A brutal schedule - with 13 of the first 19 games on the road - helped fuel the early rut.

On paper before the season, the Jets had a brutal schedule.

Tennessee, 10-4 with a brutal schedule, has struggled.

Some have a brutal schedule with tremendous travel.

The players were worn out by a brutal schedule.

"We've endured brutal 23-hour schedules for almost two years, while other vocations have consistently afforded their workers increased leisure time."

Left out of the field were Florida, which had a brutal schedule and high power rating but just 17 victories.

They'd pushed themselves with eighteen-hour days, brutal schedules, relentless travel, the typical madness of a presidential race.

The first of three ranked foe faced the Cyclones in a brutal upcoming schedule.

But it closes the season with a brutal schedule.