Every summer since 2007 I have created an intricate set of college football predictions for each upcoming season. This year is no exception, as I will be using my blog over the next few hours to publish my 19th annual college football preview guide which will contain 19 entries in all. Without further ado, here are the teams I am predicting to disappointment this season. These teams are ordered in the relative disparity between my picks and the experts average while also taking into account the significance of each pick.
| Disappointment teams | My Predictions: | Experts Predictions: | |
| 1 | Arizona State | 66th in nation (-52); 13th in Big 12 (-9) | 14th in nation; 4th in Big 12 |
| 2 | Oklahoma | 18th in nation (-14); 11th in SEC (-7) | 32nd in nation; 4th in SEC |
| 3 | Virginia Tech | 96th in nation (-45); 13th in ACC (-4) | 51st in nation; 9th in ACC |
| 4 | Florida | 49th in nation (-37); 11th in SEC (-4) | 12th in nation; 7th in SEC |
| 5 | UTSA | 115th in nation (-48); 7th in American (-5) | 67th in nation; 2nd in American |
| 6 | Boston College | 109th in nation (-55); 15th in ACC (-3) | 54th in nation; 12th in ACC |
| 7 | Indiana | 31st in nation (-10); 11th in Big Ten (-6) | 21st in nation; 5th in Big Ten |
| 8 | Cincinnati | 97th in nation (-34); 12th in Big 12 (-3) | 63rd in nation; 9th in Big 12 |
| 9 | Arkansas | 89th in nation (-46); 13th in SEC (-1) | 43rd in nation; 12th in SEC |
| 10 | California | 113th in nation (-35); 16th in ACC (-1) | 78th in nation; 15th in ACC |
| 11 | UNLV | 79th in nation (-22); 5th in Mountain West (-2) | 57th in nation; 3rd in Mountain West |
| 12 | South Alabama | 107th in nation (-22); 5th in Sun Belt West (-2) | 85th in nation; 3rd in Sun Belt West |
| 13 | Tulane | 67th in nation (-22); 4th in American (-1) | 45th in nation; 3rd in American |
| 14 | Southern Miss | 125th in nation (-28); 6th in Sun Belt West (-3) | 97th in nation; 3rd in Sun Belt West |
| 15 | Sam Houston | 132 in nation (-23);10th in C-USA (-1) | 109th in nation; 9th in C-USA |
