You're missing the point: it's about your schedule and your w/l record. Both working in tandem. SOS is an index that helps to sort relative schedule strength among teams with unequal schedule strengths. Being 27-3 in the Southland is great until you realize the whole league is Quad 4 games. A lot of major conference teams could do that and so could half the Ivy League. If you only looked at w/l records, McNeese would be a 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. But they are not, because their record is inflated due to playing a weak schedule.
