Oregon #2 SOS

by Bill Musgrave on Dec 6, 2009 10:18 AM PST

According to Jerry Palm at www.collegebcs.com, Oregon will end with the second hardest strength of schedule in football this year, according to the formula that the BCS used from 1998-2003, which was 2/3 x (opponents winning %) + 1/3 x (opponents of opponents winning %). See below for the top 30.

Opponents		Opp-Opp			All Known Opps
Rank	School	W-L	Pct	W-L	Pct	BCS SOS	Rank	SOS
1	Mississippi St	78-43	0.6446	681-727	0.4837	0.5910	1	0.5910
2	Oregon	76-52	0.5938	764-736	0.5093	0.5656	2	0.5656
3	Arkansas	70-49	0.5882	713-691	0.5078	0.5614	3	0.5614
4	Alabama	75-54	0.5814	791-729	0.5204	0.5611	4	0.5611
5	Virginia Tech	73-51	0.5887	718-706	0.5042	0.5605	5	0.5605
6	Georgia	68-50	0.5763	716-681	0.5125	0.5550	6	0.5550
7	Florida	73-56	0.5659	805-720	0.5279	0.5532	7	0.5532
8	Florida St	66-47	0.5841	664-709	0.4836	0.5506	8	0.5506
9	Arizona	70-52	0.5738	724-715	0.5031	0.5502	9	0.5502
10	South Carolina	65-49	0.5702	701-698	0.5011	0.5471	10	0.5471
10	Washington	72-56	0.5625	772-723	0.5164	0.5471	10	0.5471
12	Oklahoma	71-52	0.5772	684-729	0.4841	0.5462	12	0.5462
13	Minnesota	65-50	0.5652	666-699	0.4879	0.5394	13	0.5394
14	Miami-Florida	63-51	0.5526	687-667	0.5074	0.5375	14	0.5375
15	Auburn	64-53	0.5470	714-678	0.5129	0.5356	15	0.5356
16	Texas	74-61	0.5481	802-800	0.5006	0.5323	16	0.5323
17	Virginia	64-50	0.5614	644-716	0.4735	0.5321	17	0.5321
18	Iowa	64-50	0.5614	653-727	0.4732	0.5320	18	0.5320
19	LSU	64-58	0.5246	782-674	0.5371	0.5288	19	0.5288
20	Clemson	70-56	0.5556	705-779	0.4751	0.5287	20	0.5287
21	West Virginia	61-51	0.5446	663-678	0.4944	0.5279	21	0.5279
22	Southern California	67-60	0.5276	788-709	0.5264	0.5272	22	0.5272
23	Illinois	64-52	0.5517	647-724	0.4719	0.5251	23	0.5251
24	Syracuse	62-51	0.5487	629-697	0.4744	0.5239	24	0.5239
25	Oklahoma St	64-55	0.5378	705-718	0.4954	0.5237	25	0.5237
26	Oregon St	66-58	0.5323	719-701	0.5063	0.5236	26	0.5236
27	Miami-Ohio	72-53	0.5760	618-862	0.4176	0.5232	27	0.5232
27	Washington St	67-60	0.5276	771-728	0.5143	0.5232	27	0.5232
29	Colorado	67-58	0.5360	729-741	0.4959	0.5226	29	0.5226
30	Baylor	67-58	0.5360	689-725	0.4873	0.5198	30	0.5198

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What do ya know...

There is no Notre Dame on this list

Our collective lack of productivity has clearly paid off in the grandest of fashion. We are going to Pasadena. Yes, let that sink in. WE ARE GOING TO PASADENA. To be honest, this has not yet hit me-WE ARE GOING TO PASADENA. Wow.

Juju, We applaud your devotion and pure decency throughout the season.

by CaDuck on Dec 6, 2009 10:40 AM PST reply actions

Or Ohio State…

He can run, he can pass, he is sicker than e-coli. Jeremiah always keeps things rolling.

by MarineCorpsDuck on Dec 6, 2009 10:43 AM PST up reply actions

But the entire SEC shows up here

The reason I never liked these SOS rankings is that they credited wins over Div IAA teams (or whatever it’s called, I refuse to refer to them as the NCAA wishes them to be referred as) as wins over a top tier Div IA team. Florida gets credit for beating a team on par with Florida State because they beat Charleston Southern. Florida State gets credit for beating a team on par with Oregon State because they beat Jacksonville State. I prefer a SOS schedule model that somehow takes that into account. That’s why I somewhat prefer the merciless SOS rankings that take Div IAA opponents and assign them an 0-11 record by default when compiling rankings.

by niko on Dec 6, 2009 11:23 AM PST reply actions

Ditto that

I like the idea of only counting losses to lower-division teams.

those who do not remember history should read my blog...

by benzduck on Dec 6, 2009 12:02 PM PST up reply actions

The one they use for the BCS has us #6.

That’s the red column.. the one that doesn’t take margin of victory into account.

those who do not remember history should read my blog...

by benzduck on Dec 6, 2009 12:30 PM PST up reply actions

And, reply fail...

those who do not remember history should read my blog...

by benzduck on Dec 6, 2009 12:31 PM PST up reply actions

Actually, Jerry's rankings exclude I-AA teams completely

He only counts the I-A teams, which is why Florida’s opponents win calculation has about the same number of games as ours despite Oregon having played one less game.

"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely

by skywaker9 on Dec 6, 2009 2:53 PM PST up reply actions

I counted up Florida in particular

And the only way to come up with 56 opponent’s losses is by including Charleston Southern (and excluding everyone’s loss to Florida). I can’t quite figure out the 73 opponent’s wins but it does look like this particular SOS uses IAA teams.

by niko on Dec 6, 2009 3:48 PM PST up reply actions