That's what scheduling ND, Nebraska and Arkansas as your OOC does for you. Should be no surprise to anyone. I also think their conference has had an excellent OOC record overall this year as well, so all the records of their Pac 10 opponents are improved over what they normally are.
Not sure if they are using the same formula from when they had it as part of the BCS scoring a few years back, then it would be: (2/3)Your opponent's records + (1/3)Your opponents's opponent's records Some publications probably just use a straight up record of your opponents.
Pac 10 has to schedule a tough OOC cause their conf. is so weak. If SEC teams did that, it would be murder.
OK, islstl, here's the PAC 10 OOC results. Have at it: USC 3 – 0 (Arkansas, Nebraska, ND) Cal 2 – 1 (Tenn (L), Minn, Portland St Oregon St 2 – 1 (E Wash, Boise St (L), Idaho) UCLA 2 – 1 (Utah, Rice, ND (L)) Oregon 3 – 0 (Fresno St, Oklahoma, Portland St) Az St 3 – 0 (N Az, Nevada, CU) Az 2 – 1 (BYU, LSU (L), SF Austin) Wash St 2 – 1 (Auburn (L), Idaho, Baylor) Wash 2 – 1 (San Jose St, OU (L), Fresno St) Stan 0 – 3 (San Jose St, Navy, ND)
Yep, I was thinking that as I typed. Throw out Portland St and substitute a better opponent and it would have been even stronger.
still not nearly as tough as the SEC conference schedule. The top ten ranking would be for their WHOLE schedule.
