- Memphis (10-3) and Tulane (11-3) were good wins for SMU last year. In those two games, the average score was 32-24.

- Add Memphis and Tulane to Oklahoma, TCU, and Boston College and SMU's average score against decent teams was 21-26....SMU's record was 2-3 in those games.

- Rice was the only other bowl-eligible G5 team that SMU faced (Rice lost to Texas State 21-45 in their bowl game). SMU beat Rice in a close one: 36-31.

SMU's record against P5 and bowl-eligible G5 teams was 3-3, with an average score of 23-27.

- SMU padded its record and its average score with a bunch of *bad* opponents.

SMU faced 7 G5 teams with records between 5-7 & 2-10. Four of those had only 2 or 3 wins. The average score in those games was 47-12.

SMU won 69-0 over FCS Prairie View A&M (6-6).