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How tough is it to play in the SEC?
Posted on 6/22/16 at 10:49 am
Posted on 6/22/16 at 10:49 am
Games played since 2010 against teams that finished ranked in the Final AP Poll:
#1 Auburn- 33
#2 Florida- 32
#3 Ole Miss- 31
#4 Alabama- 30
#4 Arkansas- 30
#6 South Carolina- 29
#6 Texas A&M- 29
#6 Tennessee- 29
#9 LSU- 28
#9 Georgia- 28
#11 Stanford- 26
#11 Oklhaoma- 26
#11 Mississippi State- 26
#14- Clemson- 25
#14- Notre Dame- 25
#14- Washington- 25
11 of the Top 13 toughest schedules by this measure were played by SEC teams.
How about we go back to the year 2000?
#1 Florida- 86 (!)
#2 Auburn- 77
#3 Arkansas- 75
#4 Tennessee- 74
#5 LSU- 72
#6 Alabama- 70
#7 Oklahoma- 69
#7 Georgia- 69
#7 South Carolina- 69
#7 Texas A&M- 69
#11 Washington- 66
#12 Florida State- 65
#12 Michigan- 65
#12 Arizona- 65
#15 Ole Miss- 63
#15 Colorado- 63
#15 Mississippi State- 63
#15 Vanderbilt- 63
Going back to 2000, 12 of the Top 18 toughest schedules played over the last 18 seasons have been played by current SEC programs.
Every year you hear some of the National talking heads try to claim that programs like Stanford and Notre Dame play tougher schedules than the SEC. But the facts just don't support this.
#1 Auburn- 33
#2 Florida- 32
#3 Ole Miss- 31
#4 Alabama- 30
#4 Arkansas- 30
#6 South Carolina- 29
#6 Texas A&M- 29
#6 Tennessee- 29
#9 LSU- 28
#9 Georgia- 28
#11 Stanford- 26
#11 Oklhaoma- 26
#11 Mississippi State- 26
#14- Clemson- 25
#14- Notre Dame- 25
#14- Washington- 25
11 of the Top 13 toughest schedules by this measure were played by SEC teams.
How about we go back to the year 2000?
#1 Florida- 86 (!)
#2 Auburn- 77
#3 Arkansas- 75
#4 Tennessee- 74
#5 LSU- 72
#6 Alabama- 70
#7 Oklahoma- 69
#7 Georgia- 69
#7 South Carolina- 69
#7 Texas A&M- 69
#11 Washington- 66
#12 Florida State- 65
#12 Michigan- 65
#12 Arizona- 65
#15 Ole Miss- 63
#15 Colorado- 63
#15 Mississippi State- 63
#15 Vanderbilt- 63
Going back to 2000, 12 of the Top 18 toughest schedules played over the last 18 seasons have been played by current SEC programs.
Every year you hear some of the National talking heads try to claim that programs like Stanford and Notre Dame play tougher schedules than the SEC. But the facts just don't support this.
This post was edited on 6/22/16 at 10:51 am
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Posted on 6/22/16 at 10:50 am to BHMKyle
Not very tough if you're fast and black.
Posted on 6/22/16 at 10:51 am to BHMKyle
SEC is overrated minus Ole Miss
Posted on 6/22/16 at 10:54 am to BHMKyle
Didn't read your post, but I'd imagine it's not too tough considering A&M lit Bama up their first year, and mizzou has won the East alot already
Posted on 6/22/16 at 10:56 am to BHMKyle
it's been a hell of a lot tougher to play in the west than it has in the east. 
Posted on 6/22/16 at 10:58 am to BHMKyle
Another indication of the strength of the SEC: Bowl record.
Conference winning percentages in bowls since 2000:
62.9%- SEC (88-52)
54.8%- PAC 12 (57-47)
49.2%- BIG 12 (60-62)
46.0%- ACC (58-68)
41.0%- BIG 10 (50-72)
Conference winning percentages in bowls since 2000:
62.9%- SEC (88-52)
54.8%- PAC 12 (57-47)
49.2%- BIG 12 (60-62)
46.0%- ACC (58-68)
41.0%- BIG 10 (50-72)
Posted on 6/22/16 at 10:58 am to GeauxTigerNation
plus l5u getting softer and softer every year.
Posted on 6/22/16 at 11:07 am to BHMKyle
Auburn and Georgia historically have the two toughest all-time strength of schedules and nobody else is really close.
If somebody else wants to find the article from a year or two ago, nobody else has played nearly as many top 25 teams in history as AU and UGA
If somebody else wants to find the article from a year or two ago, nobody else has played nearly as many top 25 teams in history as AU and UGA
Posted on 6/22/16 at 11:11 am to BowlJackson
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Auburn and Georgia historically have the two toughest all-time strength of schedules and nobody else is really close.
I would say Florida is making a run at it. The fact they play in the SEC... have played LSU annually from the West... and play Florida State every single season is adding up quick.
Posted on 6/22/16 at 11:32 am to elit4ce05
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How tough is it to play in the SEC?
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plus l5u getting softer and softer every year.
Yes.
Softer.
11-2 Bowl
12-2 Bowl
12-2 Bowl
8-5 Bowl
9-4 Bowl
10-3 Bowl
13-1 Bowl
10-3 Bowl
10-3 Bowl
8-5 Bowl
9-3 Bowl (+ 1 game cancelled) #2 BCS ranking late in year.
41-34 Final minute
21-27 OT
15-24 Final minute
24-21 Final seconds
9-6 OT
0-21 12-0 in 4th,JJ misses wide open Landry for TD
17-21 Final seconds
17-38 17-17 late in 3rd
13-20 OT, Final seconds
15-30 13-10 at half
This post was edited on 6/22/16 at 11:33 am
Posted on 6/22/16 at 11:33 am to TDcline
quote:Football games are won up front, and I'm sure being fast and black is not the reason.
Not very tough if you're fast and black.
Posted on 6/22/16 at 11:37 am to BHMKyle
Great research. The in conference schedule for every SEC team is brutal.
Posted on 6/22/16 at 12:26 pm to BHMKyle
BHMKyle, you're one of those guys that work in the ESPN stat truck right? =)
Posted on 6/22/16 at 2:05 pm to PurpleandGeauld
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BHMKyle, you're one of those guys that work in the ESPN stat truck right? =)
I wish. No I think I've just accumulated a vast number of websites that give good information. And when something pops into my brain to ponder, I go and look it up.
Posted on 6/22/16 at 2:07 pm to BHMKyle
Damn, I was about to say those numbers don't mean anything without comparing them to other conferences. I thought it was an SEC only list until I saw #11
Posted on 6/22/16 at 2:08 pm to BHMKyle
How is this a surprise when 1/4th of the sec teams that are top 25 pre season actually finish ranked? The SEC is grossly overrated every year and ends up top heavy. Last years pre season rankings were an embarrassment in October.
This post was edited on 6/22/16 at 2:11 pm
Posted on 6/22/16 at 3:05 pm to Sgt Deds
quote:Some teams are able to live up to the hype and some aren't.
The SEC is grossly overrated every year and ends up top heavy. Last years pre season rankings were an embarrassment in October.
Posted on 6/22/16 at 3:06 pm to BowlJackson
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If somebody else wants to find the article from a year or two ago, nobody else has played nearly as many top 25 teams in history as AU and UGA
ask TiM83, that guy has auburns 83 schedule info memorized down to each player's snap count. Surely he has some info on auburn's all time SOS.
Posted on 6/22/16 at 3:32 pm to RT1941
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Last years pre season rankings were an embarrassment in October.
Yes, they were far from accurate. But part of that is at the expense of OTHER conferences being overrated.
Texas A&M started the season unranked last year. They catapulted from unranked the #16 after Week 1 because they beat a VERY OVERRATED Arizona State squad who was ranked #15 in the preseason. Yes, Texas A&M's ranking was ridiculous in October. But the preseason prognosticators actually had the Aggies projected correctly.... outside the Top 25.
They certainly missed the boat on Auburn and to a lesser extent Georgia. But there were misses from just about every league.
USC started the year ranked #8... but finished with 6 losses and unranked.
UCLA started the year ranked #13... but finished the season unranked.
Arizona State started the year ranked #15... but finished the season unranked.
Arizona started the year ranked #22... but finished the season unranked.
You can make a pretty strong argument that the PAC 12 was far more overrated in the Preseason last year compared to the SEC.
Also don't forget how badly the polls whiffed on Georgia Tech out of the ACC... a team that began the year #16 and finished with just 4 wins.
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