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The reason Kansas is number one is because they didn't have to play themselves to bring down their strength rating
 
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cyclonespiker33 said:
The reason Kansas is number one is because they didn't have to play themselves to bring down their strength rating
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It's funny but true.

Let's say the Big 12 isn't the best conference. Let's say the SEC is. Looking at it logically the Big 12 is STILL tougher to go undefeated throught even if it's not as good as the SEC.

The reason?

The SEC just played a schedule of MOSTLY FCS schools last week while the Big 12 was beating each other up with the nine game schedule.

While the mighty SEC was busy being tested with Furman and Georgia Southern. The Big 12 was playing...itself...the #1 or #2 conference.

Even if we're #2, it still means we're #1 this year because we play way less scrubs than the SEC.

Alabama played like crap against Georgia Southern last week. OK State did not have that luxury against a hungry ISU squad. If Alabama had played in Ames instead of a late season automatic home win against FCS Georgia Southern they're saying hello to LOSS #2 and goodbye to any NCG hopes!
 
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jsmith86 said:
How the hell does the SEC have the number 1 and 2 spots in BCS rankings?
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Pretty simple, really. It's not as if the SEC is some slouch of a conference. The #1 team is undefeated, the #2 team's only loss is to the #1 team by a FG in OT, the #3 team's (OSU) loss is to a "bad" :)jimlad:) ISU team, and the #s 4 and 5 teams (VT and Stanford) play in inferior conferences. It's no stretch the SEC owns the top two spots.
 
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jdoggivjc said:
Pretty simple, really. It's not as if the SEC is some slouch of a conference. The #1 team is undefeated, the #2 team's only loss is to the #1 team by a FG in OT, the #3 team's (OSU) loss is to a "bad" :)jimlad:) ISU team, and the #s 4 and 5 teams (VT and Stanford) play in inferior conferences. It's no stretch the SEC owns the top two spots.
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LSU played a hell of a non-conf schedule, and they look amazing. They'll be in the "greatest team of all time" discussions if they win out.

The thing is, Alabama is not as clear cut a #2 as the media is making them.

I think VaTech is a pretender behind a weak schedule, but I'm not convinced Alabama is substantially better than a number of other top ten teams.

LSU already beat Alabama...at Alabama. Time for another team to get a shot at LSU.
 
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LSU played a hell of a non-conf schedule, and they look amazing. They'll be in the "greatest team of all time" discussions if they win out.

The thing is, Alabama is not as clear cut a #2 as the media is making them.

I think VaTech is a pretender behind a weak schedule, but I'm not convinced Alabama is substantially better than a number of other top ten teams.

LSU already beat Alabama...at Alabama. Time for another team to get a shot at LSU.
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I don't disagree with your sentiment - I'd rather see LSU play OSU, VT, or Stanford instead of an Alabama rematch. But when people respond "why the hell are two SEC teams rated 1 and 2?", clearly they're not paying attention. Bottom line is there is no clear cut #2 this year, and I just see a lot of irony that it's mostly the same people that think the BCS is the ultimate answer at figuring out a national champion are the same ones that complain that the system puts two teams not only of the same conference but of the same division in the title game (yeah, yeah, the computers have OSU at #2, but the computers are only part of the system).
 
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I'll just point out that the Big 12 holds spots 1-10 in SOS. After that it's a mix of mostly SEC and Pac 12 teams.

EDIT: Also appears that the computers have us as the second best 6 win team out there behind Texas A&M (who they have ranked 12th.)

EDIT 2: Also appears that New Mexico is ranked at 170, just above Drake. Sad.
 
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I was thinking the other day how being in the SEC east would have been a much easier road than the one we played.

Kentucky, Tennessee and Vanderbilt very winnable games.
Florida is very beatable
Georgia and South Carolina beatable.
 
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Cyclonz said:
I was thinking the other day how being in the SEC east would have been a much easier road than the one we played.

Kentucky, Tennessee and Vanderbilt very winnable games.
Florida is very beatable
Georgia and South Carolina beatable.
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Add a week 10 victory in a non-conf home game against a bad team like most of them played the past few weeks.

B12 schedules are light years tougher than anything else out there this year except for LSU with their non-conf games of Oregon and Clemson.
 
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HFCS said:
Add a week 10 victory in a non-conf home game against a bad team like most of them played the past few weeks.

B12 schedules are light years tougher than anything else out there this year except for LSU with their non-conf games of Oregon and Clemson.
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Didn't LSU play West Virginia, not Clemson?

That's just nit-picking, though. Your idea is right on. The Big 12 schedules are just plain tougher than the other conferences. We really could have used a Furman week.
 
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CycloneErik said:
Didn't LSU play West Virginia, not Clemson?

That's just nit-picking, though. Your idea is right on. The Big 12 schedules are just plain tougher than the other conferences. We really could have used a Furman week.
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The SEC starts their conference schedules earlier than everyone else, that's where the late season non-conference game comes in.
 
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