Being an out of stater I can say that from the outside looking in that it seems to be that the smaller schools are better man per man than the larger ones. It also seems (and feel free to correct me if Im wrong) that the smaller schools are still able to compete and stand a chance against the larger ones, which makes Kansas a national anomaly.

In most other states, with the exception of one or two teams in each state, the smaller ones usually dont stand a chance. The most notable examples are found in states where a change in farm demographics has resulted in the reduction of middle size farms, which in turn has corresponded to a decline in smaller division programs.