Yes that is accurate Dan, but I am not sure that is a fair assessment when ranking UL, as we both know the schedules are mapped out years in advance. Punishing any team, like UL, based on the performance of the teams they are forced to play, is not always an indication of their worthiness.
There are always other ways to justify where a particular team is judged. For example, Duke played 16 of their 26 games (thus far) against the same ACC teams as UL. It should be noted that two (2) of Duke’s three (3) losses came against UL opponents, specifically UK and Clemson.
Duke lost to UK by about the same margin as UL did, yet UL defeated the same Clemson team that beat Duke. If one confines their assessment of UL to that comparative metric ……. I am not sure there is that much difference between top 5 Duke and UL, at this point in time. UL may very well have an opportunity to avenge each of their losses, as they could meet either Duke, UK, Tennessee or Ole Miss in the upcoming tournaments. I think UL has a fair shot at beating any one of those four in a rematch if played in a neutral site.
