Yeah, I did that intentionally because as a P5 team, we should hypothetically aspire to be competing nationally - but I also included Pac-12 rankings to contextualize. But for a place like North Texas, there are no realistic aspirations to compete nationally, and so conference ranking is I think more representative of how they compete against their peers. Having said that, N. Texas ranked very favorably nationally considering their small conference status.
Yeah, I did that intentionally because as a P5 team, we should hypothetically aspire to be competing nationally - but I also included Pac-12 rankings to contextualize. But for a place like North Texas, there are no realistic aspirations to compete nationally, and so conference ranking is I think more representative of how they compete against their peers. Having said that, N. Texas ranked very favorably nationally considering their small conference status.