You’ve heard the excuse, “Well, they haven’t played anybody.” Well, there’s a way to figure that out. Over the next five days, we’ll look at how each Power 5 conference school fares against ranked teams.
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Today, a closer at how SEC teams have fared against ranked teams since 2009, according to StatsPass.com.
- Alabama: 23-7, .767 2. LSU: 20-11, .645 3. South Carolina: 11-8, .579 4. Auburn: 14-13, .519 5. Texas A&M: 9-15, .375 6. Missouri: 8-14, .364 7. Georgia: 7-15, .318 8. Arkansas: 8-18, .308 9. Florida: 6-16, .273 10. Ole Miss: 4-16, .200 11. Mississippi State: 2-21, .087 12. Tennessee: 2-24, .083 13. Vanderbilt: 1-16, .059 14. Kentucky: 1-20, .048
BEST: Alabama. Only Stanford has a better winning percentage against ranked opponents since 2009, and only LSU has played more games against ranked teams. Perhaps most impressive is Alabama’s 14-3 record against top-10 teams.
WORST: Kentucky. Don’t let Wildcats’ fans claim the rest of the SEC’s success as their own. Kentucky’s lone win against a ranked team the last five years was a 31-28 win against No. 10 South Carolina in 2010.
EYE-OPENER: Tennessee, Florida and Georgia have a combined 15-55 record against ranked teams the last five years. That’s a .214 winning percentage. Missouri and Texas A&M, meanwhile, are 10-13 (.435) against ranked teams since joining the SEC in 2012.
