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It's that time of year again, folks - with NCAA Football 14 coming up soon, the overall ratings for each team were announced. You can find all of them here, but we thought it might be interesting to take a look at how Maryland's schedule stacks up this season, according to EA.
Team | Overall | Offense | Defense |
Maryland | 86 | 86 | 85 |
FIU | 79 | 77 | 80 |
UConn | 81 | 84 | 80 |
West Virginia | 84 | 83 | 87 |
Florida State | 91 | 93 | 92 |
Virginia | 84 | 86 | 83 |
Wake Forest | 83 | 83 | 85 |
Clemson | 93 | 95 | 90 |
Syracuse | 81 | 83 | 80 |
Virginia Tech | 93 | 91 | 95 |
Boston College | 86 | 86 | 85 |
North Carolina State | 84 | 84 | 85 |
So that's pretty much in line with what we thought - an easy (ish) early slate followed by a test from a down West Virginia team and a rough road contest against Florida State, before easier conference matchups against UVA and Wake Forest. Clemson and Virginia Tech look particularly fierce, while the Terps look to take advantage of their only-ever conference game against Syracuse (for now, at least). The two toss-ups at the end of the season could even be determinant of Maryland's bowl eligibility.