Originally Posted by Anonymous
"With regard to Duke's YTD non-conference schedule I would not call Northwestern and Penn weak."

Add in Villanova,Presbyterian,William and Mary, Elon, Davidson, Cambell, ECU and its a pretty weak non conference schecule. Does not seem like a team that regards itself as a to 20 team that wants to be challenged.
UVA plays Navy,Princeton, Loyola, JMU,Maryland , PSU as a comparison of a team in the same conference.


Exactly! That's why Coaches'Poll loves teams like Northwestern, USC, Colorado, UNC, MD, Cuse, BC, PSU. These programs continually challenge themselves out of conference. Yes they all have a cupcake game or due to regional rivalries, but probably 75% of their games are against top competition.

Duke an ND usually do, but this year they did not. Time will tell if it hurts them.