Big 12 Football: 5 Hardest Schedules For 2015

To test the difficulty of a college football schedule, you have to look at two major things -- non-conference showdowns and in-conference road games. Taking both of those factors into account, here is our list of the 5 Hardest Big 12 Football Schedules For 2015.

5. Kansas Jayhawks

Non-Conference Slate: FCS South Dakota State, Memphis, at Rutgers

Tricky Big 12 Road Games: Texas, TCU

The combined 2014 record of Kansas' three non-conference opponents is 27-13 -- the toughest mark in all of the Big 12 this year. The Jayhawks also have to contend with Heisman contender Trevone Boykin on the road and an improved Texas squad in Austin. Not an easy task for a stripped-bare talent pool being led by…