At the end of the season we will know when the final polls are out. Without a doubt the SEC will be WELL represented.
I believe it was like that last year also. It seems like last season Washington had the toughest schedule in SOS and there were several Pac-10 teams in the top 10 toughest schedules. I don't understand it when it was a consensus that the SEC was the toughest conference. Hell you had UK knock off Louisville and SC knocks of UGA. I would love to know how Sangrin comes up with that.
Ha! Get this... the idiots at yahoo sports have us listed as #4... Link <== look at the headlines on the right side of the page
None of these sports sites are known for good editing. Hell, most of them aren't known for good content.
It's hard to understand why this continues to bother people. It is what it is. I'm sure that's not the intent, but it comes across as sounding jealous. If you take into account that LA is one of the biggest media markets in the world, it's understandable why they get the coverage that they do. If both teams hold their ends of the bargain, it will be settled once and for all on the field in January.
As long as we end up in the NC game at the end of the year, I don't care who's ranked what because in the end, it's what you prove on the field that makes you a champion, not what some newspaper or mathematician says.
Did I miss that meeting? :grin: Okay, I'm kidding but USC has been to the NC game (yes, I know we LOST to Texas/VY) two times since 2003. Why is this year the one that counts? Sad to say that even if both teams win out, things beyond that could still kill the possibility of a meeting in NOLA. Anyway, get a win on Saturday. :thumb:
Examples? I think that if we both win out voters will not let there be any game other than USC\LSU. And if there is another game we will see a playoff system very soon.
The SEC does rank #1 using a "simple average." Regardless, those numbers are pretty meaningless this early in the season. The sample size is just too small. And ultimately, these conference rankings rely on non-conference games, since every conference is .500 overall, in conference. Those non-conference games are few and are early in the season, before many teams find themselves (see Arkansas last year). Mathematical modeling works much better in basketball when everyone plays 30+ games and most teams can be traced to most other teams through a single other team (as compared to football where you wind up with USC played Cal who played Tennessee who played Florida who played LSU). This is just another reason why football needs a playoff system.
