With strength of schedule and other metrics playing a critical role in the sport, it is worth looking at how IU’s opponents fared in week one. Each week we will recap all of IU’s opponents games and give an Overall opponent record of both remaining games and previous opponents.
Overall Opponent Record Remaining Schedule: 11-19
Maryland (4-3): Bye
Penn State (3-4): Bye
Wisconsin (2-6): Last Week 21-7 Loss at No. 6 Oregon
Wisconsin finally scored a touchdown in a rain soaked loss at Oregon. The defense played well, but one more loss and they will not be going bowling.
Purdue (2-6): Last Week Loss 27-24 vs. Rutgers
I will not lie, I chuckled when I saw how Purdue lost to Rutgers. That may have been the last remaining winnable game for the Boilermakers and they fumbled it away, literally.
Previous Opponents (33-21)
Old Dominion (5-3) Win 24-21 vs. App State
Kennesaw State (5-2) Win 45-26 at FIU
Indiana State (2-6) Loss 46-17 at North Dakota
No. 23 Illinois (5-3): Loss 42-25 at Washington
Iowa (6-2): Last Week Win 41-3 vs. Minnesota
No. 6 Oregon (7-1): Win 21-7 vs. Wisconsin
Michigan State (3-4): Last Week Loss 31-20 vs. No. 25 Michigan
UCLA (3-5): Last Week Loss 56-6 at No. 2 Indiana