64 power five teams. He suggests in his short synopsis that if the Miami football program wants to return to past glories that they have a non-conference schedule to match.

33. Miami: Florida in Orlando, Bethune-Cookman, Central Michigan, Florida International in Miami. The Hurricanes need a better schedule than this to resurrect their brand.

Canes Warning examined the need for teams from the FBS in general and the ACC and Miami football program more specifically in 2017 to stop scheduling games against FCS programs.

SouthernPigskin.Com and Smith have a drastically different outlook for the strength of schedule for the 2019 Miami football team than Tremel and the Oklahoman. Although no analysis was written about the strength of schedule provided by Southern Pigskin it is obvious they have no respect for theACC Coastal Division.

Miami is ranked 61st out of 66 power five teams that include BYU and Notre Dame with the 64 teams in the power five conferences. North Carolina State, Virginia and Virginia Tech are ranked from 62-64 in their strength of schedule rankings.

The low rankings for Miami, Virginia and VaTech’s schedules are a clear indication of Southern Pigskin’s projections for North Carolina, Duke, Pittsburgh and Georgia Tech. The Tar Heels, Blue Devils, Panthers and Yellow Jackets are hard to read entering 2018.

UNC has Mack Brown returning to Chapel Hill in his first season. Duke has to replace quarterback Daniel Jones who was the sixth pick in the NFL: Draft. Pittsburgh is coming off a surprising run to win the ACC Coastal in 2019 despite an overall record