From the early heroics of the Fun Belt to Tennessee's resurgence to a 200-1 long shot making the College Football Playoff National Championship, this college football season had it all.
USC reemerged as a threat from the West Coast behind Caleb Williams' Heisman-worthy season before falling to upstart Tulane in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl. Penn State proved there are more than two dominant teams in the Big Ten East with an electric performance in the Rose Bowl presented by Prudential and Alabama raised an Allstate Sugar Bowl trophy despite a "down" season for Nick Saban & Co.