College football: 5 most overrated programs in history
4. Georgia Bulldogs
Georgia isn’t as overrated as the top three on the list, but they’re still a media darling that believes it deserves more love than they’ve received. Sure, they were effective under Mark Richt as a top 10 finisher in eight seasons, but they weren’t a national title competitor even once.
Actually, the Bulldogs hadn’t finished in the top two in both polls since their national championship in the 1980 season until the 2017 finale. UGA might be turning that overrated label around, but until Kirby Smart walks away with the CFP National Championship trophy, UGA is overrated.
The Bulldogs have accumulated top five recruiting classes for the better part of the past decade and have produced NFL talent on both the offensive and defensive side of the football. Star running backs like Todd Gurley, Nick Chubb and Sony Michel even shared a backfield with each other. Georgia has had highly touted quarterbacks like Aaron Murray and Matt Stafford. The defense has had All-American caliber players like Champ and Boss Bailey and David Pollack.
The Bulldogs are consistently pre-season darlings of the media, their fanbase expected better than ten-win seasons, and their aura with Athens and the hedges has them as an overrated program in college football.