re: Really good CFB teams that will be/have been forgotten over time

An older team than most mentioned here, but 1975 Texas A&M deserves on this list. 10-0 and ranked #2 going into the last game of the season. Just came off a win against #5 Texas and the defense was giving up 7 ppg thru the first 10 games. That defense was seriously nasty, Lester Hayes is the name most would recognize.

Starting QB got hurt during the Texas game, and had to take a backup to the hills of Arkansas for the last game of the season (which had been moved for TV). A&M lost something like 5 or 6 fumbles in the game and lost 31-6.

Had they won the game, they'd have played UGA in the Cotton Bowl for a chance to win the MNC (Ohio St was #1 and lost the Rose Bowl).

I wasn't born at the time, but this game still haunts my Dad, who was a teenager at the time.