Quote:Non-conference (or non-division) games in the NFL or other sports are at least relatively equal.  In college football there is a vast discrepancy. I'm not sure you could get much buy in to award conference champions based on overall record.  I think part of the reason why Ohio St is locked in at #2 above Penn St is they crushed a good Oklahoma team on the road.  Penn St lost to a solid but inconsistent Pitt team in what essentially was neutral a site matchup.  

 

** plus I do find it somewhat odd that in the NFL you could lose every single division game and yet still win your division.  But at least the non-division schedule is the exact same save for two games.

 

  One way of at least partially getting around what you mentioned as an obstacle is for the Conferences to schedule the games out of conference a couple of years in advance in the most balanced way possible.   The schools would have input but it ultimately would be up to Conference decision makers to make the final call.

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