CBS has posted their preseason rankings, and while those alone are interesting, what’s perhaps more eye catching are their ratings for strength of schedule.
I’ll share the SOS numbers for the teams of the Big Ten and SEC. And I’ll do so without comment…because I have no room to talk. My Ohio Bobcats are 123rd. (That Penn State thing killed us.)
BIG TEN
Michigan State-2
Michigan-3
Penn State-4
Ohio State-5
Nebraska-6
Minnesota-9
Illinois-25
Purdue-33
Indiana-34
Iowa-40
Wisconsin-44
Northwestern-49
SEC
Florida-15
Auburn-17
Kentucky-20
Ole Miss-21
South Carolina-24
Arkansas-29
Missouri-36
Texas A&M-42
LSU-45
Alabama-46
Tennessee-50
Vanderbilt-65
Mississippi State-76
Georgia-94