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SEC SOS rankings (SEC comprises 12 of the top 13 most difficult SOS in FBS)
Posted on 7/31/25 at 4:08 pm
Posted on 7/31/25 at 4:08 pm
ESPN SOS
When you click link, press Ctrl+F and type in SOS, and it will take you directly to it. This article is a couple months old by the way, but should still be good.
1. OU
2. Florida
3. Arkansas
4. Wisconsin
5. Vandy
6. Miss St
7. Scar
8. Kentucky
9. LSU
10. TAMU
11. Bama
12. Texas
13. UGA
14. Syracuse
15. Auburn
16. Rutgers
17. Purdue
23. Ole Miss
24. Tenn
25. Missou
So you have Ole Miss, Tenn, and Missou having cupcakes. Good thing is that none of the 3 are likely an actual threat to make a CFP run or even make the CFP. With just how much Ole Miss lost, basically entire roster (1st rd QB gone, top 3 in rushing gone, 4 of top 5 in WR yards gone, best defenders gone), then Tenn replacing I-am-a-leava with a QB that finish 93rd in QBR in FBS last year, I don't see either getting into the CFP.
I think CFP committee and people in general do not weight just how important strength of schedule really is.
When you click link, press Ctrl+F and type in SOS, and it will take you directly to it. This article is a couple months old by the way, but should still be good.
1. OU
2. Florida
3. Arkansas
4. Wisconsin
5. Vandy
6. Miss St
7. Scar
8. Kentucky
9. LSU
10. TAMU
11. Bama
12. Texas
13. UGA
14. Syracuse
15. Auburn
16. Rutgers
17. Purdue
23. Ole Miss
24. Tenn
25. Missou
So you have Ole Miss, Tenn, and Missou having cupcakes. Good thing is that none of the 3 are likely an actual threat to make a CFP run or even make the CFP. With just how much Ole Miss lost, basically entire roster (1st rd QB gone, top 3 in rushing gone, 4 of top 5 in WR yards gone, best defenders gone), then Tenn replacing I-am-a-leava with a QB that finish 93rd in QBR in FBS last year, I don't see either getting into the CFP.
I think CFP committee and people in general do not weight just how important strength of schedule really is.
This post was edited on 7/31/25 at 4:10 pm
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Posted on 7/31/25 at 4:10 pm to Saunson69
Poor Vandy has two tough schedules.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 4:11 pm to Crimsonians
Yea I saw that and corrected it
This post was edited on 7/31/25 at 4:12 pm
Posted on 7/31/25 at 5:45 pm to Saunson69
I don't like the way SOS is calculated. I have no interest in evaluating "the more difficult game" when talking about the dregs of different conferences. Who cares who the better team is between Miss State, West Virginia, Wake Forest or Purdue?
Evaluating a team's 4 hardest games is what interests me. With 3 losses, making the playoffs is very difficult. With 4, it is likely impossible. The 4 most difficult games are what matters.
I am too lazy to do it, but someone needs to do a SOS ranking based on the 4 most difficult games on every team's schedule.
Evaluating a team's 4 hardest games is what interests me. With 3 losses, making the playoffs is very difficult. With 4, it is likely impossible. The 4 most difficult games are what matters.
I am too lazy to do it, but someone needs to do a SOS ranking based on the 4 most difficult games on every team's schedule.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 5:49 pm to Saunson69
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3. Arkansas
Looks like they would cut us some slack occasionally.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 6:01 pm to Saunson69
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So you have Ole Miss, Tenn, and Missou having cupcakes. Good thing is that none of the 3 are likely an actual threat to make a CFP run or even make the CFP.
Who wants to tell the idiot?
Posted on 7/31/25 at 6:11 pm to Bakkabawl Shoes
Hi, Whiskey
Posted on 7/31/25 at 7:52 pm to Saunson69
quote:Not our fault. We had USC and Wake Forest on the schedule and they both bitched out in the last 14 months. So they were replaced with Georgia State and Washington State
So you have Ole Miss, Tenn, and Missou having cupcakes.
This post was edited on 7/31/25 at 7:53 pm
Posted on 7/31/25 at 8:19 pm to Saunson69
Posted on 7/31/25 at 8:47 pm to Clark14
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3. Arkansas
Looks like they would cut us some slack occasionally.
There's a good chance Pittman will be back after this coming season.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 9:09 pm to SneezyBeltranIsHere
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Who cares who the better team is between Miss State, West Virginia, Wake Forest or Purdue?
Teams who play Miss State, West Virginia, Wake Forest or Purdue care. Especially if they lose.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 10:18 pm to Saunson69
Wisconsin plays Bama.
Ohio St plays Texas...and must have one sh!t of a rest of the schedule to not even crack the top 25.
Ohio St plays Texas...and must have one sh!t of a rest of the schedule to not even crack the top 25.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 10:45 pm to Saunson69
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1. OU 2. Florida 3. Arkansas 4. Wisconsin 5. Vandy 6. Miss St
The 5 SEC teams with the hardest schedules struggled last year. I also kind of wonder if their schedules aren’t harder because they can’t play themselves
This post was edited on 7/31/25 at 10:47 pm
Posted on 7/31/25 at 10:53 pm to CaliHorn
Theyre harder cuz the commissioner makes easy schedules for the clear cut favorite teams so he can rake in mire Natties. If he dont think you can bring him a natty your getting the black curtain, Bama, Texas, LSU, Georgia and anyone else ranked.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 8:20 am to Saunson69
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1st rd QB gone, top 3 in rushing gone, 4 of top 5 in WR yards gone, best defenders gone),
QB is young but many believe is more talented than Dart, have to wait and see how fast it clicks.
RB OM improves 10 fold
WR lost some good ones, but reloaded not a problem, LK thinks its the best unit on the team
DL- Lost some studs, but should be good.
Back 7.... Lord help us!
Posted on 8/1/25 at 8:24 am to Saunson69
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1. OU
2. Florida
3. Arkansas
4. Wisconsin
5. Vandy
6. Miss St
7. Scar
8. Kentucky
9. LSU
10. TAMU
11. Bama
12. Texas
13. UGA
14. Syracuse
15. Auburn
16. Rutgers
17. Purdue
23. Ole Miss
24. Tenn
25. Missou
Nothing new here. The only question I have for this year, will the Playoff Committee reward SOS?
Posted on 8/1/25 at 8:43 am to bamameister
They should and its ridiculous if its not a component.
Also, what do you team SEC folks have to say with our schedule this year? We scheduled Michigan last year, Ohio state this year, and even with our supposed terrible SEC schedule we have a top 12 SOS preseason (obviously very preliminary)
Point being quit the whining about Texas schedule when we clearly play a difficult schedule and worry about winning the games in front of you
Also, what do you team SEC folks have to say with our schedule this year? We scheduled Michigan last year, Ohio state this year, and even with our supposed terrible SEC schedule we have a top 12 SOS preseason (obviously very preliminary)
Point being quit the whining about Texas schedule when we clearly play a difficult schedule and worry about winning the games in front of you
Posted on 8/1/25 at 8:56 am to TexasWranglers
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Also, what do you team SEC folks have to say with our schedule this year? We scheduled Michigan last year, Ohio state this year, and even with our supposed terrible SEC schedule we have a top 12 SOS preseason (obviously very preliminary)
Point being quit the whining about Texas schedule when we clearly play a difficult schedule and worry about winning the games in front of you
The biggest problem is directing this back at me, Shorthorn. If you want to talk to the masses, don't direct your stupid crap at bamameister.
You can talk OSU all you like, then you follow up the trip with San Jose State, UTEP, Sam Houston, and Bye. Great optics for a solid month of football. You had better beat OSU with that clown show you are about to put on in the entire month of September. I doubt the SEC Network wants to try and cover those silly OOC games.
And by the way, no one in the SEC believes you got a tough draw in the SEC. It will get a lot tougher than that shorthorn.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 8:56 am to bamameister
They won't reward SOS. There's a reason Notre Dame gets rewarded every year.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 9:06 am to Saunson69
Might be tough keeping a 10 or 11 win SEC team out despite the strength of schedule. This is setting up to be a great year for Mizzou. The reason I say that is because if it pans out, the old timers can once again say Mizzou did so well because of their cupcake schedule/injuries/officiating....laughing all the way to the CFP's....get that trophy ready.
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