Got ya, yes the SOS to date is crap thus far IMO. At the same time you have to beat who is on your schedule and they are doing it convincingly week in and week out, I remember when that sort of thing happened for us too.
They really never have been, which is why we got the BCS, then playoff because rankings are at best arbitrary, at worst a popularity contest.
Had to look up what Portland/Yankee was and it’s basically the play action deep shots we are missing. How to create explosive passing plays with the Yankee concept
Yes, a popularity contest that high school recruits are very much paying attention to... So, the rankings are important to recruiting.