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Clemson has 8 ACC games; we have 5 ... by CJC

In Clemson's four discretionary games, they play:

Texas A&M
South Carolina
Wofford
Charlotte


In Notre Dame's seven discretionary games, they play:

New Mexico
Georgia
Bowling Green
Michigan
USC
Navy
Stanford


Of those 11 teams, Georgia seems pretty clearly to be the pick of the litter. I'm not sure that, based upon the past few seasons, any of USC, Michigan, Stanford, Texas A&M and South Carolina is head-and-shoulders above the other.

Frankly, I have no idea who is the shittiest among Wofford, Charlotte, Bowling Green and New Mexico -- although I know that at least one of those schools has a head coach that has no business coaching at Notre Dame.

I suppose that it could depend on whether you'd compare those unequally numbered cohorts from top to bottom or from bottom to top, but in any event, I don't find Clemson's discretionary schedule radically worse than Notre Dame's.