[Farm93]

Impossible to know which teams will be strong when the schedules are put together.  For example, it is hard to penalize a team for scheduling Texas OOC this year because in most years Texas is respectable. 

Therefore I think it is fair to compare records of teams and conferences in their games against other Power 5 conferences.

The SEC is particularly annoying because they have only 8 conference games, normally have as many as 4 OOC home games, and feature a rather decadent number of FCS games in the middle of the season.

The SEC's performance in the bowl games is only shocking because the conference played relatively few quality OOC road games, but their November performances against the ACC did offer a clue that this bowl season result could happen.

[Farm93]

Impossible to know which teams will be strong when the schedules are put together.  For example, it is hard to penalize a team for scheduling Texas OOC this year because in most years Texas is respectable. 

Therefore I think it is fair to compare records of teams and conferences in their games against other Power 5 conferences.

The SEC is particularly annoying because they have only 8 conference games, normally have as many as 4 OOC home games, and feature a rather decadent number of FCS games in the middle of the season.

The SEC's performance in the bowl games is only shocking because the conference played relatively few quality OOC road games, but their November performances against the ACC did offer a clue that this bowl season result could happen.