2) The SEC is building their Out of Conference Reputation on mostly FCS and Sun Belt teams
- We are told that one of the biggest reasons for the SEC attention is their “top to bottom” greatness, reflected by their mid-pack and doormat teams winning most of their non-conference matchups. This is misleading to a fault. We tallied up the 56 out of conference games to be played by all the teams in the SEC this 2014 season. 43% of these out of conference games are against either FCS (25%) or Sun Belt conference (18%) schools! (For those of you new to the college football world, the Sun Belt Conference is largely regarded as the worst conference in FBS and is made up largely of teams that were FCS programs within the past few years.) Only 19% of SEC OOC games are against the “major conferences” (ACC, Big12, B1G, & PAC-12). So how does the SEC’s 19% stack up against the other 4 “power” conferences?
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Conference % of 2014 Out of Conference Games against other Power Conferences
SEC 19%
ACC 34%
Big Ten 34%
PAC-12 35%
Big 12 37%