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5 best college football teams to never win BCS or CFP championship

By Zach Bigalke

ARLINGTON, TX - JANUARY 12: The Oregon Ducks take the field prior to the College Football Playoff National Championship Game against the Ohio State Buckeyes at AT&T Stadium on January 12, 2015 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, TX - JANUARY 12: The Oregon Ducks take the field prior to the College Football Playoff National Championship Game against the Ohio State Buckeyes at AT&T Stadium on January 12, 2015 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /
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MIAMI – JANUARY 01: Virginia Tech Hokies Orion Martin #90 celebrates his interception against the Cincinnati Bearcats with Nekos Brown #47 during the FedEx Orange Bowl at Dolphin Stadium on January 1, 2009 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Marc Serota/Getty Images)
MIAMI – JANUARY 01: Virginia Tech Hokies Orion Martin #90 celebrates his interception against the Cincinnati Bearcats with Nekos Brown #47 during the FedEx Orange Bowl at Dolphin Stadium on January 1, 2009 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Marc Serota/Getty Images) /

Led by freshman sensation Michael Vick, Virginia Tech went undefeated to win the Big East in 1999. Their reward was an invitation to take on Florida State in the Sugar Bowl for the national championship. After falling behind by two touchdowns in the second half, the Hokies came back to take a fourth-quarter lead. But the Seminoles eventually prevailed, and Virginia Tech has failed to return to a national championship game.

Few schools have been as consistently relevant as the Hokies, who have been bowling every year since 1993. Virginia Tech has won four conference championships since moving to the ACC in 2004. But the Hokies have never managed to party like it’s 1999 again, as they have always incurred multiple losses in each of those championship years.

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Over decades with Frank Beamer patrolling the sidelines, the Hokies came close but never were able to capture a national title. Justin Fuente returned Virginia Tech to the ACC championship game in 2016, but they fell in a 42-35 shootout with eventual national champion Clemson.

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