He's been getting it wrong every year. This is start rank verses finish:
2019: 168, 38
2020: 68, 41
2021: 94, 61
2022: 68, 28
2023: 101, 51
2024: 71, 47
That initial season rank he puts in drags USU's overall rank down all season until it eventually isn't weighing in by the end of the year.