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Originally Posted by FD
Yeah, Baylor has a shit schedule but look who Mississippi St played, Southern Miss, UAB, South Alabama, and Tennessee-Martin. Plentry of Big 12 teams played big OOC games.
Just look at the examples you found of OOC games by bowl teams, two were historical rivalry games. These aren't marginal games.
And strength of schedule ratings just show that the SEC west was strong and deep this year, which we already know (and which is itself a product of the scheduling advantage they undeniably have.)
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Are you really trying to downplay the great non conference games played by the SEC because they're rivalry games that are played every year?
Yes, MSU had a weak out of conference schedule. They still have the sixth hardest schedule in the country. That's how good the SEC is. Even with a nine game season, the Big 12 can't come close to the strength of schedule that the SEC teams have.
Forget the SEC West, though. SEC East teams schedules per Sagarin are 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 18, and 23.
SEC teams played the hardest schedules of any conference in the country by a ****ing landslide, and 12 of 14 made bowl games with a 13th team blowing their shot at the end of the game yesterday.
The bottom half of the SEC will put 5 out of 7 teams into bowl games.
The bottom half of the Big 12 will put 1 out of 5 teams into bowl games.