[Mountain Boy]

I have no dog in this fight, but I would say it has something to do with your bolded statement above.

I personally would cheer for Paintsville over Johnson Central because I am a Chirico fan, but to say there is not much discrepancy in the two's strength of schedule is just foolish.

It is a statistical fact based on the won loss record of the opponents each team played last season. Perhaps the terminology "strength of schedule" was improper as compared with the formula used by agencies that rank schedule strength. I suppose I should have stated "won/loss percentage" instead. Any way, each school played basically the same level of opponents relative to its own classification. I am aware that JC's opponents are a stronger group of teams if you matched them up head to head.