Look, I understand polls matter but just like life isn't fair, neither is football.
We just played a team with more scholarships, more funding, better facilities, etc. Nothing about that is fair. If teams were being judged strictly on merrit so far this season Clemson and Alabama might have trouble breaking the top 25 of the fbs, much less being in the top 5.
If we win 8 games we will be ranked. If we keep winning for a few years voters in polls will give us the benefit of the doubt. This life. I remember Furman starting 02 under Lamb and still be ranked in the top 25. Nothing about that was fair.