I was mentioning this in another thread and figured I would post details. I used my favorite computer ranking program ( I have a few), and "predicted" each game for this year based on order of finish last year. Then, for each of the 120 FBS teams, I had the prediction modified so they went 12-0 with others game held the same and ran the program, producing a rating number for each team, IF they went undefeated. Since there difference between ratings for two undefeated teams is their strength of schedule (this program doesnt consider score), the rating if they go undefeated is a proxy for the SOS. Some numbers for context:
Last year, at 12-0 (pre conf championship game) Texas was #1 and Bama #2 by this system, with a rating of 3.961 and 3.919. After getting to 13-0, Alabama moved ahead of Texas. So, all of the top #36 have a schedule strong enough to be ahead of Texas and Bama after week 12 last year. For those wondering, Cincy was the worst of the 12-0 teams at 3.703 (scheduling SE MO St killed them). At the bottom, Western Michigan's 3.069 would have been ranked 27th after getting to 12-0. Thats a bad schedule.
1. UCLA 4.371
2. Washington St 4.356
3. North Carolina 4.345
4. Oregon St 4.301
5. Washington 4.270
6. Miami FL 4.270
7. Virginia Tech 4.229
8. Duke 4.228
9. South Carolina 4.183
10. Oklahoma 4.165
11. LSU 4.150
12. Vanderbilt 4.119
13. Iowa St 4.119
14. Southern Cal 4.111
15. Georgia Tech 4.107
16. Texas A&M 4.073
17. Michigan 4.057
18. Oklahoma St 4.054
19. Mississippi 4.050
20. Stanford 4.044
21. Illinois 4.033
22. North Carolina St 4.021
23. California 4.020
24. Minnesota 4.017
25. Florida 4.012
26. Auburn 4.007
27. Arizona 4.002
28. Florida St 4.001
29. New Mexico 3.999
30. Colorado 3.996
31. Arkansas 3.994
32. Notre Dame 3.992
33. Tennessee 3.986
34. UNLV 3.973
35. Arizona St 3.970
36. Penn State 3.968
37. Texas 3.937
38. Texas Tech 3.932
39. Pittsburgh 3.930
40. Wyoming 3.921
41. Iowa 3.893
42. Alabama 3.892
43. Mississippi St 3.890
44. West Virginia 3.880
45. Georgia 3.874
46. Baylor 3.871
47. San Jose St 3.850
48. Utah 3.848
49. Virginia 3.837
50. South Florida 3.833
51. Oregon 3.830
52. Ohio State 3.827
53. Connecticut 3.812
54. Fresno St 3.808
55. Boston College 3.791
56. Wake Forest 3.786
57. Louisiana Tech 3.786
58. SMU 3.775
59. Rutgers 3.773
60. Kansas 3.771
61. Syracuse 3.768
62. Nevada 3.759
63. Boise St 3.754
64. Maryland 3.752
65. Kansas St 3.752
66. TCU 3.750
67. Nebraska 3.743
68. Brigham Young 3.741
69. Utah St 3.729
70. Wisconsin 3.724
71. Missouri 3.724
72. Louisville 3.721
73. Colorado St 3.718
74. Cincinnati 3.708
75. Northwestern 3.707
76. Hawaii 3.705
77. Air Force 3.696
78. New Mexico St 3.691
79. Marshall 3.682
80. East Carolina 3.674
81. Toledo 3.647
82. Miami OH 3.647
83. Michigan St 3.630
84. Memphis 3.627
85. Rice 3.615
86. Temple 3.612
87. Idaho 3.609
88. Clemson 3.560
89. Kentucky 3.549
90. Indiana 3.533
91. Tulane 3.526
92. San Diego St 3.508
93. Navy 3.507
94. Louisiana-Lafayette 3.497
95. Eastern Michigan 3.485
96. Tulsa 3.433
97. Houston 3.419
98. Purdue 3.416
99. Bowling Green 3.410
100. Southern Miss 3.385
101. Louisiana-Monroe 3.361
102. Alabama-Birmingham 3.358
103. Central Michigan 3.323
104. Arkansas St 3.318
105. Florida Atlantic 3.295
106. Florida Intl 3.274
107. Ohio U. 3.263
108. Northern Illinois 3.257
109. Western Kentucky 3.233
110. Troy 3.214
111. UTEP 3.194
112. Kent St 3.160
113. Ball St 3.149
114. Middle Tennessee St 3.145
115. Central Florida 3.145
116. Army 3.115
117. North Texas 3.114
118. Buffalo 3.106
119. Akron 3.086
120. Western Michigan 3.069