On the other hand, the SEC's reputation has enabled multiple teams to be highly ranked even after beating each other. The top ACC teams also don't have many out-of-conference losses. Counting those with 4 losses total or less, the ACC has one OOC loss (Clemson to UGA) and the SEC has two (UGA to GT and Missouri to Indiana). But because of the SEC's reputation their top teams are more highly rated than the ACC's top teams despite also having some losses to the bottom part of the conference and only other losses being to top teams in conference.

 

So it totally makes sense to me to root for ACC teams when they're not playing FSU. (Though I will NEVER root for Miami)

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