From: don.p.del.grande@gmail.com   
      
   Here are the "schedule highlights" for 2023   
      
   16 schools play all-FBS schedules:   
   Colorado   
   Houston   
   Illinois   
   Iowa   
   Liberty   
   Michigan   
   Minnesota   
   Nebraska   
   Oklahoma   
   Purdue   
   Texas   
   Texas-San Antonio   
   USC   
   Virginia Tech   
   Washington   
   Wisconsin   
      
   On the other hand, Army plays two FCS teams. This could be important, as only   
   one win against an FCS team can count towards bowl eligibility - a lesson Army   
   and Appalachian State learned the hard way last season.   
      
   Hawaii and New Mexico State each play 13 regular season games; note that a 6-7   
   record does not automatically make a team bowl eligible, although they are the   
   first teams that become eligible should there not be 82 eligible teams. (Yes,   
   there are 41 bowl    
   games open to FBS teams. For those of you who only see 40 on the ESPN page, it   
   doesn't list the Holiday Bowl yet, probably because it didn't announce its   
   date - 12/27, 8:00 Eastern, on Fox.)   
      
   "So where are the preseason NOTBCS/NOTCFP rankings?"   
   There aren't any - they are dependent upon computer rankings, so I want until   
   all of the teams are "linked" (i.e. you can trace a chain of games already   
   played between any two FBS teams), which happens in week 3. Before that, for   
   example, Kansas State    
   and Troy don't play any FBS teams besides each other.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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