Yep, always been this way. It gets really bad at the end of the season sometimes. I spent about 8 seasons building Army up into a power. I had a pre-season #1 ranking, beat 5 top 10 teams, and I finished #3 after going 12-0. I was #2 in week 12 and undefeated Hawaii was 25. 3 weeks later, Hawaii jumped 25 to 14 to 8 to 2 for beating 3 losing teams to jump ahead of me because being in the WAC was considered better than being Independent despite that Hawaii beat no ranked teams, and I think I beat 7 overall.