Five college football teams ranked outside the preseason top-10 that went on to win it all

In recent years, preseason polls in college football have caused quite a few fans to lose their marbles, so if you’re one of the many who fall in this camp, you may want to take a mental health day on Monday, because that’s the day the preseason AP Poll drops.

While the release of the AP Top-25 should be a reason to celebrate – since it signals the arrival of college football – it’s had the opposite effect lately.

Most of the consternation comes from fans who believe their favorite team or conference is being under-ranked or under-represented, so if that’s your particular gripe, fear not.

The Tigers beat six ranked teams that year en route to a perfect 14-0 season in which Newton captured a Heisman and Auburn hoisted a crystal football.

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What makes Newton even more special is the fact that both the Tigers and Chizik immediately crashed back down to Earth the moment the star signal caller bolted for the NFL.

Auburn would plummet back to a pedestrian 8-5 record in 2011, followed by a 3-9 campaign the next year that saw Chizik hit the unemployment line.

Truly a team that captured lightning in a bottle.