re: If LSU was in the Big Ten or Pac Ten this year predictions on W vs L

Big 10:
Ohio State would beat us handily.
Wisconsin was a push, seems like they should have won by about 10 points but they didn't.
Michigan State would give us a hard time and a couple other teams could upset us (Nebraska with their elite RB comes to mind).

I like us against most others, so depending on our division I say we're an 8-9 win team.

Pac 12:
Oregon would probably get us this year. We can dominate them when we're strong in the front seven; we aren't this year.
I'd be afraid of the Arizona spread passing attack.
Stanford, Arizona State, UCLA and USC are all solid outs even if we'd be favored against them.

Again, probably 8-9 win team.

We're a 5-7 win team this year in our division, so yeah, being in the West hurts, but we wouldn't be some juggernaut otherwise. We're still weak at several crucial positions.