It's hard to win and stay on top for a long time. Bama and Clemson are having issues. You can't stay on top forever. UGAY looks vulnerable and was losing at home a season after their Natty. Dook is moving into the upper tier of the ACC. F$U almost got taken down by BC if it wasn't for 18 penalties. The Pac-12 who everyone wrote off as weak competition looks to be stronger than the SEC right now. Craziness and unpredictability.
Things come in cycles. We'll have our time again but it's going to take time and things to happen at the right place and time also. No injury bugs either. I too remember the days of consistency that we would see historically. CFB is much different now than it was in the 70s-early 2000s. With the portal, a team can literally change their roster in one season if you sign the right players.