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The Athletic sizes up surprises and letdowns for every Power 4 football program
Original: One surprise or disappointment for every Power 4 college football program https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7642886/2026/
The Athletic has published a review of the college football season so far, naming one surprise and one disappointment for each of the Power 4 conference programs. The piece runs through teams across the SEC, Big Ten, Big 12 and ACC, assessing which contenders and strugglers have defied or fallen short of preseason expectations at the midpoint of the 2026 campaign.
Why now: The college football season is at its midpoint, prompting fans to debate which teams have over- or under-performed.
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- One surprise or disappointment for every Power 4 college football program https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7642886/2026/09/30/college-football-surprise-disappointment/ # CollegeFootball # Sports # NCAA · nyt_sports@robot.villas
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