Every college football season, at least one top-ranked team fails to live up to the preseason hype. Last year, Clemson and Penn State entered Week 1 ranked in the top five and finished the year unranked.
Who are the candidates to see their seasons derail in 2026? CBS Sports insiders named Texas and Oregon as the two biggest risks, and included Notre Dame and Oklahoma among the teams that could fit the bill.
“Texas is the candidate,” Bud Elliott said, via the Cover 3 podcast. “Everybody’s on board with Texas. The expectation, much like Cade Klubnik or Drew Allar, is that Arch Manning will take that next step.
