How Bad Is Most Of The SEC?

[TheShotDoctor]

What A Down Year.....

SC LOSES @ HOME To The CITADEL!

FLA Barely GETS By In OT @ HOME vs FLA ATLANTIC!

GA Barely GETS By In OT @ HOME vs GA SOUTHERN!


Simply A Down Year In A Conference Full Of Mediocre & Bad, Excuse Me, TERRIBLE TEAMS!


---ShotDoc---

 

[AlwayzRight]

Agreed. LSU is shit. Ole Miss and A and M are average. Down year for the SEC.

 

[tmader7]

Ever since GA lost Chubb, their train left the tracks. LSU's loss to Bama took all wind out of their sails. I think that Florida game was nothing more than an overlook, they probably didn't watch a minute of game film. As for the Cocks, they suck, plain and simple. You coming to the game today? Gonna be cool at BoA so think I'm gonna stay at the hacienda and drink my cold adult beverages in a warmer environment, LOL.

~T~

 

[dhawk12]

Most overrated conference every year. Bama has played nobody and doesn't have a decent win

 

[mws]

Why is it Clemson never has Georgia on the schedule when Clemson has the clearly superior team? Pisses me off.

 

[rolltide]

yeah, no doubt SEC is horrible. again will easily win the most out of conference regular season games in college football almost 20 percentage points above the ACC

and NFL draft probably won't be littered with SEC players in first round again, right?

not C and season = 2015 and ...

games	ATS W - L- P (marg, %win)	Avg Line	OU W - L- P (marg, %over)	Avg Total	SU W - L- P (marg, %win)	SDQL
45	18-26-0 (-3.68, 40.9%)	-23.5	19-20-4 (-2.64, 48.7%)	58.3	39-6-0 (20.24, 86.7%)	conference = SEC
36	17-18-1 (-1.21, 48.6%)	-17.9	11-22-1 (-5.01, 33.3%)	58.9	28-8-0 (16.69, 77.8%)	conference = P12
30	12-16-2 (0.77, 42.9%)	-17.3	13-13-0 (3.38, 50.0%)	61.3	23-7-0 (18.03, 76.7%)	conference = B12
54	23-30-1 (-0.80, 43.4%)	-12.0	20-31-2 (-4.43, 39.2%)	55.0	41-13-0 (11.20, 75.9%)	conference = B10
49	27-20-0 (2.59, 57.4%)	-12.5	24-21-2 (1.11, 53.3%)	53.8	33-16-0 (16.90, 67.3%)	conference = ACC

and the ACC #'s are really impressive when you take away their 15-0 FCS record....18-16 SU! quite an accomplishment

not C and season = 2015 and o:division = 1A and ...

games	ATS W - L- P (marg, %win)	Avg Line	OU W - L- P (marg, %over)	Avg Total	SU W - L- P (marg, %win)	SDQL
35	15-19-0 (-3.44, 44.1%)	-18.8	14-17-3 (-4.49, 45.2%)	57.7	29-6-0 (15.94, 82.9%)	conference = SEC
48	18-29-1 (-1.73, 38.3%)	-11.1	19-27-2 (-4.32, 41.3%)	54.9	35-13-0 (9.35, 72.9%)	conference = B10
25	13-11-1 (-0.06, 54.2%)	-10.4	8-17-0 (-5.84, 32.0%)	57.4	18-7-0 (10.36, 72.0%)	conference = P12
21	8-12-1 (0.76, 40.0%)	-12.5	9-10-0 (3.00, 47.4%)	60.9	15-6-0 (13.24, 71.4%)	conference = B12
26	16-10-0 (1.65, 61.5%)	-1.1	10-16-0 (-0.40, 38.5%)	52.1	15-11-0 (2.73, 57.7%)	conference = IND
34	18-16-0 (2.13, 52.9%)	-5.5	15-17-2 (1.13, 46.9%)	53.5	18-16-0 (7.65, 52.9%)	conference = ACC

 

[razorbackpicks]

Georgia is down because they don't have a QB to carry them like years previous to keep 9/10
out of the box for their backs.

South Carolina is so bad it caused spurrier to uo and quit mid year which is pathetic and people should not have cheered him on his way out. He caused it and didn't even decide to ride the year out.

Lsu su is the same thing they always are. People that gave them a pass for losing their DC are seeing how wrong they were. Miles is always ruining mid level QB talent.

Auburn, you are now seeing the real gus. Up until this year he's always walked in too top talent at EVERY stop instead of having to put a team together himself.

Is is the SEC down? May be. But it's still the premier conference with everyone gunning for it. Look at the big ten conference with whisky and iowa in it. Big 12-2? Most schools waited till November to play teams with winning records against FBS schools. Pac 12 is just not that good even with cowherd going out west and really hyping it up for ratings, they still are the 3rd or 4th best conference. Acc? I think Clemson is the best team so far but after that?

 

[KennyB]

Even in a down year the SEC will win the championship thanks to Bama. Haha.

 

[sendacash]

My goodness, what was the line on that Citadel game?

 

[Wanger]

will easily win the most out of conference regular season games in college football

Every year this stat is meaningless.

Mississippi State - Non-Conference Opponents: at Southern Miss, FCS Northwestern State, Troy, Louisiana Tech

Ole Miss - Non-Conference Opponents: FCS UT-Martin, Fresno State, New Mexico State, at Memphis

Kentucky - Non-Conference Opponents: UL Lafayette, FCS Eastern Kentucky, Charlotte, Louisville

Vanderbilt - Non-Conference Opponents: Western Kentucky, FCS Austin Peay, at Middle Tennessee, at Houston

LSU - Non-Conference Opponents: FCS McNeese State, at Syracuse, Eastern Michigan, Western Kentucky

Arkansas - Non-Conference Opponents: UTEP, Toledo (in Little Rock), Texas Tech, FCS UT-Martin

Missouri - Non-Conference Opponents: FCS Southeast Missouri State, at Arkansas State, UConn, BYU (in Kansas City)

Auburn - Non-Conference Opponents: Louisville (in Atlanta), FCS Jacksonville State, San Jose State, Idaho

Alabama - Non-Conference Opponents: Wisconsin (in Arlington, Tex.), Middle Tennessee, ULMMonroe and FCS Charleston Southern

Georgia - Non-Conference Opponents: UL Monroe, FCS Southern, Georgia Southern, at Georgia Tech

Tennessee - Non-Conference Opponents: Bowling Green (in Nashville), Oklahoma, FCS Western Carolina, North Texas

Texas A&M - Non-Conference Opponents: Arizona State (in Houston), Ball State, Nevada, FCS Western Carolina

Florida - Non-Conference Opponents: New Mexico State, East Carolina, Florida Atlantic, Florida State

South Carolina - Non-Conference Opponents: North Carolina (in Charlotte), UCF, FCS Citadel, Clemson

face)(*^%

 

[sendacash]

I don't like how the SEC has been putting some of these cupcakes late into the season to come between their conference games, almost like an extra bye week to prepare. Although, I guess that strategy almost backfired for Florida and Georgia yesterday.

 

[GoSooners]

The SEC will always have the twinkie circuit of games during the season for teams to become bowl eligible. How they do in these games has no impact of how they will do in the bowls. If they aren't playing well by the public's standards it will be reflected in the lines. I thought the SEC was a bit overrated last year, and it showed in their ATS record in the bowls. My guess is they will be a little underestimated by the public this year. I also think the Pac-12 will do well in the bowls. Especially if the Playoff Committee snubs them. If this happens look for them to make a statement in these games.

 

[Albatross]

Why is it Clemson never has Georgia on the schedule when Clemson has the clearly superior team? Pisses me off.

Have you lived under a rock the past 2 seasons?

 

[cloverleaf]

Most overrated conference every year. Bama has played nobody and doesn't have a decent win

I don't want to get into a pissing contest with someone who obviously doesn't know a damn thing about college football but I will. By all preseason accounts, Alabama's schedule was rated the most difficult in the country. (Phil Steele, Bleacher Report, 247 Sports, The Cheat Sheet and College Football to name a few)

Including the Auburn game Saturday, Bama's opponents have an 84-49 record. Non conference opponents had a 24-20 record and SEC opponents were 60-29.

Right Bubble Boy, Alabama has played nobody.

 

[Conan]

This is the official NCAA list of schedules by difficulty Rank	Institution	Conference	Past Opposition	Future Opposition	Cumulative Opposition
Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct	Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct	Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct
1	Maryland	Big Ten	68	27	0	0.716	3	7	0	0.300	71	34	0	0.676
2	Arkansas	Southeastern	60	30	0	0.667	4	6	0	0.400	64	36	0	0.640
3	Iowa St.	Big 12	58	31	0	0.652	5	4	0	0.556	63	35	0	0.643
4	Purdue	Big Ten	61	34	0	0.642	4	6	0	0.400	65	40	0	0.619
5	Oregon	Pac-12	60	34	0	0.638	1	9	0	0.100	61	43	0	0.587
6	Alabama	Southeastern	58	33	0	0.637	5	5	0	0.500	63	38	0	0.624
7	Vanderbilt	Southeastern	58	34	0	0.630	6	4	0	0.600	64	38	0	0.627
8	California	Pac-12	58	36	0	0.617	5	5	0	0.500	63	41	0	0.606
9	Indiana	Big Ten	59	37	0	0.615	1	9	0	0.100	60	46	0	0.566
9	Northwestern	Big Ten	59	37	0	0.615	4	6	0	0.400	63	43	0	0.594
11	Tennessee	Southeastern	57	36	0	0.613	3	7	0	0.300	60	43	0	0.583
12	Georgia Tech	Atlantic Coast	55	35	0	0.611	7	3	0	0.700	62	38	0	0.620
13	Kansas St.	Big 12	50	32	0	0.610	5	14	0	0.263	55	46	0	0.545
14	Memphis	AAC	56	36	0	0.609	2	8	0	0.200	58	44	0	0.569
15	Minnesota	Big Ten	62	40	0	0.608	8	3	0	0.727	70	43	0	0.619
16	Mississippi St.	Southeastern	54	35	0	0.607	7	3	0	0.700	61	38	0	0.616
17	Ole Miss	Southeastern	55	36	0	0.604	7	3	0	0.700	62	39	0	0.614
18	Arizona St.	Pac-12	57	38	0	0.600	5	5	0	0.500	62	43	0	0.590
19	Boston College	Atlantic Coast	49	33	0	0.598	2	8	0	0.200	51	41	0	0.554
20	LSU	Southeastern	55	38	0	0.591	7	3	0	0.700	62	41	0	0.602
21	West Virginia	Big 12	47	33	0	0.588	5	14	0	0.263	52	47	0	0.525
22	Illinois	Big Ten	55	39	0	0.585	8	2	0	0.800	63	41	0	0.606
23	Southern California	Pac-12	60	43	0	0.583	8	3	0	0.727	68	46	0	0.596
24	Rutgers	Big Ten	55	40	0	0.579	1	9	0	0.100	56	49	0	0.533
25	Missouri	Southeastern	52	38	0	0.578	5	5	0	0.500	57	43	0	0.570
25	SMU	AAC	52	38	0	0.578	7	3	0	0.700	59	41	0	0.590
27	Kansas	Big 12	51	38	0	0.573	3	6	0	0.333	54	44	0	0.551
28	Virginia	Atlantic Coast	52	39	0	0.571	4	6	0	0.400	56	45	0	0.554
29	Pittsburgh	Atlantic Coast	51	39	0	0.567	6	4	0	0.600	57	43	0	0.570
29	Syracuse	Atlantic Coast	51	39	0	0.567	1	8	0	0.111	52	47	0	0.525
31	Navy	AAC	47	36	0	0.566	10	9	0	0.526	57	45	0	0.559
32	Nebraska	Big Ten	57	44	0	0.564	10	0	0	1.000	67	44	0	0.604
33	Oregon St.	Pac-12	54	42	0	0.563	7	3	0	0.700	61	45	0	0.575
34	Auburn	Southeastern	50	40	0	0.556	9	1	0	0.900	59	41	0	0.590
35	North Texas	Conference USA	51	41	0	0.554	3	7	0	0.300	54	48	0	0.529
36	Penn St.	Big Ten	56	45	0	0.554	10	1	0	0.909	66	46	0	0.589
37	Washington	Pac-12	52	42	0	0.553	8	2	0	0.800	60	44	0	0.577
37	Western Mich.	Mid-American	52	42	0	0.553	9	1	0	0.900	61	43	0	0.587
39	Clemson	Atlantic Coast	49	40	0	0.551	3	7	0	0.300	52	47	0	0.525
40	Central Mich.	Mid-American	50	41	0	0.549	1	10	0	0.091	51	51	0	0.500
41	Michigan St.	Big Ten	56	46	0	0.549	7	4	0	0.636	63	50	0	0.558
42	Cincinnati	AAC	51	42	0	0.548	4	6	0	0.400	55	48	0	0.534
43	Texas Tech	Big 12	48	40	0	0.545	4	6	0	0.400	52	46	0	0.531
44	South Carolina	Southeastern	49	41	0	0.544	10	0	0	1.000	59	41	0	0.590
44	Texas	Big 12	49	41	0	0.544	13	6	0	0.684	62	47	0	0.569
46	East Carolina	AAC	50	42	0	0.543	5	5	0	0.500	55	47	0	0.539
47	Notre Dame	FBS Independent	54	46	0	0.540	9	2	0	0.818	63	48	0	0.568
48	Louisville	Atlantic Coast	48	41	0	0.539	4	6	0	0.400	52	47	0	0.525
49	Utah	Pac-12	55	48	0	0.534	3	8	0	0.273	58	56	0	0.509
50	Wake Forest	Atlantic Coast	47	41	0	0.534	5	5	0	0.500	52	46	0	0.531
51	Texas A&M	Southeastern	48	42	0	0.533	7	3	0	0.700	55	45	0	0.550
52	BYU	FBS Independent	49	44	0	0.527	5	5	0	0.500	54	49	0	0.524
53	Miami (FL)	Atlantic Coast	48	43	0	0.527	7	3	0	0.700	55	46	0	0.545
54	Arizona	Pac-12	55	50	0	0.524	0	0	0	0.000	55	50	0	0.524
55	Michigan	Big Ten	54	49	0	0.524	10	1	0	0.909	64	50	0	0.561
55	Stanford	Pac-12	54	49	0	0.524	10	1	0	0.909	64	50	0	0.561
57	Georgia	Southeastern	47	43	0	0.522	2	8	0	0.200	49	51	0	0.490
57	South Fla.	AAC	47	43	0	0.522	0	10	0	0.000	47	53	0	0.470
57	Wyoming	Mountain West	47	43	0	0.522	2	8	0	0.200	49	51	0	0.490
60	UCLA	Pac-12	53	50	0	0.515	7	4	0	0.636	60	54	0	0.526
61	Oklahoma	Big 12	50	47	0	0.515	9	1	0	0.900	59	48	0	0.551
62	Ball St.	Mid-American	46	45	0	0.505	8	3	0	0.727	54	48	0	0.529
63	UNLV	Mountain West	46	47	0	0.495	1	9	0	0.100	47	56	0	0.456
64	Utah St.	Mountain West	45	46	0	0.495	7	3	0	0.700	52	49	0	0.515
65	Virginia Tech	Atlantic Coast	44	45	0	0.494	3	7	0	0.300	47	52	0	0.475
66	Florida	Southeastern	49	51	0	0.490	8	2	0	0.800	57	53	0	0.518
67	Fresno St.	Mountain West	45	47	0	0.489	5	5	0	0.500	50	52	0	0.490
68	Ohio St.	Big Ten	50	53	0	0.485	9	2	0	0.818	59	55	0	0.518
69	Texas St.	Sun Belt	37	40	0	0.481	8	11	0	0.421	45	51	0	0.469
70	Hawaii	Mountain West	49	53	0	0.480	0	10	0	0.000	49	63	0	0.438
71	UCF	AAC	45	49	0	0.479	6	4	0	0.600	51	53	0	0.490
71	Kent St.	Mid-American	45	49	0	0.479	5	5	0	0.500	50	54	0	0.481
71	Washington St.	Pac-12	45	49	0	0.479	4	6	0	0.400	49	55	0	0.471
74	Kentucky	Southeastern	43	47	0	0.478	5	5	0	0.500	48	52	0	0.480
74	TCU	Big 12	43	47	0	0.478	8	1	0	0.889	51	48	0	0.515
76	Oklahoma St.	Big 12	42	46	0	0.477	10	1	0	0.909	52	47	0	0.525
77	Colorado	Pac-12	50	55	0	0.476	8	3	0	0.727	58	58	0	0.500
78	Fla. Atlantic	Conference USA	49	54	0	0.476	4	6	0	0.400	53	60	0	0.469
79	Baylor	Big 12	38	42	0	0.475	12	8	0	0.600	50	50	0	0.500
80	Arkansas St.	Sun Belt	37	41	0	0.474	5	14	0	0.263	42	55	0	0.433
81	UConn	AAC	41	47	0	0.466	9	2	0	0.818	50	49	0	0.505
82	Middle Tenn.	Conference USA	43	50	0	0.462	3	8	0	0.273	46	58	0	0.442
82	Old Dominion	Conference USA	43	50	0	0.462	2	9	0	0.182	45	59	0	0.433
84	Tulsa	AAC	46	54	0	0.460	2	8	0	0.200	48	62	0	0.436
85	La.-Monroe	Sun Belt	39	46	0	0.459	4	17	0	0.190	43	63	0	0.406
86	Buffalo	Mid-American	43	51	0	0.457	2	9	0	0.182	45	60	0	0.429
86	Akron	Mid-American	43	51	0	0.457	2	8	0	0.200	45	59	0	0.433
88	Troy	Sun Belt	36	43	0	0.456	7	11	0	0.389	43	54	0	0.443
89	Florida St.	Atlantic Coast	40	48	0	0.455	10	1	0	0.909	50	49	0	0.505
90	Bowling Green	Mid-American	45	55	0	0.450	2	8	0	0.200	47	63	0	0.427
91	Tulane	AAC	40	49	0	0.449	5	6	0	0.455	45	55	0	0.450
92	Iowa	Big Ten	41	51	0	0.446	5	6	0	0.455	46	57	0	0.447
93	Air Force	Mountain West	40	50	0	0.444	5	5	0	0.500	45	55	0	0.450
94	Idaho	Sun Belt	38	48	0	0.442	2	7	0	0.222	40	55	0	0.421
95	Charlotte	Conference USA	41	52	0	0.441	3	7	0	0.300	44	59	0	0.427
96	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	45	58	0	0.437	0	0	0	0.000	45	58	0	0.437
97	North Carolina St.	Atlantic Coast	38	49	0	0.437	8	1	0	0.889	46	50	0	0.479
98	Massachusetts	Mid-American	46	60	0	0.434	4	6	0	0.400	50	66	0	0.431
99	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast	35	46	0	0.432	6	4	0	0.600	41	50	0	0.451
100	Temple	AAC	44	58	0	0.431	5	5	0	0.500	49	63	0	0.438
101	New Mexico St.	Sun Belt	37	49	0	0.430	6	13	0	0.316	43	62	0	0.410
102	Appalachian St.	Sun Belt	33	44	0	0.429	7	11	0	0.389	40	55	0	0.421
103	Wisconsin	Big Ten	43	58	0	0.426	5	6	0	0.455	48	64	0	0.429
104	Duke	Atlantic Coast	37	50	0	0.425	2	8	0	0.200	39	58	0	0.402
105	Toledo	Mid-American	39	53	0	0.424	5	5	0	0.500	44	58	0	0.431
106	Colorado St.	Mountain West	39	54	0	0.419	2	8	0	0.200	41	62	0	0.398
106	Ohio	Mid-American	39	54	0	0.419	7	3	0	0.700	46	57	0	0.447
108	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	38	53	0	0.418	7	3	0	0.700	45	56	0	0.446
108	Rice	Conference USA	38	53	0	0.418	1	9	0	0.100	39	62	0	0.386
110	South Ala.	Sun Belt	32	45	0	0.416	13	5	0	0.722	45	50	0	0.474
111	Northern Ill.	Mid-American	38	54	0	0.413	6	4	0	0.600	44	58	0	0.431
112	UTSA	Conference USA	40	59	0	0.404	5	5	0	0.500	45	64	0	0.413
113	Boise St.	Mountain West	36	55	0	0.396	4	6	0	0.400	40	61	0	0.396
113	San Jose St.	Mountain West	36	55	0	0.396	6	4	0	0.600	42	59	0	0.416
115	Georgia St.	Sun Belt	30	46	0	0.395	8	10	0	0.444	38	56	0	0.404
116	Western Ky.	Conference USA	40	62	0	0.392	8	2	0	0.800	48	64	0	0.429
117	Ga. Southern	Sun Belt	30	47	0	0.390	8	10	0	0.444	38	57	0	0.400
118	Houston	AAC	35	55	0	0.389	8	1	0	0.889	43	56	0	0.434
119	UTEP	Conference USA	36	57	0	0.387	1	9	0	0.100	37	66	0	0.359
120	New Mexico	Mountain West	35	57	0	0.380	7	3	0	0.700	42	60	0	0.412
121	La.-Lafayette	Sun Belt	29	48	0	0.377	9	9	0	0.500	38	57	0	0.400
122	Southern Miss.	Conference USA	34	57	0	0.374	7	3	0	0.700	41	60	0	0.406
123	FIU	Conference USA	38	64	0	0.373	0	0	0	0.000	38	64	0	0.373
124	San Diego St.	Mountain West	33	58	0	0.363	5	5	0	0.500	38	63	0	0.376
125	Eastern Mich.	Mid-American	35	65	0	0.350	5	5	0	0.500	40	70	0	0.364
126	Marshall	Conference USA	31	61	0	0.337	9	2	0	0.818	40	63	0	0.388
126	Nevada	Mountain West	31	61	0	0.337	7	3	0	0.700	38	64	0	0.373
128	Army West Point	FBS Independent	27	56	0	0.325	8	1	0	0.889	35	57	0	0.380

 

[1osubucks]

Every year this stat is meaningless.

Mississippi State - Non-Conference Opponents: at Southern Miss, FCS Northwestern State, Troy, Louisiana Tech

Ole Miss - Non-Conference Opponents: FCS UT-Martin, Fresno State, New Mexico State, at Memphis

Kentucky - Non-Conference Opponents: UL Lafayette, FCS Eastern Kentucky, Charlotte, Louisville

Vanderbilt - Non-Conference Opponents: Western Kentucky, FCS Austin Peay, at Middle Tennessee, at Houston

LSU - Non-Conference Opponents: FCS McNeese State, at Syracuse, Eastern Michigan, Western Kentucky

Arkansas - Non-Conference Opponents: UTEP, Toledo (in Little Rock), Texas Tech, FCS UT-Martin

Missouri - Non-Conference Opponents: FCS Southeast Missouri State, at Arkansas State, UConn, BYU (in Kansas City)

Auburn - Non-Conference Opponents: Louisville (in Atlanta), FCS Jacksonville State, San Jose State, Idaho

Alabama - Non-Conference Opponents: Wisconsin (in Arlington, Tex.), Middle Tennessee, ULMMonroe and FCS Charleston Southern

Georgia - Non-Conference Opponents: UL Monroe, FCS Southern, Georgia Southern, at Georgia Tech

Tennessee - Non-Conference Opponents: Bowling Green (in Nashville), Oklahoma, FCS Western Carolina, North Texas

Texas A&M - Non-Conference Opponents: Arizona State (in Houston), Ball State, Nevada, FCS Western Carolina

Florida - Non-Conference Opponents: New Mexico State, East Carolina, Florida Atlantic, Florida State

South Carolina - Non-Conference Opponents: North Carolina (in Charlotte), UCF, FCS Citadel, Clemson

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I think some SEC do play one big out of conference but perception is reality. The conference plays so many FCS that everyone who is not an sec homer can see it. They use to say the conference is so tuff blah blah blah.. maybe it was 5 years ago. It definitely is no longer the conference it use to be.

Other then Alabama there is not one team in the conference you worry about playing.

Alabama does and has always played a big out of conference game every year as long as I can remember. The thing that drives me nuts are all the SEC fans who hang on to Alabama's success as their own...

 

[cloverleaf]

Personally...first thanks Conan for your post.

I don't give a rat's ass if conference A is better than conference B.

As a longtime Southeastern Conference follower....I think I can hang my hat with the better ones.

Some Hollywood piss ant who says the SEC is a bad conference and Alabama plays nobody shows me there
are a lot of super dumbasses out there.

That I do give a rats ass about.

 

[EasyMoney]

Alabama has played some good teams and I'm not going to say they havent but at the same time can we stop with the strength of schedule shit that shows the opposition win loss record. That is hardly a true measure of how hard of a schedule someone has played. So Charleston southern is 9-2. So according to that way of determining SOS that means playing charleston southern is a harder game then playing a real power 5 team with a 8-4 record. Makes no sense. With that said I don't know of a great way to determine sos either just saying looking at the oppositions win/ loss record is crap. I personally like to look at a teams toughest 4-5 games and who those teams were and where they are ranked.

 

[razorbackpicks]

I don't like how the SEC has been putting some of these cupcakes late into the season to come between their conference games, almost like an extra bye week to prepare. Although, I guess that strategy almost backfired for Florida and Georgia yesterday.

this is something relatively new that the NCAA and sec were requiring the league to do. Doing this allowed your opening weekend big games like Bama/wisconsin. Use too the sec kept the smaller schools earlier in the year.

 

[razorbackpicks]

The SEC will always have the twinkie circuit of games during the season for teams to become bowl eligible. How they do in these games has no impact of how they will do in the bowls. If they aren't playing well by the public's standards it will be reflected in the lines. I thought the SEC was a bit overrated last year, and it showed in their ATS record in the bowls. My guess is they will be a little underestimated by the public this year. I also think the Pac-12 will do well in the bowls. Especially if the Playoff Committee snubs them. If this happens look for them to make a statement in these games.

. If memory serves me correctly didn't the sec have a pretty good bowl season?

I rememver ver lsu giving a game away late, come to find out the DC was already receuiting for A&M, ole miss got curvbed stomped (don't let ole miss fool you, they are ole miss for a reason, don't give them more credit that their history shows).