Though Vanderbilt and Missouri have identical 1-4 SEC records, few people consider these teams to be identical. Vanderbilt’s four SEC losses have come to the likes of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Kentucky, by an average of 17 points per game. Their lone SEC win came at Arkansas, widely considered the SEC’s worst team.
Missouri’s four SEC losses have come against Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, and Kentucky; while the loss to Alabama wasn’t close, they kept things respectable against Georgia, lost to South Carolina on a late field goal, and lost to Kentucky on a last-second touchdown following a controversial pass interference call.