LSU's and USC's opponents side by side The AP voter who writes for the Knoxville paper had an interesting way to vote for teams with the same record -- place their opponents side by side, and see which team's opponents would win more. This is what happens if we do that with LSU and USC. Since LSU plays 13 games and USC only plays 12, we will not count LSU's 13th game as an LSU win. UGA is counted twice because LSU plays them twice. Listed in toughest to easiest order. Team at the right is favored team. UGA vs. Washington State: UGA favored. UGA vs. Auburn: UGA beat Auburn. Florida vs. Cal: Florida favored. Ole Miss vs. Oregon State: Ole Miss favored. Arkansas vs. Notre Dame: Arkansas favored. Auburn vs. Hawaii: Auburn favored. South Carolina vs. Washington: PICK. Alabama vs. Arizona State: Alabama. LA Tech vs UCLA: UCLA. Mississippi State vs Stanford: Stanford. Arizona vs Arizona: Scratch. ULM vs. BYU: BYU. Western Illinois: no USC opponent to compare them to. Breaking this down, LSU's opponents are 7-3-1. The only USC opponents that have advantages over LSU are the 4th, 3rd and 1st easiest games played. This shows us that it is LSU's bottom 1/3 of the schedule that continues to hold us back. LSU's toughest six would beat USC's toughest six. More reason to vote LSU #2.
