21 For 2021 College Football Topics, No. 20: Best Programs To Not Make The College Football Playoff

21 for 2021 College Football Topics, No. 20: The five winningest programs who haven’t made the College Football Playoff.

T2. Oklahoma State Cowboys (60 wins)

No one really thinks about Oklahoma State as a power program with that other big Oklahoma school just a short drive away and with Texas sucking up so much of the Big 12 oxygen. Not getting to a Big 12 Championship in the CFP era hasn’t helped.

2021 Oklahoma State Schedule Analysis

However, Mike Gundy has come up with a ton of wins at a steady pace – only Gary Patterson, Kirk Ferentz, Nick Saban, and Dabo Swinney have more wins at the schools they respectively coach.

Very, very quietly, Oklahoma State has four ten-win seasons since 2014, but again, problems against Oklahoma and a few key bowl losses have knocked the perception down a bit.

Last year might have been disappointing considering the talent that was back, but it beat Iowa State, took down Miami in the Cheez-It Bowl, and the team just keeps on cranking out winning seasons.

NEXT: Iowa Hawkeyes