Everyone saw Georgia coming last August, even if voters in the preseason USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll voted Alabama No. 1, not the Bulldogs.
It would take just a few weeks, though, before the defending national champions would take over atop the Top 25. From there, Georgia cruised to an unbeaten finish and second straight crown, setting up the possibility for an unprecedented three-peat this season.
Now TCU? Voters didn't quite see that one coming.
The national runners-up were nowhere to be found in the preseason Top 25 last year and were not even in the top half of the preseason Big 12 poll, which picked the Horned Frogs to finish seventh in the conference standings.