But Derek, the Saints haven't even played a strong schedule relative to the region that they are in. It's always a challenge to figure out where teams from different region fit in with respect to each other. It gets a little better when there are more games between teams from the two regions. I wish the NCAA had implemented the rule they passed and then pulled back, which was to allow out-of-region games contested during school vacations to count as in-region. It seemed like a perfect compromise - which is probably why it wasn't implemented.
To me playing more games with the Eastern teams would help the level of competition in the West.