Multiple College Football Playoff contenders are slated to face some of the toughest schedules in recent memory in 2026. Others? Not so much. While some CBS Sports’ post-spring top 10 teams will stare down as many as eight top 25 opponents, others — including Miami, Notre Dame, and Texas Tech — will face just one or even zero.
The new nine-game SEC schedule and a top-heavy Big Ten have created a murderer’s row for several teams this season. While a pair of Big Ten programs cracked the list of easiest schedules, the rankings are overwhelmingly dominated by ACC teams.
The latest CBS Sports preseason rankings were used to help identify the toughest schedules in college football this season with added insight from CBS Sports insiders.
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