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Alabama Football and 10 other SEC teams deal a body blow to Big Ten prestige

It is Love Fest Week for the SEC and ESPN. SEC Media Days featured Alabama Football and Mississippi State on Wednesday morning, with the four-day event concluding on Thursday. With eyes across the nation unable to avoid the attention being given to SEC football, there is predictable pushback.

According to ESPN Analytics, Alabama Football and 10 other SEC teams have tougher schedules than any Big Ten football team. Alabama's schedule is calculated as the SEC's 10th-toughest, which makes the Crimson Tide's schedule the nation's 10th-toughest.

The nine SEC teams calculated to have more difficult schedules than the Alabama Crimson Tide are, in order: Florida, Vanderbilt, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi State, Kentucky, Georgia, Texas A&M, and LSU, one spot lower than Alabama.