Pete's Schedule Rankings

The 2006 Atlantic-10 Schedules

Key games:

9/2/2006 UMass vs. Colgate
9/2/2006 Richmond at Duke
9/2/2006 Towson St. vs. Morgan St.
9/9/2006 Hofstra at Marshall
9/9/2006 James Madison at Appalachian St.
9/16/2006 Villanova vs. UMass
10/14/2006 New Hampshire vs. James Madison

Pos	Team	Rating
1	Villanova	28.73
2	Northeastern	30.62
3	Maine	38.51
4	William & Mary	39.59
5	Rhode Island	39.73
6	Hofstra	43.30
7	Richmond	43.50
8	New Hampshire	44.14
9	Massachusetts	44.20
10	Towson	44.50
11	James Madison	44.61
12	Delaware	49.52

Pete's 2006 Atlantic-10 Pre-Season Schedule Previews

Villanova: The Wildcats have the most challenging schedule in the A-10. An opener at Central Florida could prove very interesting. In addition, the non-conference portion also includes games with Penn and Lehigh. The conference portion is balanced ... with UMass, Richmond, and JMU at home.
Northeastern: The Huskies again have one of the A-10's most-challenging schedules; last season they were rated first. In 2006, the Huskies play 5 games in September; despite not having a home date until October 7th. This five game road-swing will see VA-Tech, Holy-Cross, NDSU, JMU, and Richmond. If Rocky Hager's club survives this, they play the entire month of October in the friendly confines of Parsons Field.
Maine: The 2006 Black Bear schedule is perfectly balanced, and substantially difficult. The OOC slate includes road games at IA Boston College and YSU ... along with a home sub-IAA home opener. The A-10 portion of the schedule is balanced at 4.
William & Mary: The 2006 Tribe schedule is interesting; although it lacks a high-end, non-conference, I-AA opponent. In addition to an opening date at Maryland, coach Laycock's club will face OOC contests with VMI and Liberty. In conference action, W&M will face 5-of-8 games as the visiting team.
Rhode Island: The Rams are in at number-5. In the non-conference portion the schedule, the Rams will face UConn, Brown, and a sub-IAA. The A-10 slate is well-balanced at four home and away. Nice job by the Rams AD on this schedule.
Hofstra: The Pride will face nine A-10 opponents in 2006. The non-conference slate is away games a Stony brook and IA Marshall. The conference slate is 4 home and 5 away ... with the road games having a higher degree of difficulty.
Richmond: The 2006 Spider Schedule also contains three non-conference games, and no sub-IAA game. The IA match is very exciting against a struggling Duke. In addition, games against Bucknell and VMI are more than winnable. The conference portion of the schedule is challenging and evenly-split ... home vs. away. This is a very good schedule.
New Hampshire: NHU will open a week later than most, at Big-10 Northwestern. This is followed up by OOC tilts with Storybook and Dartmouth. The A-10 slate is light this year, with an even split on home vs. away.
Massachusetts:The Minutemen open up 2006 with Colgate; a battle of traditional powers expected to see a re-birth this season. Other non-conference games include Navy and Stony Brook. Winning all three of these games is not inconceivable. The conference portion of the schedule is evenly split.
Towson St.:The Tigers have a chance to do well with this schedule in 2006. The first three games include Morgan St., Liberty,and Elon. The A-10 portion is solid, with much of the difficulty being at home.
James Madison: The Dukes 2006 schedule includes OOC matches with DII Bloomsburg, VMI, and a trip to Appalachian St.. Do not be fooled by the name; Bloomsburg can play quality football. The conference slate is light, evenly split, with most of the challenge coming at home. Just a bit of advice ...take Bloomsburg for granted, and they will beat you.
Delaware: If you are looking for a schedule to get back into the "swing of things" ...this is it. The Hens face two non-conference opponents in West Chester and Albany; both non-scholarship. All one can say is that this should not be enough for an at-large berth, so the Hens had better win their half of the A-10 ...at least.

Pete's 2006 Atlantic-10 Pre-Season Schedule Previews

Delaware
Date Opponent
9/9/2006 West Chester
9/16/2006 Albany (N.Y.)
9/23/2006 at Rhode Island
9/30/2006 New Hampshire
10/7/2006 at Northeastern
10/14/2006 Hofstra
10/21/2006 at Richmond
10/28/2006 Towson
11/4/2006 at James Madison
11/11/2006 William & Mary
11/18/2006 Villanova

Hofstra
8/31/2006 at Stony Brook
9/9/2006 at Marshall
9/23/2006 Towson
9/30/2006 at William & Mary
10/7/2006 Villanova
10/14/2006 at Delaware
10/21/2006 at Maine
10/28/2006 at New Hampshire
11/4/2006 Rhode Island
11/11/2006 Northeastern
11/18/2006 at Massachusetts

James Madison
9/2/2006 Bloomsburg
9/9/2006 at Appalachian St.
9/23/2006 Northeastern
9/30/2006 at VMI
10/7/2006 Rhode Island
10/14/2006 at New Hampshire
10/21/2006 William & Mary
10/28/2006 at Richmond
11/4/2006 Delaware
11/11/2006 at Villanova
11/18/2006 at Towson

Maine
9/9/2006 at Youngstown St.
9/16/2006 at William & Mary
9/23/2006 Shaw
9/30/2006 at Boston College
10/7/2006 at Towson
10/14/2006 Villanova
10/21/2006 Hofstra
10/28/2006 at Rhode Island
11/4/2006 Northeastern
11/11/2006 at Massachusetts
11/18/2006 New Hampshire

Umass
9/2/2006 Colgate
9/9/2006 at Navy
9/16/2006 at Villanova
9/23/2006 Stony Brook
10/7/2006 William & Mary
10/14/2006 at Towson
10/21/2006 Rhode Island
10/28/2006 at Northeastern
11/4/2006 at New Hampshire
11/11/2006 Maine
11/18/2006 Hofstra

New Hampshire
9/9/2006 at Northwestern
9/16/2006 Stony Brook
9/23/2006 at Dartmouth
9/30/2006 at Delaware
10/7/2006 Richmond
10/14/2006 James Madison
10/21/2006 at Northeastern
10/28/2006 Hofstra
11/4/2006 Massachusetts
11/11/2006 at Rhode Island
11/18/2006 at Maine

Northeastern
9/2/2006 at Virginia Tech
9/9/2006 at Holy Cross
9/16/2006 at North Dakota St.
9/23/2006 at James Madison
9/30/2006 at Richmond
10/7/2006 Delaware
10/21/2006 New Hampshire
10/28/2006 Massachusetts
11/4/2006 at Maine
11/11/2006 at Hofstra
11/18/2006 Rhode Island

Rhode Island
8/31/2006 at Connecticut
9/9/2006 Merrimack
9/23/2006 Delaware
9/30/2006 Brown
10/7/2006 at James Madison
10/14/2006 Richmond
10/21/2006 at Massachusetts
10/28/2006 Maine
11/4/2006 at Hofstra
11/11/2006 New Hampshire
11/18/2006 at Northeastern

Richmond
9/2/2006 at Duke
9/16/2006 VMI
9/23/2006 Bucknell
9/30/2006 Northeastern
10/7/2006 at New Hampshire
10/14/2006 at Rhode Island
10/21/2006 Delaware
10/28/2006 James Madison
11/4/2006 at Villanova
11/11/2006 Towson
11/18/2006 at William & Mary

Towson State
9/2/2006 Morgan St.
9/9/2006 at Elon
9/16/2006 Liberty
9/23/2006 at Hofstra
10/7/2006 Maine
10/14/2006 Massachusetts
10/21/2006 at Villanova
10/28/2006 at Delaware
11/4/2006 William & Mary
11/11/2006 at Richmond
11/18/2006 James Madison

Villanova
9/2/2006 at UCF
9/9/2006 Lehigh
9/16/2006 Massachusetts
9/23/2006 at Penn
10/7/2006 at Hofstra
10/14/2006 at Maine
10/21/2006 Towson
10/28/2006 at William & Mary
11/4/2006 Richmond
11/11/2006 James Madison
11/18/2006 at Delaware

William & Mary
9/2/2006 at Maryland
9/16/2006 Maine
9/23/2006 VMI
9/30/2006 Hofstra
10/7/2006 at Massachusetts
10/14/2006 at Liberty
10/21/2006 at James Madison
10/28/2006 Villanova
11/4/2006 at Towson
11/11/2006 at Delaware
11/18/2006 Richmond