Indeed. But these schedules are made tears in advance. Last year, Tech beat Miami. This year, the Canes tanked, as did MSU. Those are the breaks, as is Arkansas - a team that has never gone to an Sec championship game - doing as well as the have done.
4 weeks into the season, the teams ND opened against were 11-1 against teams not named Notre Dame.
Fortunately, ND and USC will settle this on the field and with a Florida loss, the winner of that game should go.
Actually this is Arkansas' third SEC championship game. On the other hand, they got their butts kicked the first two times.