It’s August, and you know what that means: Preseason camps open, and the first games are played before the end of the month. That also means it’s time for the annual list of 40 thoughts on the 2023 college football schedule:
1. Strength of schedule will be cussed and discussed all season, so let’s start with some information about which schools are challenging themselves outside the league and which ones are not. Schools playing 11 Power 5 conference opponents/Notre Dame: Purdue, Pittsburgh, Louisville, West Virginia, Utah and Colorado. Of that group, Pitt and Louisville have scheduled three nonconference games against power opponents. Pitt is playing Cincinnati (new to the club), West Virginia and Notre Dame; Louisville is playing Indiana, Notre Dame and Kentucky.
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