In every college football season, there are teams that drastically defy expectations—some in a good way, others not so much.
Baylor was supposed to battle TCU for fourth place in the Big 12 last year, but the latter went 5-7, while the former was an overtime loss in the conference championship game away from possibly making the College Football Playoff.
Navy wasn't even a projected bowl team last August, yet it won 11 games. Another military program followed a much different path, as Army won just five games in a season in which it was projected for 10 victories.