Because of college hookup culture if you're a man in college who wants an LTR you can easily get a girl above your SMV provided you have decent social skills.

Only about 20% of women engage in hookup culture according to studies so only a minority of women are fucking around with high SMV chads. The rest are likely looking for LTRs. Women are more likely to want an LTR in college and the gender ratio also favors men.

I'm a female and when I was in college, I and most of my female friends wanted relationships over hookups. I actually had a beta bf less attractive than me for 2 years in college because he was willing to offer me commitment when a lot of guys my age didn't want to be locked down. I actually have had better success with more attractive guys my age or slightly older now that I'm in my mid twenties because many of them are more open to LTRs.