Forget about easing your way into college football this year.

The schedule includes several enticing matchups before September even starts, including a clash of ranked Big 12 teams facing off in Ireland this weekend, plus multiple top-10 matchups.

All of these were considered in AP’s annual attempt to map out college football’s hypothetical dream road trip . Reviewing the rules:

— We must see every team in the AP’s preseason Top 25 at least once.

— Travel between games must be reasonable in the time available. Long drives and even flights are OK, but if you’re at a night game in California, you’re not getting to Florida for an early afternoon kickoff the next day.

This season's 17-game journey looks like this:

No. 17 Kansas State vs. No. 22 Iowa State (Aug. 23 in Dublin, Ireland)

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