it’s only seen as weak cause less people watch the big 12 than the SEC and big ten. that makes the other conferences appear better even if they aren’t.

according to sagarin, BYUs schedule is tougher than ND, ohio state, oregon, penn state, ole miss, tennessee, SMU, indiana, miami, arizona state, boise state, iowa state, and clemson.

all of those teams except clemson (1 spot below) are ranked higher than BYU and only 3 have better records. most have worse records. only 5 teams ranked ahead of BYU have tougher schedules.