This is one look at our schedule, from highest to lowest ranked opponents. The rankings are from the AP25 (link) and CBS Sports (link):
(AP / CBS)
#10 / #4. @Mich. State (11/03)
#12 / #5. @Ohio State (10/06)
#17 / #22. Michigan (10/27)
#22 / #37. @UCLA (09/08) LOSS 36-30
NR / #23. Wisconsin (09/29)
NR / #40. @Northwestern (10/20)
NR / #42. South’n Miss (09/01) WIN 49-20
NR / #69 @Iowa (11/23)
NR / #72. Arky St. (09/15)
NR / #76. Penn State (11/10)
NR / #94 Minnestota (11/17)
(Div I-AA) Idaho State (09/22 )
Of course this doesn't take into consideration home field advantage, and the bye weeks. Also, UCLA's ranking is buoyed up by their win over us. Similarly, Michigan is pushed down by their blowout loss to Bammy. And Wisconsin is down, well, because they sh#t the bed against Oregon St.
So my question is, Do we have three games left that will be tougher than UCLA? It looks to me like we do. And I'm not saying we necessarily lose those three games. But I think we will be lucky to win two out of three. Might be more likely that we take one out of the three.