SOS in the SEC

[AUChizad]

http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/2014/2014-sec-strength-of-schedule/

2014

With spring football a month away, let’s take a gander at the SEC’s strength of schedule for 2014. Obviously, this is how the NCAA would determine a team’s strength of schedule.

Related: How does the SEC’s live game attendance stack up to other conferences?

The opponents’ win percentage is calculated by adding up the total wins and losses for the 12 teams on the schedule, and I added an additional column to show the non-conference opponents’ win-loss record, too.

Here’s a look:

Related: SEC football 2014 schedules
Team    Opp. Win %    Opp. Won-Loss    Non-Con Opp.
Arkansas    0.656    103-54    .510 (26-25)
Tennessee    0.652    101-54    .692 (36-16)
Texas A&M    0.645    100-55    .520 (26-24)
Kentucky    0.641    98-55    .640 (32-18)
South Carolina    0.619    96-59    .673 (35-17)
Auburn    0.604    93-61    .520 (26-24)
Georgia    0.601    92-61    .667 (34-17)
Ole Miss    0.586    89-63    .469 (23-26)
Florida    0.569    87-66    .380 (19-31)
Missouri    0.556    84-67    .647 (33-18)
LSU    0.536    82-71    .510 (26-25)
Mississippi State    0.530    80-71    .333 (16-32)
Vanderbilt    0.517    78-73    .429 (21-28)
Alabama    0.473    71-79    .271 (13-35)

Related: A look at 2013’s strength of schedule prior to the season

Few notes:

    Arkansas again has one of the country’s toughest schedules (it may be the toughest), while Tennessee is right behind them.
    The Vols have the toughest non-conference schedule with Utah State, Arkansas State, Oklahoma and Chattanooga. Outside of Chattanooga, is there a win you can circle in the first three?
    Alabama is the only team in the conference to have less than .500 opponents’ winning percentage. That’s two years in a row (see last year’s here) the Tide are the only team in the SEC to play opponents with a sub .500 win percentage prior to the start of the season.
    On paper, Florida’s schedule doesn’t look tough, but the Gators play both Alabama and LSU in 2014, along with the rest of the SEC schedule and non-conference defending national champions, Florida State.

[Townhallsavoy]

I gave up criticizing their schedule.

Yes, it's easy, and it's laughable.  They should be criticized for their schedule and not looked at as GOAT candidates every year they beat their easy teams.

But to their defense, it's not their fault Tennessee is in the shitter.  And Florida's on their schedule.  It's not their fault Florida just experienced their worst season in thirty years.  They also scheduled West Virginia and aren't opening up with LA Monroe Technical School for the Poor. 

[AUChizad]

http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/2014/2014-sec-strength-of-schedule/

Wrong.

That last column is nonconference Wins & Losses.

Far and away the worst.

Add to that the substantiated suspicion that Emmert is being more than generous with their hand picked "rotating" Eastern opponent, and well…

[Kaos]

Wrong.

That last column is nonconference Wins & Losses.

Far and away the worst.

Add to that the substantiated suspicion that Emmert is being more than generous with their hand picked "rotating" Eastern opponent, and well…

Slive.

[The Prowler]

Slive.

Yup

[The Six]

Yup

Don't you love how Auburn traded Tennessee for South Carolina this year? At least it's a home game but still.