So you know the Southeastern Conference finished a lackluster 6-6 in non-conference games over the first weekend of college football.

That is not a success rate to which SEC fans can relate.

They expect better and almost always get better.

So I thought it might be interesting to look and see how the other leagues did.

Here goes:

ACC: 10-2. Best win: FSU over Ole Miss. Worst loss: Richmond 37, Virginia 20. All hail the Richmond Spiders …

Big 10: 12-2. Best win: Wisconsin over LSU. Worst loss: Western Michigan 22, Northwestern 21. Those would be the Western Michigan Broncos …

Big 12: 7-3. Best win: Texas over Notre Dame. Worst loss: Northern Iowa 25, Iowa State 20. Those would be the Northern Iowa Panthers.

Pac 12: 7-5. Best win: Stanford over Kansas State. Worst loss: (a tie) Eastern Washington 45, Washington State 42 (those would be the EWU Eagles) and Alabama 52, USC 6 (That would be the, uh, Crimson Tide).

SEC: 6-6. Best win: Bama. Worst loss: South Alabama 21, Mississippi State 20.

Conference USA: 6-4. Best win: USM over Kentucky. Worst loss: Charlotte 14, Louisville 70.

American Athletic: 10-2. Best win: Houston over Oklahoma. Worst loss: Wake Forest 7, Tulane 3. (Final score, not a partial.)

Mountain West: 8-4. Best win: Honestly, there really wasn’t one. Worst loss: Hawaii 3, Michigan 63.

Mid-America: 6-6. Best win: Western Michigan over Northwestern. Worst loss: Albany 22, Buffalo 16. Those would be the University of Albany Great Danes.

Sun Belt: 6-5. Best win: South Alabama over State. Worst loss: Toledo 31, Arkansas State 10. Those Toledo Rockets, by the way, are really good.

SWAC: 1-6. Best (and only) win: Grambling 72, Lynchburg 12. Worst loss: The other six SWAC schools that played non-league games lost by a total score of 327-61. Ouch!

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League vs. league: How they did

by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today
September 7, 2016

<h1>League vs. league: How they did</h1> <p class="byline">by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today <br />September 7, 2016</p> <p>So you know the Southeastern Conference finished a lackluster 6-6 in non-conference games over the first weekend of college football.</p> <p>That is not a success rate to which SEC fans can relate.</p> <p>They expect better and almost always get better.</p> <p>So I thought it might be interesting to look and see how the other leagues did.</p> <p>Here goes:</p> <p><b>ACC: </b>10-2. Best win: FSU over Ole Miss. Worst loss: Richmond 37, Virginia 20. All hail the Richmond Spiders …</p> <div id="attachment_4880" class="wp-block-image wp-caption"> <figure class="alignright is-resized"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/rick-photo-in-payton-shirt-e1464999455280.jpg?ssl=1"><img src="https://i1.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/rick-photo-in-payton-shirt-e1464999455280-140x140.jpg?resize=140%2C140&amp;ssl=1" alt="Rick Cleveland " class="wp-image-4880" height="140" width="140" /></a><figcaption><strong>Rick Cleveland</strong></figcaption></figure> </div> <p><b>Big 10: </b>12-2. Best win: Wisconsin over LSU. Worst loss: Western Michigan 22, Northwestern 21. Those would be the Western Michigan Broncos …</p> <p><b>Big 12: </b>7-3. Best win: Texas over Notre Dame. Worst loss: Northern Iowa 25, Iowa State 20. Those would be the Northern Iowa Panthers.</p> <p><b>Pac 12: </b>7-5. Best win: Stanford over Kansas State. Worst loss: (a tie) Eastern Washington 45, Washington State 42 (those would be the EWU Eagles) and Alabama 52, USC 6 (That would be the, uh, Crimson Tide).</p> <p><b>SEC: </b>6-6. Best win: Bama. Worst loss: South Alabama 21, Mississippi State 20.</p> <p><b>Conference USA: </b>6-4. Best win: USM over Kentucky. Worst loss: Charlotte 14, Louisville 70.</p> <p><b>American Athletic: </b>10-2. Best win: Houston over Oklahoma. Worst loss: Wake Forest 7, Tulane 3. (Final score, not a partial.)</p> <p><b>Mountain West: </b>8-4. Best win: Honestly, there really wasn’t one. Worst loss: Hawaii 3, Michigan 63.</p> <p><b>Mid-America: </b>6-6. Best win: Western Michigan over Northwestern. Worst loss: Albany 22, Buffalo 16. Those would be the University of Albany Great Danes.</p> <p><b>Sun Belt: </b>6-5. Best win: South Alabama over State. Worst loss: Toledo 31, Arkansas State 10. Those Toledo Rockets, by the way, are really good.</p> <p>S<b>WAC: </b>1-6. Best (and only) win: Grambling 72, Lynchburg 12. Worst loss: The other six SWAC schools that played non-league games lost by a total score of 327-61. Ouch!</p> <p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://mississippitoday.org/2016/09/07/league-vs-league-how-they-did/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://mississippitoday.org">Mississippi Today</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MT_square-thumb.jpg?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://mississippitoday.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=19124" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p> Copy to Clipboard

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