I’m not usually one for worrying about next year’s schedule, especially an hour before kickoff, but I was wondering when OSU would be playing USC in-conference and happened to look at next year’s lineup. Might be the most challenging schedule I’ve seen OSU get in at least a decade.

- at Texas, at Indiana, at Nebraska, at Iowa, at USC.

- home against Illinois, Oregon, TTUN.

I think at least half the schedule will be against ranked opponents at the time the games are played, with the potential for 8 ranked opponents. Crazy stuff!