Under Thompson's guidance the Illini experienced a perfect non-conference season while at the same time having a less than perfect conference record.

Nebraska lost the game 19-7, even though the Huskers had played Washington earlier in the non-conference season and won 56-21.

Pitt finished its non-conference season at 11-0 after beating the then No. 22 Wisconsin Badgers by 9 points.

It's certainly unfair to purely blame Olukemi since many Oklahoma State players are responsible for the team's disappointing non-conference season.

Stony Brook went 5-6 through the non-conference regular season.

A 31-16 thumping at the hands of Utah State completed the Cougars non-conference season.

Head coach Harry Combes non-conference season was nearly perfect with an 8-1 record.

UNM then raced off to a twelve game win streak and finished the non-conference season at 14-2.

Tom Izzo annually schedules aggressively during the non-conference season.

Nebraska closed out the non-conference season against a New Mexico team that was not intimidated in Lincoln.