[TomCollins]

I'm going to add the Sagarin rankings for each of these matchups.

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Here was the Big 10s record against some of the other conferences:

W L
Big 12 0 2

Big 10 #1 vs Big 12 #1 (Texas vs. OSU) L
Big 10 #6 vs Big 12 #4 (Iowa vs Iowa St.) L

ACC 1 0
Big 10 #7 vs. ACC #9 (Wisconsin vs. NC) W

Pac-10 1 2
Big 10 #11 vs. Pac-10 #5 (Illinois vs. Cal) L
Big 10 #9 vs. Pac-10 #4 (NW vs. ASU) L
Big 10 #8 vs. Pac-10 #8 (Purdue vs Arizona) W

SEC 1 0
Big 10 #10 vs. SEC #11 (Indiana vs. Kentucky) W

NotreDame 1 2
Big 10 #3 (Michigan) L
Big 10 #5 (Michigan St) W
Big 10 #8 (Purude) L


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So the better teams of some of the top conferences are better than some of the weaker teams of the Big 10. And Texas beat OSU in a close game.

Doesn't every major conference schedule patsy non-conference games? But I guess the MAC Champion is just as much a patsy as Rice or Louisiana Lafayette.