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Forde-Yard Dash: Teams That Could Play Spoiler in College Football Playoff Race

Five relatively unheralded teams can ruin the hopes of teams hoping for a playoff berth, plus which school could be called Wide Receiver U in a season dominated by star wideouts?

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Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college football (“Dicker Owns The Sunflower State” T-shirts sold separately in Austin):

THIRD QUARTER

THE TRAP SETTERS

The Second Quarter covered the teams still harboring hopes for a playoff berth. This quarter begins with five relatively unheralded teams that could ruin some of those hopes this month:

Iowa (21).