Strength of Schedule (merged)

[Steve19]

http://web1.ncaa.org/d1mfb/2006/Internet/toughest%20schedule/ia_9games_cumm.pdf

This is too big a file to post here but click through...

The NCAA ranks the cumulative win-loss percentage of the opponents of each team for the last year. TSUN #3, Ohio State #4 (just one more loss than TSUN opponents)...oh yeah, Notre Dame #52!

Maybe Bo was right?

 

[buckeyeboy]

Ohio State #4 (just one more loss than TSUN opponents)...oh yeah, Notre Dame #52!

Don't tell that to ESPN. In their never-ending quest to anoint ND at this year's national champs, they've already commented on how difficult ND's schedule is.

 

[fourteenandoh]

Oh, ND's schedule is tough. It just so happens that 51 teams have tougher! I have to listen to the domers in chicago talk all the time about how great and hard ND's schedule is.

 

[Bucklion]

Oh, ND's schedule is tough. It just so happens that 51 teams have tougher! I have to listen to the domers in chicago talk all the time about how great and hard ND's schedule is.

Yeah, me too. And of course last year's was tough too...even though only like 3 or 4 teams went to bowl games...the names alone (Washington, Tennessee, Syracuse) apparently made it tough...despite the combined 7-26 record or whatever it was of those three. I actually agree with them when they say they can't be held responsible for how good the teams on the schedule are any particular year...just don't go around acting like they were so tough to play then!

 

[3yardsandacloud]

Isn't this chart a SOS rating for last season ... not for the upcoming season?

 

[Bucklion]

Isn't this chart a SOS rating for last season ... not for the upcoming season?

I believe it is...based on last year's performance, the teams on this year's ND schedule would be much higher than that. But again that was last year...we'll see how tough it actually is.

 

[methomps]

The NCAA's SOS formula is weak and shouldn't be relied upon. It treats a win over a 10-2 Big Ten team the same as a win over a 10-2 Sun Belt team.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Isn't this chart a SOS rating for last season ... not for the upcoming season?

Hard to have an SOS rating when no game shave been played yet...

 

[bkochmc]

Hard to have an SOS rating when no game shave been played yet...

Is this a new competition sonsored by Gillette?

 

[3yardsandacloud]

Hard to have an SOS rating when no game shave been played yet...

Yes, but it looked as though several folks were assuming the rankings were for the upcoming season ... when in fact, they aren't

 

[smithlabs]

Oh, ND's schedule is tough. It just so happens that 51 teams have tougher! I have to listen to the domers in chicago talk all the time about how great and hard ND's schedule is.

It is in the top half of 112 schools

 

[sandgk]

There is a SOS projection available out there -

the source I found is at jhowell

This would actually place the top 10 teams based on SOS as

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[Steve19]

There is a SOS projection available out there -

the source I found is at jhowell

This would actually place the top 10 teams based on SOS as

Thanks Sandgk. We really won't know much about SOS until the season gets through the first four or five weeks. USC and Notre Dame playing a tougher schedule than us? Big Ten weaker this year? Depends on a lot of things. We'll see.

My point in starting the thread, and the thread on our cumulative winning percentage, is to remind everyone that Notre Dame played a pretty weak schedule and they haven't been a top program for a long time.

On the other hand, the Ohio State Buckeyes have been in the top ten during anyone's lifetime. We are the real deal and teams line 'em up the best they can every time they play us. Every week. Every time.

Sure, we lit up Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl, but we have some tough games ahead of us. We have a good, but less experienced defense than we have had in some time.

This year, once again, we play one of the toughest schedules in all of college football.So, expect some games to be very close. Texas, Iowa, and Michigan State will be real testers.

Even as good as we appear to be, we will need some luck to get through this season undefeated. Personally, I think we can do it.

 

[daddyphatsacs]

Preseason strength of schedules are pretty much a joke, especially when they are going off of last years records.

 

[Buckin Crazy]

Whats the link to the Strength of Schedule chart?

I remember it was posted before, so does anyone have the link?
Thanks a ton in advanced.