Fifteen teams in the Bowl Subdivision entered last weekend unbeaten. Nine came out unblemished from the first make-or-break weekend of the regular season.
The list will continue to shrink in the coming weeks. Only nine teams from the Power Five have entered the postseason unbeaten since the advent of the College Football Playoff in 2014, not counting the abbreviated 2020 season. Four teams from the Group of Five have done so, including Cincinnati a year ago, but there are no unbeaten teams left in the non-major conferences.
And matchups scheduled in the coming weeks ensure that no more than five will enter the postseason without a loss, beginning with a matchup of ACC unbeatens Saturday in No.