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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