re: Is UT really a better job than MS State?

State has better facilities, better job security, and Mullen can make the same in Starkville as he can in Knoxville, unless UT thinks he's a $8 million coach.

In the CFP era, which is the era we exist, Mississippi State is a top 15 team, and has a good chance to enter the top 10 of the all-time CFP rankings by season's end. Using the 25-24 ... 1 method, here is an aggregate of all of the CFP polls to date.

Rank Team Total Points
1 Alabama 527
2 Ohio St 435
3 Clemson 400
4 Oklahoma 310
5 FSU 303
6 TCU 272
7 Michigan St 256
8 Wisconsin 233
9 Baylor 232
10 Auburn 230
11 Notre Dame 225
12 Michigan 209
13 OK State 205
14 Mississippi State 204
15 Oregon 196
16 Washington 167
17 Georgia 159
18 Ole Miss 156
19 Penn St 154
20 LSU 145
21 Utah 142
22 Stanford 134
23 Iowa 130
24 Florida 127
25 USC 123
26 Louisville 118
27 Kansas St 109
28 UCLA 99
29 Arizona 98
30 Arizona St 95
31 Colorado 92
32 Nebraska 78
33 North Carolina 70
34 West Virginia 65
35 Miami 58
36 Northwestern 58
37 Georgia Tech 53
38 Texas A&M 50
39 Va Tech 48
40 Navy 46
41 Western Mich 38
42 Mizzou 37
43 Washington St 37
44 Memphis 35
45 Boise St 33
46 Houston 33
47 Tennessee 29
48 UCF 27
49 Temple 17
50 Iowa St 16
51 NC State 16
52 Duke 11
53 Minnesota 11
54 Pittsburgh 4
55 Toledo 4
56 East Carolina 3
57 Marshall 2
58 Arkansas 1