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The SEC is a dominant 8-6 against BCS teams

This year, the SEC is 8-6 against BCS conferences, courtesy of:

  • A 2-2 record against the AAC (South Carolina over Central Florida, Texas A&M over SMU; Kentucky lost to Louisville and Arkansas lost to Rutgers);
  • A 2-2 record against the ACC (Alabama over Virginia Tech; South Carolina over North Carolina; Clemson over Georgia, Miami over Florida)
  • A 1-0 record against the Big 10, courtesy of a Missouri victory over Indiana
  • A 2-1 record against the Big 12 (Ole Miss over Texas and LSU over TCU, while Oklahoma State beat Mississippi State)
  • A 1-1 record against the Pac-12 (Auburn over Washington State, Oregon over Tennessee)

But if we want to do an honest analysis, we should recognize that the AAC is a BCS conference in name only: those schools are 4-12 against the other BCS conferences and Notre Dame/BYU (for the rest of this post, I will refer to ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Pac-12, SEC, Notre Dame and BYU as BCS teams), and even that is misleading. Louisville, Central Florida, and Houston are the only AAC teams in the top 70 of the SRS. Outside of Louisville and Central Florida, the AAC is 1-12 against BCS teams, with the sole win being coming when Cincinnati beat Purdue (#110 in the SRS).

So let’s leave out the AAC and just look at how the ACC, B10, B12, P12, SEC, and Notre Dame/BYU have done in games against each other.

ConfACCB10B12SECP12INDTotal
ACC--0-21-02-20-22-15-7
B102-0--1-00-12-32-27-6
B120-10-1--1-20-01-12-5
SEC2-21-02-1--1-10-06-4
P122-03-20-01-1--1-27-5
IND1-22-21-10-02-1--6-6


The Big 12 mark is pretty bad, although not as bad as it looks. In addition to OSU beating Mississippi State, the conference can boast about Oklahoma winning in South Bend. Texas lost to BYU, but the Cougars are a very good team. LSU beat TCU, but the Tigers rank higher in the SEC than the Horned Frogs rank in the Big 12. Iowa State lost to Iowa, but ISU is the second worst team in the Big 12. The two bad losses were West Virginia getting blown out by Maryland and Texas losing at home to Ole Miss.

The table below lists all 33 games played among BCS teams. The games are listed twice, once from the perspective of each team. The table is sorted by opponent’s SOS (based on SRS rating), with the winning teams grouped together first.

DateTm_ConfPFOppPAH/RW/LDiffMOVOpp_ConfSOSSRS
10-05-2013Notre Dame_IND37Arizona St34NeutWin37P1259.166.1
09-14-2013Arizona St_P1232Wisconsin30HomeWin20B1056.256.2
09-21-2013Utah_P1220Brigham Young13RoadWin710IND52.862.8
11-09-2013Wisconsin_B1027Brigham Young17HomeWin107IND52.859.8
08-31-2013Virginia_ACC19Brigham Young16HomeWin30IND52.852.8
10-19-2013Notre Dame_IND14Southern Cal10HomeWin47P1250.857.8
10-12-2013Brigham Young_IND38Georgia Tech20HomeWin1815ACC49.764.7
08-31-2013Clemson_ACC38Georgia35HomeWin30SEC48.748.7
09-21-2013Notre Dame_IND17Michigan St13HomeWin47B1047.554.5
08-31-2013Alabama_SEC35Virginia Tech10NeutWin2524.5ACC47.171.6
09-07-2013Brigham Young_IND40Texas21HomeWin1916B1246.662.6
09-14-2013Mississippi_SEC44Texas23RoadWin2124B1246.670.6
09-28-2013Oklahoma_B1235Notre Dame21RoadWin1417IND44.561.5
09-07-2013Michigan_B1041Notre Dame30HomeWin118IND44.552.5
11-09-2013Pittsburgh_ACC28Notre Dame21HomeWin77IND44.551.5
09-07-2013Miami FL_ACC21Florida16HomeWin57SEC43.450.4
08-29-2013South Carolina_SEC27North Carolina10HomeWin1714ACC42.656.6
09-14-2013UCLA_P1241Nebraska21RoadWin2023B1042.265.2
09-21-2013Missouri_SEC45Indiana28RoadWin1720B1041.261.2
08-31-2013Oklahoma St_B1221Mississippi St3NeutWin1818SEC40.558.5
08-31-2013Auburn_SEC31Washington St24HomeWin77P1240.347.3
08-31-2013LSU_SEC37TCU27NeutWin1010B1239.649.6
09-14-2013Southern Cal_P1235Boston College7HomeWin2824.5ACC39.363.8
09-14-2013Oregon_P1259Tennessee14HomeWin4533SEC37.470.4
09-21-2013Maryland_ACC37West Virginia0NeutWin3730.5B1236.667.1
09-07-2013Northwestern_B1048Syracuse27HomeWin2118ACC35.653.6
08-31-2013Penn State_B1023Syracuse17NeutWin67ACC35.642.6
09-14-2013Washington_P1234Illinois24NeutWin1010B1033.543.5
09-14-2013Iowa_B1027Iowa St21RoadWin69B1230.739.7
09-07-2013Oregon_P1259Virginia10RoadWin4938ACC29.667.6
09-14-2013Ohio State_B1052California34RoadWin1821P1227.548.5
08-31-2013Northwestern_B1044California30RoadWin1417P1227.544.5
09-14-2013Notre Dame_IND31Purdue24RoadWin710B1020.430.4
09-14-2013Tennessee_SEC14Oregon59RoadLoss-45-33P1264.131.1
09-07-2013Virginia_ACC10Oregon59HomeLoss-49-38P1264.126.1
08-31-2013Virginia Tech_ACC10Alabama35NeutLoss-25-24.5SEC63.539
09-14-2013Wisconsin_B1030Arizona St32RoadLoss-20P1259.159.1
09-14-2013California_P1234Ohio State52HomeLoss-18-21B1057.936.9
09-21-2013Indiana_B1028Missouri45HomeLoss-17-20SEC57.637.6
11-09-2013Brigham Young_IND17Wisconsin27RoadLoss-10-7B1056.249.2
08-31-2013Georgia_SEC35Clemson38RoadLoss-30ACC53.953.9
08-31-2013Mississippi St_SEC3Oklahoma St21NeutLoss-18-18B1253.835.8
08-31-2013Washington St_P1224Auburn31RoadLoss-7-7SEC53.246.2
09-14-2013Illinois_B1024Washington34NeutLoss-10-10P125343
10-12-2013Georgia Tech_ACC20Brigham Young38RoadLoss-18-15IND52.837.8
09-07-2013Texas_B1221Brigham Young40RoadLoss-19-16IND52.836.8
09-14-2013Nebraska_B1021UCLA41HomeLoss-20-23P1252.429.4
08-31-2013TCU_B1227LSU37NeutLoss-10-10SEC51.941.9
08-29-2013North Carolina_ACC10South Carolina27RoadLoss-17-14SEC51.637.6
09-14-2013Boston College_ACC7Southern Cal35RoadLoss-28-24.5P1250.826.3
09-21-2013Brigham Young_IND13Utah20HomeLoss-7-10P1248.838.8
09-14-2013Texas_B1223Mississippi44HomeLoss-21-24SEC45.821.8
09-07-2013Florida_SEC16Miami FL21RoadLoss-5-7ACC45.538.5
09-28-2013Notre Dame_IND21Oklahoma35HomeLoss-14-17B1245.428.4
10-19-2013Southern Cal_P1210Notre Dame14RoadLoss-4-7IND44.537.5
10-05-2013Arizona St_P1234Notre Dame37NeutLoss-3-7IND44.537.5
09-21-2013Michigan St_B1013Notre Dame17RoadLoss-4-7IND44.537.5
09-14-2013Purdue_B1024Notre Dame31HomeLoss-7-10IND44.534.5
09-14-2013Iowa St_B1221Iowa27HomeLoss-6-9B1043.934.9
09-07-2013Notre Dame_IND30Michigan41RoadLoss-11-8B1042.834.8
11-09-2013Notre Dame_IND21Pittsburgh28RoadLoss-7-7ACC4235
08-31-2013California_P1230Northwestern44HomeLoss-14-17B104023
09-07-2013Syracuse_ACC27Northwestern48RoadLoss-21-18B104022
08-31-2013Syracuse_ACC17Penn State23NeutLoss-6-7B1037.130.1
09-21-2013West Virginia_B120Maryland37NeutLoss-37-30.5ACC354.5
08-31-2013Brigham Young_IND16Virginia19RoadLoss-30ACC29.629.6
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