This OutKick article, published by Fox News, sets out to count down the five most disappointing college football teams of the 21st century that entered a season ranked in the preseason top 10 but failed to live up to that billing. The piece frames itself around the annual debate over preseason polls, noting that such rankings are unveiled each July and August and are, by the author's own admission, an inexact and often unreliable guide to how a season will actually unfold.

The bulk of the retrievable text is dominated by unrelated site navigation — recommended videos, headlines and clips spanning other sports and news topics — rather than the article's actual list, which is cut off before any of the five teams are named. The only substantive football content is a reference to Joel Klatt's 2026 "stock watch", in which he expresses optimism about the USC Trojans under new defensive coordinator Gary Patterson while being less enthusiastic about the Alabama Crimson Tide heading into the 2026 season.