Ranking opponent winning percentage for every SEC team

Schedules have long been set for the 2024 SEC football season. Texas has one of the most manageable schedules in the league.

The Longhorns face many of the lesser teams in the conference. They face the league’s bottom three teams from a season ago in Vanderbilt (2-10), Arkansas (4-8) and Mississippi State (5-7). Two of the Longhorns’ three true road games in conference play will be against Vanderbilt and Arkansas.

We don’t want to diminish the rivalry game effect Texas could face in road games against rabid home crowds at Arkansas and Texas A&M. Even so, the Longhorns already passed the biggest road test in the SEC last season in a 10-point road win over Alabama. Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers wasn’t fazed then dropping 349 yards on the Tide defense. He shouldn’t be in Fayetteville or College Station either.

Let’s look at opponent winning percentages for each SEC team’s 2024 schedule.

Florida Gators

2024 opponent win percentage: 68%

Longhorns Wire prediction: 7-5

Discretion is the better part of valor, and Florida’s schedule maker has none of it. Last season, I had the Gators going 4-8 because of it. An upset win over Tennessee lifted the team to 5-7.

2024 opponent win percentage: 63%

Longhorns Wire prediction: 4-8

Taking away the 2-10 team as a scheduling option decreases the Commodores’ chances of fielding an easy schedule. Vanderbilt was the conference’s only 2-10 squad last season.

Alabama Crimson Tide

2024 opponent win percentage: 63%

Longhorns Wire prediction: 8-4

With head coaching legend Nick Saban gone and less than 32% of the team’s 2023 starters returning, everybody wants a piece of the Tide in 2024. Alabama will play Georgia, at LSU, at Oklahoma, at Tennessee and Missouri this season.

2024 opponent win percentage: 62%

Longhorns Wire prediction: 8-4

Oklahoma could be better than their record in 2024…

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Author : Longhorns Wire

Publish date : 2024-01-25 19:37:56

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