The ACC and strength of schedule top this week's Anger Index

Greg Sankey says he hasn't been working the refs, but it's hard to ignore the constant buzz from SEC coaches and administrators about how important strength of schedule is, how deceptive win-loss records can be, how grueling the path through nine games of conference play is in the SEC.

That, of course, is Sankey's job. It's up to the committee to accept or ignore the SEC's argument based on the merits. To this point, they've chosen the former.

To be fair, Sankey has a compelling case. The SEC appears to be the strongest conference, top to bottom, and metrics like SP+ bear that out. But it's one thing to agree with the general idea that Texas might have it a bit harder than Texas Tech. It's…