SEC vs Big Ten information present hole between 2 leagues

The non-conference portion of faculty soccer schedules is basically finished.

The SEC has 4 extra rivalry crossovers on Thanksgiving weekend, however league play will dominate the remainder of the autumn.

Checking the scoreboard, the SEC was the dominant league in September video games.

With two extra wins Saturday, the SEC moved to 10-2 in non-conference video games towards Power-4 convention groups. Alabama’s 50-36 win over Florida State paired with Vanderbilt’s miracle towards NC State capped the early-season run of P4 video games.

The Big Ten’s bark, regardless of its preseason bluster and three straight nationwide titles, hasn’t matched its chunk.

Teams from the 18-team league are 4-9 towards P4 groups when together with Notre Dame.

The full standings for P4 conferences when enjoying one another.

The SEC went 2-1 towards the Big Ten, with the Texas win over then-No. 1 Ohio State main the record. Mississippi State additionally stomped Minnesota, 38-13, the identical day in Minneapolis.

Oklahoma’s loss to Michigan was the smudge towards Big Ten groups, whereas Utah’s 43-10 beat-down of Arkansas was the opposite setback.

That 10-2 mark already exhibits actual enchancment after a tough finish to the SEC’s non-conference schedule final 12 months. The league went 12-13 towards P4 groups after dropping eight of 9 such bowl video games.

Complete conference-on-conference histories will be discovered on topdan.com, although the location nonetheless counts Pac-12 amongst energy conferences and doesn’t embrace Notre Dame. We accounted for these in our information—subtracting Pac-12 video games from what’s thought of energy convention video games in 2026, given the league’s new composition.

There’s additionally a significant caveat when contemplating the Big Ten’s 4-9 file.

That league doesn’t require members to play a P4 group, whereas the SEC does (together with nine-game convention schedules.

Teams like defending champ Indiana, Penn State, Washington, USC, Nebraska and Wisconsin haven’t performed anybody from a peer convention.

Indiana, for instance, beat North Texas, Howard (FCS) and Western Kentucky by a mixed 145-16 within the three opening weeks.

Penn State toured the Sun Belt, American and MAC for wins over Marshall, Temple and Buffalo.

Real challenges stay in November for the SEC to take care of this sort of file. Kentucky performs Louisville the identical weekend as South Carolina vs. Clemson, Florida vs. Florida State and Georgia vs. Georgia Tech.