There's a certain grim pleasure in watching elite college football programs sleepwalk their way through the early part of their schedule.
It's a tradition that might be falling by the wayside in the future with the advent of superconferences and an expanded playoff that will give top teams greater leeway in terms of scheduling opponents, but as a way to dip your toe into the cold autumn waters of college football, beating up on some hapless opponent by a billion points is as good a way as any to get acclimated.
The problem is that it isn't a good barometer of anything.