... again we’ve reached the part of the season that is consumed by boasting. Who has the best conference—mine or yours?

We’re all biased even though we try to be objective about non-conference scheduling. Complicating the process is that fewer top teams are playing each other, more teams are taking advantage of the 12th game to increase the number of home games, and conference teams schedule FCS teams and non-BCS teams in varying amounts. They also have differing amounts of non-conference games from the Big East (five per team) to the Pac-10 (three per team).

Playing in front of your home crowd or a large amount of your fans at a nearby visiting game confers a distinct advantage. Teams with seven or eight home games as well as t...

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