(03-22-2020 06:42 PM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote: Cincinnati’s schedule:
Dayton
Indiana
Wichita
N Texas
Richmond
Tulsa
Detroit
Miami (OH)
Xavier
Houston
A lot of schools were "major" back then that aren't "major" today. All of those schools Cincinnati played were covered as "major schools" in the preview.
The Border, Missouri Valley, Skyline, Southern, and MAC would be equal to today's G5 conferences.
The MVC was Cincinnati, Wichita, Tulsa, and North Texas. They all played respectable home schedules:
Tulsa - vs Oklahoma State (major indy), vs Hardin-Simmons (Border), vs Toledo (MAC), also played @ Alabama
North Texas - vs UTEP (Border), vs Hardin-Simmons (Border), vs West Texas State (Border), vs Memphis (major indy)
Wichita - vs Arizona State (Border), vs Hardin-Simmons (Border), vs New Mexico State (Border)
Also Louisville, Dayton, Cincinnati, Miami (OH), and Xavier all played each other in a round-robin (other than Louisville-Miami).
Two schools on UC's schedule that look like FCS games today actually played 100% "major" schedules in 1962:
Dayton's schedule
Kent State (MAC)
@ Cincinnati (MVC)
Bowling Green (MAC)
@ Ohio (MAC)
Louisville (indy listed as a major school, would join MVC in 1963)
@ Xavier (indy listed as a major school)
@ Detroit (see below)
Holy Cross - a major Indy that played home games against Syracuse and Penn State in 1962
@ Miami (MAC)
Wichita (MVC)
Detroit's schedule:
@ Boston College (major Indy)
@ Xavier (indy listed as a major school)
New Mexico State (Border Conference)
Kentucky (SEC)
Dayton (see above)
@ Villanova (indy listed as a major school)
Cincinnati (MVC)
South Carolina (ACC)
@ Memphis State (indy listed as a major school)