With the season now halfway done, it's a good time to assess what we've seen so far. With the first College Football Playoff rankings just weeks away, we're about to get our first look at which teams the committee thinks are the serious contenders for the national title.
We're doing a different kind of list. None of the teams listed below will be near the top of the CFP rankings on Nov. 2, though a few of them were expected to be near the summit at the beginning of the year. Here are our 10 most disappointing teams of the 2021 season so far.