It’s cool that they beat Wazoo, but their other non-conference wins were against GA Southern and Portland State. Their MWC schedule isn’t exactly murderer’s row.
As we’ve all learned over the past two seasons, playing in a power conference is a completely different experience that playing in a G5. You have to play well every single week, and you must have significantly better depth to compete due to the noticeable differences in size, speed, and athleticism from the teams that you face. It’s much different than playing a few P4 teams in a non conference schedule, and then only facing a couple of decent teams in conference play.