re: What has LSU done?

I agree that in College Football, unlike the NFL, team makeups change every year and should be treated as new teams at the beginning of the year.

However there is, an external factor viz, the credit that is given the Coach/College which results in a higher ranking till proven otherwise. So until and unless LSU/Miles proves themselves to have a horrible team they will be thought of and probably are better than 115 other teams.

There are some exceptions to this - some coaches and schools e.g. ND, Michigan, Clemson(/Tommy Bowden ) who get a mulligan every year whether deservedly or not.

Fortunately for us we don't have to rely on such crap and are truly worth every cent in our credit.