How Georgia stacks up against the SEC's best.

For comparison's sake I did UGA, AU, AL, AR and LSU so that the supposed three best teams in the SEC west could be compared to UGA. I threw in AU since that is the next team on our schedule. After averaging the offenses that a team faced I added that teams defensive rank to that number since a defensive ranking for a team would be compared the the offenses it went against. Then I added those two numbers and averaged them to come up with an adjusted ranking that took into account where a team is ranked and their strength of schedule on that side of the ball. I then did the same for the defenses a team faced and added in that teams offensive numbers. Hopefully it will make sense after looking at my chart.

UGA schedule	offense	defense
Boise State	13	13
USCe	81	9
CC*	120	120
Ole Miss	113	98
Miss. State	56	40
UT	97	31
Vandy	103	30
UF	94	14
NMSU	46	112
average rank	80.33	51.89
	UGA D rank	UGA O rank
	7	35
total	87.33	86.89
adjusted rank	43.67	43.44
Auburn schedule	offense	defense
Utah State	25	28
Miss. State	56	40
Clemson	15	66
Florida Atlantic	119	69
USCe	81	9
Arkansas	23	55
UF	94	14
LSU	78	3
Ole Miss	113	98
average rank	67.11	42.44
	AU D rank	AU O Rank
	75	89
total	142.11	131.44
adjusted rank	71.06	65.72
LSU Schedule	offense	defense
Oregon	7	62
North Western State	120	120
Miss. State	56	40
West Virginia	12	23
UK	117	70
UF	94	14
UT	97	31
AU	89	75
Alabama	29	1
average rank	69	48.44
	LSU D rank	LSU O Rank
	3	81
total	72	129.44
adjusted rank	36	64.72
Arkansas Schedule	offense	defense
Missouri State	120	120
New Mexico	114	119
Troy	72	114
Alabama	29	1
Texas A&M	9	93
AU	89	75
Ole Miss	113	98
Vandy	103	30
USCe	81	9
average rank	81.11	73.22
	Ark. D rank	Ark. O rank
	55	23
total	136.11	96.22
adjusted rank	68.06	48.11
Alabama schedule	offense	defense
Kent State	120	31
Penn State	88	8
North Texas	110	104
Arkansas	23	55
UF	94	14
Vandy	103	30
Ole Miss	113	98
UT	97	31
LSU	81	3
average rank	92.11	41.56
	AL D rank	AL O rank
	1	29
total	93.11	70.56
adjusted rank	46.56	35.28

What all this shows me is that after you account for schedule UGA has really earned its offensive and defensive rankings in total yards on offense and defense every bit as much as the teams that are considered to be amont the elite in the nation. Falling just behind Alabama on offense and just behind LSU on defense. Alabama's first place defense has had the benefit of playing against on average a 93rd ranked offense just as Georgia's has benefited from playing against on average the 87th best offense. That means that as far as difficulty there is little difference and therefore it is reasonable to say that Georgia's defense would stack up well against Alabama's schedule.

There are a great number of other factors that go into it but this gives some objective comparison to strength of schedule of these teams. Any suggestions for other comparisons are welcome. All rankings are national and taken from cfbstats.com .