of the schedule did not match P5's. Go down the list of any P5 conference we did not have a top tier team (top 10). Additionally we beat P5 conference cellar dwellers last year.
I wish it was not true but it is. It looked solid when scheduled but did not end up that way. On top of it, that was not a year in and year out schedule.....we are not ND where we get USC, Stanford every year with a bunch of other top schools wanting to come to Provo. Independence is great for us, but year in and out not P5 quality.
This year Wisconsin looks solid, we will see if they end up in the top 10. LSU has several losses ahead of them, Utah isn't winning the PAC12, Miss State looked solid but was just blown out. We will see how things shake out.