Looks like the Big 12 finished exactly one game ahead of the ACC and the SEC in terms of best out of conference record (as long as I didn't mess anything up, which is possible but I don't think I did).

The Pac-10 really struggled in overall in their out of conference games.

Apparently, the ACC was the ONLY conference with a record above .500 against other BCS conference schools. Surprising to me, but not to many of you.

The last column shows games that each conference played against the cream of the crop of out of conference teams: those ranked in the AP top 25. I chose the poll I wanted to use. The games in red matched up two top 25 teams not in the same conference.

As you can see, SOME of the Pac-10's struggles against teams outside their conference can be explained by the fact that despite only having 10 teams, they played more games against top 25 out of conference teams than any other conference.

The ACC, the Big 12, and the Pac 10 all had 2 wins against teams ranked in the top 25 but not in their conference. The Pac-10 did it in 11 games. the ACC in 6 games, and the Big 12 in 2 games. However, Oklahoma was the only school that ended up having scheduled a game against a ranked opponent outside their conference. I know this was done years in advance, but I am just pointing it out.

This really confirms for me that Oklahoma should have been in the title game (I am extremely biased, though). Look at Texas' out of conference schedule. Look at Oklahoma's. Oklahoma played 2 additional ranked opponents...both 10-2 teams with one of their losses coming to Oklahoma. Texas played crap and dominated Texas Tech and Oklahoma State...2 teams Texas struggled against. Plus, Oklahoma theoretically had a more quality loss (albeit to Texas) than Texas did (Texas Tech).

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