They said on the telecast last night...

[Black Diamond Vol]

...that our schedule was 3rd toughest in the nation, behind Utah and Purdue.  Anyone actually buy that?

Schedule and Results
UTAH FOOTBALL   Record: 4-4 (1-4)
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Date   Opponent   Result
Aug. 29   Utah State   W 30-26   
Sep. 7   Weber State   W 70-7   
Sep. 14   Oregon State   L 48-51   
Sep. 21   at BYU   W 20-13   
Oct. 3   UCLA   L 27-34   
Oct. 12   Stanford   W 27-21   
Oct. 19   at Arizona   L 24-35   
Oct. 26   at USC   L 3-19   
Nov. 9   Arizona State   2:00pm   
Nov. 16   at Oregon   TBA   
Nov. 23   at Wash. St.   TBA   
Nov. 30   Colorado   TBA


Schedule and Results
PURDUE FOOTBALL   Record: 1-7 (0-4)
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Date   Opponent   Result
Aug. 31   at Cincinnati   L 7-42   
Sep. 7   Indiana St.   W 20-14   
Sep. 14   Notre Dame   L 24-31   
Sep. 21   at Wisconsin   L 10-41   
Sep. 28   Northern Illinois   L 24-55   
Oct. 12   Nebraska   L 7-44   
Oct. 19   at Michigan State   L 0-14   
Nov. 2   Ohio State   L 0-56   
Nov. 9   Iowa   12:00pm   
Nov. 16   at Penn State   TBA   
Nov. 23   Illinois   TBA   
Nov. 30   at Indiana   TBA

[BanditVol]

There is an explanation for that.  They are quoting the official NCAA ranking, which is based soley on win % of opponents:

http://stats.ncaa.org/rankings/change_sport_year_div

It obviously doesn't factor in, for example, that Mizz, USCe, UF, and UGa are all beating up on each other as well as us, nor does it make any subjective comparison to account for us being in the SEC.

http://stats.ncaa.org/rankings/change_sport_year_div

Actually, that makes our schedule toughness THAT MUCH MORE IMPRESSIVE   

[BanditVol]

Don't know what's wrong with the link....C&P

Toughest Schedule Report thru games 11/02/2013
Rank   Institution   Conference   Past Opposition   Future Opposition   Cumulative Opposition
Wins   Losses   Ties   Pct   Wins   Losses   Ties   Pct   Wins   Losses   Ties   Pct
1   Purdue   Big Ten   38   9   0   0.809   13   17   0   0.433   51   26   0   0.662
2   Utah   Pac-12   36   13   0   0.735   16   12   0   0.571   52   25   0   0.675
3   Tennessee   Southeastern   40   15   0   0.727   11   11   0   0.500   51   26   0   0.662
4   Virginia   Atlantic Coast   39   15   0   0.722   14   9   0   0.609   53   24   0   0.688

[Creek Walker]

...that our schedule was 3rd toughest in the nation, behind Utah and Purdue.  Anyone actually buy that?

Schedule and Results
UTAH FOOTBALL   Record: 4-4 (1-4)
   More Schedules | TV Times
Date   Opponent   Result
Aug. 29   Utah State   W 30-26   
Sep. 7   Weber State   W 70-7   
Sep. 14   Oregon State   L 48-51   
Sep. 21   at BYU   W 20-13   
Oct. 3   UCLA   L 27-34   
Oct. 12   Stanford   W 27-21   
Oct. 19   at Arizona   L 24-35   
Oct. 26   at USC   L 3-19   
Nov. 9   Arizona State   2:00pm   
Nov. 16   at Oregon   TBA   
Nov. 23   at Wash. St.   TBA   
Nov. 30   Colorado   TBA


Schedule and Results
PURDUE FOOTBALL   Record: 1-7 (0-4)
   More Schedules | TV Times
Date   Opponent   Result
Aug. 31   at Cincinnati   L 7-42   
Sep. 7   Indiana St.   W 20-14   
Sep. 14   Notre Dame   L 24-31   
Sep. 21   at Wisconsin   L 10-41   
Sep. 28   Northern Illinois   L 24-55   
Oct. 12   Nebraska   L 7-44   
Oct. 19   at Michigan State   L 0-14   
Nov. 2   Ohio State   L 0-56   
Nov. 9   Iowa   12:00pm   
Nov. 16   at Penn State   TBA   
Nov. 23   Illinois   TBA   
Nov. 30   at Indiana   TBA

I caught that, and LOL'd. Not hardly.

[Screaming Eagle Dad]

...that our schedule was 3rd toughest in the nation, behind Utah and Purdue.  Anyone actually buy that?

Schedule and Results
UTAH FOOTBALL   Record: 4-4 (1-4)
   More Schedules | TV Times
Date   Opponent   Result
Aug. 29   Utah State   W 30-26   
Sep. 7   Weber State   W 70-7   
Sep. 14   Oregon State   L 48-51   
Sep. 21   at BYU   W 20-13   
Oct. 3   UCLA   L 27-34   
Oct. 12   Stanford   W 27-21   
Oct. 19   at Arizona   L 24-35   
Oct. 26   at USC   L 3-19   
Nov. 9   Arizona State   2:00pm   
Nov. 16   at Oregon   TBA   
Nov. 23   at Wash. St.   TBA   
Nov. 30   Colorado   TBA


Schedule and Results
PURDUE FOOTBALL   Record: 1-7 (0-4)
   More Schedules | TV Times
Date   Opponent   Result
Aug. 31   at Cincinnati   L 7-42   
Sep. 7   Indiana St.   W 20-14   
Sep. 14   Notre Dame   L 24-31   
Sep. 21   at Wisconsin   L 10-41   
Sep. 28   Northern Illinois   L 24-55   
Oct. 12   Nebraska   L 7-44   
Oct. 19   at Michigan State   L 0-14   
Nov. 2   Ohio State   L 0-56   
Nov. 9   Iowa   12:00pm   
Nov. 16   at Penn State   TBA   
Nov. 23   Illinois   TBA   
Nov. 30   at Indiana   TBA

looking at that I was left scratching and shaking my head in disbelief. There is no way Tennessee has the 3rd toughest schedule. Common sense should tell anybody to look at the national rankings at the time they played.