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Best Teams to Come up Short

April 1, 2020

Who are the best college football teams to not win the national championship? USA Today’s Paul Myerberg has some candidates, going back as far as 1940. Paul joins AP’s Ralph Russo to talk all-time great teams that came up short on a national title, including heralded squads from Michigan, Ole Miss, Oklahoma and Miami. Paul and Ralph agree on who’s No. 1 of the teams that did not finish No. 1 in the modern era of college football. Plus, let’s go back and re-do some of those misguided Heisman Trophy votes.

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