SEC Bias: This is a reminder that LSU these last 5 years is the same as Minnesota, just with a lot more AP votes and more FCS wins.

[Word]

No B1G West team outside of Iowa finished a season ranked from 2021-2023.

If one believes the rankings are skewed to the SEC, that would support that hypothesis.

 

[Xerxes_]

If one believes the rankings are skewed to the SEC, that would support that hypothesis.

I wouldn't argue that the SEC gets the benefit of the doubt when it comes to rankings but outside of fan bases of Minnesota, Wisconsin, & Iowa you'd have a difficult finding anyone who thinks the old B1G West and old SEC West were even in the same ball park. The argument is just absurd. It's like listening to people try to say the old B1G West & East were in the same ball park.

 

[Word]

I wouldn't argue that the SEC gets the benefit of the doubt when it comes to rankings but outside of fan bases of Minnesota, Wisconsin, & Iowa you'd have a difficult finding anyone who thinks the old B1G West and old SEC West were even in the same ball park. The argument is just absurd. It's like listening to people try to say the old B1G West & East were in the same ball park.

The old west and east actually had very similar head to head records against each other. A lot closer than you'd think. The old east was extremely top heavy with OSU as a juggernaut and PSU and Michigan having some great years too. But the old east bottom was absolute trash.

 

[Bob_Loblaw]

The old west and east actually had very similar head to head records against each other. A lot closer than you'd think. The old east was extremely top heavy with OSU as a juggernaut and PSU and Michigan having some great years too. But the old east bottom was absolute trash.

This is 100% true. There was complete parity between the East and West. The only outlier was Ohio State.

The rest of the East was a combined 80-84 against the Big 10 West during that time (that's counting MSU's vacated wins as wins).

There was not a disparity between East and West, the disparity was between Ohio State and everyone else.

 

[Bob_Loblaw]

I wouldn't argue that the SEC gets the benefit of the doubt when it comes to rankings but outside of fan bases of Minnesota, Wisconsin, & Iowa you'd have a difficult finding anyone who thinks the old B1G West and old SEC West were even in the same ball park. The argument is just absurd. It's like listening to people try to say the old B1G West & East were in the same ball park.

Outside of Ohio State, the teams in the East lost more games against the West than they won.