They turned around from a bottom dweller in the conference to being in playoff discussion. Since the NCAA changed the rule that D2 games now count for playoff consideration, you can't argue against Simon Fraser, there biggest fault was scheduling two D2 games. You could just as easily substitute Incarnate Word in there, get your W and call it good as an FCS win. As far as scheduling 2 FBS games, more than just Idaho did it this year.
However from the standpoint of turning a program around, getting to 7 wins and showing the improvement they did certainly won't hurt anything.