[Semtex]

You want to see tough schedules? Here is USC 2008 and 2009.

2008:
@ Virginia
Ohio State
@ Oregon State
Arizona State
@ Washington State
@ Arizona
Washington
California
@ Stanford
Oregon
Notre Dame
@ UCLA

2009
San Jose State
@ Ohio State
@ Washington
Washington State
@ California
Arizona
@ Notre Dame
Oregon State
@ Oregon
@ Arizona State
Stanford
UCLA

If USC had the 2009 schedule this year it might have been the most brutal schedule of all time. 4 teams who at one point were top 5, all away.