Intended Strength of Schedule

I did a preliminary calculation of Mizzou's 2011 Intended Strength of Schedule back before we had the official schedule. Now Boyd Nation has posted his annual list of Intended Strength of Schedule for all D-1 teams, with rankings. Since he knows more about statistics than I ever will, I recommend you take a look at his complete list, as well as his explanation of the ISS at BoydsWorld.com.

By his calculations, Missouri has the 57th toughest overall Intended Strength of Schedule, and the 138th toughest non-conference schedule.

MU's ISS over the past several years, according to BoydsWorld:

YEAR Overall; Non-Conference
2011: 107.2 ; 100.4
2010: 109.6 ; 101.8
2009: 109.1 ; 104.3
2008: 108.4 ; 104.0
2007: 107.5 ; 100.3
2006: 107.9 ; 102.2
2005: 106.3 ; 98.0
2004: 105.7 : 97.8
2003: 110.0 : 104.5
2002: 108.8 ; 103.9
2001: 106.9 ; 102.6
2000: 108.3 ; 102.5
1999: 107.2 ; 100.0

The 2011 overall intended schedule strength is 9th on that list of 13 years. Considering MU is always in the same conference, there's not much they can do about the ups and downs of the conference, which impacts the conference strength of schedule. 2010 was kind of a down year for the Big 12, and that's reflected in these numbers.

The 2011 non-conference intended schedule strength is the 2nd highest on that list of the past 13 years. That indicates the coaches have gone out worked at putting together as competitive a schedule as they could. It still is only 138th on the entire D-1 list, but it shows an improvement for MU in regard to their historical strength of schedule.