2007's Most Disappointing College Football Teams

Here is my list of the five most disappointing college football teams this year. The teams on it, for the most part, had high expectations of one sort or another placed on them by the pre-season polls and the opinions of experts and two of them actually had fine seasons. Like most "top" lists, it is mainly subjective and completely open to debate. I don't even claim to be an "expert" on the subject, not having stayed at a Holiday Inn last night. I'm simply a fan and follower of the sport.

1) NOTRE DAME (3-9). Granted the team lost several quality players such as Brady Quinn and Jeff Samardzija following the 2006 season, but most of the pre-season college magazines felt that the Fighting Irish would be respectable, mainly through the coaching talents of Charlie Weiss. Instead, the Irish finished with their worst record of all time with two of the wins coming against teams that had five wins combined. The team suffered from an anemic offense the entire season.

Low point of the season: Too many to choose from to just pick one.

2) LOUISVILLE (6-6). The Cardinals were picked in either the Top Ten or in the Top Twenty in pre-season ratings and was highly ranked early in the season. However, in the long run, their prolific offense, led by quarterback Brian Brohm, could not keep pace with their mediocre defense. The Cards gave up an average of 39.3 points per game in their six losses. A win over Rutgers in their final season game was not enough to keep them from being shut out of a bowl game.

Low point of the season: When rumors started to fly that first year head coach Steve Kragthorpe was interested in the SMU job and fans started to pray that the rumors were true.