"I view a 10-2 season in which we didn't beat a single ranked opponent as a disappointment."

You're way overthinking this. IMO too many of you are ruminating yourselves into discontent. BYU's recruiting ranking for the past 4 years is over 60, yet their average ranking at the end of the year is quite a bit better than that. If you think BYU is a top 15 team (it isn't), then maybe you should consider disappointment. Reality and what has been accomplished so far says otherwise.

" But if you are 0-2 against two teams that averaged #20 and you are 10-0 against ten teams that averaged #90 (73 without Wagner), it's hard to say BYU is really progressing. "

Sigh. If you think going 10-2 isn't progressing you need to give things a rest for a while.