Quote:Ohio St and Michigan had to play all 3 of the other teams. While Penn St and Wisconsin didn't have to play each other in the regular season. So Penn St may be on top but they had the easier conference schedule. There is no perfect way to do it now that the conferences are as big as they are.  

 

Penn State did not have to play against Michigan either.

 

Remember when both Ohio State and Iowa were undefeated in Big Ten play and were named co-champions because they had no scheduled meeting? Ohio State played more games in 2002. Iowa had one loss. The Big Ten did not care because they won the same number of in-conference games (all of them). This year Penn State and Wisconsin get the chance Ohio State and Iowa did not 12 years ago, but they are not the best teams in the conference, so it is still screwed up.

 

If college football was like the NFL, all conferences would have 10 teams and every team would play against every other team in the same conference. There would be no independent teams (sorry, Notre Dame). All conferences would be considered equal. None of the "SEC is the best and MAC is terrible" stuff. And schools would not be allowed to jump from one conference to another under any circumstances.

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