This is not intended to make any point at all. It's simply data and some observations which may or may not have any relevant meaning. Use it as you wish
SEC Bowl Results
CR...NR...Team........W/L......Team......CR.....NR
6....NR...Miss. St....W 10-6...UCF........1.....NR (C-USA)
7....NR...Bama........W 30-24..Colorado...8.....NR (Big XII)
8....NR...Kentucky....W 35-28..Flast......6.....NR (ACC)
4....22...Auburn......W 23-20..Clemson....4.....15 (ACC)
2....16...Tenneessee..W 21-17..Wisconsin..4.....18 (Big 10)
6....25...Arkansas....L 7-38...Missouri...2......7 (Big XII)
4.....9...Florida.....L 35-41..Michigan...2.....NR (Big 10)
3.....4...Georgia.....W 41-10..Hawaii.....1.....10 (WAC)
1.....2...LSU.........W 38-24..Ohio State.1......1 (Big 10)
"Findings" (Not intended to connote what follows is scientific or even meaningful)
Thus far the SEC (7-2) has:
CR...NR...Team........W/L......Team......CR.....NR
7....NR...Purdue......W 51-48..Cent Mich..1.....NR (MAC)
8....NR...Mich State..L 21-24..BC.........2.....14 (ACC)
5....NR...Penn State..W 24-17..Texas A&M..6.....NR (Big XII)
9....NR...Indiana.....L 33-49..Okl. State.6.....NR (Big XII)
4....18...Wisconsin...L 17-21..Tennessee..2.....16 (SEC)
2....NR...Michigan....W 41-35..Florida....4......9 (SEC)
2....13...Illinois....L 17-49..USC........1......6 (PAC 10)
1.....1...Ohio State..L 24-38..LSU........1......2 (SEC)
"Findings" (Not intended to connote what follows is scientific or even meaningful)
Thus far the Big 10 (3-5) has:
CR...NR...Team........W/L......Team......CR.....NR
4....NR...UCLA........L 16-17..BYU........2.....NR (MWC)
2....12...Ariz State..L 34-52..Texas......4.....17 (Big XII)
3....NR...Oreg State..W 21-14..Maryland...8.....NR (ACC)
7....NR...California..W 42-36..Air Force..2.....NR (MWC)
4....NR...Oregon......W 56-21..South Fla..4.....23 (Big East)
1.....6...USC.........W 49-17..Illinois...2.....13 (Big 10)
"Findings" (Not intended to connote what follows is scientific or even meaningful)
Thus far the Pac 10 (4-2) has:
CR...NR...Team........W/L......Team......CR.....NR
4....17...Texas.......W 52-34..Ariz St....2.....12 (PAC 10)
6....NR...Texas AM....L 17-24..Penn St....5.....NR (Big 10)
8....NR...Colorado....L 24-30..Alabama....7.....NR (SEC)
6....NR...Ok State....W 49-33..Indiana....8.....NR (Big 10)
2.....7...Missouri....W 38-7...Arkansas...6.....25 (SEC)
5....NR...Texas Tech..W 31-28..Virginia...3.....21 (ACC)
1.....3...Oklahoma....L 48-28..West Vir...1.....11 (Big East)
3.....8...Kansas......W 24-21..Va Tech....1......5 (ACC)
"Findings" (Not intended to connote what follows is scientific or even meaningful)
Thus far the Big XII (5-3) has:
CR...NR...Team........W/L......Team......CR.....NR
2....14...Boston Col..W 24-21..Mich St....8.....NR (Big 10)
8....NR...Maryland....L 14-21..Oreg St....3.....NR (PAC 10)
4....NR...Wake Forest.W 24-10..UConn......2.....NR (Big East)
6....NR...Georg Tech..L 28-40..Fresno St..3.....NR (WAC)
6....NR...Florida St..L 28-35..Kentucky...9.....NR (SEC)
4....15...Clemson.....L 20-23..Auburn.....4.....22 (SEC)
3....21...Virginia....L 28-31..Texas Tech.5.....NR (Big XII)
1.....5...Va Tech.....L 21-24..Kansas.....3......8 (Big XII)
"Findings" (Not intended to connote what follows is scientific or even meaningful)
Thus far the ACC (2-6) has:
CR...NR...Team........W/L......Team......CR.....NR
3....20...Cincy.......W 31-21..So. Miss...6.....NR (CUSA)
2....NR...UConn.......L 10-24..Wake For...4.....NR (ACC)
4....23...So Florida..L 21-56..Oregon.....4.....NR (Pac 10)
1....11...West Virg...W 48-28..Oklahoma...1......3 (Big XII)
5....NR...Rutgers.....W 52-30..Ball State.3.....NR (MAC)
"Findings" (Not intended to connote what follows is scientific or even meaningful)
Thus far the Big East (2-2) has:
SEC Bowl Results
CR...NR...Team........W/L......Team......CR.....NR
6....NR...Miss. St....W 10-6...UCF........1.....NR (C-USA)
7....NR...Bama........W 30-24..Colorado...8.....NR (Big XII)
8....NR...Kentucky....W 35-28..Flast......6.....NR (ACC)
4....22...Auburn......W 23-20..Clemson....4.....15 (ACC)
2....16...Tenneessee..W 21-17..Wisconsin..4.....18 (Big 10)
6....25...Arkansas....L 7-38...Missouri...2......7 (Big XII)
4.....9...Florida.....L 35-41..Michigan...2.....NR (Big 10)
3.....4...Georgia.....W 41-10..Hawaii.....1.....10 (WAC)
1.....2...LSU.........W 38-24..Ohio State.1......1 (Big 10)
"Findings" (Not intended to connote what follows is scientific or even meaningful)
Thus far the SEC (7-2) has:
- played a higher ranked team (nationally) 3 times and is 2-1 in those games (W: Auburn (22) over Clemson (15), LSU (2) over Ohio State (1); L: Mizzu (7) over Ark(25))
- Played a lower ranked team (nationally) 3 times and is 2-1 in those games (W: Tennessee (16) over Wisconsin (18), Georgia (4) over Hawaii (10); L: Michigan (NR) over Florida (9))
- played a conference opponent who finished higher in their conference than the SEC team at issue 5 times and are 3-2 (W: MSU over UCF, UK over Flast, UGA over Hawaii; L: Mizzu over Ark, Mich over UF)
- played a conference opponent who finished lower in their conference than the SEC team at issue 2 times and are 2-0 (W: Bama over Colorado, Tennessee over Wisconsin
- played a conference opponent with an equal conference rating 2 times and is 2-0 in those games (Auburn over Clemson, LSU over Ohio State)
- A record of w-l v. Conf:
- 2-0 v. ACC
- 1-0 v. Conference USA
- 1-0 v. WAC
- 2-1 v. Big 10
- 1-1 v. Big XII
- Average score (Total score in parens)
- All Games:.SEC..23...(209)...Opp..23...(208)
- Vs ACC:....SEC..29....(58)...Opp..24....(48)
- Vs Big XII:SEC..18.5..(37)...Opp..31....(62)
- Vs Big 10:.SEC..31....(94)...Opp..27....(82)
- Vs WAC:....SEC..41....(41)...Opp..10....(10)
- Vs CUSA:...SEC..10....(10)...Opp...6.....(6)
- Average Margin of Victory: 9.9 (7 games)
- Average Margin of Loss: 18.5 (2 games)
CR...NR...Team........W/L......Team......CR.....NR
7....NR...Purdue......W 51-48..Cent Mich..1.....NR (MAC)
8....NR...Mich State..L 21-24..BC.........2.....14 (ACC)
5....NR...Penn State..W 24-17..Texas A&M..6.....NR (Big XII)
9....NR...Indiana.....L 33-49..Okl. State.6.....NR (Big XII)
4....18...Wisconsin...L 17-21..Tennessee..2.....16 (SEC)
2....NR...Michigan....W 41-35..Florida....4......9 (SEC)
2....13...Illinois....L 17-49..USC........1......6 (PAC 10)
1.....1...Ohio State..L 24-38..LSU........1......2 (SEC)
"Findings" (Not intended to connote what follows is scientific or even meaningful)
Thus far the Big 10 (3-5) has:
- Played a higher ranked team (nationally) 4 times and is 1-3 in those games (W: Mich (NR) over Florida (9); L: BC (14) over MSU (NR), Tennessee (16) over Wisc. (18), USC (6) over Ill (13))
- Played a lower ranked opponent 1 time and is 0-1 in that game (L: LSU over Ohio State)
- Played a lower ranked opponent 1 time and is 0-1 in that game (L: LSU over Ohio State)
- Played a opponent who finished higher in their conference 5 times and are 1-4 in those games (W: Purdue over CMU; L: BC over MSU, Ok.State over Indiana, Tenn over Wisc., USC over Ill)
- Played on opponent who finished lower in their conference 2 times and are 2-0 in those games (W: PSU over A&M, Mich over Florida)
- W/L record v. Conf:
- 1-0 v. MAC
- 1-2 v. SEC
- 1-1 v. Big XII
- 0-1 v. ACC
- 0-1 v. PAC 10
- Average score (Total score in parens)
- All Games:.B10..28.5..(228)..Opp..35.1(281)
- Vs ACC:....B10..21....(21)...Opp..24..(24)
- Vs Big XII:B10..27.5..(55)...Opp..33..(66)
- Vs SEC:....B10..29....(58)...Opp..28..(56)
- Vs MAC:....B10..51....(51)...Opp..48..(48)
- Vs PAC10:..B10..17....(17)...Opp..49..(49)
- Average Margin of Victory: 5.3 (3 games)
- Average Margin of Loss: 13.6 (5 games)
CR...NR...Team........W/L......Team......CR.....NR
4....NR...UCLA........L 16-17..BYU........2.....NR (MWC)
2....12...Ariz State..L 34-52..Texas......4.....17 (Big XII)
3....NR...Oreg State..W 21-14..Maryland...8.....NR (ACC)
7....NR...California..W 42-36..Air Force..2.....NR (MWC)
4....NR...Oregon......W 56-21..South Fla..4.....23 (Big East)
1.....6...USC.........W 49-17..Illinois...2.....13 (Big 10)
"Findings" (Not intended to connote what follows is scientific or even meaningful)
Thus far the Pac 10 (4-2) has:
- Played a higher ranked team (nationally) 1 time and is 1-0 in that game (W: Oregon (NR) over South Florida (23))
- Played a lower ranked opponent (nationally) 2 times and are 1-1 in those games (W: USC (6) over Illinois (13); L: Texas (17 over Arizona State (12))
- Played a opponent who finished higher in their conference 2 times and are 1-1 in those games (W: Cal over Air Force; L: BYU over UCLA)
- Played on opponent who finished lower in their conference 3 times and are 2-1 in those games (W: USC over Illinois, Oregon St. over Maryland; L:Texas over Arizona State)
- Played 1 opponent with an equal conference rating and is 1-0 in that game (W: Oregon over South Florida)
- W/L record v. Conf:
- 1-0 v. Big 10
- 1-0 v. Big East
- 1-0 v. ACC
- 1-1 v. MWC
- 0-1 v. Big XII
- Average score (Total score in parens)
- All Games:.P10..36.3..(218)..Opp..26.2(157)
- Vs ACC:....P10..21....(21)...Opp..14...(14)
- Vs Big XII:P10..34....(34)...Opp..52...(52)
- Vs Big 10:.P10..49....(49)...Opp..17...(17)
- Vs MWC:....P10..29....(58)...Opp..26.5.(53)
- Vs Big E:..P10..56....(56)...Opp..21...(21)
- Average Margin of Victory: 20 (4 games)
- Crushing wins over South Florida and Illinois account for the bulk of this MOV
- Average Margin of Loss: 9.5 (2 games)
- Texas' blow-out of ASU
CR...NR...Team........W/L......Team......CR.....NR
4....17...Texas.......W 52-34..Ariz St....2.....12 (PAC 10)
6....NR...Texas AM....L 17-24..Penn St....5.....NR (Big 10)
8....NR...Colorado....L 24-30..Alabama....7.....NR (SEC)
6....NR...Ok State....W 49-33..Indiana....8.....NR (Big 10)
2.....7...Missouri....W 38-7...Arkansas...6.....25 (SEC)
5....NR...Texas Tech..W 31-28..Virginia...3.....21 (ACC)
1.....3...Oklahoma....L 48-28..West Vir...1.....11 (Big East)
3.....8...Kansas......W 24-21..Va Tech....1......5 (ACC)
"Findings" (Not intended to connote what follows is scientific or even meaningful)
Thus far the Big XII (5-3) has:
- Played a higher ranked team (nationally) 3 times and is 3-0 in those games (W: Texas (17) over ASU (12), TTU (NR) over UVA (21), Kansas (8) over Virginia Tech (5))
- Played a lower ranked opponent (nationally) 2 times and is 1-1 in those games (W: Missouri (7) over Arkansas (25); L: West Virginia (11) over Oklahoma (3))
- Played an opponent who finished higher in their conference 5 times and are 3-2 in those games (W: Texas over ASU, TTU over Virginia, Kansas over Virginia Tech; L: Penn St. over A&M, Bama over Colorado)
- Played on opponent who finished lower in their conference 2 times and are 2-0 in those games (W: Okie State over Indiana, Missouri over Arkansas)
- Played an opponent of equal conference rating 1 time and is 0-01 in that game (L: West Virginia over Oklahoma)
- W/L record v. Conf:
- 2-0 v. ACC
- 1-0 v. PAC 10
- 1-1 v. Big 10
- 1-1 v. SEC
- 0-1 v. Big East
- Average score (Total score in parens)
- All Games:.B12..32.9..(263)..Opp..28.1.(225)
- Vs ACC:....B12..27.5...(55)..Opp..26....(52)
- Vs Big 10:.B12..33.....(66)..Opp..28.5..(57)
- Vs SEC:....B12..24.....(24)..Opp..30....(30)
- Vs Pac10:..B12..52.....(52)..Opp..34....(34)
- Vs BE:.....B12..28.....(28)..Opp..48....(48)
- Average Margin of Victory: 14.2 (5 games)
- Only Texas Tech and Kansas failed to win by at least 16
- Average Margin of Loss: 11 (3 games)
CR...NR...Team........W/L......Team......CR.....NR
2....14...Boston Col..W 24-21..Mich St....8.....NR (Big 10)
8....NR...Maryland....L 14-21..Oreg St....3.....NR (PAC 10)
4....NR...Wake Forest.W 24-10..UConn......2.....NR (Big East)
6....NR...Georg Tech..L 28-40..Fresno St..3.....NR (WAC)
6....NR...Florida St..L 28-35..Kentucky...9.....NR (SEC)
4....15...Clemson.....L 20-23..Auburn.....4.....22 (SEC)
3....21...Virginia....L 28-31..Texas Tech.5.....NR (Big XII)
1.....5...Va Tech.....L 21-24..Kansas.....3......8 (Big XII)
"Findings" (Not intended to connote what follows is scientific or even meaningful)
Thus far the ACC (2-6) has:
- Has NOT Played a higher ranked team (nationally)
- Played a lower ranked opponent (nationally) 4 times and is 1-3 in those games (W: Boston College (14) over Michigan State (NR); L: Auburn (22) over Clemson (15), Texas Tech (NR) over Virginia (21), Kansas (8) over Virginia Tech (5))
- Played an opponent who finished higher in their conference 3 times and are 1-2 in those games (W: Wake Forest over UConn; L: Oregon St. over Maryland, Fresno State over Georgia Tech)
- Played on opponent who finished lower in their conference 4 times and are 1-3 in those games (W: BC over Michigan State; L: Kentucky over Florida State, Texas Tech over Virginia, Kansas over Virginia Tech)
- Have played 1 game against conference opponent of equal rating and is 0-1 in that game (Auburn over Clemson)
- W/L record v. Conf:
- 1-0 v. Big 10
- 1-0 v. Big East
- 0-1 v. WAC
- 0-1 v. Pac 10
- 0-2 v. Big XII
- 0-2 v. SEC
- Average score (Total score in parens)
- All Games:..ACC..23.4..(187)...Opp..25.6.(205)
- Vs SEC:.....ACC..24.....(48)...Opp..29....(58)
- Vs Big 10:..ACC..24.....(24)...Opp..21....(21)
- Vs WAC:.....ACC..28.....(40)...Opp..40....(40)
- Vs Pac10:...ACC..14.....(14)...Opp..21....(21)
- Vs Big E:...ACC..24.....(24)...Opp..10....(10)
- Vs Big XII:.ACC..24.5...(49)...Opp..27.5..(55)
- Average Margin of Victory: 8.5 (2 games)
- Average Margin of Loss: 5.8 (6 games)
CR...NR...Team........W/L......Team......CR.....NR
3....20...Cincy.......W 31-21..So. Miss...6.....NR (CUSA)
2....NR...UConn.......L 10-24..Wake For...4.....NR (ACC)
4....23...So Florida..L 21-56..Oregon.....4.....NR (Pac 10)
1....11...West Virg...W 48-28..Oklahoma...1......3 (Big XII)
5....NR...Rutgers.....W 52-30..Ball State.3.....NR (MAC)
"Findings" (Not intended to connote what follows is scientific or even meaningful)
Thus far the Big East (2-2) has:
- Played a higher ranked opponent (nationally) 1 time and is 1-0 in that game (W: West Virginia over Oklahoma)
- WVU v. Oklahoma was Big East's only game against a ranked opponent.
- Played a lower ranked opponent (nationally) 2 times and is 1-1 in those games (W: Cincinnati (20) over Southern Miss (NR); L: Oregon over Southern Florida (23))
- Played an opponent who finished Lower in their conference 2 times and are 1-1 in those games (W: Cincy over Southern Miss; L: Wake Forest over UConn)
- Have played an opponent who finished higher in their conference 1 time and is 1-0 in that game (W: Rutgers over Ball State)
- Have played 2 games against conference opponents of equal rating and is 1-1 in that game (W: West Virginia over Oklahoma; L: Oregon over South Florida)
- W/L record v. Conf:
- 1-0 v. C-USA
- 1-0 v. Big XII
- 1-0 v. MAC
- 0-1 v. ACC
- 0-1 v. Pac 10
- Average score (Total score in parens)
- All Games:.BE...32.4.(162)..Opp..31.8..(159)
- Vs CUSA:...BE...31....(31)..Opp..21.....(21)
- Vs Pac10:..BE...21....(21)..Opp..56.....(56)
- VS ACC:....BE...10....(10)..Opp..24.....(24)
- Vs BigXII:.BE...48....(48)..Opp..28.....(28)
- Vs MAC:....BE...52....(52)..Opp..30.....(30)
- Average Margin of Victory: 17.3 (3 games)
- Average Margin of Loss: 24.5 (2 games)
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