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College Football - If you thought the section was the toughest conference Ncaa, think again

Copyright © 2007 Ed Bagley

There much noise and hype about the Southeast Conferencebetter known as the SECyou might think that no other NCAA football conferences that can compare.

Even Jeff Sagarin in Sagarin Ratings lists the SEC as the conference with an average high central (spoken Sagarin math) of 79.89 with the Pacific 10better known as Pac 10 seconds in 79.19. On a scale of 100 the difference is 70/100ths of 1, or close enough not to make a difference in my mind.

Ranked 11 in the Division 1A conferences is Conference USA to 58.88. Three 1AA conferences are then evaluated above the last 1A Beltat conferencethe Sun 58.26.

the Sagarin rates all of the 242 individual 1A and 1AA teams and then combines them between conferences to arrive at these figures.

I read other factors in its mathematical formula to decide which is the toughest conference (the best) of the conference.

Knowing that the SEC is legion for scheduling Division 1AA teams in non-conference list, I suspect the SEC strength of schedule (the quality of his opponents) can not be as strong. It turns out that I am right.

The "Tough" SEC played exactly 10 Division 1AA opponents this season, more than any other conference in the country. In comparison, the Big 12 played 10, ACC and Big Ten played 7 games, the Big East 6 and the Pac-10 just 2.

When you add the strength of schedule for the 12 SEC teams I get an average of 30 compared with an expected average of 14 of the 10 Pac. Who plays the most difficult schedule among the two dogs? It is easily the Pac 10.

If you 're wondering, the team has played the toughest schedule during the first 12 weeks of the 2007 college football season is one of the Huskies Washington, and so was ranked No. 1 among the 242 Division 1A and 1AA schools.

For the record, Nebraska is No. 2, No. 3 Stanford, California and Colorado No. 4 No. 5, so that 3 of the 5 teams in the strength of schedule is 10 Pac.

Please do not give me this garbage about the SEC playing the toughest schedule. The facts and statistics say otherwise.

Another interesting fact of note is the following: Since the NCAA established the Division 1A and 1AA in separation 1978, only 5 Division 1A schools have not had a Division 1AA school: Washington, Southern California, UCLA, Michigan and Notre Dame. Again 3 5 teams from the Pac 10.

The SEC already has 7 of its 12 teams with 7 or more wins and bowl eligible by NCAA standards, and now you know one of the reasons why.

It's the same reason why Hawaii is unbeaten at 10-0, having defeated two schools 1AA fattening their record of impressive victories, while accumulating the toughest schedule against the 153rd other 119 Division 1A schools.

Sometimes a 1AA school can beat a 1A school (like Appalachian State beating Michigan at home 34-32), not because they are necessarily better, but because the school did not take them seriously 1A.

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