In recent years, 2024 Michigan comes to mind as a team very few liked due to the sign-stealing saga and national heel, Jim Harbaugh. The Wolverines ran roughshod through their schedule to a spectacular 15-0 mark, capturing the program's first title in more than two decades.

SEC spring practice is starting, and there's a host of teams capable of making a College Football Playoff run. Our power rankings sort the contenders.