In past years, Georgetown often opened its season with a soft schedule.

Just enough to be 5-4 against a relatively soft schedule.

Quite simply, the Jets don't have enough good players to be a playoff contender, but maybe they can handle this soft schedule.

A change makes all the more sense because the league, in trying to help out the previous season's laggards, deliberately gives them soft schedules.

All are victims of soft schedules, weak conferences or both.

And with a soft schedule ahead, the Detroit Lions can almost start thinking about the playoffs.

Could emerge as the favorite if Bruins coast through a soft schedule.

Kansas State, with question marks on offense, benefits from a soft schedule.

Teel could start the rest of the season, leading Rutgers through a fairly soft schedule.

The perception of a soft schedule could hurt Auburn's standing in the polls.