"How will you know how strong your conference is if you don't play outside it?" Well, we know that when LSU did play a PAC 10 team this year, it had a much lower margin of victory that USC had against the same team.........So much for the great SEC!
USC beat Fresno State 50-42. Lousiana Tech beat Fresno State 40-28 so by your logic, Lousiana Tech is better than USC.