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What was OU's ranking versus Missouri, Kentucky, Usc, and Vandy?
OU was 19th when they played Tennessee while the other teams were not ranked.
If your preparing to say that if Oklahoma was no better, or the likes of Vanderbilt and Kentucky were as good as OU, the ratings would be more similar. Yes, I do not doubt the gap would almost surely be less.
Point 1: What are the odds of that?
That Oklahoma has more
national titles, and that Bob Stoops has as many
BCS bowl wins as combined
conference championships South Carolina, Vanderbilt, and Kentucky speaks to that question, I believe.
That Oklahoma beat Tennessee the past two years, while Tennessee went a combined 7-1 against those 4 other teams speaks to that question, I believe.
You think an Oklahoma in the SEC would look more like those 4 teams than it would a Florida or Georgia?
Point 2: Wouldn't that argument support that ratings are driven by the quality of team, the quality of program, while weakening the argument that its about state population or some other similar standard?
Is that what you're intending to say? Doubtful, but if so, see Point 1.