Who creates the NCAA Div 1 football schedules for schools?

Question

I want to know who makes the schedule for the teams. When I saw Missouri's schedule this season it made me question since its much different than the last. They can probably go undefeated this season..

Answer 1

The athletic directors of the schools decide the schedule. It is normally decided three years in advance.

Also, there is normally "deals" that go along with the schedules. For example, Tennessee and Cal-Berkley decided four or five years ago to play each other. One year, they played in Tennessee, and the next, they played in Cal.

It is completely decided by the school.

Answer 2

DUDE i totally agree wuith you mizzou has the weakest schedule there only challenges are illinois, texas, and kansas who ever makes them sucks, i wann see mizzou play ohio state or oklahoma and get KILLED

Answer 3

San Fran is correct.  It is left up entirely to the school when playing out of conference.  

Alot of times there are even added incentives for some schools to enter into contract with larger more dominant schools they are unlikely to come out on top against.   This comes in the form of money most often.  Time frames vary down to a few years.

Answer 4

When in a conference the schedule is worked out by the conference with the institutions participating.  The non conference games are arranged by contract by the Athletic Departments. Some are arranged years in advance. One game is set for every year into the foreseeable future, USC plays Notre Dame ever year, when in South Bend it is closer to mid season. When in Los Angeles  it is the last or next to last game of season. USC always plays UCLA as well.

The TV networks have a part too. They offer to show certain games if the institutions agree to put the game on at a different time or place.

Answer 5

The 2008 edition of the NCAA Football Helmet Schedule (for lack of a better name) spreadsheet is available.

I don’t know who creates it every year, but it sure is nifty. This year, they’ve added a “Games of the Week” section, which is pretty cool.

For those who have never seen it, it’s a spreadsheet that contains the schedule for every Div-1A (”Bowl Championship Series”) team. They use a grid containing pictures of team helmets to show the schedules, and split the teams into conferences. (Kind of hard to describe… it’d be much easier if you just download the file and take a look at it.  )

Anyhow, you’ll need to have MS Excel to view it.