The game is rigged, but you cannot lose if you do not play. This is a wonderful quote from Season 1 of The Wire. The former applies to college football, the latter apparently does not; because in a bye week, TCU, according to some National media writers, fell completely off Earth as if it were flat. Boykin fell in the Heisman rankings, and TCU fell out of some Top 10s. Trust me, I know I shouldn't care. And for the most part, I really don't, but- their opinion still matters.
In college football, the "what have you done for me, lately" applies.