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In addition, nearly all of the cases for a UW win are predicated on the assumption that UW will actually prove to be a better team than Utah by the end of the season, which is probable but not yet known.  UW already has a stain on its record vs. the almighty SEC - it doesn’t work out so badly if they don’t turn out to be one of the conference’s top couple teams.  

I forgot we also play Utah, so in terms of overall strength of schedule (opponent's cumulative record), it makes no difference.  There is a mild reputational bump to playing in a "tougher conference", and a mild reputational bump to beating an elite team (top-10 or better yet top-5).  On the flip side, if beating UW is the difference between Utah being ranked and not, there is something to be said about "playing n+1 ranked teams" verus "playing n ranked teams".

As before... go Utes.

BC

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In addition, nearly all of the cases for a UW win are predicated on the assumption that UW will actually prove to be a better team than Utah by the end of the season, which is probable but not yet known.  UW already has a stain on its record vs. the almighty SEC - it doesn’t work out so badly if they don’t turn out to be one of the conference’s top couple teams.  

I forgot we also play Utah, so in terms of overall strength of schedule (opponent's cumulative record), it makes no difference.  There is a mild reputational bump to playing in a "tougher conference", and a mild reputational bump to beating an elite team (top-10 or better yet top-5).  On the flip side, if beating UW is the difference between Utah being ranked and not, there is something to be said about "playing n+1 ranked teams" verus "playing n ranked teams".

As before... go Utes.

BC