Top 10 Most Surprising College Football Teams 2021 Season

A Top 10 List counting down the most surprising College Football teams of the 2021 season. These teams exceeded expectations during the season, surprising everyone. I judged these teams based off how low their offseason expectations were and how they performed this season. However, this was ultimately based off my opinion as I didn't have a specific ranking metric. The game shown for each team was not shown for any specific reason, I just picked one of that team's best wins of the season. Feel free to debate in the comments if you disagree with my list! Also, make sure to check out the honorable mentions in my pinned comment. Enjoy!

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Honorable mentions:




UTSA (12-2)
Houston (12-2)
Purdue (9-4)
Ole Miss (10-3)
San Diego State (12-2)
Kentucky (10-3)
South Carolina (7-6)
Fresno State (10-3)
Georgia (14-1)

[Hurricane]

Thank you for posting these videos…. Can’t wait for the CFB season this year

[joshhenson]

This was a fun year. It felt like a nice refresh button after seeing the same ole song and dance since like 2016

[brandonhasgrit]

That fake slide is still one of the rawest things ive ever seen in my entire life

[bigtxbullion]

Sic em! Dave Aranda has put a helluva stout defense in that BU squad. 2021 was a fantastic year. Fall 2022 cant start soon enough.

[drewgamezzz]

I m glad you out Baylor, as a Southern Miss fan, or just someone who doesn’t pull for Ole Pis, it’s always nice to see them get beat tbh. I mean, no one in Mississippi who doesn’t pull for Ole Miss dislikes them and their salty fans. I mean they act like they’re supposed to go to the playoffs every season and still act surprised when they end up going 6-6 (Ik they did better than that this year, but it’s an example)

[brianhiedemansr]

I would have put the Minnesota Golden Gophers on this list. I was not expecting them to even sniff at the possibility of playing in the Big Ten Championship game.

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Michigan 12-2
Baylor 12-2
Michigan State 11-2
Pittsburgh 11-3
Utah State 11-3
Arkansas 9-4
Wake Forest 11-3
Cincinnati 13-1
Oklahoma State 12-2
Utah 10-4
UTSA 12-2
Houston 12-2
Purdue 9-4
Ole Miss 10-3
South Carolina 7-6
Fresno State 10-3

[josephbowers]

Cincinnati is not a surprise they almost be Georgia in the bowl last year

[hestoncjr.]

I know Cincinnati didn't have the greatest finish but dang, talk about a year for them. I mean how often you gonna get a team like Cincy a group of 5 team in the playoff. We may never see a season like that again which is why I have nothing but respect for that team. This year was crazy seeing all these teams like Wake Forest, Pitt and Utah emerge from the ashes.

[loyevangelists]

At 8:09 Does that girl know that she is doing the Hook Em Horns hand sign for the Texas Longhorns?

[markbaranyk]

As a Michigan fan, this season was an absolute rollercoaster and there was no way anyone thought we would beat Ohio state and make the playoffs

[drewgamezzz]

I really dk how I’m the world you don’t have Cincinnati as #1 tbh, that really makes no sense, especially to have Michigan at 1 and not Cincinnati. As a team that come from the weakest conference in the world and used to play my Golden Eagles (southern miss) every year, I was pulling for them all year this year and was hoping so badly they would win it all honestly. But it’s nice to see they’ve come so far from again, being in the absolute worst conference in the world (conference USA) to where they are now, it makes me jealous Southern amiss didn’t follow them, Houston, ECU, and I think Tulsa when they all left for the AAC. Like as a fan of the team that beat, and not just beat but basically dominated those teams for my entire life, it saddened me that we’re just now leaving that wack conference and only barely upgrading to the Sun Belt, but ig it’s better than nothing. Maybe one day they will listen to me and just go Independent like I’ve always wanted them to since all the decent teams left the cusa and just go independent and have the rights over our schedule to not have to play these wack schools each year and be able to have more control over it all.

[loyevangelists]

At 2:57 the Wake Forest receiver definitely pushed the NC State defender down. That should have been called Offensive Pass Interference

[felipev]

What about UTSA they went 12-2 first time in program history

[johnnyboy]

Can't believe UTSA is not on this list, I would put them at number 1 no doubt.

[Vacant_]

Let's run it back and get another. H2Pitt

[RS-tgrm]

It's nice to see that the KENTUCKY WILDCATS can get 10 wins, defeat Iowa (who lost to Michigan in the Big 10 Championship game) in the Citrus Bowl and the Cats are now at a level that this wasn't a surprise!

[cincypunch]

Why was cincy on here? Top 10 pre season have around 9 guys who will go pro this year 2-3 in the first round or 2. Favored in almost every game besides against bama

[austinschwarz]

I’m gonna say Kansas. Not because of their record, but because everyone thought every game against them would be a squash match; but they put up a good fight; and they beat Texas in Austin lol