The fixtures were announced on Thursday and Forest will begin the season at home to Huddersfield.
Megson said: "I was asked whether I felt we had got a hard start or an indifferent start to the season.
"We must not fall into that trap. Every single game is going to be hard. We are where we are and we've got to get our heads around it and get on with it.
"We must not start thinking we're above this division because we're not.
"We were relegated and we've got to do our best in every game we play this season."