OT : College Football Ranking-- Just an Observation

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Posted By: Todd Schultz

or much of the SEC for that matter. They never travel and prove it in the other guy's house. Unlike Tennessee and LSU, who have scheduled meaningful non-conference games, some even on the road, the Gators NEVER travel. In the last ten years, Florida has not scheduled a single non-conference game on the road except for in-state rival FSU. ZERO out of state non-conny games in TEN YEARS (probably more--I just stopped looking). That is pathetic. Not only that, in the same 10 years, they have played no regular season games against any school from the Big 10, Pac 10, Big East, ACC or Big 12 (other than their instate rivals) except for one-- they played Oklahoma State once, in Tallahassee of course.

As much as I would love to see a college football playoff, I would just as much love to see balanced scheduling, where the big conferences have to go head to head at least once each year, with travel involved. Many schools already have such schedules, but not the Gators. Other than rivals FSU and Miami, here are their non-conny foes over the last 10 years: The Citadel (twice) , Northeast Louisiana, Western Michigan, Central Florida, Ball State, Middle Tennessee State, Marshall, Louisiana-Monroe, UAB, Ohio University, San Jose State, Eastern Michigan, Middle Tennessee State, Wyoming, Louisiana Tech, Southern Miss, Western Kentucky, Troy, Hawaii, and Florida A&M--all home games too. Geez, very impressive.