When it comes to rankings and projections, golf isn’t like other sports. It’s more difficult to predict winners and losers, even trends, because each course is different and the margin for error is so small.
Basketball and baseball have long seasons and the post season is based on series to give large sample sizes and reward the best teams.
Football can be a crap shoot game to game, but in general there is an understanding of which teams have the best players for the best matchups.
The Commodores were the highest ranked team in the SEC, and they boasted a combo of three best players on any given team.