🏈 Strength of Schedule rankings for 2018

[ChemE]

2018 Strength of Schedule Rankings
1. Michigan
2. Nebraska
3. Rutgers
4. Notre Dame
5. Pittsburgh
6. Texas A&M
7. Indiana
8. Northwestern
9. LSU
10. Maryland
11. Texas
12. Aubarn
13. UCLA
14. Florida State
15. Ohio State
16. Oregon State
17. Kansas
18. Arizona State
19. Georgia Tech
20. Michigan State
21. Oklahoma
22. TCU
23. Tennessee
24. Texas Tech
25. Penn State
26. Purdue
27. Kansas State
28. West Virginia
29. Missouri
30. Boston College
31. Iowa State
32. Oklahoma State
33. Baylor
34. Mississippi State
35. Louisville
36. Ole Miss
37. Stanford
38. Duke
39. Arkansas
40. Minnesota
41. Utah
42. Florida
43. USC
44. Iowa
45. Illinois
46. Wisconsin
47. California
48. North Carolina
49. Syracuse
50. South Carolina
51. Kentucky
52. Vanderbilt
53. N.C. State
54. Washington
55. Washington State
56. Miami (FL)
57. Alabama
58. Wake Forest
59. Georgia
60. Colorado
61. Virginia
62. Virginia Tech
63. Clemson
64. BYU
65. Arizona
66. Oregon

 

[ChemE]

 

[planomateo]

I honestly don't give a shit what Brando thinks. A few years ago he and I went back and forth on twitter over a dumb ass comment he made.

Just for fun, twitter search shows that since Jan 1, 2018, he's mentioned Alabama 46 times, and Bama 30 times. So either Alabama is living rent free or Brando Wants Bama...you decide.

LOL, he took Clemson. Poor guy.



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Back on topic, right now our schedule is terrible. SOS only matters at the end. But he's in the business to generate conversation, page clicks, tweets, etc.

 

[Sid Youngleman]

Yeah, we screwed up by not scheduling Alabama.

 

[OldPlayer]

Alabama contributes to a weaker SOS because they beat so many teams. The SOS is based on last year's W-L record. I'm sorry that Alabama beat so many teams and contributed to at least three teams losing their HC (said no Alabama fan, ever).

 

[ChemE]

He didn't mention Clemson at 63 or UGA at 59, both favorites to be in the playoffs again.

 

[mando]

Brando is a hack. Mentions Bama to keep his name in the headlines. Self promotion...

 

[rolltide66]

does bando have any media presence any longer other than social media? seems he gets canned from every gig he gets... biased arse piece of crap attempting to get clicks so he can think he is popular and relevant. He is so jealous of Finebaum and the other guys who have regular sports gigs, I hear his head talk.."I could have been a contender" "I was almost famous" "If I mention Bama enough, I will get enough clicks that I will look popular again"...."Look MA!!! I'm on the top of the WORLLLLD!!!"

 

[sean]

so it's Alabama's fault that so many other teams suck?

 

[TUSKtimes]

SOS is impossible to measure in the preseason. The SOS talkers are not going to take into consideration the strength of a team when they played you. (see FSU) You hear profound things like, "it's not their fault, but they don't deserve to be in the playoffs." Then the playoff committee finally shows up and does the most human thing possible. They watch the games, evaluate the team's talent and put the BEST 4 teams in the playoffs. Another year, another "eye test."

 

[50+yeartidefan]

You think 57 is bad with Louisville opener.....
Wait til the Blue Devils move to the opener.....baddddd is going to be worse....
It will be Wisconsin type schedule.....will have to win SEC to be in playoffs...
And one day...that might not help..
And bama keeps on scheduling C-USA games......
A bad year by AU.....rhere wont be a top 20 team on schedule...
And @TUSKstuff ....the pressure to look the other way on eye test may eventually kill us....
personally...i don’t understand this scheduling shit...doesn’t any body want to come to BD and play for 3-4 mill.... giving C-USA teams almost 2

 

[TUSKtimes]

You think 57 is bad with Louisville opener.....
Wait til the Blue Devils move to the opener.....baddddd is going to be worse....
It will be Wisconsin type schedule.....will have to win SEC to be in playoffs...
And one day...that might not help..
And bama keeps on scheduling C-USA games......
A bad year by AU.....rhere wont be a top 20 team on schedule...
And @TUSKstuff ....the pressure to look the other way on eye test may eventually kill us....
personally...i don’t understand this scheduling shit...doesn’t any body want to come to BD and play for 3-4 mill.... giving C-USA teams almost 2

You probably know my feelings on big boy football. Play 9 conference games and at least one OOC power 5 team and make that mandatory across the board. I too would love some big-time home and home.

When the West is at it's best there is no one playing a tougher schedule then we are. There's a good chance with the new coaches that a lot of West teams are going to boost the SOS considerably. Playing a stacked Georgia team in the SECCG will move the SOS meter as well. For Bama, there are a lot of ways to change the numbers meter. As much as it constantly pains me, expecting a better OOC schedule with the big boys ain't one of them.

 

[BamaFan334]

Like others have said, we can't help people aren't falling over each other to play us. Duke, Louisville, Virginia Tech, Clemson ten years ago, I get it, want to make a name for themaelves, but USC, Michigan, and Wisconsin had zero idea what they were getting into. We also can't help that we are a feather in everyone elses cap when they play us, but they're asses get beat and we get chided for playing them. Clemson, Oklahoma, Ohio State, Oregon, Washington, and any other playoff hopeful will refuse to schedule us. Miami did before they knew they would be in contention, and Notre Dame needs to be relevant again after that whoopin they took from us in Miami. Brando needs to go back to JP Morgan or whatever the hell that station was in the 90's that carried shitty SEC ball.

 

[#80]

Haters gon'a hate.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

The funny thjng is. If you looked at ...say.as an example.. Michigan State and their schedule for 2019... look at cupcakes same weekend as our cupcakes
Is this to much of beauracy to buy out cupcake game and get bama n Michigan State to play. Flip coin for home and split tickets 50/50. Give cupcakes 2 mill each on buy out. Or something
Yep. It is. Sickening to me. Go watch New Mexico state i guess or directional ky or something Can watch backups at aday

 

[TUSKtimes]

Like others have said, we can't help people aren't falling over each other to play us. Duke, Louisville, Virginia Tech, Clemson ten years ago, I get it, want to make a name for themaelves, but USC, Michigan, and Wisconsin had zero idea what they were getting into. We also can't help that we are a feather in everyone elses cap when they play us, but they're asses get beat and we get chided for playing them. Clemson, Oklahoma, Ohio State, Oregon, Washington, and any other playoff hopeful will refuse to schedule us. Miami did before they knew they would be in contention, and Notre Dame needs to be relevant again after that whoopin they took from us in Miami. Brando needs to go back to JP Morgan or whatever the hell that station was in the 90's that carried shitty SEC ball.

The only question about this reluctance you speak of, is this limitation also part of the format we insist on? How many primetime games do you think we could get lined up if we do home and home?

 

[BamaFan334]

Like others have said, we can't help people aren't falling over each other to play us. Duke, Louisville, Virginia Tech, Clemson ten years ago, I get it, want to make a name for themaelves, but USC, Michigan, and Wisconsin had zero idea what they were getting into. We also can't help that we are a feather in everyone elses cap when they play us, but they're asses get beat and we get chided for playing them. Clemson, Oklahoma, Ohio State, Oregon, Washington, and any other playoff hopeful will refuse to schedule us. Miami did before they knew they would be in contention, and Notre Dame needs to be relevant again after that whoopin they took from us in Miami. Brando needs to go back to JP Morgan or whatever the hell that station was in the 90's that carried shitty SEC ball.

The only question about this reluctance you speak of, is this limitation also part of the format we insist on? How many primetime games do you think we could get lined up if we do home and home?

We're primetime on any stage, so I think a home and home would generate more revenue. Think of what it will be like when we play Notre Dame, and if we had Texas, Oklahoma, or Ohio State come to town, and vice versa. A lot of fans are starved for the opportunity to visit South Bend, Austin, abd Columbus. I am from Atlanta and hate it. I don't care about Arlington or Orlando.

 

[sean]

something else i keep thinking about is these "reporter" know nothing of how a schedule works. they think you just call up another school and say, "hey, let's play each other to open the season next year." they have no idea it can take years to get 2 teams together for a season opener. and it can also go that way for ooc games during the season. i've often wondered how many times our guys have called another school asking about a home/home series and the other team just says, "no thanks". and it goes on down the line until you get someone who finally says "yes". and it just so happens that the other team is not some big powerhouse. yet the bigger team gets "called out" for not playing a tougher schedule.

well, if these "reporter" think they can do better at making schedules, i say let 'em try. give them a list of all the numbers to all the schools and tell 'em to have at it. or we could leave the current system in place and let the people who are already running it, keep running it.


and the media wonders why people don't trust or like them anymore. idiots.

 

[Che Boludo]

There is little reason, short of injuries or a complete bed schitting, to not expect UGA vs UA for the SEC CG given their schedules.

I think any given year, no matter the talent disparity, an SEC schedule could see the best team lose 2 games. But, the Bama schedule sets up about as nice as anyone could ever hope.

All that said, I'd like to see a big change to scheduling. Not so much in SoS as that horse has been beaten quite regularly, but in order of games.

I'd love to see rivalry weekend kickoff the season. Eliminates most of the "injury" excuses and provides a huge focus for fall camp. Further, it limits the damage and emotional hangover associated with heated rivalries from spilling over into CG weekend.

Minor change but huge effect. Just switch rivalry weekend with the marquee OOC opponents (acknowledging some rivalries are OOC). Closing with a big OOC matchup is a nice preview to conference strength going into bowl season, could influence CFP committee before final votes, and provides a big game home and home or neutral site for those that might not be bowling.