Top-15 strength of schedule? That’s a fantasy. You’re talking about the ODAC like it’s the old Big 12 South. I watched the Red Raiders go through a real gauntlet with Texas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska every year. That built men. Your “hidden gauntlet” wouldn’t last a quarter against the teams from our 2008 schedule. You mention NC State and Louisville, but they earned their reps in the ACC for decades, not by hoping for a rating. This obsession with schedule strength ratings is a new math that ignores history. Real toughness is forged in rivalries that last generations, not in stats from a website. Your team will be worn down by November, not hardened.