re: strength of schedule complaints

i'm not a college football scheduler but, i would imagine scheduling is seen as mitigating the risk of not going undefeated. i'm sure they have risk assesments that show percentages of win/loss record vs what they know of the ooc teams on the schedule prior to the season. given that their hands are tied with the sec schedule, i'm sure they try to assess what it would take to keep them in the top 3rd of sos in the country, which they've done very successfully this decade. the rest is up to the football gods.