re: Are there certain teams that should never contend for CFP or Natty?

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I would be curious who everyone thinks the teams are that have no legitimate shot in any given year.

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Dude there are 128 teams.

But lets begin:

Eastern Michigan
Kent State
UL Monroe
North Texas
Texas State
Ball State
Troy
Army
Idaho
Akron

Aren't winning or coming close to the national title just like all the 65 teams ahead of them in some poll.

CFB is great and has a lot of teams...

But just like the Heisman, the race to the top is about a few teams...and mostly preseason favorites.

Everyone makes a big deal about Georgia winning once because they were unranked in preseason (but it's still a big school) or BYU winning because they started the season unranked...they were like #27...they were getting votes, played nobody, won their games and kept moving up.

CFB titles like Heisman have always been popularity contests - just like when undefeated Penn State got shut out over undefeated Nebraska or undefeated Auburn to undefeated USC.