Quote:The strength of schedule rankings would agree with you in regards to the SEC West, but not the SEC East.  I think you are missing the point here and do not understand how scheduling works.  UF plays in the East.  Every computer and ranking has the East as the WORST division in the Power 5.  A majority of your games, especially when you add in the three cupcakes, are against nobodies.  Yes, according to Sagarins SOS rankings, Alabama has the toughest schedule; yes, Arkansas is 5; yes, LSU is 6; and so on, and so on.  The Gators though, as well as every other team in the East, are not in the top 10.  Most hover around that 30-50 range.  So now, the rankings and common logic dictates that the Gators and the SEC East do not have stronger schedules than most other teams.

 

I think you missed the part after one of the CFP Rankings came out and the Chairman of the CFP Committee said the reason he had Florida so low was because they had only beaten TWO teams with a winning record.  Fast forward 5 weeks later, the Gators finished the regular season (12 games) by only facing 5 teams with a winning record (and they lost 2 of those games). Kentucky played only played 5 teams with a winning record and lost them all.  And so on, and so on.

 

Compare that to Southern Cal who has a fairly high SOS ranking.  They played as many RANKED teams as the Gators did teams with a winning record. 9 out of their 12 games were against teams with winning records (5 ranked).

 

USC

12 games - 9 vs over .500 (5 ranked)

Florida

12 games - 5 vs over .500 (3 ranked)

 

And let's not forget the best part, as usual, ZERO ranked teams UF played came from their division.  Because like I said and the standings show, the SEC East.... is the worst division.