ESPN Stats & Information has posted their 2017 Football Power Index (FPI), which includes college football strength of schedule rankings.

According to the preseason ESPN FPI, the California Golden Bears have the toughest schedule for the 2017 season. Georgia is second, followed by LSU, Florida, and South Carolina.

The SEC leads the ESPN FPI strength of schedule rankings with nine teams in the Top 25. The SEC is followed by the Pac-12 (7), ACC (6), Big 12 (1), Big Ten (1) and Notre Dame.

Below are the top 25 toughest 2017 college football schedules as ranked by the ESPN FPI, followed by 26 through 130.

1. California

2. Georgia

3. LSU

4. Florida

5. South Carolina

6. USC

7. Stanford

8. UCLA

9. Arizona State

10. Georgia Tech

11. Alabama

12. Utah

13. Florida State

14. Mississippi State

15. Vanderbilt

16. Texas A&M

17. NC State

18. Oregon State

19. Auburn

20. Clemson

21. Wake Forest

22. Notre Dame

23. Duke

24. Texas Tech

25. Maryland

26-50

(26) Pittsburgh, (27) Iowa State, (28) Oklahoma State, (29) Arkansas, (30) Tennessee, (31) Texas, (32) Kentucky, (33) Boston College, (34) Syracuse, (35) Oklahoma, (36) Ole Miss, (37) North Carolina, (38) Michigan State, (39) Washington State, (40) TCU, (41) West Virginia, (42) Miami (FL), (43) Washington, (44) Kansas, (45) Purdue, (46) Oregon, (47) Baylor, (48) Arizona, (49) Missouri, (50) Colorado

51-75

(51) Kansas State, (52) Ohio State, (53) Nebraska, (54) Virginia, (55) Michigan, (56) Virginia Tech, (57) Louisville, (58) Iowa, (59) Rutgers, (60) Penn State, (61) Illinois, (62) Indiana, (63) Wisconsin, (64) Minnesota, (65) Northwestern, (66) East Carolina, (67) Navy, (68) Tulane, (69) Tulsa, (70) Houston, (71) Fresno State, (72) BYU, (73) Temple, (74) UConn, (75) UMass

76-100

(76) SMU, (77) Nevada, (78) San Jose State, (79) Boise State, (80) Utah State, (81) Cincinnati, (82) Air Force, (83) UCF, (84) Colorado State, (85) New Mexico, (86) ULM, (87) Memphis, (88) Kent State, (89) Eastern Michigan, (90) Hawai’i, (91) Rice, (92) UTEP, (93) Akron, (94) San Diego State, (95) UL Lafayette, (96) Wyoming, (97) Central Michigan, (98) Georgia Southern, (99) Bowling Green, (100) Northern Illinois

101-130

(101) UNLV, (102) USF, (103) Army, (104) New Mexico State, (105) Western Michigan, (106) Toledo, (107) South Alabama, (108) Middle Tennessee, (109) Old Dominion, (110) Marshall, (111) Texas State, (112) Florida Atlantic, (113) Arkansas State, (114) Southern Miss, (115) FIU, (116) Idaho, (117) Ball State, (118) North Texas, (119) Buffalo, (120) Georgia State, (121) Miami (OH), (122) Louisiana Tech, (123) Troy, (124) Charlotte, (125) Coastal Carolina, (126) UTSA, (127) Western Kentucky, (128) UAB, (129) Appalachian State, (130) Ohio