SEC teams really do not have to play a difficult non-conference schedule. The SEC is that good.
How many other teams in the country would have a winning record in the SEC on a consistent basis. Maybe 10.
Yes, the same SEC that when they beat up on each other, its considered a win, but if other conferences beat up on one another, its considered a loss .... ya That sec.
Fwiw, none of the TOP teams play all that tough of a schedule, because they are expected to beat all the others, so the only challenge is when they play one another ....
I'm talking the Top guys, Bama, Buckeyes and Georgia ....
Sorry Notre Dame, Clemson and Texas A&M likes.