11-09-2015, 11:47 AM
It's more about penalizing teams that don't play tough OOC opponents than beating tough OOC opponents, IMO. If you play tough OOC teams, even if you lost them, you tried. By not even scheduling them, you basically said you were afraid.
Stanford could be #2 or #3 right now if it played Baylor's or Oklahoma State's OOC schedule and few would be talking about the Pac-12 being down this year if Oregon played SMU instead of Michigan State. Would Baylor or Oklahoma State be undefeated if they played Michigan, Michigan State, Notre Dame, Alabama, Stanford, USC, Oregon, UCLA, and any number of Power 5 teams OOC? My guess is no, because especially Oklahoma State started the year really slow, barely beating Central Michigan. If that was against say Notre Dame, as Texas played, they more than likely would have been hammered.
Stanford could be #2 or #3 right now if it played Baylor's or Oklahoma State's OOC schedule and few would be talking about the Pac-12 being down this year if Oregon played SMU instead of Michigan State. Would Baylor or Oklahoma State be undefeated if they played Michigan, Michigan State, Notre Dame, Alabama, Stanford, USC, Oregon, UCLA, and any number of Power 5 teams OOC? My guess is no, because especially Oklahoma State started the year really slow, barely beating Central Michigan. If that was against say Notre Dame, as Texas played, they more than likely would have been hammered.