The personnel and injuries will impact that schedule making it go from "manageable" to unmanageable in a hurry...outside of Utah State there is no given on the schedule aad playing at home is no advantage unless you are saying better on a neutral court than on an opponents because USC has no bigtime crowd support at home IMHO
8-4 is reasonable. 10 wins, maybe 9, we talking about playoffs.
It’s a very manageable schedule.
LSU is replacing a OC, DC, QB, two top WRs, and they still have purpleface.
Michigan us replacing an entire staff, QB, RB, multiple 4th and 5th year players.
Washington is replacing an entire staff, 20 5th and 6th year players.
Nebraska is in LA
Wisconsin is in LA
Pedd St is in LA
Notre Dame is in LA