... strength of schedule, the vaunted power of the BCS conferences. How tough, tough, tough they are. But the strength of schedule ratings are, by definition, skewed toward to BCS conferences.

A 3-9 Colorado team and 5-7 Kansas team rate higher than a 3-9 Colorado State and a 5-7 UNLV, even though Colorado State beat Colorado, and Kansas was in such a complete meltdown due to internal team problems that they were pretty much incapable of beating anyone by year end. 

Ratings within 10 teams are essentially the same, due to statistical variance (hence a TCU schedule rated as 60th toughest is within a standard deviation of a Texas schedule rated 52nd toughest) and should, from ...

Read Complete Article at Bleacher Report - College Football