Has any other team played a tougher cross-divisional schedule over the years?

1992

Permanent

Arkansas 3-7-1
MSU 7-5

Rotating

Bama 13-0 (National Champions)

1993

Arkansas 5-5-1
MSU 3-6-2

Bama 9-3-1 (won SEC West)

1994

Arkansas 4-7
MSU 8-4

LSU 4-7

1995

Arkansas 8-5 (won SEC West)
MSU 3-8

LSU 7-4-1

1996

MSU 5-6
Arkansas 4-7

Auburn 8-4

(UF won MNC)

1997

MSU 7-4
Arkansas 4-7

Auburn 10-3 (won SEC West)

1998 (Lou Holtz's first season)

MSU 8-5 (won SEC West)
Arkansas 9-3

Ole Miss 7-5

(UT won BCS)

1999

MSU 10-2
Arkansas 8-4

Ole Miss 8-4

2000

MSU 8-4
Arkansas 6-6

Bama 3-8

2001

MSU 3-8
Arkansas 7-5

Bama 7-5

2002

MSU 3-9
Arkansas 9-5 (won SEC West)

LSU 8-5

2003

Rotating

LSU 13-1 (Won BCS)
Ole Miss 10-3

Permanent

Arkansas 9-4

2004

Bama 6-6
Ole Miss 4-7

Arkansas 5-6

2005 (Spurrier's first season)

Bama 10-2
Auburn 9-3

Arkansas 4-7

2006

MSU 3-9
Auburn 11-2

Arkansas 10-4 (won SEC West)

(Florida won BCS)

2007

LSU 12-2 (won BCS)
MSU 8-5

Arkansas 8-5

2008

Ole Miss 9-4
LSU 8-5

Arkansas 5-7

(Florida won BCS)

2009

Ole Miss 9-4
Bama 14-0 (wins BCS)

Arkansas 8-5

2010

x2 Auburn 14-0 (won BCS)
Bama 10-3

Arkansas 10-2

2011

Auburn 8-5
MSU 7-6

Arkansas 11-2

2012

LSU 12-3 (this was the year we were supposed to get MSU at home, instead we went to LSU - it made a major difference)

Arkansas 4-8

2013

Permanent

Arkansas 3-9

Rotating

MSU 7-6

2014

Permanent

Texas A&M

Rotating

@ Auburn

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Posted by atlgamecockman

Washington, DC

Member since Dec 2012

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Posted on 5/6/14 at 11:10 pm to scrooster

Lots of MSU there, I wouldn't say it was that bad.

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Posted by Mr.Sinister

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Posted on 5/7/14 at 7:52 am to scrooster

Wouldn't say it was brutal, but we do always seem to catch Auburn, Ole Miss, & Bama on their up years and rotate them off on their "down" years.

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Posted by FlatwoodsForester

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Posted on 5/7/14 at 7:53 am to scrooster

Arkansas and MSU heavy...I'm willing to bet someone's got a tougher one than this. It would be interesting to see this done for all the teams.

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Posted by KSGamecock

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Member since May 2012

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Posted on 5/7/14 at 11:34 am to FlatwoodsForester

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I'm willing to bet someone's got a tougher one than this. It would be interesting to see this done for all the teams.

dallasga6 made a summary of all SEC teams' cross division opponents on the Rant yesterday. It's just an overall record, not year-by-year. LINK

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Posted by scrooster

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Member since Jul 2012

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Posted on 5/8/14 at 8:18 am to KSGamecock

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dallasga6 made a summary of all SEC teams' cross division opponents on the Rant yesterday. It's just an overall record, not year-by-year. LINK

That's only for the permanent opponents ... doesn't include the rotating opponents which was my point, also observed earlier.

We seem to draw Auburn and Bama on their best seasons.

I seriously doubt any other team from .... well, let's stop and think about it.

Auburn plays Georgia every year as a permanent opponent.

LSU plays Florida every year, as a permanent opponent.

Tennessee plays Bama every year as a permanent opponent.

Combined, Ark and MSU have won three SEC West championships. They are our permanent opponents. But where we seem to have been unlucky, with regard to the schedule draw, is having drawn Bama during what, three national championship years? And Auburn and LSU during another one or two or whatever.

Our rotating opponent draw has been very unlucky. Out of balance even.

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