In some ways they may be but typically it is the teams with the 4 and 5 * star guys beating down the teams with 3*. LSU, Bama, Texas, Okla, all comprised of 4 and 5* guys and all routinely beat down the lesser guys. Sure, you may slip up and catch them but rarely. They all win 10-12 games per year, every year in very hard conferences.
Tenn is decimated by the idiot they previously hired and the youth they have.