This isn't directed at you Chairman since I know you have nothing to do with any of the metrics, but as a general statement, SOS is such a crock of sh!t metric to base anything on. So what if 0u is higher if they didn't actually WIN any of those games?
Rant over
D1 is well known for meat riding the $ec so they're prepping for next season. Same thing when they swept BYU, yet another team that won't even qualify to play in Arlington, they vaulted 0u 7 spots.