🏈 2013 SEC strength of schedule through six weeks

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We’re nearing the halfway point of the 2013 college football season. Can you believe it? Six weeks are already in the books.


Let’s take a look specifically at how the NCAA ranks the strength of schedule for each team. Again, this is the NCAA’s method, not SDS’.


Here are the first-half schedules, ranked in order of difficulty by opponent winning percentage, based on 2013 results:
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Team
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[TD="width: 99"]Opp. Win-Loss[/TD]
[TD="width: 100"]Opp. Win %[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD="width: 99"]Mississippi State[/TD]
[TD="width: 99"]20-8[/TD]
[TD="width: 100"]0.714[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 99"]Georgia[/TD]
[TD="width: 99"]19-8[/TD]
[TD="width: 100"]0.704[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 99"]Kentucky[/TD]
[TD="width: 99"]17-9[/TD]
[TD="width: 100"]0.654[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 99"]Texas A&M[/TD]
[TD="width: 99"]16-10[/TD]
[TD="width: 100"]0.615[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 99"]Arkansas[/TD]
[TD="width: 99"]19-12[/TD]
[TD="width: 100"]0.613[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 99"]Tennessee[/TD]
[TD="width: 99"]19-12[/TD]
[TD="width: 100"]0.613[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 99"]Auburn[/TD]
[TD="width: 99"]16-11[/TD]
[TD="width: 100"]0.593[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 99"]Ole Miss[/TD]
[TD="width: 99"]15-11[/TD]
[TD="width: 100"]0.577[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 99"]Alabama[/TD]
[TD="width: 99"]14-12[/TD]
[TD="width: 100"]0.538[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 99"]Florida[/TD]
[TD="width: 99"]15-13[/TD]
[TD="width: 100"]0.536[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 99"]Missouri[/TD]
[TD="width: 99"]15-13[/TD]
[TD="width: 100"]0.536[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 99"]South Carolina[/TD]
[TD="width: 99"]13-13[/TD]
[TD="width: 100"]0.5[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 99"]LSU[/TD]
[TD="width: 99"]15-16[/TD]
[TD="width: 100"]0.484[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 99"]Vanderbilt[/TD]
[TD="width: 99"]13-17[/TD]
[TD="width: 100"]0.433[/TD]
[/TR]
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A couple of notes:

• Georgia has played the toughest schedule, facing three top 10 teams in Clemson, South Carolina and LSU, although the win/loss record says MSU has played the toughest. And Georgia faces yet another ranked opponent Saturday against Missouri.
• Mississippi State has faced Oklahoma State and LSU, as well as a 4-1 Auburn team that could be ranked soon.
• LSU and Vanderbilt have played the two easiest schedules thus far, and most of it has everything to do with their non-conference opponents.