some schools come and go, and also perceptions change as time goes on, there was a reality where your parents would be excited with you going to notre dame, because it held prestige.
You knew you was that dude in that Pennsylvania area if you went to psu it was the big school, and you were probably a scrappy kid from a small town and that was your ticket out of there, if you went to Pitt
Hell there was a time going to Arkansas smu meant something but the break up of the southwest conference ended that prestige.
I think changes in location of people/talent hurts teams too. more people are moving there was lots of talent in Nebraska, not anymore.
you typically look at a blue blood as a team that is a dominant program through multiple decades some of these teams have not seen dominance in a while, who knows what the future holds and what team will pop up out the woodwork i think Texas ( like me and lucky and the rest of the chat mentioned, more silicon jobs are moving to Texas due to cheap land) i think Tennessee Atlanta and surrounding areas, North Carolina ( the triangle), Denver and Seattle because these are all hot spots, so expect if the right staff can keep the talent to stay then one may emerge from there
When that happen?
slow down. Just using them to further my point.
