College athletics differ from professional sports in many ways. One of those is the diverse range of programs that compete. From small private schools, to service academies, to huge national universities, they run the gamut.
While professional sports use revenue sharing and salary caps to level the playing field, college athletics have no such pretense. Games regularly occur between teams with massive differences in school size and athletic revenues.
While this leads to more than a few lopsided games, it's part of the personality of college sports (who can forget Boise State’s Statue of Liberty Fiesta Bowl game-winner?