Another point to keep in mind that is always frustrating for me: you can't name ONE team that has consistently been "dangerous" to play for the last 10 years. You can't say Georgia (though it's close) because of 2010. You can't say Alabama, because prior to 2008 they kind of . . . well . . . sucked. You can't say Tennessee, you can't say Abuurn, you can't say Arkansas, you can't say South Carolina, you can't say Florida (2011, but overall not bad). You could say LSU (except for 2008), since they were overall the best team going back 10 years (Georgia wasn't that bad either).
My point is this: whether your schedule is difficult or not depends on how the teams you are playing do THAT YEAR, NOT the previous year. Past performance is NO GUARANTEE of FUTURE performance. If it was, Arkansas would still be considered a quality opponent, and Alabama would still be considered weak. Anyone here remember when the SEC West was uniformly considered weak, with the exception of LSU? I do. There was a time NOT LONG AGO when the SEC East was considered the quality division. The "Big 3" in the conference were us, Florida and . . . Tennessee. It's headed in that direction NOW. The West has Alabama, LSU and A&M. Between them, we know Texas A&M will fall off first. The East has us, Florida and South Carolina. South Carolina will fall off first. Tennessee WILL rise again. Abuurn WILL rise again. Arkansas will MOST LIKELY rise again. What if we beat South Carolina soundly, say 37-17? Most would say, "Wow - Georgia is looking FOR REAL!". But then what would people say if the 'Cocks went on to lose 7 more games during the season? Everyone would say, "Georgia just had a weak schedule". Well it wasn't weak BEFORE we played it!
The SEC is so loaded - not with good teams, but with good FOOTBALL PROGRAMS - because of many factors, not the least of which is the CUT THROAT COMPETITION in the conference. By comparison, you have Texas and Oklahoma in the Big 12, Ohio State and Michigan in the Big 10, USC and Oregon (Oregon being a new comer to the "consistently good" class), and Stanford rapidly rising into the group from the Pac 12. The ACC? That's a tough one, but I'll say this: Miami, Florida State and Virginia Tech will rise again. The others are sort of "hit and miss". Take all of the above teams, and sprinkle in a few other teams that will rise again (Nebraska and Penn State and teams like that) from around the country and we would have what I think of as the TRUE D1.
I really HATE comparing schedules - you just have no idea how tough the schedule is until you have played it, and the teams on your schedule have played the REST of their games.