San Diego State's eight game in 23 days to begin the season is perhaps the most difficult schedule of any school in the country.

They face three opponents in the preseason Top 25, two others receiving votes, four teams from BCS conferences and six teams picked to finish first or second in their leagues.

They face Baylor, USC, Long Beach State, Arizona, Santa Barbara, Cal and San Diego.

“I would challenge anybody in America to show their next six or seven games and say that it could even begin to compare with what we’re playing,” says San Diego State coach Steve Fisher. “I don’t think anybody is playing that. Nobody.”