He said "perceived as a national power". Rankings are perceptions. A top ten ranking is a perception of national power at the time of the ranking.
But I realize that once the data is exposed on that one, it doesn't meet certain agendas. So I guess we stick with Nebraska being a national power under TO only about half the time.
"I would say any time you can crack the top ten in the rankings, you are perceived as a national power."
We just have a vastly different idea of what constitutes a "national power" apparently.