.5487 | 629-697 | 0.4744 | 0.5239 | 24 | 0.5239 |
| 25 | Oklahoma St | 64-55 | 0.5378 | 705-718 | 0.4954 | 0.5237 | 25 | 0.5237 |
| 26 | Oregon St | 66-58 | 0.5323 | 719-701 | 0.5063 | 0.5236 | 26 | 0.5236 |
| 27 | Miami-Ohio | 72-53 | 0.5760 | 618-862 | 0.4176 | 0.5232 | 27 | 0.5232 |
| 27 | Washington St | 67-60 | 0.5276 | 771-728 | 0.5143 | 0.5232 | 27 | 0.5232 |
| 29 | Colorado | 67-58 | 0.5360 | 729-741 | 0.4959 | 0.5226 | 29 | 0.5226 |
| 30 | Baylor | 67-58 | 0.5360 | 689-725 | 0.4873 | 0.5198 | 30 | 0.5198 |
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