Florida State, Michigan, Oklahoma and USC were all ranked in the preseason AP Top 25 college football rankings, with both the Seminoles and Wolverines listed in the top 10.
Fast-forward 10 weeks, and not only are all four programs currently ranked outside the top 25, but all four have at least three losses just eight weeks into the season.
Michigan, the defending national champions, along with Oklahoma, both sit at 4-3 heading into Week 9. USC, playing in its first season in the Big Ten, is 3-4 with three straight conference losses, essentially ending its conference title and College Football Playoff hopes at the midway point of the season.
And while those three schools have struggled mightily to meet expectations, no one has it as bad as Florida State, as the Seminoles sit at 1-6, with the team's lone win coming against a 3-4 Cal team back in Week 4 of the season.