I think you can call a team "elite" at the end of the year, that's it. However, to say that those wins were not impressive is silly. I assume you feel the same way about Union City (you remember, last year's state champions), as they are 0-3 so far this year? I think those who have played them so far wouldn't dismiss them. Let's ask our Peabody friends who played them last week. Can't say much about Peabody just because UC is 0-3? I don't think so.
As far as Summertown is concerned, they came to play. Maybe CA wasn't as focused as they should have been first half. There was homecoming. Maybe football players were thinking more of walking pretty girls instead of playing football. But you can't take anything away from Summertown. They came into the game 2-0 just after knocking of Wayne Co. But like any good team, CA made adjustments after half. It wasn't really even close the 2nd half.
Will CA be considered an elite team? We'll see after Cookeville. Until then, they are a very good team but have formidable opponents ahead.