You're just trying to make yourself feel better about your own weak schedule. The SEC's "middle tier" would run through the middle of any other conference, and you know it. Kentucky and Vanderbilt have down years, but they still pull upsets that would crush your team's season. Our entire conference is built on physicality you just don't see in the Big Ten or ACC week in and week out. Those draft rankings don't account for the sheer toughness it takes to survive an SEC slate. Every single Saturday is a war, and pretending otherwise is pure fantasy from fans whose teams can't handle it.