Almost every team in college football has that one game on the schedule that’s a guaranteed win. For several programs at the Power Five level, there are multiple matchups on the schedule that fit that description.

Most of those guaranteed victories are thanks to scheduling FCS opponents, one step below the FBS system. And in 2019, all but 16 of the 64 Power Five football programs will have an FCS foe on the schedule.

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For most conferences, those games are scattered throughout the season, often coming early in the year as a tune-up game for several teams. In the SEC, a slew of FCS matchups comes in late November, and that particular weekend as even become knowns as “Cupcake Week.”

A list of the 16 teams that do not have an FCS opponent on the schedule was tweeted out over the weekend, and 11 of those programs are from the B1G. Below is the full list:

To be fair, the B1G did prohibit teams from scheduling FCS opponents. That rule has since been rescinded, allowing teams with only four conference home games to add an FCS team to the schedule.

Indiana, Maryland and Minnesota are the three schools that will face an FCS opponent in 2019.