Uses it for what? Pretty sure no one uses it except for strength of schedule, which is what it is good at.Common man, we all know who sets the rules over here. Sagarin is gospel, that is the way it is, I use it only because ISU fans can't argue it, when they so deeply love them some Sagarin.
As far as who is better than OU in the BIg10, I'd say easily OSU, Michigan, Penn St., Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota. As far as who is better than the Hawks, those teams you listed, um no.
Pretty easy to try and claim those teams are better than OU when they haven't played a game yet. But you thinking Iowa and Minnesota are even in the same stratosphere as OU shows how delusional you are. OU would DESTROY Iowa and Minnesota. Beat Wisconsin, Michigan by 7-14. Penn State I would say is a coin toss. And OSU I will say is better, but then again, I haven't seen them play a single game. They could be down