Any idea what has happened to Texas and Oklahoma? They are mired in 14th and 15th on 24/7 rankings and don't have many spaces left. I remember when Texas was always in the top five. Each Power 5 conference has at least two teams ahead of them. Stoops seems to have had his best days at Oklahoma. West Va is 30th, at #3 in the B12. TCU and Baylor don't seem to be having great years either.
When you blow up your conference, people notice.
They'll have their days again when they find the right mix. Also, I think it would be interesting to try to mark where the real threshold of impact is with these rankings. For example, I suspect that any team in the top 5 has a pretty equal shot at good results, because at that point there's plenty of talent and it is more how that talent develops. I'd suspect there are some identifiable thresholds in there, but I'm not really sure where they are. My gut says that 14 and 15 are in a 1B area, where there's less room for error than a top 5, but every possibility of good results.
What is interesting to me is that they seem to rise and fall together. Instead of OK being able to really capitalize on the teasips' down period, it seems they need Texas to be strong to get full value out of their own brand.