This win earned only 0.7 ranking points because North Texas defeated an FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) opponent, which is considered a lower division than FBS and typically results in reduced point values for victories. The 51-0 blowout margin likely prevented the points from being even lower, as some ranking systems give minimal or no credit for beating FCS teams, but the dominant performance salvaged some point value from what is generally viewed as a "gimme" game