Here's a look at how the teams with the ten most difficult schedules -- according to Sagarin -- fared in 2018:
STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE -- 10 MOST DIFFICULT
- Maryland: 4 - 8
- NOTRE DAME: 10 - 3
- Auburn: 10 - 4
- Clemson: 12 - 2
- Iowa: 8 - 5
- Georgia: 13 - 2
- Oklahoma: 12 - 2
- Syracuse: 4 - 8
- Nebraska: 4 - 8
- Stanford: 9 - 5
Three of the four teams in this year's College Football Playoff finished with one of the ten most difficult schedules. National Champion Alabama -- finished with the 27th most difficult schedule
