Positives:
Finished the season in the Top 25. At 24. The only five-loss team in the rankings. Of our five losses, one came to the number one team, one came to the number two team and one came to a Top 5 Oklahoma.
I guess that's respect? Dropped seven spots after losing to Oklahoma -- which jumped up to fifth.
Negatives:
LSU, whom we beat, finished 13th. Georgia was not ranked. Nor was Texas A&M. In fact, other than LSU, none of the eight teams we beat were ranked in the final poll. None.
Eight wins were, perhaps, a mirage.