SEC Schedule Difficulty Chart

[CoolBreeze]

UGA hasn't faced a top ten team on the road since they played us in 2020, and that was hardly a crazy environment with a sparse crowd. They have 3 road games against preseason top ten teams this year. They could be fantastic, but I anticipate they will lose 2 games with that schedule. Fortunately for them, it happens when they can get away with 2 regular season losses.

Agreed wholeheartedly.

 

[BamaMoon]

I think one of the benefits of taking the divisions away is you eventually can't run away from a tough schedule.

UGA finally getting a tough schedule is WAAAAY overdue. UTa will get theirs in the coming years.

The east skated for years and the west had to deal with the toughest teams, but now it all equals out in time.

 

[Cowtown Bama]

It made me sick when people try to compare Kirby’s record to Saban’s when he was playing Vandy, South Carolina, and Kentucky every year and Florida and Tennessee were not fielding their best teams. Never playing at LSU or Kyle Field even once.

 

[BamaMoon]

It made me sick when people try to compare Kirby’s record to Saban’s when he was playing Vandy, South Carolina, and Kentucky every year and Florida and Tennessee were not fielding their best teams. Never playing at LSU or Kyle Field even once.

Plus, one of the "bright" spots on the SOS each year was the annual game with Auburn, but was it really all it was made to be.

I checked starting in 2007 (CNS's first year at Bama) and Georgia has dominated that series with Auburn with 15 wins to only 3 losses.

I know we had it easy with UTK all of those years but the west was brutal with nary a weak team most years and even then AK, OM or MSU could beat just about anybody any Saturday.

 

[Power Eye]

It made me sick when people try to compare Kirby’s record to Saban’s when he was playing Vandy, South Carolina, and Kentucky every year and Florida and Tennessee were not fielding their best teams. Never playing at LSU or Kyle Field even once.

I know that it's widely known that UGA hasn't played at Kyle Field since A&M entered the SEC, but how is that possible? This will be A&M's 13th year in the league and the earliest UGA will possibly play there is year 14.

 

[Slowpoke Catracho]

With Vanderbilt being one of the worst teams, you think they would have the toughest schedules.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

I know that it's widely known that UGA hasn't played at Kyle Field since A&M entered the SEC, but how is that possible? This will be A&M's 13th year in the league and the earliest UGA will possibly play there is year 14.

Gotta be that Bama bias....err...wait a minute

 

[DzynKingRTR]

I know that it's widely known that UGA hasn't played at Kyle Field since A&M entered the SEC, but how is that possible? This will be A&M's 13th year in the league and the earliest UGA will possibly play there is year 14.

actually year 15 will be the earliest. the SEC schedule will be the same next year but flipped home/away. at least that was what I last saw.

 

[Ledsteplin]

They had a pretty easy schedule in the last league they were in and had problems navigating through a slate of decidedly weaker opponents. They will come into the conference with something to prove for sure but went 8-5 in 2022. Tittippi Tate in Austin is their first SEC game this year then a break before the OU - UGA - Vandy stretch (they could lose one or more of those games). Then another break before UF-HOGS - UK - TAMU stretch...which is rife with trap games. I see multiple loses on that schedule for them no matter how you slice it.

I'd like to see Bama and Texas both go undefeated, beating Georgia, and play in the SEC Championship game.

 

[CoolBreeze]

I'd like to see Bama and Texas both go undefeated, beating Georgia, and play in the SEC Championship game.

I'd like to see the froghorns languish in mediocrity from now until kingdom come.

 

[Slowpoke Catracho]

I'd like to see the froghorns languish in mediocrity from now until kingdom come.

and Oklahoma!

 

[CoolBreeze]

I will stick with the scheduling difficulty scale calculated a year ago though some teams (like Texas) appear to be stronger and other teams (like the other ut) seem weaker. But based on that original idea, I will predict each schedule starting with Georgia.

UGA is the team to beat according to preseason rankings from the self-proclaimed experts. I agree based on their personnel, but Georgia has the toughest schedule they have had in 25+ years. How will they fare?

First game against Clempson, I think they win in fairly easy fashion and pull away in the 4th. Again, superior athletes in the depth positions and Dabo will not be able to keep up. Second game is a cupcake. Third game at Kentucky will be close for two quarters but UGA cruises. Bama wins at home by a field goal and gives the dawgs their first loss. Their fifth game, homecoming against barney, will be a struggle. They win it in the 4th in a squeaker. They bounce back in game 6 with a pummeling of MSU at home then head to Austin for their second loss of the season against the froghorns. They go to Florida and trounce them and do the same to Lane in Oxford the next week. Their 10th game of the season at home against ucheat is a game for the ages, 81 points are scored in the game but Georgia slides by in a 1-point game. They finish the season with 2 more wins, make it to the SEC championship game and compete in the playoffs with 3 losses.