Championships are the ultimate goal, but struggling college football teams need to compete before they can contend.
You know, walk before you run.
And in 2018, dozens of programs fell awfully short of even competing. Looking ahead to 2019, a select group of them are best positioned to change that perception.
Now, we're all about potential here. This is not a guarantee of a resurgent year, but a combination of factorsu2015returning production, schedule, external forcesu2015suggest a big rebound is possible.
Teams considered for the list finished no better than .500 in their conference games last season.