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As far as the higher W/L records of their opponents, it's skewed heavily based on the amount of cupcakes the teams Auburn played against had on their schedule. For this analysis, a cupcake is anyone not from the 6 BCS conferences (with apologies to TCU and BSU). Of those 59 wins from the teams that Auburn has played, 38 wins were against "cupcakes", almost 2/3rds of those wins. For Oregon's opponents, only 13 of those 39 wins were against cupcakes, only 1/3 of those wins.
Unfortunately, the computers seem to like the W/L record of your opponents, regardless of the level of competition. More Pac-10 teams could be bowl eligible is they chose to play more games against cupcakes. This would also raise SOS. It's not a surprise the SEC has so many bowl eligible teams each year and a higher SOS, they load up on cupcakes to start the season and to get a breather mid-season, inflating their W/L record. Of course, from their standpoint, it's because they don't want to risk losing any games early on since they're SO SO strong and deep in conference. Pac-10 can say the same exact thing and more with a 9 game conference slate. The SEC title game doesn't quite matchup with the round robin style of the Pac-10 since only 2 teams from the SEC will participate in that.
It's really a joke to see Alabama play Georgia State between Miss St. and Auburn, or Auburn against Louisiana-Monroe after South Carolina or Chattawhatta before Georgia. If the SEC were to play 9 league games instead of 8 (this applies to other conferences that only play 8 games), they wouldn't have that many teams ranked since the league would beat up on itself like the Pac-10 does. I admit the Pac-10 teams in general are in a down year based on OOC losses to BCS schools, but you still have to show up each week (Wash St. beat Oregon State, it gets worse for BSU and TCU). I doubt Georgia State or Chattanooga would ever beat a BCS team like Alabama or Auburn.
Though it'll change next season, Pac 10 teams this season could have an additional 10 wins this year if they go with cupcakes like the SEC does. At the least, all teams need to schedule teams that are at least somewhat respectable (Hawaii, Fresno State, East Carolina, Houston) rather than those crappy no-name schools.[/QUOTE]
Time for the reality check. SEC each year produces 5+ ranked teams (6 currently in top 25), Pac-10 3 if they are lucky, most of the time 2 (Zona should drop out once they lose to you guys next game). So at this point, that means that the SEC teams play 3-4 ranked teams each year (their champ plays 4-5 ranked teams) to the 3 Pac 10 play. Give a point to the SEC
Next let's check the bottom feeder of the conference over past 3 years. Washington St (5-29... ouch) vs Vanderbuilt (10-24). Let's mix in some of the other Pac 10 teams... Washington (9-25), Arizona St (13-21), UCLA (15-19)... SEC on the other hand... Mississippi (20-14), Tennessee (16-18), Kentucky (19-15)... Give a point to the SEC
Out of conference...
Pac 10:
Wins against Good Teams (.500) - Iowa, ND, Syracuse = 3
Losses - TCU, Boise St, Nevada, BYU, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Kansas St, and Oklahoma St = 8
SEC:
Wins against Good Teams (.500) - USF, UNC, West Virginia, Penn St, Clemson, Texas A&M = 6
Losses - Colorado, Oregon, Northwestern, UConn, Jax St = 4
Even if the SEC played a bunch more cupcakes, they still won against more good teams than the Pac 10 did. Both are equal.
So in all, SEC 2 - 0, Pac10 - 0
Can we just agree that the Pac 10 isn't as good as you think...