I was looking through the ZONQ Sports Top 20 today and it made me wonder who have had the toughest schedules this season and who have had the easiest schedules. Part of the rankings is a customized strength of schedule so I thought it would be interesting to see where everyone ranks. The results shocked me. Here they are:
Toughest:
1. Purdue
2. Syracuse
3. Virginia
4. Washington
5. Rutgers
Easiest:
120. Tulsa
119. Louisiana-Lafayette
118. Fresno State
117. Ball State
116. Arkansas State
Other Notables:
24. Georgia
29. Texas
39. Oklahoma
56. Southern California
68. Florida
84. Boise State
85. Alabama
105. Texas Tech
106. Penn State
112. Utah
This just shows how Texas is leaps and bounds above the rest of the competition. If they can somehow manage to stay undefeated through the whole season, this could go down as one of the best teams in the last decade.
2 comments:
It's big of you to admit Ball State, Tulsa, Florida, Boise State, Alabama, Texas Tech, Penn State, and Utah all play easier schedules than the Trojans.
SO WHY THE BS RANKING?
I can understand that maybe your formula is flawed in favor of undefeated teams, but how can there be other one loss teams with easier schedules ranked higher than USC? And no formula developed by a blogger is going to be able to account for a team "[being] awful" in a game they win, as ZONQ SPORTS' previous argument would try to lead you to assume.
If you need any more proof that USC is the greatest football team to take the field this year, watch this highlight video i cut together with amazing plays from ALL their games, including the "awful" Arizona game. (They're so good that the video is about 12.5 minutes long. I suggest letting it load up in a new tab before attempting to watch it)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RL_kS8-l3g
You are obviously delusional to think they are the "greatest football team to take the field this year." Do yourself a favor and watch a Texas game. Remember when they beat you in the Rose Bowl?
I never implied the formula can account for winning awful games. But there are other factors besides winning percentage and strength of schedule. Strength of schedule in its simplest form does not account for the actual strength of opponents, it simply shows how hard of a schedule a given team has played based on opponents records. Strength of schedule also does not take into account conference teams beating up on each other. Case in point, USC having a 4-1 record in the PAC 10 is no where near as impressive as a 4-1 record in the SEC or the Big 12 or even the Mountain West for that matter.
Like I said before, just wait for the season to play out. If USC is really that good, they'll be towards the top of the rankings when it's all said and done.
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