• Once ranked sixth, Clemson has fallen to a 1-3 record, largely due to a struggling offense. • South Carolina's season outlook is grim after a lopsided loss to Vanderbilt and with five top-13 opponents ahead. • Florida's high preseason hopes have faded after a three-game losing streak, pointing toward another losing season.

Inevitably whenever college football speculation meets reality, the teams that overperform will be balanced by those that don’t live up to their billing, fair or not. This piece focuses on the latter group with the first month of the campaign officially in the books.

To clarify, this list of September’s biggest disappointments will not include teams that lost one of the month’s marquee contests. In other words, the likes of Texas, Penn State, Michigan and others

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