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re: The SOS Discrepancy is out of control
Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:07 am to TideCPA
Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:07 am to TideCPA
Tulane has beat Duke, which is one of the better ACC teams, along with Northwestern who is a lower mid tier B1G team
FSU just lost to one of the worst teams in FBS, and is the worst team in the worst P4 conference
“Top 20 talent” - sure, #19 in composite, but it’s a bunch of guys who didn’t live up to expectations and transferred. If they were re rated they would be more like the 40-50th most talented team
HS composite ranking means less than ever
FSU just lost to one of the worst teams in FBS, and is the worst team in the worst P4 conference
“Top 20 talent” - sure, #19 in composite, but it’s a bunch of guys who didn’t live up to expectations and transferred. If they were re rated they would be more like the 40-50th most talented team
HS composite ranking means less than ever
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Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:09 am to GeauxBurrow312
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Bama scheduled with a team that is 1-11 in the ACC over the past two seasons. G5 teams have a better record against ACC teams over that period.
Do you think Alabama just picked up the phone last year and scheduled the FSU game?
Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:10 am to AUTiger789
The good news for Auburn is they don’t have the two current premier programs in the SEC on their schedule every season for the foreseeable future
Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:11 am to captdalton
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Do you think Alabama just picked up the phone last year and scheduled the FSU game?
It’s not bamas fault FSU and Wisconsin turned out to be complete dog shite
But you also don’t get to pretend they are good teams. They are two of the worst teams in FBS
Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:11 am to AUTiger789
We can't help that South Carolina sucks. 
Also, compare how teams are winning those games.
Vandy beat those 5 teams by a combined 245-86.
Also, compare how teams are winning those games.
Vandy beat those 5 teams by a combined 245-86.
Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:17 am to Open Dore Policy
This is stupid. The season isn’t over. Tough games ahead for some, cupcakes for others. South Carolina was top ten preseason, now they’re not. Same for many others. Other teams weren’t at all ranked and now are. You can’t evaluate a schedule until it’s 100% complete.
Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:17 am to AUTiger789
These are fluid and change every week. In your own example you crap on Vandy because their best win is #19 LSU. But LSU was #10 when they played and are now 19 because Vandy beat them.
Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:17 am to AUTiger789
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At least Arkansas got to host Notre Dame.
Yeah, that was a real treat….
Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:20 am to AUTiger789
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These are the only two schools that were made to kick off their conference slate with two road games.
Vandy started their SEC schedule @ South Carolina and @ Bama. BTW, Carolina was ranked #11 when we beat them. We played at Virginia Tech which is a tough place to play and humiliated them. You fail to consider the fact that when we beat teams, we tend to ruin them. It’s happened for years. Teams can be having a fine season, then if we beat them they’re psychologically damaged beyond repair.
Vandy’s schedule at the start of the season was considered very hard. What you knuckleheads can’t seem to wrap your heads around is that when Vandy is good, they add an unexpected loss to teams expecting that win and it mucks things up. Sorry.
This post was edited on 10/20/25 at 11:21 am
Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:23 am to AUTiger789
There is no way that FL doesn't have the hardest schedule in America.
Any list that doesn't have them as having the hardest SOS is shite.
Any list that doesn't have them as having the hardest SOS is shite.
Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:31 am to thatthang
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he weirdly selected “median opponent” as a barometer of SOS
How’s that weird? Does it really matter whether you play the #100 ranked OOC cupcake instead of the #200? Both should be automatic wins.
Looking at each team’s median opponent is the best way to see how many hard games and how many cupcakes everyone has played to date.
Sorry you’re an idiot.
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rather than the readily available….now get this…SOS rankings.
Then post them. I would imagine they are very similar.
Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:32 am to AUTiger789
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Ole Miss has games against all five of the lowest rated SEC teams
Lies, Auburn is not on our schedule this year.
Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:33 am to Bham Bammer
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Oklahoma wasn't an upper tier SEC program coming into the season. I'm not sure A&M was either
They were both Preseason Top 20 in the AP poll.
Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:33 am to Mizzouligan
According to updated ESPN full season SOS in order as of today:
Team Résumé SOS
Florida (3-4) (1)
Arkansas (2-5) (2)
Alabama (6-1) (5)
Auburn (3-4) (6)
SCAR (3-4) (7)
Kentucky (2-4) (9)
Georgia (6-1) (11)
Texas A&M (7-0) (14)
Texas (5-2) (17)
LSU (5-2) (18)
Oklahoma (6-1) (29)
Tennessee (5-2) (31)
Miss. St. (4-3) (39)
Ole Miss (6-1) (40)
Missouri (6-1) (53)
Vanderbilt(6-1) (54)
ESPN SOS
Team Résumé SOS
Florida (3-4) (1)
Arkansas (2-5) (2)
Alabama (6-1) (5)
Auburn (3-4) (6)
SCAR (3-4) (7)
Kentucky (2-4) (9)
Georgia (6-1) (11)
Texas A&M (7-0) (14)
Texas (5-2) (17)
LSU (5-2) (18)
Oklahoma (6-1) (29)
Tennessee (5-2) (31)
Miss. St. (4-3) (39)
Ole Miss (6-1) (40)
Missouri (6-1) (53)
Vanderbilt(6-1) (54)
ESPN SOS
Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:33 am to AUTiger789
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Going by SP+ Rankings
All analysis after this is suspect
Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:33 am to Buster83
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The Constant Bitching about SOS Discrepancy is out of control
Feel free not to click on the thread dipshit.
Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:34 am to AUTiger789
now this is just pitiful
Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:36 am to AUTiger789
It would suck for the fans but until it’s a rule that you have to play a good power 4 opponent we should all schedule easy games instead like the other 3 conferences do. The SEC is hard enough
Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:39 am to GeauxBurrow312
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It’s not bamas fault FSU and Wisconsin turned out to be complete dog shite
But you also don’t get to pretend they are good teams. They are two of the worst teams in FB
That's fine. To date Bama has still played the second hardest schedule in the country, after only UF.
Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:39 am to Wildcat1996
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In your own example you crap on Vandy because their best win is #19 LSU. But LSU was #10 when they played and are now 19 because Vandy beat them.
That’s not how SP+ works. Teams don’t move up or down based on wins or losses. It’s a metric based loosely on success rate, etc. LSU has been in the #15-#20 range for most of the season.
This post was edited on 10/20/25 at 11:45 am
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