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Toughest strength of schedules heading into the season.

Posted on 7/9/15 at 9:24 am
Posted by ForeverGator
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Posted on 7/9/15 at 9:24 am
According to RealTimeRPI.com ( LINK), here are the SOS rankings heading into the season for the SEC teams:

1 Ole Miss
2 Auburn
3 Tennessee
5 LSU
8 Arkansas
9 Florida
17 Texas A&M
19 Alabama
21 Vanderbilt
22 Georgia
37 Missouri
38 Kentucky
41 South Carolina
52 Mississippi State

I am not sure why Mississippi State and Ole Miss vary that much with the SOS rankings considering both are in the SEC West and both play 3 cupcake OOC opponents. The SEC does look to cannibalize itself again this year.
Posted by CtotheVrzrbck
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Posted on 7/9/15 at 9:26 am to
Mississippi schools gotta play Arkansas. Schedule is tough as frick.
Posted by DrunkenStuporMan
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Posted on 7/9/15 at 9:27 am to
quote:

I am not sure why Mississippi State and Ole Miss vary that much with the SOS rankings considering both are in the SEC West and both play 3 cupcake OOC opponents.
I'm sure there is a long breakdown of the schedules I could give you but I'm going to go with the more correct answer:

Bear Controlled Media.
Posted by DMagic
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Posted on 7/9/15 at 9:28 am to
We play the Alabama schools and Florida on the road in the SEC plus don't have our bye until week 10. Our toughest OOC is technically on the road for their calculations.
Posted by Eric Nies Grind Time
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Posted on 7/9/15 at 9:30 am to
Plus you have to run into the Justin Fuente buzzsaw. You ain't livin' through that.
Posted by scrooster
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Posted on 7/9/15 at 9:34 am to
I actually mashed that link and perused that site with the rankings ... all I could do was lulz.

Would love to know what metrics they are using to derive those results.
Posted by Realistic Ag
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Posted on 7/9/15 at 9:34 am to
Based purely on the opponents (not timing, byes, etc), I would say Bama has the toughest schedule in the SEC.
Posted by DMagic
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Posted on 7/9/15 at 9:35 am to
He makes Bucky look like an offensive genius. They only had 91 yards total against us.
Posted by Vols&Shaft83
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Posted on 7/9/15 at 9:36 am to
I think Arky has the toughest schedule.
Posted by roadGator
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Posted on 7/9/15 at 9:36 am to
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We play the Alabama schools and Florida on the road


But we suck sooooo...

Posted by roadGator
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Posted on 7/9/15 at 9:36 am to
I think your mirror has the toughest schedule.
Posted by Aman
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Posted on 7/9/15 at 9:37 am to
Once again Auburn gets a SOS bump because they play #3 Alabama while Bama plays #20 Auburn. Bama plays a higher ranked OOC team and a better East schedule than Auburn. I don't see how they can be 17 spots higher on SOS other than they play #3 and Bama can't play themselves.
Posted by Vols&Shaft83
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Posted on 7/9/15 at 9:39 am to
quote:

think your mirror has the toughest schedule.





What crawled up your puss this morning
Posted by Roses of Crimson
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Posted on 7/9/15 at 9:39 am to
We wont know the REAL answer to this debate until after the season concludes.
Posted by Eric Nies Grind Time
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Posted on 7/9/15 at 9:40 am to
You sound scared.
Posted by roadGator
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Posted on 7/9/15 at 9:41 am to
You can't take a joke today?

I'm the sour puss. Pffft.
Posted by Buckeye06
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Posted on 7/9/15 at 9:42 am to
There is no human on this earth that can tell me OSU plays a harder schedule than Alabama in 2015. A computer can say it all it wants but let's be honest

OSU's hardest 5 games:

@VT
Home against MSU
Home against PSU
Home against Minn.
@ Michigan

Bama's

@UGA
LSU
@Auburn
Wisky (neutral)
@A&M
A # of others could be in there as well at the 4/5 slots

This post was edited on 7/9/15 at 9:44 am
Posted by Spindicus Lofrus
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Posted on 7/9/15 at 9:43 am to
Does A&M play any games where they actually go to an opponent's home field?
Posted by Tiger n Miami AU83
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Posted on 7/9/15 at 9:43 am to
Auburn is bamas daddy son.
Posted by DMagic
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Posted on 7/9/15 at 9:45 am to
So? So what? So Let's dance


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