SEC strength of schedule based on bowl eligibility
How challenging have SEC schedules truly been this season?
Using total number of games against bowl-eligible teams excluding this weekend’s matchups as a base, here’s how the league’s 14 teams stack up.
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Florida’s had the most favorable schedule in the conference based on this scale, having played an SEC-low five bowl-eligible teams this season with one win in those games. Georgia’s schedule is the second easiest with six games against bowl-eligible teams.
Let’s begin out West where all seven teams — for the first time in college football history — are bowl eligible.
Arkansas, Auburn and LSU have each played a league-high nine games against bowl-eligible teams.
No. 2 Alabama (10-1, 6-1)
Number of games against bowl-eligible teams: 7
Number of wins against bowl-eligible teams: 6
No. 4 Mississippi State (10-1, 6-1)
Number of games against bowl-eligible teams: 7
Number of wins against bowl-eligible teams: 6
No. 15 Auburn (8-3, 4-3)
Number of games against bowl-eligible teams: 9
Number of wins against bowl-eligible teams: 6
No. 18 Ole Miss (8-3, 4-3)
Number of games against bowl-eligible teams: 8
Number of wins against bowl-eligible teams: 5
Texas A&M (7-4, 3-4)
Number of games against bowl-eligible teams: 8
Number of wins against bowl-eligible teams: 4
LSU (7-4, 3-4)
Number of games against bowl-eligible teams: 9
Number of wins against bowl-eligible teams: 3
Arkansas (6-5, 2-5)
Number of games against bowl-eligible teams: 9
Number of wins against bowl-eligible teams: 4
No. 17 Mizzou (9-2, 6-1)
Number of games against bowl-eligible teams: 6
Number of wins against bowl-eligible teams: 5
No. 8 Georgia (9-2, 6-2)
Number of games against bowl-eligible teams: 6
Number of wins against bowl-eligible teams: 4
Florida (6-4, 4-4)
Number of games against bowl-eligible teams: 5
Number of wins against bowl-eligible teams: 1
South Carolina (6-5, 3-5)
Number of games against bowl-eligible teams: 7
Number of wins against bowl-eligible teams: 4
Tennessee (5-6, 2-5)
Number of games against bowl-eligible teams: 9
Number of wins against bowl-eligible teams: 3
Kentucky (5-6, 2-6)
Number of games against bowl-eligible teams: 7
Number of wins against bowl-eligible teams: 2
Vanderbilt (3-8, 0-7)
Number of games against bowl-eligible teams: 6
Number of wins against bowl-eligible teams: 0