Strength of Schedule

Here's how our opponents faired this week.

Georgia Southern (4-4) defeated Western Carolina 38-31.
Central Michigan (6-2) defeated Toledo 24-23.
South Carolina (5-3) was off this week.
Arizona State (2-5) lost to Oregon 20-54.
Alabama (8-0) defeated Tennessee 29-9.
Tennessee (3-5) lost to Alabama 9-29.
Vanderbilt (5-3) lost to Duke 7-10.
LSU (5-2) lost to us 38-52.
Florida (6-1) defeated Kentucky 63-5.
Kentucky (5-3) lost to Florida 5-63.
Auburn (4-4) lost to West Virginia 17-34.
Georgia Tech (6-2) lost to Virginia 17-24.

Strength of Schedule

I've been terribly inconsistent with this, but here is how our opponents faired this week.

Georgia Southern (3-4) lost to Appalachian State 36-37.
Central Michigan (5-2) defeated Western Michigan 38-28.
South Carolina (5-3) lost to LSU 17-24.
Arizona State (2-4) was off this week.
Alabama (7-0) defeated Ole Miss 24-20.
Tennessee (3-4) defeated Mississippi State 34-3.
Vanderbilt (5-2) lost to us 14-24.
LSU (5-1) defeated South Carolina 24-17.
Florida (5-1) was off this week.
Kentucky (5-2) defeated Arkansas 21-20.
Auburn (4-3) was off this week.
Georgia Tech (6-1) defeated Clemson 21-17.

Strength of Schedule

Sorry I forgot to put this up last week. Here's how our opponents fared this week.

Georgia Southern (2-1) defeated Northeastern 34-27.
Central Michigan (2-1) defeated Ohio 31-28.
South Carolina (1-2) lost to us 14-7.
Arizona State (2-1) lost to UNLV 23-20.
Alabama (3-0) defeated Western Kentucky 41-7.
Tennessee (1-1) defeated UAB 35-3.
Vanderbilt (3-0) defeated Rice 38-21.
LSU (2-0) defeated North Texas 41-3.
Florida (2-0) was off this week.
Kentucky (3-0) defeated Middle Tennessee 20-14.
Auburn (3-0) defeated Mississippi State 3-2.
Georgia Tech (2-1) lost to Virginia Tech 20-17.

Even with South Carolina's losing record, Tennessee's loss at UCLA looking really bad at this point, and Arizona State getting caught looking ahead, our schedule still looks like murderer's row. There are five SEC teams in the AP top 25 this week. The only one of those that we don't play is ourselves.

Strength of Schedule

Every week, once each team on our schedule has completed their game, I'm going to link out to the game recap from Rivals. This should keep you in tune with what our strength of schedule looks like.

Central Michigan defeated Eastern Illinois 31-12.
South Carolina defeated N.C. State 34-0.
Arizona State defeated Northern Arizona 30-13.
Alabama defeated Clemson 34-10.
Tennessee lost to UCLA 27-24.
Vanderbilt defeated Miami (OH) 34-13.
LSU defeated Appalachian State 41-13.
Florida defeated Hawaii 56-10.
Kentucky defeated Louisville 27-2.
Auburn defeated Louisiana-Monroe 34-0.
Georgia Tech defeated Jacksonville State 41-14.

My plan was to plug in the Tennessee score after their game and talk about how our only opponent with a loss is the team that we beat. Naturally Tennessee proceeded to melt down and find a way to lose to UCLA. Still our schedule strength is looking good so far.