Final SoS numbers are in

[onewoof]

1) Michigan: 254.00
2) Mississippi State: 246.25
3) UCLA: 244.50
4) Kentucky: 243.50
5) Purdue: 239.25
6) Oklahoma: 238.50
7) LSU: 235.75
8) Florida: 231.25
9) Alabama: 230.25
10) Georgia: 225.50
11) USC: 225.00
12) Florida State: 224.00
13) Kansas: 220.50
14) Texas A&M: 217.00
15) Texas: 213.25
16) Vanderbilt: 208.50
17) Houston: 202.75
18) Auburn: 202.25
19) Stanford: 201.00
20) Maryland: 200.75
21) South Carolina: 200.50
22) Michigan State: 200.25
23) Ohio State: 199.25
24) Washington: 198.50
25) UCF: 198.50
26) Virginia Tech: 196.50
27) Oklahoma State: 195.25
28) Louisville: 194.50
29) Wisconsin: 194.00
30) Nebraska: 193.75
31) Northwestern: 192.75
32) Cincinnati: 191.00
33) Georgia Tech: 189.75
34) Arkansas: 189.50
35) Arizona State: 184.75
36) Arizona: 184.50
37) Ole Miss: 183.75
38) Penn State: 183.00
39) Kansas State: 182.75
40) West Virginia: 181.00
41) Illinois: 180.00
42) Oregon: 178.75
43) Missouri: 178.50
44) Baylor: 178.25
45) Virginia: 176.75
46) Texas Tech: 174.75
47) Utah: 174.25
48) Minnesota: 173.5
49) Tennessee: 172.5
50) Pittsburgh: 170.00

 

[Dawgg]

Toledo game really pushed us up.****

 

[MStateDawg]

I'd rather have played Michigan's "tougher" schedule.

 

[Walkthedawg]

1) Michigan: 254.00
2) Mississippi State: 246.25
3) UCLA: 244.50
4) Kentucky: 243.50
5) Purdue: 239.25
6) Oklahoma: 238.50
7) LSU: 235.75
8) Florida: 231.25
9) Alabama: 230.25
10) Georgia: 225.50
11) USC: 225.00
12) Florida State: 224.00
13) Kansas: 220.50
14) Texas A&M: 217.00
15) Texas: 213.25
16) Vanderbilt: 208.50
17) Houston: 202.75
18) Auburn: 202.25
19) Stanford: 201.00
20) Maryland: 200.75
21) South Carolina: 200.50
22) Michigan State: 200.25
23) Ohio State: 199.25
24) Washington: 198.50
25) UCF: 198.50
26) Virginia Tech: 196.50
27) Oklahoma State: 195.25
28) Louisville: 194.50
29) Wisconsin: 194.00
30) Nebraska: 193.75
31) Northwestern: 192.75
32) Cincinnati: 191.00
33) Georgia Tech: 189.75
34) Arkansas: 189.50
35) Arizona State: 184.75
36) Arizona: 184.50
37) Ole Miss: 183.75
38) Penn State: 183.00
39) Kansas State: 182.75
40) West Virginia: 181.00
41) Illinois: 180.00
42) Oregon: 178.75
43) Missouri: 178.50
44) Baylor: 178.25
45) Virginia: 176.75
46) Texas Tech: 174.75
47) Utah: 174.25
48) Minnesota: 173.5
49) Tennessee: 172.5
50) Pittsburgh: 170.00

Can’t wait to see what the SEC has planned for MSU in 2026 after the shafting this year and next. Going to take some real thought to one up these two years.

 

[L4Dawg]

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I'd rather have played Michigan's "tougher" schedule.

We might not have won a game with Michigan's schedule.

 

[Perd Hapley]

1) Michigan: 254.00
2) Mississippi State: 246.25
3) UCLA: 244.50
4) Kentucky: 243.50
5) Purdue: 239.25
6) Oklahoma: 238.50
7) LSU: 235.75
8) Florida: 231.25
9) Alabama: 230.25
10) Georgia: 225.50
11) USC: 225.00
12) Florida State: 224.00
13) Kansas: 220.50
14) Texas A&M: 217.00
15) Texas: 213.25
16) Vanderbilt: 208.50
17) Houston: 202.75
18) Auburn: 202.25
19) Stanford: 201.00
20) Maryland: 200.75
21) South Carolina: 200.50
22) Michigan State: 200.25
23) Ohio State: 199.25
24) Washington: 198.50
25) UCF: 198.50
26) Virginia Tech: 196.50
27) Oklahoma State: 195.25
28) Louisville: 194.50
29) Wisconsin: 194.00
30) Nebraska: 193.75
31) Northwestern: 192.75
32) Cincinnati: 191.00
33) Georgia Tech: 189.75
34) Arkansas: 189.50
35) Arizona State: 184.75
36) Arizona: 184.50
37) Ole Miss: 183.75
38) Penn State: 183.00
39) Kansas State: 182.75
40) West Virginia: 181.00
41) Illinois: 180.00
42) Oregon: 178.75
43) Missouri: 178.50
44) Baylor: 178.25
45) Virginia: 176.75
46) Texas Tech: 174.75
47) Utah: 174.25
48) Minnesota: 173.5
49) Tennessee: 172.5
50) Pittsburgh: 170.00

What site is that from?

Not even close to the final SOS numbers being reported by ESPN.

Georgia is #1 on that one. Michigan is #7.

 

[Maroon13]

What do y'all think about Bo Bounds advocating for State to drop the USM game? Now this am he says drop AzSt next year too.

Meh, I like playing USM considering their current plight. I'd much rather play both games than replace them with a swac opponent or similar.

 

[patdog]

What do y'all think about Bo Bounds advocating for State to drop the USM game? Now this am he says drop AzSt next year too.

Meh, I like playing USM considering their current plight. I'd much rather play both games than replace them with a swac opponent or similar.

I wish we spent as much effort into hiring good coaches and recruiting good players as we do into dropping mediocre teams because we're scared of losing.

 

[MSUDOG24]

What do y'all think about Bo Bounds advocating for State to drop the USM game? Now this am he says drop AzSt next year too.

Meh, I like playing USM considering their current plight. I'd much rather play both games than replace them with a swac opponent or similar.

Good grief, this is getting ridiculous. Bo must be out of content.

 

[onewoof]

What site is that from?

Not even close to the final SOS numbers being reported by ESPN.

Georgia is #1 on that one. Michigan is #7.

2024 Strength of Schedule For All 134 FBS College Football Teams After Week 14

We've updated our college football strength of schedule for the 2024 season after Week 14. Check out who has the easiest and toughest roads ahead!

collegefootballnetwork.com

I wonder if ESPN weights it diffrently for their TV network benefits? Not sure

 

[MStateDawg]

We might not have won a game with Michigan's schedule.

It'd be worth it just to see people on this board meltdown after we lost to Will Rogers.

ETA: Mike Wright too

 

[RocketDawg]

We should be in the playoffs ....

 

[RocketDawg]

We might not have won a game with Michigan's schedule.

Probably would have beat Fresno State and Arkansas State, so no real different from what we did.

 

[onewoof]

Q: If MS State had stacked the box, would we have won against AZ State???

 

[Perd Hapley]

2024 Strength of Schedule For All 134 FBS College Football Teams After Week 14

We've updated our college football strength of schedule for the 2024 season after Week 14. Check out who has the easiest and toughest roads ahead!

collegefootballnetwork.com

I wonder if ESPN weights it diffrently for their TV network benefits? Not sure

Dunno, but I’ve never heard of that website. The link you posted also was before the conference championships were played, so that’s a glaring flaw right off the bat.

The only things you can really toy around with in SOS rankings are how much weight you give to home field advantage, and how you treat FCS games. But with either you should not come out with crazy deviations between valid models.

 

[GloryDawg]

What do you expect when you play three of the top 5 teams and four of the top 12. Still no excuse for only winning two games.

 

[onewoof]

ESPN SOS	Team
1	Georgia Bulldogs
2	Mississippi State Bulldogs
3	Kentucky Wildcats
4	Oklahoma Sooners
5	Florida Gators
6	Purdue Boilermakers
7	Michigan Wolverines
8	Vanderbilt Commodores
9	Washington Huskies
10	LSU Tigers
11	Texas A&M Aggies
12	UCLA Bruins
13	South Carolina Gamecocks
14	Florida State Seminoles
15	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
16	Maryland Terrapins
17	Arkansas Razorbacks
18	Alabama Crimson Tide
19	Auburn Tigers
20	Texas Longhorns
21	Stanford Cardinal
22	Nebraska Cornhuskers
23	Michigan State Spartans
24	Wisconsin Badgers
25	Louisville Cardinals
26	Virginia Cavaliers
27	Missouri Tigers
28	Tennessee Volunteers
29	Ohio State Buckeyes
30	Penn State Nittany Lions
31	USC Trojans
32	Illinois Fighting Illini
33	Ole Miss Rebels
34	Oregon Ducks
35	Clemson Tigers
36	Northwestern Wildcats
37	Kansas Jayhawks
38	Oklahoma State Cowboys
39	Iowa Hawkeyes
40	Pittsburgh Panthers
41	Houston Cougars
42	BYU Cougars
43	Cincinnati Bearcats
44	Boston College Eagles
45	Kansas State Wildcats
46	UCF Knights
47	Wake Forest Demon Deacons
48	Virginia Tech Hokies
49	Minnesota Golden Gophers
50	Arizona Wildcats
51	UL Monroe Warhawks
52	NC State Wolfpack
53	Akron Zips
54	Kent State Golden Flashes
55	Miami Hurricanes
56	West Virginia Mountaineers
57	SMU Mustangs
58	Iowa State Cyclones
59	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
60	South Florida Bulls
61	Baylor Bears
62	Arizona State Sun Devils
63	Utah Utes
64	TCU Horned Frogs
65	Marshall Thundering Herd
66	California Golden Bears
67	Indiana Hoosiers
68	Duke Blue Devils
69	Colorado State Rams
70	UTSA Roadrunners
71	Colorado Buffaloes
72	Rutgers Scarlet Knights
73	Texas Tech Red Raiders
74	Syracuse Orange
75	Western Michigan Broncos

 

[onewoof]

Of note:

AZ State at #62
SMU at #57
Colorado at #71
Miami at #55
Ole Miss at #33
Bama at #18
Texas at #20
South Carolina at #13

 

[Prediction? Pain.]

Out of curiosity, I looked at ESPN's SOS numbers over the past fifteen years to see where 2024 stacked up with other seasons. In '09, '13, '15, '19, '20, and '22, MSU's SOS was Top 15 nationally and top half of the SEC. And in three of those seasons ('09, '20, and '22) the SOS was Top 5 in the nation.

So Mullen had a stupid hard schedule in his first year, and he went 5 - 7 with wins over Vandy, Kentucky, and a ranked Ole Miss team.

Leach had a stupid hard schedule in his first year and had to deal with all the COVID insanity, too, and he went 4 - 7 with wins over LSU, Vandy, Mizzou, and ranked Tulsa team.

Leach had another stupid hard schedule two years later, and he had State go 8 - 4 (and 4 - 4 in the SEC) with wins over ranked A&M and Ole Miss teams.

Lebby had a stupid hard schedule in his first year and he went 0-fer in the SEC and had one win over an FBS school (2 - 10 UMass).

 

[johnson86-1]

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I'd rather have played Michigan's "tougher" schedule.

Most years that would absolutely be preferable. But this year we were so bad this year we needed Eastern Kentucky and Massachusetts, even if the rest of our schedule was significantly harder.

 

[She Mate Me]

Good grief, this is getting ridiculous. Bo must be out of content.

Has been for a while, y'all...

 

[She Mate Me]

It'd be worth it just to see people on this board meltdown after we lost to Will Rogers.

ETA: Mike Wright too

The truth is, with no pass rush at all, he would have carved us into meatloaf.

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

What do y'all think about Bo Bounds advocating for State to drop the USM game? Now this am he says drop AzSt next year too.

Meh, I like playing USM considering their current plight. I'd much rather play both games than replace them with a swac opponent or similar.

Whoever signed the contract for us to go to H'burg needs to be tarred and feathered.

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

Q: If MS State had stacked the box, would we have won against AZ State???

May not have won, but it'd likely came down to the end.

 

[patdog]

Probably would have beat Fresno State and Arkansas State, so no real different from what we did.

We wouldn't have beaten Fresno St. We'd be 1-11.

 

[L4Dawg]

Probably would have beat Fresno State and Arkansas State, so no real different from what we did.

Both are bowl teams so I doubt it.

 

[horshack.sixpack]

1) Michigan: 254.00
2) Mississippi State: 246.25
3) UCLA: 244.50
4) Kentucky: 243.50
5) Purdue: 239.25
6) Oklahoma: 238.50
7) LSU: 235.75
8) Florida: 231.25
9) Alabama: 230.25
10) Georgia: 225.50
11) USC: 225.00
12) Florida State: 224.00
13) Kansas: 220.50
14) Texas A&M: 217.00
15) Texas: 213.25
16) Vanderbilt: 208.50
17) Houston: 202.75
18) Auburn: 202.25
19) Stanford: 201.00
20) Maryland: 200.75
21) South Carolina: 200.50
22) Michigan State: 200.25
23) Ohio State: 199.25
24) Washington: 198.50
25) UCF: 198.50
26) Virginia Tech: 196.50
27) Oklahoma State: 195.25
28) Louisville: 194.50
29) Wisconsin: 194.00
30) Nebraska: 193.75
31) Northwestern: 192.75
32) Cincinnati: 191.00
33) Georgia Tech: 189.75
34) Arkansas: 189.50
35) Arizona State: 184.75
36) Arizona: 184.50
37) Ole Miss: 183.75
38) Penn State: 183.00
39) Kansas State: 182.75
40) West Virginia: 181.00
41) Illinois: 180.00
42) Oregon: 178.75
43) Missouri: 178.50
44) Baylor: 178.25
45) Virginia: 176.75
46) Texas Tech: 174.75
47) Utah: 174.25
48) Minnesota: 173.5
49) Tennessee: 172.5
50) Pittsburgh: 170.00

It felt that way.

 

[Anon1697564126]

Can’t wait to see what the SEC has planned for MSU in 2026 after the shafting this year and next. Going to take some real thought to one up these two years.

Good grief, this is getting ridiculous. Bo must be out of content.

he's never had any content. he sucks. I listened to him for 37 minutes last week on the way to work and not a single sports related minute.

 

[MagnoliaHunter]

Can’t wait to see what the SEC has planned for MSU in 2026 after the shafting this year and next. Going to take some real thought to one up these two years.

in 26, they'll have us playing the lions and eagles.

 

[BulldogBlitz]

Man...line up a schedule like that and we do nothing with it. Should be in the playoffs running that sort of schedule.