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College Football Forum > Breakdown of 2005 OOC Schedules

Sorry, but I only had time to compile info on the main BCS conferences.

The following are all relating to non-Bowl OOC in 2005:

Road Warriors - not afraid to take their game on the road
1. ACC 12 (33%)
2. PacTen 9 (29%)
3. B10 9 (26%)
4. B12 9 (25%)
5. SEC 7 (19%)

Best at Not Scheduling AA Opponents
1. B10 2 (6%)
2. ACC 3 (8%)
3. PacTen 6 (19%)
4. SEC 7 (19%)
5. B12 8 (22%)

Best at Not Scheduling Sub-100 Ranked Opponents
1. B10 10 (29%)
2. ACC 11 (31%)
3. PacTen 11 (35%)
4. SEC 15 (42%)
5. B12 19 (53%)

Best Overall Average OOC Opponent Ranking
1. B10 Average: 66th
2. PacTen Average: 67th
3. ACC Average: 69th
4. SEC Average: 78th
5. B12 Average: 87th

OOC Records, watch the ranking change as the quality of the opponent increases:

Overall OOC
1. B12 31-5 (86%)
2. B10 28-6 (82%)
3t. ACC 27-9 (75%)
3t. SEC 27-9 (75%)
5. PacTen 23-8 (74%)

Division IA OOC
1. B12 23-5 (82%)
2. B10 26-6 (81%)
3. ACC 24-9 (73%)
4. PacTen 18-7 (72%)
5. SEC 20-9 (69%)

OOC Ranked in Top 100
1. B10 18-6 (75%)
2. PacTen 18-7 (72%)
3. B12 12-5 (71%)
4. ACC 16-9 (64%)
5. SEC 13-8 (62%)

OOC Ranked in Top 75
1. B10 15-6 (71%)
2. PacTen 11-6 (65%)
3. ACC 11-7 (61%)
4. B12 6-5 (65%)
5. SEC 7-6 (64%)

OOC Ranked in Top 50
1. PacTen 8-6 (57%)
2t. ACC 7-7 (50%)
2t. B10 6-6 (50%)
2t. B12 4-4 (50%)
5. SEC 4-5 (44%)

Road OOC defines a program:

Overall Road OOC Record
1. PacTen 7-2 (78%)
2t. ACC 8-4 (67%)
2t. B12 6-3 (67%)
2t. B10 6-3 (67%)
5. SEC 4-3 (57%)

Road OOC Ranked in Top 100
1. PacTen 6-2 (75%)
2. Big10 5-3 (63%)
3. ACC 6-4 (60%)
4. SEC 3-3 (50%)
5. B12 3-3 (50%)

Road OOC Ranked in Top 75
1. PacTen 6-2 (75%)
2. Big10 5-3 (63%)
3. ACC 5-3 (63%)
4. SEC 2-2 (50%)
5. B12 1-3 (25%)

Road OOC Ranked in Top 50
1. ACC 5-3 (63%)
2. PacTen 3-2 (60%)
3. Big10 3-3 (50%)
4. SEC 1-2 (33%)
5. B12 1-3 (25%)

The Big 12 gets the "that's really sad" award.

Second fewest road games, highest number of non-IA opponents, highest number of opponents outside the top 100. This kind of spoils having the best OOC record. The Big 12 only saw 4 teams in the top 75 on the road and came away 1-3. The ratio was only marginally better against top 75 overall.

The SEC also flip-flopped with the B12 in many of the categories, but was marginally better overall.

July 25, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterSmog
I got nothing...

Although, I would note that LSU does have two "West Coast" teams on its 2006 OOC ('Zona and Fresno).
July 26, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterSDCronin