Games from 5 years ago are irrelevant in relation to this year.
They beat an FCS by 60. They looked good and did what they were supposed to do. They get the benefit of the doubt because they stacked wins last year. That's important to voters.
We beat a low level FBS team 31-0 in about a half. We looked good and did what we were supposed to do. Plus, we beat uofl last year.
I would say we should be ranked even with what's happened in week 1 in voter's eyes.
Unfortunately, next week, they play another poor opponent and will win by a ton. We will play an SEC school and should win.
Two wins against 2 FBS teams, 1 being SEC should push us up above a 2 win uofl against 2 bad opponents, but voters won't care.
A lot of voters use tradition or last year's results in early season voting. They also don't like to be wrong which is why some teams keep losing but remain in the polls.