SOS strongly influences why voters will believe teams will have successful season so once again your statement is wrong from the onset.
FSU has been successful because they yearly play a mediocre schedule, this year highlighted by two non D1 schools in Texas State and Chattanoga. It also does not hurt that FSU has a team littered with criminals who start only thanks to a permissive administration, a coaching staff that does not care and a local police force that fosters their crimes and helps keep them out of the penitentiary where they belong.
FSU remains the poster child for all things wrong with CFB.
It should also be noted that Golson was a leading candidate for the HT long before he was beat out by Zaire and fled to FSU for promised playing time.