Big 10 West = SEC East.....?

[Joes Place]

Not so fast....

The SEC East is a COMBINED 1-10 vs the SEC West.
That is NOT a typo, they have won ONE combined game vs. the SEC West. Florida's win over Ole Miss.

With 3 head-head interdivision games left to play (Mizzou @ Arkansas, Texas A&M @ Vandy, Georgia @ Auburn), they have been absolutely pitiful vs. the West teams. They MIGHT be able to win ONE of those remaining games, and go 2-12 (Georgia-Auburn).

In contrast:
the BIG10 West is a COMBINED 6-5 vs the BIG10 East division, with 3 games left to play (Nebraska @ Rutgers, OhioSt @ Illinois, Indiana @ Purdue).

Thus, the claim that the Big10 West is 'weak' does not stand up to the scrutiny of interconference, interdivision play. (There are those pesky FACTS again!!!) I do agree that the East may have better top teams (top 3 in the East could probably win 2/3 vs the Top 3 in the West - OhioSt/Mich/MSU, Iowa/Wisc/NW - not sure that it'd be a sweep). But, top to bottom, the numbers indicate the Big Ten is actually a MUCH better balanced conference this year.

The SEC is VERY unbalanced, to the point that putting Florida in the SEC championship looks ridiculous based on their SEC East schedule strength....

 

[HerkyFan]

To clone fans that thought the West was a repeat of the Big 12 North, they will ignore how the West has fared head to head with the east.

Clone fans will only repeat what Pollard tells them to.

 

[ABYPFCS]

I think your analysis is pretty much right on target. The only other thing to possibly consider is that the SEC West might be stronger than the Big Ten East.

 

[thirdandpunting]

Clone fans will only repeat what Pollard tells them to.

Seriously tho... why isn't Memphis ranked ahead of Iowa?

 

[yerpHAWK]

East has the number 1, 3, and 4, and 7th best teams in the conference in my opinion

West has the number 2, 5, and 6th best teams. Wisconsin and Northwestern are good teams, and definitely not easy wins. Don't know why the west gets trashed so much.

 

[Hawkfan_08]

3 ranked teams in coaches poll today from the Big Ten West. Forgot to look if Mississippi moved inside the top 10 after a tough loss at home

 

[HerkyFan]

Seriously tho... why isn't Memphis ranked ahead of Iowa?

Because they aren't better. Pretty simple really.