8. Alabama not in College Football Playoff

Over the past 13 seasons, Nick Saban has rebuilt Alabama into a college football dynasty. But the Crimson Tide had an impressive streak come to an end in 2019. For the first time since the advent of the College Football Playoff, they will not be one of the final four teams. After losing to Auburn in the Iron Bowl, Alabama, which had been in the top five all season, fell to No. 9 in the Amway Coaches Poll. The Tide are set to face Michigan in the Citrus Bowl on Jan. 1. Alabama is 10-2, but don’t count on the Tide staying down for long. In Saban’s tenure, which started in 2007, Alabama has only lost more than two games in a season once — and that was in 2010.