The SEC, where playing a road game against a non-conference opponent just means more.
Considering that UK and South Carolina have home-and-home series with non-conference rivals, geez, that’s impressive.
Bottom line — they’ll keep doing it as long as they can get away with doing it.
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A little surprised FL isn’t on there, but maybe FSU and an occasional Miami game help them
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Look again. The Gators are number six on that list.
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Yeah, just subtract 7 or 8 from Florida’s number to account for their visits to Tallahassee, and then compare that number to the rest!
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And the other 2 or 3 are Da U. Florida hasn’t played a true non-conference road game outside of its own state since 1991. That is astonishing.
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Is this a shot at those teams for playing too many cupcakes, too many neutral site games, or both?
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Yes
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This is a depressing statistic. But it will continue to get worse until someone is denied a slot in the playoffs due to a weak schedule. As my dad used to say, put your hand on your ass and wait for that to happen and it might grow there.
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Jeremy Foley said during the Spurrier era that Florida does not play non-conference road games. I guess FSU and Miami didn’t count back then, and if you subtract them it looks about the same now.
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If the national championship is the goal, this is the best path to take.
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Alabama with 6? I see Oklahoma, UCLA, Penn State and Duke. What am I missing. The Tide are this century’s homesteaders.
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I stand corrected. Because of NCAA sanctions, Bama was able to schedule a 13th game in 02 and 03 in Honolulu against the Warriors to offset not going to bowl games. How cute.
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I’d like to know where Bama is if you counted the kick off games as road games.
I am not surprised with Kentucky, they need to beat Western Kentucky to be bowl eligible more time than not. UK getting Bowl eligible also helps the SEC generate $$$ which the conference very much likes.
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cue Pink Floyd and Money, Money, Money.
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Best of my recollection, here are Georgia’s numbers since 2000:
Non-conference road games (15):
@GT (9), @Clemson (2), @Arizona State, @Oklahoma State, @Colorado, @Notre Dame; Record 12-3.
Non-conference neutral site games (20):
Michigan State (2), Nebraska (2), UVA, BC, FSU, Purdue, Wisconsin, WVU, Virginia Tech, Hawaii, Texas A&M, UCF, Boise State, Louisville, Penn State, UNC, TCU, Oklahoma; Record 14-6.
In-conference neutral site games (25):
UF (18), LSU (3), Alabama (2), Arkansas, Auburn; Record 9-16.
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I saw this on reddit. Florida playing the “we have to play FSU every year” card that morphs into “that’s a harder game than Tech.”
Tech is 3-2 vs FSU the last 10 years.
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Does playing Tech in ATL really count as a true road game?
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Something happened here.
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