Debates between SEC and Big Ten fans regarding their schedules have hit an all time high since the College Football Playoff expanded to 12 teams. Now that more teams have a chance to make it in, college football experts, reporters and fans have needed to find a way to compare similar teams between the two conferences to determine who gets the seven at-large spots in the playoff.
All of the metrics point to the SEC facing more difficult schedules compared to the Big Ten, and it frankly isn't even close. But that hasn't stopped Big Ten fans, and even one coach, from trying to tear the SEC down.
But David Pollack wasn't having any of it as he recently called out the Big Ten for their ridiculous opinions when it comes to this debate.
Big Ten schedules allow for a luxury that SEC teams just don't have. pic.twitter.com/4U9QvW2hyA
— David Pollack (@davidpollack47) November 24, 2025
David Pollack says the exact thing every SEC fan is thinking
The second to last weekend in college football has quickly been coined the "SEC Cupcake" week. That title has been given to the SEC for good reason because over half the league plays a non-conference opponent that has no business lining up against them. That was even the case with Georgia who just played Charlotte this past weekend.
So while there is a good reason to make fun of the SEC for scheduling a weak opponent at this point in the season, it still doesn't make up for the drastic difference between the SEC and Big Ten's schedules.
Pollack made the point regarding Ohio State's schedule based around the fact that their top two wide receivers were rested this past weekend. Both players were a little injured, but they were nowhere near injured enough where they couldn't have played. But since nearly every game OSU plays in the Big Ten is an easy game, the Buckeyes could afford to rest them.
That luxury does not exist in the SEC.
Sure the SEC does deserve some heat for scheduling easy opponents during the second to last week of the season, but they deserve that break because they gauntlet they face every other week throughout the season doesn't even compare to the easy road teams like Ohio State have every season in the Big Ten.