re: SEC's detractors may be out in force next week

SEC vs. BCS AQ league OOC (* indicates currently ranked team):

South Carolina*-UNC: WON
Miss. St.-Okla. St*.: LOST
Alabama*-Va. Tech: WON
LSU*-TCU: WON
Auburn-Wash. St.: WON
Georgia*-Clemson*: LOST
Florida*-Miami*: LOST
Kentucky-Louisville*: LOST
Tennessee-Oregon*: LOST
Ole Miss*-Texas: WON

So that puts the SEC at 5-5 vs. BCS AQ league teams (also have a loss to mid-major WKU by Kentucky). Note that four of the five wins have been by ranked SEC teams against unranked OOC teams, while the other featured unranked teams from both conferences. Against ranked OOC BCS AQ teams, the conference is 0-5 so far, despite the fact that the SEC team was ranked higher going into two of the games.

Upcoming, with projected results (* indicates currently ranked team):


Arkansas-Rutgers: Toss-up
Missouri-Indiana: WIN
South Carolina*-UCF: WIN
Vandy-Wake Forest: WIN
Georgia*-Ga. Tech: WIN
South Carolina*-Clemson*: Toss-up (slight underdog)
Florida*-FSU*: Toss-up (slight underdog)

That projects to 4-0 with three toss-ups, but the SEC is a slight underdog in two of the three tossups. Assuming 1-2 in the tossups, that's 5-2, added to our current 5-5 for a combined 10-7 vs. BCS AQ leagues, plus the aforementioned loss to a Sun Belt team. Against ranked OOC BCS AQ teams upcoming, we are projected 2 tossups with the SEC team being a slight underdog in both. Even assuming a split of the tossups, we would supplement our current 0-5 record vs. ranked OOC BCS AQ opponents with an additional 1-1, for a final slate of 1-6.

That is not the stuff that will get a one-loss SEC champion into the NC game over an undefeated Louisville, and maybe even a one-loss Clemson or FSU. And forget about a one-loss SEC team getting in over an undefeated Oregon/Stanford, Clemson/FSU, Ohio State/Michigan or Big XII champion.