If they shouldn't be listed up with the elite then we shouldn't even be on the same page as the elite: 10-3 in '17 (#11), 12-1 in '18 (#5), 10-2 in '19 (#14)....they are clearly at a higher level than us the last 3 years and when you add that they were 11-2 in '16 (#5/#3) while we were going 4-8 and unranked, and they were 11-2 in '15 (#5) while we were 10-3 (#11/#12).
Actually while I agree with you in premise, I would think there would be more teams than the ones you listed above ND for elite levelness even if only using last 3 years, and if you go back 6 yrs, or 10 years then there would be a bunch.