Originally Posted by
seaborneq
It's not slipping of those programs as much as the rise of others. Tennessee slippage coincides with Vandy, Memphis, and Georgia getting better. BYU slippage coincides with Boise St, Notre Dame, Navy, and Washington getting(back) on the national stage. North Carolina's coincides with Clemson, Wake Forest, NC State, and Duke upswings. Florida State is not down, just having to share the spotlight with Clemson in the ACC. Oregon's slippage coincides with the upswings of Washington, Washington State, Stanford, and USC. So it's not slippage its sharing the pot with more good teams which means falling down the food chain.